Which school had the best GCSE results in Greater Manchester in 2023?

On 2023 Attainment 8, Stretford Grammar School topped the table in Greater Manchester with 72.1, against an England average of 46.3. 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 Greater Manchester GCSE results?

This page is the 2023 archive (the 2022/23 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Greater Manchester are on the main Greater Manchester 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 Greater Manchester show no 2023 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2023 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.

Greater Manchester GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

40 state secondary schools in Greater Manchester ranked on their 2023 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2022/23 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. 6 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 6 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2023 archive of the table. See the latest Greater Manchester GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

County 46 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Greater Manchester ranked on Attainment 8

40 of 46 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in Greater Manchester ranked on Attainment 8, 2023 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.3	0.00	45%	65%	4.05	–
1	Stretford Grammar School Manchester · Foundation school	72.1	+0.60 (0.37 to 0.82)	95%	99%	6.70	159
2 , up 14 places since 2022	Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester Manchester · Free schools	58.8	+1.37 (1.06 to 1.68)	65%	86%	5.45	119
3 , down 1 place since 2022	Bolton Muslim Girls School Bolton · Academy converter	57.4	+1.01 (0.75 to 1.27)	70%	78%	5.45	120
4 , up 34 places since 2022	Manchester Mesivta School Prestwich · Voluntary aided school	55.0	+0.27 (-0.23 to 0.78)	77%	90%	5.26	30
5= , up 7 places since 2022	Eden Boys' School, Bolton Bolton · Free schools	52.6	+0.73 (0.47 to 0.98)	65%	82%	4.74	124
5= , up 1 place since 2022	Levenshulme High School Manchester · Academy sponsor led	52.6	+1.08 (0.88 to 1.29)	56%	76%	5.04	202
7 , down 4 places since 2022	Chorlton High School Manchester · Academy converter	52.2	+0.17 (0.00 to 0.33)	63%	78%	4.83	297
8 , down 4 places since 2022	St Patrick's RC High School Manchester · Voluntary aided school	51.1	+0.39 (0.18 to 0.59)	51%	68%	4.74	183
9 , down 4 places since 2022	Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester Manchester · Free schools	50.7	+0.71 (0.41 to 1.00)	52%	80%	4.74	120
10 , down 3 places since 2022	Whalley Range 11-18 High School Manchester · Academy converter	50.0	+0.36 (0.19 to 0.54)	46%	66%	4.70	266
11 , down 3 places since 2022	St Peter's RC High School Voluntary aided school	49.1	+0.12 (-0.08 to 0.32)	47%	69%	4.06	199
12 , up 1 place since 2022	St James's Church of England High School Bolton · Academy converter	49.0	-0.24 (-0.43 to -0.05)	48%	73%	4.21	209
13 , down 2 places since 2022	St Monica's RC High School Manchester · Academy sponsor led	48.6	+0.11 (-0.08 to 0.30)	48%	72%	4.09	225
14 , up 16 places since 2022	Beis Yaakov High School Salford · Academy converter	48.5	+0.20 (-0.16 to 0.55)	50%	80%	4.22	66
15 , down 1 place since 2022	Droylsden Academy Manchester · Academy sponsor led	48.4	+0.37 (0.15 to 0.59)	53%	68%	4.40	176
16 , down 7 places since 2022	Manchester Enterprise Academy Central Manchester · Free schools	47.0	+0.17 (-0.03 to 0.36)	50%	73%	4.21	210
17 , up 3 places since 2022	Audenshaw School Manchester · Academy converter	46.2	-0.08 (-0.28 to 0.13)	45%	64%	3.86	194
18 , down 8 places since 2022	E-ACT the Oldham Academy North Oldham · Academy sponsor led	46.1	+0.54 (0.36 to 0.72)	41%	71%	4.06	241
19	CHS South Manchester · Free schools	45.8	-0.11 (-0.33 to 0.11)	47%	68%	4.10	172
20 , down 2 places since 2022	Essa Academy Bolton · Academy sponsor led	45.7	+0.25 (0.04 to 0.46)	41%	61%	3.91	211
21 , up 1 place since 2022	Wardle Academy Rochdale · Academy converter	44.5	-0.20 (-0.39 to -0.01)	38%	59%	3.99	226
22 , down 5 places since 2022	Little Lever School Bolton · Academy converter	44.4	+0.09 (-0.11 to 0.28)	41%	64%	3.60	207
23 , up 3 places since 2022	All Hallows RC High School Salford · Voluntary aided school	44.3	-0.16 (-0.42 to 0.09)	40%	61%	3.99	121
24 , up 1 place since 2022	The East Manchester Academy Manchester · Academy sponsor led	42.7	-0.15 (-0.36 to 0.06)	28%	48%	3.52	193
25= , down 4 places since 2022	AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUK Salford · University technical college	42.5	-0.57 (-0.90 to -0.24)	34%	58%	2.98	79
25= , down 7 places since 2022	The Hathershaw College Oldham · Academy converter	42.5	-0.07 (-0.26 to 0.12)	38%	55%	3.79	211
27 , down 13 places since 2022	Co-op Academy Manchester Manchester · Academy sponsor led	42.1	-0.22 (-0.39 to -0.06)	31%	50%	3.45	322
28	Oasis Academy Oldham Oldham · Academy sponsor led	41.9	-0.15 (-0.33 to 0.02)	30%	51%	3.54	290
29 , down 2 places since 2022	St Antony's Roman Catholic School Manchester · Academy sponsor led	41.5	-0.43 (-0.71 to -0.15)	33%	50%	3.43	103
30 , down 7 places since 2022	Co-op Academy Swinton Manchester · Academy converter	40.8	-0.55 (-0.76 to -0.34)	32%	57%	3.49	187
31 , down 2 places since 2022	Atherton High School Atherton · Free schools	40.4	-0.18 (-0.51 to 0.16)	32%	57%	3.51	74
32	Dixons Brooklands Academy Manchester · Academy sponsor led	39.9	-0.44 (-0.64 to -0.23)	26%	49%	3.32	193
33	E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy Oldham · Academy sponsor led	38.8	-0.29 (-0.49 to -0.10)	30%	56%	3.09	218
34 , down 10 places since 2022	The Albion Academy Salford · Academy converter	38.0	-0.47 (-0.72 to -0.23)	39%	54%	3.38	151
35 , down 4 places since 2022	Dean Trust Rose Bridge Wigan · Academy sponsor led	36.0	-1.10 (-1.34 to -0.85)	21%	40%	3.09	131
36 , down 2 places since 2022	Manchester Enterprise Academy Wythenshawe · Academy sponsor led	35.9	-0.99 (-1.17 to -0.81)	23%	43%	2.98	246
37 , down 5 places since 2022	Cedar Mount Academy Gorton · Academy sponsor led	35.8	-0.34 (-0.60 to -0.07)	23%	38%	3.37	172
38 , down 2 places since 2022	University Collegiate School Bolton · University technical college	33.7	-0.87 (-1.33 to -0.40)	27%	53%	2.93	51
39 , down 4 places since 2022	Co-op Academy Strinesdale Oldham · Academy sponsor led	33.1	-0.75 (-0.93 to -0.57)	18%	35%	2.84	282
40 , down 3 places since 2022	Dean Trust Wigan Wigan · Academy sponsor led	30.4	-1.52 (-1.76 to -1.27)	14%	29%	2.82	137
–	Abraham Moss Community School Manchester · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Dixons Newall Green Academy Manchester · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Eton Academy Salford · Online provider · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College Oldham · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Star Salford Academy Worsley · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	The Radclyffe School Oldham · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Under each rank: the change since the 2022 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2022 result.

Independent schools in Greater Manchester with published 2023 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
Bridgewater School Manchester · Other independent school	54.2	61%	59
Darul Uloom Al Arabiya Al Islamiya Nr. Bury · Other independent school	46.2	43%	35
OYY Lubavitch Boys School Salford · Other independent school	10.2	0%	17
Rochdale Islamic Academy Rochdale · Other independent school	49.1	69%	16
Westwood High Oldham · Other independent school	58.6	63%	38
Withington Girls' School Manchester · Other independent school	64.5	0%	97

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 2023 was 46.3.

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 2023 archive of the table: each school's 2023 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2023 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Greater Manchester GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Greater Manchester on our composite score

Greater Manchester GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Greater Manchester ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Greater Manchester with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester GCSE results: common questions