London's best state secondary school with top 2024 GCSE results named by education experts
London's best state secondary school with top GCSE grades has been named. The Sunday Times' Parent Power Guide 2025 has been published, which sees thousands of schools across England, Wales and Northern Ireland ranked.
The guide ranks schools by performance at A-level and GCSE, this year analysing the results from the summer of 2024. The Parent Power Guide is one of the top resources for parents looking at schools for their children, and includes a fully searchable national database of over 2,000 schools.
As well as being an assessment of all academic results on a school-by-school basis, the guide gives parents the ability to compare the performance of schools in the same town, local authority or even nationally.
And the best state secondary school in London for 2025 has been named in the guide as Newstead Wood School in Orpington. This girls-only school offers places for Years 7 to 11, and also offers a co-educational sixth form.
On their website, the school has said: "We are delighted to have been named as London State Secondary School of the Year 2025 in this year's Sunday Times Parent Power schools guide! Congratulations to all members of the Newstead Wood School community!"
A second category, for the best state secondary for academic excellence in London has also been awarded, and this year goes to Henrietta Barnett School. Henrietta Barnett is located in Hampstead and is open to girls aged between 11 and 18.
The school has also been named the state secondary school of the year for GCSEs, and joint state secondary school of the year for A-levels.
They've said: "The Henrietta Barnett School is delighted that the energies and commitment of our students, and the dedication of our staff have been nationally recognised and celebrated through the Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2025 with awards for State Secondary School of the Year for Academic Excellence 2025 and three other awards. We are incredibly proud of our students’ achievements, which is just one part of what makes our school such a special place."
Also named in the 2025 guide for London is West London Free School, which has been awarded best comprehensive school of the year in London, Lady Eleanor Holles School for independent secondary school of the year in London, St Paul’s Girls’ School as best independent secondary school of the year for academic excellence in London and St Stephen's Primary School, East Ham for primary school of the year in London.
Helen Davies, Editor of Parent Power, said: "The educational landscape is challenging – teacher shortages, rising student mental health issues and special educational needs and the Vat rise – but there is also so much to celebrate from the hard work of passionate and committed teachers who are finding ever more innovative and impactful ways to boost their students and give them the very best start in life.
“As well as celebrating the academic excellence of the top schools it is fantastic to see how they are shaping their students to be ready for the 21st century.”
To see the full Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2025, click here.
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