IKB Academy, Bristol

In its own words: "I am delighted to introduce IKB Academy - a unique and popular school for all students in Years 10-13 Our vision at IKB is to provide an inclusive and complete education with a focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) that ensures all IKB students leave us as ‘resilient and confident young adults with exceptional qualifications, experiences and skills’."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, drama and STEM.

Coming up: an open day on Monday 5 April 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at IKB Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 25.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.1 in Bath and North East Somerset and 47 across England.

16% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Bath and North East Somerset and 47% in England.

That is down from 38.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.54: pupils made well below 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 15.5, against 32.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 17.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Engineering Studies, Combined Science and Construction and the Built Environment.

Across Bath and North East Somerset, 88% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 97% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Bath and North East Somerset lodged 56 appeals against secondary school offers; 39 reached a hearing and 23 succeeded (59% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to IKB Academy are Wellsway School (under 0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.3); Lift Broadlands (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 43.8); Sir Bernard Lovell Academy (2.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.6); and Oasis Academy Brislington (2.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.6).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than IKB Academy.

IKB Academy is one of 26 schools run by Futura Learning Partnership, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.1 in 2024/25.

Of the 54 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 74% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 22% to a further education college, 7% to an apprenticeship and 11% into work.

Of the 20 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 30% went on to university or other higher education, 20% to apprenticeships and 15% into work.

3.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (82%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 26 pupils (19.1%) received SEN support and 11 (8.1%) 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 a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

IKB Academy had 10 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Keynsham Rail Station, about 940 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Unity Road (w-bound), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood IKB Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 161 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 Bath and North East Somerset (86), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, IKB Academy issued 213 suspensions, 157.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to IKB Academy are Two Rivers Church of England Primary (under 0.1 miles), Chandag Primary School (0.2 miles), St John's Church of England Primary School (0.8 miles) and Somerdale Educate Together Primary Academy (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.