Best schools for Other Sciences GCSE in England

Ranked by the share of Other Sciences GCSE entries graded 5 or above in summer 2025, highest first. Across England 67% of the 1,807 entries reached grade 5 and 42% 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. 34 schools listed.

#	School	Entries	Grades 9 to 5	Grades 9 to 7	Low income	Ofsted	Score
1	King Edward VI Grammar School, ChelmsfordChelmsford, Essex · Academy (grammar)	24	100%	100%	3%	Report card 2026	99
2	Altrincham Grammar School for BoysAltrincham, Trafford · Academy (grammar)	44	100%	96%	6%	Outstanding 2022	100
3	Sutton Grammar SchoolSutton · Academy (grammar)	24	100%	92%	1%	Good 2022	96
4	Poole Grammar SchoolPoole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · Academy (grammar)	21	100%	91%	6%	No overall grade 2025	93
5	Wirral Grammar School for BoysWirral · Academy (grammar)	24	100%	88%	11%	Good 2022	90
6	Westcliff High School for Boys AcademyWestcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea · Academy (grammar)	24	100%	83%	5%	Outstanding 2023	99
7	Nonsuch High School for GirlsSutton · Academy (grammar)	25	100%	76%	10%	Report card 2026	97
8	Ripon Grammar SchoolRipon, North Yorkshire · Council (grammar)	22	100%	41%	4%	Good 2023	94
9	Beths Grammar SchoolBexley · Academy (grammar)	45	98%	80%	12%	Good 2022	94
10	Dr Challoner's Grammar SchoolAmersham, Buckinghamshire · Academy (grammar)	63	97%	92%	3%	Outstanding 2019	99
11	The Fallibroome AcademyMacclesfield, Cheshire East · Academy	28	89%	61%	16%	Good 2022	81
12	Canon Slade SchoolBolton · Academy	25	84%	32%	16%	No overall grade 2024	76
13	Bramhall High SchoolStockport · Council	21	81%	52%	21%	Good 2023	64
14	St Edmund's Catholic SchoolPortsmouth · Roman Catholic	21	81%	48%	28%	Outstanding 2022	95
15	Royal Latin SchoolBuckingham, Buckinghamshire · Academy (grammar)	25	80%	56%	5%	Good 2022	94
16	WMG Academy for Young EngineersCoventry · University technical college	34	79%	68%	26%	Good 2022	25
17	The ChaseMalvern, Worcestershire · Academy	34	77%	65%	20%	Report card 2026	55
18	West Hill SchoolStalybridge, Tameside · Academy	33	76%	46%	31%	Report card 2026	21
19	The Island Free SchoolVentnor, Isle of Wight · Free school	24	75%	42%	22%	Good 2023	74
20	Weydon SchoolFarnham, Surrey · Academy	29	72%	41%	8%	Good 2023	87
20	Woking High SchoolWoking, Surrey · Academy	29	72%	41%	19%	Not inspected	81
22	Nower Hill High SchoolPinner, Harrow · Academy	21	71%	38%	19%	Outstanding 2023	90
23	Calthorpe Park SchoolFleet, Hampshire · Council	23	70%	13%	12%	Good 2022	70
24	London AcademyEdgware, Barnet · Academy	31	68%	48%	44%	Good 2023	80
25	The Thomas Hardye SchoolDorchester, Dorset · Academy	27	67%	44%	19%	No overall grade 2025	60
26	Wembley High Technology CollegeNorth Wembley, Brent · Academy	104	66%	33%	17%	Outstanding 2022	100
27	Leigh UTC DartfordDartford, Kent · University technical college	22	64%	36%	33%	Report card 2026	59
28	WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull)Birmingham, Solihull · University technical college	32	53%	22%	49%	No overall grade 2024	1
29	Turing House SchoolTwickenham, Richmond upon Thames · Free school	23	52%	26%	16%	No overall grade 2024	88
30	St Bartholomew's SchoolNewbury, West Berkshire · Academy	27	52%	26%	14%	Report card 2026	77
31	The Stanway SchoolColchester, Essex · Academy	22	50%	5%	16%	Good 2023	63
32	The John of Gaunt SchoolTrowbridge, Wiltshire · Academy	23	48%	13%	23%	Good 2024	39
33	Bexhill High AcademyBexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex · Academy	38	34%	8%	31%	No overall grade 2025	34
34	Willowfield SchoolLondon, Waltham Forest · Council	24	29%	8%	35%	Report card 2026	46

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Secondary results

Average GCSE score Attainment 8
Progress from age 11 Progress 8
Strong pass in English and maths Grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
Standard pass in English and maths Grade 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs
Core subjects score EBacc average point score
Taking the core subjects Entering the English Baccalaureate
Staying in education or work after GCSEs Sustained education, employment or apprenticeship after KS4

Primary results

Reached the expected level at 11 Reading, writing and maths: expected standard
Working above the expected level Reading, writing and maths: higher standard
Reading score Average reading scaled score
Maths score Average maths scaled score
Grammar and spelling score Average grammar, punctuation and spelling scaled score
Reading progress Reading progress (KS1 to KS2)
Maths progress Maths progress (KS1 to KS2)

Sixth form

Average A level points per entry A level average points per entry
AAB or better in subjects universities like AAB or better in at least 2 facilitating subjects

Attendance and behaviour

Sessions missed (fewest first) Overall absence rate
Pupils missing a lot of school (fewest first) Persistent absence (10% or more sessions missed)
Suspensions (fewest first) Suspensions per 100 pupils

Staff

Pupils per teacher (fewest first) Pupil to teacher ratio
Teachers who left in the year (fewest first) Teachers leaving the school in the year

How to read this

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.