Royal High School GDST
Royal High School Bath GDST, Lansdown Road, BA1 5SZ
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Head
- Ms Heidi-Jayne Boyes
- Religious ethos
- Inter- / non- denominational
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bath
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 940
- Pupils on roll
- 484
- URN
- 109348
- Local authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01225313877
About this school
Royal High School GDST is a girls' independent school in Bath and North East Somerset. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 484 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Royal High School GDST under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Royal High School GDST has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1909, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 75 | 81 | 69 |
| Attainment 8 score | 17.6 | 16.6 | 17.1 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Royal High School GDST has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bath and North East Somerset average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 17.6 | 36.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 16.6 | 37.7 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 17.1 | 34.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 607 |
| 2023/24 | 579 |
| 2024/25 | 551 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 7
- Pupils on SEN support
- 64
Location
Nearby schools
-
Kingswood School0.2 miles
Independent schools · Bath
-
Kingswood Preparatory School0.4 miles
Independent schools · Bath
-
Bath Academy0.9 miles
Independent schools · Bath
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King Edward's School1.2 miles
Independent schools
-
University of Bath1.9 miles
Universities · Bath
Common questions
- What ages does Royal High School GDST teach?
- Royal High School GDST teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is an independent school in Bath and North East Somerset.
- Who is the head of Royal High School GDST?
- The head of Royal High School GDST is Ms Heidi-Jayne Boyes, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Royal High School GDST been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Royal High School GDST under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Royal High School GDST?
- Royal High School GDST has 484 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Royal High School GDST full?
- Royal High School GDST has capacity for 940 pupils and 484 on roll (51%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Royal High School GDST a faith school?
- No. Royal High School GDST has no designated religious character.
- How have Royal High School GDST's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 17.6 in 2022/23 and 17.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Royal High School GDST's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Royal High School GDST's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 24 July 2026.