South West
Secondary 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.
Secondary schools in Somerset
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Castle SchoolAcademy converter | Taunton | Outstanding 2023 | 53.4 |
| Sexey's SchoolAcademy converter | Bruton | Good 2023 | 51.5 |
| Huish Episcopi AcademyAcademy converter | LANGPORT | No grade | 50.6 |
| The Blue SchoolAcademy converter | Wells | Good 2023 | 49.7 |
| Haygrove SchoolAcademy converter | Bridgwater | Good 2024 | 48.8 |
| The Kings of Wessex AcademyAcademy converter | Cheddar | No grade | 48.7 |
| Bishop Fox's SchoolAcademy converter | Taunton | Good 2023 | 46.9 |
| Preston School AcademyAcademy converter | Yeovil | Good 2023 | 45.9 |
| St Dunstan's SchoolAcademy converter | Glastonbury | Good 2024 | 45.7 |
| Westfield AcademyAcademy converter | Yeovil | Good 2023 | 44.5 |
| Buckler's Mead SchoolAcademy converter | Yeovil | Good 2024 | 44.5 |
| Brymore AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bridgwater | Good 2024 | 44 |
| Kingsmead AcademyAcademy converter | Taunton | No grade | 43.8 |
| Ansford AcademyAcademy converter | Castle Cary | No grade | 43.7 |
| Stanchester AcademyAcademy converter | Stoke-sub-Hamdon | No grade | 43.7 |
| Robert Blake SchoolFoundation school | Bridgwater | Requires improvement 2023 | 42.9 |
| Court Fields SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Wellington | Good 2023 | 42.8 |
| Crispin School AcademyAcademy converter | Street | Good 2023 | 42.7 |
| Frome Community CollegeAcademy converter | Frome | Good 2023 | 42.7 |
| Holyrood AcademyAcademy converter | Chard | Good 2023 | 42.4 |
| Wadham SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Crewkerne | No grade | 42.3 |
| Chilton Trinity SchoolAcademy converter | Bridgwater | No grade | 42 |
| Monkton Wood AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Taunton | Inadequate 2023 | 41.4 |
| West Somerset CollegeAcademy converter | Minehead | No grade | 41.2 |
| King Arthur's SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Wincanton | No grade | 40.6 |
| WhitstoneAcademy converter | Shepton Mallet | Good 2022 | 40.5 |
| The King Alfred School an AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Highbridge | Good 2022 | 40.5 |
| Bridgwater College AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bridgwater | No grade | 31.9 |
| Minehead Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Minehead | No grade | — |
| Oakfield AcademyAcademy converter | Frome | Requires improvement 2024 | — |
| Selwood AcademyAcademy converter | Frome | Good 2022 | — |
| Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Taunton | No grade | — |
| Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Wedmore | Good 2023 | — |
| Fairlands Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Cheddar | No grade | — |
| Pyrland SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Taunton | No grade | — |