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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Brighton and Hove GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 10 state secondary schools in Brighton and Hove, 2,424 pupils. Brighton and Hove ranks 53 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 1.0 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
50.1%
2.3 pts above England
Grade 7+ English & maths
15.1%
0.4 pts above England
Attainment 8
48.2
0.6 points above England
Council rank
53 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Brighton and Hove at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: King's School (56.5).
- Schools range from 33.2 to 56.5 on Attainment 8, a spread of 23.3 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 34.7, 18.3 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at King's School (46.4).
- Most improved on 2025: Varndean School, up 5.9 points to 54.7.
Every Brighton and Hove 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 | King's SchoolChristian | 176 | 56.5 | +2.8 | 81.3% | 59.7% | 26.1% | 46.4 |
| 2 | Varndean School | 293 | 54.7 | +5.9 | 81.6% | 67.9% | 20.8% | 37.7 |
| 3 | Blatchington Mill School | 324 | 52.5 | +1.5 | 77.8% | 57.4% | 19.1% | 42.4 |
| 4 | Cardinal Newman Catholic SchoolRoman Catholic | 372 | 50.9 | +0.5 | 75.3% | 53.5% | 12.9% | 39.2 |
| 5 | Dorothy Stringer School | 327 | 50.5 | −2.8 | 74.9% | 52.0% | 17.4% | 34.6 |
| 6 | Patcham High School | 224 | 46.7 | +1.2 | 71.4% | 50.4% | 14.7% | 33.2 |
| 7 | Portslade Aldridge Community Academy | 154 | 44.1 | +1.4 | 68.8% | 46.1% | 7.1% | 35.9 |
| 8 | Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre | 249 | 42.0 | +0.9 | 61.8% | 40.2% | 10.4% | 30.8 |
| 9 | Longhill High School | 158 | 36.3 | +3.4 | 38.0% | 22.8% | 8.9% | 30.4 |
| 10 | Brighton Aldridge Community Academy | 147 | 33.2 | −3.0 | 42.9% | 23.8% | 4.8% | 21.9 |
| 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.
Brighton and Hove against the rest of the South East
- Wokingham64.1%
- Buckinghamshire61.6%
- Slough58.9%
- Surrey56.4%
- Reading55.6%
- West Berkshire52.2%
- Brighton and Hove50.1%
- Windsor and Maidenhead49.7%
- Kent49.3%
- Bracknell Forest48.9%
- West Sussex48.4%
- Oxfordshire47.9%
- Hampshire46.0%
- East Sussex45.5%
- Milton Keynes45.4%
- Medway43.6%
- Southampton37.0%
- Portsmouth35.8%
- Isle of Wight35.1%
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.