South West
Independent schools in North Somerset
83 schools, 32,176 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 39.4.
Ofsted across North Somerset
Good37
Requires improvement2
Outstanding2
No overall grade42
41 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 42 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Independent schools in North Somerset
Sorted by name. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidcot SchoolOther independent school | Winscombe | No grade | — |
| The Downs Preparatory SchoolOther independent school | Bristol | No grade | — |