Which school has the best GCSE results in Leicestershire?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Madani Girls' School tops the table in Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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.

Leicestershire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

57 state secondary schools in Leicestershire 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. 1 school with no published results is listed at the end. 11 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

County 58 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Leicestershire ranked on Attainment 8

57 of 58 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Leicestershire 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	De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire Loughborough · Academy converter	55.1	60%	76%	5.05	220
5	St Paul's Catholic School Leicester · Academy converter	54.5	57%	78%	4.63	183
6	Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy Nuneaton · Academy converter	54.3	63%	79%	4.99	155
7=	English Martyrs' Catholic School Leicester · Academy converter	54.0	57%	77%	4.84	189
7=	Gartree High School Leicester · Academy converter	54.0	65%	87%	5.08	169
9	Welland Park Academy Market Harborough · Academy converter	53.2	66%	80%	4.73	181
10	The Robert Smyth Academy Market Harborough · Academy converter	53.0	63%	73%	5.01	179
11	Sir Jonathan North Girls' College Leicester · Academy converter	52.6	54%	75%	5.09	240
12	Madani Boys School Leicester · Voluntary aided school	52.2	61%	81%	4.48	88
13	Lutterworth High School Lutterworth · Academy converter	51.8	51%	73%	4.56	168
14	Rushey Mead Academy Leicester · Academy converter	51.6	52%	65%	5.05	322
15	Soar Valley College Leicester · Academy converter	51.5	48%	72%	4.40	309
16	Woodbrook Vale School Loughborough · Academy converter	51.2	53%	71%	4.86	160
17	East Leake Academy Loughborough · Academy converter	50.4	58%	77%	4.30	173
18	Brookvale Groby Learning Campus Leicester · Academy converter	49.5	54%	76%	4.25	234
19	The City of Leicester College Leicester · Academy converter	49.1	52%	73%	3.93	270
20	Lutterworth College Lutterworth · Academy converter	48.7	48%	78%	4.12	232
21=	Bosworth Academy Leicester · Academy converter	48.6	55%	74%	4.56	241
21=	Humphrey Perkins School Loughborough · Academy converter	48.6	54%	74%	4.65	155
23	Hastings High School Hinckley · Academy converter	48.5	53%	69%	4.19	160
24	Limehurst Academy Loughborough · Academy converter	48.2	54%	68%	4.60	129
25	Ashby School Ashby-de-la-Zouch · Academy converter	48.1	50%	72%	4.47	259
26	Redmoor Academy Hinckley · Academy converter	47.9	46%	72%	4.07	183
27	Kibworth Mead Academy Leicester · Academy converter	47.8	50%	70%	4.21	171
28	Crown Hills Community College Leicester · Community school	47.4	47%	66%	4.09	288
29	Brockington College Leicester · Academy converter	46.8	44%	68%	3.92	237
30	South Charnwood High School Markfield · Academy converter	46.5	43%	66%	4.08	174
31	Long Field Spencer Academy Melton Mowbray · Academy converter	46.1	52%	65%	4.19	180
32	Thomas Estley Community College Leicester · Academy converter	46.0	44%	67%	4.24	170
33	The Roundhill Academy Leicester · Academy converter	45.9	47%	69%	3.88	148
34	Beaumont Leys School Leicester · Community school	45.2	39%	64%	3.84	208
35	The Cedars Academy Leicester · Academy converter	45.1	42%	62%	4.15	188
36	Rawlins Loughborough · Academy converter	45.0	46%	64%	3.76	244
37=	Moat Community College Leicester · Community school	44.6	34%	59%	4.12	213
37=	The Martin High School Anstey Leicester · Academy converter	44.6	44%	65%	4.11	171
39	Charnwood College Loughborough · Academy sponsor led	43.9	34%	65%	4.02	86
40=	John Ferneley College Melton Mowbray · Academy converter	43.8	37%	64%	3.75	239
40=	The Hinckley School Hinckley · Academy converter	43.8	41%	66%	3.93	144
42	Iveshead School Loughborough · Academy converter	43.7	41%	59%	4.17	163
43	Wigston Academy Wigston · Academy converter	42.8	32%	61%	3.80	252
44	The Castle Rock School Coalville · Academy converter	42.5	38%	56%	3.64	228
45	Ibstock School Ibstock · Academy converter	41.5	38%	59%	3.51	179
46	The Newbridge School Coalville · Academy converter	41.2	37%	54%	3.50	137
47	Heath Lane Academy Leicester · Academy converter	40.0	34%	56%	3.42	137
48	Wreake Valley Academy Leicester · Academy converter	39.7	34%	59%	3.12	149
49	Fullhurst Community College Leicester · Foundation school	39.2	35%	56%	3.32	287
50=	Countesthorpe Academy Countesthorpe · Academy converter	38.9	41%	63%	3.26	203
50=	Orchard Mead Academy Leicester · Academy sponsor led	38.9	35%	50%	3.31	224
52	Ivanhoe School Ashby-de-la-Zouch · Academy converter	38.1	32%	54%	3.60	101
53	Babington Academy Leicester · Academy converter	38.0	31%	52%	3.13	270
54	Tudor Grange Samworth Academy Leicester · Academy sponsor led	37.8	29%	50%	3.39	123
55	Lancaster Academy Leicester · Academy sponsor led	37.5	26%	45%	3.10	218
56	South Wigston High School Wigston · Academy converter	34.5	23%	41%	2.98	162
57	The Winstanley School Leicester · Academy converter	29.9	18%	35%	2.63	118
–	Wigston College Wigston · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

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

Independent schools in Leicestershire 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 College Market Harborough · Other independent school	9.0	0%	22
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
Loughborough Grammar School Loughborough · Other independent school	50.4	0%	115
Loughborough High School Other independent school	17.7	0%	89
Ratcliffe College Other independent school	50.3	69%	106
St Crispin's School Leicester · Other independent school	37.0	33%	12

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 Leicestershire on our composite score

Leicestershire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Leicestershire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Leicestershire with published GCSE results

More about schools in Leicestershire

Leicestershire GCSE results: common questions