Winterbourne Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 10 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
South Gloucestershire
Unique reference
145502
Address
High Street, Winterbourne, BS36 1JL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1783 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
49.2%
Girls
50.8%
First language not English
10.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.6%
Persistent absence
19.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.8%
Mixed 5.9%
Other White 4.5%
Chinese 2.2%
African 1.6%
Indian 1.2%
Pakistani 1.1%
Other 1.1%
Other Asian 0.6%
Unclassified 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 25%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.9
Local authority average 42.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.45
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award32
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award1
Sports StudiesTechnical Award68
Ancient HistoryGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
BiologyGCSE52
Business Studies:SingleGCSE80
ChemistryGCSE51
ChineseGCSE6
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Winterbourne Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
293
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
269
2nd preference
211
3rd preference
211
From another Local Authority
14
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
258
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes16.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
300
143
157
Year 8
298
154
144
Year 9
349
182
167
Year 10
297
134
163
Year 11
299
148
151
Year 12
115
57
58
Year 13
125
60
65
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
81.9%
85.5%
Further education
31.0%
33.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
46.0%
36.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
10.0%
11.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
7.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
57.0%
44.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
20.0%
8.9%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
7.0%
2.6%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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