GCSE results 2026

Derby GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 16 state secondary schools in Derby, 3,406 pupils. Derby ranks 134 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which was unchanged on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

39.3%

8.5 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

10.7%

4.0 pts below England

Attainment 8

43.8

3.8 points below England

Council rank

134 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Derby at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Littleover Community School (54.5).
Schools range from 31.8 to 54.5 on Attainment 8, a spread of 22.7 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 33.9, 15.6 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Landau Forte College (49.0).
Most improved on 2025: Chellaston Academy, up 3.9 points to 53.1.

Every Derby 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	Littleover Community School	287	54.5	+1.8	76.3%	57.8%	22.0%	45.3
2	Chellaston Academy	292	53.1	+3.9	74.0%	56.2%	17.5%	36.4
3	Landau Forte College	192	51.6	−3.8	76.6%	55.7%	17.2%	49.0
4	Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic	245	48.4	+3.1	65.3%	43.7%	11.0%	39.2
5	Allestree Woodlands School	232	46.3	−0.2	69.8%	44.0%	10.8%	33.1
6	Derby Moor Spencer Academy	286	45.7	−2.0	65.0%	41.3%	8.0%	40.0
7	West Park School	282	45.3	−3.4	58.9%	40.1%	10.6%	37.0
8	Derby Cathedral SchoolChurch of England	176	43.7	+2.2	62.5%	38.6%	6.8%	39.1
9	Lees Brook Academy	170	43.0	+1.5	54.1%	34.7%	11.2%	34.6
10	Murray Park Community School	220	43.0	+2.4	60.0%	44.1%	12.7%	28.5
11	UTC Derby Pride Park	113	39.5	−2.5	57.5%	24.8%	4.4%	36.3
12	Noel-Baker Academy	229	35.2	−1.1	45.4%	27.9%	6.1%	28.9
13	Da Vinci Academy	136	35.0	+0.3	44.9%	25.0%	5.1%	28.0
14	The Bemrose School	195	34.2	+0.4	40.0%	20.5%	5.6%	27.6
15	Alvaston Moor Academy	159	33.6	+1.2	44.0%	27.0%	7.5%	28.5
16	City of Derby Academy	192	31.8	−3.0	35.9%	15.6%	1.6%	25.8
	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.

Derby against the rest of the East Midlands

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.