Secondary schools in South Gloucestershire
Where pupils go after Year 11 and after sixth form, school by school, with GCSE results. Destinations are for the 2023 leavers; results are from 2025.
South Gloucestershire has 17 state-funded secondary schools. Of the 2,687 pupils who finished Year 11 here in 2023, 82% stayed in education (England 86%): 36% in a school sixth form, 11% at a sixth form college, 34% at a further education college.
Apprenticeships take 7% of leavers, roughly twice the England rate of 3%.
4% of leavers had no sustained destination six months on, fewer than the 6% across England.
After sixth form, 26% of students in South Gloucestershire went to university (England 37%), and 9% of level 3 students reached one of the most selective universities (England 19%).
After Year 11: South Gloucestershire against England
| Measure | South Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 2,687 | 607,348 |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 36% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 34% | 37% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 6% |
Where each school’s Year 11 leavers went
One band per school, sorted by the size of its 2023 Year 11 cohort. Band width is pupils; hover a band for the share, click a school for its profile. Counts are worked back from the percentages DfE publishes, so a band can be out by a pupil.
Map of secondary schools in South Gloucestershire
Darker blue means a larger share of Year 11 leavers stayed in education. Click a school for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors.
State-funded secondary schools (17)
Sorted by name. Click a school for its full picture. “Stayed in education” counts school sixth forms, sixth form colleges and FE colleges together.
| School | Pupils | Stayed in education | School sixth form | FE college | Apprenticeship | To university | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeywood Community SchoolAcademy sponsor led · sixth form | 1,294 | 85% | 46% | 38% | 5% | 39% | 46.0 | 46% |
| Bradley Stoke Community SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,393 | 89% | 53% | 35% | 6% | 56% | 50.6 | 56% |
| Brimsham Green SchoolCommunity school · sixth form | 1,095 | 79% | 40% | 36% | 10% | 61% | 44.9 | 43% |
| Chipping Sodbury SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form | 775 | 79% | 26% | 42% | 7% | 53% | 43.7 | 37% |
| Digitech Studio SchoolStudio schools · sixth form | 608 | 67% | 36% | 24% | 9% | 35% | 31.2 | 18% |
| Downend SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,415 | 87% | 43% | 28% | 6% | 51% | 51.0 | 54% |
| Hanham Woods AcademyAcademy sponsor led · sixth form | 825 | 72% | 10% | 28% | 14% | — | 44.1 | 39% |
| John Cabot AcademyAcademy sponsor led · sixth form | 1,244 | 88% | 43% | 20% | 3% | 39% | 52.1 | 60% |
| King's Oak AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 992 | 82% | 8% | 49% | 4% | — | 42.0 | 35% |
| Lyde Green Community SchoolFree schools | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mangotsfield SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 1,191 | 71% | 10% | 39% | 13% | — | 41.3 | 35% |
| Marlwood SchoolAcademy sponsor led · sixth form | 510 | 83% | 18% | 63% | 5% | — | 43.2 | 39% |
| Patchway Community SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form | 854 | 78% | 11% | 65% | 6% | 43% | 37.0 | 27% |
| Sir Bernard Lovell AcademyAcademy sponsor led · sixth form | 1,268 | 80% | 47% | 12% | 8% | 24% | 44.5 | 43% |
| The Castle SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,416 | 89% | 57% | 30% | 6% | 54% | 52.4 | 58% |
| Winterbourne AcademyAcademy sponsor led · sixth form | 1,741 | 87% | 46% | 31% | 6% | 48% | 52.0 | 59% |
| Yate AcademyAcademy converter · sixth form | 804 | 80% | 40% | 35% | 9% | 36% | 54.8 | 60% |
Independent schools, colleges and special schools with published data (7)
| School | Pupils | Stayed in education | School sixth form | FE college | Apprenticeship | To university | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Gloucestershire and Stroud Collegecollege · Further education | — | — | — | — | — | 13% | 10.3 | 11% |
| Aurora Hedgeway Schoolspecial · Other independent special school | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | 7.8 | 9% |
| New Horizons Learning Centrespecial · Community special school | 75 | 50% | 0% | 17% | 0% | — | 2.1 | 0% |
| Warmley Park Schoolspecial · Community special school · sixth form | 183 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | — | — | — |
| Culverhill Schoolstate · Academy special converter | 152 | 78% | 0% | 35% | 0% | — | — | — |
| New Siblands Schoolstate · Academy special converter · sixth form | 124 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | — | — | — |
| SGS Pegasus Schoolstate · Free schools special · sixth form | 134 | 100% | 0% | 89% | 0% | — | 12.6 | 12% |