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

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

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

Yorkshire GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

100 state secondary schools in 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. 45 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

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

Region 296 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Yorkshire ranked on Attainment 8

100 of 296 schools have published 2023 results; the top 100 are shown here. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in 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	Mercia School Sheffield · Free schools	70.1	+2.24 (1.98 to 2.50)	90%	97%	6.97	118
3 , down 1 place since 2022	Ripon Grammar School Ripon · Community school	69.8	+0.77 (0.51 to 1.03)	92%	98%	6.55	122
4	The Crossley Heath School Halifax · Academy converter	69.3	+0.34 (0.12 to 0.55)	93%	98%	6.63	180
5	Skipton Girls' High School Skipton · Academy converter	68.7	+0.62 (0.38 to 0.86)	90%	98%	6.46	139
6	The North Halifax Grammar School Halifax · Academy converter	67.9	+0.13 (-0.08 to 0.35)	93%	100%	6.14	179
7 , down 4 places since 2022	Ermysted's Grammar School Skipton · Voluntary aided school	64.8	+0.49 (0.23 to 0.75)	86%	94%	6.23	115
8 , up 15 places since 2022	High Storrs School Sheffield · Academy converter	60.3	+0.79 (0.61 to 0.97)	77%	92%	5.59	243
9 , down 1 place since 2022	St Francis Xavier School Richmond · Academy converter	59.7	+0.79 (0.53 to 1.06)	61%	87%	5.15	114
10 , up 2 places since 2022	St Aidan's Church of England High School Harrogate · Academy converter	59.4	+0.53 (0.35 to 0.70)	71%	88%	5.40	277
11 , down 1 place since 2022	Fulford School York · Academy converter	58.6	+0.67 (0.49 to 0.85)	68%	88%	5.37	240
12 , up 18 places since 2022	The Morley Academy Leeds · Academy converter	58.2	+0.83 (0.66 to 1.00)	65%	83%	5.21	279
13 , up 3 places since 2022	Horsforth School Leeds · Academy converter	57.6	+0.74 (0.56 to 0.93)	64%	82%	5.20	222
14 , up 12 places since 2022	St. Mary's Menston Ilkley · Academy converter	57.2	+0.56 (0.36 to 0.76)	67%	85%	5.20	202
15 , up 28 places since 2022	Allerton High School Leeds · Community school	57.1	+0.64 (0.45 to 0.83)	75%	86%	5.20	218
16 , down 6 places since 2022	Harrogate Grammar School Harrogate · Academy converter	57.0	+0.48 (0.30 to 0.65)	67%	86%	5.33	284
17= , down 10 places since 2022	Silverdale School Sheffield · Academy converter	56.6	+0.64 (0.46 to 0.83)	64%	81%	5.11	236
17= , down 3 places since 2022	Tapton School & Sixth Form Sheffield · Academy converter	56.6	+0.71 (0.53 to 0.88)	67%	80%	5.27	263
19 , up 71 places since 2022	St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy Hull · Academy converter	56.0	+0.73 (0.58 to 0.89)	58%	74%	5.10	333
20 , down 5 places since 2022	Penistone Grammar School Sheffield · Community school	55.8	+0.46 (0.30 to 0.62)	66%	83%	4.77	317
21= , down 4 places 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
21= , up 17 places since 2022	Beverley High School Beverley · Community school	55.6	+0.33 (0.10 to 0.56)	61%	82%	5.17	148
23 , up 2 places since 2022	Notre Dame High School Sheffield · Academy converter	55.4	+0.45 (0.26 to 0.64)	58%	84%	4.95	210
24 , up 10 places since 2022	Holmfirth High School Holmfirth · Community school	55.3	+0.74 (0.56 to 0.91)	66%	84%	4.65	261
25 , down 2 places 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
26 , down 13 places since 2022	Dixons Trinity Academy Bradford · Free schools	54.9	+0.77 (0.51 to 1.03)	58%	77%	4.91	120
27 , down 8 places since 2022	Boston Spa Academy Wetherby · Academy converter	54.8	+0.50 (0.30 to 0.70)	67%	82%	4.76	200
28 , down 8 places since 2022	Lift Kingswood Hull · Academy sponsor led	54.7	+0.39 (0.20 to 0.59)	60%	76%	4.68	212
29 , 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
30 , down 10 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
31 , up 1 place since 2022	King Ecgbert School Sheffield · Academy converter	54.0	+0.58 (0.38 to 0.78)	68%	81%	4.88	194
32 , up 4 places since 2022	Archbishop Holgate's School York · Academy converter	53.7	+0.50 (0.33 to 0.67)	52%	78%	4.81	292
33	St John Fisher Catholic Academy Harrogate · Academy converter	53.5	+0.17 (-0.03 to 0.37)	54%	74%	4.95	207
34 , down 26 places since 2022	Ilkley Grammar School Ilkley · Academy converter	53.3	+0.38 (0.21 to 0.54)	57%	76%	4.67	297
35 , up 8 places since 2022	Ryedale School York · Academy converter	53.1	+0.38 (0.15 to 0.61)	57%	73%	5.04	149
36 , up 13 places since 2022	Sherburn High School Leeds · Academy converter	52.9	+0.17 (-0.05 to 0.40)	57%	75%	4.57	150
37 , down 6 places since 2022	Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy Bradford · Academy converter	52.8	+0.59 (0.34 to 0.85)	44%	70%	4.85	129
38 , up 42 places since 2022	Wingfield Academy Rotherham · Academy converter	52.6	+0.68 (0.48 to 0.89)	53%	72%	4.25	181
39 , down 13 places since 2022	Dixons Kings Academy Bradford · Free schools	52.3	+0.48 (0.26 to 0.70)	59%	74%	4.89	167
40= , down 11 places since 2022	Tadcaster Grammar School Tadcaster · Academy converter	52.2	+0.33 (0.15 to 0.51)	58%	78%	4.47	248
40= , down 12 places since 2022	The Hayfield School Doncaster · Academy converter	52.2	+0.45 (0.25 to 0.64)	64%	78%	4.13	205
42 , down 3 places since 2022	Guiseley School Leeds · Foundation school	52.0	+0.20 (0.01 to 0.39)	60%	76%	4.71	218
43= , up 12 places since 2022	Roundhay School Leeds · Community school	51.8	+0.33 (0.17 to 0.49)	63%	79%	4.62	296
43= , up 9 places since 2022	South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College North Ferriby · Academy converter	51.8	+0.37 (0.22 to 0.52)	57%	78%	4.61	343
43= , up 2 places since 2022	Stokesley School Stokesley · Academy converter	51.8	+0.10 (-0.10 to 0.30)	53%	75%	4.66	197
46= , up 1 place since 2022	Beverley Grammar School Beverley · Academy converter	51.7	+0.14 (-0.09 to 0.37)	62%	78%	4.54	143
46= , up 13 places since 2022	Bradford Girls' Grammar School Bradford · Free schools	51.7	+0.27 (0.00 to 0.54)	53%	70%	4.70	113
48 , up 27 places since 2022	Hungerhill School Doncaster · Academy converter	51.6	+0.39 (0.20 to 0.58)	53%	77%	4.68	217
49 , up 34 places since 2022	Honley High School Holmfirth · Academy converter	51.5	+0.27 (0.09 to 0.44)	49%	81%	4.53	253
50 , 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
51 , up 10 places since 2022	Salendine Nook High School Huddersfield · Academy converter	51.3	+0.27 (0.10 to 0.44)	51%	75%	4.61	271
52 , down 17 places since 2022	Beckfoot School Bingley · Academy converter	51.2	+0.24 (0.07 to 0.41)	60%	79%	4.29	268
53= , up 58 places since 2022	Manor Croft Academy Dewsbury · Academy sponsor led	51.1	+0.38 (0.17 to 0.60)	61%	79%	4.35	173
53= , up 8 places since 2022	Woldgate School and Sixth Form College York · Academy converter	51.1	+0.35 (0.15 to 0.55)	57%	76%	4.69	195
55 , up 85 places since 2022	Oulton Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	51.0	+0.52 (0.30 to 0.73)	56%	72%	4.33	172
56= , down 8 places since 2022	Garforth Academy Leeds · Academy converter	50.7	+0.26 (0.10 to 0.43)	59%	77%	4.75	297
56= , up 27 places since 2022	Kirk Balk Academy Barnsley · Academy sponsor led	50.7	+0.17 (0.00 to 0.35)	59%	71%	4.54	262
56= , down 14 places since 2022	Shelley College Huddersfield · Academy converter	50.7	+0.57 (0.43 to 0.72)	55%	75%	4.71	359
59 , down 7 places since 2022	The Farnley Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	50.5	+0.72 (0.55 to 0.88)	56%	77%	4.36	281
60 , up 71 places since 2022	Trinity Academy Cathedral Wakefield · Academy converter	50.4	+0.74 (0.53 to 0.94)	46%	69%	4.24	190
61= , down 25 places since 2022	Hull Trinity House Academy Hull · Academy converter	50.2	-0.05 (-0.30 to 0.21)	47%	71%	4.33	123
61= , up 50 places since 2022	King Edward VII School Sheffield · Community school	50.2	+0.01 (-0.18 to 0.21)	52%	75%	4.67	222
61= , down 16 places since 2022	Wath Academy Rotherham · Academy sponsor led	50.2	+0.39 (0.22 to 0.55)	49%	69%	4.07	298
64= , up 80 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
64= , up 37 places since 2022	Ron Dearing UTC Hull · University technical college	50.1	-0.20 (-0.42 to 0.03)	59%	80%	3.51	162
66= , up 2 places since 2022	Bruntcliffe Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	50.0	+0.66 (0.44 to 0.87)	48%	72%	4.40	180
66= , down 1 place since 2022	Kettlethorpe High School Wakefield · Community school	50.0	+0.21 (0.06 to 0.37)	57%	74%	4.79	320
68 , up 7 places since 2022	Millthorpe School York · Academy converter	49.9	-0.11 (-0.30 to 0.09)	50%	70%	4.26	209
69= , up 8 places since 2022	Darton Academy Barnsley · Academy sponsor led	49.8	+0.35 (0.16 to 0.53)	55%	75%	4.29	229
69= , up 11 places since 2022	Horbury Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	49.8	+0.29 (0.09 to 0.49)	54%	73%	4.13	198
69= , up 2 places since 2022	Horizon Community College Barnsley · Academy converter	49.8	+0.34 (0.20 to 0.49)	48%	69%	4.38	387
72= , down 50 places since 2022	Outwood Academy Easingwold York · Academy sponsor led	49.7	+0.61 (0.33 to 0.89)	57%	75%	4.60	97
72= , up 94 places since 2022	Sir Thomas Wharton Academy Doncaster · Academy converter	49.7	+0.07 (-0.15 to 0.30)	54%	66%	4.06	161
74 , up 9 places since 2022	Hall Cross Academy Doncaster · Academy converter	49.6	+0.48 (0.31 to 0.66)	49%	71%	3.70	267
75 , up 14 places since 2022	Lady Lumley's Academy Pickering · Academy sponsor led	49.5	+0.06 (-0.17 to 0.28)	52%	75%	4.37	149
76 , up 10 places since 2022	Outwood Grange Academy Wakefield · Academy sponsor led	49.4	+0.06 (-0.09 to 0.21)	56%	76%	4.34	359
77 , down 22 places since 2022	Castleford Academy Castleford · Academy converter	49.3	+0.53 (0.37 to 0.70)	48%	71%	4.10	277
78= , up 25 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
78= , down 5 places since 2022	St Bernard's Catholic High School Rotherham · Academy converter	49.0	+0.12 (-0.11 to 0.36)	49%	75%	4.04	142
78= , down 7 places since 2022	The Mirfield Free Grammar Mirfield · Academy converter	49.0	-0.03 (-0.22 to 0.16)	57%	71%	4.23	216
81 , up 30 places since 2022	The Ruth Gorse Academy Leeds · Free schools	48.8	+0.92 (0.74 to 1.10)	47%	69%	4.40	258
82= , down 32 places since 2022	Wetherby High School Wetherby · Foundation school	48.7	+0.19 (-0.06 to 0.45)	52%	72%	4.70	133
82= , down 41 places since 2022	Woodkirk Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	48.7	+0.19 (0.03 to 0.35)	51%	69%	4.42	302
84=	Dixons Trinity Chapeltown Leeds · Free schools	48.6	+0.73 (0.45 to 1.01)	50%	66%	4.52	109
84= , down 44 places since 2022	Huntington School York · Community school	48.6	+0.10 (-0.08 to 0.29)	50%	69%	4.51	236
86 , up 15 places since 2022	Brayton Academy Selby · Academy sponsor led	48.5	+0.69 (0.42 to 0.97)	48%	73%	4.46	102
87 , up 8 places since 2022	Goole Academy Goole · Academy converter	48.4	+0.58 (0.38 to 0.78)	53%	67%	4.06	197
88= , down 22 places since 2022	Manor Church of England Academy York · Academy converter	48.3	-0.04 (-0.23 to 0.15)	53%	72%	4.28	226
88= , down 37 places since 2022	Wickersley School and Sports College Rotherham · Academy converter	48.3	-0.38 (-0.53 to -0.23)	52%	70%	4.04	346
90= , up 1 place since 2022	Forge Valley School & Sixth Form Sheffield · Academy sponsor led	48.2	-0.12 (-0.31 to 0.06)	54%	72%	4.25	236
90= , down 22 places since 2022	King James's School Huddersfield · Academy converter	48.2	-0.12 (-0.32 to 0.08)	52%	71%	4.50	191
92= , down 38 places since 2022	BBG Academy Birkenshaw · Academy sponsor led	48.1	+0.14 (-0.06 to 0.33)	49%	74%	4.26	198
92= , up 43 places since 2022	Cockburn School Leeds · Academy converter	48.1	+0.61 (0.42 to 0.79)	49%	68%	3.81	221
94 , up 1 place since 2022	Moor End Academy Huddersfield · Academy converter	48.0	+0.78 (0.58 to 0.98)	45%	66%	4.02	198
95 , up 104 places since 2022	Trinity Academy Halifax Halifax · Academy sponsor led	47.9	+0.30 (0.14 to 0.46)	37%	67%	4.20	294
96= , up 30 places since 2022	All Saints' Catholic High School Sheffield · Academy converter	47.8	+0.19 (-0.01 to 0.38)	45%	68%	4.44	208
96= , up 11 places since 2022	Batley Girls' High School Batley · Academy converter	47.8	+0.42 (0.23 to 0.61)	43%	65%	4.32	214
96= , down 37 places since 2022	Richmond School & Sixth Form College Richmond · Academy converter	47.8	+0.20 (0.00 to 0.40)	45%	68%	4.33	202
99= , up 18 places since 2022	Dixons McMillan Academy Bradford · Free schools	47.7	-0.14 (-0.39 to 0.12)	55%	74%	4.48	121
99= , up 29 places since 2022	Scalby Academy Scarborough · Academy converter	47.7	+0.44 (0.23 to 0.64)	58%	75%	4.35	191

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.

GCSE results by local authority in Yorkshire

This page shows the top 100 of 296 schools across Yorkshire. Each local authority has its own full table.

Independent schools in 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-Mahad Al-Islami South Yorkshire · Other independent school	33.5	43%	21
Al Mumin Primary and Secondary School Bradford · Other independent school	43.7	53%	15
Ampleforth College York · Other independent school	20.7	0%	70
Ashville College Harrogate · Other independent school	52.7	51%	88
Bethany School Sheffield · Other independent school	56.4	60%	10
Birkdale School Sheffield · Other independent school	69.1	96%	69
Bootham School York · Other independent school	33.1	0%	81
Bradford Christian School Bradford · Other independent school	34.1	50%	8
Bradford Grammar School Other independent school	27.9	1%	111
Brian Jackson College Heckmondwike · Other independent school	0.9	0%	37
Cambridge Street School Batley · Other independent school	27.4	15%	27
Cundall Manor School Other independent school	55.6	70%	33
Darul Uloom Dawatul Imaan Bradford · Other independent school	60.5	73%	15
Duchy College Harrogate · Other independent school	42.4	75%	53
Eden Springs Girls Secondary Other independent school	57.1	59%	22
Eternal Light Bradford · Other independent school	51.1	63%	24
Fyling Hall School Whitby · Other independent school	37.7	38%	32
Gateways School Leeds · Other independent school	46.1	0%	23
Giggleswick School Settle · Other independent school	39.4	37%	59
Hill House School South Yorkshire · Other independent school	36.4	0%	75
Hipperholme Grammar School Other independent school	56.6	78%	41
Huddersfield Grammar School Huddersfield · Other independent school	60.2	66%	67
Hymers College Other independent school	37.6	0%	130
Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakaria Bradford · Other independent school	43.6	0%	59
Madni Academy Dewsbury · Other independent school	47.3	39%	28
OneSchool Global York Campus York · Other independent school	22.9	20%	25
Pocklington School York · Other independent school	31.7	0%	90
Queen Elizabeths School Wakefield Wakefield · Other independent school	47.5	0%	120
Queen Ethelburga's College York · Other independent school	40.5	39%	67
Queen Ethelburga's Prep School York · Other independent school	64.3	85%	62
Queen Mary's School Thirsk · Other independent school	59.2	75%	32
Read School Selby · Other independent school	47.9	62%	34
Rida Girls High School West Yorkshire · Other independent school	62.8	92%	12
Rishworth School Sowerby Bridge · Other independent school	29.4	0%	48
Scarborough College Scarborough · Other independent school	39.1	0%	72
Sheffield High School GDST Sheffield · Other independent school	19.0	0%	99
Silcoates School West Yorkshire · Other independent school	35.9	0%	48
St Peter's School 2-18 York · Other independent school	25.5	0%	114
The Fountain School Bradford · Other independent school	55.4	60%	10
The Grammar School At Leeds Leeds · Other independent school	44.6	0%	231
The Mount School (York) York · Other independent school	46.9	62%	21
Tranby Hull · Other independent school	43.6	0%	52
Westbourne School Sheffield · Other independent school	62.9	83%	47
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 Yorkshire GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Yorkshire on our composite score

Yorkshire GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Yorkshire ranked on Attainment 8

GCSE results by local authority in Yorkshire

Independent schools in Yorkshire with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in Yorkshire

Yorkshire GCSE results: common questions