SchoolScoresBest non-selective state schools in England for GCSEs
How this list works. Ranked by the percentage of pupils achieving grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE, averaged over up to the last three years and weighted by the number of pupils each year. Years with fewer than 10 pupils don't count. Inspection outcomes are shown but aren't part of the ranking. Full methodology.
| # | School | Grade 5+ in English and maths |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michaela Community School Brent · Ofsted: Outstanding (2017), confirmed 2023 · about 118 pupils a year | 95% |
| 2 | Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School Blackburn · Girls only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · about 125 pupils a year | 92% |
| 3 | Dame Alice Owen's School Potters Bar · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 202 pupils a year | 89% |
| 4 | Menorah High School for Girls Barnet · Girls only · Ofsted: Good (2019), improved significantly 2024 · about 59 pupils a year | 87% |
| 5 | Watford Grammar School for Boys Watford · Boys only · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 6 exceptional, 1 strong · about 224 pupils a year | 86% |
| 6 | Mercia School Sheffield · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 136 pupils a year | 86% |
| 7 | Watford Grammar School for Girls Watford · Girls only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · about 208 pupils a year | 83% |
| 8 | St Clement Danes School Rickmansworth · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · about 238 pupils a year | 83% |
| 9 | Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School Blackburn · Boys only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · about 130 pupils a year | 83% |
| 10 | Gunnersbury Catholic School Brentford · Boys only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 179 pupils a year | 83% |
| 11 | Ada Lovelace CofE High School Ealing · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 146 pupils a year | 82% |
| 12 | Lady Margaret School Hammersmith and Fulham · Girls only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 119 pupils a year | 82% |
| 13 | St Andrew's Catholic School Leatherhead · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024, before conversion) · about 238 pupils a year | 82% |
| 14 | Ashcroft Technology Academy Wandsworth · Ofsted: Report card 2025: 5 exceptional, 2 strong · about 227 pupils a year | 81% |
| 15 | Glenmoor Academy Bournemouth · Girls only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2019), confirmed 2024 · about 172 pupils a year | 81% |
| 16 | Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School Brentwood · Girls only · Ofsted: Good (2023) · about 168 pupils a year | 81% |
| 17 | The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School Kensington and Chelsea · Boys only · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 4 exceptional, 3 strong · about 125 pupils a year | 81% |
| 18 | Parmiter's School Watford · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · about 208 pupils a year | 80% |
| 19 | Jfs Harrow · Ofsted: Good (2022) · about 293 pupils a year | 80% |
| 20 | Alexandra Park School Haringey · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 225 pupils a year | 80% |
| 21 | Avanti House School Stanmore · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · about 182 pupils a year | 80% |
| 22 | Sandringham School St Albans · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · about 239 pupils a year | 80% |
| 23 | The Grey Coat Hospital Westminster · Girls only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · about 164 pupils a year | 80% |
| 24 | Orleans Park School Twickenham · Ofsted: Outstanding (2017), confirmed 2023 · about 217 pupils a year | 79% |
| 25 | Twyford CofE High School Ealing · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 190 pupils a year | 79% |
| 26 | Gordon's School Woking · Boarding · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · about 127 pupils a year | 79% |
| 27 | Eden Boys' School, Birmingham Birmingham · Boys only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2018), confirmed 2024 · about 120 pupils a year | 79% |
| 28 | The London Oratory School Hammersmith and Fulham · Boys only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · about 183 pupils a year | 79% |
| 29 | St Bede's Inter-Church School Cambridge · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · about 181 pupils a year | 79% |
| 30 | Weydon School Farnham · Ofsted: Good (2023) · about 325 pupils a year | 78% |
| 31 | St George's School Harpenden · Boarding · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · about 200 pupils a year | 78% |
| 32 | Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham Birmingham · Girls only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · about 91 pupils a year | 78% |
| 33 | Grey Court School Richmond · Ofsted: Outstanding (2018), confirmed 2024 · about 237 pupils a year | 78% |
| 34 | The Holt School Wokingham · Girls only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 235 pupils a year | 78% |
| 35 | Rosebery School Epsom · Girls only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2017), confirmed 2023 · about 234 pupils a year | 78% |
| 36 | Rickmansworth School Rickmansworth · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 223 pupils a year | 78% |
| 37 | Ark Greenwich Free School Greenwich · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 106 pupils a year | 78% |
| 38 | Waldegrave School Twickenham · Ofsted: Outstanding (2018), confirmed 2024 · about 214 pupils a year | 78% |
| 39 | The West Bridgford School Nottingham · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · about 266 pupils a year | 78% |
| 40 | Ealing Fields CofE High School Ealing · Ofsted: No graded inspection · about 128 pupils a year | 77% |
| 41 | Finchley Catholic High School Barnet · Boys only · Ofsted: Good (2013), confirmed 2023 · about 176 pupils a year | 77% |
| 42 | The Camden School for Girls Camden · Girls only · Ofsted: Good (2022) · about 117 pupils a year | 77% |
| 43 | Nishkam School West London Osterley · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · about 115 pupils a year | 77% |
| 44 | Ark Bolingbroke Academy Wandsworth · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · about 112 pupils a year | 77% |
| 45 | Seven Kings School Ilford · Ofsted: Outstanding (2018), improved significantly 2025 · about 177 pupils a year | 77% |
| 46 | Salesian School, Chertsey Chertsey · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · about 276 pupils a year | 77% |
| 47 | Heathside School Weybridge · Ofsted: Good (2013, before conversion), confirmed, may be improving 2023 · about 207 pupils a year | 77% |
| 48 | The Charter School North Dulwich Southwark · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 2 exceptional, 5 strong · about 182 pupils a year | 77% |
| 49 | High Storrs School Sheffield · Ofsted: Good (2013, before conversion), confirmed 2022 · about 240 pupils a year | 77% |
| 50 | Richard Challoner School New Malden · Boys only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · about 156 pupils a year | 76% |
| 51 | Graveney School Wandsworth · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · about 281 pupils a year | 76% |
| 52 | St Peter's Catholic School Guildford · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · about 210 pupils a year | 76% |
| 53 | Northampton School for Boys Northampton · Boys only · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · about 219 pupils a year | 76% |
| 54 | Wren Academy Finchley Barnet · Ofsted: Outstanding (2018), confirmed 2025 · about 181 pupils a year | 76% |
| 55 | West London Free School Hammersmith and Fulham · Ofsted: Good (2022) · about 131 pupils a year | 76% |
| 56 | JCoSS New Barnet · Ofsted: Good (2022) · about 196 pupils a year | 76% |
| 57 | Hinchley Wood School Esher · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 218 pupils a year | 76% |
| 58 | Hasmonean High School for Girls Barnet · Girls only · Ofsted: Good (2023) · about 85 pupils a year | 76% |
| 59 | The Kingston Academy Kingston upon Thames · Ofsted: Outstanding (2018), confirmed 2024 · about 188 pupils a year | 76% |
| 60 | Kings Priory School North Shields · Ofsted: Good (2015), confirmed 2024 · about 128 pupils a year | 76% |
| 61 | Chesterton Community College Cambridge · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · about 195 pupils a year | 75% |
| 62 | St Mark's Catholic School Hounslow · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · about 185 pupils a year | 75% |
| 63 | St Paul's School for Girls Birmingham · Girls only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2017), confirmed 2023 · about 164 pupils a year | 75% |
| 64 | Hasmonean High School for Boys Barnet · Boys only · Ofsted: Good (2023) · about 102 pupils a year | 75% |
| 65 | Harris Academy Sutton Sutton · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 207 pupils a year | 75% |
| 66 | Balcarras School Cheltenham · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · about 202 pupils a year | 75% |
| 67 | St Michael's CofE High School Chorley · Ofsted: Good (2022) · about 225 pupils a year | 75% |
| 68 | The Hertfordshire and Essex High School and Science College Bishop's Stortford · Girls only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 183 pupils a year | 75% |
| 69 | Glenthorne High School Sutton · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 2 exceptional, 5 strong · about 262 pupils a year | 75% |
| 70 | Ashmole Academy Barnet · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 7 strong · about 259 pupils a year | 75% |
| 71 | Sir John Lawes School Harpenden · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 197 pupils a year | 75% |
| 72 | Eden Girls' School, Coventry Coventry · Girls only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2017), confirmed 2023 · about 117 pupils a year | 75% |
| 73 | The Coopers' Company and Coborn School Upminster · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 5 strong, 2 expected · about 204 pupils a year | 74% |
| 74 | Wembley High Technology College North Wembley · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · about 242 pupils a year | 74% |
| 75 | The King's (The Cathedral) School Peterborough · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · about 158 pupils a year | 74% |
| 76 | Eden Girls' School, Slough Slough · Girls only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2018), confirmed 2024 · about 122 pupils a year | 74% |
| 77 | The Westgate School Winchester · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 241 pupils a year | 74% |
| 78 | Winton Academy Bournemouth · Boys only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2018), confirmed 2024 · about 184 pupils a year | 74% |
| 79 | Parkside Community College Cambridge · Ofsted: Outstanding (2017), confirmed 2023 · about 122 pupils a year | 74% |
| 80 | Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy Hackney · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 159 pupils a year | 74% |
| 81 | Roundwood Park School Harpenden · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 200 pupils a year | 74% |
| 82 | St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School Greenwich · Ofsted: Good (2022) · about 126 pupils a year | 74% |
| 83 | Thornden School Eastleigh · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 1 exceptional, 5 strong · about 290 pupils a year | 74% |
| 84 | The St Thomas the Apostle College Southwark · Boys only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2018), confirmed 2024 · about 159 pupils a year | 74% |
| 85 | The Holy Cross School New Malden · Girls only · Ofsted: Good (2022) · about 151 pupils a year | 74% |
| 86 | Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull Solihull · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · about 278 pupils a year | 74% |
| 87 | Allerton High School Leeds · Ofsted: Outstanding (2018), confirmed 2024 · about 222 pupils a year | 74% |
| 88 | Rushcliffe Spencer Academy Nottingham · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · about 314 pupils a year | 73% |
| 89 | Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East Birmingham · Boys only · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 119 pupils a year | 73% |
| 90 | The Totteridge Academy Barnet · Ofsted: Report card 2025: 5 exceptional, 2 strong · about 153 pupils a year | 73% |
| 91 | Paddington Academy Westminster · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 181 pupils a year | 73% |
| 92 | Yavneh College Borehamwood · Ofsted: Good (2023) · about 160 pupils a year | 73% |
| 93 | St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School Richmond upon Thames · Ofsted: Outstanding (2019, before conversion), confirmed 2024 · about 157 pupils a year | 73% |
| 94 | St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking Woking · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · about 239 pupils a year | 73% |
| 95 | Madani Girls' School Leicester · Girls only · Ofsted: Good (2022) · about 73 pupils a year | 73% |
| 96 | Hockerill Anglo-European College Bishop's Stortford · Boarding · Ofsted: Good (2022) · about 132 pupils a year | 72% |
| 97 | St Paul's Catholic College Sunbury-on-Thames · Ofsted: Outstanding (2017, before conversion), confirmed 2024 · about 206 pupils a year | 72% |
| 98 | Redland Green School Bristol · Ofsted: Good (2023) · about 236 pupils a year | 72% |
| 99 | Mossbourne Community Academy Hackney · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 3 exceptional, 2 strong, 2 expected · about 208 pupils a year | 72% |
| 100 | Cheadle Hulme High School Cheadle · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · about 267 pupils a year | 72% |
Source: DfE school performance tables to 2025; DfE Get Information about Schools for school details and boarding; Ofsted inspection data. All England lists.
Page updated 26 September 2026.