Schools in North Somerset
84 schools in the North Somerset local authority.
Schools
84
Open schools
Pupils
32,275
2025–26 census
Good or better
97%
60 of 62 graded
Academic Performance
5.1
out of 10 · 78 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 3 5%
- Good
- 57 92%
- Requires improvement
- 2 3%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
9 inspected since 2024, no overall grade10 superseded by a report card13 not judged1 safeguarding not effective
5.1
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 78 of 84 schools that can be scored
Pupils
32,275
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Ethnicity
White
89%Asian
3%Black
2%Mixed
4%Chinese
<1%Any other group
<1%Unclassified
1%Ethnicity from 80 of 84 schools (31,419 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 16.9%
- First language not English
- 9.5%
- Young carers
- 1.5%
5,324 of 31,419 pupils · 80 of 84 schools
2,986 of 31,419 pupils · 80 of 84 schools
470 of 31,419 pupils · 80 of 84 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 65
- Secondary
- 11
- All-through
- 1
- Special
- 5
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 1
Top primary schools in North Somerset
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolNorth Somerset · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 2.Haywood Village AcademyNorth Somerset · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 3.Chestnut Park PrimaryNorth Somerset · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 4.Northleaze Church of England Primary SchoolNorth Somerset · Primary8.7/10Good
- 5.Blagdon Primary SchoolNorth Somerset · Primary8.6/10Good
- 6.Birdwell Primary SchoolNorth Somerset · Primary8.3/10Good
- 7.Golden Valley Primary SchoolNorth Somerset · Primary8.3/10
- 8.High Down Junior SchoolNorth Somerset · Primary8.3/10Good
- 9.All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolNorth Somerset · Primary8.2/10Good
- 10.Tickenham Church of England Primary SchoolNorth Somerset · Primary8.2/10Good
- 11.St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary SchoolNorth Somerset · Primary8.0/10
- 12.Dundry Church of England Primary SchoolNorth Somerset · Primary7.9/10Good
- 13.Winscombe Primary SchoolNorth Somerset · Primary7.8/10Good
- 14.Yeo Moor Primary SchoolNorth Somerset · Primary7.7/10Good
- 15.St Francis Catholic Primary SchoolNorth Somerset · Primary7.5/10
- 16.Court-De-Wyck Church SchoolNorth Somerset · Primary7.3/10Good
- 17.St John the Evangelist Church SchoolNorth Somerset · Primary7.3/10Good
- 18.Sandford Primary SchoolNorth Somerset · Primary7.2/10Good
- 19.Grove Junior SchoolNorth Somerset · Primary7.1/10Good
- 20.Churchill Church of England Primary SchoolNorth Somerset · Primary7.0/10Good
Top secondary schools in North Somerset
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Backwell SchoolNorth Somerset · Secondary8.1/10Good
- 2.Nailsea SchoolNorth Somerset · Secondary7.9/10Good
- 3.Churchill Academy & Sixth FormNorth Somerset · Secondary7.6/10
- 4.Clevedon SchoolNorth Somerset · Secondary7.3/10Good
- 5.Gordano SchoolNorth Somerset · Secondary7.2/10Good
- 6.St Katherine's SchoolNorth Somerset · Secondary7.1/10Good
- 7.Hans Price AcademyNorth Somerset · Secondary6.0/10Good
- 8.Priory Community SchoolNorth Somerset · Secondary3.2/10Good
- 9.Winterstoke Hundred AcademyNorth Somerset · Secondary2.4/10Good
- 10.Broadoak AcademyNorth Somerset · Secondary2.0/10Good
- 11.Worle Community SchoolNorth Somerset · Secondary0.3/10Requires improvement
Browse all 84 schools in North Somerset — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in North Somerset
- How many schools are there in North Somerset?
- North Somerset has 84 open schools — 65 primary, 11 secondary, 5 special, teaching 32,275 pupils in total.
- How many schools in North Somerset are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 60 of the 62 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 97% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 3 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 84: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in North Somerset?
- 5.1 out of 10, averaged across the 78 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 North Somerset schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 22 schools in North 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 North 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. North Somerset covers 84 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 North Somerset are eligible for free school meals?
- 16.9% — 5,324 of 31,419 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.