GCSE results 2026

Derbyshire GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 45 state secondary schools in Derbyshire, 7,939 pupils. Derbyshire ranks 97 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.3 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

45.1%

2.7 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

10.5%

4.2 pts below England

Attainment 8

45.8

1.8 points below England

Council rank

97 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Derbyshire at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy (60.3).
Schools range from 36.4 to 60.3 on Attainment 8, a spread of 23.9 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 36.8, 13.0 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy (50.0).
Most improved on 2025: St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy, up 8.7 points to 49.2.

Every Derbyshire 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 Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic · Top 10% three years running	205	60.3	+0.9	82.9%	66.3%	25.9%	50.0
2	The Ecclesbourne SchoolTop 10% three years running	232	57.3	−1.0	89.7%	67.7%	22.8%	43.8
3	John Port Spencer Academy	320	53.5	+2.1	81.3%	62.5%	16.6%	43.6
4	Lady Manners School	235	53.0	+0.8	83.8%	62.6%	12.8%	48.2
5	Brookfield Community School	180	52.0	+1.2	78.9%	55.6%	18.3%	39.2
6	Outwood Academy Newbold	176	50.6	+1.7	77.3%	56.3%	13.6%	45.8
7	Hope Valley College	105	50.5	+6.1	71.4%	53.3%	16.2%	44.0
8	Highfields School	224	49.6	+2.6	75.4%	50.0%	18.3%	39.1
9	Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School	298	49.4	−0.6	74.5%	52.0%	13.4%	37.6
10	Wilsthorpe School	208	49.3	−1.2	71.2%	49.0%	16.8%	41.0
11	St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic	112	49.2	+8.7	75.0%	48.2%	12.5%	38.5
12	Chapel-en-le-Frith High School	185	48.9	+5.1	71.9%	47.6%	10.3%	40.8
13	New Mills School	114	48.5	+4.0	68.4%	47.4%	11.4%	44.0
14	John Flamsteed Community School	173	48.4	−4.9	67.6%	50.3%	8.1%	39.1
15	Outwood Academy Hasland Hall	166	47.9	+0.4	72.9%	55.4%	15.1%	38.7
16	Anthony Gell School	128	46.7	+0.9	63.3%	44.5%	9.4%	31.1
17	Friesland School	214	46.0	+1.9	65.9%	43.5%	11.7%	32.7
18	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SchoolChristian	194	45.8	−2.4	66.5%	43.3%	11.3%	35.7
19	Granville Academy	169	45.0	−1.5	67.5%	48.5%	11.2%	39.5
20	Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic	133	44.4	−3.7	65.4%	37.6%	10.5%	38.7
21	Eckington School	226	44.1	+3.5	61.5%	45.1%	6.6%	34.6
22	Swanwick Hall School	197	44.1	+1.5	61.4%	37.1%	5.6%	37.0
23	Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy	174	43.8	+3.3	67.8%	50.0%	7.5%	37.7
24	Glossopdale School and Sixth Form	207	43.6	+0.2	55.6%	39.6%	11.1%	35.4
25	Heanor Gate Spencer Academy	196	43.4	−6.2	57.7%	43.4%	7.7%	33.8
26	The Pingle Academy	218	43.4	+4.2	67.0%	43.1%	11.5%	36.3
27	Tupton Hall School	235	43.4	+2.3	59.1%	37.4%	7.2%	36.6
28	Belper School and Sixth Form Centre	207	43.3	−1.0	64.7%	47.3%	3.9%	32.6
29	David Nieper Academy	141	43.2	+2.2	56.0%	36.2%	8.5%	33.9
30	The Bolsover School	157	42.9	−2.1	65.0%	45.2%	7.0%	36.6
31	The Ripley Academy	173	42.9	−1.6	63.6%	35.8%	8.7%	38.9
32	Tibshelf Community School	159	42.9	−1.3	59.7%	44.7%	10.1%	35.0
33	Netherthorpe School	158	42.8	+0.7	53.2%	40.5%	4.4%	35.4
34	Buxton Community School	172	42.1	+0.5	57.0%	32.6%	6.4%	35.8
35	St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic	88	42.1	−7.4	60.2%	38.6%	10.2%	28.8
36	Frederick Gent School	153	41.5	−4.8	54.2%	28.1%	4.6%	36.2
37	The Long Eaton School	194	41.3	−0.8	56.2%	33.5%	4.6%	35.9
38	Kirk Hallam Community Academy	129	40.6	+1.9	60.5%	40.3%	5.4%	34.7
39	Whittington Green School	122	40.4	−0.4	53.3%	32.8%	2.5%	33.3
40	Mercia Academy	130	38.7	+6.1	48.5%	29.2%	3.8%	34.9
41	Shirebrook Academy	153	38.4	−1.1	52.9%	26.1%	3.3%	33.6
42	Aldercar High School	125	38.3	+4.4	46.4%	31.2%	7.2%	29.6
43	Springwell Community College	164	38.0	+0.1	51.8%	36.0%	6.1%	32.2
44	Heritage High School	168	37.7	−2.3	52.4%	33.9%	6.5%	30.3
45	Parkside Community School	122	36.4	−4.6	36.9%	18.9%	4.1%	33.2
	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.

Derbyshire 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.