South West
Secondary schools in Bristol, City of
161 schools, 68,446 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 40.2.
Ofsted across Bristol, City of
Good66
Requires improvement8
Outstanding6
Inadequate2
No overall grade79
82 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 79 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Bristol, City of
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redland Green SchoolAcademy converter | Bristol | Good 2023 | 59 |
| E-Act Montpelier High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Bristol | Inadequate 2022 | 57.3 |
| St Bede's Catholic CollegeAcademy converter | Bristol | No grade | 57.1 |
| Bristol Free SchoolFree schools | Bristol | No grade | 56.3 |
| Bristol Cathedral Choir SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Bristol | Good 2022 | 54.6 |
| St Mary Redcliffe and Temple SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bristol | No grade | 54.2 |
| Trinity AcademyFree schools | Bristol | Good 2024 | 52.1 |
| Cotham SchoolAcademy converter | Bristol | Good 2023 | 51.8 |
| Fairfield High SchoolAcademy converter | Bristol | Good 2023 | 48.9 |
| Oasis Academy John WilliamsAcademy sponsor led | Bristol | Good 2023 | 46.9 |
| Bristol Metropolitan AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bristol | Good 2022 | 46.9 |
| Ashton Park SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Bristol | Good 2022 | 45.8 |
| Blaise High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Bristol | Good 2023 | 45 |
| Orchard School BristolAcademy sponsor led | Bristol | No grade | 44.7 |
| St Bernadette Catholic Secondary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bristol | No grade | 44.5 |
| Oasis Academy BrislingtonAcademy sponsor led | Bristol | No grade | 44.3 |
| Bristol Brunel AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bristol | Good 2023 | 43.6 |
| Bedminster Down SchoolAcademy converter | Bristol | No grade | 41.7 |
| The City Academy BristolAcademy sponsor led | Bristol | No grade | 38.5 |
| Oasis Academy BrightstoweAcademy sponsor led | Bristol | No grade | 38.2 |
| Bridge Learning CampusAcademy sponsor led | Bristol | No grade | 34.6 |
| E-Act Merchants' AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bristol | Inadequate 2024 | 29.5 |
| Oasis Academy Daventry RoadFree schools | Bristol | No grade | — |
| Oasis Academy Temple QuarterFree schools | Bristol | No grade | — |