Hans Price Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.454 miles
Published by North Somerset Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hans Price Academy is a secondary school in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 1 December 2023. North Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Hans Price Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.454 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 0.454 miles away, the shortest of the 5 North Somerset secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 distance was nearer than in 2025 and in 2020, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 7 years with a published distance.
- 234 first-choice applications for 196 offers for Year 7 in 2026; 196 offers went to first-choice families and 38 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above: 43% in 2024/25 (England 45%), 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in North Somerset.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Somerset schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Marchfields Way, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 3QP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 1,046 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 1 December 2023
Strengths
- “A sense of ‘belonging’ is at the heart of Hans Price Academy’s ethos.”
- “The school has high expectations for its pupils.”
- “These go hand in hand with warm relationships.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, achieve less well.”
- “In these subjects, teachers do not always check all pupils’ understanding before introducing new content.”
- “Sometimes, this is because knowledge is not sufficiently broken down for pupils to learn successfully.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 43% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.6 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 234 first-preference applications, 196 offers in total, 196 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Somerset.
- Broadoak Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Winterstoke Hundred Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Worle Community School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Priory Community School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Churchill Academy & Sixth Form 6.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Clevedon School 9.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Nailsea School 11.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Backwell School 11.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published