In November 2021, there were 1,266 students attending the school,[2] which is run by Futura Learning Partnership and has been an academy since October 2011.

These are then represented by colours: purple for Burnett, blue for Compton, orange for Newton and red for Stanton.

Key structural changes through the years have been: Removal of the Swimming pool, which was situated on the edge of Lansdown Courts, next to the Kitchens.

Further demolition of temporary huts, with Room 4a, originally a Science Lab, then a Special Needs Classroom knocked down.

[1] Wellsway School is on the eastern side of Keynsham in a spacious campus with open and green fields.

Fair Trade coffee, tea and sugar are used in the staff room and other products sold in the school canteen, in Shades, the Sixth Form cafe, and in a weekly tuck shop run by students.

[12] The students can also take part in a range of extracurricular opportunities, such as Teacher Support sessions, team building exercises, tutorials and theatre trips.

A new sixth form learning centre which hosts a computer suite, private study and office area was opened in October 2008.

Wellsway also supports students who want to pursue a career in Sport, including the RFU Referee's foundation course.

The MAT noted that Sir Bernard Lovell Academy had come out of special measures, and the other two schools were first inspections.

[19] The MAT also operates three "Aspire AP" sites offering provision for about 30 children with serious mental health, behavioural and emotional problems.