Secondary
Backwell School
Station Road, Backwell, Bristol, BS48 3BX
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1595 of 1728 places
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2025
Standards maintained
Still graded as at
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
January 2020
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
GCSE results
56%
52.7
7th of 40 by our score, among the secondary schools in Bristol we can score - 44 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.97 |
| Entered the EBacc | 72% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56% |
| A level average points per entry | 34.44 |
| A level students | 135 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 64% |
| 22/23 | 55% |
| 23/24 | 57% |
| 24/25 | 56% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.1 |
| 22/23 | 34.7 |
| 23/24 | 34.5 |
| 24/25 | 34.4 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.25 |
| 22/23 | +0.28 |
| 23/24 | +0.21 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 56.0 |
| 22/23 | 53.0 |
| 23/24 | 53.4 |
| 24/25 | 52.7 |
Station Road, Backwell, Bristol, BS48 3BX
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
North Somerset admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Will Penny
- Address
- Station Road, Backwell, Bristol, BS48 3BX
- Telephone
- 01275463371