North Somerset Enterprise and Technology College was established in 2014, specialising in the STEM subjects; Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.[2][3] The school originally had a pupil age range of 14 to 19.
The school opened to Year Twelve students in September 2014, taking in 190 learners, and opened for Year Ten students in September 2015.[2][3][4][5]
The school structured its classes to start at 8.30am and end at 5pm in order to simulate a working day and promote a business and industry dress code for all students.[2][6]
NSETC was initially based at Weston College’s South West Skills Campus.[7][8] In November 2014, BAM Construction was awarded a £12,000,000 contract to build a dedicated NSETC campus on the outskirts of Weston-super-Mare.[8][9][10][11]
The college's students were involved throughout the building's construction, with the first cohort of students invited to sign the building's steel frame.[12] A topping out ceremony was held at the new site on 23 February 2016, led by Weston College principal Dr Paul Phillips OBE.[13]
The new building, named was completed on the 15 August 2016.[14]
In 2019 Inspirational Futures Trust was wound down, and North Somerset Enterprise and Technology College was taken over by the Cabot Learning Federation.[15] The school was renamed Winterstoke Hundred Academy, and will expand its age range, admitting pupils from the age of 11 in September 2020.[16]
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^Angear, Vicky (27 September 2019). "Winterstoke Hundred Academy to open to new pupils next September". Weston Mercury.