Best secondary schools in Winchester

St Anne's Catholic School is the top-ranked secondary school in Winchester (LocaleIQ score 90.4 out of 100). Ofsted: Outstanding. Attainment 8 55.6. The score combines Ofsted outcome, Progress 8 and Attainment 8, and cohort-weighted percentile ranks within the Winchester secondary pool.

Springhill Catholic Primary School tops the Winchester primary school ranking (LocaleIQ 98.7). Ofsted: Outstanding. KS2 expected 95% · higher 21%. See the full primary school ranking for Winchester for the complete list.

Attainment 8 measures average GCSE grades across eight subjects; Progress 8 compares actual grades against predictions based on KS2 — a positive figure means pupils outperformed expectations. Top performers in Winchester: St Anne's Catholic School (Attainment 8 55.6); Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton (Attainment 8 60.0); St Edmund's Catholic School (Attainment 8 58.9). Both metrics feed into the LocaleIQ secondary school score.

5 secondary schools in the Winchester ranking hold an Outstanding Ofsted rating: St Anne's Catholic School, Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton, St Edmund's Catholic School, UTC Portsmouth, Cantell School. Outstanding means Ofsted judged the school exceptional in all inspection areas. LocaleIQ weighs DfE performance data alongside Ofsted, so a Good-rated school can still rank highly.

This ranking covers 21 secondary schools in the Winchester comparison pool, across 13 local authority districts. Schools without sufficient published data are excluded but may appear in the LocaleIQ directory.

By average LocaleIQ score across postcode areas, SO15 has the strongest cluster — 69.7 average across 2 ranked secondary schools. SO19 sits at the lower end (10.2 average). School-led moves around Winchester are common, but this is still a postcode game once you move past the town-wide reputation. Postcode averages mask individual variation — always review each school's full profile.