Which school has the best GCSE results in Brent?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Michaela Community School tops the table in Brent with 77.6, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Brent schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Brent show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Brent GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

15 state secondary schools in Brent ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 1 school with no published results is listed at the end. 5 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 16 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Brent ranked on Attainment 8

15 of 16 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Brent ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Michaela Community School London · Free schools	77.6	97%	99%	7.50	117
2	JFS Harrow · Voluntary aided school	64.6	79%	91%	6.01	319
3	Wembley High Technology College North Wembley · Academy converter	61.5	63%	76%	5.97	306
4	St Gregory's Catholic Science College Harrow · Academy converter	60.6	68%	85%	5.81	185
5	Claremont High School Harrow · Academy converter	54.8	61%	76%	5.31	272
6	Ark Academy Wembley · Academy sponsor led	51.5	51%	73%	4.92	168
7	Queens Park Community School London · Academy converter	51.1	57%	73%	4.50	211
8	Alperton Community School Wembley · Academy converter	49.6	51%	67%	4.40	324
9	Kingsbury High School London · Academy converter	47.3	44%	63%	4.18	296
10	Preston Manor School Wembley · Academy converter	46.2	40%	65%	4.23	250
11	Ark Elvin Academy London · Academy sponsor led	45.9	43%	67%	4.45	199
12	Saint Claudine's Catholic School for Girls London · Academy converter	44.7	40%	55%	4.11	164
13	Harris Lowe Academy Willesden London · Academy sponsor led	41.6	40%	57%	3.92	173
14	E-ACT Crest Academy London · Academy sponsor led	39.9	36%	59%	3.68	212
15	Newman Catholic College London · Voluntary aided school	35.9	23%	44%	2.99	75
–	North Brent School London · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

Independent schools in Brent with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Al-Sadiq School London · Other independent school	35.9	40%	15
Al-Zahra School Other independent school	36.5	30%	20
Brondesbury College London London · Other independent school	65.9	86%	21
Islamia School for Girls' London · Other independent school	65.2	91%	23
Lycee International de Londres London · Other independent school	0.2	0%	135

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Brent on our composite score

Brent GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Brent ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Brent with published GCSE results

More about schools in Brent

Brent GCSE results: common questions