Which school has the best GCSE results in Greater Manchester?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Stretford Grammar School tops the table in Greater Manchester with 74.4, 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 Greater Manchester 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 Greater Manchester 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.

Greater Manchester GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

41 state secondary schools in Greater Manchester 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. 5 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 8 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

County 46 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Greater Manchester ranked on Attainment 8

41 of 46 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Greater Manchester 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	Stretford Grammar School Manchester · Foundation school	74.4	96%	100%	6.72	160
2	Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester Manchester · Free schools	58.2	64%	78%	5.55	129
3	Bolton Muslim Girls School Bolton · Academy converter	54.7	60%	74%	5.13	150
4	Chorlton High School Manchester · Academy converter	54.0	61%	79%	5.06	299
5	St Patrick's RC High School Manchester · Voluntary aided school	53.8	56%	79%	5.18	183
6	St James's Church of England High School Bolton · Academy converter	53.5	58%	82%	4.69	207
7	Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester Manchester · Free schools	53.1	67%	82%	5.09	131
8=	Eden Boys' School, Bolton Bolton · Free schools	53.0	59%	81%	5.02	123
8=	Essa Academy Bolton · Academy sponsor led	53.0	54%	75%	4.43	200
10	Levenshulme High School Manchester · Academy sponsor led	52.5	53%	68%	5.08	207
11	Whalley Range 11-18 High School Manchester · Academy converter	52.1	47%	70%	4.91	260
12	St Monica's RC High School Manchester · Academy sponsor led	50.4	55%	78%	4.24	222
13=	All Hallows RC High School Salford · Voluntary aided school	49.3	55%	71%	4.42	127
13=	Beis Yaakov High School Salford · Academy converter	49.3	46%	79%	4.43	63
15	CHS South Manchester · Free schools	48.3	44%	71%	4.27	175
16	E-ACT the Oldham Academy North Oldham · Academy sponsor led	48.2	44%	69%	4.36	295
17	Droylsden Academy Manchester · Academy sponsor led	47.7	49%	70%	4.34	171
18=	St Peter's RC High School Voluntary aided school	47.4	46%	67%	4.16	217
18=	The Albion Academy Salford · Academy converter	47.4	49%	64%	4.32	170
20	Little Lever School Bolton · Academy converter	46.2	57%	67%	3.91	203
21	Manchester Enterprise Academy Central Manchester · Free schools	46.1	44%	70%	4.09	216
22	Audenshaw School Manchester · Academy converter	45.5	50%	67%	3.82	221
23	Co-op Academy Manchester Manchester · Academy sponsor led	44.9	37%	57%	3.79	324
24	Co-op Academy Swinton Manchester · Academy converter	44.6	31%	61%	3.85	200
25	Wardle Academy Rochdale · Academy converter	44.1	39%	63%	3.87	233
26	Oasis Academy Oldham Oldham · Academy sponsor led	42.8	33%	59%	3.57	286
27	St Antony's Roman Catholic School Manchester · Academy sponsor led	42.4	34%	53%	3.57	134
28	The East Manchester Academy Manchester · Academy sponsor led	41.9	25%	46%	3.43	212
29=	Abraham Moss Community School Manchester · Academy converter	39.7	32%	54%	3.61	259
29=	Dean Trust Rose Bridge Wigan · Academy sponsor led	39.7	29%	54%	3.39	130
31=	Atherton High School Atherton · Free schools	39.3	26%	52%	3.48	89
31=	Manchester Mesivta School Prestwich · Voluntary aided school	39.3	30%	63%	3.56	43
31=	The Hathershaw College Oldham · Academy converter	39.3	27%	47%	3.52	213
34	E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy Oldham · Academy sponsor led	38.7	30%	52%	3.36	203
35	Manchester Enterprise Academy Wythenshawe · Academy sponsor led	37.5	28%	47%	3.21	225
36	Cedar Mount Academy Gorton · Academy sponsor led	37.2	31%	47%	3.63	198
37	University Collegiate School Bolton · University technical college	36.7	31%	41%	3.14	91
38	Dixons Brooklands Academy Manchester · Academy sponsor led	36.1	19%	40%	3.23	201
39	AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUK Salford · University technical college	35.6	17%	42%	2.55	90
40	Waterhead Academy Oldham · Academy sponsor led	34.0	22%	39%	2.98	259
41	Dean Trust Wigan Wigan · Academy sponsor led	33.1	23%	38%	3.06	159
–	Dixons Newall Green Academy Manchester · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Eton Academy Salford · Online provider · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College Oldham · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Star Salford Academy Worsley · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	The Radclyffe School Oldham · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

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

Independent schools in Greater Manchester 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
Ashlea House School Manchester · Other independent school	5.1	0%	8
Bridgewater School Manchester · Other independent school	38.0	0%	60
Darul Uloom Al Arabiya Al Islamiya Nr. Bury · Other independent school	43.0	51%	47
OYY Lubavitch Boys School Salford · Other independent school	27.5	24%	33
Rochdale Islamic Academy Rochdale · Other independent school · 2023 results	49.1	69%	16
Safe Start School Tameside · Other independent school	4.5	0%	10
Westwood High Oldham · Other independent school	54.1	55%	38
Withington Girls' School Manchester · Other independent school	48.8	0%	83

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 Greater Manchester on our composite score

Greater Manchester GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Greater Manchester ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Greater Manchester with published GCSE results

More about schools in Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester GCSE results: common questions