Over the last three years, our Year 11 results have always been in the top 20% of all schools (and for two of those years the top 10%), in the whole country. This was recognised by Ofsted when they visited, grading our ‘Quality of Education’ as Outstanding.

However, results days are not about the school’s achievements but much more about every individual student. Each set of student’s grades enables them to access their next stage of education and training, and this is the most important thing about a results day. We are delighted that our students in 2025 have collected results that will allow them to do just that.

In August 2025, Greenshaw students did better in almost every area than in 2024, which was in itself a very impressive year. For example, in English nearly 9 out of 10 students achieved at least a grade 4 (the previous ‘grade C’). In Maths, well over 1 out of 3 students achieved a grade 7 or better (the previous ‘grade A’). As a school that values learning across the full range of subjects, it is really important that our students have also excelled in a broad range of sciences, humanities and creative and performing arts.

Headteacher Nick House said, “Every year I am proud of the efforts our students and staff have made, but I am particularly proud of this year group. In the midst of the pandemic, the country’s GCSE students of 2025 did not complete primary school in the normal way, and then had to start secondary school in ‘bubbles’.  Without the benefit of the normal experience of school transition, all students across the country should feel really that they have accomplished something special today. At Greenshaw, we have been blown away by the way our students committed to their studies, and absolutely know how well they are set up for their next successes."

Technical note: Students currently in Year 11 and Year 10 did not sit their Key Stage 2 SATs at the end of primary school, so there is no Progress 8 (P8) measure in secondary schools for the next two years. Since 2022 Greenshaw High School’s P8 measure has ranged from +0.39 to +0.57. This means that the average progress our GCSE students have made has been over a third to over half a GCSE grade higher than the national average. Given that our results in nearly every category have improved on last year, we are very confident that the progress of students at Greenshaw remains in the top 10% of schools across the country.