Cotham School
Cotham School is a mixed secondary academy in Bristol, Bristol City Council, teaching 1,654 pupils aged 11 to 18. Its last Ofsted inspection in October 2023 found the school remains Good. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 51.8 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 1 September 2025 to 1 June 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Cotham School.
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Cotham School.
- 1 Autumn Term 1
- 1 INSET Days
- 27 Autumn Half Term
- 3 Autumn Term 2
- 22 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1 New Year’s Day
- 5 Spring Term 3
- 16 Spring Half Term
- 23 Spring Term 4
- 3 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 20 Summer Term 5
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Term 6
- 18 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term 1 1 September 2025 to 24 October 2025 Term
- Autumn Term 2 3 November 2025 to 19 December 2025 Term
- Spring Term 3 5 January 2026 to 13 February 2026 Term
- Spring Term 4 23 February 2026 to 2 April 2026 Term
- Summer Term 5 20 April 2026 to 22 May 2026 Term
- Summer Term 6 1 June 2026 to 17 July 2026 Term
- Autumn Half Term 27 October 2025 to 31 October 2025 Holiday
- Spring Half Term 16 February 2026 to 20 February 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term 25 May 2026 to 29 May 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday 22 December 2025 to 2 January 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday 3 April 2026 to 17 April 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday 18 July 2026 to 31 August 2026 Holiday
- INSET Days 1 September 2025, 26 September 2025, 14 November 2025, 30 March 2026, 20 April 2026 Inset Day
- New Year’s Day 1 January 2026 Event
- Good Friday 3 April 2026 Event
- Easter Monday 6 April 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday 4 May 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday 25 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday 31 August 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day 25 December 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day 26 December 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Cotham School with Bristol City Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 51.8 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 35.06 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 28.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 94% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 78% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Cotham School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Cotham School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.