Subject · GCSE

Food Preparation and Nutrition

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

What the data says

Food Preparation and Nutrition GCSE was taken in 1,948 schools in England in 2025, with 54,044 entries — about 8% of the Year 11 cohort.

Nationally 21% 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 Selly Park Girls' School (Birmingham) 58% of the year group took Food Preparation and Nutrition.

GCSE: schools where the largest share of pupils take Food Preparation and Nutrition

Entries as a share of the Year 11 cohort (schools with at least 40 pupils in the year and 15 entries). England: 8% of pupils.

#	School	Local authority	Entries	Cohort	Share	Grades 7–9
1	Selly Park Girls' School	Birmingham	93	159	58%	20%
2	Iceni Secondary Academy	Norfolk	62	116	53%	10%
3	The Matthew Arnold School	Surrey	96	180	53%	2%
4	North Gosforth Academy	North Tyneside	47	92	51%	0%
5	Gosfield School	Essex	24	48	50%	54%
6	The Ramsey Academy, Halstead	Essex	75	150	50%	7%
7	Lady Hawkins' School	Herefordshire, County of	25	51	49%	8%
8	The Peterborough School	Peterborough	22	45	49%	45%
9	Carisbrooke College	Isle of Wight	56	116	48%	13%
10	The Birley Academy	Sheffield	104	219	47%	11%
11	The Hereford Church of England Academy	Herefordshire, County of	42	89	47%	5%
12	Cartmel Priory CofE School	Westmorland and Furness	32	69	46%	19%
13	Aylestone School	Herefordshire, County of	41	89	46%	5%
14	Risedale School	North Yorkshire	51	111	46%	0%
15	Oasis Academy Sholing	Southampton	92	205	45%	15%
16	St Boniface's RC College	Plymouth	34	76	45%	12%
17	Oasis Academy John Williams	Bristol, City of	72	161	45%	21%
18	Shaftesbury School	Dorset	61	138	44%	0%
19	Wellfield Academy	Lancashire	26	59	44%	4%
20	Plymouth High School for Girls	Plymouth	45	103	44%	51%
21	Ormiston Sudbury Academy	Suffolk	44	101	44%	14%
22	Ridgewood High School	Dudley	44	101	44%	20%
23	Honiton Community College	Devon	52	120	43%	10%
24	Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge	Oxfordshire	29	67	43%	17%
25	The John Warner School	Hertfordshire	85	197	43%	14%
26	Dawlish College	Devon	48	112	43%	2%
27	Coombeshead Academy	Devon	70	166	42%	23%
28	St Edmunds school Trust Ltd	Surrey	30	73	41%	23%
29	Tudor Hall School	Oxfordshire	18	44	41%	39%
30	Culcheth High School	Warrington	93	228	41%	24%
31	Oasis Academy Silvertown	Newham	35	86	41%	0%
32	Wisbech Grammar School	Cambridgeshire	28	69	41%	25%
33	Hartsdown Academy	Kent	55	137	40%	0%
34	Albany Academy	Lancashire	57	143	40%	18%
35	St Dunstan's School	Somerset	35	88	40%	29%
36	Melbourn Village College	Cambridgeshire	43	109	39%	9%
37	Wolverhampton Girls' High School	Wolverhampton	71	180	39%	83%
38	Abbot Beyne School	Staffordshire	52	132	39%	12%
39	The Brittons Academy	Havering	55	140	39%	5%
40	The Hayling College	Hampshire	37	95	39%	3%

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

Schools with at least 20 entries. England: 21% 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	Wallington High School for Girls	Sutton	37	210	18%	100%
2	Withington Girls' School	Manchester	20	83	24%	100%
3	Alleyn's School	Southwark	39	155	25%	97%
4	Heckmondwike Grammar School	Kirklees	26	206	13%	96%
5	Cheltenham Ladies' College	Gloucestershire	20	142	14%	95%
6	Southend High School for Girls	Southend-on-Sea	37	176	21%	95%
7	Woodford County High School	Redbridge	30	181	17%	93%
8	Weald of Kent Grammar School	Kent	82	290	28%	93%
9	King's High School	Warwickshire	27	118	23%	93%
10	Nonsuch High School for Girls	Sutton	40	233	17%	93%
11	Solihull School	Solihull	51	148	34%	92%
12	Tormead School	Surrey	25	96	26%	92%
13	Loreto Grammar School	Trafford	23	157	15%	91%
14	Berkhamsted School	Hertfordshire	68	203	33%	90%
15	Lancaster Royal Grammar School	Lancashire	25	170	15%	88%
16	Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls	Birmingham	30	179	17%	87%
17	Wirral Grammar School for Girls	Wirral	30	180	17%	87%
18	Chesham Grammar School	Buckinghamshire	66	180	37%	86%
19	Sherborne School for Girls	Dorset	22	78	28%	86%
20	Urmston Grammar Academy	Trafford	49	152	32%	86%
21	Kimbolton School	Cambridgeshire	34	106	32%	85%
22	St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School	Slough	20	158	13%	85%
23	Westcliff High School for Girls	Southend-on-Sea	26	184	14%	85%
24	Ribston Hall High School	Gloucestershire	26	148	18%	85%
25	Aylesbury High School	Buckinghamshire	32	181	18%	84%
26	Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith	Westmorland and Furness	57	160	36%	84%
27	Newcastle High School for Girls GDST	Newcastle upon Tyne	25	69	36%	84%
28	Invicta Grammar School	Kent	30	250	12%	83%
29	Wolverhampton Girls' High School	Wolverhampton	71	180	39%	83%
30	Kendrick School	Reading	29	128	23%	83%
31	Stroud High School	Gloucestershire	28	160	18%	82%
32	Royal Masonic School for Girls	Hertfordshire	33	126	26%	82%
33	Highworth Grammar School	Kent	22	214	10%	82%
34	Lancaster Girls' Grammar School	Lancashire	22	141	16%	82%
35	Marling School	Gloucestershire	21	159	13%	81%
36	Bournemouth School for Girls	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	46	177	26%	80%
37	Royal Latin School	Buckinghamshire	20	174	11%	80%
38	Clitheroe Royal Grammar School	Lancashire	38	149	26%	79%
39	Beaconsfield High School	Buckinghamshire	56	179	31%	79%
40	King Henry VIII School	Coventry	23	67	34%	78%

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