Which school has the best GCSE results in Derbyshire?

On 2025 Attainment 8, St Mary's Catholic High School tops the table in Derbyshire with 59.4, 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 Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire 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.

Derbyshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

56 state secondary schools in Derbyshire 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. 3 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

County 56 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Derbyshire ranked on Attainment 8

56 of 56 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Derbyshire 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	St Mary's Catholic High School Chesterfield · Academy converter	59.4	73%	85%	5.39	206
2	The Ecclesbourne School Belper · Academy converter	58.3	71%	86%	5.40	238
3	Landau Forte College Derby · Academy sponsor led	55.4	65%	84%	5.27	195
4	John Flamsteed Community School Ripley · Academy converter	53.3	61%	79%	4.73	156
5	Littleover Community School Derby · Community school	52.7	58%	75%	4.92	291
6	Lady Manners School Bakewell · Foundation school	52.2	55%	79%	4.80	230
7	John Port Spencer Academy Derby · Academy sponsor led	51.4	55%	79%	4.39	320
8	Brookfield Community School Chesterfield · Academy converter	50.8	58%	78%	4.29	176
9	Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School Dronfield · Voluntary controlled school	50.0	53%	74%	4.60	289
10	Heanor Gate Spencer Academy Heanor · Academy converter	49.6	51%	72%	4.55	216
11	St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy Buxton · Academy converter	49.5	47%	81%	4.10	89
12	Chellaston Academy Derby · Academy converter	49.2	50%	73%	4.26	297
13	Outwood Academy Newbold Chesterfield · Academy sponsor led	48.9	51%	73%	4.22	173
14	West Park School Derby · Academy converter	48.7	52%	73%	4.34	291
15=	Castle Donington College Derby · Academy converter	48.2	55%	73%	4.17	126
15=	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Ashbourne · Academy converter	48.2	45%	72%	4.24	218
17	Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy Ilkeston · Academy converter	48.1	50%	71%	4.34	148
18	Derby Moor Spencer Academy Derby · Academy converter	47.7	48%	65%	4.45	291
19	Outwood Academy Hasland Hall Chesterfield · Academy sponsor led	47.5	55%	72%	4.27	149
20	Highfields School Matlock · Academy converter	47.0	43%	68%	4.20	202
21=	Allestree Woodlands School Derby · Academy converter	46.5	40%	63%	3.94	235
21=	Granville Academy Swadlincote · Academy converter	46.5	48%	71%	4.19	166
23	Frederick Gent School Alfreton · Academy sponsor led	46.3	40%	61%	3.90	152
24	Anthony Gell School Matlock · Academy converter	45.8	42%	65%	3.79	124
25	Saint Benedict Derby · Academy converter	45.3	37%	64%	3.88	243
26	The Bolsover School Chesterfield · Academy converter	45.0	43%	72%	4.08	150
27=	New Mills School High Peak · Community school	44.5	30%	65%	3.76	123
27=	The Ripley Academy Ripley · Academy converter	44.5	43%	64%	3.80	117
29	Hope Valley College Hope Valley · Academy sponsor led	44.4	41%	62%	4.00	109
30	Belper School and Sixth Form Centre Belper · Foundation school	44.3	44%	70%	3.96	207
31	Tibshelf Community School Alfreton · Community school	44.2	44%	66%	3.71	160
32	Chapel-en-le-Frith High School High Peak · Community school	43.8	38%	58%	3.87	176
33	Glossopdale School and Sixth Form Glossop · Academy sponsor led	43.4	35%	61%	3.63	200
34	Swanwick Hall School Alfreton · Academy converter	42.6	42%	64%	3.88	193
35	Netherthorpe School Chesterfield · Academy converter	42.1	33%	59%	3.43	163
36=	Buxton Community School Buxton · Academy converter	41.6	35%	47%	3.49	192
36=	Lees Brook Academy Derby · Academy converter	41.6	33%	59%	3.45	209
38	Derby Cathedral School Derby · Free schools	41.5	35%	57%	3.81	178
39	Tupton Hall School Chesterfield · Academy sponsor led	41.1	31%	60%	3.58	236
40=	David Nieper Academy Alfreton · Academy sponsor led	41.0	30%	55%	3.46	122
40=	Parkside Community School Chesterfield · Academy converter	41.0	32%	52%	3.57	92
42	Whittington Green School Chesterfield · Community school	40.8	32%	52%	3.38	94
43=	Eckington School Sheffield · Academy converter	40.6	34%	53%	3.39	198
43=	Murray Park Community School Derby · Foundation school	40.6	33%	54%	3.63	213
45=	Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy Ilkeston · Academy sponsor led	40.5	38%	60%	3.47	187
45=	St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy Glossop · Academy sponsor led	40.5	25%	51%	3.30	111
47	Heritage High School Chesterfield · Academy sponsor led	40.0	36%	59%	3.36	166
48	The Pingle Academy Swadlincote · Academy converter	39.2	37%	59%	3.28	224
49	Kirk Hallam Community Academy Ilkeston · Academy converter	38.7	28%	53%	3.23	138
50	Springwell Community College Chesterfield · Academy converter	37.9	29%	59%	3.20	171
51	Noel-Baker Academy Derby · Academy sponsor led	36.3	30%	56%	3.27	212
52	City of Derby Academy Derby · Academy sponsor led	34.8	26%	41%	2.92	191
53	Da Vinci Academy Derby · Academy sponsor led	34.7	21%	37%	3.04	143
54	The Bemrose School Derby · Foundation school	33.8	25%	42%	2.72	175
55	Mercia Academy Swadlincote · Academy sponsor led	32.6	23%	37%	2.64	112
56	Alvaston Moor Academy Derby · Academy sponsor led	32.4	23%	38%	2.66	167

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

Independent schools in Derbyshire 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
Derby High School Derby · Other independent school	60.1	87%	55
Normanton House School Derby · Other independent school	50.3	83%	6
Repton School Derby · Other independent school	36.0	0%	134

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 Derbyshire on our composite score

Derbyshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Derbyshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Derbyshire with published GCSE results

More about schools in Derbyshire

Derbyshire GCSE results: common questions