Winterstoke Hundred Academy
1 Beaufighter Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 8EE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Randle
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Cabot Learning Federation
- Constituency
- Weston-Super-Mare
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 950
- Pupils on roll
- 870
- URN
- 147350
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01934313290
About this school
Winterstoke Hundred Academy is a secondary academy in Weston-Super-Mare. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 870 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 118 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.1 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 11% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Winterstoke Hundred Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 508 |
| 2023/24 | 673 |
| 2024/25 | 829 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Winterstoke Hundred Academy compares
Winterstoke Hundred Academy ranked 10th of 11 secondary schools in North Somerset for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 39% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40.1 | 11.7% | 24.5% | 870 | — |
| Worle Community School | 40.4 | 12.2% | 27.6% | 1,244 | 0.9 miles |
| Hans Price Academy | 47.6 | 9.5% | 33.7% | 1,046 | 1.3 miles |
| Priory Community School | 44.2 | 8.4% | 18.1% | 1,486 | 1.9 miles |
| Broadoak Academy | 38.7 | 10.5% | 40.1% | 792 | 2.0 miles |
| Churchill Academy & Sixth Form | 50.3 | 8.3% | 13.6% | 1,488 | 5.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.51%
- English as an additional language
- 12.3%
- Overall absence
- 11.74%
- Persistent absence
- 33.92%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Worle Community School0.9 miles
Secondary · Weston-Super-Mare
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Hans Price Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Weston-super-Mare
-
Priory Community School1.9 miles
Secondary · Weston-Super-Mare
-
Broadoak Academy2.0 miles
Secondary · Weston-Super-Mare
-
Churchill Academy & Sixth Form5.3 miles
Secondary · Winscombe
Other schools in Weston-Super-Mare
Winterstoke Hundred Academy ranks 4th of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Weston-Super-Mare.
- Broadoak Academy Secondary
- Hans Price Academy Secondary
- Priory Community School Secondary
- Worle Community School Secondary
- Airfield Primary Academy Primary
- Ashcombe Primary School Primary
- Becket Primary School Primary
- Bournville Primary School Primary
- Castle Batch Primary School Academy Primary
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School Primary
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Primary
- Drakelow Park Flying High Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Winterstoke Hundred Academy teach?
- Winterstoke Hundred Academy teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in Weston-Super-Mare.
- Who is the headteacher of Winterstoke Hundred Academy?
- The headteacher of Winterstoke Hundred Academy is Mr Matthew Randle, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Winterstoke Hundred Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Winterstoke Hundred Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Winterstoke Hundred Academy?
- Winterstoke Hundred Academy has 870 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Winterstoke Hundred Academy full?
- Winterstoke Hundred Academy has capacity for 950 pupils and 870 on roll (92%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Winterstoke Hundred Academy a faith school?
- No. Winterstoke Hundred Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Winterstoke Hundred Academy a selective school?
- No. Winterstoke Hundred Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Winterstoke Hundred Academy?
- Winterstoke Hundred Academy is part of CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How does Winterstoke Hundred Academy rank locally?
- Winterstoke Hundred Academy ranked 10th of 11 secondary schools in North Somerset for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 39% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Winterstoke Hundred Academy's absence rate?
- Winterstoke Hundred Academy's overall absence rate is 11.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Winterstoke Hundred Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Winterstoke Hundred Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2026.