Which school had the best GCSE results in Cheshire in 2024?

On 2024 Attainment 8, Altrincham Grammar School for Girls topped the table in Cheshire with 81.6, against an England average of 45.9. 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.

Where are the latest Cheshire GCSE results?

This page is the 2024 archive (the 2023/24 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Cheshire are on the main Cheshire GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

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. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Cheshire show no 2024 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2024 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's 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.

Cheshire GCSE results 2024: secondary school league table

89 state secondary schools in Cheshire ranked on their 2024 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2023/24 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 5 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 13 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2024 archive of the table. See the latest Cheshire GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

County 94 state secondary schools 2023/24 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Cheshire ranked on Attainment 8

89 of 94 schools have published 2024 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/24.

Secondary schools in Cheshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2024 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	45.9	0.00	46%	65%	4.07	–
1	Altrincham Grammar School for Girls Altrincham · Academy converter	81.6	+1.01 (0.80 to 1.23)	99%	100%	8.12	200
2	Altrincham Grammar School for Boys Altrincham · Academy converter	79.9	+1.32 (1.09 to 1.55)	100%	100%	7.37	182
3	Loreto Grammar School Altrincham · Academy converter	76.3	+1.06 (0.82 to 1.31)	98%	100%	7.24	157
4	Sale Grammar School Sale · Academy converter	75.5	+0.80 (0.59 to 1.01)	98%	100%	7.14	189
5	Saint Ambrose College Altrincham · Academy converter	73.7	+1.04 (0.82 to 1.27)	97%	99%	6.61	178
6 , up 1 place since 2023	Lymm High School Lymm · Academy converter	60.1	+0.71 (0.55 to 0.87)	72%	89%	5.30	316
7 , down 1 place since 2023	Cheadle Hulme High School Cheadle · Academy converter	59.7	+0.87 (0.69 to 1.04)	72%	85%	5.69	264
8 , up 12 places since 2023	Poynton High School Stockport · Academy converter	56.9	+0.29 (0.10 to 0.49)	62%	81%	5.34	223
9	Priestnall School Stockport · Academy converter	56.8	+0.40 (0.23 to 0.58)	64%	82%	4.89	250
10 , down 2 places since 2023	King's Leadership Academy Warrington Warrington · Free schools	56.4	+0.50 (0.27 to 0.73)	63%	90%	5.33	143
11 , up 14 places since 2023	Wellington School Altrincham · Academy converter	56.3	+0.56 (0.38 to 0.74)	59%	80%	5.12	253
12 , down 3 places since 2023	Bishop Heber High School Malpas · Foundation school	55.9	+0.72 (0.51 to 0.93)	67%	83%	5.22	207
13 , up 2 places since 2023	The Fallibroome Academy Macclesfield · Academy converter	55.6	+0.56 (0.38 to 0.74)	64%	83%	4.77	241
14 , up 18 places since 2023	North Cestrian School Altrincham · Free schools	55.0	+0.49 (0.25 to 0.74)	56%	74%	4.76	153
15 , up 3 places since 2023	Knutsford Academy Knutsford · Academy converter	54.2	-0.03 (-0.24 to 0.18)	67%	86%	4.83	187
16 , down 3 places since 2023	The County High School, Leftwich Northwich · Academy converter	53.7	+0.60 (0.40 to 0.80)	61%	79%	5.27	204
17 , down 6 places since 2023	Christleton High School Chester · Academy converter	53.6	+0.28 (0.09 to 0.47)	59%	81%	4.77	224
18 , down 8 places since 2023	Bridgewater High School Warrington · Academy converter	53.5	+0.20 (0.05 to 0.36)	61%	81%	4.64	316
19= , up 5 places since 2023	St James' Catholic High School Cheadle · Voluntary aided school	52.9	+0.23 (0.01 to 0.46)	59%	77%	4.71	158
19=	Weaverham High School Northwich · Academy converter	52.9	+0.17 (-0.02 to 0.35)	62%	76%	4.69	237
21 , down 9 places since 2023	Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College Sandbach · Academy converter	52.6	+0.48 (0.28 to 0.67)	58%	79%	4.71	216
22= , down 6 places since 2023	Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College Tarporley · Academy converter	52.5	+0.34 (0.14 to 0.54)	52%	78%	4.54	201
22= , up 8 places since 2023	Wilmslow High School Wilmslow · Community school	52.5	+0.16 (0.00 to 0.31)	58%	73%	4.60	346
24 , up 5 places since 2023	Upton-by-Chester High School Chester · Foundation school	52.3	+0.36 (0.19 to 0.52)	57%	73%	4.50	281
25 , up 3 places since 2023	St Gregory's Catholic High School Warrington · Voluntary aided school	51.8	+0.31 (0.13 to 0.50)	57%	74%	4.64	235
26= , up 9 places since 2023	Ashton-on-Mersey School Sale · Academy converter	50.5	+0.04 (-0.13 to 0.22)	59%	75%	4.67	255
26= , up 20 places since 2023	Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College Altrincham · Voluntary aided school	50.5	+0.23 (0.06 to 0.40)	53%	80%	4.00	269
28= , up 11 places since 2023	Alsager School Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter	50.2	+0.21 (0.04 to 0.39)	55%	75%	4.64	254
28= , down 3 places since 2023	Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School Crewe · Academy converter	50.2	-0.04 (-0.22 to 0.15)	56%	76%	4.19	239
30= , down 13 places since 2023	St Nicholas Catholic High School Northwich · Voluntary aided school	49.9	+0.17 (-0.03 to 0.37)	52%	76%	4.54	197
30= , up 11 places since 2023	Tytherington School Macclesfield · Academy converter	49.9	+0.09 (-0.09 to 0.28)	59%	75%	4.44	235
32 , up 2 places since 2023	Great Sankey High School Warrington · Academy converter	49.2	-0.32 (-0.47 to -0.17)	46%	74%	4.60	366
33= , down 19 places since 2023	Bramhall High School Stockport · Community school	48.9	-0.08 (-0.27 to 0.11)	47%	72%	4.40	242
33= , down 3 places since 2023	Brine Leas School Nantwich · Academy converter	48.9	-0.07 (-0.26 to 0.12)	53%	77%	4.34	224
33= , up 3 places since 2023	Culcheth High School Warrington · Community school	48.9	-0.15 (-0.33 to 0.04)	51%	71%	4.28	235
36 , down 14 places since 2023	The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School Chester · Academy converter	48.8	+0.26 (0.06 to 0.47)	46%	72%	4.15	207
37 , down 4 places since 2023	All Hallows Catholic College Macclesfield · Academy converter	48.6	+0.00 (-0.20 to 0.20)	49%	70%	4.21	209
38 , up 7 places since 2023	Helsby High School Frodsham · Community school	48.3	+0.05 (-0.14 to 0.23)	49%	67%	4.55	231
39= , up 10 places since 2023	Altrincham College Altrincham · Academy converter	48.2	-0.03 (-0.26 to 0.20)	49%	65%	4.11	169
39= , down 16 places since 2023	Golborne High School Warrington · Foundation school	48.2	-0.05 (-0.25 to 0.14)	51%	70%	4.37	216
39= , up 2 places since 2023	Hazel Grove High School Stockport · Academy converter	48.2	+0.19 (0.02 to 0.37)	48%	70%	4.48	265
39= , down 19 places since 2023	Wade Deacon High School Widnes · Academy converter	48.2	+0.17 (0.01 to 0.33)	47%	69%	4.26	308
43 , down 24 places since 2023	St Thomas More Catholic High School Crewe · Academy converter	47.9	+0.26 (0.01 to 0.51)	42%	66%	4.35	138
44 , down 4 places since 2023	Sandbach School Sandbach · Free schools	47.7	+0.28 (0.11 to 0.45)	48%	72%	3.93	264
45 , down 2 places since 2023	Queen's Park High School Chester · Academy sponsor led	47.5	-0.04 (-0.31 to 0.23)	49%	63%	4.20	118
46 , up 8 places since 2023	Stockport School Stockport · Community school	47.4	+0.25 (0.07 to 0.42)	52%	73%	4.48	247
47 , down 22 places since 2023	Hartford Church of England High School Northwich · Voluntary aided school	47.1	-0.15 (-0.34 to 0.04)	53%	70%	4.36	207
48 , up 15 places since 2023	Stockport Academy Stockport · Academy sponsor led	46.6	+0.24 (0.04 to 0.45)	39%	63%	4.32	193
49 , down 12 places since 2023	Eaton Bank Academy Congleton · Academy converter	46.0	-0.13 (-0.34 to 0.09)	37%	60%	3.95	168
50 , down 1 place since 2023	Beamont Collegiate Academy Warrington · Academy sponsor led	45.7	+0.16 (-0.06 to 0.38)	38%	59%	4.20	170
51 , up 2 places since 2023	Penketh High School Warrington · Academy converter	45.5	-0.22 (-0.45 to 0.01)	44%	63%	4.18	161
52= , down 1 place since 2023	Neston High School Neston · Academy converter	45.1	+0.22 (0.05 to 0.38)	42%	67%	3.81	297
52= , down 15 places since 2023	Shavington Academy Shavington · Academy converter	45.1	+0.04 (-0.18 to 0.26)	43%	65%	3.74	164
54 , down 6 places since 2023	The Kingsway School Cheadle · Academy converter	45.0	-0.26 (-0.44 to -0.08)	42%	65%	4.04	250
55 , down 8 places since 2023	Lowton Church of England High School Warrington · Foundation school	44.9	-0.17 (-0.39 to 0.06)	37%	56%	3.76	160
56 , up 11 places since 2023	Cardinal Newman Catholic High School Warrington · Voluntary aided school	44.5	-0.19 (-0.41 to 0.04)	42%	72%	3.90	161
57= , up 2 places since 2023	The Catholic High School, Chester Chester · Academy converter	44.3	-0.08 (-0.39 to 0.23)	35%	62%	3.76	135
57= , down 1 place since 2023	West Hill School Stalybridge · Academy converter	44.3	-0.31 (-0.53 to -0.08)	37%	64%	3.65	160
59 , down 8 places since 2023	The Heath School Runcorn · Academy converter	43.2	-0.27 (-0.45 to -0.09)	37%	62%	3.78	237
60 , down 16 places since 2023	Alder Community High School Hyde · Community school	43.0	-0.28 (-0.48 to -0.07)	38%	66%	3.72	184
61 , down 4 places since 2023	Birchwood Community High School Warrington · Academy converter	42.9	-0.37 (-0.60 to -0.14)	37%	54%	3.50	161
62= , down 2 places since 2023	Sandymoor Ormiston Academy Runcorn · Free schools	42.5	-0.48 (-0.74 to -0.23)	40%	53%	3.45	116
62= , down 7 places since 2023	St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy Stockport · Academy sponsor led	42.5	-0.20 (-0.46 to 0.06)	45%	61%	3.59	123
64 , up 5 places since 2023	Reddish Vale High School Stockport · Academy sponsor led	42.3	-0.29 (-0.49 to -0.09)	34%	55%	3.66	202
65 , down 2 places since 2023	Ruskin Community High School Crewe · Community school	42.2	-0.22 (-0.46 to 0.03)	31%	64%	3.66	137
66 , down 4 places since 2023	Harrytown Catholic High School Stockport · Voluntary aided school	41.9	-0.32 (-0.56 to -0.09)	38%	56%	3.40	149
67 , down 6 places since 2023	Congleton High School Congleton · Academy converter	41.7	-0.47 (-0.67 to -0.27)	40%	58%	3.80	196
68	Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School Warrington · Academy sponsor led	41.5	-0.24 (-0.48 to 0.00)	30%	54%	3.53	148
69 , up 4 places since 2023	Middlewich High School Middlewich · Academy converter	40.8	-0.14 (-0.37 to 0.10)	37%	54%	3.82	142
70 , down 12 places since 2023	Ormiston Chadwick Academy Widnes · Academy sponsor led	40.6	-0.23 (-0.44 to -0.03)	38%	62%	3.30	184
71	Ellesmere Port Catholic High School Ellesmere Port · Academy sponsor led	40.5	-0.47 (-0.69 to -0.25)	28%	55%	3.57	161
72 , down 7 places since 2023	Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School Widnes · Voluntary aided school	39.9	-0.61 (-0.78 to -0.44)	32%	56%	3.26	281
73 , up 3 places since 2023	Werneth School Stockport · Academy sponsor led	39.5	-0.45 (-0.64 to -0.27)	33%	50%	3.37	235
74= , up 6 places since 2023	Ellesmere Port Church of England College Ellesmere Port · Academy sponsor led	38.4	-0.51 (-0.82 to -0.19)	23%	51%	3.23	91
74=	The Whitby High School Ellesmere Port · Foundation school	38.4	-0.58 (-0.75 to -0.41)	28%	50%	3.46	273
76 , down 5 places since 2023	All Saints Catholic College Dukinfield · Academy converter	38.0	-0.61 (-0.85 to -0.37)	27%	54%	3.16	136
77 , down 5 places since 2023	Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy Runcorn · Academy sponsor led	37.3	-0.66 (-0.87 to -0.46)	27%	47%	2.82	185
78= , down 1 place since 2023	Blacon High School Chester · Foundation school	37.2	-0.63 (-0.88 to -0.38)	24%	47%	2.97	127
78= , up 1 place since 2023	The Rudheath Senior Academy Northwich · Academy sponsor led	37.2	-0.22 (-0.50 to 0.05)	27%	49%	3.13	104
80 , down 15 places since 2023	Chester International School Chester · Studio schools	34.9	-1.20 (-1.54 to -0.87)	27%	38%	3.15	84
81 , up 2 places since 2023	The Oaks Academy Crewe · Academy sponsor led	34.2	-0.50 (-0.82 to -0.18)	17%	40%	2.98	96
82 , down 1 place since 2023	Rayner Stephens High School Dukinfield · Academy sponsor led	34.1	-1.03 (-1.29 to -0.77)	25%	44%	2.83	124
83 , down 6 places since 2023	The Grange School Runcorn · Academy sponsor led	33.5	-0.84 (-1.08 to -0.59)	26%	40%	2.93	137
84 , up 2 places since 2023	Crewe Engineering and Design UTC Crewe · University technical college	32.8	-1.00 (-1.32 to -0.68)	20%	35%	2.62	79
85 , down 10 places since 2023	Dixons Pennine Academy Stalybridge · Academy converter	32.7	-0.90 (-1.16 to -0.65)	13%	33%	2.59	120
86 , down 2 places since 2023	Sir William Stanier School Crewe · Academy sponsor led	29.6	-0.90 (-1.17 to -0.63)	15%	32%	2.30	113
87 , down 5 places since 2023	The Winsford Academy Winsford · Academy sponsor led	29.3	-1.10 (-1.30 to -0.90)	11%	27%	2.52	194
88 , down 18 places since 2023	Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy Runcorn · Academy sponsor led	27.3	-1.37 (-1.67 to -1.08)	7%	35%	2.35	89
89 , down 4 places since 2023	Cheshire Studio School Crewe · Studio schools	22.9	-1.62 (-2.15 to -1.10)	17%	17%	1.63	30
–	Hyde High School Hyde · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Malbank School and Sixth Form College Nantwich · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Marple Hall School Stockport · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Sale High School Sale · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	The Macclesfield Academy Macclesfield · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2023 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2023 result.

Independent schools in Cheshire with published 2024 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
Abbey Gate College Chester · Other independent school	58.8	66%	67
Beech Hall School Macclesfield · Other independent school	38.4	46%	37
Cheadle Hulme School Cheadle · Other independent school	16.6	0%	186
Cransley School Northwich · Other independent school	52.6	48%	29
Hulme Hall Grammar School Stockport · Other independent school	50.4	41%	34
OneSchool Global Northwich Northwich · Other independent school	55.2	56%	9
Stockport Grammar School Stockport · Other independent school	17.5	0%	165
The Grange School Northwich · Other independent school	29.2	0%	127
The Hammond Chester · Other independent school	35.8	30%	30
The King's School Chester · Other independent school	18.9	0%	129
The King's School In Macclesfield Macclesfield · Other independent school	29.6	0%	138
The Queen's School Chester · Other independent school	69.7	89%	62
Trinity School Stalybridge · Other independent school	49.6	37%	19

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 2024 was 45.9.

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 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

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.

This is the 2024 archive of the table: each school's 2024 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2024 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Cheshire GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Cheshire on our composite score

Cheshire GCSE results 2024: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Cheshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Cheshire with published 2024 GCSE results

More about schools in Cheshire

Cheshire GCSE results: common questions