Backwell School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C62
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bristol, BS48 3BX
- Distance
- 2.0km away
Nailsea School
Mizzymead Road, Nailsea, Bristol, BS48 2HN
Local ranking1st of 11 secondary schools in North Somerset
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1300
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 12 March 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 43.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 175
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Higher education
- 48.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 31.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
37.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
39.2
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
80
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 21.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 33.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 195
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1154
- Boys
- 630 (53%)
- Girls
- 567 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1300 (92% full)
- SEND
- 17.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.7%
- EAL
- 5.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.2%
- SEN Support
- 12.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 64.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,569/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
- 9.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 88.9%
- White Other: 5.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Asian Chinese: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
88.9%
White British
5.0%
White Other
1.0%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Mizzymead Road
Bristol, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 138466
- UKPRN
- 10037880
- Establishment No.
- 4137
- Trust
- WESSEX LEARNING TRUST
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