Wellsway School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.417 miles
Published by Bath and North East Somerset Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wellsway School is a secondary school in Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 18 December 2024. Bath and North East Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Wellsway 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 | 3.417 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 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026's last distance offered, 3.417 miles, was the 3rd longest of 7 Bath and North East Somerset secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- Year 7 last distances swung sharply between some years, most from 2022 to 2023; 2026's was further from the school than both 2025's and 2018's.
- Year 7 2026 drew 202 first-choice applications for 226 offers; 195 offers went to first-choice families and 7 first-choice families (3%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); A level average grade was C+ (England B-), with progress from GCSE below average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bath and North East Somerset schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1PH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 1,325 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 18 December 2024
Strengths
- “The school has high ambitions of its pupils.”
- “Pupils achieve well in published outcomes.”
- “It works closely with other local schools to offer a broad range of subjects to pupils and students.”
To improve
- “On a few occasions, teaching strategies to adapt learning for pupils are not used well.”
- “When this happens, pupils do not progress with their learning as promptly as they could.”
- “However, the school has not put in place the learning for pupils who need to practise reading fluently and to build their comprehension skills.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 January 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) | 50.5 | 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: 202 first-preference applications, 226 offers in total, 195 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 Bath and North East Somerset.
- IKB Academy 0.1 mi Good
- Lift Broadlands 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Oldfield School 3.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hayesfield Girls School 5.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE School 5.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Saint Gregory's Catholic College 6.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Beechen Cliff School 6.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Chew Valley School 6.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published