Backwell School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Bristol, North Somerset
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.134 miles
Published by North Somerset Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Backwell School is a secondary school in Bristol, North Somerset for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 February 2025. North Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Backwell School 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 | 4.134 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 4.134 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 5 North Somerset secondary schools with a published last distance.
- That Year 7 distance in 2026 was nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2015, and it swung sharply between some years.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 276 first-choice applications for 263 offers; 259 offers went to first-choice families, and 17 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths: 56% (England 45%), 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
- Station Road, Backwell, Bristol, BS48 3BX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 1,595 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Backwell School.”
- “They feel safe and have trusted adults who they know will help them if they are experiencing difficulties.”
- “Pupils meet the high expectations the school has for their behaviour.”
To improve
- “However, the checks that teachers make on what pupils know and can do are not consistently effective.”
- “This means that some pupils, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) or are disadvantaged, have misconceptions that persist.”
- “Sometimes, the work pupils are asked to complete does not take into account their starting points.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 April 2025 (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) | 56% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52.7 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
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: 276 first-preference applications, 263 offers in total, 259 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.
- Nailsea School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Gordano School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Katherine's School 4.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Clevedon School 4.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Churchill Academy & Sixth Form 6.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Priory Community School 8.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Worle Community School 9.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Winterstoke Hundred Academy 9.8 mi Good Last distance published