Abbey Park School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Swindon
Good
Secondary schools in South West
Browse schools located in the South West region. Filter by phase and explore Ofsted ratings.
Abbeyfield School
Secondary • Community school • Chippenham
Good
Abbeywood Community School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Bristol
Good
All Saints Church of England Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Plymouth
Good
All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Cheltenham
Good
All Saints' Church of England Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Weymouth
Requires improvement
Ansford Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Castle Cary
Requires improvement
Archway School
Secondary • Community school • Stroud
Good
Ashton Park School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Bristol
Good
Atlantic Academy
Secondary • Free schools • Bideford
Good
Avon Valley Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Salisbury
Requires improvement
Avonbourne Boys' Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Bournemouth
Outstanding
Avonbourne Girls Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Bournemouth
Not judged
Axe Valley Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Axminster
Good
Backwell School
Secondary • Academy converter • Bristol
Good
Balcarras School
Secondary • Academy converter • Cheltenham
Outstanding
Barnwood Park School
Secondary • Academy converter • Gloucester
Beaminster School
Secondary • Voluntary controlled school • Beaminster
Good
Bedminster Down School
Secondary • Academy converter • Bristol
Good
Beechen Cliff School
Secondary • Academy converter • Bath
Good
Bideford College
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Bideford
Good
Bishop Fox's School
Secondary • Academy converter • Taunton
Good
Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School
Secondary • Academy converter • Salisbury
Outstanding
Blaise High School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Bristol
Good
Bodmin College
Secondary • Academy converter • Bodmin
Not judged
Bournemouth School
Secondary • Academy converter • Bournemouth
Outstanding
Bournemouth School for Girls
Secondary • Academy converter • Bournemouth
Outstanding
Bradon Forest School
Secondary • Academy converter • Swindon
Good
Brannel School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • St Austell
Good
Braunton Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Braunton
Good
Brimsham Green School
Secondary • Community school • Bristol
Good
Bristol Brunel Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Bristol
Good
Bristol Cathedral Choir School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Bristol
Good
Bristol Free School
Secondary • Free schools • Bristol
Good
Bristol Metropolitan Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Bristol
Good
Brixham College
Secondary • Academy converter • Brixham
Requires improvement
Broadlands Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Bristol
Good
Broadoak Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Weston-Super-Mare
Good
Brymore Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Bridgwater
Good
Buckler's Mead School
Secondary • Academy converter • Yeovil
Good
Budehaven Community School
Secondary • Foundation school • Bude
Good
Budmouth Academy Weymouth
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Weymouth
Requires improvement
Callington Community College
Secondary • Academy converter • Callington
Good
Camborne Science and International Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Camborne
Good
Cape Cornwall School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Penzance
Good
Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre
Secondary • Academy converter • Cheltenham
Good
Chew Valley School
Secondary • Academy converter • Bristol
Good
Chilton Trinity School
Secondary • Academy converter • Bridgwater
Not judged
Chipping Campden School
Secondary • Academy converter • Chipping Campden
Outstanding
Chipping Sodbury School
Secondary • Academy converter • Bristol
Good
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