When are the 2026 GCSE results for Sheffield 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 Sheffield 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.

Sheffield GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Q: Which school has the best GCSE results in Sheffield?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Mercia School tops the table in Sheffield with 68.1, 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.

33 state secondary schools in Sheffield 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. 3 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Town 34 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Sheffield ranked on Attainment 8

33 of 34 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Sheffield 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	Mercia School Sheffield · Free schools	68.1	83%	94%	6.69	172
2	High Storrs School Sheffield · Academy converter	61.0	74%	86%	5.77	238
3	Tapton School & Sixth Form Sheffield · Academy converter	58.0	68%	84%	5.31	269
4	Silverdale School Sheffield · Academy converter	56.7	70%	82%	5.06	174
5	King Ecgbert School Sheffield · Academy converter	56.1	64%	82%	5.05	206
6	Penistone Grammar School Sheffield · Community school	53.6	60%	76%	4.81	329
7	Notre Dame High School Sheffield · Academy converter	52.8	54%	72%	4.81	212
8	King Edward VII School Sheffield · Community school	50.8	55%	76%	4.63	225
9	All Saints' Catholic High School Sheffield · Academy converter	49.9	54%	70%	4.61	205
10	Bradfield Secondary School Sheffield · Academy converter	49.2	54%	74%	4.31	209
11	Newfield Secondary School Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	48.0	41%	61%	4.05	200
12	Forge Valley School & Sixth Form Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	46.5	55%	70%	4.19	256
13	Meadowhead School Academy Trust Sheffield · Academy converter	46.0	41%	64%	3.94	318
14	Astrea Academy Sheffield Sheffield · Free schools	45.4	47%	69%	4.02	135
15	Wales High School Sheffield · Academy converter	45.3	41%	66%	4.09	315
16	Aston Academy Sheffield · Academy converter	44.2	45%	63%	3.92	276
17	UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park Sheffield · University technical college	44.0	44%	68%	3.45	99
18	Dinnington High School Sheffield · Academy converter	42.3	39%	58%	3.41	192
19=	Ecclesfield School Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	41.5	32%	58%	3.78	349
19=	Westfield School Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	41.5	38%	57%	3.68	239
21	Hinde House 2-16 Academy Sheffield · Academy converter	41.1	41%	58%	3.36	190
22	Eckington School Sheffield · Academy converter	40.6	34%	53%	3.39	198
23	Outwood Academy City Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	40.4	40%	57%	3.62	233
24	Stocksbridge High School Sheffield · Academy converter	39.5	26%	53%	3.45	148
25	UTC Sheffield City Centre Sheffield · University technical college	39.0	23%	60%	2.83	99
26	Sheffield Springs Academy Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	38.9	38%	51%	3.51	196
27	Yewlands Academy Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	37.3	30%	51%	3.19	170
28	The Birley Academy Sheffield · Academy converter	37.2	27%	52%	3.22	219
29	Oasis Academy Don Valley Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	36.8	27%	48%	3.53	121
30	Handsworth Grange Community Sports College Sheffield · Academy converter	36.6	27%	46%	3.11	204
31	E-Act Parkwood Academy Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	36.5	27%	48%	3.24	156
32	Sheffield Park Academy Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	35.1	24%	46%	3.02	199
33	Lift Firth Park Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	32.7	25%	45%	2.94	224
–	Fir Vale Academy Sheffield · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

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

Independent schools in Sheffield 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
Bethany School Sheffield · Other independent school	62.0	86%	7
Birkdale School Sheffield · Other independent school	43.7	0%	68
Sheffield High School GDST Sheffield · Other independent school	20.7	0%	97

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 Sheffield on our composite score

Sheffield GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Sheffield ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Sheffield with published GCSE results

More about schools in Sheffield

Sheffield GCSE results: common questions