Exam Results
GCSE Results 2025 – The Highest in Leeds
We proudly celebrated a stellar set of GCSE results in 2025, our school’s students once again achieved outstanding grades across a wide range of subjects. The results marked another year of academic excellence and were a testament to the school’s unwavering commitment to high academic standards and inspirational teaching.
The 253-strong Year 11 cohort delivered results that significantly outperformed national averages. An impressive 11% of grades achieved were a grade 9 compared to 5% across the country in 2024, with 39% attaining the top 7–9 grades. These results marked yet another year of consistent excellence, reinforcing our reputation as one of Leeds’ top-performing secondary schools.
Students went on to a variety of destinations, including further education, apprenticeships, and employment. Around 72% of our current students continued their studies at The Sixth Form at Horsforth, which has been ranked by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 10 in the North.
Dr Paul Bell, Headteacher at Horsforth School, said on the day “I honestly couldn’t be happier today for our students, their families and our teachers. These students came to us in Year 7 in the middle of a global pandemic, and against all the odds they have succeeded. Our results are significantly higher than National. A quarter of all grades were an 8 or a 9 and our students achieved more than double the National of top grades.”
| Progress 8 Score | N/A |
| Attainment 8 Score | 57.33 |
| Achieving 5+ in English and maths | 62% |
| Entered for the English Baccalaureate | 86.8% |
| Achieving the English Baccalaureate | 57.2% |
| Students staying in education or employment after KS4 | 95% |
| English Grades were 4+ (national average = 61.6%) | 87.2% |
| English Grades were 5+ | 75.6% |
| Maths Grades were 4+ (national average = 59.6%) | 88.4% |
| Maths Grades were 5+ | 69.6% |
Further details are available from the DFE School Performance Tables
