Which school had the best GCSE results in Bristol in 2022?

On 2022 Attainment 8, St Bede's Catholic College topped the table in Bristol with 61.6. 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.

Where are the latest Bristol GCSE results?

This page is the 2022 archive (the 2021/22 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Bristol are on the main Bristol GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

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. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Bristol show no 2022 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2022 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's 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 2022: secondary school league table

41 state secondary schools in Bristol ranked on their 2022 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2021/22 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school. 5 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 6 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2022 archive of the table. See the latest Bristol GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Town 46 state secondary schools 2021/22 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Bristol ranked on Attainment 8

41 of 46 schools have published 2022 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2021/22.

Secondary schools in Bristol ranked on Attainment 8, 2022 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
1	St Bede's Catholic College Bristol · Academy converter	61.6	+0.46 (0.24 to 0.68)	74%	91%	4.97	180
2	Redland Green School Bristol · Academy converter	60.8	+0.43 (0.24 to 0.62)	67%	85%	5.77	230
3	Bristol Cathedral Choir School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	59.3	+0.37 (0.14 to 0.60)	70%	85%	5.24	151
4	The Castle School Bristol · Academy converter	57.5	+0.47 (0.27 to 0.66)	61%	80%	5.30	212
5	St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School Bristol · Voluntary aided school	57.1	+0.14 (-0.05 to 0.33)	60%	78%	4.89	217
6	Backwell School Bristol · Academy converter	56.0	+0.25 (0.08 to 0.42)	64%	83%	5.15	265
7	Wellsway School Bristol · Academy converter	55.3	+0.51 (0.31 to 0.70)	62%	85%	4.90	205
8=	Fairfield High School Bristol · Academy converter	54.7	+0.39 (0.19 to 0.58)	62%	79%	4.65	214
8=	Gordano School Bristol · Academy converter	54.7	+0.38 (0.21 to 0.54)	61%	81%	4.95	295
10	John Cabot Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	54.4	+0.46 (0.23 to 0.69)	61%	84%	4.39	148
11	Bradley Stoke Community School Bristol · Academy converter	53.8	+0.16 (-0.05 to 0.38)	58%	81%	4.48	178
12	Bristol Metropolitan Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	53.5	+0.51 (0.30 to 0.73)	56%	79%	4.85	177
13	Winterbourne Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	52.6	-0.05 (-0.22 to 0.13)	63%	80%	4.37	264
14	Downend School Bristol · Academy converter	52.5	-0.03 (-0.21 to 0.16)	57%	78%	4.77	233
15	Cotham School Bristol · Academy converter	52.2	+0.15 (-0.05 to 0.35)	57%	73%	4.76	212
16	St Katherine's School Bristol · Academy converter	51.9	+0.12 (-0.11 to 0.36)	52%	70%	4.36	143
17	Bristol Free School Bristol · Free schools	51.8	-0.14 (-0.35 to 0.07)	55%	71%	4.60	192
18	Chew Valley School Bristol · Academy converter	51.6	-0.25 (-0.45 to -0.05)	52%	77%	4.68	194
19	Nailsea School Bristol · Academy converter	50.9	-0.13 (-0.35 to 0.09)	57%	74%	4.54	168
20	Marlwood School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	50.3	-0.26 (-0.56 to 0.04)	53%	79%	4.69	87
21	Sir Bernard Lovell Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	49.9	+0.28 (0.06 to 0.49)	56%	76%	4.24	166
22	St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School Bristol · Voluntary aided school	48.5	-0.04 (-0.28 to 0.20)	49%	62%	4.17	139
23	Bristol Brunel Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	48.2	+0.16 (-0.03 to 0.35)	48%	67%	4.02	227
24	Hanham Woods Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	47.2	-0.01 (-0.23 to 0.22)	48%	66%	4.04	153
25	Ashton Park School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	46.6	-0.37 (-0.56 to -0.17)	44%	62%	3.85	209
26	Mangotsfield School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	46.3	-0.24 (-0.43 to -0.04)	42%	64%	4.27	206
27	Abbeywood Community School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	44.9	-0.44 (-0.65 to -0.23)	48%	63%	3.84	176
28	Oasis Academy Brislington Bristol · Academy sponsor led	44.8	+0.12 (-0.12 to 0.36)	36%	62%	4.12	143
29	Brimsham Green School Bristol · Community school	44.4	-0.21 (-0.45 to 0.02)	42%	62%	3.69	141
30	Oasis Academy John Williams Bristol · Academy sponsor led	44.1	-0.25 (-0.47 to -0.04)	42%	67%	3.69	166
31	Orchard School Bristol Bristol · Academy sponsor led	43.9	-0.12 (-0.35 to 0.10)	37%	59%	3.90	153
32	IKB Academy Bristol · Studio schools	43.5	-0.66 (-1.03 to -0.28)	41%	64%	3.21	56
33	Blaise High School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	43.3	-0.46 (-0.70 to -0.22)	41%	61%	3.66	152
34	Lift Broadlands Bristol · Academy sponsor led	42.8	-0.35 (-0.60 to -0.10)	38%	56%	3.60	125
35	Chipping Sodbury School Bristol · Academy converter	42.2	-0.44 (-0.67 to -0.21)	35%	57%	3.68	145
36	King's Oak Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	41.3	-0.43 (-0.68 to -0.19)	27%	55%	3.37	133
37	Bedminster Down School Bristol · Academy converter	40.6	-0.49 (-0.69 to -0.30)	31%	55%	3.23	202
38	Oasis Academy Brightstowe Bristol · Academy sponsor led	39.3	-0.77 (-1.01 to -0.54)	26%	45%	3.31	139
39	The City Academy Bristol Bristol · Academy sponsor led	38.8	+0.32 (0.06 to 0.58)	36%	59%	3.36	147
40	Digitech Studio School Bristol · Studio schools	36.7	-0.94 (-1.29 to -0.59)	24%	50%	2.71	70
41	Bridge Learning Campus Bristol · Academy sponsor led	35.8	-0.69 (-0.97 to -0.41)	22%	49%	2.90	104
–	E-Act Merchants' Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	E-Act Montpelier High School Bristol · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Oasis Academy Daventry Road Bristol · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Oasis Academy Temple Quarter Bristol · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Trinity Academy Bristol · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Independent schools in Bristol with published 2022 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	42.7	0%	57
Bristol Grammar School Bristol · Other independent school	16.4	0%	141
Clifton College Bristol · Other independent school	26.1	0%	126
LPW Independent School Bristol · Other independent school	0.4	0%	25
Queen Elizabeth's Hospital Bristol · Other independent school	35.3	0%	75
Redmaids' High School Bristol · Other independent school	28.8	0%	92

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.

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 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

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.

This is the 2022 archive of the table: each school's 2022 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2022 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Bristol GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Bristol on our composite score

Bristol GCSE results 2022: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Bristol ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Bristol with published 2022 GCSE results

More about schools in Bristol

Bristol GCSE results: common questions