The 61 selective state schools in England with a published Attainment 8 score. Ranks are each school's position among all state schools, so the numbers skip where a non-selective school sits between two grammars.
| Rank | School | Town | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Henrietta Barnett School | London | 87.3 |
| 4 | The Tiffin Girls' School | Kingston upon Thames | 85.3 |
| 5 | Kendrick School | Reading | 84.0 |
| 10 | Newstead Wood School | Orpington | 82.8 |
| 13 | Chelmsford County High School for Girls | Chelmsford | 80.7 |
| 14 | Altrincham Grammar School for Girls | Altrincham | 80.6 |
| 15 | Colchester County High School for Girls | Colchester | 80.6 |
| 16 | Stratford Girls' Grammar School | Stratford-upon-Avon | 80.6 |
| 17 | Nonsuch High School for Girls | Sutton | 80.5 |
| 18 | Wallington High School for Girls | Wallington | 80.5 |
| 19 | King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls | Birmingham | 80.4 |
| 23 | Woodford County High School | Woodford Green | 80.1 |
| 27 | Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls | Sutton Coldfield | 79.4 |
| 29 | Dr Challoner's High School | Amersham | 79.1 |
| 33 | St Michael's Catholic Grammar School | London | 77.8 |
| 39 | Tonbridge Grammar School | Tonbridge | 77.2 |
| 42 | South Wilts Grammar School | Salisbury | 77.0 |
| 43 | Stroud High School | Stroud | 76.9 |
| 47 | Beaconsfield High School | Beaconsfield | 75.9 |
| 52 | Westcliff High School for Girls | Westcliff-on-Sea | 75.6 |
| 53 | Dartford Grammar School for Girls | Dartford | 75.5 |
| 54 | Wolverhampton Girls' High School | Wolverhampton | 75.4 |
| 55 | Newport Girls' High School Academy | Newport | 75.3 |
| 57 | Townley Grammar School | Bexleyheath | 75.0 |
| 58 | Southend High School for Girls | Southend-on-Sea | 75.0 |
| 59 | Rugby High School | Rugby | 74.9 |
| 65 | Aylesbury High School | Aylesbury | 74.3 |
| 66 | King Edward VI Handsworth School | Birmingham | 74.2 |
| 73 | Wycombe High School | High Wycombe | 73.9 |
| 75 | Devonport High School for Girls | Plymouth | 73.8 |
| 77 | Loreto Grammar School | Altrincham | 73.7 |
| 79 | Queen Mary's High School | Walsall | 73.5 |
| 81 | Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School | Tunbridge Wells | 73.4 |
| 82 | Lancaster Girls' Grammar School | Lancaster | 73.4 |
| 86 | Denmark Road High School | Gloucester | 72.9 |
| 93 | Bournemouth School for Girls | Bournemouth | 72.2 |
| 98 | West Kirby Grammar School | Wirral | 71.3 |
| 103 | Highworth Grammar School | Ashford | 70.8 |
| 104 | Invicta Grammar School | Maidstone | 70.8 |
| 108 | Weald of Kent Grammar School | Tonbridge | 70.0 |
| 110 | Skipton Girls' High School | Skipton | 69.7 |
| 112 | Wirral Grammar School for Girls | Wirral | 69.3 |
| 117 | Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School | Grantham | 68.8 |
| 118 | Torquay Girls' Grammar School | Torquay | 68.6 |
| 121 | Parkstone Grammar School | Poole | 68.5 |
| 123 | The Rochester Grammar School | Rochester | 68.4 |
| 129 | Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School | Canterbury | 67.7 |
| 130 | Ribston Hall High School | Gloucester | 67.7 |
| 140 | Wilmington Grammar School for Girls | Dartford | 66.7 |
| 144 | Maidstone Grammar School for Girls | Maidstone | 66.4 |
| 148 | Fort Pitt Grammar School | Chatham | 65.9 |
| 149 | Upton Hall School FCJ | Wirral | 65.6 |
| 150 | Plymouth High School for Girls | Plymouth | 65.5 |
| 169 | Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend | Gravesend | 64.3 |
| 190 | Spalding High School | Spalding | 63.0 |
| 213 | Chatham Grammar | Chatham | 61.8 |
| 214 | Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy | Sleaford | 61.8 |
| 231 | Highsted Grammar School | Sittingbourne | 61.1 |
| 256 | Dover Grammar School for Girls | Dover | 59.9 |
| 291 | Boston High School | Boston | 58.8 |
| 332 | The Folkestone School for Girls | Folkestone | 57.9 |
What this table does not tell you
Attainment 8 is the average GCSE result across eight subjects. It measures the results pupils got, not what the school added. A grammar school admits children who already passed a selective test at eleven, so a high score here substantially reflects the intake rather than the teaching. That is the single most important thing to hold in mind when reading any 11+ league table, including this one.
Progress 8, which does try to measure what a school adds, cannot be calculated for this cohort: they never sat Key Stage 2 tests, cancelled in 2020 and 2021, so there is no starting point to measure from. It returns for 2026/27.
Data: Compare school and college performance data in England, Department for Education, 2024/25, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ranks calculated by PlusProgress over the 3,278 state-funded schools with a published score; DfE publishes the scores and not a ranking. 198 schools have no published score for this year and are excluded rather than counted as zero. Source data.
Common questions
What is Attainment 8?
It is a school’s average GCSE result across eight subjects, including English and maths counted double. It describes the results pupils achieved, not how much progress the school added, so a school that selects its intake on ability will tend to score highly whoever teaches there.
Why is Progress 8 not shown?
Because it does not exist for this cohort. Progress 8 compares GCSE results with the same children’s Key Stage 2 results, and those tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline for pupils sitting GCSEs in 2025 or 2026. It returns for 2026/27. Any Progress 8 figure published now belongs to an earlier year and different children.
Where does this rank come from?
We calculated it. The Department for Education publishes the scores and does not publish a ranking. We order state-funded schools by Attainment 8 for 2024/25, so a rank here is out of 3,278 schools.
Why are some schools missing?
198 schools have no published Attainment 8 for this year, usually because the cohort was too small to publish without identifying pupils, or because no pupils were entered. They are left out of the ranking rather than counted as zero.
Should I choose a school on this table?
Not on its own. A high Attainment 8 at a selective school mostly tells you the school selects. Whether a school suits your child, and whether you can realistically get a place, are different questions, and the entrance test and catchment usually decide the second one.
Getting in is the harder question
A place at any of these depends on the entrance test and, usually, on where you live. Both are on the school’s own page here, and the practice that prepares for the test is in the format that school actually sets.