GCSE results 2026

Devon GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 40 state secondary schools in Devon, 7,016 pupils. Devon ranks 77 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.1 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

46.6%

1.2 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

12.8%

1.9 pts below England

Attainment 8

46.8

0.8 points below England

Council rank

77 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Devon at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Colyton Grammar School (78.3); highest non-selective: Ivybridge Community College (54.6).
Schools range from 24.5 to 78.3 on Attainment 8, a spread of 53.8 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 35.2, 15.1 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Colyton Grammar School (77.2).
Devon has 1 grammar school, which lift the council average. Compare the non-selective schools with each other. Grammar schools in Devon.
Most improved on 2025: Atlantic Academy, up 5.7 points to 47.8.

Every Devon 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	Colyton Grammar SchoolGrammar	153	78.3	−0.5	100.0%	99.3%	75.8%	77.2
2	Ivybridge Community College	381	54.6	−0.6	82.9%	66.1%	23.1%	46.3
3	Uffculme School	215	54.6	+1.8	81.9%	64.7%	21.9%	44.6
4	Chulmleigh Community College	135	53.2	−0.9	73.3%	53.3%	14.8%	44.4
5	Kingsbridge Academy	201	51.1	+1.5	78.1%	54.2%	16.4%	36.6
6	St Peter's Church of England Aided SchoolChurch of England	250	50.9	−2.1	75.6%	56.8%	16.8%	40.5
7	The Ilfracombe Church of England AcademyChurch of England	182	50.7	+2.8	79.1%	52.7%	14.8%	43.6
8	The King's School	180	50.6	−1.3	73.3%	51.1%	11.1%	34.9
9	St James School	198	49.2	+2.3	70.2%	50.5%	15.7%	38.9
10	Teign School	183	48.5	+3.8	65.0%	49.2%	16.9%	33.6
11	South Molton Community College	123	48.4	+2.5	68.3%	44.7%	16.3%	37.9
12	South Dartmoor Community College	127	48.3	+0.6	69.3%	50.4%	20.5%	36.2
13	Braunton Academy	145	48.1	−5.6	68.3%	44.8%	11.0%	31.5
14	West Exe School	242	48.0	+1.0	71.9%	53.3%	10.3%	42.6
15	Atlantic Academy	45	47.8	+5.7	68.9%	57.8%	22.2%	33.7
16	The Park Community School	280	47.5	+0.9	73.6%	52.9%	10.4%	34.1
17	Isca Academy	186	47.4	+1.0	62.9%	51.1%	14.0%	32.8
18	Queen Elizabeth's	207	47.4	+1.2	73.4%	49.8%	10.1%	38.6
19	Coombeshead Academy	141	46.0	−0.8	61.7%	46.1%	10.6%	39.9
20	Sidmouth College	144	46.0	+0.1	70.8%	49.3%	7.6%	43.2
21	Clyst Vale Community College	178	45.9	+1.4	64.6%	44.9%	11.2%	29.1
22	King Edward VI Community College	146	45.9	+1.3	61.6%	43.2%	9.6%	32.6
23	St Luke's Church of England SchoolChurch of England	125	45.6	+0.3	65.6%	42.4%	12.8%	34.8
24	Okehampton College	217	45.3	+2.1	67.3%	42.9%	9.7%	37.5
25	Newton Abbot College	194	44.9	+4.4	64.4%	37.6%	5.2%	37.1
26	Honiton Community College	120	44.5	+4.1	62.5%	38.3%	5.8%	33.3
27	Dartmouth Academy	54	43.7	−1.6	61.1%	31.5%	5.6%	40.7
28	Tavistock College	189	43.4	+1.8	58.7%	33.3%	6.9%	34.8
29	Pilton Community College	212	42.8	−3.6	58.0%	37.3%	6.6%	31.6
30	Bideford College	248	42.3	−3.4	63.7%	41.1%	11.3%	32.3
31	Great Torrington School	167	42.1	+3.1	61.7%	41.3%	7.2%	31.1
32	Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road	141	42.1	−0.2	58.2%	35.5%	5.0%	34.9
33	Cullompton Community College	137	42.0	−3.1	60.6%	43.8%	8.0%	26.5
34	Exmouth Community College	333	41.8	−4.3	58.3%	32.7%	6.6%	28.1
35	Holsworthy Community College	108	39.8	−0.1	49.1%	27.8%	5.6%	30.6
36	Axe Valley Academy	117	39.7	+0.5	55.6%	32.5%	4.3%	37.7
37	Cranbrook Education Campus	89	39.2	−6.8	58.4%	32.6%	4.5%	29.5
38	Dawlish College	156	39.1	+0.2	46.2%	27.6%	4.5%	29.0
39	Thomas Hall School	59	37.4	+2.8	49.2%	37.3%	13.6%	26.7
40	South Devon UTC	68	24.5	−1.2	29.4%	10.3%	0.0%	18.8
	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.

Devon 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.