Which school had the best GCSE results in West Yorkshire in 2024?

On 2024 Attainment 8, Heckmondwike Grammar School topped the table in West Yorkshire with 78.5, against an England average of 45.9. 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 2024 archive (the 2023/24 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 2024 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2024 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 2024: secondary school league table

100 state secondary schools in West Yorkshire ranked on their 2024 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2023/24 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 2024 archive of the table. See the latest West Yorkshire GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

County 120 state secondary schools 2023/24 results Archive year

Secondary schools in West Yorkshire ranked on Attainment 8

100 of 120 schools have published 2024 results; the top 100 are shown here. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/24.

Secondary schools in West Yorkshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2024 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	45.9	0.00	46%	65%	4.07	–
1	Heckmondwike Grammar School Heckmondwike · Academy converter	78.5	+1.00 (0.80 to 1.19)	99%	100%	6.88	207
2	The Crossley Heath School Halifax · Academy converter	72.6	+0.49 (0.27 to 0.71)	93%	100%	6.93	179
3	The North Halifax Grammar School Halifax · Academy converter	68.4	+0.18 (-0.03 to 0.39)	93%	99%	6.13	180
4 , up 6 places since 2023	Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Leeds · Voluntary aided school	59.1	+0.66 (0.45 to 0.87)	69%	88%	5.08	179
5 , up 3 places since 2023	Abbey Grange Church of England Academy Leeds · Academy converter	58.7	+0.70 (0.53 to 0.87)	70%	85%	5.42	267
6 , up 1 place since 2023	Allerton High School Leeds · Community school	58.3	+0.89 (0.70 to 1.09)	77%	88%	5.47	222
7= , up 8 places since 2023	Ilkley Grammar School Ilkley · Academy converter	56.5	+0.54 (0.38 to 0.69)	64%	79%	4.93	321
7= , down 1 place since 2023	St. Mary's Menston Ilkley · Academy converter	56.5	+0.41 (0.21 to 0.61)	66%	83%	5.21	199
9 , up 10 places since 2023	Roundhay School Leeds · Community school	56.3	+0.72 (0.55 to 0.88)	68%	83%	5.18	299
10 , down 5 places since 2023	Horsforth School Leeds · Academy converter	55.8	+0.40 (0.21 to 0.58)	64%	86%	5.17	225
11 , down 2 places since 2023	Holmfirth High School Holmfirth · Community school	55.3	+0.72 (0.55 to 0.90)	66%	82%	4.69	261
12 , down 1 place since 2023	Dixons Trinity Academy Bradford · Free schools	54.7	+0.72 (0.45 to 0.99)	65%	77%	4.93	116
13 , down 1 place since 2023	Boston Spa Academy Wetherby · Academy converter	54.1	+0.56 (0.36 to 0.75)	64%	76%	5.20	218
14 , down 10 places since 2023	The Morley Academy Leeds · Academy converter	53.8	+0.56 (0.39 to 0.73)	56%	81%	5.13	291
15= , up 2 places since 2023	Dixons Kings Academy Bradford · Free schools	53.4	+0.54 (0.32 to 0.76)	57%	74%	4.97	169
15= , down 1 place since 2023	Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College Otley · Academy converter	53.4	+0.34 (0.18 to 0.51)	63%	84%	4.92	278
17= , down 1 place since 2023	Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy Bradford · Academy converter	52.4	+0.68 (0.42 to 0.94)	48%	68%	4.88	120
17= , up 65 places since 2023	Leeds Jewish Free School Leeds · Free schools	52.4	+0.45 (-0.12 to 1.01)	55%	90%	4.48	31
19= , up 24 places since 2023	BBG Academy Birkenshaw · Academy sponsor led	52.1	+0.48 (0.28 to 0.67)	61%	77%	4.76	199
19= , up 11 places since 2023	Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College Ossett · Academy converter	52.1	+0.24 (0.07 to 0.40)	58%	80%	4.40	291
19= , up 8 places since 2023	Shelley College Huddersfield · Academy converter	52.1	+0.56 (0.41 to 0.71)	61%	80%	4.96	357
22= , down 9 places since 2023	Dixons City Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	51.8	+0.33 (0.11 to 0.55)	50%	71%	4.78	175
22= , up 14 places since 2023	Mount St Mary's Catholic High School Leeds · Voluntary aided school	51.8	+0.86 (0.64 to 1.07)	41%	69%	4.41	189
24=	Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford Bradford · Free schools	51.3	+0.15 (-0.11 to 0.42)	63%	80%	4.55	113
24= , down 3 places since 2023	Honley High School Holmfirth · Academy converter	51.3	+0.28 (0.11 to 0.46)	65%	76%	4.57	254
26= , up 23 places since 2023	Carr Manor Community School Leeds · Foundation school	50.5	+0.56 (0.36 to 0.77)	55%	69%	4.51	199
26= , up 1 place since 2023	Garforth Academy Leeds · Academy converter	50.5	+0.34 (0.18 to 0.51)	67%	82%	4.82	298
28= , down 4 places since 2023	Beckfoot School Bingley · Academy converter	50.4	+0.42 (0.25 to 0.60)	55%	74%	4.64	267
28= , up 10 places since 2023	The Ruth Gorse Academy Leeds · Free schools	50.4	+0.99 (0.81 to 1.17)	50%	73%	4.81	255
30 , up 29 places since 2023	Crofton Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	50.0	+0.26 (0.07 to 0.46)	57%	74%	4.35	206
31 , down 8 places since 2023	Salendine Nook High School Huddersfield · Academy converter	49.9	+0.21 (0.04 to 0.38)	52%	76%	4.57	277
32 , up 7 places since 2023	Woodkirk Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	49.8	+0.15 (-0.01 to 0.31)	57%	77%	4.73	307
33= , down 15 places since 2023	Guiseley School Leeds · Foundation school	49.4	-0.04 (-0.23 to 0.16)	52%	77%	4.40	214
33= , up 1 place since 2023	Outwood Grange Academy Wakefield · Academy sponsor led	49.4	-0.13 (-0.29 to 0.02)	59%	79%	4.34	348
35 , down 6 places since 2023	The Farnley Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	49.3	+0.53 (0.36 to 0.69)	52%	73%	4.52	297
36 , up 3 places since 2023	Wetherby High School Wetherby · Foundation school	49.2	+0.29 (0.04 to 0.54)	52%	73%	4.69	124
37 , down 15 places since 2023	Ark The King's School Pontefract · Academy converter	49.0	+0.10 (-0.09 to 0.30)	57%	75%	4.50	207
38= , up 16 places since 2023	Bingley Grammar School Bingley · Voluntary aided school	48.9	-0.03 (-0.19 to 0.12)	52%	69%	4.29	326
38= , down 5 places since 2023	Horbury Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	48.9	+0.32 (0.13 to 0.50)	52%	71%	4.21	228
40 , up 14 places since 2023	Ryburn Valley High School Sowerby Bridge · Academy converter	48.7	+0.21 (0.04 to 0.38)	60%	73%	4.00	270
41 , down 6 places since 2023	Castleford Academy Castleford · Academy converter	48.6	+0.41 (0.25 to 0.58)	51%	67%	4.16	301
42 , up 1 place since 2023	Cockburn School Leeds · Academy converter	48.4	+0.72 (0.53 to 0.90)	54%	68%	4.05	228
43 , up 15 places since 2023	Rastrick High School Brighouse · Academy converter	48.3	+0.06 (-0.09 to 0.21)	54%	72%	4.15	348
44 , down 13 places since 2023	Bruntcliffe Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	48.2	+0.34 (0.16 to 0.53)	50%	72%	4.25	247
45 , up 16 places since 2023	Rodillian Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	48.0	+0.24 (0.08 to 0.40)	54%	73%	4.48	292
46= , up 2 places since 2023	Dixons McMillan Academy Bradford · Free schools	47.8	-0.16 (-0.43 to 0.11)	50%	71%	4.54	114
46= , down 5 places since 2023	Dixons Trinity Chapeltown Leeds · Free schools	47.8	+0.52 (0.25 to 0.79)	46%	68%	4.50	110
46= , down 21 places since 2023	Manor Croft Academy Dewsbury · Academy sponsor led	47.8	+0.25 (0.04 to 0.45)	49%	69%	4.19	198
46=	The Brooksbank School Elland · Academy converter	47.8	+0.18 (0.01 to 0.35)	47%	71%	3.96	272
50 , up 2 places since 2023	St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College Pontefract · Academy converter	47.7	-0.01 (-0.18 to 0.15)	49%	71%	4.33	278
51 , down 1 place since 2023	Ark Carleton High School Pontefract · Academy converter	47.4	+0.12 (-0.08 to 0.32)	50%	70%	4.28	199
52 , up 23 places since 2023	Whitcliffe Mount Cleckheaton · Academy converter	47.0	+0.13 (-0.05 to 0.30)	49%	68%	4.12	240
53= , down 6 places since 2023	Batley Girls' High School Batley · Academy converter	46.9	+0.23 (0.04 to 0.41)	43%	66%	4.22	233
53= , down 33 places since 2023	Bradford Girls' Grammar School Bradford · Free schools	46.9	+0.11 (-0.15 to 0.38)	44%	64%	4.38	114
53= , down 27 places since 2023	Oulton Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	46.9	+0.43 (0.23 to 0.62)	45%	69%	4.10	200
56 , down 14 places since 2023	King James's School Huddersfield · Academy converter	46.8	+0.00 (-0.19 to 0.19)	51%	65%	4.39	211
57 , down 26 places since 2023	Kettlethorpe High School Wakefield · Community school	46.6	-0.06 (-0.23 to 0.10)	52%	69%	4.42	315
58 , down 8 places since 2023	Temple Moor High School Leeds · Academy converter	46.3	+0.27 (0.09 to 0.46)	47%	66%	4.24	219
59 , down 14 places since 2023	Moor End Academy Huddersfield · Academy converter	46.1	+0.45 (0.25 to 0.65)	46%	62%	3.79	204
60 , down 8 places since 2023	All Saints Catholic College Huddersfield · Voluntary aided school	45.9	+0.11 (-0.11 to 0.32)	48%	69%	3.65	176
61= , down 5 places since 2023	Pudsey Grammar School Pudsey · Foundation school	45.5	-0.12 (-0.32 to 0.08)	39%	60%	4.12	192
61= , up 9 places since 2023	Upper Batley High School Batley · Academy sponsor led	45.5	+0.12 (-0.10 to 0.35)	47%	70%	4.21	161
63 , down 27 places since 2023	The Mirfield Free Grammar Mirfield · Academy converter	45.2	-0.40 (-0.59 to -0.21)	46%	69%	3.93	217
64 , up 6 places since 2023	Batley Grammar School Batley · Free schools	45.1	-0.22 (-0.44 to 0.00)	45%	73%	3.94	157
65 , up 4 places since 2023	Allerton Grange School Leeds · Community school	44.9	-0.02 (-0.19 to 0.15)	46%	62%	4.34	267
66 , up 13 places since 2023	Brighouse High School Brighouse · Academy converter	44.7	-0.24 (-0.44 to -0.05)	39%	64%	3.83	208
67= , down 1 place since 2023	De Lacy Academy Knottingley · Academy converter	44.5	-0.12 (-0.34 to 0.10)	39%	62%	3.78	170
67= , up 21 places since 2023	Trinity Academy Grammar Sowerby Bridge · Academy sponsor led	44.5	+0.38 (0.17 to 0.59)	46%	66%	4.23	197
69 , down 7 places since 2023	Brigshaw High School Castleford · Academy converter	44.4	+0.05 (-0.15 to 0.24)	42%	62%	4.08	211
70 , down 7 places since 2023	Belle Vue Girls' Academy Bradford · Academy converter	43.8	+0.16 (-0.05 to 0.37)	42%	63%	4.14	190
71= , up 8 places since 2023	Lawnswood School Leeds · Community school	43.5	-0.26 (-0.43 to -0.08)	42%	63%	3.84	262
71= , down 25 places since 2023	Trinity Academy Halifax Halifax · Academy sponsor led	43.5	+0.00 (-0.15 to 0.16)	38%	61%	4.08	318
73 , up 4 places since 2023	Dixons Allerton Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	43.4	-0.22 (-0.40 to -0.03)	44%	63%	3.97	242
74 , up 10 places since 2023	Carlton Bolling Bradford · Academy converter	43.0	+0.27 (0.11 to 0.43)	39%	55%	3.58	323
75 , down 3 places since 2023	Crawshaw Academy Pudsey · Academy sponsor led	42.9	-0.59 (-0.78 to -0.40)	43%	63%	3.70	222
76 , down 3 places since 2023	Westborough High School Dewsbury · Foundation school	42.4	+0.17 (-0.03 to 0.38)	35%	59%	3.75	187
77 , down 10 places since 2023	Colne Valley High School Huddersfield · Academy sponsor led	41.9	-0.40 (-0.57 to -0.24)	35%	60%	3.65	284
78= , up 3 places since 2023	Castle Hall Academy Mirfield · Academy converter	41.8	+0.15 (-0.09 to 0.39)	39%	57%	3.64	146
78= , down 5 places since 2023	Minsthorpe Community College Pontefract · Academy converter	41.8	+0.21 (0.04 to 0.37)	39%	54%	3.39	286
80= , down 16 places since 2023	Cockburn John Charles Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	41.6	+0.47 (0.28 to 0.66)	28%	48%	3.36	236
80= , up 5 places since 2023	Newsome Academy Huddersfield · Academy sponsor led	41.6	-0.19 (-0.44 to 0.05)	33%	61%	3.87	139
82 , down 17 places since 2023	The Halifax Academy Halifax · Academy converter	40.9	-0.20 (-0.39 to 0.00)	32%	55%	3.50	199
83 , down 8 places since 2023	Ralph Thoresby School Leeds · Foundation school	40.7	-0.50 (-0.72 to -0.28)	35%	50%	3.50	173
84= , down 25 places since 2023	Immanuel College Bradford · Academy converter	40.6	-0.56 (-0.73 to -0.40)	29%	50%	3.16	283
84= , down 17 places since 2023	The Featherstone Academy Pontefract · Academy sponsor led	40.6	-0.33 (-0.62 to -0.03)	42%	52%	3.78	88
86 , up 13 places since 2023	Leeds City Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	39.8	+0.42 (0.17 to 0.67)	30%	48%	3.45	154
87 , down 30 places since 2023	Co-op Academy Priesthorpe Pudsey · Academy converter	39.3	-0.40 (-0.60 to -0.20)	37%	52%	3.33	206
88 , down 5 places since 2023	Titus Salt School Bradford · Community school	39.1	-0.58 (-0.75 to -0.40)	32%	50%	3.30	254
89 , down 4 places since 2023	Lightcliffe Academy Halifax · Academy sponsor led	38.7	-0.37 (-0.57 to -0.17)	30%	55%	3.09	203
90= , up 1 place since 2023	Leeds West Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	38.6	-0.30 (-0.48 to -0.12)	32%	49%	3.18	247
90= , down 13 places since 2023	Outwood Academy City Fields Wakefield · Academy converter	38.6	+0.08 (-0.16 to 0.32)	32%	51%	3.51	144
92 , down 3 places since 2023	Beckfoot Thornton Bradford · Academy sponsor led	37.3	-0.49 (-0.67 to -0.32)	28%	47%	3.32	257
93	Parkside School Bradford · Academy converter	36.9	-0.86 (-1.05 to -0.66)	25%	48%	3.17	202
94 , up 7 places since 2023	Bishop Young Church of England Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	36.6	-0.30 (-0.57 to -0.03)	25%	48%	2.99	141
95 , down 5 places since 2023	Carlton Keighley Keighley · Academy sponsor led	36.3	-0.29 (-0.54 to -0.05)	27%	50%	2.90	143
96 , up 1 place since 2023	Beckfoot Oakbank Keighley · Academy sponsor led	36.0	-0.62 (-0.79 to -0.46)	27%	48%	2.98	286
97= , up 11 places since 2023	Laisterdyke Leadership Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	35.8	-0.43 (-0.66 to -0.20)	35%	51%	3.28	165
97= , down 3 places since 2023	Tong Leadership Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	35.8	-0.61 (-0.85 to -0.37)	37%	50%	3.15	149
99 , down 7 places since 2023	Corpus Christi Catholic College Leeds · Academy converter	35.7	-0.88 (-1.09 to -0.66)	33%	51%	3.04	173
100 , down 13 places since 2023	North Huddersfield Trust School Huddersfield · Foundation school	35.3	-0.35 (-0.58 to -0.11)	24%	41%	2.92	157

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

Under each rank: the change since the 2023 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2023 result.

Independent schools in West Yorkshire with published 2024 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	41.3	0%	63
Al Mumin Primary and Secondary School Bradford · Other independent school	44.2	50%	10
Brian Jackson College Heckmondwike · Other independent school	0.6	0%	26
Cambridge Street School Batley · Other independent school	20.2	9%	22
Darul Uloom Dawatul Imaan Bradford · Other independent school	57.5	71%	21
Eternal Light Bradford · Other independent school	50.3	59%	27
Gateways School Leeds · Other independent school	47.9	0%	51
Huddersfield Grammar School Huddersfield · Other independent school	62.5	76%	74
Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakaria Bradford · Other independent school	43.5	0%	62
Madni Academy Dewsbury · Other independent school	48.6	37%	27
Queen Elizabeths School Wakefield Wakefield · Other independent school	46.3	0%	116
Rishworth School Sowerby Bridge · Other independent school	31.6	0%	38
The Grammar School At Leeds Leeds · Other independent school	44.4	0%	194
Woodhouse Grove School Bradford · Other independent school	17.8	0%	116

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 2024 was 45.9.

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 2024 archive of the table: each school's 2024 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2024 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 2024: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in West Yorkshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in West Yorkshire with published 2024 GCSE results

More about schools in West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire GCSE results: common questions