GCSE results 2026

East Sussex GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 24 state secondary schools in East Sussex, 5,039 pupils. East Sussex ranks 112 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.7 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

45.5%

2.3 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

10.6%

4.1 pts below England

Attainment 8

45.0

2.6 points below England

Council rank

112 / 151

By average Attainment 8

East Sussex at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: King's Academy Ringmer (50.6).
Schools range from 31.7 to 55.5 on Attainment 8, a spread of 23.8 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 33.4, 15.4 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Uplands Academy (40.1).
Most improved on 2025: Bexhill High Academy, up 4.0 points to 45.7.

Every East Sussex 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	King's Academy Ringmer	107	50.6	+3.0	75.7%	54.2%	13.1%	34.8
2	Heathfield Community College	225	50.0	−0.6	74.2%	48.0%	13.8%	36.6
3	Chailey School	170	49.7	+0.4	68.8%	57.6%	15.9%	32.2
4	Beacon Academy	254	49.4	−0.8	78.7%	57.1%	13.0%	34.4
5	Gildredge House	147	48.9	+2.2	69.4%	50.3%	15.0%	37.1
6	Priory School	231	48.7	+2.3	71.0%	52.8%	19.9%	31.3
7	Seaford Head School	240	48.5	−0.9	74.2%	54.6%	13.3%	38.0
8	The Cavendish School	174	48.2	+0.9	67.2%	51.1%	12.1%	39.1
9	Claverham Community College	227	48.0	−2.3	67.8%	51.1%	12.3%	32.7
10	Uckfield College	260	47.7	+0.7	67.3%	43.8%	15.0%	39.3
11	Uplands Academy	146	46.4	+3.9	74.0%	52.1%	11.0%	40.1
12	Bexhill High Academy	276	45.7	+4.0	70.3%	50.7%	8.3%	35.2
13	St Catherine's CollegeChurch of England	208	45.6	−2.0	66.3%	45.2%	12.0%	36.1
14	Ratton School	239	45.5	+2.5	59.8%	45.2%	7.5%	34.2
15	Ark Alexandra AcademyChurch of England	238	45.4	+2.8	70.6%	52.9%	13.4%	36.3
16	Willingdon Community School	207	45.2	+0.2	65.7%	49.3%	10.6%	29.6
17	Seahaven Academy	141	42.7	+2.4	64.5%	45.4%	9.9%	32.0
18	Rye College	117	40.6	+3.8	59.8%	33.3%	12.8%	32.0
19	Robertsbridge Community College	135	40.3	—	54.1%	40.7%	11.9%	32.8
20	The Hastings Academy	139	38.5	+0.3	51.1%	27.3%	1.4%	33.8
21	Peacehaven Community School	175	38.3	−1.8	54.9%	26.9%	1.1%	32.4
22	The Eastbourne Academy	165	37.1	−0.6	49.7%	25.5%	4.8%	29.7
23	Hailsham Academy	233	35.4	—	47.2%	29.2%	3.0%	22.3
24	The Turing School	138	31.7	−2.9	35.5%	18.8%	2.2%	24.3
	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.

East Sussex against the rest of the South East

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.