Which school has the best GCSE results in Warwickshire?

On 2025 Attainment 8, King Edward VI School tops the table in Warwickshire with 83.3, 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 Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire 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.

Warwickshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

36 state secondary schools in Warwickshire 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. 11 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 39 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Warwickshire ranked on Attainment 8

36 of 39 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Warwickshire 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	King Edward VI School Stratford-upon-Avon · Academy converter	83.3	100%	100%	8.07	90
2	Stratford Girls' Grammar School Stratford-upon-Avon · Academy converter	80.6	100%	100%	7.56	120
3	Lawrence Sheriff School Rugby · Academy converter	75.1	96%	98%	7.16	150
4	Rugby High School Rugby · Academy converter	74.9	99%	100%	7.16	119
5	Alcester Grammar School Alcester · Academy converter	73.7	100%	100%	6.83	151
6=	Kenilworth School and Sixth Form Kenilworth · Academy converter	57.4	66%	86%	5.31	269
6=	North Leamington School Leamington Spa · Academy converter	57.4	68%	80%	4.84	235
8	Alcester Academy Alcester · Academy converter	54.0	69%	84%	4.89	130
9	Higham Lane School Nuneaton · Academy converter	52.3	62%	78%	4.82	242
10=	Ashlawn School Rugby · Academy converter	50.4	58%	76%	4.88	257
10=	Henley In Arden School Henley-in-Arden · Academy converter	50.4	62%	79%	4.47	134
12	Southam College Southam · Academy converter	49.3	49%	70%	4.61	265
13	Myton School Warwick · Academy converter	48.9	52%	74%	4.21	272
14	Stratford Upon Avon School Stratford-upon-Avon · Academy converter	48.6	47%	72%	4.22	312
15	St Thomas More Catholic School and Sixth Form College Nuneaton · Academy converter	47.5	45%	63%	4.15	164
16	Etone College Nuneaton · Academy converter	47.3	46%	64%	4.40	168
17	St Benedict's Catholic High School Alcester · Academy converter	46.0	48%	65%	4.05	107
18	Studley High School Studley · Academy converter	45.9	39%	67%	3.99	165
19	George Eliot Academy Nuneaton · Academy sponsor led	45.8	43%	60%	3.75	120
20	Campion School Leamington Spa · Academy converter	44.5	38%	63%	4.28	193
21	The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College Rugby · Foundation school	44.4	40%	64%	3.73	226
22	Kineton High School Warwick · Academy converter	44.3	36%	66%	3.99	152
23	Nuneaton Academy Nuneaton · Academy sponsor led	44.2	48%	60%	3.56	151
24=	Shipston High School Shipston-on-Stour · Academy converter	43.9	44%	71%	3.75	119
24=	The Queen Elizabeth Academy Atherstone · Academy sponsor led	43.9	44%	61%	3.86	110
26	Rugby Free Secondary School Rugby · Free schools	43.7	39%	63%	3.80	176
27	Bilton School Rugby · Academy sponsor led	43.4	43%	58%	3.48	236
28	The Polesworth School Tamworth · Academy converter	42.7	35%	58%	3.83	237
29	Harris Church of England Academy Rugby · Academy sponsor led	42.5	46%	60%	3.83	186
30	Hartshill Academy Nuneaton · Academy converter	41.0	41%	58%	3.54	185
31	Ash Green School Coventry · Academy converter	40.7	41%	61%	3.52	160
32=	Aylesford School Warwick Warwick · Academy converter	39.9	32%	51%	3.49	200
32=	The Coleshill School Birmingham · Academy converter	39.9	36%	54%	3.33	195
34	Kingsbury School Kingsbury · Academy sponsor led	37.4	27%	55%	2.97	128
35	Nicholas Chamberlaine School Bedworth · Academy sponsor led	36.9	25%	51%	3.39	207
36	Trinity Catholic School Leamington Spa · Academy converter	36.5	30%	45%	3.25	94
–	Higham Lane North Academy Nuneaton · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Houlton School Rugby · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Oakley School Leamington Spa · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

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

Independent schools in Warwickshire 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
Arise Education Other independent school	0.4	0%	14
Arnold Lodge School Leamington Spa · Other independent school	44.5	45%	49
King's High School Warwickshire · Other independent school	16.6	0%	118
Northleigh House School Warwick · Other independent school	7.0	0%	6
OneSchool Global UK Coventry · Other independent school	27.1	33%	18
Princethorpe College Rugby · Other independent school	33.1	0%	114
Rugby School Rugby · Other independent school	10.8	0%	162
The Emscote School Warwickshire · Other independent school	13.5	0%	8
The Kingsley School Leamington Spa · Other independent school	21.2	0%	44
THE SECRET GARDEN SCHOOL Shustoke · Other independent school	20.4	30%	10
Warwick School Warwick · Other independent school	33.3	0%	147

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 Warwickshire on our composite score

Warwickshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Warwickshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Warwickshire with published GCSE results

More about schools in Warwickshire

Warwickshire GCSE results: common questions