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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Gateshead GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 10 state secondary schools in Gateshead, 2,035 pupils. Gateshead ranks 45 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.3 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
51.5%
3.7 pts above England
Grade 7+ English & maths
14.9%
0.2 pts above England
Attainment 8
48.9
1.3 points above England
Council rank
45 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Gateshead at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: Emmanuel College (59.8).
- Schools range from 37.9 to 59.8 on Attainment 8, a spread of 21.9 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 38.0, 15.5 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Emmanuel College (52.4).
- Most improved on 2025: Thorp Academy, up 2.6 points to 49.8.
Every Gateshead 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 | Emmanuel CollegeTop 10% three years running | 235 | 59.8 | −0.3 | 86.8% | 74.0% | 29.8% | 52.4 |
| 2 | Cardinal Hume Catholic School, GatesheadRoman Catholic | 250 | 54.3 | +1.1 | 78.0% | 61.2% | 20.0% | 37.0 |
| 3 | St Thomas More Catholic School, BlaydonRoman Catholic | 235 | 52.0 | +0.1 | 73.2% | 53.2% | 14.0% | 45.1 |
| 4 | Whickham School | 265 | 50.2 | −2.8 | 76.6% | 55.5% | 15.1% | 41.9 |
| 5 | Thorp Academy | 236 | 49.8 | +2.6 | 79.2% | 58.5% | 17.4% | 37.6 |
| 6 | XP Gateshead | 50 | 48.4 | — | 74.0% | 52.0% | 10.0% | 33.6 |
| 7 | Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy | 210 | 45.2 | −1.4 | 64.8% | 39.0% | 12.9% | 37.3 |
| 8 | Kingsmeadow Community School | 159 | 45.1 | +2.2 | 64.2% | 43.4% | 8.2% | 40.6 |
| 9 | Grace College | 199 | 40.1 | −2.8 | 55.8% | 35.7% | 7.0% | 28.7 |
| 10 | Heworth Grange School | 196 | 37.9 | +1.5 | 55.1% | 32.1% | 5.6% | 32.0 |
| 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.
Gateshead against the rest of the North East
- Stockton-on-Tees52.0%
- Gateshead51.5%
- North Tyneside47.2%
- Redcar and Cleveland47.1%
- Newcastle upon Tyne46.6%
- Sunderland46.4%
- County Durham45.8%
- Darlington45.1%
- Northumberland44.4%
- Hartlepool42.2%
- Middlesbrough39.4%
- South Tyneside38.9%
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.