Yorkshire’s highest rated secondary schools with A+ and A grades

These are the top rated secondary schools in Yorkshire with A+ and A grades.

In 2024-2025, 864,688 pupils attended 2,378 schools in Yorkshire and The Humber and this includes 2,185 state-funded schools and 88 independent schools.

The ranking is based on an overall Snobe grade and in Yorkshire and The Humber schools, 6.65 per cent of pupils have a strong-pass in reading, writing and maths compared to the England average of 7.41 per cent.

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Yorkshire has 506 secondary schools that serve 387,785 students for the school year in 2024/2025. There are 400 state high schools and 62 private high schools in the region.

Pupils at school. (Pic credit: Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)Pupils at school. (Pic credit: Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)
Pupils at school. (Pic credit: Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)

There are 32.19 per cent of pupils who achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs, which is higher than England’s average of 30.84 per cent.

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These are the top rated secondary schools in Yorkshire based on Snobe grades.

Yorkshire’s high rated secondary school with A+ and A grades

  • The Ruth Gorse Academy, Leeds (A+)
  • Allerton High School, Leeds (A)
  • Huntington School, York (A)
  • Dixons City Academy, Bradford (A)
  • Dixons Kings Academy, Bradford (A)
  • The Morley Academy, Morley, Leeds (A)
  • Dixons Trinity Academy, Bradford (A)
  • Tapton School, Sheffield (A)
  • Hungerhill School, Edenthorpe, Doncaster (A)
  • Batley Girls High School, Kirklees (A)
  • Trinity Academy, Halifax (A)
  • Garforth Academy, Leeds (A)
  • Beckfoot School, Bingley (A)
  • St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy, Leeds (A)
  • Brayton Academy, Selby (A)
  • Ilkley Grammar School, Ilkley (A)
  • Mercia School, Sheffield (A)
  • Cockburn School, Leeds (A)
  • Upper Wharfedale School, Threshfield (A)
  • The Farnley Academy, Leeds (A)
  • St Mary's College, Voluntary Catholic Academy, Hull (A)

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