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Best secondary schools in Somerset

25 of 38 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all 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 The Castle School Taunton 0.6 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.42 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 The Kings of Wessex Academy Cheddar 0.34 Good — approximate
3 Brymore Academy Bridgwater 0.33 Good oversubscribed 1.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Sexey's School Bruton hidden gem 0.33 Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Preston School Academy Yeovil hidden gem 0.23 Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Haygrove School Bridgwater hidden gem 0.21 Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 The Blue School Wells hidden gem 0.19 Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Bishop Fox's School Taunton 0.17 Good oversubscribed 1.28 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 St Dunstan's School Glastonbury 0.08 Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Whitstone Shepton Mallet 0.06 Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Chilton Trinity School Bridgwater -0.12 Not judged about even 1.15 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Huish Episcopi Academy LANGPORT -0.13 Inadequate about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Holyrood Academy Chard hidden gem -0.16 Good declining about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Stanchester Academy Stoke-sub-Hamdon -0.17 Not judged improving about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 King Arthur's School Wincanton -0.21 Not judged about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Crispin School Academy Street hidden gem -0.22 Good improving about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Court Fields School Wellington -0.26 Good improving about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Wadham School Crewkerne -0.27 Not judged improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Kingsmead Academy Taunton -0.32 Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Buckler's Mead School Yeovil hidden gem -0.36 Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Ansford Academy Castle Cary -0.42 Requires improvement about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 West Somerset College Minehead -0.5 Requires improvement — approximate
23 Robert Blake School Bridgwater -0.53 Requires improvement declining about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 The King Alfred School an Academy Highbridge hidden gem -0.53 Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 Westfield Academy Yeovil -0.54 Good improving about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Somerset

13 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 Somerset, not a fairer one.

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