Wellsway School

School maintains a dedicated page on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) for parents and carers.

“Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)”

School has a dedicated page on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)

“Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)”

Students are part of a supportive tutor group for two years with caring, experienced tutors and wider sixth form team

“Students are part of a supportive tutor group throughout their two years, and along with our caring and experienced tutors and wider sixth form team, they are challenged, encouraged and nurtured to be the best they can while helping to maintain a sense of perspective, plan for their future and achieve to their fullest potential.”

School describes strong commitment to safeguarding welfare and lists specialist pastoral staff (Heads of House, Learning Mentors, Inclusion Team, school nurse) who support students

“we take our responsibility to protect and safeguard your welfare extremely seriously. We will listen to and take your concerns seriously and have a number of specialist staff who work to support you. These include our Heads of House, Learning Mentors, Inclusion Team and school nurse.”

Sixth form prides itself on enrichment offer including educational trips/visits and personal growth through tutor time

“We pride ourselves on our enrichment offer, including educational trips and visits, and the wider personal growth gained through tutor time and development sessions.”

Strong student body led by Head Students with genuine say in how sixth form is run

“Alongside the staff team, Wellsway Sixth Form has an incredibly strong and supportive student body. Led by Head Students, the student body have a genuine say in how the sixth form is run, from designing the common room to bringing the individual sixth form centres across the Futura Learning Partnership together through student led icebreakers.”

School describes itself as a unique community promoting courtesy, respect, and compassion.

“we believe that Wellsway School is a unique community, one that believes in and actively promotes the traditional values of courtesy, respect, and compassion.”

School culture is described as one of high expectations and high support

“within a culture of high expectations and high support”

Large enough for broad courses and extra-curricular activities, small enough to be personal and supportive

“As a growing sixth form we are large enough to offer a broad range of courses and extra-curricular activities, yet we are small enough to be personal and individually supportive.”

Sixth form emphasizes high academic standards and student welfare, with inclusive/supportive culture and growing student numbers

“Welcome to Wellsway School, a sixth form that sets high standards in both academic achievement and student welfare. We are proud of the inclusive and supportive culture in which our students thrive and that more students than ever choose to stay, and indeed join, Wellsway Sixth Form.”

School is described as non-selective and significantly oversubscribed

“Wellsway is a successful high-performing non-selective school set on the east side of Keynsham, eight miles north west of Bath.”

School holds Open Evening and Open Morning events for prospective parents and children

“Each year we arrange an Open Evening and an Open Morning for parents and their children to see the school facilities, meet the staff and students, and to experience the school in action on a typical day.”

Aims to help students progress to employment, apprenticeship, university, or a gap year

“Our aim is to help students to acquire the skills, qualifications and experiences that will enable them to progress to the next stage in their life journey, whether that is employment, an apprenticeship, continuing their studies at university or taking a gap year to explore the wider world.”

Students leave well-qualified and go on to excel in their chosen careers.

“they leave us as happy, well-qualified, confident, and well-motivated young citizens and we are delighted that so many go on to excel in their chosen careers.”

School states its recent exam results place it among the top-performing schools in its region.

“We are delighted with our recent results, which put us among the top-performing schools in the region”

School reports its most recent Ofsted judgement was 'Good'.

“pleased with our last Ofsted report in which we were judged to be ‘Good’”