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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Central Bedfordshire GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 16 state secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire, 3,171 pupils. Central Bedfordshire ranks 127 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 0.5 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
42.3%
5.5 pts below England
Grade 7+ English & maths
10.3%
4.4 pts below England
Attainment 8
44.3
3.3 points below England
Council rank
127 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Central Bedfordshire at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: Cedars Upper School (50.1).
- Schools range from 35.7 to 50.1 on Attainment 8, a spread of 14.4 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 31.8, 15.4 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Houstone School (43.2).
- Most improved on 2025: Houstone School, up 2.6 points to 48.7.
Every Central Bedfordshire 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 | Cedars Upper School | 232 | 50.1 | +1.6 | 67.7% | 50.4% | 20.7% | 33.7 |
| 2 | Houstone School | 86 | 48.7 | +2.6 | 75.6% | 57.0% | 11.6% | 43.2 |
| 3 | Vandyke Upper School | 345 | 47.6 | −0.6 | 67.8% | 45.8% | 12.8% | 34.5 |
| 4 | Harlington Upper School | 279 | 46.1 | −1.7 | 67.7% | 45.9% | 11.8% | 36.2 |
| 5 | Etonbury Academy | 153 | 45.8 | +0.3 | 70.6% | 50.3% | 15.0% | 28.7 |
| 6 | Samuel Whitbread Academy | 389 | 45.7 | −1.0 | 68.6% | 42.9% | 8.5% | 32.5 |
| 7 | Redborne Upper School and Community College | 391 | 45.3 | −1.3 | 65.2% | 46.0% | 7.9% | 31.1 |
| 8 | Pix Brook Academy | 76 | 44.6 | — | 68.4% | 36.8% | 14.5% | 33.0 |
| 9 | Fulbrook School | 103 | 43.2 | +0.3 | 61.2% | 39.8% | 3.9% | 29.3 |
| 10 | Priory Academy | 109 | 42.0 | −4.2 | 58.7% | 45.0% | 17.4% | 30.5 |
| 11 | Stratton School | 187 | 41.5 | +2.6 | 55.1% | 35.3% | 7.5% | 34.3 |
| 12 | Queensbury Academy | 203 | 41.4 | +1.4 | 60.6% | 38.9% | 9.4% | 31.1 |
| 13 | Sandy Secondary School | 207 | 41.4 | +0.6 | 59.9% | 35.7% | 5.8% | 27.1 |
| 14 | Henlow Church of England AcademyChurch of England | 78 | 41.0 | −1.7 | 56.4% | 29.5% | 5.1% | 34.1 |
| 15 | Manshead Church of England AcademyChurch of England | 202 | 38.9 | −4.1 | 49.5% | 34.2% | 7.9% | 27.3 |
| 16 | All Saints Academy DunstableChurch of England | 131 | 35.7 | −1.2 | 45.0% | 28.2% | 4.6% | 27.1 |
| 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.
Central Bedfordshire against the rest of the East of England
- 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.