Downend School
Secondary schoolDownend School is a secondary school in South Gloucestershire, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,415 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, October 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 23 October 2024
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Downend School was 48.7, against 45.0 in South Gloucestershire and 46.2 in England.
47.7% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | South Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 48.7 | 45.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47.7% | 42.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73.2% | 63.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 239 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Stanbridge Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)270 m
- St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)350 m
- Barley Close Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), May 2024. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)530 m
- Emersons Green Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)750 m
- Bromley Heath Junior SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)930 m
- Bromley Heath Infant SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), January 2023960 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in South Gloucestershire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).