South West
Independent schools in Somerset
296 schools, 77,524 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 33.2.
Ofsted across Somerset
Good130
Requires improvement22
Outstanding5
Inadequate3
No overall grade136
160 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 136 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Independent schools in 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Hallows SchoolOther independent school | Shepton Mallet | No grade | — |
| Chard SchoolOther independent school | Chard | No grade | — |
| Downside SchoolOther independent school | Radstock | No grade | — |
| Hazlegrove Preparatory SchoolOther independent school | Yeovil | No grade | — |
| King's BrutonOther independent school | Bruton | No grade | — |
| King's College PrepOther independent school | Taunton | No grade | — |
| King's College TauntonOther independent school | Taunton | No grade | — |
| Millfield Preparatory SchoolOther independent school | Glastonbury | No grade | — |
| Millfield SchoolOther independent school | Street | No grade | — |
| Perrott Hill School LimitedOther independent school | Crewkerne | No grade | — |
| Queen's CollegeOther independent school | Taunton | No grade | — |
| Springmead Preparatory SchoolOther independent school | Somerset | No grade | — |
| Taunton Preparatory SchoolOther independent school | Taunton | No grade | — |
| Taunton SchoolOther independent school | Taunton | No grade | — |
| Wellington SchoolOther independent school | Wellington | No grade | — |
| Wells Cathedral SchoolOther independent school | Wells | No grade | — |