Yorkshire schools named among top schools in country in latest Sunday Times list

Several Yorkshire schools have been named among the best in the country in the latest Sunday Times Parent Power Guide.

St Mary’s College in Hull has won the national Parent Power Comprehensive School of the Year award. Elsewhere Heckmondwike Grammar School won the North Secondary School of the Year and The Grammar School at Leeds is the North’s Independent School of the Year.

Acording to the latest ratings, Ripon Grammar is the best secondary school for academic performance in the North. Queen Ethelburga’s College, York has also been named the best independent school for academic performance in the North.

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The schools are ranked by the first true set of post-pandemic examination results in the 31st edition of The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide. The guide is widely acknowledged as the most authoritative survey of the country’s top schools.

The fully searchable national database of over 1,000 schools by name, local authority, town and postcode, is available online from Friday, December 1 and as a print supplement with The Sunday Times on Sunday, December 3. As well as an assessment of all academic results on a school-by-school basis, Parent Power enables parents to compare the performance of a given school with other schools in the same town, local authority or nationally.

There are also live links to school websites and schools’ most recent inspection reports. Helen Davies, Editor of Parent Power, said: “The educational landscape continues to be challenging across both the state and independent sectors, and this is the first true assessment of post-pandemic exam results.

“We believe these rankings – and all the additional information on offer in Parent Power – provide parents with a more reliable guide to academic achievement in schools today. The guide showcases academic excellence but also celebrates schools who may not be right at the top but are rising, innovating and helping pupils flourish. Being a teenager is hard enough, and the past few years since Covid have made life even harder.

“It is heartening to highlight the achievements of so many students and schools across the UK. This year Parent Power includes details on extracurricular clubs, wellbeing initiatives and school lunch menus – chicken katsu seems to be the dish of the day.”

North Awards:

• Secondary School of the Year 2024: Heckmondwike Grammar School

• Secondary School of the Year for Academic Performance 2024: Ripon Grammar

• Comprehensive School of the Year 2024: St Mary’s College, Hull

• Independent School of the Year 2024: The Grammar School at Leeds

• Independent School of the Year for Academic Performance 2024: Queen Ethelburga’s College, York

2024 Parent Power National Awards:

• Secondary School of the Year: Wilson’s School, Wallington

• Comprehensive School of the Year: St Mary’s College, Hull

• Independent School of the Year: Guildford High School

• Independent School of the Year by Academic Performance: St Paul’s Girls’ School, London

• Sixth Form College of the Year: King’s Maths School, London

• 11-16 School of the Year: Eden Girls’ Leadership Academy, Birmingham

• International Baccalaureate School of the Year: Tonbridge Grammar School

Top state secondary schools (grammar & comprehensive) in the North

Top comprehensive schools in the North

* Regional rank for comprehensive schools only

** National rank for all state secondary schools (grammar and comprehensive)

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