The Sunday Times' Parent Power Schools Guide ranks more than 1,600 of the highest-achieving primary, secondary and independent schools and colleges across the country.
Here, we've picked out all of the secondary schools and colleges – including private, fee-paying schools – in Leeds and Wakefield that feature inside the 29th edition of the guide.
The Times has issued each school with a ranking out of the top 1,600 in the country, according to its own data analysis.
1. New College Pontefract
The college, on the border of Leeds in Park Lane, Pontefract, was ranked 36th in the country in The Times' guide. It has 2,209 students. Photo: NationalWorld/Sunday Times
2. Notre Dame Sixth Form College
The city centre-based college, on St Mark's Avenue, was ranked 46th according to the guide. It has 1,850 students. Pictured in 2002. Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe
3. Elliott Hudson College
The Morley college, on White Rose Office Park, was ranked 56th in the country according to the guide. It has 1,055 students. Pictured on A Level results day is Lee Styles, principal. Photo: Tony Johnson
4. The Grammar School at Leeds
The private, fee-paying school, nicknamed GSAL, is based at Alwoodley Gates on Harrogate Road in Alwoodley. The Times ranked it 127th in the parent school guide. The school offers primary, secondary and post-16 education. It has 2,109 pupils on its roll. Pictured are students celebrating after receiving their GCSE results on August 25, 2022. Photo: Danny Lawson
5. Wakefield Girls' High School
The private, fee-paying girls school, in Wentworth Street, Wakefield, was ranked 176th in the guide. It offers primary, secondary and post-16 education and has 638 pupils. Pictured are pupils celebrating their GCSE results. Photo: John Clifton
6. Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
Based in Northgate, Wakefield city centre, the boys-only private, fee-paying school was ranked 218th in the country according to The Times. It offers primary, secondary and post-16 education and has 886 pupils. Pictured in 2006. Photo: Gerard Binks