GCSE progress

Progress 8 league table 2024: the 100 schools where pupils progress most

Secondary schools in England ranked by Progress 8, how far pupils’ GCSE results beat those of pupils nationally with the same primary school (KS2) results, for 2023/24.

Rank	School	Council	Progress 8	Attainment 8	Pupils
1	Michaela Community School	Brent	+2.56	79.2	116
2	Mercia School	Sheffield	+2.09	69.4	118
3	Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School	Blackburn with Darwen	+2.05	70.8	126
4	Eden Boys' School, Birmingham	Birmingham	+1.58	63.7	120
5	Menorah High School for Girls	Barnet	+1.58	69.0	65
6	The Steiner Academy Hereford	Herefordshire, County of	+1.57	46.6	29
7	Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy	Hackney	+1.54	65.2	162
8	Eden Girls' School, Coventry	Coventry	+1.52	61.2	120
9	Mossbourne Community Academy	Hackney	+1.47	64.0	206
10	The St Thomas the Apostle College	Southwark	+1.45	60.5	161
11	Ark Greenwich Free School	Greenwich	+1.43	63.6	107
12	Wembley High Technology College	Brent	+1.43	65.1	208
13	Ada Lovelace Church of England High School	Ealing	+1.40	67.0	124
14	St Mark's Catholic School	Hounslow	+1.35	64.7	185
15	Ashcroft Technology Academy	Wandsworth	+1.34	65.6	235
16	Altrincham Grammar School for Boys	Trafford	+1.32	79.9	182
17	The Totteridge Academy	Barnet	+1.32	60.4	135
18	Ealing Fields Church of England High School	Ealing	+1.30	65.9	125
19	St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School	Bromley	+1.27	85.8	126
20	Wilson's School	Sutton	+1.27	85.6	190
21	Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School	Blackburn with Darwen	+1.26	62.3	124
22	Sacred Heart Catholic School	Southwark	+1.24	58.1	125
23	St Paul's School for Girls	Birmingham	+1.23	65.1	163
24	Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet	Barnet	+1.22	86.6	188
25	Hasmonean High School for Girls	Barnet	+1.21	62.1	85
26	King Edward VI School	Warwickshire	+1.21	81.7	90
27	Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester	Manchester	+1.20	53.1	124
28	Ark King Solomon Academy	Westminster	+1.18	59.6	89
29	Dr Challoner's Grammar School	Buckinghamshire	+1.18	77.5	186
30	Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham	Birmingham	+1.18	61.7	123
31	JFS	Brent	+1.16	63.7	274
32	Sutton Grammar School	Sutton	+1.16	82.6	135
33	The Kingston Academy	Kingston upon Thames	+1.16	62.1	176
34	Eden Girls' School, Slough	Slough	+1.15	61.8	124
35	Glenmoor Academy	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	+1.14	60.4	166
36	Madani Girls' School	Leicester	+1.14	61.2	63
37	Hethersett Academy	Norfolk	+1.13	58.2	208
38	St Peter's Catholic School	Surrey	+1.13	63.6	209
39	The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe	Buckinghamshire	+1.13	75.1	202
40	Seven Kings School	Redbridge	+1.12	64.1	176
41	Bedford Free School	Bedford	+1.11	52.7	98
42	Dartford Grammar School	Kent	+1.11	78.4	184
43	Dr Challoner's High School	Buckinghamshire	+1.11	78.2	180
44	King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford	Essex	+1.11	83.7	150
45	Avanti House School	Harrow	+1.10	66.6	183
46	The King's School, Grantham	Lincolnshire	+1.10	70.7	173
47	Colchester Royal Grammar School	Essex	+1.09	83.4	124
48	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys	Birmingham	+1.09	83.3	119
49	The Henrietta Barnett School	Barnet	+1.09	86.4	104
50	Loxford School	Redbridge	+1.08	56.9	291
51	Twyford Church of England High School	Ealing	+1.08	63.5	196
52	Kendrick School	Reading	+1.07	84.4	97
53	Stratford Girls' Grammar School	Warwickshire	+1.07	79.9	120
54	Bolton Muslim Girls School	Bolton	+1.06	57.3	122
55	Loreto Grammar School	Trafford	+1.06	76.3	157
56	Preston Muslim Girls High School	Lancashire	+1.06	59.1	109
57	Sandringham School	Hertfordshire	+1.06	64.6	240
58	The Tiffin Girls' School	Kingston upon Thames	+1.06	84.8	180
59	Bishopshalt School	Hillingdon	+1.05	58.7	184
60	Chesterton Community College	Cambridgeshire	+1.05	62.4	196
61	Forest Gate Community School	Newham	+1.05	57.3	264
62	Newstead Wood School	Bromley	+1.05	80.2	159
63	Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls	Birmingham	+1.05	80.9	179
64	Ark Bolingbroke Academy	Wandsworth	+1.04	61.3	115
65	Harris Academy Chafford Hundred	Thurrock	+1.04	61.1	219
66	Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School	Lincolnshire	+1.04	69.5	176
67	Saint Ambrose College	Trafford	+1.04	73.7	178
68	The Grey Coat Hospital	Westminster	+1.04	66.6	160
69	Waterside Academy	Hackney	+1.04	48.2	93
70	Bishop Stopford School	North Northamptonshire	+1.02	64.1	217
71	Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester	Manchester	+1.02	55.0	124
72	Gordon's School	Surrey	+1.02	64.5	128
73	Nonsuch High School for Girls	Sutton	+1.02	81.3	209
74	St Bede's Inter-Church School	Cambridgeshire	+1.02	64.8	182
75	Altrincham Grammar School for Girls	Trafford	+1.01	81.6	200
76	Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School	Essex	+1.01	62.7	168
77	Pate's Grammar School	Gloucestershire	+1.01	83.7	149
78	St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy	North Yorkshire	+1.01	56.4	115
79	Heckmondwike Grammar School	Kirklees	+1.00	78.5	207
80	The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School	Kensington and Chelsea	+1.00	67.4	124
81	Colchester County High School for Girls	Essex	+0.99	80.8	159
82	Colyton Grammar School	Devon	+0.99	79.8	150
83	Gunnersbury Catholic School	Hounslow	+0.99	63.7	183
84	Harris Girls Academy Bromley	Bromley	+0.99	58.6	165
85	The Ruth Gorse Academy	Leeds	+0.99	50.4	255
86	The Skinners' School	Kent	+0.99	74.1	159
87	Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East	Birmingham	+0.98	58.9	119
88	Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich	Southwark	+0.98	55.4	144
89	St Michael's Catholic Grammar School	Barnet	+0.98	79.3	128
90	JCoSS	Barnet	+0.97	61.1	182
91	The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls	Ealing	+0.97	58.1	202
92	Yavneh College	Hertfordshire	+0.97	61.7	175
93	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls	Birmingham	+0.96	82.3	148
94	Salesian School, Chertsey	Surrey	+0.96	62.7	274
95	The Holt School	Wokingham	+0.96	64.6	234
96	West London Free School	Hammersmith and Fulham	+0.96	63.8	130
97	Beaconsfield High School	Buckinghamshire	+0.95	76.5	180
98	Northampton School for Boys	West Northamptonshire	+0.95	61.6	220
99	The Holy Cross School	Kingston upon Thames	+0.95	58.6	148
100	Wallington County Grammar School	Sutton	+0.95	77.8	147

Reading this table

A score of +0.5 means pupils averaged half a grade higher per GCSE than similar pupils nationally.
The Department for Education published no Progress 8 for 2024/25 or 2025/26 because those pupils sat no KS2 tests in 2020 or 2021, so this is the latest year.
Source: Department for Education school performance tables, 2023/24. Closed schools are left out.
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