Winterstoke Hundred Academy

State school · Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formNorth Somerset, Weston-Super-Mare BS24school website

One in three sixth-formers go on to university — in line with the England rate.

Where this school leads
38%

of sixth-form leavers started university · North Somerset 25% · England 37% · DfE destination measures, students who left in 2023

Knowledge sphere of Winterstoke Hundred Academy: fields of knowledge mapped by the subjects taken here, by ISCED levelLanguage & Communication · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Language & Communication · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 40%Language & Communication · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 40%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Natural Sciences · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 46%Natural Sciences · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 9%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 37%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Health & Safety · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 39%Health & Safety · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Business & Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 10%Business & Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 1%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 5%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 16%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Transversal Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 38%Transversal Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 53%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%LanguageMathsScienceICTEngineeringHealthBusinessLawSocialArtsTransversalGreen
Ofsted
Good
Places
—
Pupils
870
Free school meals
23.8%

Ofsted: Full inspection, 14 November 2023 · report. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from North Somerset’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 950 places, including the sixth form. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: North Somerset Enterprise and Technology College (URN 141040, until 1 July 2019).

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

After sixth form · age 18

Where do sixth-formers go at 18?

0%went to one of the most selective universities
This school0%
North Somerset15%
England19%

DfE 16–18 destination measures · 26 students who left in 2023

38% went to university (England 37%). 0% started an apprenticeship (England 7%). 15% went into work and 12% had no steady place a year on (England 28% and 16%).

Most selective universities — the third of UK universities whose entrants hold the highest grades; the share is of students who completed level 3 qualifications.

Full breakdown7
MeasureWinterstoke Hundred AcademyNorth SomersetEngland
Students in the cohort262,308541,441
Any sustained destination81%76%79%
University (higher education)38%25%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students0%15%19%
Further education19%6%5%
Apprenticeship0%10%7%
Employment15%35%28%
No sustained destination12%18%16%
Universities · named

Which universities did they go to?

1university has told us how many applied, were offered a place and enrolled

Named universities — most schools do not publish this; the official DfE figures above only say how many went to university and how selective those universities were.

universities’ answers to sch.today’s Freedom of Information requests · request tracker

What universities’ own admissions data say3

For each entry year: how many of this school’s students applied, received an offer and enrolled. Counts under five are shown as “<5” to protect individuals. Applications exclude Clearing; enrolments are students who completed registration.

UniversityEntry yearAppliedOffersEnrolled
University of Bristol20251513<5
2024106<5
2023<5<5<5

A university’s enrolment count and a school’s own destinations list can differ: the school counts places accepted in the summer, the university counts students registered in the autumn.

GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

40.1Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school40.1
North Somerset46.8
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 118 pupils in Year 11

20% of pupils here are disadvantaged (England 28%). Disadvantaged pupils here scored 25.7 — below disadvantaged pupils across England (34.9).

34% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (North Somerset 46%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureWinterstoke Hundred AcademyNorth SomersetEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)40.146.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths34%46%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths53%67%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects11%29%41%
EBacc average point score3.344.034.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort20%18%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils25.730.834.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils43.650.450.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language14%8%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

39.70%of the Key Stage 3, GCSE and A level curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 3,288 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Fine Art stands out at GCSE — 22% of the year group took it, against 9% across England.

Green & Sustainability53%
Natural Sciences46%
Language & Communication40%
Mathematics & Statistics40%
Health & Safety40%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects20

Entries as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language11799%89%9%20%59%
Mathematics11799%88%15%22%65%
English Literature11698%86%8%21%58%
Combined Science8370%65%7%9%48%
Geography6656%41%5%25%39%
Business Studies4135%18%7%20%49%
History3731%41%16%26%46%
Biology3227%23%19%45%66%
Chemistry3126%23%19%47%61%
Physics3126%23%23%46%65%
Fine Art2622%9%4%28%23%
Computer Science2118%13%24%30%52%
Design and Technology1815%11%11%23%39%
Spanish1815%19%33%27%72%
Drama1210%7%0%27%83%
Polish65%1%83%84%100%
Italian43%0%—53%—
Statistics22%5%—20%—
Chinese11%1%—75%—
Art and Design11%7%—24%—
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications5
SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Hospitality / Catering Studies59100%—
Sports Studies49100%—
Health Studies2756%—
Sports / Movement Science2450%—
Music performance: Group919%—
A level subjects17

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Biology1838%20%
Psychology1531%23%
Mathematics1123%31%
Geography715%10%
Chemistry715%17%
English Literature613%11%
Environmental Science613%1%
Physics613%12%
Product Design——2%
English Language——4%
History——13%
Law——4%
Philosophy——1%
Further Mathematics——5%
Sociology——13%
Spanish——2%
Fine Art——3%
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses15
SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)919%—
Social ScienceVRQ Level 3715%—
Sports StudiesBTEC National Diploma L3 - Band J - PP-D*D*613%—
Health StudiesBTEC Level 3 National Certificate (Band D)———
MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)———
Finance / Accounting (General)VRQ Level 3———
Computer ScienceGCE AS level (All)———
MathematicsGCE AS level (All)———
Computer ScienceGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)———
Music performance: GroupBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*———
Sports StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*———
Mathematical StudiesCore Maths Qualifications at Level 3———
Speech and DramaBTEC National Extended Diploma L3 - Band N - PPP-D*D*D*———
Health StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*———
Business StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*———
A level results8
MeasureWinterstoke Hundred AcademyNorth SomersetEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study114——
— of whom A level students48910261,341
Average A level gradeDC+B-
Average points per A level entry20.6932.7035.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsDC+B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects3%14%18%
Average grade, applied general courses———
Average grade, T levels———
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Green & Sustainability62%
Natural Sciences57%
Language & Communication53%
Health & Safety50%
Transversal Skills48%
Mathematics & Statistics46%
Engineering & Manufacturing42%
Arts & Humanities24%
Digital & ICT Skills23%
Business & Administration13%
Social & Cultural Skills10%
Law & Public Administration8%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

fraction 15.9percentage 11.2ratio 10.9gradient 9.9vocabulary 8.7reflection 7.9power 7.7translation 7.5equation 7.2particle model 7.2root 7.2energy transfer 7.0grammar 7.0audience 6.7standard form 6.3area 6.3scale 6.2formulae 6.0impact 5.9graph 5.9context 5.6percentage change 5.6change of state 5.5evidence 5.5

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, unit conversion, area from Geography, Mathematics, Biology and 11 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses conclusion, experimental design, data interpretation from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 9 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses pressure, conservation of mass, energy change from Biology, Chemistry, Design and Technology and 5 more · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
More apprenticeships9
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses data interpretation, climate change, data collection from Geography, Biology, Chemistry and 5 more · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses unit conversion, graph, pressure from Biology, Biology, Chemistry and 3 more · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
Battery manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses area, unit conversion, volume from Chemistry, Physics, Chemistry and 4 more · jobs: battery test technician
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses mean, integer, chart from Geography, Mathematics, Psychology and 8 more · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Non-destructive technologies technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, measurement, data interpretation from Mathematics, Biology, Design and Technology and 5 more
Water industry network technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses standard form, unit conversion, volume from Biology, Chemistry, Design and Technology and 4 more · jobs: sewerage network operative, product quality inspector, sewerage maintenance technician
Artificial intelligence (AI) data specialistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · digital · uses presentation, data presentation, experimental design from Geography, Mathematics, Psychology and 7 more · jobs: ICT intelligent systems designer
Keeper and aquaristLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · agriculture, environmental and animal care · uses adaptation, sampling technique, temperature from Biology, Psychology, Biology and 1 more · jobs: animal care attendant, zookeeper, zoo section leader
Production assistant - screen and audioLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses spelling, punctuation, grammar from English Literature, English, Modern Foreign Language · jobs: factory hand, supply chain assistant, management assistant
Admissions

How do you get a place?

The last distance at which Winterstoke Hundred Academy offered Year 7 places is not yet on file; it comes from North Somerset’s allocation statistics.

  1. 31 OctApply to North Somerset in Year 6 for a Year 7 place
  2. 1 MarNational Offer Day
  3. Dec–FebYear 11: apply directly to the sixth form; most close applications in these months
North Somerset

Compare with nearby schools

Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.