Which school has the best GCSE results in Somerset?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Hayesfield Girls School tops the table in Somerset with 57.0, 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 Somerset 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 Somerset 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.

Somerset GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

46 state secondary schools in Somerset 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. 7 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 10 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

County 53 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Somerset ranked on Attainment 8

46 of 53 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Somerset 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	Hayesfield Girls School Bath · Academy converter	57.0	60%	80%	5.21	225
2	Beechen Cliff School Bath · Academy converter	55.0	65%	79%	5.18	175
3	Ralph Allen School Bath · Academy converter	54.6	63%	78%	4.91	211
4	The Castle School Taunton · Academy converter	53.4	58%	80%	4.72	239
5	Nailsea School Bristol · Academy converter	52.6	56%	76%	4.60	187
6	Sexey's School Bruton · Academy converter	51.5	53%	72%	4.99	108
7	Clevedon School Clevedon · Academy converter	51.4	48%	75%	4.32	232
8	Huish Episcopi Academy Langport · Academy converter	50.6	57%	74%	4.27	230
9	Norton Hill Academy Radstock · Academy converter	50.2	53%	76%	4.44	287
10	St Katherine's School Bristol · Academy converter	50.0	47%	69%	4.31	170
11	Chew Valley School Bristol · Academy converter	49.8	51%	73%	4.60	206
12	The Blue School Wells · Academy converter	49.7	51%	71%	4.35	239
13	Haygrove School Bridgwater · Academy converter	48.8	48%	69%	4.55	224
14	The Kings of Wessex Academy Cheddar · Academy converter	48.7	54%	74%	4.30	268
15	Hans Price Academy Weston-super-Mare · Academy sponsor led	47.6	43%	63%	3.90	188
16	Oldfield School Bath · Academy converter	47.3	48%	67%	4.44	219
17	Bishop Fox's School Taunton · Academy converter	46.9	45%	71%	4.11	219
18	Saint Gregory's Catholic College Bath · Voluntary aided school	46.6	43%	62%	3.77	165
19	Preston School Academy Yeovil · Academy converter	45.9	40%	62%	4.17	154
20	St Dunstan's School Glastonbury · Academy converter	45.7	51%	64%	4.10	88
21	Somervale Secondary School Radstock · Academy converter	45.0	40%	63%	3.97	131
22	St Mark's CofE School Bath · Academy converter	44.9	44%	64%	4.02	52
23=	Buckler's Mead School Yeovil · Academy converter	44.5	42%	63%	4.08	150
23=	Westfield Academy Yeovil · Academy converter	44.5	38%	58%	3.56	205
25	Priory Community School Weston-super-Mare · Academy converter	44.2	36%	63%	3.61	290
26	Brymore Academy Bridgwater · Academy sponsor led	44.0	35%	52%	3.54	68
27	Kingsmead Academy Taunton · Academy converter	43.8	39%	62%	4.11	169
28=	Ansford Academy Castle Cary · Academy converter	43.7	45%	60%	3.67	102
28=	Stanchester Academy Stoke-sub-Hamdon · Academy converter	43.7	48%	70%	3.92	132
30	Robert Blake School Bridgwater · Foundation school	42.9	38%	60%	3.79	185
31	Court Fields School Wellington · Academy sponsor led	42.8	43%	68%	3.70	150
32=	Crispin School Academy Street · Academy converter	42.7	39%	57%	3.87	219
32=	Frome Community College Frome · Academy converter	42.7	41%	58%	3.51	284
34	Holyrood Academy Chard · Academy converter	42.4	30%	56%	3.65	232
35	Wadham School Crewkerne · Voluntary controlled school	42.3	38%	64%	3.58	152
36	Chilton Trinity School Bridgwater · Academy converter	42.0	36%	59%	3.69	179
37	Monkton Wood Academy Taunton · Academy sponsor led	41.4	35%	56%	3.46	246
38	West Somerset College Minehead · Academy converter	41.2	33%	55%	3.41	215
39	King Arthur's School Wincanton · Academy sponsor led	40.6	34%	56%	3.45	73
40=	The King Alfred School an Academy Highbridge · Academy sponsor led	40.5	33%	54%	3.23	228
40=	Whitstone Shepton Mallet · Academy converter	40.5	35%	66%	3.61	111
42	Worle Community School Weston-super-Mare · Academy sponsor led	40.4	41%	59%	3.34	242
43	Writhlington School Radstock · Academy converter	40.3	27%	55%	3.58	131
44	Winterstoke Hundred Academy Weston-super-Mare · Free schools	40.1	34%	53%	3.34	118
45	Bridgwater College Academy Bridgwater · Academy sponsor led	31.9	16%	36%	2.85	187
46	Somerset Studio School Radstock · Studio schools	30.5	13%	31%	2.13	32
–	Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School Taunton · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Fairlands Middle School Cheddar · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School Wedmore · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Minehead Middle School Minehead · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Oakfield Academy Frome · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Pyrland School Taunton · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Selwood Academy Frome · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

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

Independent schools in Somerset 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
Bath Academy Bath · Other independent school	6.8	12%	49
Downside School Radstock · Other independent school	32.7	0%	59
King's Bruton Bruton · Other independent school	25.1	0%	79
King's College Taunton Taunton · Other independent school	35.8	0%	79
Millfield School Street · Other independent school	28.6	0%	233
Queen's College Taunton · Other independent school	57.4	65%	49
Sidcot School Winscombe · Other independent school	29.7	0%	69
Taunton School Taunton · Other independent school	18.4	2%	184
Wellington School Wellington · Other independent school	27.7	0%	125
Wells Cathedral School Wells · Other independent school	29.9	0%	86

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 Somerset on our composite score

Somerset GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Somerset ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Somerset with published GCSE results

More about schools in Somerset

Somerset GCSE results: common questions