GCSE results 2026

Cambridgeshire GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 34 state secondary schools in Cambridgeshire, 6,662 pupils. Cambridgeshire ranks 33 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 1.0 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

52.3%

4.5 pts above England

Grade 7+ English & maths

18.8%

4.1 pts above England

Attainment 8

50.3

2.7 points above England

Council rank

33 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Cambridgeshire at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Parkside Community College (65.9).
Schools range from 36.7 to 65.9 on Attainment 8, a spread of 29.2 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 35.5, 19.1 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology (54.5).
Most improved on 2025: Trumpington Community College, up 6.2 points to 56.6.

Every Cambridgeshire 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	Parkside Community CollegeTop 10% three years running	125	65.9	+2.4	90.4%	81.6%	48.8%	46.1
2	Chesterton Community CollegeTop 10% three years running	198	65.4	−2.6	84.8%	73.2%	42.4%	40.3
3	St Bede's Inter-Church SchoolChurch of England/Roman Catholic · Top 10% three years running	177	62.9	+1.3	89.3%	74.6%	33.3%	49.2
4	Cambridge Academy for Science and TechnologyTop 10% three years running	109	62.1	+5.3	90.8%	69.7%	27.5%	54.5
5	Impington Village CollegeTop 10% three years running	237	61.4	+2.8	82.7%	71.7%	45.1%	41.2
6	Coleridge Community College	109	58.7	+3.6	80.7%	74.3%	31.2%	46.9
7	Comberton Village CollegeTop 10% three years running	292	56.8	+1.1	75.3%	61.3%	26.0%	38.4
8	Trumpington Community College	107	56.6	+6.2	79.4%	67.3%	32.7%	44.1
9	Swavesey Village College	240	55.7	+1.1	77.9%	59.2%	23.8%	38.2
10	Sawston Village College	236	54.2	−1.3	73.7%	60.2%	23.3%	34.9
11	Cambourne Village College	275	53.7	+2.0	76.7%	59.3%	27.6%	32.6
12	Ely College	276	53.7	+4.0	79.3%	57.6%	21.0%	36.8
13	Cottenham Village College	173	52.9	+0.9	78.6%	56.6%	20.2%	37.1
14	Northstowe Learning Community	131	52.8	+1.4	74.0%	59.5%	13.7%	35.1
15	Soham Village College	274	52.5	+1.3	75.2%	54.4%	16.1%	40.1
16	St Ivo Academy	263	51.3	+4.2	72.6%	57.4%	20.9%	35.3
17	Bottisham Village College	290	50.7	−0.4	71.0%	53.4%	20.3%	36.4
18	Hinchingbrooke School	348	49.0	−1.3	67.0%	48.6%	10.6%	38.6
19	Linton Village College	143	48.8	−3.6	69.2%	49.0%	14.0%	33.2
20	North Cambridge Academy	122	48.6	+4.7	61.5%	40.2%	15.6%	40.8
21	Longsands Academy	269	48.2	−0.3	70.6%	50.9%	15.2%	37.5
22	Sawtry Village Academy	167	47.9	−1.5	70.1%	45.5%	12.6%	37.3
23	The Netherhall School	204	46.8	+1.3	62.7%	50.0%	17.2%	29.1
24	Abbey College, Ramsey	176	45.4	−0.7	66.5%	40.9%	10.8%	35.5
25	Bassingbourn Village College	123	44.7	−2.8	61.0%	42.3%	11.4%	22.9
26	Melbourn Village College	108	43.7	+1.4	66.7%	44.4%	6.5%	36.0
27	Ernulf Academy	131	43.4	+3.1	66.4%	38.9%	6.1%	35.1
28	Witchford Village College	136	42.3	−2.2	61.0%	41.9%	4.4%	34.0
29	Cromwell Community College	228	42.0	+1.2	60.5%	36.8%	6.1%	31.7
30	Vista Academy Littleport	116	40.3	+1.5	51.7%	32.8%	7.8%	28.6
31	St Peter's School	241	39.3	−0.3	52.3%	34.0%	9.1%	26.7
32	Sir Harry Smith Community College	185	38.6	−2.0	51.9%	32.4%	3.8%	27.1
33	Thomas Clarkson Academy	238	38.3	+0.9	49.6%	31.9%	10.1%	30.8
34	Neale-Wade Academy	215	36.7	+1.9	50.7%	30.2%	3.7%	29.2
	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.

Cambridgeshire against the rest of the East of England

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

Southend-on-Sea56.0%
Hertfordshire54.7%
Cambridgeshire52.3%
Thurrock46.8%
Luton46.1%
Essex45.1%
Norfolk44.0%
Bedford42.5%
Central Bedfordshire42.3%
Suffolk41.1%
Peterborough40.8%

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.