Which school has the best GCSE results in Westminster?

On 2025 Attainment 8, The Grey Coat Hospital tops the table in Westminster with 66.6, 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 Westminster 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 Westminster 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.

Westminster GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

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

Local Authority 11 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Westminster ranked on Attainment 8

11 of 11 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Westminster 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	The Grey Coat Hospital London · Academy converter	66.6	79%	92%	6.39	166
2	Paddington Academy London · Academy sponsor led	61.6	77%	87%	5.90	185
3	The St Marylebone CofE School London · Academy converter	61.0	67%	82%	5.43	164
4	St George's Catholic School London · Academy converter	55.9	62%	77%	5.19	169
5	Pimlico Academy London · Academy sponsor led	54.2	58%	76%	5.19	189
6	Westminster City School London · Academy converter	52.1	50%	73%	4.51	86
7	Ark King Solomon Academy London · Academy sponsor led	51.3	58%	73%	4.79	101
8	Harris Academy St John's Wood London · Academy sponsor led	51.0	57%	73%	4.79	191
9	Marylebone Boys' School London · Free schools	48.6	59%	77%	4.56	122
10	Westminster Academy London · Academy sponsor led	48.3	48%	69%	4.63	188
11	St Augustine's Federated Schools: CE High School London · Voluntary aided school	44.3	37%	54%	3.80	187

Independent schools in Westminster 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
Bales College London · Other independent school	10.6	0%	29
Eifa International School London · Other independent school · 2023 results	3.0	0%	7
Francis Holland School London · Other independent school	51.2	95%	81
Francis Holland School London · Other independent school	12.5	0%	103
Kensington Park School London · Other independent school	20.4	0%	37
London Park School Mayfair and London Park School Sixth London · Other independent school	54.4	61%	69
Maida Vale School Other independent school	28.9	0%	27
Queen's College, London London · Other independent school	28.2	0%	64
Sylvia Young Theatre School Other independent school	25.5	22%	81
Westminster School London · Other independent school	48.6	99%	122
Wetherby Senior School London · Other independent school	18.9	0%	68

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 Westminster on our composite score

Westminster GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Westminster ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Westminster with published GCSE results

More about schools in Westminster

Westminster GCSE results: common questions