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State secondary schools in South Gloucestershire

16 schools · South West · 2024/25 Department for Education figures

South Gloucestershire has 16 state secondaries, 14 of them with sixth forms. 89.4% of families got their first choice last year, better than most of England. Results run from 17.7% to 60.4% passing English and maths, a spread of 43 points, with a middle school at 43.4%, almost exactly England's 45.4%.

Of those Ofsted has graded, 11 Good. 5 schools carry no overall grade at all — either inspected since Ofsted stopped issuing one in September 2024, or never inspected.

16 schools in South Gloucestershire. Tap one, or see the full list.
18% 60% passed English & maths

South Gloucestershire against England

State-funded schools, 2024/25

43%

Passed English & maths grade 5 or above

2.6% below England

England 45%

42.9

Attainment 8 average score

3.2 below England

England 46.1

22%

Persistently absent missed 10% of sessions

in line with England

England 21%

Getting a place

2026/27 secondary admissions round, across South Gloucestershire

89.4%

Got their first choiceof those who applied

England 84%

98.3%

Got one of their threefirst, second or third

<0.1%

Got no offer at allfrom any preference

12%

Appeals upheld6 of 49 heard

These are figures for South Gloucestershire as a whole. A popular school can be much harder to get into than the average suggests, and the criteria that decide it are set by each school's own admission authority rather than centrally. How applying works

How much the choice matters here

Across South Gloucestershire's 16 schools, the share passing English and maths runs from 18% to 60%. That is a spread of 43 percentage points, about typical.

The typical council spans about 48 points. Where schools are close together the school a child gets matters less; where they are far apart it matters a great deal. The widest spreads are all selective areas, where grammar schools sit at one end and everything else at the other.

South Gloucestershire schools, subject by subject

The share reaching grade 4 or above, among schools entering at least 20 pupils. Which pupils take a subject differs a lot between schools, so read this as what happened rather than as a ranking of teaching.

mathsenglish literatureenglish languagecombined sciencehistorygeographyartphysicschemistrybiologyreligious studiesphotographydesign technologycomputer sciencebusiness studiesfrenchfood technologyspanish
  1. 1 Abbeywood Community School Bristol · 25 entries 80%
  2. 2 Winterbourne Academy Bristol · 80 entries 78%
  3. 3 Bradley Stoke Community School Bristol · 83 entries 75%
  4. 4 The Castle School Bristol · 54 entries 72%
  5. 5 Brimsham Green School Bristol · 64 entries 69%
  6. 6 Downend School Bristol · 104 entries 68%
  7. 7 Marlwood School Bristol · 23 entries 48%
  8. 8 Digitech Studio School Bristol · 36 entries 36%
  9. 9 Patchway Community School Almondsbury · 39 entries 31%
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Schools in neighbouring authorities are not in this list, because admissions run per authority. See bordering areas.

2 of 16 have no spare places. Sort the list, or narrow it first.

  • Abbeywood Community School Bristol · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    46%
    Attainment 8
    46
    Absence
    22%
  • Bradley Stoke Community School Bristol · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    56%
    Attainment 8
    50.6
    Absence
    16%
  • Brimsham Green School Bristol · Good.
    Eng & maths
    43%
    Attainment 8
    44.9
    Absence
    22%
  • Chipping Sodbury School Bristol · Good.
    Eng & maths
    37%
    Attainment 8
    43.7
    Absence
    22%
  • Digitech Studio School Bristol · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    18%
    Attainment 8
    31.2
    Absence
    44%
  • Downend School Bristol · Good.
    Eng & maths
    54%
    Attainment 8
    51
    Absence
    19%
  • Hanham Woods Academy Bristol · Good.
    Eng & maths
    39%
    Attainment 8
    44.1
    Absence
    26%
  • John Cabot Academy Bristol · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    60%
    Attainment 8
    52.1
    Absence
    24%
  • King's Oak Academy Bristol · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    35%
    Attainment 8
    42
    Absence
    23%
  • Mangotsfield School Bristol · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    35%
    Attainment 8
    41.3
    Absence
    23%
  • Marlwood School Bristol · Good.
    Eng & maths
    39%
    Attainment 8
    43.2
    Absence
    27%
  • Patchway Community School Almondsbury · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    27%
    Attainment 8
    37
    Absence
    34%
  • Sir Bernard Lovell Academy Bristol · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    43%
    Attainment 8
    44.5
    Absence
    22%
  • The Castle School Bristol · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    58%
    Attainment 8
    52.4
    Absence
    19%
  • Winterbourne Academy Bristol · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    59%
    Attainment 8
    52
    Absence
    20%
  • Yate Academy Yate · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    60%
    Attainment 8
    54.8
    Absence
    26%

Pick up to 4 schools to see them side by side in the comparison tool, subject by subject.

Sixth form · Key stage 5·2024/25

A levels in South Gloucestershire

9 of South Gloucestershire's 14 sixth forms publish A level results. Ranked on the share reaching AAB or better in at least two of the subjects universities name, which is the measure the steepest entry requirements are written in.

Sixth form Grade AAB+

A level results only. A sixth form running mostly BTECs and other applied courses will show a dash here and can still be the right one — those are graded on their own scale, where a distinction and an A grade carry the same points and mean different things.

Bordering South Gloucestershire

Near a boundary, schools on both sides are usually in reach. Whether a child can apply is set by each school's admission criteria, not by the border.

Bath and North East Somerset 14 schools · 49% passed English & mathsBristol, City of 24 schools · 46% passed English & mathsGloucestershire 41 schools · 53% passed English & mathsWiltshire 28 schools · 45% passed English & maths

What these mean

Attainment 8
The average pupil's total score across eight GCSE-equivalent subjects, with English and maths counting double. It is scored out of 90. A score of 50 is roughly equivalent to achieving a grade 5 across eight subjects.
Grades 4 and 5
GCSEs are graded from 9 down to 1. Grade 4 is a standard pass and broadly corresponds to the old grade C; grade 5 is what the government calls a strong pass. Grade 7 is broadly equivalent to an old grade A.
Persistent absence
The share of pupils who miss at least 10% of their possible sessions during the school year. This includes both authorised and unauthorised absence, so illness and other authorised reasons are included. Persistent absence has remained substantially higher than its pre-pandemic level.
First preference
The share of families who were offered the school they ranked first on their application, on national offer day in March. This figure is calculated across the relevant schools or admissions authority, so a high overall figure does not necessarily mean that every individual school is easy to get into.
Spare places
The amount of available capacity a school has compared with the number of pupils on roll. This is different from oversubscription: spare places measure whether a school has capacity, whereas oversubscription describes demand for places exceeding the number available. A school with no spare places may be popular, but a small school can also be full without receiving a large number of applications.
Average A-level grade
The average grade achieved across students' A-level entries. This is different from measures such as the proportion achieving AAB or better in two or more facilitating subjects, which are sometimes used to indicate higher attainment and university-entry performance.
Covers state-funded schools in England; independent schools are not included, and neither the list nor the subject figures above take account of them.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Key stage 4 performance and school characteristics: Department for Education, 2024/25. Inspection outcomes: Ofsted.