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Dance

Which schools in England make Dance a big part of the curriculum, and where results are strongest. Entries and grades from the 2025 performance tables.

What the data says

Dance GCSE was taken in 651 schools in England in 2025, with 7,098 entries — about 1% of the Year 11 cohort.

Nationally 27% of entries achieved grade 7 or above. The tables below show the schools where the largest share of pupils take the subject, and where grades are highest (schools with at least 20 entries).

At LeAF Studio (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) 28% of the year group took Dance.

GCSE: schools where the largest share of pupils take Dance

Entries as a share of the Year 11 cohort (schools with at least 40 pupils in the year and 15 entries). England: 1% of pupils.

#	School	Local authority	Entries	Cohort	Share	Grades 7–9
1	LeAF Studio	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	22	78	28%	23%
2	Tring Park School for the Performing Arts	Hertfordshire	17	72	24%	76%
3	Avonbourne Girls Academy	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	52	222	23%	31%
4	Birmingham Ormiston Academy	Birmingham	39	186	21%	26%
5	Townley Grammar School	Bexley	46	224	21%	67%
6	Walderslade School	Medway	28	140	20%	4%
7	The St Marylebone CofE School	Westminster	32	164	20%	66%
8	Trinity School	West Berkshire	37	203	18%	43%
9	St Teresa's School	Surrey	16	88	18%	31%
10	BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology	Croydon	34	197	17%	44%
11	King's Academy Ringmer	East Sussex	17	99	17%	0%
12	The Folkestone School for Girls	Kent	28	165	17%	21%
13	Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form	Kingston upon Thames	38	237	16%	24%
14	Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School	Buckinghamshire	29	181	16%	55%
15	Langley Park School for Girls	Bromley	37	235	16%	19%
16	Trinity Academy	Bristol, City of	19	123	15%	37%
17	Highworth Grammar School	Kent	33	214	15%	55%
18	St Michael's Church of England High School	Lancashire	33	225	15%	42%
19	Sharnbrook Academy	Bedford	37	263	14%	22%
20	Maidstone Grammar School for Girls	Kent	24	171	14%	46%
21	Mary Webb School and Science College	Shropshire	18	129	14%	0%
22	Ratton School	East Sussex	32	236	14%	16%
23	Great Western Academy	Swindon	21	155	14%	24%
24	Wirral Grammar School for Girls	Wirral	24	180	13%	50%
25	Glenthorne High School	Sutton	35	270	13%	60%
26	Downlands Community School	West Sussex	29	231	13%	31%
27	Pilton Community College	Devon	28	225	12%	4%
28	Hillview School for Girls	Kent	28	225	12%	39%
29	Notre Dame RC School	Plymouth	15	122	12%	7%
30	Wanstead High School	Redbridge	28	229	12%	18%
31	The Archer Academy	Barnet	19	156	12%	53%
32	Hornsey School for Girls	Haringey	19	158	12%	16%
33	Hendon School	Barnet	25	208	12%	0%
34	Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School	Essex	20	167	12%	20%
35	Wixams Academy	Bedford	20	168	12%	20%
36	Bishopshalt School	Hillingdon	22	185	12%	14%
37	Brimsham Green School	South Gloucestershire	18	152	12%	0%
38	Blackfen School for Girls	Bexley	27	228	12%	26%
39	St Julie's Catholic High School	Liverpool	20	169	12%	30%
40	Beaconsfield High School	Buckinghamshire	21	179	12%	67%

GCSE: schools with the highest share of grades 7–9

Schools with at least 20 entries. England: 27% of entries graded 7–9. High grades often reflect who is admitted (selective and independent schools) as much as teaching.

#	School	Local authority	Entries	Cohort	Share	Grades 7–9
1	Thornden School	Hampshire	22	290	8%	82%
2	Wellington College	Bracknell Forest	22	217	10%	77%
3	Dartford Grammar School for Girls	Kent	20	176	11%	75%
4	Townley Grammar School	Bexley	46	224	21%	67%
5	Beaconsfield High School	Buckinghamshire	21	179	12%	67%
6	The St Marylebone CofE School	Westminster	32	164	20%	66%
7	Shoreham Academy	West Sussex	21	286	7%	62%
8	Glenthorne High School	Sutton	35	270	13%	60%
9	Headington School Oxford	Oxfordshire	25	314	8%	60%
10	Warden Park Secondary Academy	West Sussex	21	292	7%	57%
11	Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School	Buckinghamshire	29	181	16%	55%
12	Highworth Grammar School	Kent	33	214	15%	55%
13	Wirral Grammar School for Girls	Wirral	24	180	13%	50%
14	Maidstone Grammar School for Girls	Kent	24	171	14%	46%
15	BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology	Croydon	34	197	17%	44%
16	Trinity School	West Berkshire	37	203	18%	43%
17	St Michael's Church of England High School	Lancashire	33	225	15%	42%
18	Varndean School	Brighton and Hove	31	299	10%	42%
19	Abbeyfield School	West Northamptonshire	22	268	8%	41%
20	Hillview School for Girls	Kent	28	225	12%	39%
21	Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre	Worcestershire	22	284	8%	36%
22	Canon Slade School	Bolton	22	291	8%	36%
23	Dorothy Stringer School	Brighton and Hove	25	330	8%	36%
24	Wollaston School	North Northamptonshire	23	231	10%	35%
25	Millais School	West Sussex	30	290	10%	33%
26	The Hemel Hempstead School	Hertfordshire	22	209	11%	32%
27	Wildern School	Hampshire	35	427	8%	31%
28	Downlands Community School	West Sussex	29	231	13%	31%
29	Avonbourne Girls Academy	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	52	222	23%	31%
30	Redhill Academy	Nottinghamshire	23	241	10%	30%
31	St Julie's Catholic High School	Liverpool	20	169	12%	30%
32	Norton Hill Academy	Bath and North East Somerset	20	287	7%	30%
33	Tuxford Academy	Nottinghamshire	20	252	8%	30%
34	Cardinal Newman Catholic School	Brighton and Hove	27	365	7%	30%
35	Chorlton High School	Manchester	25	299	8%	28%
36	Carshalton High School for Girls	Sutton	22	242	9%	27%
37	Windsor High School and Sixth Form	Dudley	23	275	8%	26%
38	Blackfen School for Girls	Bexley	27	228	12%	26%
39	Birmingham Ormiston Academy	Birmingham	39	186	21%	26%
40	Uckfield College	East Sussex	20	238	8%	25%

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