Which school has the best GCSE results in Leicester?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Madani Girls' School tops the table in Leicester with 61.4, 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 Leicester 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 Leicester 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.

Leicester GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

33 state secondary schools in Leicester 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. 2 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 8 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Town 35 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Leicester ranked on Attainment 8

33 of 35 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Leicester 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	Madani Girls' School Leicester · Voluntary aided school	61.4	73%	82%	5.50	94
2	Manor High School Leicester · Academy converter	58.9	72%	82%	5.72	176
3	Beauchamp College Leicester · Academy converter	55.9	63%	80%	5.28	294
4	St Paul's Catholic School Leicester · Academy converter	54.5	57%	78%	4.63	183
5=	English Martyrs' Catholic School Leicester · Academy converter	54.0	57%	77%	4.84	189
5=	Gartree High School Leicester · Academy converter	54.0	65%	87%	5.08	169
7=	Avanti Fields School Leicester · Free schools	52.6	58%	75%	5.11	184
7=	Sir Jonathan North Girls' College Leicester · Academy converter	52.6	54%	75%	5.09	240
9	Madani Boys School Leicester · Voluntary aided school	52.2	61%	81%	4.48	88
10	Rushey Mead Academy Leicester · Academy converter	51.6	52%	65%	5.05	322
11	Soar Valley College Leicester · Academy converter	51.5	48%	72%	4.40	309
12	Brookvale Groby Learning Campus Leicester · Academy converter	49.5	54%	76%	4.25	234
13	The City of Leicester College Leicester · Academy converter	49.1	52%	73%	3.93	270
14	Bosworth Academy Leicester · Academy converter	48.6	55%	74%	4.56	241
15	Castle Mead Academy Leicester · Free schools	48.0	55%	70%	4.56	246
16	Kibworth Mead Academy Leicester · Academy converter	47.8	50%	70%	4.21	171
17	Crown Hills Community College Leicester · Community school	47.4	47%	66%	4.09	288
18	Brockington College Leicester · Academy converter	46.8	44%	68%	3.92	237
19	Judgemeadow Community College Leicester · Academy sponsor led	46.7	37%	63%	4.41	236
20	Thomas Estley Community College Leicester · Academy converter	46.0	44%	67%	4.24	170
21	The Roundhill Academy Leicester · Academy converter	45.9	47%	69%	3.88	148
22	Beaumont Leys School Leicester · Community school	45.2	39%	64%	3.84	208
23	The Cedars Academy Leicester · Academy converter	45.1	42%	62%	4.15	188
24=	Moat Community College Leicester · Community school	44.6	34%	59%	4.12	213
24=	The Martin High School Anstey Leicester · Academy converter	44.6	44%	65%	4.11	171
26	Heath Lane Academy Leicester · Academy converter	40.0	34%	56%	3.42	137
27	Wreake Valley Academy Leicester · Academy converter	39.7	34%	59%	3.12	149
28	Fullhurst Community College Leicester · Foundation school	39.2	35%	56%	3.32	287
29	Orchard Mead Academy Leicester · Academy sponsor led	38.9	35%	50%	3.31	224
30	Babington Academy Leicester · Academy converter	38.0	31%	52%	3.13	270
31	Tudor Grange Samworth Academy Leicester · Academy sponsor led	37.8	29%	50%	3.39	123
32	Lancaster Academy Leicester · Academy sponsor led	37.5	26%	45%	3.10	218
33	The Winstanley School Leicester · Academy converter	29.9	18%	35%	2.63	118
–	Brook Mead Academy Leicester · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	The Herewoode Academy Leicester · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

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

Independent schools in Leicester 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-Aqsa Schools Trust Leicester · Other independent school	61.2	80%	15
Brooke House Day School Leicester · Other independent school	21.4	29%	7
Darul Uloom Leicester Leicester · Other independent school	63.6	69%	13
Jameah Academy Leicester · Other independent school	56.6	70%	23
Leicester Grammar School Trust Leicester · Other independent school	21.4	0%	130
LGS Stoneygate Leicester · Other independent school	28.2	44%	16
St Crispin's School Leicester · Other independent school	37.0	33%	12
The Imam Muhammad Adam Institute School Leicester · Other independent school	57.6	70%	46

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 Leicester on our composite score

Leicester GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Leicester ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Leicester with published GCSE results

More about schools in Leicester

Leicester GCSE results: common questions