Backwell School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,595 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.7
Academy converter
Broadoak Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 792
- Free school meals
- 37.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 124
- Ofsted
- Good, 7 November 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Broadoak Mathematics and Computing College (URN 137840, until 30 June 2019).
What the data says
Broadoak Academy has no sixth form. Of the 155 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 77% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 38.7 against 46.1 across England and 46.8 in North Somerset, with 32% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 24% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in Spanish and French add up to 17% of the year group, and 15% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in North Somerset and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Broadoak Academy | North Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 155 | 2,376 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 8% | 35% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 77% | 48% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Broadoak Academy | North Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 38.7 | 46.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 15% | 29% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.25 | 4.03 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 41% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.4 | 30.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.8 | 50.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 16% | 8% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 122 | 98% | 88% | 13% | 22% | 66% |
| English Language | 121 | 98% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 62% |
| English Literature | 119 | 96% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 68% |
| Geography | 73 | 59% | 41% | 10% | 25% | 44% |
| Combined Science | 68 | 55% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 31% |
| Biology | 52 | 42% | 23% | 15% | 45% | 58% |
| Chemistry | 51 | 41% | 23% | 14% | 47% | 57% |
| Physics | 51 | 41% | 23% | 14% | 46% | 53% |
| History | 50 | 40% | 41% | 14% | 26% | 60% |
| Design and Technology | 30 | 24% | 11% | 13% | 23% | 43% |
| Psychology | 29 | 23% | 3% | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| Computer Science | 26 | 21% | 13% | 12% | 30% | 38% |
| Fine Art | 22 | 18% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 59% |
| Religious Studies | 14 | 11% | 31% | 21% | 32% | 79% |
| Spanish | 12 | 10% | 19% | 50% | 27% | 75% |
| French | 9 | 7% | 18% | 33% | 29% | 67% |
| Music | 6 | 5% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| Citizenship Studies | 6 | 5% | 3% | 0% | 19% | 0% |
| Polish | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Art and Design | 1 | 1% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 34 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 27 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 24 | — | — |
Where Broadoak Academy is
Other secondary schools in North Somerset are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from North Somerset’s allocation statistics.
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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.