Animated ranking
Top grammar schools over time
Follow the published GCSE results year by year, from the earliest comparable tables to the latest results.
- 8years
- 163schools
- The Henrietta Barnett Schoollatest leader
Bar chart race
Top 10 by GCSE score
GCSE score, 162 schools with published data. Official GCSE performance score across pupils' best eight GCSE qualifications.
1The Henrietta Barnett SchoolBarnet78.52The Tiffin Girls' SchoolKingston upon Thames77.63King Edward VI Camp Hill School for BoysBirmingham77.44Reading SchoolReading76.95Queen Elizabeth's School, BarnetBarnet76.86Tonbridge Grammar SchoolKent76.77Chelmsford County High School for GirlsEssex76.58Kendrick SchoolReading76.49Wilson's SchoolSutton76.410Pate's Grammar SchoolGloucestershire75.9
Chart guide
What the race shows
Each frame ranks grammar schools by their published GCSE score for that academic year, covering 2015/16 to 2024/25. Schools move when their score changes or when another school enters the top 10; missing years and missing measures are left out rather than estimated.
Default measure GCSE score
Official GCSE performance score across pupils' best eight GCSE qualifications.
Source Department for Education
Freshness Updated 11 May 2026
Missing years and missing measures stay blank rather than being estimated.