The six-week school holidays are already in full swing across England, and before parents know it, summer’s primary school leavers will be heading off to secondary school.
Yorkshire and the wider Humber region are home to many top-notch, high-performing secondary and high schools where pupils excel, from York to Sheffield, and Hull to Bradford. But how do they stack up when compared side-by-side?
We’ve created a league table of the county’s schools. We started by picking out only state-funded schools rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted - meaning the quality of education provided, student behaviour and attitudes, school leadership and management, and student safeguarding have all been found to be excellent.
On top of that, we’ve narrowed it down based on ‘Progress 8’ ratings. These are based on GCSE results and other student achievements, and help determine how quickly students at any particular school are learning and progressing compared to a nationwide average. Any score above 0 is positive, but we’ve selected only those in the highest available band.
Here were the 21 highest scorers - Yorkshire’s very own ‘super schools’.
9. St Mary's College
St Mary’s is a Catholic secondary school in Hull. It too has a high Progress 8 score of 0.73, marking it as ‘well above average’. | Google
10. The Farnley Academy
The Farnley Academy is a secondary school in Leeds. It has a Progress 8 score of 0.72, or ‘well above average’. | Google
11. Tapton School
Tapton is a secondary school in Sheffield. It has a Progress 8 score of 0.71, making it ‘well above average’. | Google
12. Brayton Academy
Brayton Academy is a mixed, non-selective secondary school in Selby, North Yorkshire. It has a Progress 8 score of 0.69, putting it in the ‘well above average’ category. | Google