Which school has the best GCSE results in Shropshire?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Newport Girls' High School Academy tops the table in Shropshire with 75.3, 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 Shropshire 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 Shropshire 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.

Shropshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

30 state secondary schools in Shropshire 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. 9 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

County 30 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Shropshire ranked on Attainment 8

30 of 30 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Shropshire 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	Newport Girls' High School Academy Newport · Academy converter	75.3	97%	99%	7.36	87
2	Haberdashers' Adams Newport · Academy converter	71.8	95%	99%	6.70	149
3	The Priory School Shrewsbury · Academy converter	52.7	56%	78%	4.72	167
4=	Madeley Academy Telford · Academy sponsor led	47.2	37%	64%	4.16	185
4=	The Corbet School Shrewsbury · Academy converter	47.2	45%	63%	4.18	150
6	Sir John Talbot's School Whitchurch · Academy sponsor led	46.8	48%	70%	4.05	159
7	Church Stretton School Church Stretton · Academy converter	46.0	45%	67%	3.82	96
8	Holy Trinity Academy Telford · Voluntary aided school	45.9	48%	63%	4.27	148
9	Oldbury Wells School Bridgnorth · Academy converter	44.9	44%	66%	3.89	125
10	Meole Brace School Shrewsbury · Academy converter	44.6	38%	62%	3.92	256
11=	Bridgnorth Endowed School Bridgnorth · Academy converter	44.4	39%	66%	3.94	120
11=	Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase Telford · Academy converter	44.4	28%	58%	3.78	239
13	Mary Webb School and Science College Shrewsbury · Academy converter	43.5	38%	60%	3.84	129
14=	The Community College, Bishop's Castle Bishops Castle · Foundation school	43.4	35%	55%	3.81	102
14=	The Thomas Adams School Shrewsbury · Academy converter	43.4	36%	62%	3.74	209
16=	Lakelands Academy Ellesmere · Academy converter	43.1	34%	61%	3.93	106
16=	The Marches School Oswestry · Academy converter	43.1	39%	62%	3.87	257
18	Ercall Wood Academy Telford · Academy converter	42.5	35%	58%	3.69	192
19	Ludlow Church of England School Ludlow · Academy converter	41.9	30%	56%	3.52	110
20	William Brookes School Much Wenlock · Academy converter	41.4	38%	54%	3.57	168
21	Idsall School Shifnal · Academy converter	41.0	32%	56%	3.35	217
22	Belvidere School Shrewsbury · Academy converter	39.8	34%	52%	3.57	169
23	The Burton Borough School Newport · Academy sponsor led	39.7	30%	54%	3.39	214
24	The Grove School Market Drayton · Academy converter	39.5	28%	55%	3.41	142
25	New Road Academy Telford · Academy sponsor led	38.6	24%	37%	3.12	227
26	Haberdashers' Abraham Darby Telford · Academy sponsor led	37.7	32%	52%	3.19	180
27	St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) Oswestry · Academy sponsor led	36.4	26%	47%	3.39	86
28	The Telford Langley School Telford · Academy sponsor led	35.0	22%	44%	2.96	202
29	Shrewsbury Academy Shrewsbury · Academy converter	33.2	20%	38%	2.78	118
30	The Telford Park School Telford · Academy sponsor led	28.4	16%	30%	2.48	125

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

Independent schools in Shropshire 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
Adcote School for Girls Shrewsbury · Other independent school	51.7	38%	21
Concord College Shrewsbury · Other independent school	24.5	0%	103
Ellesmere College Ellesmere · Other independent school	31.6	0%	76
Moreton Hall School Oswestry · Other independent school	50.4	54%	43
Oswestry School Oswestry · Other independent school	48.6	49%	67
Shrewsbury High School GDST Other independent school	65.6	74%	42
Shrewsbury School Shrewsbury · Other independent school	23.6	0%	168
Thomas Telford School Telford · City technology college	59.1	71%	201
Wrekin College Telford · Other independent school	15.6	0%	177

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 Shropshire on our composite score

Shropshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Shropshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Shropshire with published GCSE results

More about schools in Shropshire

Shropshire GCSE results: common questions