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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Blackpool GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 8 state secondary schools in Blackpool, 1,233 pupils. Blackpool ranks 149 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 1.9 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
37.1%
10.7 pts below England
Grade 7+ English & maths
6.8%
7.9 pts below England
Attainment 8
40.3
7.3 points below England
Council rank
149 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Blackpool at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: St George's School A Church of England Academy (55.4).
- Schools range from 27.9 to 55.4 on Attainment 8, a spread of 27.5 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 33.1, 14.0 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at St George's School A Church of England Academy (49.1).
- Most improved on 2025: Highfield Leadership Academy, up 5.2 points to 35.2.
Every Blackpool secondary school, ranked
Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths
| # | School | Pupils | Attainment 8 | vs 2025 | Grade 4+ E&M | Grade 5+ E&M | Grade 7+ E&M | Disadvantaged A8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St George's School A Church of England AcademyChurch of England | 185 | 55.4 | −0.1 | 88.1% | 74.1% | 23.2% | 49.1 |
| 2 | St Mary's Catholic AcademyRoman Catholic | 203 | 44.2 | +2.7 | 60.6% | 39.4% | 4.4% | 39.1 |
| 3 | Montgomery Academy | 239 | 40.9 | +0.9 | 58.2% | 36.8% | 6.3% | 30.9 |
| 4 | Blackpool Aspire Academy | 142 | 37.7 | +1.0 | 59.2% | 35.2% | 3.5% | 33.4 |
| 5 | Highfield Leadership Academy | 94 | 35.2 | +5.2 | 48.9% | 35.1% | 3.2% | 31.0 |
| 6 | South Shore Academy | 111 | 34.4 | — | 45.0% | 25.2% | 7.2% | 32.1 |
| 7 | Armfield Academy | 153 | 34.2 | −1.4 | 45.1% | 17.0% | 0.7% | 27.3 |
| 8 | Unity Academy Blackpool | 106 | 27.9 | −1.4 | 31.1% | 14.2% | 0.0% | 23.5 |
| England average | 47.6 | 66.8% | 47.8% | 14.7% | 37.7 |
Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.
Blackpool against the rest of the North West
- Trafford65.7%
- Stockport52.9%
- Warrington50.8%
- Bolton47.9%
- Manchester46.4%
- Cheshire East46.1%
- Wirral46.0%
- Lancashire45.0%
- Cheshire West and Chester44.4%
- Blackburn with Darwen44.4%
- Tameside44.3%
- Salford44.2%
- Wigan44.1%
- Westmorland and Furness42.8%
- St. Helens41.9%
- Oldham41.4%
- Rochdale41.2%
- Sefton40.2%
- Bury39.6%
- Liverpool39.1%
- Blackpool37.1%
- Halton36.5%
- Cumberland34.0%
- Knowsley26.2%
Reading these figures
- Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
- There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
- These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
- Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.