Grammar school league table 2024/25 by Attainment 8

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All 357 schools in the DfE file with a published score, independent schools included. Independent schools are shown but are not ranked, because the rank is over state-funded schools.

Schools ranked by Attainment 8 for 2024/25
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
not ranked	Wimbledon High School GDSTindependent		81.0
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
not ranked	Cheltenham Ladies' Collegeindependent	Cheltenham	78.2
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
not ranked	Manchester High School for Girlsindependent	Manchester	73.7
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
not ranked	St Helen's Schoolindependent	Northwood	73.0
86	Denmark Road High School	Gloucester	72.9
92	Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School	Blackburn	72.3
93	Bournemouth School for Girls	Bournemouth	72.2
not ranked	St Helen and St Katharineindependent	Abingdon	71.8
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
not ranked	Northwood College for Girls GDSTindependent	Northwood	69.9
not ranked	Nottingham Girls' High School GDSTindependent		69.8
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
125	Watford Grammar School for Girls	Watford	68.2
not ranked	Alderley Edge School for Girlsindependent	Alderley Edge	68.1
129	Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School	Canterbury	67.7
130	Ribston Hall High School	Gloucester	67.7
not ranked	The Queen's Schoolindependent	Chester	67.4
not ranked	Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Hudaindependent	Blackburn	67.2
139	Menorah High School for Girls	London	66.7
not ranked	Al-Burhan Grammar Schoolindependent	Birmingham	66.7
140	Wilmington Grammar School for Girls	Dartford	66.7
141	The Grey Coat Hospital	London	66.6
not ranked	Notre Dame Schoolindependent		66.6
not ranked	St Mary's School for Girlsindependent	Colchester	66.5
144	Maidstone Grammar School for Girls	Maidstone	66.4
145	Lady Margaret School	London	66.3
not ranked	Royal Masonic School for Girlsindependent	Rickmansworth	66.2
148	Fort Pitt Grammar School	Chatham	65.9
149	Upton Hall School FCJ	Wirral	65.6
not ranked	Shrewsbury High School GDSTindependent		65.6
150	Plymouth High School for Girls	Plymouth	65.5
not ranked	Islamia School for Girls'independent	London	65.2
not ranked	Manchester Islamic Grammar School for Girlsindependent	Manchester	64.3
169	Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend	Gravesend	64.3
170	The Camden School for Girls	London	64.0
171	Prendergast School	London	64.0
175	Hasmonean High School for Girls	London	63.7
not ranked	Farnborough Hillindependent	Farnborough	63.7
176	The Holt School	Wokingham	63.7
179	The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College	Bishop's Stortford	63.6
184	Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest	London	63.5
not ranked	Mayfield Schoolindependent	Mayfield	63.5
186	Rosebery School	Epsom	63.5
190	Spalding High School	Spalding	63.0
not ranked	Al-Madani Girls Schoolindependent	Slough	62.7
197	Eden Girls' School, Coventry	Coventry	62.6
not ranked	Tiferes High Schoolindependent	London	62.5
not ranked	Brighton Girls GDSTindependent		62.5
not ranked	Ayesha Siddiqa Girls Schoolindependent	Southall	62.3
208	Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School	Upminster	62.2
not ranked	Thornton Collegeindependent	Milton Keynes	62.2
209	Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham	Birmingham	62.1
not ranked	Bnos Zion of Bobovindependent		61.9
213	Chatham Grammar	Chatham	61.8
214	Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy	Sleaford	61.8
not ranked	Wakefield Girls' High Schoolindependent	Wakefield	61.7
not ranked	Tayyibah Girls' Schoolindependent	London	61.6
not ranked	Green Oak Academyindependent	Birmingham	61.5
223	Madani Girls' School	Leicester	61.4
not ranked	Talbot Heath Schoolindependent	Bournemouth	61.3
231	Highsted Grammar School	Sittingbourne	61.1
232	The St Marylebone CofE School	London	61.0
233	St Paul's School for Girls	Birmingham	61.0
235	Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School	Brentwood	61.0
236	Sacred Heart High School	London	60.9
240	Ursuline High School Wimbledon	London	60.7
242	Glenmoor Academy	Bournemouth	60.7
not ranked	The Maynard Schoolindependent	Exeter	60.5
250	Walthamstow School for Girls	London	60.0
256	Dover Grammar School for Girls	Dover	59.9
not ranked	St Augustine's Prioryindependent	London	59.7
265	Clapton Girls' Academy	London	59.4
269	Eden Girls' School, Slough	Slough	59.4
276	The Holy Cross School	New Malden	59.2
279	Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School	London	59.0
288	Presdales School	Ware	58.9
290	St Albans Girls' School	St Albans	58.8
291	Boston High School	Boston	58.8
293	Didcot Girls' School	Didcot	58.8
298	Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School	Barnet	58.6
301	Bentley Wood High School	Stanmore	58.5
307	Harris Girls Academy Bromley	Beckenham	58.3
312	Loreto College	St Albans	58.3
317	Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester	Manchester	58.2
not ranked	St Nicholas' Schoolindependent	Fleet	58.1
331	The Sacred Heart Language College	Harrow	57.9
332	The Folkestone School for Girls	Folkestone	57.9
338	Hitchin Girls' School	Hitchin	57.8
343	Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form	Surbiton	57.5
346	Highbury Fields School	London	57.4
347	Coloma Convent Girls' School	Croydon	57.4
353	E-Act Montpelier High School	Bristol	57.3
358	St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls	Carshalton	57.2
360	Parliament Hill School	London	57.1
361	Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College	London	57.1
372	Archbishop Blanch CofE High School	Liverpool	57.0
373	Hayesfield Girls School	Bath	57.0
not ranked	St Francis Collegeindependent	Letchworth Garden City	56.9
not ranked	James Allen's Girls' Schoolindependent	London	56.8
380	King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls	Birmingham	56.8
382	Sarah Bonnell School	London	56.7
not ranked	Madani Secondary Girls' Schoolindependent	London	56.6
387	Kings Norton Girls' School	Birmingham	56.6
not ranked	Jameah Academyindependent	Leicester	56.6
390	The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls	London	56.5
395	Plashet School	London	56.4
401	Bullers Wood School	Chislehurst	56.3
403	Gumley House RC Convent School, FCJ	Isleworth	56.3
410	Preston Muslim Girls High School	Preston	56.2
413	The Ursuline Academy Ilford	Ilford	56.1
not ranked	St Catherine's Schoolindependent	UK	56.1
425	Swakeleys School for Girls	Uxbridge	55.9
432	Langley Park School for Girls	Beckenham	55.8
435	Grays Convent High School	Grays	55.7
not ranked	Rida Girls High Schoolindependent	West Yorkshire	55.6
442	St Anne's Catholic School	Southampton	55.6
443	Newlands Girls' School	Maidenhead	55.6
446	Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College	Sandbach	55.6
not ranked	Al Risalah Secondary Schoolindependent	London	55.3
465	Coombe Girls' School	New Malden	55.3
468	Mulberry School for Girls	London	55.2
not ranked	Bolton School Girls' Divisionindependent	Bolton	55.2
not ranked	Al-Mahad Al-Islamiindependent	South Yorkshire	55.2
473	St Ursula's Convent School	London	55.1
475	St Catherine's Catholic School	Bexleyheath	55.1
496	St Bernard's High School	Westcliff-on-Sea	54.9
not ranked	Al-Ashraf Secondary School for Girlsindependent	Gloucester	54.9
498	Northampton School for Girls	Northampton	54.9
504	Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy	Bradford	54.8
511	Bolton Muslim Girls School	Bolton	54.7
515	Harris Academy Bermondsey	London	54.6
528	St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls	London	54.4
533	Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich	London	54.3
534	Central Foundation Girls' School	London	54.3
not ranked	Jamia Al-Hudaa Residential Collegeindependent	Nottingham	54.3
543	Ricards Lodge High School	London	54.2
554	St Angela's Ursuline School	London	54.1
not ranked	Westwood Highindependent	Oldham	54.1
577	The Belvedere Academy	Liverpool	53.8
not ranked	Beth Jacob Grammar School for Girlsindependent	London	53.6
not ranked	Eden Springs Girls Secondaryindependent		53.3
not ranked	Bolton Islamic Girls Schoolindependent	Bolton	53.1
646	Penwortham Girls' High School	Preston	52.9
not ranked	Al-Khair Secondary Girlsindependent		52.8
656	Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School	London	52.7
657	St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School	London	52.7
658	Fairfield High School for Girls	Manchester	52.7
not ranked	Ateres Girls High Schoolindependent	Gateshead	52.7
not ranked	Quwwat Ul Islam Girls' Schoolindependent	London	52.6
672	Sir Jonathan North Girls' College	Leicester	52.6
678	The Green School for Girls	Isleworth	52.5
680	Levenshulme High School	Manchester	52.5
687	Carshalton High School for Girls	Carshalton	52.4
688	Selly Park Girls' School	Birmingham	52.4
not ranked	Westfield Schoolindependent	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	52.4
695	Eltham Hill School	London	52.3
712	Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre	Birmingham	52.1
713	Whalley Range 11-18 High School	Manchester	52.1
716	Sacred Heart Catholic High School	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	52.1
719	Davison Church of England High School for Girls, Worthing	Worthing	52.1
723	Enfield County School for Girls	Enfield	52.0
not ranked	Manor House Schoolindependent	Leatherhead	52.0
743	Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School	Hatfield	51.9
754	Reading Girls' School	Reading	51.8
not ranked	St Mary's Schoolindependent	cambridge	51.8
not ranked	Lady Nafisa Schoolindependent		51.7
762	Baylis Court School	Slough	51.7
not ranked	Adcote School for Girlsindependent	Shrewsbury	51.7
778	Millais School	Horsham	51.6
790	The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls	Romford	51.4
not ranked	Francis Holland Schoolindependent	London	51.2
not ranked	Madrasatul Imam Muhammad Zakariyaindependent	Bolton	51.2
not ranked	Hazrat Khadijatul Kubra Girls Schoolindependent	Birmingham	51.1
845	Sydenham School	London	50.8
863	St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy	Sunderland	50.7
872	Brentford School for Girls	Brentford	50.6
873	Connaught School for Girls	London	50.6
876	Greenbank High School	Southport	50.6
not ranked	Al Madina School for Girlsindependent	Barking	50.5
890	Birkenhead High School Academy	Prenton	50.5
not ranked	St Teresa's Schoolindependent	Dorking	50.4
912	Chislehurst School for Girls	Chislehurst	50.3
925	Swanshurst School	Birmingham	50.2
not ranked	Olive Highindependent		50.2
942	Beverley High School	Beverley	50.1
943	Challney High School for Girls	Luton	50.1
not ranked	Edenfield Girls' High Schoolindependent		50.1
972	Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form	Birmingham	49.8
not ranked	City of London School for Girlsindependent	London	49.7
987	Hornsey School for Girls	London	49.7
not ranked	Madni Academyindependent	Dewsbury	49.7
1031	Burntwood School	London	49.4
not ranked	Noorul Uloomindependent		49.4
1049	Beis Yaakov High School	Salford	49.3
not ranked	Jamea Al Kautharindependent	Lancaster	49.3
1087	Dartford Science & Technology College	Dartford	49.1
not ranked	Sydenham High School, GDSTindependent		49.0
1112	Bronte Girls' Academy	Bradford	48.9
1121	La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School	London	48.8
not ranked	Withington Girls' Schoolindependent	Manchester	48.8
1135	Hodge Hill Girls' School	Birmingham	48.7
1161	La Sainte Union Catholic Secondary School	London	48.5
not ranked	St Albans High School for Girlsindependent		48.5
not ranked	Rochdale Islamic Academyindependent		48.3
1192	Flixton Girls School	Manchester	48.3
1236	King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy	Birmingham	48.0
1240	Hillview School for Girls	Tonbridge	48.0
not ranked	South Hampstead High School GDSTindependent	London	47.9
1290	Nottingham Girls' Academy	Nottingham	47.7
not ranked	Leicester High School for Girlsindependent		47.6
1309	Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls	Thamesmead	47.5
1326	Copthall School	London	47.4
1344	Bellerive FCJ Catholic College	Liverpool	47.3
not ranked	Palmers Green High Schoolindependent		47.2
1359	Holly Lodge Girls' College	Liverpool	47.2
not ranked	Queenswood Schoolindependent	Hatfield	47.2
not ranked	St Margaret's Schoolindependent	London	47.1
1403	St Julie's Catholic High School	Liverpool	46.9
1405	Batley Girls' High School	Batley	46.9
not ranked	Putney High School GDSTindependent		46.8
not ranked	Excellence Girls Academyindependent	Stoke-on-Trent	46.8
1436	Southfield School for Girls	Kettering	46.8
not ranked	Truro High Schoolindependent	Truro	46.6
1503	Norbury High School for Girls	Thornton Heath	46.4
1579	King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls	Birmingham	46.0
1648	Windsor Girls' School	Windsor	45.7
not ranked	St Swithunsindependent		45.2
1805	Bradford Girls' Grammar School	Bradford	44.8
1816	Saint Claudine's Catholic School for Girls	London	44.7
not ranked	King Edward VI High School for Girlsindependent	Birmingham	44.6
not ranked	Newcastle High School for Girls GDSTindependent		44.3
1908	Rainham School for Girls	Gillingham	44.3
1924	Newland School for Girls	Hull	44.2
1944	Blackfen School for Girls	Sidcup	44.1
not ranked	Tiferesindependent	Salford	43.8
not ranked	Sapience Girls Academyindependent	Oldham	43.7
2080	Notre Dame RC School	Plymouth	43.3
2088	Belle Vue Girls' Academy	Bradford	43.2
2129	Northfleet School for Girls	Gravesend	43.0
2150	Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School	London	42.8
not ranked	More House Schoolindependent	Knightsbridge	42.5
not ranked	Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakariaindependent	Bradford	42.2
2299	Weatherhead High School	Wallasey	41.9
not ranked	Bury Park Educational Institute (Al - Hikmah Secondary School)independent	LUTON	41.0
not ranked	Blackheath High School GDSTindependent		40.8
not ranked	The Godolphin and Latymer Schoolindependent	London	40.6
not ranked	Lady Eleanor Holles Schoolindependent	Hampton	40.0
2583	Lubavitch House School (Senior Girls)	London	39.9
not ranked	Haberdashers' Girls' Schoolindependent	Borehamwood	39.9
not ranked	Edgbaston High School for Girlsindependent	Birmingham	39.7
not ranked	Al Islah Girls' High Schoolindependent	BLACKBURN	39.6
not ranked	Streatham & Clapham High School GDSTindependent		39.5
2664	St John Bosco Arts College	Croxteth	39.4
not ranked	St James Senior Girls' Schoolindependent		39.2
2690	Broughton Hall Catholic High School	Liverpool	39.2
not ranked	Sutton High School GDSTindependent		39.1
not ranked	Burgess Hill Girlsindependent	Burgess Hill	39.0
2723	Prenton High School for Girls	Birkenhead	38.9
not ranked	Northampton High School GDSTindependent		38.5
not ranked	St Mary's Schoolindependent	Gerrards Cross	37.6
not ranked	Norwich High School for Girls GDSTindependent		36.7
not ranked	Al-Zahra Schoolindependent		36.5
not ranked	Queen Anne's Schoolindependent	Reading	36.0
not ranked	St George's Schoolindependent		35.8
not ranked	Prior's Field Schoolindependent	Godalming	35.8
not ranked	Al Kauthar Girls Academyindependent	Leeds	35.4
not ranked	Beis Chinuch Lebonos Girls Schoolindependent	London	34.3
not ranked	Sherborne School for Girlsindependent	Sherborne	34.3
not ranked	Pipers Corner Schoolindependent	High Wycombe	33.9
not ranked	St Mary's School Ascotindependent	Ascot	33.9
not ranked	Bnos Yisroel School Manchesterindependent	Salford	33.8
not ranked	Bromley High School GDSTindependent	Bromley	32.8
not ranked	Headington Rye Oxfordindependent	Oxford	32.6
not ranked	Woldingham Schoolindependent	Caterham	31.6
not ranked	Manchester Senior Girls Schoolindependent	Salford	31.1
not ranked	Heathfield Schoolindependent	Ascot	30.6
3228	Walderslade School	Chatham	29.9
not ranked	Redmaids' High Schoolindependent	Bristol	28.8
not ranked	Queen's College, Londonindependent	London	28.2
not ranked	The Abbey School Readingindependent	Reading	27.6
not ranked	Queen Mary's Schoolindependent	Thirsk	26.8
not ranked	Tudor Hall Schoolindependent	Banbury	26.6
not ranked	Merchant Taylors' Girls' Schoolindependent	Liverpool	24.8
not ranked	Beis Malka Girls' Schoolindependent	LONDON	24.6
not ranked	Godolphin Schoolindependent		24.6
not ranked	Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schoolsindependent	Salford	23.4
not ranked	Vishnitz Girls Schoolindependent		23.3
not ranked	Croydon High Schoolindependent	South Croydon	23.2
not ranked	St Paul's Girls' Schoolindependent	London	22.6
not ranked	Badminton Schoolindependent	Bristol	22.2
not ranked	Guildford High Schoolindependent	Guildford	22.1
not ranked	Sir William Perkins's Schoolindependent		21.4
not ranked	Sheffield High School GDSTindependent	Sheffield	20.7
not ranked	Iqra Academyindependent	Peterborough	20.1
not ranked	Benenden Schoolindependent	Cranbrook	20.0
not ranked	North London Collegiate Schoolindependent	Middlesex	19.9
not ranked	Oxford High School GDSTindependent	Oxford	19.4
not ranked	Shiras Devorah High Schoolindependent		18.9
not ranked	Downe Houseindependent	Thatcham	18.6
not ranked	Beis Malka Girls schoolindependent	Salford	18.0
not ranked	Beis Trana Girls' Schoolindependent	London	17.9
not ranked	Loughborough High Schoolindependent		17.7
not ranked	Notting Hill & Ealing High School GDSTindependent		17.5
not ranked	Royal High School GDSTindependent		17.1
not ranked	St Catherine's Schoolindependent	Guildford	16.9
not ranked	King's High Schoolindependent	Warwickshire	16.6
not ranked	Roedean Schoolindependent	Brighton	16.5
not ranked	Channing Schoolindependent	Highgate	16.0
not ranked	Queen's Gate Schoolindependent	London	15.1
not ranked	Tormead Schoolindependent	Guildford	14.9
not ranked	Bedford Girls' Schoolindependent	Bedford	14.2
not ranked	Wycombe Abbeyindependent	High Wycombe	13.8
not ranked	Francis Holland Schoolindependent	London	12.5
not ranked	Portsmouth High School GDSTindependent		12.4
not ranked	Beis Ruchel Girls Schoolindependent		4.5

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.

Which schools am I in catchment for?Try a sample question

Grammar school league table, 2024/25