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Westhaven School

Special schoolAges 4–18FoundationSixth form

Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4UT · North Somerset local authority

Weston-super-Mare’s School Grade C− better than 19% of towns in England

How full
190 pupils
115% of its 165 places
Free school meals
47%
47 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Westhaven School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 190 pupils for 165 places
  • 47% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, December 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BS23 4) sold for a median £290,000; Weston-super-Mare’s is £254,995

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 26 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools Westhaven beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 4.5

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · North Somerset avg 46.5

20304050607080England avg 47.3Westhaven 4.5

Grade 5+ in English and maths 4%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · North Somerset avg 44%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%Westhaven 4%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24
3.3
2024/25
4.3
2025/26
4.5

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-1.65: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025/26

Attainment 8 for the 14 pupils DfE counts as disadvantaged (free school meals in the last 6 years, or looked after) and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
5.1England 38.6
Not disadvantaged
3.8England 50.6
Grade 4 or above in English and maths4%
England’s schools 66% · North Somerset 66% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

185 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
4.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
45.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 36%Boys 64%
Its letter

No letter for Westhaven School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), December 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Westhaven School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in BS23 4, the school’s postcode sector

Weston-super-Mare property prices →
£290,000
median sale, 376 sales in 36 months · Weston-super-Mare £254,995

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025BS23 4Weston-super-Mare
BS23 4Weston-super-Mare

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£464K
Semi-detached
£340K
Terraced
£268K
Flat
£180K
BS23 4Weston-super-Mare

Homes in BS23 4 sell for a little over Weston-super-Mare’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

8 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−D−D−D−B+DB+C−Westhaven School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4UT

Westhaven School: common questions

What is Westhaven School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (December 2024).

How much do houses cost near Westhaven School?

Homes in its postcode sector, BS23 4, sold for a median £290,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (376 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Weston-super-Mare’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.