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

Farmstead for best northern Schools 2021

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

  1. Ripon Grammar Schoo
  2. Skipton Girls’ High School
  3. Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton
  4. Fulford School, York
  5. Archbishop Holgate’s School, York
  6. Silverdale School, Sheffield
  7. Heckmondwike Grammar School
  8. Beverley High School
  9. Tapton School, Sheffield
  10. The Crossley Heath School, Halifax
  11. The North Halifax Grammar School
  12. Ilkley Grammar School
  13. All Saints RC School, York
  14. Outwood Academy, Easingwold, nr York
  15. High Storrs School, Sheffield
  16. St Aidan’s C of E High School, Harrogate
  17. Huntington School, York
  18. Prince Henry’s Grammar School, Otley
  19. Harrogate Grammar School
  20. Notre Dame High School, Sheffield

 

Top independent Yorkshire schools 2021

  1. Queen Ethelburga’s College, nr York
  2. St Peter’s School, York
  3. The Grammar School at Leeds
  4. The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga’s, nr York
  5. Bradford Grammar School
  6. Sheffield High School for Girls
  7. Wakefield Girls’ High School
  8. Queen Margaret’s School, York
  9. Hymers College, Hull
  10. Ampleforth College, nr York
  11. Birkdale School, Sheffield
  12. Harrogate Ladies’ College
  13. Hill House School, Doncaster
  14. Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
  15. The Mount School, York
  16. Ashville College, Harrogate
  17. Pocklington School, Beverley
  18. Scarborough College
  19. Woodhouse Grove School, Apperley Bridge
  20. Ackworth School, Pontefract

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