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Schools in South Gloucestershire

118 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

South Gloucestershire has 116 state schools: 93 primary, 14 secondary, 2 all-through. Between them they teach around 40,887 pupils. 98 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.4 out of 10, and 6 score 8 or above.

20 have a sixth form. 13 take children from age three or under. 38 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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South Gloucestershire covers several towns — jump straight to the schools in yours.

Bristol 304 schools Chippenham 30 schools Stroud 36 schools Wotton-under-Edge 9 schools
Abbeywood Community School Bristol · Not judged Abbotswood Primary School Bristol · Good Alexander Hosea Primary School Wotton-Under-Edge · Good Almondsbury Church of England Primary School Almondsbury · Outstanding Bailey's Court Primary School Bristol · Good Barley Close Community Primary School Bristol · Requires improvement Barrs Court Primary School Bristol · Good Beacon Rise Primary School Bristol · Outstanding Blackhorse Primary School Bristol · Good Bowsland Green Primary School Bristol · Good Bradley Stoke Community School Bristol · Good Brimsham Green School Bristol · Good Broadway Infant School Bristol · Good Bromley Heath Infant School Bristol · Outstanding Bromley Heath Junior School Bristol · Not judged Cadbury Heath Primary School Bristol · Requires improvement Callicroft Primary School Bristol · Good Charborough Road Primary School Bristol · Good Charfield Primary School Wotton-Under-Edge · Not judged Charlton Wood Primary Academy Bristol · Good Cherry Garden Primary School Bristol · Good Chipping Sodbury School Bristol · Good Christ Church Hanham CofE Primary School Bristol · Good Christ Church, Church of England Infant School, Downend Bristol · Good Christ Church, Church of England Junior School, Downend Bristol · Good Christ The King Catholic Primary School, Thornbury Bristol · Good Coniston Primary School Bristol · Good Courtney Primary School Bristol · Not judged Crossways Infant School Bristol · Requires improvement Crossways Junior School Bristol · Good Culverhill School Bristol · Outstanding Digitech Studio School Bristol · Good Downend School Bristol · Good Elm Park Primary School Bristol · Good Emersons Green Primary School Bristol · Good Filton Hill Primary School Bristol · Good Frampton Cotterell Church of England Primary School Bristol · Good Frenchay Church of England Primary School Bristol · Not judged Gillingstool Primary School Bristol · Good Hambrook Primary School Bristol · Good Hanham Abbots Junior School Bristol · Good Hanham Woods Academy Bristol · Good Hawkesbury Church of England Primary School Badminton · Good Holy Family Catholic Primary School Patchway, Bristol · Good Holy Trinity Primary School Bristol · Good Horton CofE VA Primary School Bristol · Good Immanuel Christian School Westerleigh Iron Acton Church of England Primary School Bristol John Cabot Academy Bristol · Not judged King's Oak Academy Bristol · Not judged Kings' Forest Primary School Bristol · Good Little Stoke Primary School Bristol · Good Longwell Green Primary School Bristol · Good Lyde Green Primary School Bristol · Good Mangotsfield Church of England Primary School Bristol · Not judged Mangotsfield School Bristol · Good Manorbrook Primary School Bristol · Good Marlwood School Bristol · Good Marshfield Church of England Primary School Chippenham · Good Meadowbrook Primary School Bristol · Good New Horizons Learning Centre Bristol · Good New Siblands School Bristol · Outstanding North Road Community Primary School Bristol · Good Old Sodbury Church of England Primary School Bristol · Good Oldbury on Severn Church of England Primary School Bristol · Good Olveston Church of England Primary School Bristol · Good Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School Bristol · Requires improvement Parkwall Primary School Bristol · Good Patchway Community School Almondsbury · Not judged Pucklechurch CofE VC Primary School Bristol · Good Rangeworthy Church of England Primary School Bristol · Inadequate Raysfield Primary School Bristol · Good Redfield Edge Primary School Bristol · Good SGS Pegasus School Bristol · Not judged Samuel White's Infant School Bristol · Good Severn Beach Primary School Bristol · Not judged Shield Road Primary School Bristol · Good Sir Bernard Lovell Academy Bristol · Good South Gloucestershire and Stroud College Stroud · Good St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall Wotton-under-Edge · Requires improvement St Anne's Church of England Primary School Bristol · Good St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Bristol · Good St Barnabas Church of England Primary School Bristol · Good St Chad's Patchway CofE Primary School Bristol · Good St Helen's Church of England Primary School Bristol · Outstanding St John's Mead Church of England Primary School Bristol · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School Bristol · Good St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Thornbury Bristol · Not judged St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Yate Bristol · Good St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Stoke Gifford Bristol · Good St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Winterbourne Bristol · Good St Paul's Catholic Primary School Bristol · Good St Peter's Anglican / Methodist VC Primary Bristol · Good St Stephen's Church of England Junior School, Soundwell BRISTOL · Good St Stephen's Infant School Bristol · Good Stanbridge Primary School Bristol · Good Staple Hill Primary School Bristol · Good Stoke Lodge Primary School Bristol · Good The Castle School Bristol · Good The Manor Church of England Primary School Bristol · Good The Meadows Primary School Bristol · Good The Park Primary School Bristol · Good The Ridge Junior School Bristol · Good The Tynings Primary School Staple Hill · Good Tockington Manor School Bristol Tortworth Primary School Wotton-under-Edge · Good Trinity Church of England Primary School Badminton · Not judged Two Bridges Academy Alveston Tyndale Primary School Yate · Good Wallscourt Farm Academy Bristol · Good Warmley Park School Bristol · Good Watermore Primary School Frampton Cotterell · Good Wellesley Primary School Bristol · Good Wheatfield Primary School Bristol · Good Wick Church of England Primary School Bristol · Good Winterbourne Academy Bristol · Good Woodlands Primary School Bristol · Good Yate Academy Yate · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Tyndale Primary School Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Callicroft Primary School Good · ×0.75 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Hanham Woods Academy Good · ×0.78 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Horton CofE VA Primary School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Barnabas Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.81 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Tortworth Primary School Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Gillingstool Primary School Good · ×0.84 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Broadway Infant School Good · ×0.85 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Mangotsfield School Good · ×0.85 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Wheatfield Primary School Good · ×0.85 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in South Gloucestershire

Primary schools: Has an 'Admissions Priority Area' (APR) integral to several oversubscription criteria (distinct from neighbouring Gloucestershire, which is distance-based). (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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