GCSE results 2026

County Durham GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 30 state secondary schools in County Durham, 5,031 pupils. County Durham ranks 63 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.5 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

45.8%

2.0 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

12.4%

2.3 pts below England

Attainment 8

47.7

0.1 points above England

Council rank

63 / 151

By average Attainment 8

County Durham at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Teesdale School and Sixth Form (57.0).
Schools range from 33.4 to 57.0 on Attainment 8, a spread of 23.6 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 38.7, 13.2 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Teesdale School and Sixth Form (48.6).
Most improved on 2025: Teesdale School and Sixth Form, up 7.4 points to 57.0.

Every County Durham 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	Teesdale School and Sixth Form	110	57.0	+7.4	88.2%	66.4%	29.1%	48.6
2	St Leonard's Catholic School, DurhamRoman Catholic · Top 10% three years running	209	56.5	−1.2	80.9%	59.8%	18.2%	44.7
3	Durham Johnston Comprehensive SchoolTop 10% three years running	263	56.3	+1.1	78.7%	66.2%	27.4%	38.0
4	The Academy at Shotton Hall	225	55.0	+2.8	79.1%	56.4%	21.8%	45.9
5	Tanfield School	131	54.4	−3.1	84.0%	62.6%	22.9%	47.1
6	Sedgefield Community College	189	52.4	+0.9	69.3%	54.5%	18.5%	38.3
7	Wolsingham School	150	52.0	+7.3	75.3%	52.7%	14.7%	46.2
8	Whitworth Park Academy	195	51.3	+0.9	70.3%	53.8%	14.9%	46.1
9	Easington Academy	127	51.0	−0.8	77.2%	55.1%	13.4%	44.7
10	Woodham Academy	200	50.5	+2.3	72.5%	46.5%	12.5%	44.0
11	Hermitage Academy	173	50.1	+1.0	71.7%	49.7%	13.9%	40.1
12	Framwellgate School Durham	218	48.9	+3.7	66.1%	46.8%	16.5%	37.9
13	Belmont Community School	168	48.6	−4.8	66.7%	48.2%	16.1%	36.4
14	Seaham High School	201	47.8	+2.0	64.2%	47.8%	10.4%	41.1
15	Staindrop Academy	75	47.7	+2.1	72.0%	52.0%	13.3%	43.2
16	Wellfield School	152	47.3	−0.5	69.7%	50.0%	9.2%	39.7
17	Consett Academy	261	47.2	+3.0	66.7%	41.4%	11.5%	41.9
18	Park View School	237	46.8	+0.4	67.9%	42.2%	6.3%	33.2
19	St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, LanchesterRoman Catholic	233	45.8	+0.9	67.4%	43.3%	10.7%	33.1
20	St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form CollegeRoman Catholic	216	43.8	−2.6	64.4%	45.4%	7.9%	33.7
21	King James I Academy Bishop Auckland	135	43.1	−0.8	54.8%	30.4%	3.7%	37.7
22	St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form CollegeRoman Catholic	163	42.1	−2.4	57.7%	39.9%	8.0%	33.7
23	Parkside Academy	171	42.0	−4.9	61.4%	40.4%	7.6%	36.7
24	Dene Academy	104	41.2	−0.2	51.9%	32.7%	6.7%	37.0
25	North Durham Academy	169	39.9	+0.1	49.1%	27.2%	4.1%	34.5
26	Ferryhill School	151	39.7	−1.8	47.0%	21.9%	2.6%	32.7
27	Bishop Barrington Academy	87	39.0	−0.4	42.5%	25.3%	1.1%	35.9
28	Durham Academy	59	39.0	+1.6	55.9%	33.9%	3.4%	36.6
29	Greenfield Academy	105	37.7	+2.0	52.4%	28.6%	3.8%	33.1
30	UTC South Durham	154	33.4	−5.8	39.6%	17.5%	1.3%	32.5
	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.

County Durham against the rest of the North East

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

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.