You don't have to go to a private school in Sheffield to come away with top grades.
The latest figures are out for how well Sheffield's pupils did at their GCSEs in the 2022-2023 academic year.
The Star has compiled and ranked the top 12 Sheffield secondary schools by their Attainment 8 scores in the gallery below.
Last week, the Department for Education published the 'Attainment 8' scores for England's schools.
This is a score schools get based on how well pupils have performed in up to eight qualifications, made up of a combination of English, maths, sciences, computer science, history, geography and languages, and other qualifications.
Alongside those are figures for how many pupils earned at least a Grade 5 in English and Maths, as well as the number of pupils who entered 'EBacc' - shorthand for if pupils studies English, maths, sciences, a language, and either history or geography
They are not the official metric the Government uses to gauge how well a school is doing - but they do give a good insight into what kind of grades pupils get at each school in Sheffield.
They are worth comparing to the actual data the Government uses to examine schools - the Progress 8 scores, which The Star revealed and ranked last week.
What the Attainment 8 scores show, however, is that you don't have to attend a private school to earn top grades in Sheffield.
Although private schools Birkdale School and Westbourne School took second and third place, the best grades in Sheffield were earned by the pupils of an academy in the form of Mercia School.
It comes after Mercia also placed in the top three in the country for its Progress 8 scores last week, and the number one spot for the progress of disadvantaged pupils.
Fourth and fifth position were also taken by academies, with High Storrs School and Silverdale School claiming those spots respectively.
See our gallery below for the ranking of Sheffield's secondary schools with the best grades in 2023.
5. #5 - Silverdale School
The secondary school with the fifth best grades in Sheffield in 2022-2023 was Silverdale School, with an Attainment 8 score of 56.5, with 64 per cent of its 227 students entering for EBacc and 64 per cent of students earning a Grade 5 in English and Maths. | Silverdale School
6. #6 - Tapton School
The secondary school with the sixth best grades in Sheffield in 2022-2023 was Tapton School, with an Attainment 8 score of 56.5, with 67per cent of its 241 students entering for EBacc and 67 per cent of students earning a Grade 5 in English and Maths. | Google Maps
7. #7 - Bethany School
The secondary school with the seventh best grades in Sheffield in 2022-2023 was Bethany School, with an Attainment 8 score of 56.4. However, consideration should be given to how Bethany has one of the smallest cohorts in Sheffield, with figures suggesting just one of its 10 pupils entered for Ebacc. Data also suggests six of its 10 pupils earned a Grade 5 in English and Maths. | Google maps Photo: Google Maps
8. #8 - Notre Dame High School
The secondary school with the eighth best grades in Sheffield in 2022-2023 was Notre Dame high School, with an Attainment 8 score of 55.2, with 53 per cent of its 205 students entering for EBacc and 56 per cent of students earning a Grade 5 in English and Maths. | National World