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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Herefordshire, County of GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 15 state secondary schools in Herefordshire, County of, 1,833 pupils. Herefordshire, County of ranks 95 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.4 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
42.4%
5.4 pts below England
Grade 7+ English & maths
10.1%
4.6 pts below England
Attainment 8
46.0
1.6 points below England
Council rank
95 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Herefordshire, County of at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: St Mary's RC High School (53.2).
- Schools range from 37.0 to 53.2 on Attainment 8, a spread of 16.2 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 34.7, 14.2 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Fairfield High School (45.2).
- Most improved on 2025: Aylestone School, up 4.4 points to 40.7.
Every Herefordshire, County of 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 | St Mary's RC High SchoolRoman Catholic | 149 | 53.2 | +1.0 | 81.9% | 63.8% | 13.4% | 41.8 |
| 2 | Fairfield High School | 121 | 51.9 | +1.6 | 75.2% | 56.2% | 14.0% | 45.2 |
| 3 | Whitecross Hereford | 189 | 50.1 | +3.6 | 67.2% | 40.7% | 12.2% | 40.1 |
| 4 | The Steiner Academy Hereford | 28 | 47.7 | −3.3 | 78.6% | 53.6% | 17.9% | 32.6 |
| 5 | John Masefield High School | 152 | 47.0 | +0.8 | 70.4% | 46.1% | 9.2% | 35.7 |
| 6 | John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy | 237 | 46.8 | −0.9 | 69.2% | 43.5% | 10.1% | 32.3 |
| 7 | Wigmore School | 89 | 46.4 | −2.0 | 66.3% | 41.6% | 7.9% | 36.9 |
| 8 | The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat SchoolChurch of England | 206 | 46.3 | +0.4 | 64.6% | 44.7% | 11.7% | 40.3 |
| 9 | Weobley High School | 106 | 45.0 | −2.8 | 61.3% | 38.7% | 14.2% | 29.5 |
| 10 | Lady Hawkins' School | 47 | 44.7 | +1.4 | 68.1% | 46.8% | 14.9% | 30.0 |
| 11 | Kingstone High School | 118 | 41.6 | −0.7 | 54.2% | 38.1% | 11.0% | 30.1 |
| 12 | The Hereford Church of England AcademyChristian | 126 | 41.5 | +1.9 | 50.8% | 30.2% | 5.6% | 34.1 |
| 13 | Aylestone School | 84 | 40.7 | +4.4 | 44.0% | 29.8% | 4.8% | 35.2 |
| 14 | Earl Mortimer College | 102 | 38.9 | +1.4 | 51.0% | 31.4% | 2.0% | 25.8 |
| 15 | Queen Elizabeth High School | 79 | 37.0 | −2.7 | 46.8% | 22.8% | 3.8% | 28.6 |
| 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.
Herefordshire, County of against the rest of the West Midlands
- Warwickshire51.1%
- Birmingham49.1%
- Solihull47.4%
- Coventry44.5%
- Wolverhampton44.3%
- Dudley43.6%
- Herefordshire, County of42.4%
- Telford and Wrekin42.2%
- Worcestershire42.1%
- Staffordshire41.2%
- Walsall39.3%
- Sandwell36.2%
- Shropshire35.1%
- Stoke-on-Trent34.4%
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.