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Dec 2022
Ripon Grammar named top northern secondary school again
Ripon Grammar School has been named Secondary School of the Year for academic performance in the north – for the tenth year running.
The school claimed the top spot – again – in Parent Power, The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2023, published online today and in print on Sunday.
Ripon Grammar School headmaster Jonathan Webb said:
Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate, at Thorpe Underwood, was named Independent Secondary School of the Year in the North for academic performance.
The other northern winners in the ranking were: Prince Henry’s Grammar School, Otley (Comprehensive School of the Year); and Sheffield High School for Girls (Independent School of the Year).
Nationally, schools in London and the south east outperformed the rest of the country. Wycombe High School in Buckinghamshire, St Peter’s Catholic School in Guildford and Francis Holland School in London were named Secondary School of the Year, Comprehensive School of the Year, and Independent School of the Year respectively.
Henrietta Barnett School, a grammar school for girls in Hampstead, was named the overall top secondary school for academic performance, and St Paul’s Girls’ School took the equivalent title in the independent sector.
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Godolphin and Latymer, Hammersmith was named International Baccalaureate School of the Year.
The Sunday Times Parent Power guide has been published annually since 1993 and has a searchable online database of 1,600 schools across the UK.
Helen Davies, editor of The Sunday Times Parent Power guide, said:
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