Which school had the best GCSE results in Somerset in 2023?

On 2023 Attainment 8, Hayesfield Girls School topped the table in Somerset with 61.3, against an England average of 46.3. 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 Somerset GCSE results?

This page is the 2023 archive (the 2022/23 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Somerset are on the main Somerset 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 Somerset show no 2023 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2023 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.

Somerset GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

41 state secondary schools in Somerset ranked on their 2023 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2022/23 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. 12 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 10 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2023 archive of the table. See the latest Somerset GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

County 53 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Somerset ranked on Attainment 8

41 of 53 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in Somerset ranked on Attainment 8, 2023 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.3	0.00	45%	65%	4.05	–
1	Hayesfield Girls School Bath · Academy converter	61.3	+0.96 (0.77 to 1.15)	68%	90%	5.71	224
2	Beechen Cliff School Bath · Academy converter	56.0	+0.48 (0.27 to 0.70)	66%	85%	5.21	179
3	Ralph Allen School Bath · Academy converter	54.3	+0.50 (0.31 to 0.70)	59%	81%	4.71	211
4	The Castle School Taunton · Academy converter	53.1	+0.21 (0.03 to 0.40)	54%	74%	4.48	239
5 , up 11 places since 2022	Clevedon School Clevedon · Academy converter	52.3	+0.25 (0.05 to 0.44)	50%	71%	4.36	212
6	Sexey's School Bruton · Academy converter	52.1	+0.02 (-0.26 to 0.30)	59%	79%	4.98	112
7 , up 16 places since 2022	Haygrove School Bridgwater · Academy converter	51.9	+0.30 (0.11 to 0.49)	62%	83%	4.35	213
8 , down 3 places since 2022	Norton Hill Academy Radstock · Academy converter	51.8	+0.16 (-0.01 to 0.33)	57%	78%	4.63	276
9 , up 10 places since 2022	St Mark's CofE School Bath · Academy converter	50.8	+0.44 (0.11 to 0.78)	53%	73%	4.56	80
10 , down 3 places since 2022	The Blue School Wells · Academy converter	50.2	+0.27 (0.09 to 0.46)	50%	72%	4.27	227
11 , down 2 places since 2022	Saint Gregory's Catholic College Bath · Voluntary aided school	49.6	+0.13 (-0.09 to 0.36)	45%	69%	4.24	171
12 , down 2 places since 2022	The Kings of Wessex Academy Cheddar · Academy converter	49.3	+0.19 (0.01 to 0.38)	56%	77%	4.35	225
13 , up 12 places since 2022	Bishop Fox's School Taunton · Academy converter	48.7	+0.26 (0.06 to 0.47)	45%	75%	4.19	194
14 , down 1 place since 2022	Chew Valley School Bristol · Academy converter	48.6	+0.18 (-0.02 to 0.38)	49%	68%	4.40	189
15 , down 3 places since 2022	St Katherine's School Bristol · Academy converter	48.1	-0.08 (-0.29 to 0.14)	51%	71%	4.06	173
16 , down 1 place since 2022	Nailsea School Bristol · Academy converter	48.0	+0.06 (-0.15 to 0.28)	50%	74%	4.23	179
17 , up 23 places since 2022	Buckler's Mead School Yeovil · Academy converter	47.2	+0.16 (-0.08 to 0.39)	46%	69%	4.20	144
18= , down 10 places since 2022	Oldfield School Bath · Academy converter	47.0	+0.06 (-0.14 to 0.25)	45%	70%	4.17	222
18= , down 8 places since 2022	Preston School Academy Yeovil · Academy converter	47.0	-0.22 (-0.44 to -0.01)	48%	69%	3.81	178
20= , down 2 places since 2022	Crispin School Academy Street · Academy converter	46.6	-0.03 (-0.24 to 0.17)	40%	66%	4.24	187
20=	Hans Price Academy Weston-super-Mare · Academy sponsor led	46.6	+0.24 (0.02 to 0.45)	42%	62%	3.74	186
22 , up 4 places since 2022	Somervale Secondary School Radstock · Academy converter	45.8	+0.28 (0.01 to 0.55)	43%	66%	3.93	109
23 , up 13 places since 2022	Brymore Academy Bridgwater · Academy sponsor led	45.6	+0.67 (0.33 to 1.02)	24%	54%	3.53	68
24 , up 2 places since 2022	Holyrood Academy Chard · Academy converter	45.0	-0.11 (-0.30 to 0.08)	38%	62%	3.66	225
25= , down 4 places since 2022	Priory Community School Weston-super-Mare · Academy converter	44.8	+0.00 (-0.17 to 0.16)	38%	58%	3.67	292
25= , down 8 places since 2022	Writhlington School Radstock · Academy converter	44.8	+0.13 (-0.08 to 0.34)	36%	60%	3.65	178
27 , down 3 places since 2022	Westfield Academy Yeovil · Academy converter	44.7	-0.13 (-0.34 to 0.07)	38%	60%	3.50	189
28 , up 4 places since 2022	Whitstone Shepton Mallet · Academy converter	43.9	-0.30 (-0.58 to -0.01)	38%	53%	3.73	98
29 , down 1 place since 2022	Court Fields School Wellington · Academy sponsor led	43.2	-0.33 (-0.56 to -0.11)	41%	64%	3.61	157
30 , down 8 places since 2022	Kingsmead Academy Taunton · Academy converter	42.3	-0.19 (-0.40 to 0.01)	32%	56%	3.91	187
31 , down 2 places since 2022	St Dunstan's School Glastonbury · Academy converter	40.8	-0.30 (-0.63 to 0.03)	39%	57%	3.79	75
32 , up 6 places since 2022	Ansford Academy Castle Cary · Academy converter	40.4	-0.43 (-0.69 to -0.18)	32%	54%	3.27	117
33	The King Alfred School Highbridge · Academy sponsor led	40.1	-0.44 (-0.62 to -0.25)	30%	50%	3.44	235
34 , down 4 places since 2022	Chilton Trinity School Bridgwater · Academy converter	39.8	-0.64 (-0.86 to -0.42)	29%	52%	3.47	171
35 , down 4 places since 2022	Stanchester Academy Stoke-sub-Hamdon · Academy converter	39.0	-0.55 (-0.79 to -0.31)	39%	58%	3.37	140
36 , down 23 places since 2022	Somerset Studio School Radstock · Studio schools	38.4	-0.61 (-1.15 to -0.07)	31%	48%	2.39	29
37= , up 2 places since 2022	Wadham School Crewkerne · Voluntary controlled school	38.2	-0.69 (-0.92 to -0.46)	32%	54%	3.30	147
37= , down 3 places since 2022	Worle Community School Weston-super-Mare · Academy sponsor led	38.2	-0.56 (-0.73 to -0.39)	32%	55%	3.16	279
39 , down 2 places since 2022	West Somerset College Minehead · Academy converter	37.9	-0.49 (-0.69 to -0.29)	27%	51%	3.14	193
40 , down 5 places since 2022	King Arthur's School Wincanton · Academy sponsor led	36.8	-0.59 (-0.92 to -0.27)	26%	47%	3.08	73
41	Bridgwater College Academy Bridgwater · Academy sponsor led	34.8	-0.45 (-0.68 to -0.23)	20%	36%	3.01	163
–	Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School Taunton · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Fairlands Middle School Cheddar · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Frome Community College Frome · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School Wedmore · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Huish Episcopi Academy Langport · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Minehead Middle School Minehead · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Monkton Wood Academy Taunton · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Oakfield Academy Frome · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Pyrland School Taunton · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Robert Blake Academy Bridgwater · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Selwood Academy Frome · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Winterstoke Hundred Academy Weston-super-Mare · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Under each rank: the change since the 2022 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2022 result.

Independent schools in Somerset with published 2023 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	5.0	0%	70
Downside School Radstock · Other independent school	28.7	0%	65
King's Bruton Bruton · Other independent school	29.1	0%	79
King's College Taunton Taunton · Other independent school	29.4	0%	118
Millfield School Street · Other independent school	28.6	0%	223
Queen's College Taunton · Other independent school	53.7	34%	61
Sidcot School Winscombe · Other independent school	30.7	0%	107
Taunton School Taunton · Other independent school	17.9	0%	175
Wellington School Wellington · Other independent school	25.4	0%	117
Wells Cathedral School Wells · Other independent school	26.4	0%	94

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 2023 was 46.3.

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 2023 archive of the table: each school's 2023 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2023 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Somerset GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Somerset on our composite score

Somerset GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Somerset ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Somerset with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in Somerset

Somerset GCSE results: common questions