Best Secondary Schools in Taunton

We checked all 8 secondary schools in Taunton, Somerset, and list every one: 4 ranked, then 4 without a rank.

Schools checked: 8
Ranked: 4
Without a rank: 4

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 in Taunton. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Taunton also has 42 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Somerset. Somerset also has rankings for Bridgwater, Yeovil, Frome and all of Somerset.

Ranked secondary schools in Taunton

Rank 1
The Castle School
Academy, 1,207 pupils, inspected October 2023
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
53.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
57.7%
Rank 2
Bishop Fox's School
Academy, 1,123 pupils, inspected April 2013
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
46.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
44.7%
Rank 3
Kingsmead Academy
Academy, 892 pupils, inspected December 2024
Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
Attainment 8
43.8
Grade 5+ English and maths
39.1%
Rank 4
Monkton Wood Academy
Academy, 1,267 pupils, inspected March 2023
Ofsted: Inadequate
Attainment 8
41.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
35.4%

Secondary schools in Taunton without a rank

King's College Taunton
Independent, 389 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
35.8
Grade 5+ English and maths
0%
Pyrland School
Academy, inspected January 2025
Ofsted judgements: Inadequate
Queen's College
Independent, 613 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
57.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
65.3%
Taunton School
Independent, 667 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
18.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
1.6%