Secondary schools near long ashton

[moonga1988]

moonga1988

Hi! I am thinking of moving to long ashton. I know there are two primary schools in long ashton but I wondered whether there is a good secondary school that long ashton is in the catchment area for? I am looking for a state school, not a private school. Thank you

Your nearest school would be Ashton Park. I wouldn't send a kid there unless I wasn't expecting much of them academically but they were good at sports. Slightly further but generally better would be St Katherines - and that's the one you'do be likely to get due to catchment areas despite bring further.

Thank you. I heard that Backwell school takes a lot of kids from long ashton (despite long ashton not being in the catchment). Does anyone have any experience of this? Or Nailsea school?

Long Ashton is very close to the boundary between North Somerset and Bristol LEAs. You can apply to both LEAs but send the form to North Somerset. The deciding factor is distance from the school.
I would also throw Bristol cathedral choir school into your options as well. This school is lottery entry so catchment doesn't matter.
I wouldn't rule out Ashton Park as it would be your closest school (either that one or St Katharines would need to be on your form to ensure a place at one of your closest schools). Ashton Park does have options for more able pupils and dcs in the top set do well (there is a wide ability overall which skews the average results).
Backwell or Nailsea would be possible depending on birthrate but cannot be guaranteed. The distance you need to live to be offered places over the last few years should be published by the LEA.
Depends where you have heard the "lots of children go to Backwell school tbh. If it's from an estate agent I would be cautious).

Hi op
Results Bristol www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/schools-by-type?step=default&table=schools&region=801&geographic=la&for=secondary

Results north somerset
www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/schools-by-type?step=default&table=schools&region=802&geographic=la&for=secondary

St Katherines is the usual secondary for long Ashton.
Ashton Park is best avoided its in the poorest performing schools in England.
Backwell, check with the education authority how many children get in on distance from long Ashton. As pp says, do not believe the estate agent!
In Bristol you have St Mary redcliffe if you are religious, cathedral banded postcode lottery as pp said plus some musical aptitude places. Colston girls banded lottery plus language aptitude places.
You need to do thorough research on where you would get a place. You would definitely get admitted at St Katherines as they are under subscribed (because they are out of town in a small village). Some of their results have recently improved.
I'm afraid I don't know about Nailsea.
Good luck

Just be aware that Cathedral school is proposing to change its area of priority to BS1 to BS16 postcodes, given the shortage of secondary places in Bristol. bccs.bristol.sch.uk/admissions/

Don't think Long Ashton falls with these postcodes.