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

On 2023 Attainment 8, Heckmondwike Grammar School topped the table in West Yorkshire with 77.1, 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 Yorkshire GCSE results?

This page is the 2023 archive (the 2022/23 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 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 Yorkshire GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

100 state secondary schools in West Yorkshire 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. 14 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

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

County 120 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in West Yorkshire ranked on Attainment 8

100 of 120 schools have published 2023 results; the top 100 are shown here. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in West Yorkshire 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	Heckmondwike Grammar School Heckmondwike · Academy converter	77.1	+0.78 (0.58 to 0.97)	97%	100%	6.67	211
2	The Crossley Heath School Halifax · Academy converter	69.3	+0.34 (0.12 to 0.55)	93%	98%	6.63	180
3	The North Halifax Grammar School Halifax · Academy converter	67.9	+0.13 (-0.08 to 0.35)	93%	100%	6.14	179
4 , up 10 places since 2022	The Morley Academy Leeds · Academy converter	58.2	+0.83 (0.66 to 1.00)	65%	83%	5.21	279
5 , up 1 place since 2022	Horsforth School Leeds · Academy converter	57.6	+0.74 (0.56 to 0.93)	64%	82%	5.20	222
6 , up 6 places since 2022	St. Mary's Menston Ilkley · Academy converter	57.2	+0.56 (0.36 to 0.76)	67%	85%	5.20	202
7 , up 15 places since 2022	Allerton High School Leeds · Community school	57.1	+0.64 (0.45 to 0.83)	75%	86%	5.20	218
8 , down 1 place since 2022	Abbey Grange Church of England Academy Leeds · Academy converter	55.6	+0.49 (0.32 to 0.66)	66%	81%	5.02	264
9 , up 8 places since 2022	Holmfirth High School Holmfirth · Community school	55.3	+0.74 (0.56 to 0.91)	66%	84%	4.65	261
10 , up 1 place since 2022	Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Leeds · Voluntary aided school	55.2	+0.55 (0.34 to 0.76)	65%	87%	5.07	182
11 , down 6 places since 2022	Dixons Trinity Academy Bradford · Free schools	54.9	+0.77 (0.51 to 1.03)	58%	77%	4.91	120
12 , down 3 places since 2022	Boston Spa Academy Wetherby · Academy converter	54.8	+0.50 (0.30 to 0.70)	67%	82%	4.76	200
13 , up 3 places since 2022	Dixons City Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	54.5	+0.39 (0.18 to 0.61)	57%	73%	5.04	169
14 , down 4 places since 2022	Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College Otley · Academy converter	54.4	+0.36 (0.19 to 0.53)	62%	78%	4.94	277
15 , down 11 places since 2022	Ilkley Grammar School Ilkley · Academy converter	53.3	+0.38 (0.21 to 0.54)	57%	76%	4.67	297
16 , down 1 place since 2022	Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy Bradford · Academy converter	52.8	+0.59 (0.34 to 0.85)	44%	70%	4.85	129
17 , down 5 places since 2022	Dixons Kings Academy Bradford · Free schools	52.3	+0.48 (0.26 to 0.70)	59%	74%	4.89	167
18 , up 1 place since 2022	Guiseley School Leeds · Foundation school	52.0	+0.20 (0.01 to 0.39)	60%	76%	4.71	218
19 , up 8 places since 2022	Roundhay School Leeds · Community school	51.8	+0.33 (0.17 to 0.49)	63%	79%	4.62	296
20 , up 10 places since 2022	Bradford Girls' Grammar School Bradford · Free schools	51.7	+0.27 (0.00 to 0.54)	53%	70%	4.70	113
21 , up 19 places since 2022	Honley High School Holmfirth · Academy converter	51.5	+0.27 (0.09 to 0.44)	49%	81%	4.53	253
22 , up 7 places since 2022	Ark The King's School Pontefract · Academy converter	51.4	+0.54 (0.35 to 0.74)	60%	75%	4.69	206
23 , up 8 places since 2022	Salendine Nook High School Huddersfield · Academy converter	51.3	+0.27 (0.10 to 0.44)	51%	75%	4.61	271
24 , down 6 places since 2022	Beckfoot School Bingley · Academy converter	51.2	+0.24 (0.07 to 0.41)	60%	79%	4.29	268
25 , up 28 places since 2022	Manor Croft Academy Dewsbury · Academy sponsor led	51.1	+0.38 (0.17 to 0.60)	61%	79%	4.35	173
26 , up 36 places since 2022	Oulton Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	51.0	+0.52 (0.30 to 0.73)	56%	72%	4.33	172
27= , down 4 places since 2022	Garforth Academy Leeds · Academy converter	50.7	+0.26 (0.10 to 0.43)	59%	77%	4.75	297
27= , down 6 places since 2022	Shelley College Huddersfield · Academy converter	50.7	+0.57 (0.43 to 0.72)	55%	75%	4.71	359
29 , down 4 places since 2022	The Farnley Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	50.5	+0.72 (0.55 to 0.88)	56%	77%	4.36	281
30 , up 35 places since 2022	Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College Ossett · Academy converter	50.1	+0.08 (-0.08 to 0.25)	56%	74%	4.21	298
31= , up 3 places since 2022	Bruntcliffe Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	50.0	+0.66 (0.44 to 0.87)	48%	72%	4.40	180
31= , up 2 places since 2022	Kettlethorpe High School Wakefield · Community school	50.0	+0.21 (0.06 to 0.37)	57%	74%	4.79	320
33 , up 5 places since 2022	Horbury Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	49.8	+0.29 (0.09 to 0.49)	54%	73%	4.13	198
34 , up 7 places since 2022	Outwood Grange Academy Wakefield · Academy sponsor led	49.4	+0.06 (-0.09 to 0.21)	56%	76%	4.34	359
35 , down 8 places since 2022	Castleford Academy Castleford · Academy converter	49.3	+0.53 (0.37 to 0.70)	48%	71%	4.10	277
36= , up 10 places since 2022	Mount St Mary's Catholic High School Leeds · Voluntary aided school	49.0	+0.81 (0.60 to 1.03)	42%	64%	4.14	188
36=	The Mirfield Free Grammar Mirfield · Academy converter	49.0	-0.03 (-0.22 to 0.16)	57%	71%	4.23	216
38 , up 15 places since 2022	The Ruth Gorse Academy Leeds · Free schools	48.8	+0.92 (0.74 to 1.10)	47%	69%	4.40	258
39= , down 15 places since 2022	Wetherby High School Wetherby · Foundation school	48.7	+0.19 (-0.06 to 0.45)	52%	72%	4.70	133
39= , down 19 places since 2022	Woodkirk Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	48.7	+0.19 (0.03 to 0.35)	51%	69%	4.42	302
41	Dixons Trinity Chapeltown Leeds · Free schools	48.6	+0.73 (0.45 to 1.01)	50%	66%	4.52	109
42 , down 8 places since 2022	King James's School Huddersfield · Academy converter	48.2	-0.12 (-0.32 to 0.08)	52%	71%	4.50	191
43= , down 17 places since 2022	BBG Academy Birkenshaw · Academy sponsor led	48.1	+0.14 (-0.06 to 0.33)	49%	74%	4.26	198
43= , up 18 places since 2022	Cockburn School Leeds · Academy converter	48.1	+0.61 (0.42 to 0.79)	49%	68%	3.81	221
45 , down 1 place since 2022	Moor End Academy Huddersfield · Academy converter	48.0	+0.78 (0.58 to 0.98)	45%	66%	4.02	198
46 , up 35 places since 2022	Trinity Academy Halifax Halifax · Academy sponsor led	47.9	+0.30 (0.14 to 0.46)	37%	67%	4.20	294
47 , up 3 places since 2022	Batley Girls' High School Batley · Academy converter	47.8	+0.42 (0.23 to 0.61)	43%	65%	4.32	214
48 , up 8 places since 2022	Dixons McMillan Academy Bradford · Free schools	47.7	-0.14 (-0.39 to 0.12)	55%	74%	4.48	121
49 , up 3 places since 2022	Carr Manor Community School Leeds · Foundation school	47.6	+0.47 (0.26 to 0.67)	50%	69%	4.27	207
50= , down 9 places since 2022	Ark Carleton High School Pontefract · Academy converter	47.3	+0.61 (0.41 to 0.81)	46%	65%	4.18	202
50=	Temple Moor High School Leeds · Academy converter	47.3	+0.24 (0.05 to 0.43)	45%	68%	4.28	214
52= , up 12 places since 2022	All Saints Catholic College Huddersfield · Voluntary aided school	47.0	+0.02 (-0.19 to 0.24)	40%	60%	3.90	179
52= , down 7 places since 2022	St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College Pontefract · Academy converter	47.0	+0.04 (-0.13 to 0.21)	44%	67%	4.19	271
54= , down 15 places since 2022	Bingley Grammar School Bingley · Voluntary aided school	46.9	-0.04 (-0.20 to 0.12)	48%	67%	4.00	297
54= , down 8 places since 2022	Ryburn Valley High School Sowerby Bridge · Academy converter	46.9	+0.12 (-0.05 to 0.29)	47%	66%	3.76	262
56 , up 2 places since 2022	Pudsey Grammar School Pudsey · Foundation school	46.7	+0.02 (-0.17 to 0.21)	41%	62%	3.96	217
57 , down 11 places since 2022	Co-op Academy Priesthorpe Pudsey · Academy converter	46.3	+0.00 (-0.20 to 0.21)	48%	67%	3.97	193
58 , down 26 places since 2022	Rastrick High School Brighouse · Academy converter	46.1	-0.09 (-0.25 to 0.07)	50%	70%	3.82	306
59= , down 10 places since 2022	Crofton Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	46.0	-0.09 (-0.29 to 0.11)	45%	68%	3.93	199
59= , up 8 places since 2022	Immanuel College Bradford · Academy converter	46.0	-0.07 (-0.24 to 0.10)	39%	61%	3.58	265
61 , up 8 places since 2022	Rodillian Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	45.8	+0.00 (-0.16 to 0.16)	40%	66%	4.22	297
62 , down 25 places since 2022	Brigshaw High School Castleford · Academy converter	45.6	+0.14 (-0.05 to 0.32)	43%	66%	3.90	222
63 , down 20 places since 2022	Belle Vue Girls' Academy Bradford · Academy converter	45.3	+0.46 (0.25 to 0.66)	38%	57%	4.16	187
64 , up 3 places since 2022	Cockburn John Charles Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	44.8	+0.72 (0.51 to 0.93)	38%	53%	3.67	204
65 , up 37 places since 2022	The Halifax Academy Halifax · Academy converter	44.7	+0.30 (0.10 to 0.50)	32%	53%	3.69	199
66 , down 11 places since 2022	De Lacy Academy Knottingley · Academy converter	44.1	-0.09 (-0.33 to 0.15)	32%	63%	3.66	139
67= , up 4 places since 2022	Colne Valley High School Huddersfield · Academy sponsor led	44.0	-0.20 (-0.37 to -0.02)	38%	65%	3.65	262
67= , up 25 places since 2022	The Featherstone Academy Pontefract · Academy sponsor led	44.0	-0.12 (-0.42 to 0.17)	43%	58%	4.15	88
69 , down 11 places since 2022	Allerton Grange School Leeds · Community school	43.9	-0.03 (-0.21 to 0.14)	43%	63%	4.17	270
70= , down 10 places since 2022	Batley Grammar School Batley · Free schools	43.8	-0.23 (-0.45 to 0.00)	40%	62%	3.68	156
70= , up 4 places since 2022	Upper Batley High School Batley · Academy sponsor led	43.8	+0.04 (-0.19 to 0.28)	41%	64%	4.03	150
72 , up 1 place since 2022	Crawshaw Academy Pudsey · Academy sponsor led	43.5	-0.48 (-0.68 to -0.28)	43%	64%	3.65	195
73= , up 5 places since 2022	Minsthorpe Community College Pontefract · Academy converter	43.4	+0.11 (-0.07 to 0.28)	34%	58%	3.31	250
73= , up 3 places since 2022	Westborough High School Dewsbury · Foundation school	43.4	+0.22 (0.00 to 0.44)	38%	54%	3.43	174
75= , down 5 places since 2022	Ralph Thoresby School Leeds · Foundation school	43.0	-0.48 (-0.70 to -0.27)	41%	57%	3.71	176
75=	Whitcliffe Mount Cleckheaton · Academy converter	43.0	-0.39 (-0.57 to -0.21)	35%	63%	3.65	240
77= , down 6 places since 2022	Dixons Allerton Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	42.8	-0.06 (-0.24 to 0.12)	36%	56%	3.68	241
77=	Outwood Academy City Fields Wakefield · Academy converter	42.8	+0.20 (-0.05 to 0.44)	39%	57%	4.05	141
79= , down 16 places since 2022	Brighouse High School Brighouse · Academy converter	42.7	-0.31 (-0.50 to -0.11)	40%	65%	3.47	201
79= , up 2 places since 2022	Lawnswood School Leeds · Community school	42.7	-0.26 (-0.44 to -0.07)	36%	58%	3.73	255
81 , down 25 places since 2022	Castle Hall Academy Mirfield · Academy converter	42.3	+0.00 (-0.25 to 0.25)	39%	55%	3.36	132
82 , down 74 places since 2022	Leeds Jewish Free School Leeds · Free schools	42.1	-0.30 (-0.97 to 0.38)	44%	64%	3.63	25
83 , down 4 places since 2022	Titus Salt School Bradford · Community school	41.8	-0.32 (-0.50 to -0.15)	33%	56%	3.46	252
84 , down 18 places since 2022	Carlton Bolling Bradford · Academy converter	41.5	+0.06 (-0.10 to 0.22)	32%	51%	3.01	317
85= , down 4 places since 2022	Lightcliffe Academy Halifax · Academy sponsor led	41.0	-0.43 (-0.61 to -0.25)	33%	57%	3.32	236
85= , up 5 places since 2022	Newsome Academy Huddersfield · Academy sponsor led	41.0	+0.18 (-0.12 to 0.48)	39%	54%	3.75	103
87 , up 14 places since 2022	North Huddersfield Trust School Huddersfield · Foundation school	40.9	+0.14 (-0.10 to 0.38)	37%	51%	3.37	158
88 , up 8 places since 2022	Trinity Academy Grammar Sowerby Bridge · Academy sponsor led	39.9	+0.23 (-0.04 to 0.50)	36%	50%	3.58	115
89 , down 15 places since 2022	Beckfoot Thornton Bradford · Academy sponsor led	39.4	-0.22 (-0.39 to -0.04)	31%	52%	3.28	254
90 , down 2 places since 2022	Carlton Keighley Keighley · Academy sponsor led	39.2	-0.13 (-0.38 to 0.12)	26%	51%	3.01	129
91 , down 7 places since 2022	Leeds West Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	39.0	-0.25 (-0.43 to -0.08)	35%	53%	3.20	257
92 , down 7 places since 2022	Corpus Christi Catholic College Leeds · Academy converter	38.5	-0.99 (-1.20 to -0.78)	28%	47%	3.38	173
93 , up 1 place since 2022	Appleton Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	38.4	-0.56 (-0.78 to -0.33)	24%	45%	3.02	159
94 , up 3 places since 2022	Tong Leadership Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	38.2	-0.26 (-0.49 to -0.04)	32%	52%	3.41	170
95	Beckfoot Upper Heaton Bradford · Academy sponsor led	36.9	-0.40 (-0.64 to -0.16)	33%	54%	3.03	138
96 , down 8 places since 2022	Oasis Academy Lister Park Bradford · Academy sponsor led	36.7	-0.13 (-0.36 to 0.10)	33%	46%	3.17	162
97 , down 5 places since 2022	Beckfoot Oakbank Keighley · Academy sponsor led	36.5	-0.71 (-0.88 to -0.55)	24%	43%	2.96	274
98 , down 11 places since 2022	Spen Valley High School Liversedge · Foundation school	36.2	-0.70 (-0.90 to -0.49)	30%	47%	2.94	181
99 , up 1 place since 2022	Leeds City Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	35.7	+0.32 (0.03 to 0.61)	20%	41%	3.23	149
100 , down 9 places since 2022	Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	35.6	-0.75 (-0.91 to -0.58)	24%	45%	2.91	294

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

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 West Yorkshire 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
Ackworth School West Yorkshire · Other independent school	39.1	0%	55
Al Mumin Primary and Secondary School Bradford · Other independent school	43.7	53%	15
Brian Jackson College Heckmondwike · Other independent school	0.9	0%	37
Cambridge Street School Batley · Other independent school	27.4	15%	27
Darul Uloom Dawatul Imaan Bradford · Other independent school	60.5	73%	15
Eternal Light Bradford · Other independent school	51.1	63%	24
Gateways School Leeds · Other independent school	46.1	0%	23
Huddersfield Grammar School Huddersfield · Other independent school	60.2	66%	67
Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakaria Bradford · Other independent school	43.6	0%	59
Madni Academy Dewsbury · Other independent school	47.3	39%	28
Queen Elizabeths School Wakefield Wakefield · Other independent school	47.5	0%	120
Rishworth School Sowerby Bridge · Other independent school	29.4	0%	48
The Grammar School At Leeds Leeds · Other independent school	44.6	0%	231
Woodhouse Grove School Bradford · Other independent school	16.3	4%	179

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 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 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in West Yorkshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in West Yorkshire with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire GCSE results: common questions