When are the 2026 GCSE results for Leeds 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 2026 results, the 2025/26 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 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021.

Why does a school in Leeds 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.

Leeds GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Q: Which school has the best GCSE results in Leeds?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Allerton High School tops the table in Leeds with 60.2, against an England average of 46.2. 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.

45 state secondary schools in Leeds ranked on their 2026 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2025/26 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 7+, grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, cohort size for each school against the England average. 5 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 45 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Leeds ranked on Attainment 8

45 of 45 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Leeds ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1 , up 9 places since 2025	Allerton High School Leeds · Community school	60.2	33%	76%	85%	–	246
2	Horsforth School Leeds · Academy converter	60.1	28%	75%	88%	–	283
3	Abbey Grange Church of England Academy Leeds · Academy converter	57.1	25%	70%	84%	–	237
4 , up 3 places since 2025	St. Mary's Menston Ilkley · Academy converter	56.6	19%	71%	86%	–	200
5 , up 1 place since 2025	Roundhay School Leeds · Community school	56.4	25%	65%	84%	–	303
6 , down 5 places since 2025	Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Leeds · Voluntary aided school	55.5	19%	72%	83%	–	184
7	Trinity Academy Leeds Leeds · Free schools	55.4	14%	63%	80%	–	228
8	The Morley Academy Leeds · Academy converter	55.1	25%	62%	79%	–	278
9 , down 5 places since 2025	Boston Spa Academy Wetherby · Academy converter	54.9	28%	67%	83%	–	270
10 , up 3 places since 2025	Mount St Mary's Catholic High School Leeds · Voluntary aided school	54.6	18%	50%	75%	–	189
11 , up 2 places since 2025	Guiseley School Leeds · Foundation school	53.0	18%	62%	79%	–	235
12= , down 4 places since 2025	Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College Otley · Academy converter	52.3	19%	57%	78%	–	253
12=	Woodkirk Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	52.3	22%	58%	78%	–	279
14 , up 7 places since 2025	Brigshaw High School Castleford · Academy converter	51.5	16%	58%	73%	–	233
15 , up 1 place since 2025	The Ruth Gorse Academy Leeds · Free schools	51.4	16%	52%	71%	–	252
16= , up 4 places since 2025	Allerton Grange School Leeds · Community school	51.2	21%	56%	72%	–	299
16=	Cockburn School Leeds · Academy converter	51.2	20%	56%	73%	–	233
18 , up 1 place since 2025	Carr Manor Community School Leeds · Foundation school	51.1	18%	58%	71%	–	207
19 , down 8 places since 2025	Garforth Academy Leeds · Academy converter	50.9	20%	62%	79%	–	319
20 , down 15 places since 2025	Leeds Jewish Free School Leeds · Free schools	50.6	4%	63%	82%	–	27
21 , up 3 places since 2025	University Technical College Leeds Leeds · University technical college	49.7	13%	55%	75%	–	140
22 , down 7 places since 2025	Wetherby High School Wetherby · Foundation school	49.2	19%	51%	72%	–	144
23 , up 5 places since 2025	Oulton Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	48.4	21%	56%	71%	–	205
24 , up 1 place since 2025	Bruntcliffe Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	47.8	13%	49%	69%	–	271
25	Benton Park School Leeds · Academy converter	47.5	12%	50%	69%	–	263
26 , down 10 places since 2025	The Farnley Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	46.7	10%	45%	67%	–	294
27 , down 4 places since 2025	Rodillian Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	45.9	11%	51%	69%	–	292
28 , down 6 places since 2025	Dixons Trinity Chapeltown Leeds · Free schools	45.8	18%	39%	56%	–	108
29 , up 1 place since 2025	Cockburn John Charles Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	45.7	8%	33%	56%	–	223
30 , down 3 places since 2025	Crawshaw Academy Pudsey · Academy sponsor led	45.6	15%	51%	67%	–	218
31 , down 2 places since 2025	Pudsey Grammar School Pudsey · Foundation school	45.4	15%	42%	63%	–	213
32 , down 6 places since 2025	Temple Moor High School Leeds · Academy converter	44.0	10%	41%	61%	–	225
33 , up 1 place since 2025	Ralph Thoresby School Leeds · Foundation school	43.8	12%	38%	60%	–	171
34 , down 1 place since 2025	Co-op Academy Priesthorpe Pudsey · Academy converter	43.4	12%	42%	59%	–	179
35	Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy Leeds · Free schools	41.8	6%	36%	57%	–	197
36= , up 1 place since 2025	Dixons Unity Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	40.3	8%	30%	45%	–	168
36= , down 5 places since 2025	Lawnswood School Leeds · Community school	40.3	8%	33%	53%	–	251
38 , down 6 places since 2025	Leeds West Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	39.9	6%	40%	57%	–	271
39 , down 3 places since 2025	Bishop Young Church of England Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	37.4	5%	29%	49%	–	136
40 , down 2 places since 2025	Corpus Christi Catholic College Leeds · Academy converter	37.3	5%	31%	49%	–	176
41 , up 1 place since 2025	John Smeaton Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	36.9	4%	28%	49%	–	103
42 , down 7 places since 2025	Leeds City Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	36.3	7%	26%	42%	–	205
43 , down 3 places since 2025	Leeds East Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	31.4	1%	21%	40%	–	204
44 , down 5 places since 2025	Temple Learning Academy Leeds · Free schools	30.7	3%	19%	33%	–	119
45 , down 4 places since 2025	Co-op Academy Leeds Leeds · Academy sponsor led	27.9	1%	17%	28%	–	168

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

Under each rank: the change since the 2025 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2025 result.

Independent schools in Leeds 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 Kauthar Girls Academy Leeds · Other independent school	35.3	25%	12
Gateways School Leeds · Other independent school	46.2	0%	53
LS-TEN West Yorkshire · Other independent school	3.2	0%	23
The Grammar School At Leeds Leeds · Other independent school	45.5	0%	205
Woodhouse Grove School Bradford · Other independent school	23.4	0%	115

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 2026 was 46.2.

Grade 7+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching the top grades, 7 to 9, in both; grade 5+ is the "strong pass"; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". The DfE stopped publishing EBacc entry and the EBacc average point score from the 2025/26 results, so that column is empty for 2026.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021, the baseline it is measured from. 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 Leeds on our composite score

Leeds GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Leeds ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Leeds with published GCSE results

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