Which school has the best GCSE results in North Yorkshire?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Ripon Grammar School tops the table in North Yorkshire with 70.9, 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 North Yorkshire 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 North Yorkshire 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.

North Yorkshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

54 state secondary schools in North Yorkshire 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. 15 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

County 54 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in North Yorkshire ranked on Attainment 8

54 of 54 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in North Yorkshire 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	Ripon Grammar School Ripon · Community school	70.9	94%	98%	6.52	126
2	Skipton Girls' High School Skipton · Academy converter	69.7	90%	99%	6.57	115
3	Ermysted's Grammar School Skipton · Voluntary aided school	67.3	87%	97%	6.46	128
4	Archbishop Holgate's School York · Academy converter	56.7	62%	82%	5.14	287
5	Harrogate Grammar School Harrogate · Academy converter	56.6	68%	85%	5.24	289
6	St Aidan's Church of England High School Harrogate · Academy converter	56.4	68%	86%	4.99	250
7	Fulford School York · Academy converter	55.2	63%	82%	4.98	254
8	St John Fisher Catholic Academy Harrogate · Academy converter	55.1	62%	80%	5.13	210
9	St Francis Xavier School Richmond · Academy converter	54.6	61%	88%	4.96	113
10	Manor Church of England Academy York · Academy converter	54.0	65%	83%	4.62	229
11	All Saints Catholic School York York · Academy converter	53.7	57%	75%	4.55	188
12	Brayton Academy Selby · Academy sponsor led	53.4	68%	79%	5.02	161
13	Millthorpe School York · Academy converter	53.2	63%	79%	4.90	198
14	Lady Lumley's Academy Pickering · Academy sponsor led	52.7	70%	81%	4.67	139
15	Outwood Academy Easingwold York · Academy sponsor led	52.0	63%	81%	4.67	110
16	Ryedale School York · Academy converter	51.7	49%	73%	4.78	148
17	Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary Redcar · Academy converter	50.4	56%	76%	4.25	144
18	Tadcaster Grammar School Tadcaster · Academy converter	50.0	50%	72%	4.19	257
19	Huntcliff School Saltburn-by-the-Sea · Academy sponsor led	49.3	57%	76%	4.43	110
20	St Augustine's Catholic School Scarborough · Academy converter	48.9	51%	74%	4.44	119
21=	Scalby Academy Scarborough · Academy converter	48.3	58%	76%	4.41	175
21=	Upper Wharfedale School Skipton · Community school	48.3	61%	81%	4.03	77
23=	Huntington School York · Community school	48.2	50%	70%	4.41	236
23=	Joseph Rowntree School York · Voluntary controlled school	48.2	46%	67%	4.49	225
25	Laurence Jackson School Guisborough · Academy sponsor led	47.9	48%	71%	4.09	219
26	Woldgate School and Sixth Form College York · Academy converter	46.9	46%	66%	4.27	221
27=	Malton School Malton · Academy converter	46.6	50%	75%	4.25	159
27=	Outwood Academy Bydales Redcar · Academy sponsor led	46.6	56%	72%	4.50	143
27=	Outwood Academy Ripon Ripon · Academy converter	46.6	55%	76%	4.07	145
30=	Bedale High School Bedale · Community school	46.1	40%	73%	4.02	101
30=	King James's School Knaresborough · Community school	46.1	41%	68%	3.88	259
32	Richmond School & Sixth Form College Richmond · Academy converter	45.6	42%	66%	4.11	215
33=	Stokesley School Stokesley · Academy converter	45.3	39%	64%	4.05	182
33=	Vale of York Academy York · Academy sponsor led	45.3	51%	70%	3.84	142
35	Rossett School Harrogate · Academy converter	44.1	37%	62%	3.95	158
36	Scarborough University Technical College Scarborough · University technical college	44.0	45%	67%	3.26	67
37	Thirsk School & Sixth Form College Thirsk · Community school	43.5	39%	59%	3.93	165
38	Outwood Academy Riverside Middlesbrough · Free schools	43.2	28%	63%	3.94	109
39	Boroughbridge High School York · Community school	43.0	39%	57%	3.85	65
40	Barlby High School Selby · Academy converter	42.8	38%	60%	3.58	98
41=	Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science Selby · Community school	42.1	32%	59%	3.85	226
41=	Settle College Settle · Community school	42.1	31%	59%	3.77	112
43	Nidderdale High School Harrogate · Academy converter	41.8	31%	53%	3.63	72
44	The Skipton Academy Skipton · Academy sponsor led	41.6	29%	53%	3.49	89
45	Wensleydale School Leyburn · Community school	41.5	35%	57%	3.51	72
46	York High School York · Academy sponsor led	41.2	42%	61%	3.65	132
47	Norton College Malton · Academy converter	41.0	36%	58%	3.58	133
48	Whitby School Whitby · Community school	39.5	32%	51%	3.30	225
49	Harrogate High School Harrogate · Academy converter	39.1	31%	53%	3.26	144
50	Graham School Scarborough · Academy sponsor led	38.3	28%	55%	3.27	188
51	Northallerton School & Sixth Form College Northallerton · Academy sponsor led	37.5	34%	50%	3.21	163
52	Filey Academy Filey · Academy sponsor led	35.7	46%	58%	3.20	66
53	George Pindar School Scarborough · Academy sponsor led	33.4	18%	46%	2.79	134
54	Risedale School Catterick Garrison · Community school	29.8	5%	23%	2.61	111

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

Independent schools in North Yorkshire 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
Ampleforth College York · Other independent school	16.4	0%	56
Ashville College Harrogate · Other independent school	49.6	49%	84
Bootham School York · Other independent school	36.5	0%	74
Cundall Manor School Other independent school	60.6	61%	18
Fyling Hall School Whitby · Other independent school	35.4	37%	35
Giggleswick School Settle · Other independent school	34.9	0%	58
Harrogate Ladies' College Harrogate · Other independent school	28.6	0%	42
Queen Ethelburga's College York · Other independent school	24.4	0%	85
Queen Ethelburga's Prep School York · Other independent school	38.7	0%	48
Queen Mary's School Thirsk · Other independent school	26.8	34%	41
Read School Selby · Other independent school	51.3	64%	52
Scarborough College Scarborough · Other independent school	38.1	0%	77
St Peter's School 2-18 York · Other independent school	25.7	0%	110
Tees Valley College Middlesbrough · Other independent school	6.2	0%	20
The Mount School (York) York · Other independent school	48.0	38%	34

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 North Yorkshire on our composite score

North Yorkshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in North Yorkshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in North Yorkshire with published GCSE results

More about schools in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire GCSE results: common questions