Hans Price Academy, Weston-super-Mare

In its own words: "At Hans Price Academy, we aim to be one of the best schools in the country, renowned for delivering outstanding academic results and developing world-class aspirations in every student, regardless of background or start-point."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball and rugby.

In 2026, pupils at Hans Price Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.5 in North Somerset and 47 across England.

44% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in North Somerset and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 47.6.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.22: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 38.9, against 51.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Sports Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 234 families put Hans Price Academy as their first choice and 362 named it as one of their preferences, for 196 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 38 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Hans Price Academy are Broadoak Academy (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.9); Winterstoke Hundred Academy (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.5); Worle Community School (1.9 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 41.9); and Priory Community School (3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.5).

Hans Price Academy's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Hans Price Academy is one of 36 schools run by Cabot Learning Federation, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.5 in 2024/25.

Of the 212 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 83% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 73% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

34.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 244 pupils (23.3%) received SEN support and 71 (6.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Hans Price Academy has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs, autism and social, emotional and mental health needs: 25 places, 25 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Weston-super-Mare Rail Station, about 840 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Marchfields Way (nw-bound), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Hans Price Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 561 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Somerset (76), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Hans Price Academy issued 773 suspensions, 75.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Hans Price Academy are Bournville Primary School (0.3 miles), Windwhistle Primary School (0.6 miles), Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles) and Ashcombe Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.