Worle Community School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Somerset Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Worle Community School is a secondary school in Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). North Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Worle Community 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Its inspection on 2 June 2026 gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome was Requires improvement, on 14 November 2023.
- In 2024/25, 41% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 40.4 (England 46).
- Year 7 2026 drew 165 first-choice applications for 173 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Of its pupils, 28.1% are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in North Somerset is 18.5%.
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
- Redwing Drive, Mead Vale, Weston-Super-Mare, BS22 8XX
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 1,244 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Worle Community School are starting to benefit from clear and high expectations, alongside good quality teaching.”
- “Typically, the school is calm and orderly and pupils are safe.”
- “The curriculum is broad and ambitious and lessons are well structured.”
To improve
- “This is helping more pupils enjoy their learning and achieve more highly, though this is not yet reflected in the school's published outcomes.”
- “However, there are some pupils who do not meet leaders' expectations of them, and although bullying and the use of derogatory language is not widespread, it remains an issue which affects some pupils.”
- “However, this work is yet to have a widespread positive impact and it remains an ongoing challenge to ensure all pupils feel a sense of belonging.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 July 2026 (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) | 41% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.4 | 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: 165 first-preference applications, 173 offers in total, 165 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.
- Winterstoke Hundred Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Priory Community School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Hans Price Academy 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Broadoak Academy 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Churchill Academy & Sixth Form 5.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Clevedon School 7.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Nailsea School 9.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Backwell School 9.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published