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

On 2023 Attainment 8, The St Thomas the Apostle College topped the table in Southwark with 63.7, 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 Southwark GCSE results?

This page is the 2023 archive (the 2022/23 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Southwark are on the main Southwark 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 Southwark 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.

Southwark GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

17 state secondary schools in Southwark 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. 3 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 3 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

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

Local Authority 20 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Southwark ranked on Attainment 8

17 of 20 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in Southwark 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 , up 2 places since 2022	The St Thomas the Apostle College London · Voluntary aided school	63.7	+1.24 (1.02 to 1.47)	78%	90%	5.87	155
2 , down 1 place since 2022	The Charter School North Dulwich London · Academy converter	62.3	+0.83 (0.62 to 1.04)	78%	86%	5.73	179
3 , up 1 place since 2022	Kingsdale Foundation School London · Academy converter	59.5	+0.10 (-0.03 to 0.24)	67%	82%	5.48	430
4 , down 2 places since 2022	Sacred Heart Catholic School London · Academy converter	58.5	+1.38 (1.13 to 1.63)	71%	82%	5.43	129
5	St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School London · Voluntary aided school	55.5	+0.74 (0.48 to 1.00)	60%	79%	4.68	119
6 , up 1 place since 2022	The Charter School East Dulwich London · Free schools	54.9	+0.31 (0.09 to 0.52)	59%	78%	5.14	181
7 , down 1 place since 2022	Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich London · Academy sponsor led	53.6	+0.73 (0.49 to 0.96)	54%	76%	4.70	147
8	Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich London · Academy sponsor led	53.5	+0.58 (0.33 to 0.83)	58%	74%	5.09	133
9	Harris Academy Bermondsey London · Academy sponsor led	51.8	+0.52 (0.30 to 0.75)	49%	68%	4.97	160
10 , up 1 place since 2022	City of London Academy (Southwark) London · Academy sponsor led	51.1	-0.01 (-0.19 to 0.18)	57%	79%	4.65	234
11 , down 1 place since 2022	Bacon's College London · Academy sponsor led	48.2	+0.12 (-0.11 to 0.34)	49%	68%	4.18	156
12	Ark Globe Academy London · Academy sponsor led	47.8	+0.31 (0.07 to 0.55)	44%	74%	4.47	145
13	Ark All Saints Academy London · Academy sponsor led	44.8	+0.27 (0.02 to 0.52)	50%	62%	4.07	125
14 , up 2 places since 2022	The Charter School Bermondsey London · Free schools	44.4	+0.29 (-0.04 to 0.61)	37%	56%	4.14	79
15	Ark Walworth Academy London · Academy sponsor led	44.1	+0.12 (-0.09 to 0.33)	46%	68%	4.02	173
16 , up 1 place since 2022	South Bank University Academy London · Academy sponsor led	42.1	-0.26 (-0.53 to 0.00)	34%	52%	3.36	123
17 , down 3 places since 2022	Harris Academy Peckham London · Academy sponsor led	41.4	+0.15 (-0.14 to 0.45)	37%	57%	3.99	122
–	Haberdashers' Borough Academy London · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School London · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	St Michael's Catholic College London · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 Southwark 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
Alleyn's School London · Other independent school	65.1	0%	151
Dulwich College London · Other independent school	16.0	0%	232
James Allen's Girls' School London · Other independent school	66.6	0%	134

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 Southwark GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Southwark on our composite score

Southwark GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Southwark ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Southwark with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in Southwark

Southwark GCSE results: common questions