Churchill Academy & Sixth Form

Academy converter·Secondary school Winscombe, North Somerset·BS25 5QN
Composite score
62.9
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#884
National rank
#71
In South West
#4
In North Somerset
Top 28%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
50.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
53%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
75%
% EBacc grade 5+
9%
EBacc average points score
4.25

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
238 first choices, 246 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
331
any preference, for 246 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1020220.9520230.9620240.9620250.972026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Churchill Academy & Sixth Form first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,547
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
3.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
5.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
26.5%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.6
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,754
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
97%
258 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
90%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Churchill Academy & Sixth Form

Churchill Academy & Sixth Form is a secondary school in Winscombe, North Somerset, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,547 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 50.3, above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 1.6 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 28% of secondary schools nationally.

53% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 75% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Churchill Academy & Sixth Form was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 238 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 97% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.7%. There are about 17.6 pupils per teacher. Churchill Academy & Sixth Form does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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