| Backwell School | |
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Station Road, Backwell , BS48 3BX England | |
| Coordinates | 51°24′58″N 2°44′21″W / 51.4161°N 2.7392°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Established | 1954 |
| Founder | Somerset County Council |
| Local authority | North Somerset Council |
| Trust | Backwell School Academy Trust |
| Specialist | Performing and visual arts college |
| Department for Education URN | 136722 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chair of Governors | Maurice Moloney |
| Headteacher | Jon Nunes |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 1,750 (Data from May 2019) [1] |
| Capacity | 1,728 |
| Houses | Cotswold Mendip Quantock Sedgemoor |
| Colour(s) | Navy blue and gold |
| Publication | Backchat, Backwell School Radio and The Toad |
| Teaching school | Yes, since 2012 |
| Website | www |
Backwell School is a secondary academy school in Backwell, Bristol, Somerset, England. It was considered to be one of the best-performing state schools in England, leading results at both GCSE and A level in the area and consistently being rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted. It has now been rated "Good" by Ofsted.
The school is a National Teaching School, through which it leads the North Somerset Teaching Alliance, with Healthy School Plus and International School status. Since March 2011 the school has been a self-governing academy convert. It holds the Artsmark Gold award and includes a sixth form.
It has 1,738 pupils, of which 387 were in the school's sixth form in 2016, from the age of 11 (year 7) to the age of 18 (year 13).[2] Backwell has previously been a Beacon School, specialist performing and visual arts college and National Training School.
- ^ "Backwell School – Get information about schools". Department for Education. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Backwell School". Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
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