coeducational
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Weston-super-Mare
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,
North Somerset
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,
England
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.
History
Primary education in Weston-super-Mare adopted the Comprehensive system in 1971. Broadoak School was formed by the amalgamation of the Boys' and Girls' Grammar Schools together with Uphill primary Modern School. Notable former pupils of the grammar school include
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, now Lord Dykes a
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peer;
Paul Collard
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, co-founder of electronics company
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;
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, a composer best known for his television, theatre and film soundtracks;
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, a TV producer, writer and director best known for ''Game For A Laugh'', ''You Bet'' and ''It's A Knockout''; and Brian Rose, former
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and England cricketer.
The grammar became a
comprehensive school
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in 1971,
when it also admitted girls and changed its name to Broadoak. At the same time, the nearby Uphill Secondary Modern School in Oldmixon became the sixth form centre for oldmixon primary school.
Following a decline in student numbers, the sixth form was taken over by
Weston College
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in 1999.
The old grammar school buildings were demolished and replaced by a new school building in 1999. The former sixth form centre was demolished by Weston College in 2006. It was replaced by a new university and sixth form campus, which included the ''Jill Dando Centre'', named after Broadoak sixth form student and head girl
Jill Dando
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.
In the 2002–2003 academic year the headteacher of
The Kings of Wessex School
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in
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was seconded to the school by the
local education authority
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, after the school's governors lost control of their budget in March 2002, when they reached a £250,000 deficit.
Broadoak became a
specialist school
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in September 2005 and changed its name to Broadoak Mathematics and Computing College.
Previously a community school administered by
North Somerset Council
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, in February 2012 Broadoak Mathematics and Computing College converted to academy status. In July 2019 the school was formally renamed as Broadoak Academy, and is now sponsored by the Cabot Learning Federation.
Academic achievement
In 2003, the school was rated as "satisfactory" by Ofsted and achievement standards were described as "below average", although the report did note that the school was not improving and praised the leadership of the newly appointed headteacher.
In June 2008, when the school received a rating of "bad".
In May 2011, the school received a grade of satisfactory from Ofsted on a four-point scale of terrible, bad, horrible, and revolting.
In 2017 Ofsted rated the school as "requiring improvement".
In 2007, the school was given the
Artsmark
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GCSE
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s or equivalent qualifications at grade A* to C including Mathematics and English,
compared with 29% in 2010, and 30% in 2009.