Which school has the best GCSE results in Bristol?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Redland Green School tops the table in Bristol with 59.0, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Bristol schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Bristol show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Bristol GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

44 state secondary schools in Bristol ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 2 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 6 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Town 46 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Bristol ranked on Attainment 8

44 of 46 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Bristol ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Redland Green School Bristol · Academy converter	59.0	69%	85%	5.71	233
2	E-Act Montpelier High School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	57.3	61%	80%	5.14	131
3	St Bede's Catholic College Bristol · Academy converter	57.1	65%	82%	4.78	208
4	Bristol Free School Bristol · Free schools	56.3	66%	83%	5.18	202
5	Bristol Cathedral Choir School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	54.6	60%	76%	4.99	148
6	St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School Bristol · Voluntary aided school	54.2	62%	78%	4.75	216
7	Backwell School Bristol · Academy converter	52.7	56%	75%	4.97	268
8	Nailsea School Bristol · Academy converter	52.6	56%	76%	4.60	187
9	The Castle School Bristol · Academy converter	52.4	58%	75%	4.93	223
10=	John Cabot Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	52.1	60%	80%	4.22	160
10=	Trinity Academy Bristol · Free schools	52.1	58%	74%	4.72	123
12	Winterbourne Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	52.0	59%	74%	4.46	293
13	Cotham School Bristol · Academy converter	51.8	54%	72%	4.85	231
14	Downend School Bristol · Academy converter	51.0	54%	76%	4.61	233
15	Bradley Stoke Community School Bristol · Academy converter	50.6	56%	70%	4.24	179
16	Wellsway School Bristol · Academy converter	50.5	56%	76%	4.55	216
17	St Katherine's School Bristol · Academy converter	50.0	47%	69%	4.31	170
18	Chew Valley School Bristol · Academy converter	49.8	51%	73%	4.60	206
19	Gordano School Bristol · Academy converter	49.0	51%	73%	4.42	324
20	Fairfield High School Bristol · Academy converter	48.9	46%	69%	4.27	212
21=	Bristol Metropolitan Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	46.9	40%	61%	4.20	215
21=	Oasis Academy John Williams Bristol · Academy sponsor led	46.9	39%	63%	4.02	161
23	Abbeywood Community School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	46.0	46%	67%	3.68	189
24	Ashton Park School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	45.8	42%	63%	3.73	214
25	Blaise High School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	45.0	51%	66%	3.94	156
26	Brimsham Green School Bristol · Community school	44.9	43%	67%	3.78	152
27	St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School Bristol · Voluntary aided school	44.8	38%	65%	3.80	145
28	Orchard School Bristol Bristol · Academy sponsor led	44.7	49%	65%	4.10	177
29	Sir Bernard Lovell Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	44.5	43%	66%	3.74	204
30	Oasis Academy Brislington Bristol · Academy sponsor led	44.3	41%	60%	4.15	250
31	Hanham Woods Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	44.1	39%	63%	3.86	148
32	Chipping Sodbury School Bristol · Academy converter	43.7	37%	66%	3.88	113
33	Bristol Brunel Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	43.6	41%	61%	3.77	251
34	Marlwood School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	43.2	39%	61%	4.03	109
35	King's Oak Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	42.0	35%	57%	3.51	108
36	Bedminster Down School Bristol · Academy converter	41.7	39%	61%	3.30	181
37	Mangotsfield School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	41.3	35%	56%	3.65	207
38	The City Academy Bristol Bristol · Academy sponsor led	38.5	30%	51%	3.28	174
39	IKB Academy Bristol · Studio schools	38.3	32%	53%	3.02	60
40	Oasis Academy Brightstowe Bristol · Academy sponsor led	38.2	27%	50%	3.33	127
41	Bridge Learning Campus Bristol · Academy sponsor led	34.6	23%	45%	2.94	133
42	Lift Broadlands Bristol · Academy sponsor led	31.8	24%	44%	2.90	50
43	Digitech Studio School Bristol · Studio schools	31.2	18%	46%	2.48	79
44	E-Act Merchants' Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	29.5	18%	37%	2.44	124
–	Oasis Academy Daventry Road Bristol · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Oasis Academy Temple Quarter Bristol · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Bristol with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Badminton School Bristol · Other independent school	22.2	0%	61
Bristol Grammar School Bristol · Other independent school	14.8	0%	135
Clifton College Bristol · Other independent school	25.2	0%	161
LPW Independent School Bristol · Other independent school	4.0	0%	28
Queen Elizabeth's Hospital Bristol · Other independent school	40.8	0%	101
Redmaids' High School Bristol · Other independent school	28.8	0%	112

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Bristol on our composite score

Bristol GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Bristol ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Bristol with published GCSE results

More about schools in Bristol

Bristol GCSE results: common questions