The Kings of Wessex Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C62
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Cheddar, BS27 3AQ
- Distance
- 7.2km away
Churchill Academy & Sixth Form
Churchill Green, Churchill, Winscombe, BS25 5QN
Local ranking6th of 11 secondary schools in North Somerset
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1698
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 20 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 50.3 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 53.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 74.6% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 18.9% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 264
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Higher education
- 42.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 38.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
136
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 12.2% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 22.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 260
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1547
- Boys
- 784 (51%)
- Girls
- 763 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1698 (91% full)
- SEND
- 7.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.6%
- EAL
- 3.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 5.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 88.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,754/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.5%
- White Other: 4.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Black African: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Asian Chinese: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
89.5%
White British
4.1%
White Other
1.1%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Churchill Green
Winscombe, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 137000
- UKPRN
- 10034656
- Establishment No.
- 4139
- Trust
- LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
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