Best Secondary Schools in South Gloucestershire

We checked all 19 secondary schools in South Gloucestershire and list every one: 16 ranked, then 3 without a rank.

Schools checked
19
Ranked
16
Without a rank
3

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score across South Gloucestershire, and each school's town is shown. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

South Gloucestershire also has 93 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in South Gloucestershire.

Ranked secondary schools in South Gloucestershire

  1. 1

    Yate Academy

    Yate, Academy, 804 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Attainment 8
    54.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    60.4%

  2. 2

    John Cabot Academy

    Bristol, Academy, 1,244 pupils, inspected November 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Attainment 8
    52.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    60%

  3. 3

    The Castle School

    Bristol, Academy, 1,416 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Expected standard
    Attainment 8
    52.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    58.3%

  4. 4

    Winterbourne Academy

    Bristol, Academy, 1,741 pupils, inspected April 2026

    Report card: Expected standard
    Attainment 8
    52.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    58.7%

  5. 5

    Bradley Stoke Community School

    Bristol, Academy, 1,393 pupils, inspected May 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    50.6
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    56.4%

  6. 6

    Downend School

    Bristol, Academy, 1,415 pupils, inspected September 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    51.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    53.6%

  7. 7

    Abbeywood Community School

    Bristol, Academy, 1,294 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Attainment 8
    46.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    45.5%

  8. 8

    Brimsham Green School

    Bristol, Local authority maintained, 1,095 pupils, inspected May 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    44.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    43.4%

  9. 9

    Sir Bernard Lovell Academy

    Bristol, Academy, 1,268 pupils, inspected January 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Attainment 8
    44.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    43.1%

  10. 10

    King's Oak Academy

    Bristol, Academy, 992 pupils, inspected June 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Attainment 8
    42.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    35.2%

  11. 11

    Hanham Woods Academy

    Bristol, Academy, 825 pupils, inspected November 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    44.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    38.5%

  12. 12

    Marlwood School

    Bristol, Academy, 510 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    43.2
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    39.4%

  13. 13

    Chipping Sodbury School

    Bristol, Academy, 775 pupils, inspected November 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    43.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    37.2%

  14. 14

    Mangotsfield School

    Bristol, Academy, 1,191 pupils, inspected June 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Attainment 8
    41.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    34.8%

  15. 15

    Digitech Studio School

    Bristol, Free school, 608 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Attainment 8
    31.2
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    17.7%

  16. 16

    Patchway Community School

    Almondsbury, Academy, 854 pupils, inspected December 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Attainment 8
    37.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    26.7%

Secondary schools in South Gloucestershire without a rank