Key stage 4 · 2025/26 · provisional
GCSE results 2026 by school
3,261 mainstream state secondary schools with 30 or more pupils. Median school: Attainment 8 46.0. Provisional; revised figures follow in early 2027.
Median Attainment 8, every local authority
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEast Midlands
- Rutland 49.7
- Leicester 49.6
- Nottinghamshire 46.8
- Leicestershire 46.7
- North Northamptonshire 45.0
- West Northamptonshire 44.8
- Nottingham 44.1
- Derbyshire 43.8
- Derby 43.0
- Lincolnshire 41.8
East of England
- Southend-on-Sea 51.2
- Hertfordshire 49.4
- Cambridgeshire 49.0
- Luton 47.2
- Peterborough 46.7
- Thurrock 46.5
- Essex 45.6
- Norfolk 44.6
- Bedford 44.4
- Suffolk 43.6
- Central Bedfordshire 43.2
London
- Hammersmith and Fulham 58.1
- Ealing 57.7
- Kingston upon Thames 57.2
- Sutton 56.5
- Barnet 56.4
- Richmond upon Thames 56.4
- Merton 55.8
- Harrow 55.0
- Redbridge 54.3
- Westminster 54.0
- Kensington and Chelsea 53.1
- Hackney 51.6
- Islington 51.5
- Southwark 51.3
- Bromley 50.8
- Newham 50.3
- Wandsworth 50.2
- Hillingdon 49.9
- Hounslow 49.7
- Lewisham 49.6
- Waltham Forest 49.1
- Brent 48.7
- Havering 48.2
- Haringey 47.9
- Tower Hamlets 47.9
- Barking and Dagenham 47.4
- Greenwich 47.4
- Bexley 47.3
- Croydon 46.5
- Camden 45.8
- Lambeth 45.2
- Enfield 44.9
North East
- Gateshead 48.4
- County Durham 47.3
- Stockton-on-Tees 46.8
- North Tyneside 44.4
- Hartlepool 44.2
- Redcar and Cleveland 44.2
- Northumberland 43.6
- Sunderland 43.1
- Darlington 42.3
- South Tyneside 42.0
- Middlesbrough 41.7
- Newcastle upon Tyne 41.6
North West
- Trafford 52.6
- Stockport 49.2
- Cheshire East 48.6
- Manchester 48.5
- Cheshire West and Chester 46.6
- Warrington 46.3
- Salford 46.1
- Wigan 45.5
- Bolton 45.4
- Oldham 44.5
- Westmorland and Furness 44.1
- Lancashire 44.0
- St. Helens 43.9
- Tameside 43.4
- Rochdale 43.3
- Bury 43.2
- Sefton 42.9
- Cumberland 41.5
- Blackburn with Darwen 41.0
- Liverpool 40.1
- Wirral 39.4
- Halton 37.5
- Blackpool 35.2
- Knowsley 34.8
South East
- Wokingham 53.3
- Slough 52.2
- Surrey 51.3
- West Berkshire 48.8
- Buckinghamshire 48.7
- Bracknell Forest 47.9
- Windsor and Maidenhead 47.6
- Brighton and Hove 46.7
- Reading 46.3
- Oxfordshire 46.2
- West Sussex 46.0
- East Sussex 45.6
- Hampshire 45.5
- Milton Keynes 44.0
- Medway 43.7
- Isle of Wight 42.3
- Kent 42.1
- Southampton 40.6
- Portsmouth 40.1
South West
- Bath and North East Somerset 48.1
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 47.4
- Gloucestershire 47.3
- North Somerset 47.2
- Bristol, City of 46.0
- Devon 45.9
- Plymouth 45.6
- Wiltshire 45.5
- Swindon 45.4
- Torbay 45.1
- Cornwall 45.0
- South Gloucestershire 44.6
- Somerset 44.0
- Dorset 43.2
West Midlands
- Solihull 46.1
- Warwickshire 46.0
- Wolverhampton 45.7
- Birmingham 45.3
- Herefordshire, County of 45.0
- Telford and Wrekin 44.8
- Coventry 44.6
- Dudley 44.2
- Worcestershire 43.9
- Staffordshire 43.5
- Shropshire 41.9
- Sandwell 41.5
- Walsall 41.0
- Stoke-on-Trent 40.7
Yorkshire and the Humber
- York 50.2
- Calderdale 48.1
- Leeds 47.8
- North Yorkshire 47.4
- Doncaster 46.8
- Wakefield 46.1
- East Riding of Yorkshire 46.0
- Kirklees 45.1
- Rotherham 44.5
- Sheffield 43.9
- North Lincolnshire 43.5
- Barnsley 43.3
- Kingston upon Hull, City of 43.1
- Bradford 41.8
- North East Lincolnshire 39.1
Medians of schools, not pupils; authorities with 3 or more schools. Progress 8 is not published for this year.
Highest Attainment 8 in England: non-selective schools
Top 25 of 3,098, sorted by Attainment 8, highest first. Ties share a rank.
Highest Attainment 8 in England: selective (grammar) schools
Top 25 of 163, sorted by Attainment 8, highest first. Ties share a rank.