Worle Community School is a coeducational Academy located in

Worle Worle ( ) is a large village in North Somerset which is joined to the seaside town of Weston-super-Mare on its western edge. It, however, maintains a very separate identity, and may now be bigger than its more famous neighbour. Worle pre-dates ...

, a suburb of

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, England There are currently 1,377 students aged 11 to 16 in the school. The school received media attention in early 2016 after a student was stabbed. Pupils studying at the school included children's writer-illustrator and actor and songwriter (and former musician performer), Peter James Trapani.

History

Worle Community School was founded in 1850 located at Spring Hill, near Worle High Street which is now the present site of St Martin's C of E Junior School. In 1971, it moved to Redwing Drive where its present location is. It became the first school in the county of Somerset to be purposely built as a Comprehensive School and also became one of the first schools in the former Avon county as an Investor in People. In recent times, the school has achieved Arts College status and Specialist school status. In 2002, the school was renamed to Worle Community School in relation to its service to the community of the village of Worle. In recent years, the school has invested in many new facilities, building a new sixth form centre linked with

Weston College Weston College of Further and Higher Education is a general college of further and higher education in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. It provides education and vocational training from age 14 to adult. The college provided education to ...

. In September 2007, the school opened a new restaurant within the school grounds, serving students with healthy choices. The school also has a drama studio and dance studio fitted with lighting and professional flooring. There is also a recording studio in the school called Redwing Studios and many students use it for GCSE composition recordings. There is also a new 3rd Generation Turf pitch and Sports Facility that were opened in January 2013. Since March 1, 2017, Worle Community School is now an Academy as part of The Priory Learning Trust. Nathan Jenkins is The Executive Principal of The PLT. Mark Tidman is the current school principal.

Exam results

In the academic year 2018/2019, the school's Progress 8 benchmark score was -0.26 which was behind average compared to the average score of all state-funded schools in England which was -0.03. In addition, the school was behind average in the Progress 8 benchmark score compared to the

average score, -0.2 and the

Priory Community School Priory Community School - an Academy Trust (often shortened to PCSA) is a school in Worle, a historical village close to Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, England. The school is an Academy, part of The Priory Learning Trust, and had 1,264 p ...

score of -0.13. The school's Attainment 8 score was 42.4, lower than the

score of 44 and lower than North Somerset's Attainment 8 score of 46.1 The percentage of pupils who achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs was 32%, lower than the

score of 33% and also lower compared to the

percentage, 42%.

Notable former pupils

Jill Dando Jill Wendy Dando (9 November 1961 – 26 April 1999) was an English journalist, television presenter and newsreader. She spent most of her career at the BBC and was the corporation's Personality of the Year in 1997. At the time of her death, her ...

, journalist and broadcaster, was a student at the school until 1978.

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* {{authority control Secondary schools in North Somerset Schools in Weston-super-Mare Academies in North Somerset 1850 establishments in England