Which school has the best GCSE results in Southwark?

On 2025 Attainment 8, The Charter School North Dulwich tops the table in Southwark with 65.0, 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 Southwark 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 Southwark 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.

Southwark GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

20 state secondary schools in Southwark 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 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 20 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Southwark ranked on Attainment 8

20 of 20 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Southwark 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	The Charter School North Dulwich London · Academy converter	65.0	79%	86%	6.07	187
2	The St Thomas the Apostle College London · Voluntary aided school	61.7	72%	86%	5.69	161
3	Kingsdale Foundation School London · Academy converter	59.9	67%	86%	5.63	429
4=	Sacred Heart Catholic School London · Academy converter	58.0	70%	88%	5.29	129
4=	St Michael's Catholic College London · Academy converter	58.0	66%	83%	5.49	147
6	The Charter School East Dulwich London · Free schools	56.3	63%	78%	5.36	175
7	Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich London · Academy sponsor led	55.5	55%	74%	5.02	156
8	Harris Academy Bermondsey London · Academy sponsor led	54.6	57%	72%	5.32	155
9	Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich London · Academy sponsor led	54.3	56%	76%	5.22	152
10	City of London Academy (Southwark) London · Academy sponsor led	52.9	58%	78%	4.92	230
11	St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School London · Voluntary aided school	52.7	54%	74%	4.43	126
12	Bacon's College London · Academy sponsor led	49.3	51%	66%	4.13	172
13	Ark Globe Academy London · Academy sponsor led	48.4	49%	70%	4.60	155
14	Haberdashers' Borough Academy London · Free schools	47.8	43%	67%	4.65	175
15	Ark All Saints Academy London · Academy sponsor led	45.2	41%	62%	4.08	114
16	Ark Walworth Academy London · Academy sponsor led	43.3	44%	67%	4.02	156
17	Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School London · Academy converter	42.8	33%	53%	3.80	116
18	South Bank University Academy London · Academy sponsor led	41.5	38%	61%	3.60	112
19	The Charter School Bermondsey London · Free schools	40.9	32%	53%	3.80	59
20	Harris Academy Peckham London · Academy sponsor led	39.3	35%	54%	3.66	136

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

Independent schools in Southwark 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
Alleyn's School London · Other independent school	48.7	0%	155
Dulwich College London · Other independent school	17.0	0%	241
James Allen's Girls' School London · Other independent school	56.8	0%	108

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 Southwark on our composite score

Southwark GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Southwark ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Southwark with published GCSE results

More about schools in Southwark

Southwark GCSE results: common questions