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

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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.

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Grammar school league table, 2024/25