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

On 2024 Attainment 8, Heckmondwike Grammar School topped the table in 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 Yorkshire GCSE results?

This page is the 2024 archive (the 2023/24 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 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.

Yorkshire GCSE results 2024: secondary school league table

100 state secondary schools in 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. 46 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2024 archive of the table. See the latest Yorkshire GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Region 296 state secondary schools 2023/24 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Yorkshire ranked on Attainment 8

100 of 296 schools have published 2024 results; the top 100 are shown here. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/24.

Secondary schools in 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 , up 2 places since 2023	The Crossley Heath School Halifax · Academy converter	72.6	+0.49 (0.27 to 0.71)	93%	100%	6.93	179
3 , down 1 place since 2023	Mercia School Sheffield · Free schools	69.4	+2.09 (1.83 to 2.35)	86%	96%	6.91	118
4 , down 1 place since 2023	Ripon Grammar School Ripon · Community school	69.1	+0.72 (0.45 to 0.99)	92%	98%	6.48	129
5 , up 1 place since 2023	The North Halifax Grammar School Halifax · Academy converter	68.4	+0.18 (-0.03 to 0.39)	93%	99%	6.13	180
6 , down 1 place since 2023	Skipton Girls' High School Skipton · Academy converter	66.9	+0.45 (0.18 to 0.71)	89%	97%	6.26	112
7	Ermysted's Grammar School Skipton · Voluntary aided school	65.9	+0.59 (0.34 to 0.85)	86%	97%	6.30	120
8	High Storrs School Sheffield · Academy converter	61.1	+0.87 (0.69 to 1.06)	78%	89%	5.81	239
9 , up 16 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
10 , up 1 place since 2023	Fulford School York · Academy converter	58.9	+0.54 (0.37 to 0.71)	71%	85%	5.33	268
11 , up 10 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
12 , up 5 places since 2023	Tapton School & Sixth Form Sheffield · Academy converter	58.4	+0.54 (0.38 to 0.71)	71%	84%	5.39	286
13 , up 2 places since 2023	Allerton High School Leeds · Community school	58.3	+0.89 (0.70 to 1.09)	77%	88%	5.47	222
14= , up 3 places since 2023	Silverdale School Sheffield · Academy converter	57.9	+0.58 (0.39 to 0.77)	69%	81%	5.13	230
14= , down 4 places since 2023	St Aidan's Church of England High School Harrogate · Academy converter	57.9	+0.72 (0.54 to 0.90)	73%	86%	5.24	253
14= , up 19 places since 2023	St John Fisher Catholic Academy Harrogate · Academy converter	57.9	+0.59 (0.41 to 0.78)	69%	82%	4.93	223
17 , up 6 places since 2023	Notre Dame High School Sheffield · Academy converter	57.4	+0.69 (0.49 to 0.88)	67%	84%	5.18	213
18= , up 16 places since 2023	Ilkley Grammar School Ilkley · Academy converter	56.5	+0.54 (0.38 to 0.69)	64%	79%	4.93	321
18= , down 4 places since 2023	St. Mary's Menston Ilkley · Academy converter	56.5	+0.41 (0.21 to 0.61)	66%	83%	5.21	199
20= , up 11 places since 2023	King Ecgbert School Sheffield · Academy converter	56.4	+0.81 (0.62 to 1.01)	66%	78%	5.06	204
20= , down 11 places since 2023	St Francis Xavier School Richmond · Academy converter	56.4	+1.01 (0.75 to 1.26)	53%	84%	5.03	115
22 , up 21 places since 2023	Roundhay School Leeds · Community school	56.3	+0.72 (0.55 to 0.88)	68%	83%	5.18	299
23 , down 7 places since 2023	Harrogate Grammar School Harrogate · Academy converter	56.1	+0.44 (0.27 to 0.61)	62%	82%	5.26	288
24 , down 11 places since 2023	Horsforth School Leeds · Academy converter	55.8	+0.40 (0.21 to 0.58)	64%	86%	5.17	225
25 , down 5 places since 2023	Penistone Grammar School Sheffield · Community school	55.4	+0.33 (0.17 to 0.49)	67%	82%	5.03	310
26 , 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
27 , 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
28	All Saints Catholic School York York · Academy converter	54.4	+0.52 (0.32 to 0.72)	62%	79%	4.59	209
29 , down 10 places since 2023	St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy Hull · Academy converter	54.2	+0.63 (0.47 to 0.78)	59%	82%	5.10	354
30 , down 3 places since 2023	Boston Spa Academy Wetherby · Academy converter	54.1	+0.56 (0.36 to 0.75)	64%	76%	5.20	218
31 , down 19 places since 2023	The Morley Academy Leeds · Academy converter	53.8	+0.56 (0.39 to 0.73)	56%	81%	5.13	291
32= , up 7 places since 2023	Dixons Kings Academy Bradford · Free schools	53.4	+0.54 (0.32 to 0.76)	57%	74%	4.97	169
32= , down 2 places 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
34 , up 54 places since 2023	Manor Church of England Academy York · Academy converter	53.1	+0.27 (0.09 to 0.46)	59%	75%	4.52	226
35 , down 7 places since 2023	Lift Kingswood Hull · Academy sponsor led	52.6	+0.24 (0.05 to 0.42)	54%	73%	4.73	233
36= , up 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
36= , up 148 places since 2023	Leeds Jewish Free School Leeds · Free schools	52.4	+0.45 (-0.12 to 1.01)	55%	90%	4.48	31
36= , up 7 places since 2023	Stokesley School Stokesley · Academy converter	52.4	+0.15 (-0.05 to 0.35)	61%	79%	4.70	195
39= , up 53 places since 2023	BBG Academy Birkenshaw · Academy sponsor led	52.1	+0.48 (0.28 to 0.67)	61%	77%	4.76	199
39= , up 25 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
39= , up 17 places since 2023	Shelley College Huddersfield · Academy converter	52.1	+0.56 (0.41 to 0.71)	61%	80%	4.96	357
42= , down 13 places since 2023	Dixons City Academy Bradford · Academy sponsor led	51.8	+0.33 (0.11 to 0.55)	50%	71%	4.78	175
42= , up 36 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
42= , up 30 places since 2023	Outwood Academy Easingwold York · Academy sponsor led	51.8	+0.55 (0.30 to 0.80)	60%	78%	4.76	131
45 , down 5 places since 2023	Tadcaster Grammar School Tadcaster · Academy converter	51.7	+0.27 (0.10 to 0.44)	55%	77%	4.39	263
46= , up 40 places since 2023	Brayton Academy Selby · Academy sponsor led	51.4	+0.59 (0.36 to 0.82)	68%	79%	4.84	149
46= , down 3 places since 2023	South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College North Ferriby · Academy converter	51.4	+0.38 (0.23 to 0.52)	58%	79%	4.65	375
48=	Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford Bradford · Free schools	51.3	+0.15 (-0.11 to 0.42)	63%	80%	4.55	113
48= , up 1 place since 2023	Honley High School Holmfirth · Academy converter	51.3	+0.28 (0.11 to 0.46)	65%	76%	4.57	254
48= , down 12 places since 2023	Sherburn High School Leeds · Academy converter	51.3	+0.51 (0.27 to 0.75)	59%	74%	4.30	133
51=	Bronte Girls' Academy Bradford · Free schools	51.2	+0.21 (-0.04 to 0.46)	58%	76%	4.69	127
51= , down 11 places since 2023	The Hayfield School Doncaster · Academy converter	51.2	+0.63 (0.43 to 0.82)	57%	75%	4.01	204
53= , down 5 places since 2023	Hungerhill School Doncaster · Academy converter	51.1	+0.41 (0.22 to 0.60)	54%	77%	4.78	218
53= , up 46 places since 2023	Scalby Academy Scarborough · Academy converter	51.1	+0.55 (0.35 to 0.76)	65%	78%	4.63	189
55 , down 20 places since 2023	Ryedale School York · Academy converter	51.0	+0.32 (0.08 to 0.55)	49%	71%	4.72	143
56 , down 3 places since 2023	Woldgate School and Sixth Form College York · Academy converter	50.8	+0.35 (0.15 to 0.55)	59%	75%	4.63	201
57 , up 7 places since 2023	Ron Dearing UTC Hull · University technical college	50.7	+0.10 (-0.10 to 0.30)	62%	78%	3.61	195
58= , up 43 places since 2023	Carr Manor Community School Leeds · Foundation school	50.5	+0.56 (0.36 to 0.77)	55%	69%	4.51	199
58= , down 2 places since 2023	Garforth Academy Leeds · Academy converter	50.5	+0.34 (0.18 to 0.51)	67%	82%	4.82	298
60= , down 8 places since 2023	Beckfoot School Bingley · Academy converter	50.4	+0.42 (0.25 to 0.60)	55%	74%	4.64	267
60= , up 21 places since 2023	The Ruth Gorse Academy Leeds · Free schools	50.4	+0.99 (0.81 to 1.17)	50%	73%	4.81	255
62 , down 16 places since 2023	Beverley Grammar School Beverley · Academy converter	50.3	+0.13 (-0.11 to 0.37)	53%	78%	4.55	139
63 , down 2 places since 2023	Hull Trinity House Academy Hull · Academy converter	50.2	+0.14 (-0.14 to 0.42)	59%	77%	4.65	100
64= , down 32 places since 2023	Archbishop Holgate's School York · Academy converter	50.1	+0.24 (0.07 to 0.40)	54%	73%	4.53	301
64= , up 73 places since 2023	Dixons Cottingley Academy Bingley · Academy sponsor led	50.1	+0.65 (0.43 to 0.87)	54%	75%	4.54	179
66 , up 59 places since 2023	Crofton Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	50.0	+0.26 (0.07 to 0.46)	57%	74%	4.35	206
67= , up 7 places since 2023	Hall Cross Academy Doncaster · Academy converter	49.9	+0.55 (0.39 to 0.72)	51%	74%	3.91	293
67= , down 16 places since 2023	Salendine Nook High School Huddersfield · Academy converter	49.9	+0.21 (0.04 to 0.38)	52%	76%	4.57	277
69 , up 13 places since 2023	Woodkirk Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	49.8	+0.15 (-0.01 to 0.31)	57%	77%	4.73	307
70 , up 5 places since 2023	Lady Lumley's Academy Pickering · Academy sponsor led	49.6	+0.30 (0.08 to 0.53)	61%	78%	4.30	153
71 , down 10 places since 2023	Wath Academy Rotherham · Academy sponsor led	49.5	+0.10 (-0.05 to 0.26)	49%	69%	4.16	318
72= , down 30 places since 2023	Guiseley School Leeds · Foundation school	49.4	-0.04 (-0.23 to 0.16)	52%	77%	4.40	214
72= , down 4 places since 2023	Millthorpe School York · Academy converter	49.4	+0.23 (0.03 to 0.42)	54%	71%	4.35	209
72= , up 4 places since 2023	Outwood Grange Academy Wakefield · Academy sponsor led	49.4	-0.13 (-0.29 to 0.02)	59%	79%	4.34	348
75 , down 16 places since 2023	The Farnley Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	49.3	+0.53 (0.36 to 0.69)	52%	73%	4.52	297
76 , up 6 places since 2023	Wetherby High School Wetherby · Foundation school	49.2	+0.29 (0.04 to 0.54)	52%	73%	4.69	124
77 , down 56 places since 2023	Beverley High School Beverley · Community school	49.1	+0.14 (-0.09 to 0.37)	55%	71%	4.47	146
78 , down 28 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
79= , up 30 places since 2023	Bingley Grammar School Bingley · Voluntary aided school	48.9	-0.03 (-0.19 to 0.12)	52%	69%	4.29	326
79= , down 10 places since 2023	Darton Academy Barnsley · Academy sponsor led	48.9	+0.37 (0.19 to 0.55)	54%	73%	4.39	251
79= , down 10 places since 2023	Horbury Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	48.9	+0.32 (0.13 to 0.50)	52%	71%	4.21	228
79= , up 5 places since 2023	Huntington School York · Community school	48.9	+0.06 (-0.12 to 0.25)	47%	72%	4.41	234
79= , down 18 places since 2023	King Edward VII School Sheffield · Community school	48.9	-0.12 (-0.31 to 0.08)	54%	69%	4.46	220
79= , up 9 places since 2023	Wickersley School and Sports College Rotherham · Academy converter	48.9	+0.02 (-0.12 to 0.17)	51%	73%	4.40	358
85 , up 33 places since 2023	St Augustine's Catholic School Scarborough · Academy converter	48.8	+0.22 (-0.04 to 0.48)	58%	81%	4.31	118
86 , up 23 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
87 , down 10 places since 2023	Castleford Academy Castleford · Academy converter	48.6	+0.41 (0.25 to 0.58)	51%	67%	4.16	301
88 , up 16 places since 2023	Don Valley Academy Doncaster · Academy converter	48.5	+0.42 (0.21 to 0.62)	52%	74%	4.32	189
89 , up 3 places since 2023	Cockburn School Leeds · Academy converter	48.4	+0.72 (0.53 to 0.90)	54%	68%	4.05	228
90= , up 34 places since 2023	Rastrick High School Brighouse · Academy converter	48.3	+0.06 (-0.09 to 0.21)	54%	72%	4.15	348
90= , down 12 places since 2023	St Bernard's Catholic High School Rotherham · Academy converter	48.3	+0.32 (0.09 to 0.55)	49%	68%	3.95	151
92= , down 26 places since 2023	Bruntcliffe Academy Leeds · Academy sponsor led	48.2	+0.34 (0.16 to 0.53)	50%	72%	4.25	247
92= , up 57 places since 2023	Rossington All Saints Academy Doncaster · Academy sponsor led	48.2	+0.08 (-0.13 to 0.30)	55%	72%	4.36	167
94 , up 40 places since 2023	Doncaster UTC Doncaster · University technical college	48.1	+0.03 (-0.20 to 0.25)	37%	65%	3.64	156
95= , up 32 places since 2023	Rodillian Academy Wakefield · Academy converter	48.0	+0.24 (0.08 to 0.40)	54%	73%	4.48	292
95= , down 57 places since 2023	Wingfield Academy Rotherham · Academy converter	48.0	+0.42 (0.21 to 0.64)	51%	67%	3.80	170
97= , up 83 places since 2023	Barlby High School Selby · Academy converter	47.8	-0.03 (-0.29 to 0.22)	45%	73%	4.45	120
97= , 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
97= , down 13 places since 2023	Dixons Trinity Chapeltown Leeds · Free schools	47.8	+0.52 (0.25 to 0.79)	46%	68%	4.50	110
97= , down 44 places since 2023	Manor Croft Academy Dewsbury · Academy sponsor led	47.8	+0.25 (0.04 to 0.45)	49%	69%	4.19	198

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.

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 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-Mahad Al-Islami South Yorkshire · Other independent school	43.0	56%	18
Al Mumin Primary and Secondary School Bradford · Other independent school	44.2	50%	10
Ampleforth College York · Other independent school	17.5	0%	85
Ashville College Harrogate · Other independent school	27.1	29%	155
Beacon Lights Schools Halifax · Other independent school	17.6	0%	11
Bethany School Sheffield · Other independent school	43.5	38%	8
Birkdale School Sheffield · Other independent school	56.0	0%	73
Bootham School York · Other independent school	31.6	0%	81
Bradford Christian School Bradford · Other independent school	50.3	56%	18
Bradford Grammar School Other independent school	27.5	0%	134
Brian Jackson College Heckmondwike · Other independent school	0.6	0%	26
Cambridge Street School Batley · Other independent school	20.2	9%	22
Cundall Manor School Other independent school	50.8	62%	39
Darul Uloom Dawatul Imaan Bradford · Other independent school	57.5	71%	21
Duchy College Harrogate · Other independent school	32.8	40%	68
Eden Springs Girls Secondary Other independent school	54.3	40%	15
Eternal Light Bradford · Other independent school	50.3	59%	27
Fyling Hall School Whitby · Other independent school	38.6	32%	28
Gateways School Leeds · Other independent school	47.9	0%	51
Giggleswick School Settle · Other independent school	37.3	0%	67
Hill House School South Yorkshire · Other independent school	28.4	0%	68
Hipperholme Grammar School Other independent school	48.9	61%	28
Huddersfield Grammar School Huddersfield · Other independent school	62.5	76%	74
Hymers College Other independent school	38.4	0%	112
Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakaria Bradford · Other independent school	43.5	0%	62
Madni Academy Dewsbury · Other independent school	48.6	37%	27
OneSchool Global York Campus York · Other independent school	55.0	53%	15
Pocklington School York · Other independent school	34.9	0%	90
Queen Elizabeths School Wakefield Wakefield · Other independent school	46.3	0%	116
Queen Ethelburga's College York · Other independent school	38.7	15%	79
Queen Ethelburga's Prep School York · Other independent school	57.5	26%	74
Queen Mary's School Thirsk · Other independent school	64.4	65%	17
Read School Selby · Other independent school	49.0	46%	39
Rida Girls High School West Yorkshire · Other independent school	60.0	82%	28
Rishworth School Sowerby Bridge · Other independent school	31.6	0%	38
Scarborough College Scarborough · Other independent school	37.0	0%	83
Sheffield High School GDST Sheffield · Other independent school	20.4	0%	113
Silcoates School West Yorkshire · Other independent school	36.8	0%	50
St Peter's School 2-18 York · Other independent school	26.4	0%	121
The Fountain School Bradford · Other independent school	59.4	63%	8
The Grammar School At Leeds Leeds · Other independent school	44.4	0%	194
The Mount School (York) York · Other independent school	48.8	47%	32
Tranby Hull · Other independent school	40.4	0%	61
Westbourne School Sheffield · Other independent school	59.6	72%	57
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 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 2024: 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 2024 GCSE results

More about schools in Yorkshire

Yorkshire GCSE results: common questions