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Textiles

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

What the data says

Textiles GCSE was taken in 842 schools in England in 2025, with 13,110 entries — about 2% 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 Bensham Manor School (Croydon) 43% of the year group took Textiles.

GCSE: schools where the largest share of pupils take Textiles

Entries as a share of the Year 11 cohort (schools with at least 40 pupils in the year and 15 entries). England: 2% of pupils.

#	School	Local authority	Entries	Cohort	Share	Grades 7–9
1	Bensham Manor School	Croydon	18	42	43%	0%
2	Looe Community Academy	Cornwall	41	111	37%	24%
3	Truro High School	Cornwall	18	56	32%	61%
4	Pipers Corner School	Buckinghamshire	26	85	31%	46%
5	Northwood College for Girls GDST	Hillingdon	21	70	30%	62%
6	Prendergast School	Lewisham	31	116	27%	68%
7	King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy	Birmingham	20	75	27%	15%
8	Charnwood College	Leicestershire	22	86	26%	9%
9	Hillview School for Girls	Kent	57	225	25%	40%
10	Walderslade School	Medway	33	140	24%	3%
11	Saint Claudine's Catholic School for Girls	Brent	38	164	23%	13%
12	Altrincham College	Trafford	40	174	23%	40%
13	Bedford Girls' School	Bedford	26	115	23%	69%
14	Mulberry School for Girls	Tower Hamlets	53	239	22%	40%
15	Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School	Essex	37	167	22%	3%
16	Morpeth School	Tower Hamlets	51	233	22%	47%
17	Hasmonean High School for Girls	Barnet	17	79	22%	24%
18	Oasis Academy Coulsdon	Croydon	39	184	21%	10%
19	King's Ely	Cambridgeshire	28	133	21%	96%
20	The Henry Cort Community College	Hampshire	33	158	21%	12%
21	Orchards Academy	Kent	18	88	20%	17%
22	Hope Valley College	Derbyshire	22	109	20%	5%
23	Limehurst Academy	Leicestershire	26	129	20%	15%
24	Longdean School	Hertfordshire	48	241	20%	0%
25	The Axholme Academy	North Lincolnshire	20	101	20%	30%
26	Elstree Screen Arts Academy	Hertfordshire	20	101	20%	10%
27	Bridlington School	East Riding of Yorkshire	31	158	20%	6%
28	Royal Grammar School Worcester	Worcestershire	29	148	20%	83%
29	Oxford High School GDST	Oxfordshire	18	92	20%	100%
30	Hayesfield Girls School	Bath and North East Somerset	44	225	20%	50%
31	Prenton High School for Girls	Wirral	30	154	19%	20%
32	Manor Croft Academy	Kirklees	38	197	19%	0%
33	Enfield County School for Girls	Enfield	34	177	19%	3%
34	Bohunt Farnborough	Hampshire	24	128	19%	0%
35	Venerable Bede Church of England Academy	Sunderland	33	178	19%	18%
36	Thurstable School	Essex	38	205	19%	0%
37	Brine Leas School	Cheshire East	42	228	18%	40%
38	Daubeney Academy	Bedford	20	109	18%	0%
39	Invicta Grammar School	Kent	45	250	18%	84%
40	Princethorpe College	Warwickshire	20	114	18%	55%

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	Headington School Oxford	Oxfordshire	41	314	13%	98%
2	King's Ely	Cambridgeshire	28	133	21%	96%
3	Stroud High School	Gloucestershire	26	160	16%	88%
4	Invicta Grammar School	Kent	45	250	18%	84%
5	South Craven School	North Yorkshire	51	295	17%	84%
6	Royal Grammar School Worcester	Worcestershire	29	148	20%	83%
7	Kingsdale Foundation School	Southwark	43	429	10%	81%
8	Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls	Birmingham	30	179	17%	77%
9	Uppingham School	Rutland	27	167	16%	74%
10	Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School	Kent	22	177	12%	73%
11	Bedford Girls' School	Bedford	26	115	23%	69%
12	Prendergast School	Lewisham	31	116	27%	68%
13	Brampton Manor Academy	Newham	42	361	12%	67%
14	Lydiard Park Academy	Swindon	21	214	10%	67%
15	Devonport High School for Girls	Plymouth	20	123	16%	65%
16	Northwood College for Girls GDST	Hillingdon	21	70	30%	62%
17	Watford Grammar School for Girls	Hertfordshire	30	208	14%	60%
18	Kettlethorpe High School	Wakefield	26	315	8%	58%
19	Bennett Memorial Diocesan School	Kent	28	296	9%	57%
20	Queens Park Community School	Brent	28	211	13%	57%
21	Holmer Green Senior School	Buckinghamshire	21	203	10%	57%
22	St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School	Birmingham	21	190	11%	57%
23	Princethorpe College	Warwickshire	20	114	18%	55%
24	Nonsuch High School for Girls	Sutton	33	233	14%	55%
25	St Michael's Church of England High School	Lancashire	33	225	15%	55%
26	Fullbrook School	Surrey	24	236	10%	54%
27	Manchester Enterprise Academy Central	Manchester	30	216	14%	53%
28	Wallingford School	Oxfordshire	21	221	10%	52%
29	Alexandra Park School	Haringey	21	228	9%	52%
30	Durrington High School	West Sussex	21	317	7%	52%
31	Kenton School	Newcastle upon Tyne	48	318	15%	50%
32	Hayesfield Girls School	Bath and North East Somerset	44	225	20%	50%
33	St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon	Gateshead	22	230	10%	50%
34	St Andrew's Catholic School	Surrey	20	209	10%	50%
35	The Calder Learning Trust	Calderdale	38	245	16%	47%
36	Morpeth School	Tower Hamlets	51	233	22%	47%
37	Pipers Corner School	Buckinghamshire	26	85	31%	46%
38	King James's School	North Yorkshire	22	259	8%	45%
39	Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy	Hackney	22	156	14%	45%
40	St Paul's School for Girls	Birmingham	20	164	12%	45%

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