Which school had the best GCSE results in West Midlands in 2023?

On 2023 Attainment 8, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys topped the table in West Midlands with 83.3, 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 West Midlands GCSE results?

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

West Midlands GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

100 state secondary schools in West Midlands 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. 23 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

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

County 199 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in West Midlands ranked on Attainment 8

100 of 199 schools have published 2023 results; the top 100 are shown here. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in West Midlands 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	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys Birmingham · Academy converter	83.3	+1.02 (0.74 to 1.30)	100%	100%	8.17	120
2	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls Birmingham · Academy converter	81.2	+0.90 (0.65 to 1.15)	99%	100%	7.93	149
3	Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls Sutton Coldfield · Academy converter	78.8	+0.95 (0.73 to 1.16)	100%	100%	7.00	178
4	Wolverhampton Girls' High School Wolverhampton · Academy converter	76.9	+0.75 (0.52 to 0.99)	99%	100%	7.30	145
5	King Edward VI Five Ways School Birmingham · Academy converter	75.6	+0.48 (0.26 to 0.70)	96%	98%	7.33	178
6=	Bishop Vesey's Grammar School Sutton Coldfield · Academy converter	75.2	+0.73 (0.50 to 0.96)	99%	100%	7.28	159
6=	King Edward VI Handsworth School Birmingham · Academy converter	75.2	+0.59 (0.37 to 0.82)	100%	100%	7.11	158
8	Queen Mary's Grammar School Walsall · Academy converter	74.3	+0.52 (0.29 to 0.75)	98%	99%	7.04	148
9	Queen Mary's High School Walsall · Academy converter	74.2	+0.74 (0.48 to 1.00)	99%	99%	7.09	120
10	King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys Birmingham · Academy converter	71.4	+0.61 (0.37 to 0.84)	97%	100%	6.34	149
11	King Edward VI Aston School Birmingham · Academy converter	71.0	+0.35 (0.12 to 0.59)	96%	99%	6.28	141
12	St Paul's School for Girls Birmingham · Voluntary aided school	64.2	+1.38 (1.16 to 1.59)	74%	91%	5.32	164
13	Eden Boys' School, Birmingham Birmingham · Free schools	63.7	+1.83 (1.57 to 2.08)	79%	89%	5.61	119
14	Eden Girls' School, Coventry Coventry · Free schools	59.9	+1.49 (1.22 to 1.75)	73%	84%	5.57	116
15	Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull Solihull · Academy converter	58.2	+0.48 (0.31 to 0.65)	71%	91%	5.47	280
16	Kings Norton Girls' School Birmingham · Academy converter	58.1	+0.67 (0.44 to 0.90)	63%	86%	5.52	155
17	Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East Birmingham · Free schools	57.1	+0.79 (0.52 to 1.06)	69%	87%	5.07	115
18	Arden Solihull · Academy converter	57.0	+0.61 (0.45 to 0.78)	64%	83%	4.92	295
19	Nishkam High School Birmingham · Free schools	56.4	+0.94 (0.66 to 1.22)	68%	84%	5.40	100
20	King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls Birmingham · Academy converter	55.8	+0.94 (0.71 to 1.16)	64%	82%	5.11	153
21=	Old Swinford Hospital Stourbridge · Voluntary aided school	55.1	+0.41 (0.07 to 0.76)	63%	90%	4.74	82
21=	Q3 Academy Langley Oldbury · Academy sponsor led	55.1	+0.81 (0.63 to 1.00)	60%	76%	5.18	231
23	St Peter's Catholic School Solihull · Academy converter	54.8	+0.45 (0.25 to 0.64)	67%	85%	5.08	209
24	Birmingham Ormiston Academy Birmingham · Academy sponsor led	53.7	+0.25 (0.03 to 0.47)	60%	80%	4.17	161
25	Alderbrook School Solihull · Academy converter	53.4	+0.48 (0.30 to 0.65)	67%	83%	4.69	264
26	Queensbridge School Birmingham · Foundation school	53.2	+0.54 (0.33 to 0.75)	53%	74%	4.46	176
27	The Arthur Terry School Sutton Coldfield · Academy converter	53.1	-0.02 (-0.19 to 0.15)	59%	79%	5.01	274
28	Finham Park School Coventry · Academy converter	52.7	+0.17 (-0.02 to 0.35)	58%	78%	4.95	238
29=	Barr Beacon School Walsall · Academy converter	52.4	+0.35 (0.19 to 0.52)	60%	82%	4.89	289
29=	Cardinal Newman Catholic School Coventry · Academy converter	52.4	+0.51 (0.32 to 0.70)	59%	73%	4.47	224
31=	Bishop Walsh Catholic School Sutton Coldfield · Academy converter	52.3	+0.20 (-0.03 to 0.42)	60%	80%	4.28	158
31=	Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College Coventry · Academy converter	52.3	+0.41 (0.24 to 0.59)	48%	75%	4.51	263
33	Bishop Challoner Catholic College Birmingham · Voluntary aided school	52.0	+0.16 (-0.04 to 0.36)	56%	73%	4.62	192
34=	Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre Birmingham · Academy converter	51.4	+0.61 (0.32 to 0.90)	50%	72%	4.94	116
34=	Thomas Telford University Technical College Wolverhampton · University technical college	51.4	+0.24 (-0.10 to 0.58)	64%	83%	3.84	69
36	Highfields School Wolverhampton · Academy converter	51.3	+0.38 (0.20 to 0.55)	58%	75%	4.03	256
37	The Khalsa Academy Wolverhampton Wolverhampton · Free schools	51.1	+0.68 (0.42 to 0.95)	58%	78%	4.73	123
38	Plantsbrook School Sutton Coldfield · Academy converter	50.9	+0.06 (-0.13 to 0.25)	61%	74%	4.72	222
39	Summerhill School Kingswinford · Community school	50.8	+0.25 (0.05 to 0.44)	56%	79%	4.46	205
40	The Royal School, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton · Free schools	50.5	+0.37 (0.10 to 0.64)	61%	73%	4.14	115
41	Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School Coventry · Academy converter	50.4	+0.37 (0.16 to 0.59)	49%	74%	4.32	174
42=	Hodge Hill Girls' School Birmingham · Community school	50.3	+0.66 (0.43 to 0.90)	49%	73%	4.65	146
42=	Moseley Park Bilston · Academy sponsor led	50.3	+0.50 (0.30 to 0.71)	37%	56%	3.37	182
44	Kinver High School and Sixth Form Stourbridge · Academy sponsor led	50.0	+0.08 (-0.20 to 0.36)	53%	73%	4.08	97
45	Barr's Hill School Coventry · Academy converter	49.8	+0.80 (0.53 to 1.07)	54%	69%	4.52	127
46=	Selly Park Girls' School Birmingham · Community school	49.7	+0.21 (-0.03 to 0.46)	52%	76%	4.59	136
46=	St Francis of Assisi Catholic College Walsall · Voluntary aided school	49.7	-0.08 (-0.30 to 0.13)	52%	74%	3.83	167
48	Heath Park Wolverhampton · Academy converter	49.6	+0.45 (0.24 to 0.65)	42%	65%	3.58	187
49	St John Wall Catholic School Birmingham · Voluntary aided school	49.4	+0.92 (0.66 to 1.19)	40%	65%	3.96	121
50=	Ark Victoria Academy Birmingham · Free schools	49.0	+0.52 (0.27 to 0.77)	50%	68%	4.40	135
50=	King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy Birmingham · Academy converter	49.0	+0.49 (0.26 to 0.71)	49%	69%	4.06	159
52	Hodge Hill College Birmingham · Community school	48.5	+0.65 (0.46 to 0.83)	43%	62%	3.98	241
53	Langley School Solihull · Academy converter	48.4	+0.09 (-0.11 to 0.29)	48%	65%	4.42	201
54	E-ACT Heartlands Academy Birmingham · Academy sponsor led	48.3	+0.37 (0.14 to 0.59)	58%	78%	3.97	171
55=	Lyndon School Solihull · Academy sponsor led	48.0	+0.41 (0.23 to 0.60)	47%	71%	4.30	238
55=	St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School Birmingham · Academy converter	48.0	+0.17 (-0.03 to 0.37)	47%	71%	4.08	207
57	Sandwell Academy West Bromwich · Academy sponsor led	47.9	+0.01 (-0.19 to 0.21)	47%	70%	4.17	196
58	Coppice Performing Arts School Wolverhampton · Academy sponsor led	47.8	-0.12 (-0.33 to 0.09)	39%	62%	3.36	173
59	Fairfax Sutton Coldfield · Academy converter	47.5	-0.17 (-0.35 to 0.01)	48%	70%	4.25	246
60=	Kingswinford Academy Kingswinford · Academy converter	47.4	+0.23 (0.02 to 0.45)	44%	63%	3.97	169
60=	President Kennedy School Academy Coventry · Academy converter	47.4	+0.22 (0.05 to 0.39)	47%	67%	4.08	269
60=	Wheelers Lane Technology College Birmingham · Community school	47.4	+0.19 (-0.07 to 0.44)	43%	69%	4.14	125
63=	King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy Birmingham · Academy sponsor led	47.2	+0.20 (0.00 to 0.39)	41%	63%	3.94	204
63=	St Peter's Collegiate Academy Wolverhampton · Academy converter	47.2	-0.14 (-0.33 to 0.06)	41%	66%	4.17	210
65=	St Michael's Church of England High School Rowley Regis · Voluntary aided school	47.1	+0.41 (0.23 to 0.60)	33%	55%	3.78	228
65=	Wood Green Academy Wednesbury · Academy converter	47.1	-0.10 (-0.28 to 0.08)	46%	71%	3.89	252
67	Shireland Collegiate Academy Smethwick · Academy sponsor led	47.0	+0.37 (0.19 to 0.56)	41%	63%	3.90	245
68	Redhill School Stourbridge · Academy converter	46.9	-0.07 (-0.25 to 0.11)	46%	72%	4.45	249
69	St Edmund's Catholic Academy Wolverhampton · Academy converter	46.7	-0.08 (-0.28 to 0.13)	40%	66%	3.85	193
70=	Holte School Birmingham · Community school	46.6	-0.26 (-0.46 to -0.05)	39%	67%	4.18	191
70=	Windsor High School and Sixth Form Halesowen · Academy converter	46.6	+0.12 (-0.04 to 0.29)	42%	63%	3.94	283
72	Aldersley High School Wolverhampton · Academy converter	46.5	+0.14 (-0.06 to 0.34)	34%	55%	4.19	202
73	Grace Academy Darlaston Wednesbury · Academy sponsor led	46.3	+0.07 (-0.15 to 0.29)	36%	62%	3.76	175
74	Grace Academy Solihull Birmingham · Academy sponsor led	46.2	-0.09 (-0.31 to 0.13)	44%	64%	3.79	164
75	Ark St Alban's Academy Birmingham · Academy sponsor led	46.0	+0.33 (0.08 to 0.58)	41%	68%	3.93	133
76	The Streetly Academy Sutton Coldfield · Academy converter	45.9	-0.15 (-0.32 to 0.02)	42%	69%	4.03	256
77	John Henry Newman Catholic College Birmingham · Academy sponsor led	45.8	-0.19 (-0.38 to 0.00)	47%	60%	3.79	215
78	Aldridge School Walsall · Academy converter	45.6	-0.11 (-0.29 to 0.06)	42%	70%	4.23	257
79=	Q3 Academy Great Barr Birmingham · Academy sponsor led	45.5	-0.15 (-0.34 to 0.05)	48%	67%	4.02	206
79=	Yardleys School Birmingham · Academy converter	45.5	+0.33 (0.13 to 0.52)	45%	66%	3.68	206
81	Wombourne High School Wolverhampton · Academy sponsor led	45.4	-0.20 (-0.41 to 0.01)	40%	65%	3.97	182
82	Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School Wednesbury · Academy sponsor led	45.2	-0.13 (-0.37 to 0.10)	46%	66%	3.50	145
83=	Bishop Milner Catholic College Dudley · Academy converter	45.1	+0.04 (-0.20 to 0.27)	36%	63%	3.64	150
83=	Broadway Academy Birmingham · Academy converter	45.1	+0.53 (0.33 to 0.73)	42%	58%	3.68	212
83=	The Earls High School Halesowen · Academy converter	45.1	-0.19 (-0.37 to -0.01)	44%	63%	3.89	232
86	Kings Heath Secondary School Birmingham · Community school	44.9	+0.00 (-0.27 to 0.26)	46%	64%	4.15	115
87=	Harborne Academy Birmingham · Academy sponsor led	44.8	+0.18 (-0.09 to 0.46)	42%	58%	3.90	122
87=	Ninestiles Birmingham · Academy converter	44.8	-0.01 (-0.18 to 0.16)	41%	64%	3.95	290
87=	Stoke Park School Coventry · Academy sponsor led	44.8	+0.26 (0.04 to 0.47)	38%	60%	3.85	178
90=	Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School Birmingham · Academy converter	44.7	-0.15 (-0.38 to 0.08)	45%	63%	3.96	152
90=	Moreton School Wolverhampton · Academy sponsor led	44.7	-0.20 (-0.43 to 0.02)	34%	55%	3.86	174
92	Hall Green School Birmingham · Academy converter	44.6	-0.15 (-0.36 to 0.07)	40%	65%	3.95	177
93=	Bristnall Hall Academy Oldbury · Academy converter	44.5	+0.57 (0.36 to 0.78)	33%	54%	4.06	189
93=	Light Hall School Solihull · Academy converter	44.5	-0.13 (-0.32 to 0.05)	43%	64%	3.74	231
93=	Park Hall Academy Birmingham · Academy sponsor led	44.5	-0.26 (-0.46 to -0.07)	33%	64%	3.47	203
96=	Caludon Castle School Coventry · Academy converter	44.4	-0.09 (-0.27 to 0.10)	40%	68%	3.75	241
96=	George Salter Academy West Bromwich · Academy sponsor led	44.4	-0.13 (-0.33 to 0.07)	40%	62%	3.78	196
96=	Lode Heath School Solihull · Academy converter	44.4	+0.11 (-0.09 to 0.30)	38%	61%	3.90	220
99	Heart of England School Coventry · Academy converter	44.3	-0.18 (-0.38 to 0.02)	37%	66%	3.67	200
100	Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School Birmingham · Voluntary aided school	44.0	+0.18 (-0.07 to 0.42)	32%	58%	3.80	142

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

Independent schools in West Midlands 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
Abu Bakr Al-Ihsaan Academy Walsall · Other independent school	52.5	56%	55
Al-Burhan Grammar School Birmingham · Other independent school	62.9	84%	32
Birchfield Independent Girls' School Birmingham · Other independent school	50.9	62%	21
Darul Uloom Islamic High School Birmingham · Other independent school	42.0	62%	21
Edgbaston High School for Girls Birmingham · Other independent school	38.1	0%	72
Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School Limited Stourbridge · Other independent school	19.6	26%	38
Elmhurst Ballet School Birmingham · Other independent school	13.8	0%	19
Green Oak Academy Birmingham · Other independent school	49.9	47%	17
Hamd House School Birmingham · Other independent school	46.5	50%	26
Hazrat Khadijatul Kubra Girls School Birmingham · Other independent school	49.3	44%	16
Jamia Islamia Birmingham Birmingham · Other independent school	35.0	21%	24
Kimichi School Birmingham · Other independent school	23.3	0%	6
King Edward's School Birmingham · Other independent school	18.8	0%	132
King Edward VI High School for Girls Birmingham · Other independent school	39.9	0%	87
Mander Portman Woodward Independent College Birmingham · Other independent school	37.0	0%	20
New Ways School Other independent school	7.8	0%	9
Oscott Academy Birmingham · Other independent school	1.4	0%	16
Riverside Education Birmingham · Other independent school	4.5	0%	37
Solihull School Solihull · Other independent school	21.6	0%	325
Tettenhall College Incorporated Wolverhampton · Other independent school	51.3	50%	32
The British Muslim School West Midlands · Other independent school	33.7	19%	21
The Wisdom Academy Birmingham · Other independent school	46.8	55%	22
Wolverhampton Grammar School Wolverhampton · Other independent school	28.3	0%	83

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

See the best secondary schools in West Midlands on our composite score

West Midlands GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in West Midlands ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in West Midlands with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in West Midlands

West Midlands GCSE results: common questions