Secondary
Nailsea School
Mizzymead Road, Nailsea, Bristol, BS48 2HN
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1197 of 1300 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- WESSEX LEARNING TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 67.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 98.4
- Pupils per adult
- 11.3
- Pupils
- 1,116
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formOutstanding
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
March 2020
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
56%
9 points above the Bristol average (47% across 40 schools)
52.6
5.3 above the Bristol average (47.3 across 40 schools)
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 | 52.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.6 |
| Entered the EBacc | 30% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56% |
| A level average points per entry | 37.36 |
| A level students | 80 |
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 | 57% |
| 22/23 | 50% |
| 23/24 | 50% |
| 24/25 | 56% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.4 |
| 22/23 | 37.6 |
| 23/24 | 39.3 |
| 24/25 | 37.4 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.13 |
| 22/23 | +0.06 |
| 23/24 | +0.26 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 50.9 |
| 22/23 | 48.0 |
| 23/24 | 49.3 |
| 24/25 | 52.6 |
Mizzymead Road, Nailsea, Bristol, BS48 2HN
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
- Dionne Elliott
- Address
- Mizzymead Road, Nailsea, Bristol, BS48 2HN
- Telephone
- 01275852251