GCSE results 2026

Bristol, City of GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 22 state secondary schools in Bristol, City of, 4,228 pupils. Bristol, City of ranks 88 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 1.3 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

45.1%

2.7 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

13.6%

1.1 pts below England

Attainment 8

46.4

1.2 points below England

Council rank

88 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Bristol, City of at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Bristol Free School (59.3).
Schools range from 30.4 to 59.3 on Attainment 8, a spread of 28.9 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 34.4, 18.1 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at E-Act Montpelier High School (43.7).
Most improved on 2025: Bristol Free School, up 3.0 points to 59.3.

Every Bristol, City of secondary school, ranked

Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths

#	School	Pupils	Attainment 8	vs 2025	Grade 4+ E&M	Grade 5+ E&M	Grade 7+ E&M	Disadvantaged A8
1	Bristol Free SchoolTop 10% three years running	200	59.3	+3.0	83.5%	69.5%	24.5%	39.9
2	Redland Green SchoolTop 10% three years running	237	57.9	−1.1	81.4%	65.4%	28.7%	34.6
3	E-Act Montpelier High SchoolGirls	135	57.6	+0.3	77.0%	60.7%	27.4%	43.7
4	Bristol Cathedral Choir SchoolChurch of England	157	53.5	−1.1	73.9%	58.6%	26.8%	36.5
5	St Mary Redcliffe and Temple SchoolChurch of England	216	52.6	−1.6	74.5%	61.1%	18.5%	39.7
6	St Bede's Catholic CollegeRoman Catholic	205	51.8	−5.3	72.7%	51.7%	11.7%	34.8
7	Trinity Academy	181	50.4	−1.7	71.8%	49.7%	22.7%	40.3
8	Cotham School	244	49.1	−2.7	68.0%	48.0%	11.9%	40.7
9	Bristol Metropolitan Academy	211	48.4	+1.5	71.1%	48.3%	11.4%	37.9
10	Ashton Park School	212	48.0	+2.2	66.5%	47.2%	15.6%	32.0
11	Fairfield High School	211	47.3	−1.6	65.4%	50.7%	10.0%	38.3
12	Oasis Academy John Williams	157	46.0	−0.9	66.2%	46.5%	14.0%	42.6
13	Blaise High School	169	45.7	+0.7	61.5%	40.8%	18.9%	36.4
14	Bristol Brunel Academy	283	44.1	+0.5	61.1%	41.3%	13.1%	34.3
15	St Bernadette Catholic Secondary SchoolRoman Catholic	150	43.5	−1.0	52.0%	35.3%	10.0%	37.3
16	Oasis Academy Brislington	263	42.6	−1.7	61.6%	39.9%	7.2%	30.9
17	Orchard School Bristol	168	41.5	−3.2	56.0%	36.3%	6.0%	29.8
18	The City Academy Bristol	189	38.5	0.0	50.8%	33.3%	8.5%	33.7
19	Bedminster Down School	200	37.0	−4.7	46.0%	28.0%	2.5%	28.9
20	Oasis Academy Brightstowe	142	33.7	−4.5	40.1%	21.1%	2.8%	25.2
21	Bridge Learning Campus	149	33.4	−1.2	45.6%	22.8%	2.0%	26.5
22	E-Act Merchants' Academy	149	30.4	+0.9	37.6%	16.8%	1.3%	26.9
	England average		47.6		66.8%	47.8%	14.7%	37.7

Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.

Bristol, City of against the rest of the South West

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole57.9%
Torbay55.0%
Gloucestershire53.8%
Bath and North East Somerset53.2%
Plymouth50.9%
Devon46.6%
North Somerset46.1%
Swindon45.7%
Bristol, City of45.1%
Wiltshire44.7%
Cornwall44.4%
South Gloucestershire44.1%
Dorset41.9%
Somerset40.8%

Reading these figures

Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.