Which school had the best GCSE results in Leeds in 2023?

On 2023 Attainment 8, The Morley Academy topped the table in Leeds with 58.2, 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 Leeds GCSE results?

This page is the 2023 archive (the 2022/23 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Leeds are on the main Leeds 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 Leeds 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.

Leeds GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

42 state secondary schools in Leeds 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. 3 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 3 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

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

Local Authority 45 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Leeds ranked on Attainment 8

42 of 45 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in Leeds 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 , up 7 places since 2022	The Morley Academy Leeds · Academy converter	58.2	+0.83 (0.66 to 1.00)	65%	83%	5.21	279
2 , down 1 place since 2022	Horsforth School Leeds · Academy converter	57.6	+0.74 (0.56 to 0.93)	64%	82%	5.20	222
3 , up 4 places since 2022	St. Mary's Menston Ilkley · Academy converter	57.2	+0.56 (0.36 to 0.76)	67%	85%	5.20	202
4 , up 7 places since 2022	Allerton High School Leeds · Community school	57.1	+0.64 (0.45 to 0.83)	75%	86%	5.20	218
5 , down 3 places since 2022	Abbey Grange Church of England Academy Leeds · Academy converter	55.6	+0.49 (0.32 to 0.66)	66%	81%	5.02	264
6	Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Leeds · Voluntary aided school	55.2	+0.55 (0.34 to 0.76)	65%	87%	5.07	182
7 , down 3 places since 2022	Boston Spa Academy Wetherby · Academy converter	54.8	+0.50 (0.30 to 0.70)	67%	82%	4.76	200
8 , down 3 places since 2022	Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College Otley · Academy converter	54.4	+0.36 (0.19 to 0.53)	62%	78%	4.94	277
9	Guiseley School Leeds · Foundation school	52.0	+0.20 (0.01 to 0.39)	60%	76%	4.71	218
10 , up 5 places since 2022	Roundhay School Leeds · Community school	51.8	+0.33 (0.17 to 0.49)	63%	79%	4.62	296
11 , up 15 places since 2022	Oulton Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	51.0	+0.52 (0.30 to 0.73)	56%	72%	4.33	172
12	Garforth Academy Leeds · Academy converter	50.7	+0.26 (0.10 to 0.43)	59%	77%	4.75	297
13 , up 1 place since 2022	The Farnley Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	50.5	+0.72 (0.55 to 0.88)	56%	77%	4.36	281
14 , up 2 places since 2022	Bruntcliffe Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	50.0	+0.66 (0.44 to 0.87)	48%	72%	4.40	180
15 , up 3 places since 2022	Mount St Mary's Catholic High School Leeds · Voluntary aided school	49.0	+0.81 (0.60 to 1.03)	42%	64%	4.14	188
16 , up 6 places since 2022	The Ruth Gorse Academy Leeds · Free schools	48.8	+0.92 (0.74 to 1.10)	47%	69%	4.40	258
17= , down 4 places since 2022	Wetherby High School Wetherby · Foundation school	48.7	+0.19 (-0.06 to 0.45)	52%	72%	4.70	133
17= , down 7 places since 2022	Woodkirk Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	48.7	+0.19 (0.03 to 0.35)	51%	69%	4.42	302
19	Dixons Trinity Chapeltown Leeds · Free schools	48.6	+0.73 (0.45 to 1.01)	50%	66%	4.52	109
20 , up 5 places since 2022	Cockburn School Leeds · Academy converter	48.1	+0.61 (0.42 to 0.79)	49%	68%	3.81	221
21	Carr Manor Community School Leeds · Foundation school	47.6	+0.47 (0.26 to 0.67)	50%	69%	4.27	207
22 , down 2 places since 2022	Temple Moor High School Leeds · Academy converter	47.3	+0.24 (0.05 to 0.43)	45%	68%	4.28	214
23	Pudsey Grammar School Pudsey · Foundation school	46.7	+0.02 (-0.17 to 0.21)	41%	62%	3.96	217
24 , down 6 places since 2022	Co-op Academy Priesthorpe Pudsey · Academy converter	46.3	+0.00 (-0.20 to 0.21)	48%	67%	3.97	193
25 , up 3 places since 2022	Rodillian Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	45.8	+0.00 (-0.16 to 0.16)	40%	66%	4.22	297
26 , down 9 places since 2022	Brigshaw High School Castleford · Academy converter	45.6	+0.14 (-0.05 to 0.32)	43%	66%	3.90	222
27	Cockburn John Charles Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	44.8	+0.72 (0.51 to 0.93)	38%	53%	3.67	204
28 , down 5 places since 2022	Allerton Grange School Leeds · Community school	43.9	-0.03 (-0.21 to 0.14)	43%	63%	4.17	270
29 , up 1 place since 2022	Crawshaw Academy Pudsey · Academy sponsor led	43.5	-0.48 (-0.68 to -0.28)	43%	64%	3.65	195
30 , down 1 place since 2022	Ralph Thoresby School Leeds · Foundation school	43.0	-0.48 (-0.70 to -0.27)	41%	57%	3.71	176
31 , up 2 places since 2022	Lawnswood School Leeds · Community school	42.7	-0.26 (-0.44 to -0.07)	36%	58%	3.73	255
32 , down 1 place since 2022	University Technical College Leeds Leeds · University technical college	42.6	-0.72 (-0.98 to -0.47)	32%	64%	3.04	125
33 , down 30 places since 2022	Leeds Jewish Free School Leeds · Free schools	42.1	-0.30 (-0.97 to 0.38)	44%	64%	3.63	25
34	Leeds West Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	39.0	-0.25 (-0.43 to -0.08)	35%	53%	3.20	257
35	Corpus Christi Catholic College Leeds · Academy converter	38.5	-0.99 (-1.20 to -0.78)	28%	47%	3.38	173
36	Leeds East Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	37.3	-0.59 (-0.80 to -0.37)	29%	49%	3.10	184
37	Leeds City Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	35.7	+0.32 (0.03 to 0.61)	20%	41%	3.23	149
38 , down 6 places since 2022	Bishop Young Church of England Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	35.0	-0.35 (-0.61 to -0.09)	21%	41%	2.79	141
39 , down 1 place since 2022	John Smeaton Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	34.9	-0.85 (-1.08 to -0.62)	23%	46%	2.92	149
40 , down 1 place since 2022	Dixons Unity Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	30.9	-0.82 (-1.07 to -0.57)	20%	35%	2.93	142
41 , down 1 place since 2022	Co-op Academy Leeds Leeds · Academy sponsor led	27.9	-0.33 (-0.56 to -0.09)	10%	30%	2.53	173
42 , down 1 place since 2022	Temple Learning Academy Leeds · Free schools	27.7	-0.63 (-0.90 to -0.36)	16%	27%	2.29	117
–	Benton Park School Leeds · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy Leeds · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Trinity Academy Leeds Leeds · Free schools · 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 Leeds 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
Gateways School Leeds · Other independent school	46.1	0%	23
The Grammar School At Leeds Leeds · Other independent school	44.6	0%	231
Woodhouse Grove School Bradford · Other independent school	16.3	4%	179

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 Leeds GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Leeds on our composite score

Leeds GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Leeds ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Leeds with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in Leeds

Leeds GCSE results: common questions