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Schools in Bath and North East Somerset

90 schools in the Bath and North East Somerset local authority.

Schools

90

Open schools

Pupils

31,546

2025–26 census

Good or better

97%

67 of 69 graded

Academic Performance

5.3

out of 10 · 79 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
4 6%
Good
63 91%
Requires improvement
1 1%
Inadequate
1 1%
5 inspected since 2024, no overall grade8 superseded by a report card16 not judged1 in a category of concern
5.3
Academic Performance

Averaged over 79 of 90 schools that can be scored

Pupils

31,546

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 89 of 90 schools (31,546 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
86%
Asian
3%
Black
1%
Mixed
6%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
1%
Unclassified
2%

Ethnicity from 80 of 90 schools (27,058 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
17.6%

4,773 of 27,058 pupils · 80 of 90 schools

First language not English
8.2%

2,207 of 27,058 pupils · 80 of 90 schools

Young carers
1.8%

481 of 27,058 pupils · 80 of 90 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
65
Secondary
17
All-through
3
Special
5

Top primary schools in Bath and North East Somerset

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Bath and North East Somerset

The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 90 schools in Bath and North East Somerset — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Bath and North East Somerset

How many schools are there in Bath and North East Somerset?
Bath and North East Somerset has 90 open schools — 65 primary, 17 secondary, 5 special, teaching 31,546 pupils in total.
How many schools in Bath and North East Somerset are rated Good or Outstanding?
67 of the 69 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 97% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 4 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 90: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Bath and North East Somerset?
5.3 out of 10, averaged across the 79 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Bath and North East Somerset schools have no Ofsted rating?
21 schools in Bath and North East Somerset currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Bath and North East Somerset local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Bath and North East Somerset covers 90 schools and sits in the South West region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Bath and North East Somerset are eligible for free school meals?
17.6% — 4,773 of 27,058 pupils at the 80 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the South West region.