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Best schools for Chemistry GCSE in England

Ranked by the share of Chemistry GCSE entries graded 5 or above in summer 2025, highest first. Across England 81% of the 146,656 entries reached grade 5 and 45% reached grade 7. Only state secondaries with 20 or more entries are ranked. This is a plain pass rate: it doesn't allow for which children a school takes in, or which ones it puts in for the exam, so grammar schools and schools that only enter their strongest pupils will sit near the top. 100 schools listed.

#SchoolEntriesGrades 9 to 5Grades 9 to 7Low incomeOfstedScore
1Chiltern AcademyLuton · Free school26100%100%38%Good 202365
1Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham EastBirmingham · Free school26100%100%59%Outstanding 202397
1Eden Boys' School, BirminghamBirmingham · Free school27100%100%52%Not inspected100
1Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, BirminghamBirmingham · Free school24100%100%49%Outstanding 202497
1Gordon's SchoolWoking, Surrey · Academy26100%100%3%No overall grade 202497
1Hasmonean High School for BoysLondon, Barnet · Academy20100%100%9%Good 202381
1Hethersett AcademyNorwich, Norfolk · Academy45100%100%14%Outstanding 202297
1Jane Austen CollegeNorwich, Norfolk · Free school29100%100%28%Outstanding 202490
1Mossbourne Community AcademyLondon, Hackney · Academy30100%100%51%Report card 202699
1Queen Elizabeth's School, BarnetBarnet · Academy (grammar)171100%100%3%Outstanding 2022100
1St George's Catholic SchoolLondon, Westminster · Academy28100%100%37%No overall grade 202591
1The St Thomas the Apostle CollegeLondon, Southwark · Roman Catholic26100%100%46%Not inspected99
1West London Free SchoolLondon, Hammersmith and Fulham · Free school32100%100%27%Good 202295
1Wilson's SchoolWallington, Sutton · Academy (grammar)180100%100%6%Outstanding 2022100
15Salesian School, ChertseyChertsey, Surrey · Academy53100%98%8%No overall grade 202498
15The Henrietta Barnett SchoolLondon, Barnet · Academy (grammar)104100%98%4%Good 202296
17The Holt SchoolWokingham · Academy47100%98%5%Outstanding 202395
18The Tiffin Girls' SchoolKingston upon Thames · Academy (grammar)175100%98%7%Report card 202698
19St Mary's Catholic SchoolBishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire · Academy31100%97%10%No overall grade 202489
20King Edward VI SchoolStratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire · Academy (grammar)90100%97%3%Outstanding 202199
21Brampton Manor AcademyLondon, Newham · Academy88100%97%50%Outstanding 202490
22Dartford Grammar SchoolDartford, Kent · Academy (grammar)159100%96%10%Outstanding 202299
23Reading SchoolReading · Academy (grammar)149100%96%5%Outstanding 202399
24Belmont Community SchoolDurham, County Durham · Council23100%96%35%Good 202471
25Ashcroft Technology AcademyLondon, Wandsworth · Academy60100%95%40%Report card 2025100
26Finham Park SchoolCoventry · Academy54100%94%12%No overall grade 202575
27Ark Pioneer AcademyBarnet · Free school53100%94%39%Outstanding 202389
28Altrincham Grammar School for GirlsAltrincham, Trafford · Academy (grammar)113100%94%7%Outstanding 202299
28Tauheedul Islam Girls' High SchoolBlackburn, Blackburn with Darwen · Academy32100%94%16%Outstanding 2022100
28The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC SchoolLondon, Kensington and Chelsea · Academy32100%94%18%Report card 202696
31Swanlea SchoolLondon, Tower Hamlets · Council30100%93%42%Outstanding 202494
32Sutton Grammar SchoolSutton · Academy (grammar)133100%93%1%Good 202296
33The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form CollegeSwindon · Academy29100%93%18%Good 202374
34St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar SchoolOrpington, Bromley · Church of England (grammar)128100%93%6%No overall grade 2024100
35Clapton Girls' AcademyLondon, Hackney · Academy41100%93%38%Outstanding 202493
35Kendrick SchoolReading · Academy (grammar)123100%93%11%Outstanding 202299
37King Edward VI Sheldon Heath AcademyBirmingham · Academy27100%93%52%Good 202367
37The Hurlingham AcademyLondon, Hammersmith and Fulham · Academy27100%93%42%Outstanding 202492
39St Gregory's Catholic Science CollegeHarrow, Brent · Academy40100%93%13%Not inspected92
40Prendergast Ladywell SchoolLewisham · Academy26100%92%29%Not inspected62
40Sandringham SchoolSt Albans, Hertfordshire · Academy91100%92%8%Outstanding 202498
42Queensmead SchoolRuislip, Hillingdon · Academy38100%92%23%Report card 202687
43Bacon's CollegeLondon, Southwark · Academy24100%92%44%Good 202270
44Acklam Grange SchoolMiddlesbrough · Academy23100%91%33%Good 202268
44Bolton Muslim Girls SchoolBolton · Academy23100%91%42%No overall grade 202586
44Winton AcademyBournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · Academy23100%91%19%Outstanding 202495
47Parmiter's SchoolWatford, Hertfordshire · Academy91100%91%7%Outstanding 202495
47Wembley High Technology CollegeNorth Wembley, Brent · Academy91100%91%17%Outstanding 2022100
49Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, BradfordBradford · Free school22100%91%36%Outstanding 202472
50Tiffin SchoolKingston upon Thames · Academy (grammar)151100%91%3%Good 202295
51Saffron Walden County High SchoolSaffron Walden, Essex · Academy62100%90%10%Outstanding 202489
52Sharples SchoolBolton · Academy41100%90%28%Not inspected92
53Mossbourne Victoria Park AcademyLondon, Hackney · Academy30100%90%48%Outstanding 2023100
54Ealing Fields Church of England High SchoolLondon, Ealing · Free school39100%90%20%Not inspected98
54Newstead Wood SchoolOrpington, Bromley · Academy (grammar)156100%90%6%Outstanding 2022100
56Ark Bolingbroke AcademyLondon, Wandsworth · Free school28100%89%32%No overall grade 202495
57St Patrick's RC High SchoolManchester, Salford · Roman Catholic37100%89%21%Report card 202578
58Avanti Fields SchoolLeicester · Free school27100%89%11%Good 202377
58Harris Girls' Academy East DulwichLondon, Southwark · Academy27100%89%46%Outstanding 202386
60King Edward VI Grammar School, ChelmsfordChelmsford, Essex · Academy (grammar)150100%89%3%Report card 202699
60The John Fisher SchoolPurley, Sutton · Roman Catholic53100%89%16%Good 202381
62Haggerston SchoolLondon, Hackney · Academy35100%89%46%Good 202271
63Dame Alice Owen's SchoolPotters Bar, Hertfordshire · Academy138100%88%4%Outstanding 202399
64Harris Academy St John's WoodLondon, Westminster · Academy25100%88%68%Good 201978
64Paddington AcademyLondon, Westminster · Academy25100%88%53%Outstanding 202397
66Harris Academy WimbledonLondon, Merton · Free school49100%88%42%Outstanding 202393
67The Westgate SchoolWinchester, Hampshire · Council57100%88%11%Outstanding 202393
68Sale Grammar SchoolSale, Trafford · Academy (grammar)113100%88%3%Outstanding 202299
69Park High SchoolStanmore, Harrow · Academy40100%88%31%No overall grade 202461
70Ada Lovelace Church of England High SchoolLondon, Ealing · Free school55100%87%26%Outstanding 202398
70Weydon SchoolFarnham, Surrey · Academy102100%87%8%Good 202387
72Cotham SchoolBristol, Bristol, City of · Academy62100%87%40%Good 202362
73Lampton AcademyHounslow · Academy45100%87%28%Outstanding 202482
73Rokeby SchoolLondon, Newham · Academy30100%87%60%No overall grade 202569
73St James' Catholic High SchoolLondon, Barnet · Roman Catholic30100%87%33%Good 202276
73Wright Robinson CollegeManchester · Academy30100%87%48%Report card 202682
77Goffs AcademyWaltham Cross, Hertfordshire · Academy29100%86%20%Good 202366
77The Charter School East DulwichLondon, Southwark · Free school29100%86%28%Good 202474
79Co-op Academy Stoke-On-TrentStoke-on-Trent · Academy21100%86%57%Good 202339
79Co-op Academy SwintonManchester, Salford · Academy21100%86%38%Good 202427
79Holy Cross Catholic High SchoolChorley, Lancashire · Roman Catholic28100%86%12%Good 202282
79Honley High SchoolHolmfirth, Kirklees · Academy63100%86%23%Good 202373
79Maiden Erlegh SchoolReading, Wokingham · Academy56100%86%7%Outstanding 202087
79Rugby Free Secondary SchoolRugby, Warwickshire · Free school21100%86%26%Report card 202648
85Langley Grammar SchoolLangley, Slough · Academy (grammar)170100%85%7%Report card 202696
86Queen Elizabeth's Girls' SchoolBarnet · Academy47100%85%23%Report card 202688
87Whitefriars SchoolHarrow · Academy20100%85%32%Good 202440
87William Perkin Church of England High SchoolGreenford, Ealing · Free school60100%85%29%No overall grade 202594
89Allerton High SchoolLeeds · Council46100%85%23%Not inspected91
89Chatham & Clarendon Grammar SchoolRamsgate, Kent · Academy (grammar)46100%85%17%No overall grade 202586
89Icknield Community CollegeWatlington, Oxfordshire · Academy33100%85%16%Not inspected77
89Kings Priory SchoolNorth Shields, North Tyneside · Academy33100%85%11%Good 202490
93Nishkam School West LondonOsterley, Hounslow · Free school26100%85%13%Outstanding 202496
93Norlington School and 6th FormLondon, Waltham Forest · Academy26100%85%31%Good 202369
93Sponne SchoolTowcester, West Northamptonshire · Academy52100%85%13%No overall grade 202572
96Ryedale SchoolYork, North Yorkshire · Academy32100%84%17%Outstanding 202381
97The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science CollegeBishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire · Academy51100%84%6%Outstanding 202390
98Katherine Warington SchoolHarpenden, Hertfordshire · Free school50100%84%14%Good 202468
99Old Swinford HospitalStourbridge, Dudley · Church of England31100%84%6%Good 202285
99The Hollyfield School and Sixth Form CentreSurbiton, Kingston upon Thames · Academy56100%84%25%Not inspected80

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Share of entries graded 5 or above.

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Source: Department for Education, GCSE results by subject for the summer 2025 exams, published in Explore Education Statistics. A school's figure is the share of its entries in the subject that got grade 5 or above (a "strong pass"). Schools with fewer than 20 entries are left out, because one or two pupils would swing the percentage. Independent schools, special schools and alternative provision are left out too; most independent schools sit IGCSEs, which the government doesn't report. Combined science counts as the lower of its two grades.