Hans Price Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · North Somerset
Marchfields Way, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 3QP
66
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
81%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
90.5%
26.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,046
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
1,050 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
81%
1st preference success rate
191 of 236 families who put it first got an offer
203
Places offered
389
Total applications
1.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 236 | 191 | ● 81% |
| 2nd preference | 107 | 12 | ● 11% |
| 3rd preference | 46 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 389 | 203 | 52% |
1st preference success by year
North Somerset lets families list 3 preferences. 3 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Adrian Esch
- Address
- Marchfields Way, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 3QP
- Phone
- 01934629307
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Ward / constituency
- Weston-super-Mare South · Weston-Super-Mare
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136708
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 34% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 17% | — | — |
| SEN support | 18% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION
1,046 pupils · 1,050 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
01 December 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,073 pupils
Attendance
90.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
26.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 46.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.22 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 41% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 61% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.77 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 42.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 63.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 15.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 188 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 188 | 26% | 49% | 70% | |
| English Language | 188 | 14% | 46% | 68% | |
| English Literature | 188 | 15% | 53% | 67% | |
| Combined Science | 185 | 15% | 48% | 69% | |
| Geography | 87 | 13% | 36% | 55% | |
| History | 83 | 27% | 59% | 73% | |
| Computer Science | 52 | 33% | 63% | 77% | |
| Art and Design | 50 | 18% | 62% | 80% | |
| Design & Technology | 37 | 16% | 35% | 43% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 35 | 26% | 51% | 60% | |
| Drama | 26 | 0% | 4% | 38% | |
| Spanish | 25 | 32% | 76% | 96% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through North Somerset council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.