Which school had the best GCSE results in North Yorkshire in 2024?

On 2024 Attainment 8, Ripon Grammar School topped the table in North Yorkshire with 69.1, against an England average of 45.9. 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 North Yorkshire GCSE results?

This page is the 2024 archive (the 2023/24 academic year). The latest published results for every school in North Yorkshire are on the main North Yorkshire 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 North Yorkshire show no 2024 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2024 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.

North Yorkshire GCSE results 2024: secondary school league table

54 state secondary schools in North Yorkshire ranked on their 2024 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2023/24 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. 2 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 15 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2024 archive of the table. See the latest North Yorkshire GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

County 56 state secondary schools 2023/24 results Archive year

Secondary schools in North Yorkshire ranked on Attainment 8

54 of 56 schools have published 2024 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/24.

Secondary schools in North Yorkshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2024 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	45.9	0.00	46%	65%	4.07	–
1	Ripon Grammar School Ripon · Community school	69.1	+0.72 (0.45 to 0.99)	92%	98%	6.48	129
2	Skipton Girls' High School Skipton · Academy converter	66.9	+0.45 (0.18 to 0.71)	89%	97%	6.26	112
3	Ermysted's Grammar School Skipton · Voluntary aided school	65.9	+0.59 (0.34 to 0.85)	86%	97%	6.30	120
4 , up 2 places since 2023	Fulford School York · Academy converter	58.9	+0.54 (0.37 to 0.71)	71%	85%	5.33	268
5=	St Aidan's Church of England High School Harrogate · Academy converter	57.9	+0.72 (0.54 to 0.90)	73%	86%	5.24	253
5= , up 4 places since 2023	St John Fisher Catholic Academy Harrogate · Academy converter	57.9	+0.59 (0.41 to 0.78)	69%	82%	4.93	223
7 , down 3 places since 2023	St Francis Xavier School Richmond · Academy converter	56.4	+1.01 (0.75 to 1.26)	53%	84%	5.03	115
8 , down 1 place since 2023	Harrogate Grammar School Harrogate · Academy converter	56.1	+0.44 (0.27 to 0.61)	62%	82%	5.26	288
9	All Saints Catholic School York York · Academy converter	54.4	+0.52 (0.32 to 0.72)	62%	79%	4.59	209
10 , up 13 places since 2023	Manor Church of England Academy York · Academy converter	53.1	+0.27 (0.09 to 0.46)	59%	75%	4.52	226
11 , up 3 places since 2023	Stokesley School Stokesley · Academy converter	52.4	+0.15 (-0.05 to 0.35)	61%	79%	4.70	195
12 , up 6 places since 2023	Outwood Academy Easingwold York · Academy sponsor led	51.8	+0.55 (0.30 to 0.80)	60%	78%	4.76	131
13 , down 1 place since 2023	Tadcaster Grammar School Tadcaster · Academy converter	51.7	+0.27 (0.10 to 0.44)	55%	77%	4.39	263
14 , up 8 places since 2023	Brayton Academy Selby · Academy sponsor led	51.4	+0.59 (0.36 to 0.82)	68%	79%	4.84	149
15 , down 4 places since 2023	Sherburn High School Leeds · Academy converter	51.3	+0.51 (0.27 to 0.75)	59%	74%	4.30	133
16 , up 9 places since 2023	Scalby Academy Scarborough · Academy converter	51.1	+0.55 (0.35 to 0.76)	65%	78%	4.63	189
17 , down 7 places since 2023	Ryedale School York · Academy converter	51.0	+0.32 (0.08 to 0.55)	49%	71%	4.72	143
18 , down 3 places since 2023	Woldgate School and Sixth Form College York · Academy converter	50.8	+0.35 (0.15 to 0.55)	59%	75%	4.63	201
19 , down 11 places since 2023	Archbishop Holgate's School York · Academy converter	50.1	+0.24 (0.07 to 0.40)	54%	73%	4.53	301
20 , down 1 place since 2023	Lady Lumley's Academy Pickering · Academy sponsor led	49.6	+0.30 (0.08 to 0.53)	61%	78%	4.30	153
21 , down 4 places since 2023	Millthorpe School York · Academy converter	49.4	+0.23 (0.03 to 0.42)	54%	71%	4.35	209
22= , down 1 place since 2023	Huntington School York · Community school	48.9	+0.06 (-0.12 to 0.25)	47%	72%	4.41	234
22= , down 9 places since 2023	Outwood Academy Bydales Redcar · Academy sponsor led	48.9	+0.03 (-0.20 to 0.26)	58%	80%	4.70	147
24 , up 3 places since 2023	St Augustine's Catholic School Scarborough · Academy converter	48.8	+0.22 (-0.04 to 0.48)	58%	81%	4.31	118
25 , down 5 places since 2023	Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary Redcar · Academy converter	48.6	-0.21 (-0.45 to 0.02)	55%	78%	4.12	140
26 , down 10 places since 2023	Huntcliff School Saltburn-by-the-Sea · Academy sponsor led	48.0	-0.11 (-0.39 to 0.16)	52%	76%	4.12	104
27= , up 10 places since 2023	Barlby High School Selby · Academy converter	47.8	-0.03 (-0.29 to 0.22)	45%	73%	4.45	120
27= , down 3 places since 2023	Richmond School & Sixth Form College Richmond · Academy converter	47.8	+0.16 (-0.03 to 0.35)	51%	74%	4.41	214
29	Rossett School Harrogate · Academy converter	47.3	+0.03 (-0.16 to 0.22)	49%	68%	4.32	227
30 , up 5 places since 2023	South Craven School Keighley · Academy converter	46.5	+0.20 (0.04 to 0.36)	41%	65%	3.92	296
31	King James's School Knaresborough · Community school	46.1	-0.15 (-0.32 to 0.03)	49%	71%	3.88	262
32 , down 4 places since 2023	Joseph Rowntree School York · Voluntary controlled school	45.8	-0.07 (-0.26 to 0.11)	48%	69%	4.21	229
33 , up 1 place since 2023	Upper Wharfedale School Skipton · Community school	45.6	+0.60 (0.27 to 0.94)	36%	65%	3.89	69
34= , down 5 places since 2023	Laurence Jackson School Guisborough · Academy sponsor led	45.0	-0.17 (-0.35 to 0.01)	41%	62%	3.82	239
34= , down 2 places since 2023	Outwood Academy Ripon Ripon · Academy converter	45.0	+0.21 (-0.02 to 0.45)	49%	76%	3.93	145
36 , down 1 place since 2023	Whitby School Whitby · Community school	43.9	-0.10 (-0.37 to 0.18)	42%	56%	3.67	105
37 , up 2 places since 2023	Vale of York Academy York · Academy sponsor led	43.7	-0.06 (-0.31 to 0.18)	48%	61%	3.98	143
38	Thirsk School & Sixth Form College Thirsk · Community school	43.6	-0.07 (-0.27 to 0.13)	36%	62%	3.84	195
39 , down 13 places since 2023	Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science Selby · Community school	43.3	-0.19 (-0.37 to 0.00)	44%	64%	3.96	231
40 , down 7 places since 2023	Settle College Settle · Community school	42.4	-0.05 (-0.30 to 0.21)	26%	61%	3.85	125
41 , up 3 places since 2023	Bedale High School Bedale · Community school	42.0	-0.30 (-0.58 to -0.02)	31%	59%	3.73	101
42	Nidderdale High School Harrogate · Academy converter	41.5	-0.15 (-0.47 to 0.16)	35%	52%	3.45	79
43 , down 4 places since 2023	Wensleydale School Leyburn · Community school	41.4	-0.08 (-0.42 to 0.26)	25%	51%	3.50	71
44 , down 2 places since 2023	Scarborough University Technical College Scarborough · University technical college	40.2	-0.17 (-0.51 to 0.18)	25%	44%	2.88	64
45= , up 6 places since 2023	Boroughbridge High School York · Community school	40.0	-0.48 (-0.78 to -0.18)	32%	58%	3.46	89
45= , down 4 places since 2023	Norton School Malton · Academy converter	40.0	-0.51 (-0.77 to -0.26)	34%	55%	3.62	122
47 , up 2 places since 2023	Filey Academy Filey · Academy sponsor led	39.1	-0.27 (-0.57 to 0.03)	34%	62%	3.48	86
48 , down 3 places since 2023	The Skipton Academy Skipton · Academy sponsor led	37.0	-0.62 (-0.95 to -0.29)	18%	41%	3.13	73
49= , down 3 places since 2023	Graham School Scarborough · Academy sponsor led	36.1	-0.53 (-0.73 to -0.33)	28%	52%	3.14	211
49=	Harrogate High School Harrogate · Academy converter	36.1	-0.46 (-0.71 to -0.21)	26%	46%	3.08	139
51 , down 8 places since 2023	Northallerton School & Sixth Form College Northallerton · Academy sponsor led	35.5	-0.76 (-0.97 to -0.55)	28%	46%	3.08	185
52 , down 4 places since 2023	York High School York · Academy sponsor led	35.2	-0.75 (-0.99 to -0.51)	27%	45%	3.17	146
53 , down 1 place since 2023	Risedale School Catterick Garrison · Community school	32.3	-0.56 (-0.83 to -0.29)	8%	18%	2.90	114
54 , down 7 places since 2023	George Pindar School Scarborough · Academy sponsor led	30.9	-0.76 (-1.04 to -0.47)	15%	38%	2.63	98
–	Malton School Malton · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Outwood Academy Riverside Middlesbrough · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Under each rank: the change since the 2023 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2023 result.

Independent schools in North Yorkshire with published 2024 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	17.5	0%	85
Ashville College Harrogate · Other independent school	27.1	29%	155
Bootham School York · Other independent school	31.6	0%	81
Cundall Manor School Other independent school	50.8	62%	39
Duchy College Harrogate · Other independent school	32.8	40%	68
Fyling Hall School Whitby · Other independent school	38.6	32%	28
Giggleswick School Settle · Other independent school	37.3	0%	67
Queen Ethelburga's College York · Other independent school	38.7	15%	79
Queen Ethelburga's Prep School York · Other independent school	57.5	26%	74
Queen Mary's School Thirsk · Other independent school	64.4	65%	17
Read School Selby · Other independent school	49.0	46%	39
Scarborough College Scarborough · Other independent school	37.0	0%	83
St Peter's School 2-18 York · Other independent school	26.4	0%	121
Tees Valley College Middlesbrough · Other independent school	2.8	6%	18
The Mount School (York) York · Other independent school	48.8	47%	32

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 2024 was 45.9.

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 2024 archive of the table: each school's 2024 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2024 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main North Yorkshire GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in North Yorkshire on our composite score

North Yorkshire GCSE results 2024: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in North Yorkshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in North Yorkshire with published 2024 GCSE results

More about schools in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire GCSE results: common questions