Backwell School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,595 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.7
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Hans Price Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,046of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 34.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 188
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 1 December 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Wyvern Community School (URN 109314, until 1 May 2011).
What the data says
Of the 186 pupils who finished Year 11 at Hans Price Academy in 2023, 3% moved to a sixth form college, 61% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.6 against 46.1 across England and 46.8 in North Somerset, with 43% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in North Somerset and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Hans Price Academy | North Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 186 | 2,376 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 13% | 35% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 3% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 61% | 48% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Hans Price Academy | North Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.6 | 46.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 15% | 29% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.90 | 4.03 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 32% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.8 | 30.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 54.0 | 50.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 15% | 8% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 188 | 100% | 88% | 26% | 22% | 70% |
| English Literature | 188 | 100% | 86% | 15% | 21% | 67% |
| English Language | 188 | 100% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 68% |
| Combined Science | 185 | 98% | 65% | 15% | 9% | 69% |
| Geography | 87 | 46% | 41% | 13% | 25% | 55% |
| History | 83 | 44% | 41% | 27% | 26% | 73% |
| Computer Science | 52 | 28% | 13% | 33% | 30% | 77% |
| Art and Design | 50 | 27% | 7% | 18% | 24% | 80% |
| Design and Technology | 37 | 20% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 43% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 35 | 19% | 8% | 26% | 21% | 60% |
| Drama | 26 | 14% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 38% |
| Spanish | 25 | 13% | 19% | 32% | 27% | 96% |
| Statistics | 21 | 11% | 5% | 67% | 20% | 90% |
| French | 13 | 7% | 18% | 15% | 29% | 85% |
| Religious Studies | 12 | 6% | 31% | 17% | 32% | 75% |
| Polish | 7 | 4% | 1% | 100% | 84% | 100% |
| Citizenship Studies | 1 | 1% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Biology | 1 | 1% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 99 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 57 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 53 | — | — |
| Tourism | 38 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 35 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 27 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 11 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.