Nailsea School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C62
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bristol, BS48 2HN
- Distance
- 2.0km away
Backwell School
Station Road, Backwell, Bristol, BS48 3BX
Local ranking3rd of 11 secondary schools in North Somerset
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1728
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 28 January 2020. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 52.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 59.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 78.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 264
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 34.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 42.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
135
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 16.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 37.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 276
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1597
- Boys
- 817 (51%)
- Girls
- 778 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1728 (92% full)
- SEND
- 9.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 9.4%
- EAL
- 4.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 7.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 90.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,909/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 88.1%
- White Other: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.1%
- White Irish: 0.5%
- Asian Chinese: 0.5%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
88.1%
White British
3.5%
White Other
2.8%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Station Road
Bristol, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 136722
- UKPRN
- 10033577
- Establishment No.
- 4129
- Trust
- LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
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