Schools in South Gloucestershire
121 schools in the South Gloucestershire local authority.
Schools
121
Open schools
Pupils
41,884
2025–26 census
Good or better
93%
96 of 103 graded
Academic Performance
5.1
out of 10 · 115 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 6 6%
- Good
- 90 87%
- Requires improvement
- 6 6%
- Inadequate
- 1 <1%
6 inspected since 2024, no overall grade13 superseded by a report card12 not judged1 in a category of concern
5.1
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 115 of 121 schools that can be scored
Pupils
41,884
pupils on roll
Boys 52%48% Girls
Ethnicity
White
79%Asian
6%Black
4%Mixed
7%Chinese
2%Any other group
1%Unclassified
1%Ethnicity from 116 of 121 schools (41,447 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 17.3%
- First language not English
- 14.6%
- Young carers
- 1.2%
7,160 of 41,447 pupils · 116 of 121 schools
6,052 of 41,447 pupils · 116 of 121 schools
511 of 41,447 pupils · 116 of 121 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 93
- Secondary
- 16
- All-through
- 2
- Special
- 7
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 2
Top primary schools in South Gloucestershire
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Beacon Rise Primary SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 2.St Helen's Church of England Primary SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 3.Bromley Heath Infant SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 4.Almondsbury Church of England Primary SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary9.2/10Outstanding
- 5.Marshfield Church of England Primary SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary9.0/10Good
- 6.Hambrook Primary SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary8.9/10Good
- 7.Wallscourt Farm AcademySouth Gloucestershire · Primary8.6/10Good
- 8.Frampton Cotterell Church of England Primary SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary8.5/10Good
- 9.Manorbrook Primary SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary8.4/10Good
- 10.Coniston Primary SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary8.1/10Good
- 11.Meadowbrook Primary SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary8.0/10Good
- 12.Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary7.9/10Good
- 13.The Manor Church of England Primary SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary7.8/10Good
- 14.Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary7.8/10
- 15.Wick Church of England Primary SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary7.3/10Good
- 16.Blackhorse Primary SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary7.2/10Good
- 17.Hanham Abbots Junior SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary7.2/10Good
- 18.Holy Trinity Primary SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary7.2/10Good
- 19.Olveston Church of England Primary SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary7.1/10Good
- 20.North Road Community Primary SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Primary7.0/10Good
Top secondary schools in South Gloucestershire
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Yate AcademySouth Gloucestershire · Secondary8.4/10Good
- 2.The Castle SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Secondary8.2/10Good
- 3.John Cabot AcademySouth Gloucestershire · Secondary8.0/10
- 4.Winterbourne AcademySouth Gloucestershire · Secondary7.9/10Good
- 5.Downend SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Secondary7.7/10Good
- 6.Bradley Stoke Community SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Secondary7.6/10Good
- 7.Abbeywood Community SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Secondary6.0/10
- 8.Brimsham Green SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Secondary5.5/10Good
- 9.Sir Bernard Lovell AcademySouth Gloucestershire · Secondary3.9/10Good
- 10.Marlwood SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Secondary3.7/10Good
- 11.Hanham Woods AcademySouth Gloucestershire · Secondary3.6/10Good
- 12.Chipping Sodbury SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Secondary3.5/10Good
- 13.King's Oak AcademySouth Gloucestershire · Secondary3.0/10
- 14.Mangotsfield SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Secondary2.8/10Good
- 15.Patchway Community SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Secondary1.8/10
- 16.Digitech Studio SchoolSouth Gloucestershire · Secondary1.1/10Good
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About schools in South Gloucestershire
- How many schools are there in South Gloucestershire?
- South Gloucestershire has 121 open schools — 93 primary, 16 secondary, 7 special, teaching 41,884 pupils in total.
- How many schools in South Gloucestershire are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 96 of the 103 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 93% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 6 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 121: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in South Gloucestershire?
- 5.1 out of 10, averaged across the 115 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 South Gloucestershire schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 18 schools in South Gloucestershire 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 South Gloucestershire 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. South Gloucestershire covers 121 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 South Gloucestershire are eligible for free school meals?
- 17.3% — 7,160 of 41,447 pupils at the 116 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.