Churchill Academy & Sixth Form
Churchill Green, Winscombe, BS25 5QN
1,488 pupils · 88% of 1,698 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 14.9%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 20 May 2025, published 1 July 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 50.3 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 53.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 74.6% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 18.9% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.97 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 246 | 238 | 331 | 246 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 240 | 231 | 333 | 238 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 248 | 239 | 358 | 247 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 259 | 246 | 389 | 255 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 269 | 297 | 417 | 269 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 268 | 299 | 453 | 268 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 270 | 269 | 428 | 270 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 267 | 279 | 443 | 267 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- The Kings of Wessex Academy 7.2 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Priory Community School 7.6 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Worle Community School 8.5 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
- Winterstoke Hundred Academy 8.6 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Backwell School 10.2 km · Good (2020) · previous system
- Hans Price Academy 10.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.