GCSE results 2026

Dudley GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 19 state secondary schools in Dudley, 3,582 pupils. Dudley ranks 128 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.4 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

43.6%

4.2 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

10.1%

4.6 pts below England

Attainment 8

44.3

3.3 points below England

Council rank

128 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Dudley at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Old Swinford Hospital (57.9).
Schools range from 35.5 to 57.9 on Attainment 8, a spread of 22.4 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 35.7, 12.3 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Old Swinford Hospital (51.3).
Most improved on 2025: St James Academy, up 4.8 points to 41.6.

Every Dudley 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	Old Swinford HospitalChurch of England · Top 10% three years running	150	57.9	−1.1	88.7%	71.3%	27.3%	51.3
2	Summerhill School	213	51.0	−0.6	76.1%	59.6%	16.4%	33.6
3	Kingswinford Academy	178	50.9	+4.6	70.8%	58.4%	17.4%	41.2
4	Redhill School	231	48.0	+0.2	66.7%	46.3%	10.8%	39.5
5	The Earls High School	243	46.8	−1.4	67.9%	46.1%	13.2%	37.7
6	Bishop Milner Catholic CollegeRoman Catholic	150	45.4	−0.5	64.7%	38.7%	10.7%	37.2
7	The Dormston School	229	44.5	+2.4	62.4%	41.9%	9.6%	33.0
8	Beacon Hill Academy	202	44.4	+3.4	68.8%	47.0%	5.4%	39.2
9	The Link Academy	202	44.2	+3.8	64.9%	48.0%	9.4%	39.7
10	Windsor High School and Sixth Form	286	44.2	−2.3	60.5%	42.7%	10.8%	38.6
11	Ridgewood High School	133	44.0	−2.0	58.6%	36.8%	6.0%	34.7
12	The Crestwood School	191	41.8	+2.9	55.5%	37.2%	6.3%	35.3
13	Pegasus Academy	137	41.7	−2.7	51.8%	37.2%	7.3%	36.6
14	St James Academy	164	41.6	+4.8	57.9%	47.0%	11.6%	36.2
15	Ellowes Hall Sports College	207	41.2	−1.9	60.4%	43.5%	4.3%	34.9
16	Leasowes High School	200	40.2	−1.6	57.0%	37.5%	7.5%	30.1
17	Thorns Collegiate Academy	162	37.6	−1.1	43.8%	30.2%	6.2%	27.1
18	The Wordsley School	176	36.9	—	44.9%	25.6%	7.4%	28.1
19	The Pedmore High School	128	35.5	−4.1	41.4%	21.9%	1.6%	28.9
	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.

Dudley against the rest of the West 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.