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Discover BS37South Gloucestershire

South Gloucestershire covers all 1,066 BS37 postcodes. Figures are for the council area, not for BS37 alone
Wards in BS37

Map of schools in South Gloucestershire

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Schools are coloured by their last Ofsted grade, or by results compared with England schools of the same type in the same year: reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school, and Attainment 8 at GCSE. Special, alternative provision, independent, nursery, 16 to 19 and all-through schools are not compared. Behind them, neighbourhoods are coloured by the education, skills and training measure of the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (England only). Sources: Department for Education, Ofsted, MHCLG. Open Government Licence v3.0. This map outlines South Gloucestershire and its wards. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Schools and results

How schools here are spread and how pupils are doing. There are no league tables on this page.

Schools in the area
130
Oct 2026 · aggregated
Pupils on roll
42,452
2025/26 · aggregated
Graded schools rated Good or Outstanding
93.5%
as at 31 Aug 2026 · aggregated
2.3 percentage points higher than England
South West 87.3%England 91.2%
KS2 reading, writing and maths at expected standard
63.3%
2024/25 · aggregated
0.5 percentage points higher than England
South West 60%England 62.8%
KS4 Attainment 8 score
45.7
2024/25 · aggregated
About the same as England
South West 44.8England 45.3
Schools opened in the last two years
2
Oct 2024 to Sep 2026 · aggregated
How do we know these figures?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Schools in the area
Open schools (excluding children's centres) with a postcode in the area.
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
Oct 2026South Gloucestershire (Council area)aggregated, high quality
Pupils on roll
Pupils on roll at schools in the area (January 2026 census where reported). Pupils may live elsewhere.
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
2025/26South Gloucestershire (Council area)aggregated, high quality
Graded schools rated Good or Outstanding
Share of schools with a 1-4 Ofsted grade that are Outstanding or Good.
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
as at 31 Aug 2026South Gloucestershire (Council area)aggregated, high quality
KS2 reading, writing and maths at expected standard
Pupil-weighted share of year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in all of reading, writing and maths (2024/25).
Department for Education (compare school performance)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2024/25South Gloucestershire (Council area)aggregated, high quality
Pupil-weighted mean of school percentages (eligible pupils). From 90 schools. Schools are counted where they are located, not where pupils live.
KS4 Attainment 8 score
Cohort-weighted mean of school Attainment 8 scores (2024/25).
Department for Education (compare school performance)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2024/25South Gloucestershire (Council area)aggregated, high quality
Cohort-weighted mean of school Attainment 8 scores. From 20 schools. Schools are counted where they are located, not where pupils live.
Schools opened in the last two years
New schools (not academy conversions, relaunches or mergers) with an opening date Oct 2024 - Sep 2026.
Department for Education (GIAS)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Oct 2024 to Sep 2026South Gloucestershire (Council area)aggregated, medium quality
Method: Schools in an area

Each open school is located by the postcode of its GIAS record, so it belongs to exactly one postcode district, ward, built-up area, constituency, council and so on. A school is counted where it is, not where its pupils live; pupils often cross boundaries. Children's centres are excluded. Phase and type are the GIAS labels grouped for display.

Method: Pupil-weighted school measures

FSM, SEN and absence percentages are school-level figures averaged with school roll (January 2026 census) as the weight; KS2 and KS4 measures are averaged with the number of eligible pupils (KS2) or the KS4 cohort as the weight. This equals the share of pupils in the area's schools, not of pupils living in the area. The England value uses the same method on the same files and is the comparator. Suppressed school values are skipped, so coverage differs by measure (the number of schools used is in the notes). Ofsted outcomes are the latest overall grade on record at 31 August 2026; schools inspected under the new report-card framework may carry no single grade.

Method: Change events

Events are dated records from public registers: company insolvency notices in The Gazette (loaded from July 2025, so the window is under 24 months), charity registrations and removals (Charity Commission register events), and school opening and closing dates (GIAS), where academy conversions, relaunches and mergers are labelled separately from genuine new schools and closures. They are located at the registered office, registered address or school premises, which is not necessarily where an organisation operates or where affected people live. Each council shows only its most recent events per type (cap per type); wards show all loaded events. The Gazette feed carries insolvency notices only, not planning, licensing or other notices. A notice is an event on the register, not a judgement about the organisation. No individuals' names are stored.

Latest Ofsted judgements

  • Outstanding8.8%
  • Good80.5%
  • Requires improvement5.3%
  • Inadequate0.9%
  • Not judged4.4%

This place England

Share of schools by latest overall judgement. Inspection frameworks have changed over time, so older and newer judgements are not like for like. as at 31 Aug 2026.

How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Ofsted grades of schools
Latest overall Ofsted grade of schools in the area as at 31 Aug 2026 (distribution).
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
as at 31 Aug 2026South Gloucestershire (Council area)
Method: Pupil-weighted school measures

FSM, SEN and absence percentages are school-level figures averaged with school roll (January 2026 census) as the weight; KS2 and KS4 measures are averaged with the number of eligible pupils (KS2) or the KS4 cohort as the weight. This equals the share of pupils in the area's schools, not of pupils living in the area. The England value uses the same method on the same files and is the comparator. Suppressed school values are skipped, so coverage differs by measure (the number of schools used is in the notes). Ofsted outcomes are the latest overall grade on record at 31 August 2026; schools inspected under the new report-card framework may carry no single grade.

Schools by phase

  • Primary75.4%
  • Other or not recorded12.3%
  • Secondary10.8%
  • All-through1.5%

This place England

Share of schools. Oct 2026.

How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Schools by phase
Open schools by phase of education (distribution).
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
Oct 2026South Gloucestershire (Council area)
Method: Schools in an area

Each open school is located by the postcode of its GIAS record, so it belongs to exactly one postcode district, ward, built-up area, constituency, council and so on. A school is counted where it is, not where its pupils live; pupils often cross boundaries. Children's centres are excluded. Phase and type are the GIAS labels grouped for display.

Schools by type

  • Academies47.7%
  • Local authority maintained40.8%
  • Free schools3.8%
  • Special schools (La)3.8%
  • Independent1.5%
  • Other types1.5%
  • Universities0.8%

This place England

Share of schools. Oct 2026.

How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Schools by type
Open schools by establishment type group (distribution).
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
Oct 2026South Gloucestershire (Council area)
Method: Schools in an area

Each open school is located by the postcode of its GIAS record, so it belongs to exactly one postcode district, ward, built-up area, constituency, council and so on. A school is counted where it is, not where its pupils live; pupils often cross boundaries. Children's centres are excluded. Phase and type are the GIAS labels grouped for display.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils eligible for free school meals
17.2%
2025/26 · aggregated
7.6 percentage points lower than England
South West 20.2%England 24.8%
Pupils on SEN support
14%
2025/26 · aggregated
0.8 percentage points lower than England
South West 15.6%England 14.8%
Pupils with an EHC plan
6.5%
2025/26 · aggregated
0.5 percentage points higher than England
South West 6.1%England 6%
Overall absence rate
7%
2024/25 · aggregated
About the same as England
South West 7%England 6.7%
Persistent absence
18%
2024/25 · aggregated
About the same as England
South West 17.8%England 17.8%
How do we know these figures?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Pupils eligible for free school meals
Pupil-weighted share of pupils eligible for free school meals (2025/26).
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
2025/26South Gloucestershire (Council area)aggregated, high quality
Share of pupils at schools in the area; pupil-weighted. From 124 schools. Schools are counted where they are located, not where pupils live.
Pupils on SEN support
Pupil-weighted share of pupils receiving SEN support (2025/26).
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
2025/26South Gloucestershire (Council area)aggregated, high quality
Share of pupils at schools in the area; pupil-weighted. From 124 schools. Schools are counted where they are located, not where pupils live.
Pupils with an EHC plan
Pupil-weighted share of pupils with an education, health and care plan (2025/26).
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
2025/26South Gloucestershire (Council area)aggregated, high quality
Share of pupils at schools in the area; pupil-weighted. From 124 schools. Schools are counted where they are located, not where pupils live.
Overall absence rate
Pupil-weighted share of sessions missed for any reason (2024/25).
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
2024/25South Gloucestershire (Council area)aggregated, high quality
Pupil-weighted mean of school rates. From 114 schools. Schools are counted where they are located, not where pupils live.
Persistent absence
Pupil-weighted share of pupils missing 10% or more of sessions (2024/25).
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
2024/25South Gloucestershire (Council area)aggregated, high quality
Pupil-weighted mean of school rates. From 104 schools. Schools are counted where they are located, not where pupils live.
Method: Pupil-weighted school measures

FSM, SEN and absence percentages are school-level figures averaged with school roll (January 2026 census) as the weight; KS2 and KS4 measures are averaged with the number of eligible pupils (KS2) or the KS4 cohort as the weight. This equals the share of pupils in the area's schools, not of pupils living in the area. The England value uses the same method on the same files and is the comparator. Suppressed school values are skipped, so coverage differs by measure (the number of schools used is in the notes). Ofsted outcomes are the latest overall grade on record at 31 August 2026; schools inspected under the new report-card framework may carry no single grade.

Pupil characteristics describe who attends local schools, not how good the schools are. Absence and special educational needs rates differ for many reasons beyond the school.

Adult qualifications

What residents have studied, from the census.

Adults with no qualifications
14.2%
2021
3.8 percentage points lower than England
England 18%
Adults with a degree-level qualification or above
33%
2021
1 percentage points lower than England
England 34%
How do we know these figures?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Adults with no qualifications
Share of usual residents aged 16 and over with no qualifications (Census 2021).
Office for National Statistics
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2021South Gloucestershire (Council area)direct, high quality
Adults with a degree-level qualification or above
Share of usual residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 (degree level) or above (Census 2021).
Office for National Statistics
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2021South Gloucestershire (Council area)direct, high quality
Method: Census 2021 housing, health and qualifications for Wales

Wales held its census on the same day as England (21 March 2021) with the same questions, so the figures are directly comparable. For Wales we use the published local authority tables. Tenure counts shared ownership with owners; "private rented" includes people who live rent free, as in the England figures. Overcrowding is an occupancy rating of -1 or less for bedrooms. Qualifications are for people aged 16 and over; "no qualifications" and "Level 4 or above" (degree level and above) are shares of all those people. Counts are rounded by random adjustment, so tiny differences from other tables are expected. Wales households per local authority are not split to small areas here.

Highest qualification of people aged 16 and over, Census 2021 (21 March 2021). Level 4 is degree level and above. Older adults are less likely to hold formal qualifications, so areas with more older residents show higher shares with none.

Local schools (126)

Listed alphabetically. Each links to its own page, with its Ofsted record, results and governors.

SchoolPhaseTypePupils
Abbeywood Community SchoolSecondaryAcademy sponsor led1,294
Abbotswood Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school391
Almondsbury Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryVoluntary controlled school308
Aurora Hedgeway SchoolNot applicableOther independent special school63
Bailey's Court Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school400
Barley Close Community Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school207
Barrs Court Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter295
Beacon Rise Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school625
Blackhorse Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter419
Bowsland Green Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter195
Bradley Stoke Community SchoolAll-throughAcademy converter1,393
Brimsham Green SchoolSecondaryCommunity school1,095
Broadway Infant SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter179
Bromley Heath Infant SchoolPrimaryCommunity school181
Bromley Heath Junior SchoolPrimaryCommunity school238
Cadbury Heath Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter153
Callicroft Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter388
Castlefell SchoolNot applicableOther independent special school44
Charborough Road Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter254
Charfield Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy sponsor led209
Charlton Wood Primary AcademyPrimaryFree schools411
Cherry Garden Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter193
Chipping Sodbury SchoolSecondaryAcademy converter775
Christ Church Hanham CofE Primary SchoolPrimaryVoluntary controlled school243
Christ Church, Church of England Infant School, DownendPrimaryVoluntary controlled school225
Christ Church, Church of England Junior School, DownendPrimaryVoluntary controlled school301
Christ the King Catholic Primary School, ThornburyPrimaryVoluntary aided school207
Coniston Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school207
Courtney Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school189
Crossways Infant SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter160
Crossways Junior SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter249
Culverhill SchoolNot applicableAcademy special converter152
Digitech Studio SchoolSecondaryStudio schools608
Downend SchoolSecondaryAcademy converter1,415
Elm Park Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school174
Emersons Green Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter207
Filton Hill Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter195
Frampton Cotterell Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryVoluntary controlled school295
Frenchay Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryVoluntary controlled school226
Gillingstool Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter211
Hambrook Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school206
Hanham Abbots Junior SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter316
Hanham Woods AcademySecondaryAcademy sponsor led825
Hawkesbury Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter97
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolPrimaryVoluntary aided school216
Holy Trinity Primary SchoolPrimaryVoluntary aided school187
Horton CofE Va Primary SchoolPrimaryVoluntary aided school34
Immanuel Christian SchoolNot applicableOther independent school60
Iron Acton Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter98
John Cabot AcademySecondaryAcademy sponsor led1,244
King's Oak AcademyAll-throughAcademy sponsor led992
Kings' Forest Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter451
Little Stoke Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school188
Longwell Green Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school386
Lyde Green Community SchoolSecondaryFree schools
Lyde Green Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy sponsor led488
Mangotsfield Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryAcademy converter615
Mangotsfield SchoolSecondaryAcademy sponsor led1,191
Manorbrook Primary SchoolPrimaryCommunity school288
Marlwood SchoolSecondaryAcademy sponsor led510

Showing the first 60 of 126. Near Me lists schools by distance.

Sources used on this page

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Registered offices are not operating locations. Ranks and deciles are never averaged. Census 2021 figures are labelled 2021.