GCSE results 2026

Cornwall GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 31 state secondary schools in Cornwall, 5,526 pupils. Cornwall ranks 96 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.1 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

44.4%

3.4 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

11.3%

3.4 pts below England

Attainment 8

45.8

1.8 points below England

Council rank

96 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Cornwall at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Richard Lander School (53.7).
Schools range from 32.7 to 53.7 on Attainment 8, a spread of 21.0 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 34.8, 14.6 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Camborne Science and International Academy (43.0).
Most improved on 2025: Pool Academy, up 5.9 points to 47.7.

Every Cornwall 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	Richard Lander School	292	53.7	+2.7	76.4%	61.6%	24.3%	38.4
2	Camborne Science and International Academy	274	53.6	+3.9	73.7%	59.9%	25.9%	43.0
3	Penair School	227	49.4	+0.3	71.4%	50.7%	11.9%	38.8
4	Falmouth School	153	49.1	+0.8	69.9%	47.7%	15.0%	33.6
5	Penrice Academy	275	49.1	−1.8	66.5%	47.6%	15.6%	40.4
6	Newquay Tretherras	277	49.0	+0.6	68.2%	46.2%	15.2%	37.3
7	Launceston College	201	48.5	+0.5	76.6%	62.7%	16.9%	34.7
8	Wadebridge School	201	48.5	+3.8	67.7%	47.3%	13.4%	33.8
9	Redruth School	272	48.1	+2.4	69.5%	45.6%	11.4%	40.0
10	Pool Academy	105	47.7	+5.9	71.4%	48.6%	9.5%	33.1
11	The Roseland Academy	124	47.5	−0.8	67.7%	45.2%	8.1%	38.3
12	Callington Community College	146	47.4	+3.4	69.9%	53.4%	6.8%	36.9
13	Bodmin College	239	47.1	+1.1	68.2%	48.5%	13.0%	31.6
14	Penryn College	236	46.8	−2.4	65.7%	48.7%	13.6%	31.8
15	Treviglas Academy	171	45.9	+2.9	64.9%	45.6%	9.4%	38.8
16	Mullion School	108	45.0	+1.3	62.0%	40.7%	10.2%	36.1
17	Mounts Bay Academy	187	44.1	+0.4	64.7%	38.5%	8.6%	35.4
18	Helston Community College	209	43.9	+0.3	64.1%	40.7%	7.2%	32.1
19	Budehaven Community School	206	43.7	−1.7	59.7%	40.3%	9.2%	30.9
20	Liskeard School and Community College	203	43.7	+0.9	59.1%	43.3%	6.9%	35.8
21	St Ives School	115	42.4	−2.6	62.6%	35.7%	9.6%	36.9
22	Humphry Davy School	148	41.7	+0.2	55.4%	38.5%	8.1%	31.1
23	Poltair School	146	41.7	−5.7	54.8%	37.7%	8.9%	36.6
24	Hayle Academy	112	40.9	−1.5	58.9%	38.4%	3.6%	28.7
25	Looe Community Academy	92	40.7	+1.7	52.2%	23.9%	5.4%	34.4
26	Saltash Community School	215	40.6	−2.3	56.3%	29.8%	7.0%	31.4
27	Sir James Smith's School	99	39.9	−2.8	58.6%	41.4%	1.0%	28.6
28	Torpoint Community College	135	39.4	−1.6	54.1%	30.4%	2.2%	32.2
29	Brannel School	183	38.0	−3.6	50.8%	29.5%	2.7%	34.5
30	Fowey River Academy	125	34.9	−4.8	38.4%	20.8%	1.6%	23.2
31	Cape Cornwall School	50	32.7	−5.7	40.0%	18.0%	2.0%	24.3
	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.

Cornwall against the rest of the South West

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole57.9%
Torbay55.0%
Gloucestershire53.8%
Bath and North East Somerset53.2%
Plymouth50.9%
Devon46.6%
North Somerset46.1%
Swindon45.7%
Bristol, City of45.1%
Wiltshire44.7%
Cornwall44.4%
South Gloucestershire44.1%
Dorset41.9%
Somerset40.8%

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.