Which school has the best GCSE results in South Yorkshire?

On 2025 Attainment 8, High Storrs School tops the table in South Yorkshire with 61.0, 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 South 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 South 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.

South Yorkshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

66 state secondary schools in South 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. 3 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 4 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

County 69 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in South Yorkshire ranked on Attainment 8

66 of 69 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in South 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	High Storrs School Sheffield · Academy converter	61.0	74%	86%	5.77	238
2	Tapton School & Sixth Form Sheffield · Academy converter	58.0	68%	84%	5.31	269
3	Silverdale School Sheffield · Academy converter	56.7	70%	82%	5.06	174
4	King Ecgbert School Sheffield · Academy converter	56.1	64%	82%	5.05	206
5	Penistone Grammar School Sheffield · Community school	53.6	60%	76%	4.81	329
6	South Axholme Academy Doncaster · Academy converter	53.2	61%	75%	4.65	178
7	Notre Dame High School Sheffield · Academy converter	52.8	54%	72%	4.81	212
8	The Hayfield School Doncaster · Academy converter	52.6	61%	79%	4.31	205
9	King Edward VII School Sheffield · Community school	50.8	55%	76%	4.63	225
10	The Laurel Academy Mexborough · Academy sponsor led	50.2	60%	83%	4.34	132
11	All Saints' Catholic High School Sheffield · Academy converter	49.9	54%	70%	4.61	205
12	Horizon Community College Barnsley · Academy converter	49.8	48%	71%	4.52	396
13	Ridgewood School Doncaster · Academy converter	49.5	55%	76%	4.28	224
14=	Bradfield Secondary School Sheffield · Academy converter	49.2	54%	74%	4.31	209
14=	Hungerhill School Doncaster · Academy converter	49.2	50%	75%	4.58	217
16	Wickersley School and Sports College Rotherham · Academy converter	49.0	56%	72%	4.41	327
17=	De Warenne Academy Doncaster · Academy sponsor led	48.9	54%	74%	4.28	136
17=	St Bernard's Catholic High School Rotherham · Academy converter	48.9	43%	66%	4.08	163
19=	Don Valley Academy Doncaster · Academy converter	48.0	55%	72%	4.38	198
19=	Newfield Secondary School Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	48.0	41%	61%	4.05	200
21	Hall Cross Academy Doncaster · Academy converter	47.8	46%	66%	4.03	301
22	Oakwood High School Rotherham · Academy converter	47.5	38%	66%	3.89	207
23	Rossington All Saints Academy Not Yet Obtained · Academy sponsor led	47.4	56%	66%	4.26	144
24	Wingfield Academy Rotherham · Academy converter	47.0	50%	65%	3.79	204
25	Ash Hill Academy Doncaster · Academy sponsor led	46.9	49%	68%	4.07	148
26	Forge Valley School & Sixth Form Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	46.5	55%	70%	4.19	256
27=	Kirk Balk Academy Barnsley · Academy sponsor led	46.0	55%	72%	4.13	256
27=	Meadowhead School Academy Trust Sheffield · Academy converter	46.0	41%	64%	3.94	318
29	Serlby Park Academy Doncaster · Academy sponsor led	45.4	51%	64%	3.93	101
30	Wales High School Sheffield · Academy converter	45.3	41%	66%	4.09	315
31	Barnsley Academy Barnsley · Academy sponsor led	45.1	44%	62%	4.12	204
32	Brinsworth Academy Rotherham · Academy converter	44.5	39%	61%	3.65	236
33	Aston Academy Sheffield · Academy converter	44.2	45%	63%	3.92	276
34	UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park Sheffield · University technical college	44.0	44%	68%	3.45	99
35	Outwood Academy Adwick Doncaster · Academy sponsor led	43.7	42%	64%	3.71	188
36	Sir Thomas Wharton Academy Doncaster · Academy converter	43.3	33%	55%	3.42	163
37	Outwood Academy Danum Doncaster · Academy sponsor led	42.8	43%	60%	3.75	226
38	Netherwood Academy Barnsley · Academy sponsor led	42.6	39%	62%	3.87	234
39	The McAuley Catholic High School Doncaster · Academy converter	42.5	35%	55%	3.33	231
40	Trinity Academy Doncaster · Academy sponsor led	42.4	41%	63%	3.73	199
41=	Maltby Academy Rotherham · Academy sponsor led	42.0	34%	52%	3.57	189
41=	Outwood Academy Shafton Barnsley · Academy sponsor led	42.0	45%	63%	3.58	263
43=	Campsmount Academy Doncaster · Academy converter	41.5	40%	61%	3.34	137
43=	Ecclesfield School Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	41.5	32%	58%	3.78	349
43=	Outwood Academy Carlton Barnsley · Academy sponsor led	41.5	40%	63%	3.57	213
46=	Hinde House 2-16 Academy Sheffield · Academy converter	41.1	41%	58%	3.36	190
46=	Swinton Academy Mexborough · Academy sponsor led	41.1	42%	61%	3.57	163
48	Outwood Academy City Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	40.4	40%	57%	3.62	233
49	Astrea Academy Dearne Rotherham · Academy converter	40.2	40%	58%	3.44	195
50	XP School Doncaster · Free schools	39.8	28%	48%	3.53	50
51=	Armthorpe Academy Doncaster · Academy converter	39.5	29%	52%	3.36	128
51=	Stocksbridge High School Sheffield · Academy converter	39.5	26%	53%	3.45	148
53	Winterhill School Rotherham · Academy converter	39.3	37%	58%	3.15	155
54	UTC Sheffield City Centre Sheffield · University technical college	39.0	23%	60%	2.83	99
55	Sheffield Springs Academy Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	38.9	38%	51%	3.51	196
56	Rawmarsh Community School Rotherham · Academy sponsor led	38.8	36%	52%	3.18	207
57	Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School Barnsley · Academy sponsor led	37.5	20%	47%	3.13	137
58	Yewlands Academy Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	37.3	30%	51%	3.19	170
59	The Birley Academy Sheffield · Academy converter	37.2	27%	52%	3.22	219
60	XP East Doncaster · Free schools	36.9	23%	44%	3.31	48
61	Oasis Academy Don Valley Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	36.8	27%	48%	3.53	121
62	Handsworth Grange Community Sports College Sheffield · Academy converter	36.6	27%	46%	3.11	204
63	E-Act Parkwood Academy Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	36.5	27%	48%	3.24	156
64	Sheffield Park Academy Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	35.1	24%	46%	3.02	199
65	Lift Firth Park Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	32.7	25%	45%	2.94	224
66	Clifton Community School Rotherham · Academy sponsor led	29.4	18%	38%	2.56	188
–	EDClass Ltd Rotherham · Online provider · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Fir Vale Academy Sheffield · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in Humanities Rotherham · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

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

Independent schools in South 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
Bethany School Sheffield · Other independent school	62.0	86%	7
Birkdale School Sheffield · Other independent school	43.7	0%	68
Hill House School South Yorkshire · Other independent school	28.2	0%	77
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 South Yorkshire on our composite score

South Yorkshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in South Yorkshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in South Yorkshire with published GCSE results

More about schools in South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire GCSE results: common questions