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Knowle DGE Academy

Mixed · ages 5–19 · with sixth formBristol, City of, South West · Bristol BS4 1QYTrust: Midsomer Norton Schools PartnershipSchool website
Pupils on roll
168of 175 places
Free school meals
74.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
22
Ofsted
Good, 11 June 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Knowle DGE (URN 109392, until 1 September 2017).

What the data says

Of the 23 pupils who finished Year 11 at Knowle DGE Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in Knowle DGE Academy’s own sixth form (Bristol, City of average 40%), 4% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 1.0 against 46.1 across England and 46.4 in Bristol, City of, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

13% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bristol, City of and England.

Knowle DGE Academy
Bristol, City of
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureKnowle DGE AcademyBristol, City ofEngland
Pupils in the cohort234,008607,348
Any sustained destination78%90%92%
Stayed in education78%84%86%
— school sixth form0%40%34%
— sixth form college0%12%13%
— further education college4%30%37%
— other education74%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination13%6%6%
Destination unknown9%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureKnowle DGE AcademyBristol, City ofEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)1.046.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%46%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%65%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%36%41%
EBacc average point score0.084.104.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort68%33%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils0.933.834.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils1.452.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language14%20%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics627%88%0%22%0%
English Language29%89%20%

Other secondary schools in Bristol, City of

Ashton Park School

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,272 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8

Blaise High School

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 914 pupils

73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0

Bristol Brunel Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,267 pupils

85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.6

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.