Greenshaw is justly proud of its success in achieving the very best for its students. Our students successfully progress to a wide range of destinations both at the end of their GCSE and A Level courses.

Key stage 4

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.

Key stage 5 (16 to 18) information

Year 13 students at Greenshaw have had some superb results from their A Level exams, absolutely underscoring this year’s Ofsted grade of ‘Outstanding’ for our Sixth Form.

Some of the key highlights from this summer’s A Level exams include:

• More than one in three A Level subjects sat were passed at A* or A. This is the highest ever proportion of the top grades in the school’s history. 

• Two thirds of all A Level grades were passed at grades between A* to B. This is the second highest in the school’s history.

• 37 of our students (one fifth of our total entry) achieved at least three A Levels at A* or A. 

The outcomes for these students have enabled them to progress to a wide range of university courses, including six going on to medical degrees. Nearly 50 of our students have been accepted to study undergraduate courses at Russell Group universities (the most prestigious universities), including Cambridge. 

As well as Sixth Form students using their A Level grades for access to higher education, we are equally pleased that a number of our eighteen-year-olds are moving on to internships and higher level apprenticeships.

Our Director of Sixth Form, Sarah Larkin, said “I couldn’t be more proud of the achievements of these students. They were a brilliant year group and richly deserve the academic achievements they have achieved. I am also proud of the other skills they have shown in their time with us, in areas like student leadership and developing their contribution to the school and wider community.”

Headteacher, Nick House, commented, “We live in a time when many things in the world seem uncertain. Being in a Sixth Form is about two things: achieving the academic success necessary to open the next chapter; and developing the interpersonal skills for future success and leadership. I know this group of young people are ready to take on the challenges of the future, and all of us at Greenshaw wish them luck over the coming years.”

Performance data for Greenshaw High School at KS4 and KS5 can be found on our website here.