Secondary schools in Bristol
47 secondary schools in Bristol, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings. All-through schools, which take pupils from 4 to 18, are listed on both the primary and the secondary page for their town.
Bristol in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 44 schools in Bristol first 7,957 times for 8,056 places: 0.99 first choices per place. 17 of the 44 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 11 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.55 miles (St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School) to 6.29 miles (Nailsea School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Abbeywood Community School
- Ashton Park School
- Backwell School
- Blaise High School
- Bradley Stoke Community School
- Bristol Brunel Academy
- Bristol Cathedral Choir School
- Bristol Free School
- Cotham School
- Fairfield High School
- Gordano School
- Hanham Woods Academy
- IKB Academy
- John Cabot Academy
- King's Oak Academy
- Lift Broadlands
- Marlwood School
- Nailsea School
- Oasis Academy John Williams
- Redland Green School
- St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School
- Trinity Academy
- Brimsham Green School
- Orchard School Bristol
- St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School
- The City Academy Bristol
- Wellsway School
- Bristol Metropolitan Academy
- Chew Valley School
- Digitech Studio School
- Oasis Academy Brislington
- Oasis Academy Temple Quarter
- Sir Bernard Lovell Academy
- St Bede's Catholic College
- St Katherine's School
- The Castle School
- Winterbourne Academy
- Bedminster Down School
- Bridge Learning Campus
- Chipping Sodbury School
- Mangotsfield School
- Oasis Academy Brightstowe
- Oasis Academy Daventry Road
- E-ACT Bristol Academy South
- E-ACT Montpelier High School
- Downend School
- Lyde Green Community School
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Browse by authority: Bath and North East Somerset · Bristol, City of · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire · compare schools side by side · the map. School data: DfE & Ofsted, Open Government Licence v3.0.