Wellsway School is a mixed comprehensive school on the eastern side of Keynsham, Somerset, England, for students aged 11 to 18. In November 2021, there were 1,266 students attending the school, which is run by Futura Learning Partnership and has been an academy since October 2011. History Wellsway School was established in 1971, by amalgamating Keynsham Grammar School and Wellsway County Secondary School, both of which opened on a shared site in the mid-1950s. Headteachers House system The house system has been maintained since the opening of both the Keynsham Grammar School and Wellsway County Secondary School in 1956. The pupils of Wellsway were divided into three Houses, each with their own House Master, Staff and Captains. The three houses were Bridges House, Chandos House and Rodney House. The house system as it is today was created when Wellsway School opened in 1971. The four houses are named after local villages; Burnett, Compton, Newton and Stanton. These are then represented by colours: purple for Burnett, blue for Compton, orange for Newton and red for Stanton. Structural changes The school has gone through many changes since its opening in 1956. Many of these are new builds, or extensions, with the original buildings still standing and fully functional. Key structural changes through the years have been: Minor structural changes: Statistics Most students that attend the school live in Keynsham and Saltford or the nearby villages. Campus Wellsway School is on the eastern side of Keynsham in a spacious campus with open and green fields. The campus has three areas: Lansdown Building, Mendip Building and the playing fields. A review of schools within Bath and North East Somerset during 2010 identified some buildings which were in poor condition and proposed expanding Wellsway and closing Broadlands School to create a single school in Keynsham, though a decision was made not to proceed with this proposal. Uniform Wellsway requires students to wear uniform consisting of green blazers and colour-coded house ties. Uniform is worn by all pupils except sixth-form students. Curriculum teams and subjects In 2005/2006, the staff structure was reviewed at Wellsway, resulting in the departmental structure being revised. From September 2006, the previous structure was replaced by curriculum teams, which in some cases, comprises more than one subject team. In 2016 the structure was as follows: Initiatives Sports & Science Centre of Excellence Wellsway's bid for specialist school status was accepted in September