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Worle Community School

URN
143137
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Worle Community School
URN
143137
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Developing

55 / 100

Developing

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

46

Inspection

50

Admissions Value

58

Destinations

50

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#11 of 11 schools in North Somerset

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Worle Community School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Accessible
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Worle Community School

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
19 December 2023
Inspection date
14 November 2023
Inspection type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Requires improvement

    Graded 19 December 2023

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 19 December 2023

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Moderate pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

208

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

309

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

184

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.49×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
North Somerset
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (North Somerset)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select North Somerset to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

40.4

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

41.3%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

58.7%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

17.8%

EBacc achievement

Location

BS22 8XX - Redwing Drive, Mead Vale, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset

Contact details

Address
Redwing Drive, Mead Vale, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset
Postcode
BS22 8XX
Phone
1934510777
Website
-
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Administrative details

Local authority name
North Somerset
Local authority code
802

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 190 schools in North Somerset.

Authority statistics

Total schools

190

Open schools

85

Closed schools

105

Primary schools

140

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Requires improvement

    Graded 19 December 2023

  • Personal development

    Requires improvement

    Graded 19 December 2023

  • Leadership and management

    Requires improvement

    Graded 19 December 2023

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    19 December 202314 November 2023Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1Requires improvementView report for inspection published 19 December 2023
    • Requires improvement

      Published
      19 December 2023
      Inspected
      14 November 2023
      Type
      Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    59.6%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 143

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    5.0%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    79.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    5.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    7.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    7.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    23

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary140 (73.7%)
    • Secondary23 (12.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other27 (14.2%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Worle Community School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Mead Vale Community Primary School196 mPrimaryOpen
    Mead Vale Community Primary School209 mPrimaryClosed
    Mendip Green Primary School342 mPrimaryOpen
    Mendip Green Primary School342 mPrimaryClosed
    St Martin's Church of England Primary School609 mPrimaryOpen
    St Martin's Church of England Primary School609 mPrimaryClosed
    Worle Village Primary School795 mPrimaryOpen
    Worle Village Primary School795 mPrimaryClosed
    The Larch Centre865 mNot applicableClosed
    • Worle Community School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Mead Vale Community Primary School
      Distance
      196 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Mead Vale Community Primary School
      Distance
      209 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Mendip Green Primary School
      Distance
      342 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (North Somerset)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Backwell SchoolSecondaryBS48 3BXClosed
    Backwell SchoolSecondaryBS48 3BXOpen
    Broadoak AcademySecondaryBS23 4NPOpen
    Broadoak Mathematics and Computing CollegeSecondaryBS23 4NPClosed
    Broadoak Mathematics and Computing CollegeSecondaryBS23 4NPClosed
    • Backwell School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BS48 3BX
      Status
      Closed
    • Backwell School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BS48 3BX
      Status
      Open
    • Broadoak Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BS23 4NP
      Status
      Open
    • Broadoak Mathematics and Computing College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BS23 4NP
      Status
      Closed
    • Broadoak Mathematics and Computing College
    Mendip Green Primary School
    Distance
    342 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Martin's Church of England Primary School
    Distance
    609 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Martin's Church of England Primary School
    Distance
    609 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Worle Village Primary School
    Distance
    795 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Worle Village Primary School
    Distance
    795 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • The Larch Centre
    Distance
    865 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    BS23 4NP
    Status
    Closed