Yorkshire brings together 6 grammar schools across 5 local areas, with the biggest groups in North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, and Calderdale. It works best as a wider overview of several distinct selective pockets, where school mix, test route, and admissions shape can change noticeably from one local area to the next.
Area pages
Each page covers one smaller local area.
These area pages split Yorkshire into smaller local groups. That makes it easier to compare schools that are actually part of the same local list.
See all exam areasBrowse 3 grammar school profiles in North Yorkshire, covering Ripon and Skipton, then use the linked Yorkshire guide for shared test dates, downloads, and route detail.
Browse 3 grammar school profiles in West Yorkshire, covering Calderdale and Kirklees, then use the linked Yorkshire guide for shared test dates, downloads, and route detail.
Browse 2 grammar school profiles in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, then use the linked Yorkshire guide for shared test dates, downloads, and route detail.
Browse 1 grammar school profile in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, then use the linked Yorkshire guide for shared test dates, downloads, and route detail.
Browse 2 grammar school profiles in Skipton, North Yorkshire, then use the linked Yorkshire guide for shared test dates, downloads, and route detail.
School list
The best grammar schools in Yorkshire on this page are ordered by GCSE results. Local routes, travel patterns, and school rules can still vary a lot between areas such as North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, and Calderdale.
Heckmondwike Grammar School, High Street
Overall GCSE score:81.6
Assessment: FSCE
Applicants per place: 2.9 applicants per place
Crossley Heath School, Savile Park
Overall GCSE score:69.9
Assessment: FSCE
Applicants per place: 3.4 applicants per place
Ripon Grammar School, Clotherholme Road
Overall GCSE score:60.0
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 1.9 applicants per place
Skipton Girls' High School, Gargrave Road
Overall GCSE score:58.3
Assessment: FSCE
Applicants per place: 2.0 applicants per place
North Halifax Grammar School, Moorbottom Road, Illingworth
Overall GCSE score:54.3
Assessment: FSCE
Applicants per place: 3.6 applicants per place
Ermysted's Grammar School, Gargrave Road
Overall GCSE score:51.4
Assessment: FSCE
Applicants per place: 1.5 applicants per place
Yorkshire overview
6 grammar schools are spread across 5 local areas, with the biggest groups in North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Calderdale, and 2 more.
What stands out
Yorkshire works more like a set of smaller local grammar-school areas than one single admissions market. The best-known groups sit around North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Calderdale, Skipton, and 1 more.
What parents notice
The area includes boys' schools, girls' schools, and co-ed options. Yorkshire does not sit on one single test route. Across the wider area you see a mix of GL Assessment, FSCE. 5 local areas also have a named shared test guide.
Where they are
Yorkshire is best understood as a set of smaller local areas, each with its own school mix and admissions shape.
Largest local group
North Yorkshire is the biggest local cluster in this wider area, with 3 schools.
Test routes
Yorkshire does not sit on one single test route. Across the wider area you see a mix of GL Assessment, FSCE.
School mix
The area includes boys' schools, girls' schools, and co-ed options.
Shared test guides
5 local areas in Yorkshire also have a named shared test guide.
The Yorkshire route shapes much of the local admissions picture.
The Yorkshire route shapes much of the local admissions picture.
The Yorkshire route shapes much of the local admissions picture.
The Yorkshire route shapes much of the local admissions picture.
The Yorkshire route shapes much of the local admissions picture.
FAQ
Yorkshire grammar schools are mainly concentrated in North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Calderdale, Kirklees, and Skipton, rather than one single city-wide or county-wide group.
The area includes boys' schools, girls' schools, and co-ed options.
Yorkshire does not sit on one single test route. Across the wider area you see a mix of GL Assessment, FSCE.
They can feel quite different. Some local areas have a named shared test guide, while others are smaller self-contained clusters with their own school mix and local admissions detail.