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Grammar school league table, 2024/25

Every school in England with a published Attainment 8 score, ranked. Grammar schools by default. The figures are the Department for Education’s; the ordering is ours, and what the measure does and does not tell you is set out below the table.

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All 205 state-funded schools in England with a published Attainment 8 score.

Schools ranked by Attainment 8 for 2024/25
RankSchoolTownAttainment 8
1The Henrietta Barnett SchoolLondon87.3
4The Tiffin Girls' SchoolKingston upon Thames85.3
5Kendrick SchoolReading84.0
10Newstead Wood SchoolOrpington82.8
13Chelmsford County High School for GirlsChelmsford80.7
14Altrincham Grammar School for GirlsAltrincham80.6
15Colchester County High School for GirlsColchester80.6
16Stratford Girls' Grammar SchoolStratford-upon-Avon80.6
17Nonsuch High School for GirlsSutton80.5
18Wallington High School for GirlsWallington80.5
19King Edward VI Camp Hill School for GirlsBirmingham80.4
23Woodford County High SchoolWoodford Green80.1
27Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for GirlsSutton Coldfield79.4
29Dr Challoner's High SchoolAmersham79.1
33St Michael's Catholic Grammar SchoolLondon77.8
39Tonbridge Grammar SchoolTonbridge77.2
42South Wilts Grammar SchoolSalisbury77.0
43Stroud High SchoolStroud76.9
47Beaconsfield High SchoolBeaconsfield75.9
52Westcliff High School for GirlsWestcliff-on-Sea75.6
53Dartford Grammar School for GirlsDartford75.5
54Wolverhampton Girls' High SchoolWolverhampton75.4
55Newport Girls' High School AcademyNewport75.3
57Townley Grammar SchoolBexleyheath75.0
58Southend High School for GirlsSouthend-on-Sea75.0
59Rugby High SchoolRugby74.9
65Aylesbury High SchoolAylesbury74.3
66King Edward VI Handsworth SchoolBirmingham74.2
73Wycombe High SchoolHigh Wycombe73.9
75Devonport High School for GirlsPlymouth73.8
77Loreto Grammar SchoolAltrincham73.7
79Queen Mary's High SchoolWalsall73.5
81Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar SchoolTunbridge Wells73.4
82Lancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolLancaster73.4
86Denmark Road High SchoolGloucester72.9
92Tauheedul Islam Girls' High SchoolBlackburn72.3
93Bournemouth School for GirlsBournemouth72.2
98West Kirby Grammar SchoolWirral71.3
103Highworth Grammar SchoolAshford70.8
104Invicta Grammar SchoolMaidstone70.8
108Weald of Kent Grammar SchoolTonbridge70.0
110Skipton Girls' High SchoolSkipton69.7
112Wirral Grammar School for GirlsWirral69.3
117Kesteven and Grantham Girls' SchoolGrantham68.8
118Torquay Girls' Grammar SchoolTorquay68.6
121Parkstone Grammar SchoolPoole68.5
123The Rochester Grammar SchoolRochester68.4
125Watford Grammar School for GirlsWatford68.2
129Simon Langton Girls' Grammar SchoolCanterbury67.7
130Ribston Hall High SchoolGloucester67.7
139Menorah High School for GirlsLondon66.7
140Wilmington Grammar School for GirlsDartford66.7
141The Grey Coat HospitalLondon66.6
144Maidstone Grammar School for GirlsMaidstone66.4
145Lady Margaret SchoolLondon66.3
148Fort Pitt Grammar SchoolChatham65.9
149Upton Hall School FCJWirral65.6
150Plymouth High School for GirlsPlymouth65.5
169Mayfield Grammar School, GravesendGravesend64.3
170The Camden School for GirlsLondon64.0
171Prendergast SchoolLondon64.0
175Hasmonean High School for GirlsLondon63.7
176The Holt SchoolWokingham63.7
179The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science CollegeBishop's Stortford63.6
184Eden Girls' School, Waltham ForestLondon63.5
186Rosebery SchoolEpsom63.5
190Spalding High SchoolSpalding63.0
197Eden Girls' School, CoventryCoventry62.6
208Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' SchoolUpminster62.2
209Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, BirminghamBirmingham62.1
213Chatham GrammarChatham61.8
214Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective AcademySleaford61.8
223Madani Girls' SchoolLeicester61.4
231Highsted Grammar SchoolSittingbourne61.1
232The St Marylebone CofE SchoolLondon61.0
233St Paul's School for GirlsBirmingham61.0
235Brentwood Ursuline Convent High SchoolBrentwood61.0
236Sacred Heart High SchoolLondon60.9
240Ursuline High School WimbledonLondon60.7
242Glenmoor AcademyBournemouth60.7
250Walthamstow School for GirlsLondon60.0
256Dover Grammar School for GirlsDover59.9
265Clapton Girls' AcademyLondon59.4
269Eden Girls' School, SloughSlough59.4
276The Holy Cross SchoolNew Malden59.2
279Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls SchoolLondon59.0
288Presdales SchoolWare58.9
290St Albans Girls' SchoolSt Albans58.8
291Boston High SchoolBoston58.8
293Didcot Girls' SchoolDidcot58.8
298Queen Elizabeth's Girls' SchoolBarnet58.6
301Bentley Wood High SchoolStanmore58.5
307Harris Girls Academy BromleyBeckenham58.3
312Loreto CollegeSt Albans58.3
317Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, ManchesterManchester58.2
331The Sacred Heart Language CollegeHarrow57.9
332The Folkestone School for GirlsFolkestone57.9
338Hitchin Girls' SchoolHitchin57.8
343Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth FormSurbiton57.5
346Highbury Fields SchoolLondon57.4

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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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