Which school had the best GCSE results in Sheffield in 2023?

On 2023 Attainment 8, Mercia School topped the table in Sheffield with 70.1, against an England average of 46.3. 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 Sheffield GCSE results?

This page is the 2023 archive (the 2022/23 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Sheffield are on the main Sheffield 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 Sheffield show no 2023 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2023 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.

Sheffield GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

31 state secondary schools in Sheffield ranked on their 2023 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2022/23 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. 4 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 4 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2023 archive of the table. See the latest Sheffield GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Town 35 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Sheffield ranked on Attainment 8

31 of 35 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in Sheffield ranked on Attainment 8, 2023 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.3	0.00	45%	65%	4.05	–
1	Mercia School Sheffield · Free schools	70.1	+2.24 (1.98 to 2.50)	90%	97%	6.97	118
2 , up 2 places since 2022	High Storrs School Sheffield · Academy converter	60.3	+0.79 (0.61 to 0.97)	77%	92%	5.59	243
3= , down 2 places since 2022	Silverdale School Sheffield · Academy converter	56.6	+0.64 (0.46 to 0.83)	64%	81%	5.11	236
3= , down 1 place since 2022	Tapton School & Sixth Form Sheffield · Academy converter	56.6	+0.71 (0.53 to 0.88)	67%	80%	5.27	263
5 , down 2 places since 2022	Penistone Grammar School Sheffield · Community school	55.8	+0.46 (0.30 to 0.62)	66%	83%	4.77	317
6 , down 1 place since 2022	Notre Dame High School Sheffield · Academy converter	55.4	+0.45 (0.26 to 0.64)	58%	84%	4.95	210
7 , down 1 place since 2022	King Ecgbert School Sheffield · Academy converter	54.0	+0.58 (0.38 to 0.78)	68%	81%	4.88	194
8 , up 3 places since 2022	King Edward VII School Sheffield · Community school	50.2	+0.01 (-0.18 to 0.21)	52%	75%	4.67	222
9 , up 1 place since 2022	Forge Valley School & Sixth Form Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	48.2	-0.12 (-0.31 to 0.06)	54%	72%	4.25	236
10 , up 2 places since 2022	All Saints' Catholic High School Sheffield · Academy converter	47.8	+0.19 (-0.01 to 0.38)	45%	68%	4.44	208
11 , up 1 place since 2022	Bradfield Secondary School Sheffield · Academy converter	46.8	-0.45 (-0.65 to -0.25)	53%	71%	4.02	198
12 , down 4 places since 2022	Wales High School Sheffield · Academy converter	46.7	-0.10 (-0.25 to 0.06)	43%	65%	4.06	330
13 , down 6 places since 2022	Meadowhead School Academy Trust Sheffield · Academy converter	45.7	+0.14 (-0.02 to 0.29)	43%	63%	3.84	326
14	UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park Sheffield · University technical college	45.6	-0.10 (-0.40 to 0.20)	40%	66%	3.12	96
15	Astrea Academy Sheffield Sheffield · Free schools	44.5	-0.02 (-0.28 to 0.23)	40%	62%	3.88	139
16= , up 1 place since 2022	Aston Academy Sheffield · Academy converter	43.9	-0.36 (-0.54 to -0.19)	46%	72%	3.87	263
16= , down 1 place since 2022	Newfield Secondary School Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	43.9	-0.17 (-0.37 to 0.03)	38%	56%	3.72	200
18 , up 9 places since 2022	UTC Sheffield City Centre Sheffield · University technical college	43.5	-0.70 (-0.97 to -0.42)	41%	67%	3.25	105
19 , down 10 places since 2022	Stocksbridge High School Sheffield · Academy converter	42.5	-0.40 (-0.62 to -0.18)	34%	53%	3.64	160
20 , down 2 places since 2022	Handsworth Grange Community Sports College Sheffield · Academy converter	41.7	-0.18 (-0.38 to 0.02)	31%	52%	3.37	199
21= , down 5 places since 2022	Ecclesfield School Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	41.5	-0.32 (-0.47 to -0.17)	32%	57%	3.67	330
21=	Hinde House 2-16 Academy Sheffield · Academy converter	41.5	+0.01 (-0.23 to 0.25)	37%	56%	3.35	153
23 , down 4 places since 2022	Outwood Academy City Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	41.4	-0.47 (-0.67 to -0.28)	37%	55%	3.71	214
24 , up 2 places since 2022	Yewlands Academy Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	40.7	-0.40 (-0.62 to -0.18)	31%	56%	3.08	156
25 , down 5 places since 2022	Westfield School Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	40.3	-0.34 (-0.52 to -0.15)	35%	57%	3.50	223
26 , down 4 places since 2022	Lift Firth Park Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	38.8	-0.23 (-0.43 to -0.03)	34%	60%	3.39	208
27 , down 4 places since 2022	The Birley Academy Sheffield · Academy converter	37.7	-0.30 (-0.50 to -0.11)	33%	55%	3.18	205
28	Oasis Academy Don Valley Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	37.5	-0.13 (-0.40 to 0.15)	33%	49%	3.36	114
29 , down 4 places since 2022	E-Act Parkwood Academy Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	37.4	-0.32 (-0.57 to -0.07)	26%	43%	3.32	140
30 , down 6 places since 2022	Sheffield Park Academy Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	34.3	-0.78 (-0.98 to -0.58)	28%	50%	2.95	204
31 , down 3 places since 2022	Sheffield Springs Academy Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	33.6	-0.42 (-0.65 to -0.18)	22%	41%	2.91	163
–	Dinnington High School Sheffield · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Eckington School Sheffield · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Fir Vale Academy Sheffield · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Mercia Northridge School Sheffield · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Under each rank: the change since the 2022 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2022 result.

Independent schools in Sheffield with published 2023 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	56.4	60%	10
Birkdale School Sheffield · Other independent school	69.1	96%	69
Sheffield High School GDST Sheffield · Other independent school	19.0	0%	99
Westbourne School Sheffield · Other independent school	62.9	83%	47

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 2023 was 46.3.

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 2023 archive of the table: each school's 2023 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2023 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Sheffield GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Sheffield on our composite score

Sheffield GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Sheffield ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Sheffield with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in Sheffield

Sheffield GCSE results: common questions