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Best secondary schools in Bath and North East Somerset

14 of 17 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Bath and North East Somerset schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Hayesfield Girls School Bath 0.76 Good oversubscribed 1.32 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 St Mark's CofE School Bath hidden gem 0.74 Good undersubscribed 0.46 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Beechen Cliff School Bath 0.45 Good oversubscribed 1.49 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Saint Gregory's Catholic College Bath hidden gem 0.42 Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Ralph Allen School Bath 0.34 Good about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Wellsway School Bristol hidden gem 0.31 Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Norton Hill Academy Radstock 0.16 Not judged about even 1.09 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Writhlington School Radstock hidden gem 0.08 Good undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Somervale Secondary School Radstock hidden gem 0.01 Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Oldfield School Bath -0.06 Good declining about even 1.15 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Chew Valley School Bristol -0.1 Good about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Lift Broadlands Bristol hidden gem -0.21 Good improving undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Somerset Studio School Radstock -0.31 Good — approximate
14 IKB Academy Bristol -0.54 Good improving — approximate

Also in Bath and North East Somerset

3 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Bath and North East Somerset, not a fairer one.

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