Which school had the best GCSE results in Bristol in 2024?

On 2024 Attainment 8, Redland Green School topped the table in Bristol with 61.5, against an England average of 45.9. 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 2024 archive (the 2023/24 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 2024 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2024 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 2024: secondary school league table

42 state secondary schools in Bristol ranked on their 2024 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2023/24 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 4 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 6 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2024 archive of the table. See the latest Bristol GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Town 46 state secondary schools 2023/24 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Bristol ranked on Attainment 8

42 of 46 schools have published 2024 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/24.

Secondary schools in Bristol ranked on Attainment 8, 2024 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	45.9	0.00	46%	65%	4.07	–
1	Redland Green School Bristol · Academy converter	61.5	+0.59 (0.40 to 0.78)	74%	87%	6.00	238
2	Bristol Free School Bristol · Free schools	58.0	+0.43 (0.23 to 0.63)	66%	84%	5.32	199
3	Bristol Cathedral Choir School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	56.7	+0.55 (0.31 to 0.78)	66%	87%	4.96	146
4	St Bede's Catholic College Bristol · Academy converter	55.6	+0.38 (0.19 to 0.58)	57%	83%	4.68	208
5	Backwell School Bristol · Academy converter	53.4	+0.21 (0.04 to 0.38)	57%	81%	5.08	266
6	Wellsway School Bristol · Academy converter	51.8	+0.31 (0.12 to 0.51)	59%	81%	4.74	213
7	St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School Bristol · Voluntary aided school	51.7	+0.24 (0.04 to 0.43)	53%	72%	4.39	216
8	Bradley Stoke Community School Bristol · Academy converter	51.1	+0.34 (0.12 to 0.55)	58%	72%	4.23	178
9	John Cabot Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	50.8	+0.44 (0.21 to 0.67)	61%	80%	4.10	151
10	Trinity Academy Bristol · Free schools	50.7	+0.53 (0.26 to 0.79)	57%	76%	4.50	120
11	The Castle School Bristol · Academy converter	50.6	+0.33 (0.15 to 0.50)	52%	73%	4.64	259
12=	Ashton Park School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	50.2	+0.31 (0.11 to 0.50)	54%	75%	4.22	208
12=	Brimsham Green School Bristol · Community school	50.2	+0.27 (0.04 to 0.49)	53%	81%	4.16	160
14	Fairfield High School Bristol · Academy converter	49.9	+0.25 (0.05 to 0.45)	44%	69%	4.34	212
15	Nailsea School Bristol · Academy converter	49.3	+0.26 (0.04 to 0.47)	50%	68%	4.26	173
16	Downend School Bristol · Academy converter	48.8	+0.10 (-0.09 to 0.28)	49%	76%	4.27	229
17=	Gordano School Bristol · Academy converter	48.3	-0.02 (-0.17 to 0.12)	49%	72%	4.33	361
17=	Sir Bernard Lovell Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	48.3	+0.08 (-0.13 to 0.28)	47%	70%	4.18	192
19=	Bristol Metropolitan Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	48.0	+0.54 (0.34 to 0.73)	46%	71%	4.31	215
19=	St Katherine's School Bristol · Academy converter	48.0	-0.07 (-0.29 to 0.15)	46%	75%	4.13	169
21	Winterbourne Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	47.9	-0.16 (-0.32 to 0.01)	50%	75%	4.06	296
22	Chew Valley School Bristol · Academy converter	47.8	-0.10 (-0.30 to 0.10)	51%	69%	4.38	208
23	Marlwood School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	47.6	-0.22 (-0.52 to 0.09)	50%	76%	4.38	86
24	Abbeywood Community School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	46.8	+0.04 (-0.16 to 0.24)	46%	67%	3.85	202
25	Cotham School Bristol · Academy converter	46.2	+0.10 (-0.10 to 0.30)	46%	65%	4.24	219
26	Bristol Brunel Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	45.1	+0.24 (0.06 to 0.42)	37%	63%	4.08	253
27	St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School Bristol · Voluntary aided school	43.0	-0.32 (-0.55 to -0.09)	32%	59%	3.57	144
28	Oasis Academy John Williams Bristol · Academy sponsor led	42.3	-0.37 (-0.59 to -0.14)	39%	61%	3.59	155
29	Mangotsfield School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	42.2	-0.30 (-0.50 to -0.10)	35%	59%	3.77	211
30	King's Oak Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	41.6	-0.28 (-0.53 to -0.03)	35%	61%	3.48	127
31	Chipping Sodbury School Bristol · Academy converter	41.4	-0.44 (-0.71 to -0.17)	32%	54%	3.87	114
32	Hanham Woods Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led	41.2	-0.26 (-0.49 to -0.04)	34%	62%	3.53	154
33	Oasis Academy Brislington Bristol · Academy sponsor led	40.9	-0.29 (-0.47 to -0.12)	35%	53%	3.85	265
34	Lift Broadlands Bristol · Academy sponsor led	40.7	-0.21 (-0.46 to 0.03)	32%	58%	3.46	129
35	Blaise High School Bristol · Academy sponsor led	40.4	-0.30 (-0.53 to -0.08)	40%	54%	3.53	179
36	Bedminster Down School Bristol · Academy converter	39.9	-0.30 (-0.50 to -0.10)	33%	55%	3.24	194
37	Orchard School Bristol Bristol · Academy sponsor led	39.6	-0.31 (-0.53 to -0.09)	34%	53%	3.63	167
38	IKB Academy Bristol · Studio schools	38.6	-0.54 (-0.94 to -0.14)	32%	50%	3.09	54
39	The City Academy Bristol Bristol · Academy sponsor led	37.5	+0.07 (-0.14 to 0.29)	26%	50%	3.18	190
40	Digitech Studio School Bristol · Studio schools	34.5	-0.65 (-0.96 to -0.34)	26%	46%	2.71	85
41	Bridge Learning Campus Bristol · Academy sponsor led	33.6	-0.75 (-1.03 to -0.48)	18%	35%	2.83	113
42	Oasis Academy Brightstowe Bristol · Academy sponsor led	33.3	-1.01 (-1.25 to -0.78)	19%	44%	2.95	146
–	E-Act Merchants' Academy Bristol · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	E-Act Montpelier High School Bristol · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Oasis Academy Daventry Road Bristol · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Oasis Academy Temple Quarter Bristol · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Independent schools in Bristol with published 2024 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	40.2	0%	76
Bristol Grammar School Bristol · Other independent school	13.5	0%	146
Clifton College Bristol · Other independent school	26.0	0%	152
LPW Independent School Bristol · Other independent school	4.9	0%	24
Queen Elizabeth's Hospital Bristol · Other independent school	35.4	0%	78
Redmaids' High School Bristol · Other independent school	28.2	0%	107

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 2024 was 45.9.

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 2024 archive of the table: each school's 2024 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2024 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 2024: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Bristol ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Bristol with published 2024 GCSE results

More about schools in Bristol

Bristol GCSE results: common questions