Which school had the best GCSE results in West Yorkshire in 2022?

On 2022 Attainment 8, Heckmondwike Grammar School topped the table in West Yorkshire with 78.4. 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 Yorkshire GCSE results?

This page is the 2022 archive (the 2021/22 academic year). The latest published results for every school in West Yorkshire are on the main West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire show no 2022 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2022 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 Yorkshire GCSE results 2022: secondary school league table

100 state secondary schools in West Yorkshire ranked on their 2022 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2021/22 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school. 14 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2022 archive of the table. See the latest West Yorkshire GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

County 120 state secondary schools 2021/22 results Archive year

Secondary schools in West Yorkshire ranked on Attainment 8

100 of 120 schools have published 2022 results; the top 100 are shown here. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2021/22.

Secondary schools in West Yorkshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2022 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
1	Heckmondwike Grammar School Heckmondwike · Academy converter	78.4	+0.72 (0.53 to 0.92)	98%	99%	6.90	207
2	The Crossley Heath School Halifax · Academy converter	72.3	+0.29 (0.08 to 0.50)	94%	99%	7.02	182
3	The North Halifax Grammar School Halifax · Academy converter	69.9	+0.08 (-0.13 to 0.29)	98%	99%	6.24	186
4	Ilkley Grammar School Ilkley · Academy converter	62.7	+0.64 (0.47 to 0.80)	68%	87%	5.51	285
5	Dixons Trinity Academy Bradford · Free schools	61.1	+0.96 (0.70 to 1.22)	70%	89%	5.60	116
6	Horsforth School Leeds · Academy converter	59.9	+0.51 (0.32 to 0.69)	73%	86%	5.52	225
7	Abbey Grange Church of England Academy Leeds · Academy converter	59.8	+0.60 (0.42 to 0.78)	68%	85%	5.46	239
8	Leeds Jewish Free School Leeds · Free schools	58.9	+0.40 (-0.15 to 0.95)	82%	86%	5.25	28
9	Boston Spa Academy Wetherby · Academy converter	58.7	+0.75 (0.53 to 0.98)	73%	84%	5.11	160
10	Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College Otley · Academy converter	58.4	+0.55 (0.37 to 0.72)	66%	84%	5.36	256
11	Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Leeds · Voluntary aided school	58.0	+0.58 (0.38 to 0.79)	71%	84%	5.39	182
12=	Dixons Kings Academy Bradford · Free schools	57.5	+0.71 (0.50 to 0.93)	71%	81%	5.35	168
12=	St. Mary's Menston Ilkley · Academy converter	57.5	+0.35 (0.15 to 0.54)	66%	84%	5.19	203
14	The Morley Academy Leeds · Academy converter	56.7	+0.86 (0.71 to 1.01)	59%	83%	4.94	335
15	Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy Bradford · Academy converter	56.5	+0.86 (0.61 to 1.10)	52%	73%	5.09	132
16	Dixons City Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	56.4	+0.58 (0.37 to 0.80)	70%	82%	5.21	174
17	Holmfirth High School Holmfirth · Community school	56.3	+0.43 (0.25 to 0.60)	68%	79%	4.71	260
18	Beckfoot School Bingley · Academy converter	56.1	+0.40 (0.23 to 0.56)	62%	79%	4.66	268
19	Guiseley School Leeds · Foundation school	55.5	+0.23 (0.04 to 0.41)	67%	83%	5.12	225
20	Woodkirk Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	55.3	+0.48 (0.32 to 0.64)	69%	84%	5.12	307
21	Shelley College Huddersfield · Academy converter	55.1	+0.58 (0.44 to 0.73)	65%	81%	5.17	359
22	Allerton High School Leeds · Community school	55.0	+0.19 (0.00 to 0.37)	76%	87%	5.22	221
23	Garforth Academy Leeds · Academy converter	54.1	+0.42 (0.26 to 0.58)	67%	83%	4.88	302
24	Wetherby High School Wetherby · Foundation school	53.3	+0.26 (-0.02 to 0.53)	63%	78%	4.72	105
25	The Farnley Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	53.0	+0.66 (0.49 to 0.84)	58%	73%	4.41	255
26	BBG Academy Birkenshaw · Academy sponsor led	52.9	+0.26 (0.06 to 0.45)	64%	80%	4.85	198
27=	Castleford Academy Castleford · Academy converter	52.8	+0.63 (0.46 to 0.80)	58%	75%	4.44	269
27=	Roundhay School Leeds · Community school	52.8	+0.36 (0.20 to 0.52)	63%	79%	4.89	295
29	Ark The King's School Pontefract · Academy converter	52.6	+0.54 (0.34 to 0.74)	60%	78%	4.64	197
30	Bradford Girls' Grammar School Bradford · Free schools	52.3	+0.41 (0.14 to 0.68)	47%	75%	4.72	106
31	Salendine Nook High School Huddersfield · Academy converter	52.2	-0.01 (-0.18 to 0.15)	55%	79%	4.86	272
32	Rastrick High School Brighouse · Academy converter	52.0	+0.33 (0.17 to 0.50)	60%	76%	4.46	288
33	Kettlethorpe High School Wakefield · Community school	51.9	+0.33 (0.17 to 0.48)	57%	78%	4.91	335
34=	Bruntcliffe Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	51.6	+0.70 (0.47 to 0.93)	64%	75%	4.45	151
34=	King James's School Huddersfield · Academy converter	51.6	+0.09 (-0.10 to 0.29)	56%	75%	4.73	201
36	The Mirfield Free Grammar Mirfield · Academy converter	51.5	-0.08 (-0.27 to 0.11)	64%	80%	4.09	220
37	Brigshaw High School Castleford · Academy converter	51.2	+0.47 (0.29 to 0.66)	55%	75%	4.49	229
38	Horbury Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	50.9	+0.16 (-0.04 to 0.36)	58%	74%	4.23	200
39	Bingley Grammar School Bingley · Voluntary aided school	50.8	+0.00 (-0.16 to 0.16)	55%	79%	4.46	301
40	Honley High School Holmfirth · Academy converter	50.6	+0.02 (-0.15 to 0.19)	53%	70%	4.37	255
41=	Ark Carleton High School Pontefract · Academy converter	50.5	+0.58 (0.37 to 0.79)	52%	69%	4.30	181
41=	Outwood Grange Academy Wakefield · Academy sponsor led	50.5	-0.05 (-0.20 to 0.10)	61%	79%	4.36	346
43	Belle Vue Girls' Academy Bradford · Academy converter	50.1	+0.32 (0.11 to 0.53)	51%	71%	4.58	190
44	Moor End Academy Huddersfield · Academy converter	49.8	+0.75 (0.54 to 0.95)	45%	67%	4.12	196
45	St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College Pontefract · Academy converter	49.6	-0.05 (-0.22 to 0.12)	51%	71%	4.35	270
46=	Co-op Academy Priesthorpe Pudsey · Academy converter	49.3	+0.30 (0.09 to 0.50)	58%	73%	4.25	191
46=	Mount St Mary's Catholic High School Leeds · Voluntary aided school	49.3	+0.97 (0.74 to 1.19)	46%	71%	4.18	177
46=	Ryburn Valley High School Sowerby Bridge · Academy converter	49.3	+0.02 (-0.15 to 0.19)	47%	69%	3.87	271
49	Crofton Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	49.1	+0.04 (-0.15 to 0.24)	50%	70%	4.09	199
50=	Batley Girls' High School Batley · Academy converter	49.0	+0.51 (0.32 to 0.71)	52%	71%	4.35	212
50=	Temple Moor High School Leeds · Academy converter	49.0	+0.20 (0.01 to 0.39)	48%	68%	4.46	222
52	Carr Manor Community School Leeds · Foundation school	48.9	+0.35 (0.14 to 0.57)	51%	67%	4.36	210
53=	Manor Croft Academy Dewsbury · Academy sponsor led	48.8	+0.36 (0.12 to 0.59)	61%	72%	4.16	147
53=	The Ruth Gorse Academy Leeds · Free schools	48.8	+0.61 (0.43 to 0.79)	45%	63%	4.26	252
55	De Lacy Academy Knottingley · Academy converter	48.7	+0.27 (0.02 to 0.52)	49%	62%	4.13	121
56=	Castle Hall Academy Mirfield · Academy converter	48.6	-0.35 (-0.58 to -0.12)	49%	69%	3.99	153
56=	Dixons McMillan Academy Bradford · Free schools	48.6	-0.17 (-0.43 to 0.10)	50%	73%	4.60	113
58=	Allerton Grange School Leeds · Community school	48.4	-0.01 (-0.18 to 0.16)	54%	69%	4.71	268
58=	Pudsey Grammar School Pudsey · Foundation school	48.4	+0.08 (-0.11 to 0.26)	45%	71%	4.15	216
60	Batley Grammar School Batley · Free schools	47.9	-0.08 (-0.30 to 0.14)	51%	73%	4.17	160
61	Cockburn School Leeds · Academy converter	47.6	+0.39 (0.21 to 0.56)	45%	61%	3.73	251
62	Oulton Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	47.2	+0.11 (-0.09 to 0.31)	51%	67%	3.89	193
63	Brighouse High School Brighouse · Academy converter	47.1	-0.10 (-0.30 to 0.10)	44%	65%	3.90	196
64	All Saints Catholic College Huddersfield · Voluntary aided school	47.0	-0.02 (-0.24 to 0.19)	40%	69%	3.91	174
65	Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College Ossett · Academy converter	46.9	-0.38 (-0.55 to -0.22)	61%	80%	4.39	286
66	Carlton Bolling Bradford · Academy converter	46.8	+0.18 (0.02 to 0.34)	42%	62%	3.62	310
67=	Cockburn John Charles Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	46.6	+0.53 (0.29 to 0.77)	39%	55%	3.72	170
67=	Immanuel College Bradford · Academy converter	46.6	-0.15 (-0.33 to 0.03)	39%	63%	3.53	231
69	Rodillian Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	46.3	-0.06 (-0.23 to 0.11)	51%	72%	4.46	273
70	Ralph Thoresby School Leeds · Foundation school	46.1	+0.00 (-0.21 to 0.21)	37%	62%	3.85	175
71=	Colne Valley High School Huddersfield · Academy sponsor led	46.0	-0.28 (-0.46 to -0.09)	36%	60%	3.98	236
71=	Dixons Allerton Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	46.0	+0.21 (0.03 to 0.39)	45%	66%	4.08	245
73	Crawshaw Academy Pudsey · Academy sponsor led	45.7	-0.38 (-0.59 to -0.17)	52%	70%	3.86	178
74=	Beckfoot Thornton Bradford · Academy sponsor led	45.6	-0.12 (-0.30 to 0.05)	43%	64%	3.82	245
74=	Upper Batley High School Batley · Academy sponsor led	45.6	+0.12 (-0.11 to 0.36)	36%	63%	4.33	141
76	Westborough High School Dewsbury · Foundation school	45.5	+0.21 (0.00 to 0.43)	40%	60%	3.84	173
77	Outwood Academy City Fields Wakefield · Academy converter	44.6	+0.42 (0.17 to 0.66)	45%	68%	3.97	146
78	Minsthorpe Community College Pontefract · Academy converter	44.4	-0.12 (-0.30 to 0.05)	43%	57%	3.58	242
79	Titus Salt School Bradford · Community school	42.9	-0.59 (-0.77 to -0.41)	37%	60%	3.45	239
80	Bishop Young Church of England Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	42.8	-0.32 (-0.62 to -0.02)	40%	61%	3.40	97
81=	Lawnswood School Leeds · Community school	42.7	-0.18 (-0.36 to 0.00)	39%	55%	3.68	256
81=	Lightcliffe Academy Halifax · Academy sponsor led	42.7	-0.37 (-0.56 to -0.18)	35%	61%	3.46	214
81=	Trinity Academy Halifax Halifax · Academy sponsor led	42.7	-0.30 (-0.46 to -0.14)	47%	67%	4.20	298
84	Leeds West Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	42.6	-0.21 (-0.39 to -0.03)	45%	62%	3.56	241
85	Corpus Christi Catholic College Leeds · Academy converter	41.9	-0.67 (-0.88 to -0.47)	39%	59%	3.47	180
86	Airedale Academy Castleford · Academy converter	41.1	-0.23 (-0.42 to -0.04)	36%	55%	3.41	214
87	Spen Valley High School Liversedge · Foundation school	40.9	-0.56 (-0.76 to -0.36)	43%	59%	3.27	188
88=	Carlton Keighley Keighley · Academy sponsor led	40.1	+0.10 (-0.16 to 0.35)	32%	46%	3.15	124
88=	Oasis Academy Lister Park Bradford · Academy sponsor led	40.1	-0.08 (-0.31 to 0.15)	33%	46%	3.29	166
90	Newsome Academy Huddersfield · Academy sponsor led	39.9	-0.22 (-0.48 to 0.04)	38%	55%	3.59	124
91	Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	39.6	-0.53 (-0.69 to -0.36)	33%	51%	3.21	279
92=	Beckfoot Oakbank Keighley · Academy sponsor led	39.3	-0.57 (-0.74 to -0.40)	22%	52%	3.22	268
92=	The Featherstone Academy Pontefract · Academy sponsor led	39.3	-0.61 (-0.93 to -0.30)	40%	63%	3.83	78
94	Appleton Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	39.0	-0.57 (-0.79 to -0.35)	23%	50%	3.10	163
95	Beckfoot Upper Heaton Bradford · Academy sponsor led	38.7	-0.04 (-0.29 to 0.21)	33%	55%	3.16	139
96	Trinity Academy Grammar Sowerby Bridge · Academy sponsor led	38.6	-0.22 (-0.46 to 0.01)	35%	55%	3.65	148
97	Tong Leadership Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	38.3	-0.32 (-0.52 to -0.12)	45%	58%	3.61	212
98	St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy Dewsbury · Academy converter	37.9	-0.84 (-1.06 to -0.63)	36%	56%	3.31	178
99	Laisterdyke Leadership Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	37.7	-0.57 (-0.79 to -0.35)	37%	49%	3.28	174
100	Leeds City Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	37.5	+0.04 (-0.26 to 0.34)	25%	43%	3.36	141

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

Independent schools in West Yorkshire with published 2022 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
Ackworth School West Yorkshire · Other independent school	41.2	0%	51
Al Mumin Primary and Secondary School Bradford · Other independent school	49.7	53%	19
Brian Jackson College Heckmondwike · Other independent school	0.8	0%	24
Cambridge Street School Batley · Other independent school	30.5	65%	17
Darul Uloom Dawatul Imaan Bradford · Other independent school	55.9	75%	24
Eternal Light Bradford · Other independent school	34.1	69%	29
Gateways School Leeds · Other independent school	53.0	0%	25
Huddersfield Grammar School Huddersfield · Other independent school	59.7	71%	73
Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakaria Bradford · Other independent school	33.8	0%	50
Madni Academy Dewsbury · Other independent school	40.8	41%	34
Queen Elizabeths School Wakefield Wakefield · Other independent school	47.4	0%	99
Rishworth School Sowerby Bridge · Other independent school	42.3	0%	60
The Grammar School At Leeds Leeds · Other independent school	45.2	0%	215
Woodhouse Grove School Bradford · Other independent school	16.8	2%	169

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.

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 2022 archive of the table: each school's 2022 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2022 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main West Yorkshire GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

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

West Yorkshire GCSE results 2022: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in West Yorkshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in West Yorkshire with published 2022 GCSE results

More about schools in West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire GCSE results: common questions