Backwell School
Secondary schoolBackwell School is a secondary school in North Somerset, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,595 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, February 2025
Before that: Good (overall), January 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 28 January 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 26 February 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Backwell School was 52.6, against 46.4 in North Somerset and 46.2 in England.
59.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | North Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 52.6 | 46.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59.5% | 45.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 78.8% | 66% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 264 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- West Leigh Infant SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2022660 m
- Backwell Church of England Junior SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)750 m
- St Francis Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- Golden Valley Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
- Nailsea SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), March 2024. Attainment 8 of 46.6 (2025/26, provisional)2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in North Somerset
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).