The best secondary schools by area
Browse the top-rated secondary schools across England by town or county. Every list is ranked by our composite score across Ofsted, attainment, progress and engagement. Plus 28 Scottish councils and 19 Welsh local authorities, each ranked on its own nation's measures.
Most secondary schools
The 12 largest peer groups in England.
England regions
Whole-region rankings that link down to every local area inside them.
England counties
35 counties with 5+ scored secondary schools.
- Bedfordshire50
- Berkshire62
- Buckinghamshire50
- Cambridgeshire46
- Cheshire91
- Cleveland7
- Cumbria37
- Derbyshire56
- Devon65
- Dorset51
- East Sussex33
- East Yorkshire9
- Essex147
- Greater Manchester41
- Hampshire91
- Hertfordshire88
- Isle of Wight7
- Kent157
- Lancashire149
- Leicestershire58
- Lincolnshire69
- Merseyside81
- Middlesex45
- North Yorkshire54
- Northamptonshire37
- Nottinghamshire65
- Shropshire30
- Somerset52
- South Yorkshire67
- Staffordshire81
- Surrey98
- Tyne and Wear59
- West Midlands198
- West Yorkshire121
- Wiltshire35
England towns
156 towns with 5+ scored secondary schools.
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Scotland local authorities
28 with 5+ scored secondary schools. Scottish schools are ranked on the Insight senior phase: tariff points and literacy and numeracy at SCQF 5, measured against each school's virtual comparator. These lists compare schools within Scotland.
- Aberdeen City11
- Aberdeenshire17
- Angus8
- Argyll and Bute9
- City of Edinburgh23
- Dumfries and Galloway15
- Dundee City8
- East Ayrshire7
- East Dunbartonshire8
- East Lothian6
- East Renfrewshire7
- Falkirk8
- Fife18
- Glasgow City31
- Highland29
- Inverclyde6
- Midlothian6
- Moray8
- North Ayrshire9
- North Lanarkshire23
- Perth and Kinross10
- Renfrewshire11
- Scottish Borders9
- South Ayrshire8
- South Lanarkshire17
- Stirling7
- West Dunbartonshire5
- West Lothian11
Wales local authorities
19 with 5+ scored secondary schools. Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn and ranked on the Welsh Government's interim KS4 measures, so these lists compare schools within Wales.