Well, welcome to our comprehensive list of this year’s top independent Yorkshire schools. Want to know this year’s best Yorkshire independent schools?
Best independent Yorkshire schools
The typical Yorkshire independent school entry test calendar is:
- ISEB Common Pre-Test in the last week of November.
- Selected candidate interviews during the third week of January.
- Registration deadline for Yorkshire private school entry is mid-October.
Plus, you can search here for other ISEB, CEM pre-tests.
Top Yorkshire state secondary schools
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Best schools league tables
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Getting your child into the best Yorkshire school for them is all about:
- Researching which are the highest rated schools in your local area.
- Planning alternatives in advance – since there is of course no guarantee of your first choice working out.
- Realistically assessing your current financial situation.
1 Ripon Grammar School
2 Skipton Girls’ High School
3 Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton
4 Fulford School, York
5 The Crossley Heath School, Halifax
6 Silverdale School, Sheffield
7 Ilkley Grammar School
8 The North Halifax Grammar School
9 Tapton School, Sheffield
10 Heckmondwike Grammar School
11 Archbishop Holgate’s School, York
12 All Saints RC School, York
13 Tadcaster Grammar School
14 Beverley High School
15 St Aidan’s C of E High School, Harrogate
16 Huntington School, York
17 Harrogate Grammar School
18 Prince Henry’s Grammar School, Otley
19 Stokesley School
20 St Mary’s Menston

The top independent secondary schools in the north of England
1 Queen Ethelburga’s College, nr York
2 St Peter’s School, York
3 Bradford Grammar School
4 The Grammar School at Leeds
5 Sheffield High School GDST
6 Wakefield Girls’ High School
7 Hymers College, Hull
8 Queen Margaret’s School, York
9 Ampleforth College, nr York
10 Birkdale School, Sheffield
11 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
12 Harrogate Ladies’ College
13 Pocklington School, Beverley
14 Hill House School, Doncaster
15 Scarborough College
16 Ashville College, Harrogate
17 Ackworth School, Pontefract
18 Woodhouse Grove School, Apperley Bridge
19 Silcoates School, Wakefield
Top Yorkshire schools 2021
- Ripon Grammar Schoo
- Skipton Girls’ High School
- Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton
- Fulford School, York
- Archbishop Holgate’s School, York
- Silverdale School, Sheffield
- Heckmondwike Grammar School
- Beverley High School
- Tapton School, Sheffield
- The Crossley Heath School, Halifax
- The North Halifax Grammar School
- Ilkley Grammar School
- All Saints RC School, York
- Outwood Academy, Easingwold, nr York
- High Storrs School, Sheffield
- St Aidan’s C of E High School, Harrogate
- Huntington School, York
- Prince Henry’s Grammar School, Otley
- Harrogate Grammar School
- Notre Dame High School, Sheffield
Top independent Yorkshire schools 2021
- Queen Ethelburga’s College, nr York
- St Peter’s School, York
- The Grammar School at Leeds
- The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga’s, nr York
- Bradford Grammar School
- Sheffield High School for Girls
- Wakefield Girls’ High School
- Queen Margaret’s School, York
- Hymers College, Hull
- Ampleforth College, nr York
- Birkdale School, Sheffield
- Harrogate Ladies’ College
- Hill House School, Doncaster
- Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
- The Mount School, York
- Ashville College, Harrogate
- Pocklington School, Beverley
- Scarborough College
- Woodhouse Grove School, Apperley Bridge
- Ackworth School, Pontefract
Looking for the best UK schools 2023 in your region?
Here’s our top Scottish independent schools 2023. The top Southern independent schools 2023 and best East Anglian independent schools 2023. Then next our best West Midlands independent schools 2023 and our best Welsh independent schools 2023. The Best North-Eastern independent schools 2023 and best independent schools Midlands 2023. And then next are our best Northern independent schools 2023.
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