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Best Yorkshire grammar schools
Regional rank / school / national rank
1. Ripon Grammar School (65=)
2. Heckmondwike Grammar School (77)
3. St Mary’s College, Hull (92)
4. Archbishop Holgate’s School, York (188)
5. Fulford School, York (189)
6. High Storrs School, Sheffield (201)
7. Silverdale School, Sheffield (218=)
8. St Mary’s Menston (222)
9. Ilkley Grammar School (242)
10. Tapton School, Sheffield (244)
Best Yorkshire comprehensive schools
1. St Mary’s College, Hull (92)
2. Archbishop Holgate’s School, York (188)
3. Fulford School, York (189)
4. Silverdale School, Sheffield (218=)
5. St Mary’s Menston (222)
Best Yorkshire private schools
1. Queen Ethelburga’s College, York (17)
2. Sheffield High School for Girls (83)
3. The Grammar School at Leeds (106)
4. Bradford Grammar School (110)
5. St Peter’s School, York (114=)
6. The Mount School York (183)
7. The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga’s, York (192)
8. Birkdale School, Sheffield (208)
9. Harrogate Ladies’ College (212)
10. Hill House School (219)
Yorkshire 11 plus key dates
North Yorkshire grammar schools: Ermysted’s Grammar School, Ripon Grammar School, and Skipton Girls’ High School.
West Yorkshire grammar schools: The Crossley Heath School (CHS), North Halifax Grammar School (NHGS) and Heckmondwike Grammar School. CHS and NHGS have a shared entrance exam and key dates.
How to know if your child is on track to pass?
We advise that Yorkshire 11 plus pupils who are consistently scoring around the 80 to 85% mark (or higher!) will pass the Yorkshire grammar school 11 plus exam.
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How to get my child into a top Yorkshire secondary school?
Getting your child into the best north-eastern school for them is all about:
- Researching which are the highest rated schools in your local area.
Planning alternatives in advance – since there is of course no guarantee of your first choice working out.
Realistically assessing your current financial situation.
Looking for your best local schools?
- Firstly, the best schools in the North.
- Best East Anglia schools and also the best schools in Scotland.
- Then next the best schools in Wales and also the best Northern Ireland schools.
- Plus, the London private schools league tables and also the best north east schools.
- Best Yorkshire secondary schools and the best grammar schools.
- Top private schools uk
- The best southeast schools and top southwest schools
- Best northwest schools, top east midlands schools and best west midlands schools
- Finally, the best sixth forms nearby.
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Top Yorkshire state secondary schools
1Â Ripon Grammar School
2 Skipton Girls’ High School
3 Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton
4Â Fulford School, York
5Â The Crossley Heath School, Halifax
6Â Silverdale School, Sheffield
7Â Ilkley Grammar School
8Â The North Halifax Grammar School
9Â Tapton School, Sheffield
10Â Heckmondwike Grammar School
11 Archbishop Holgate’s School, York
12Â All Saints RC School, York
13Â Tadcaster Grammar School
14Â Beverley High School
15 St Aidan’s C of E High School, Harrogate
16Â Huntington School, York
17Â Harrogate Grammar School
18 Prince Henry’s Grammar School, Otley
19Â Stokesley School
20 St Mary’s Menston
The top independent secondary schools in the north of England
1 Queen Ethelburga’s College, nr York
2 St Peter’s School, York
3Â Bradford Grammar School
4Â The Grammar School at Leeds
5Â Sheffield High School GDST
6 Wakefield Girls’ High School
7Â Hymers College, Hull
8 Queen Margaret’s School, York
9Â Ampleforth College, nr York
10Â Birkdale School, Sheffield
11Â Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
12 Harrogate Ladies’ College
13Â Pocklington School, Beverley
14Â Hill House School, Doncaster
15Â Scarborough College
16Â Ashville College, Harrogate
17Â Ackworth School, Pontefract
18Â Woodhouse Grove School, Apperley Bridge
19Â Silcoates School, Wakefield
Top Yorkshire primary schools 2022
REGIONAL RANK | NATIONAL RANK | SCHOOL | GRAMMAR (AVERAGED SCALED SCORE) | MATHS (AVERAGED SCALED SCORE) | TOTAL | |
1 | 21= | Copthorne Primary School | 110 | 114 | 111 | 336 |
4= | 74= | Burley and Woodhead C of E Primary School, Ilkley | 110 | 112 | 110 | 333 |
5 | 58= | Horton Park Primary School | 111 | 112 | 110 | 333 |
6 | 90= | Meanwood C of E Primary School | 111 | 111 | 110 | 332 |
8 | 163= | Crossley Street Primary School, Wetherby | 109 | 112 | 109 | 331 |
9= | 237= | Warmsworth Primary School, Doncaster | 107 | 113 | 109 | 330 |
10= | 216= | Baildon C of E Primary School, Shipley | 108 | 112 | 109 | 330 |
11 | 190= | St Peter’s RC Primary School, Scarborough | 109 | 110 | 110 | 330 |
12= | 271= | Oughtibridge Primary School | 108 | 111 | 109 | 329 |
13= | 346= | Wainstalls School | 110 | 110 | 108 | 329 |
14= | 308= | Beecroft Primary School | 107 | 112 | 109 | 329 |
15= | 294= | Corpus Christi RC Primary School, Leeds | 109 | 112 | 107 | 329 |
16 | 312= | Westbrook Lane Primary School, Leeds | 109 | 111 | 109 | 329 |
17= | 449= | Salterhebble Junior and Infant School, Halifax | 108 | 110 | 109 | 328 |
18= | 460= | Shadwell Primary School | 109 | 110 | 108 | 328 |
19= | 476= | Silkstone Common Junior and Infant School, Barnsley | 109 | 111 | 108 | 328 |
20= | 469= | St Francis RC Primary School, Morley | 107 | 111 | 110 | 328 |
21= | 376 | St Theresa’s RC Primary School, Leeds | 107 | 112 | 109 | 328 |
22= | 423= | Adel Primary School, Leeds | 108 | 111 | 108 | 328 |
23= | 423= | Bankfoot Primary School, Bradford | 106 | 113 | 108 | 328 |
Top Yorkshire secondary schools 2021
Competition in education is fierce in Yorkshire with a three-way tussle for supremacy between the independent, grammar and comprehensive sectors. Some of the best schools in the country are to be found here — underlined by the award of three Schools of the Decade in the four counties of Yorkshire.
The Grammar School at Leeds, last year’s winner of our North Independent Secondary School of the Year award, goes one better this year to become our regional Independent Secondary School of the Decade.
Although the region has six selective grammar schools, it is the northern comprehensives that carry off the prizes in our School of the Decade awards. Fulford School in York, one of the region’s educational hotspots, is named the UK Comprehensive School of the Decade, while Silverdale School, in Sheffield, is North State Secondary School of the Decade.
- Consistently excellent results (about 80% of A-level grades at A*-B, and 70% A*/A or 9-7 grades at GCSE).
- All students at GSAL, from nursery to sixth form, came together on one campus for the first time in September with the opening of a new primary school.
York has perhaps the best education provision in the north of England. Fulford has industrious pupils, inspirational teachers and supportive parents in a winning combination. About 80% of school leavers go to university — 25 of them to Oxbridge in the past five years — and a growing number opt for apprenticeships.
Fulford Minds
Sport is a big part of school life and students represent their school, county and country. Fulford nurtures a strong social conscience in its students, who also show a keen awareness of mental health issues in young people through a support group, Fulford Minds. The school is the second-highest ranked non-faith comprehensive in the UK and had the best A-level results of any Yorkshire state school in 2019.
Nearby, Archbishop Holgate’s School offers strong competition in the state sector, while St Peter’s School, alma mater to Guy Fawkes and our 2018 North Independent Secondary School of the Year, is the top-ranked independent school in the city. The high-performing Queen Ethelburga’s College and the Faculty of Queen Ethelburga’s lie beyond the city limits at Thorpe Underwood.
Silverdale School gained the best A-level results in Sheffield in 2019 and the steady rise in its results over the past 10 years helps it to land our North State Secondary School of the Decade award. The school ranks in the top 5% nationally for progress at A-level and is rated outstanding by Ofsted.
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Top Yorkshire schools
- Ripon Grammar Schoo
- Skipton Girls’ High School
- Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton
- Fulford School, York
- Archbishop Holgate’s School, York
- Silverdale School, Sheffield
- Heckmondwike Grammar School
- Beverley High School
- Tapton School, Sheffield
- The Crossley Heath School, Halifax
- The North Halifax Grammar School
- Ilkley Grammar School
- All Saints RC School, York
- Outwood Academy, Easingwold, nr York
- High Storrs School, Sheffield
- St Aidan’s C of E High School, Harrogate
- Huntington School, York
- Prince Henry’s Grammar School, Otley
- Harrogate Grammar School
- Notre Dame High School, Sheffield
Top independent Yorkshire schools 2021
- Queen Ethelburga’s College, nr York
- St Peter’s School, York
- The Grammar School at Leeds
- The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga’s, nr York
- Bradford Grammar School
- Sheffield High School for Girls
- Wakefield Girls’ High School
- Queen Margaret’s School, York
- Hymers College, Hull
- Ampleforth College, nr York
- Birkdale School, Sheffield
- Harrogate Ladies’ College
- Hill House School, Doncaster
- Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
- The Mount School, York
- Ashville College, Harrogate
- Pocklington School, Beverley
- Scarborough College
- Woodhouse Grove School, Apperley Bridge
- Ackworth School, Pontefract
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