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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Hartlepool GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 5 state secondary schools in Hartlepool, 1,085 pupils. Hartlepool ranks 139 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 1.1 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
42.2%
5.6 pts below England
Grade 7+ English & maths
7.6%
7.1 pts below England
Attainment 8
42.8
4.8 points below England
Council rank
139 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Hartlepool at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: Dyke House Sports and Technology College (46.3).
- Schools range from 36.1 to 46.3 on Attainment 8, a spread of 10.2 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 35.6, 12.8 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Dyke House Sports and Technology College (41.1).
- Most improved on 2025: English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College, up 3.0 points to 44.2.
Every Hartlepool 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 | Dyke House Sports and Technology College | 250 | 46.3 | −2.9 | 70.8% | 53.6% | 11.2% | 41.1 |
| 2 | Manor Community Academy | 207 | 44.3 | −2.6 | 72.0% | 51.2% | 6.3% | 37.1 |
| 3 | English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form CollegeRoman Catholic | 259 | 44.2 | +3.0 | 61.0% | 43.6% | 8.1% | 37.4 |
| 4 | High Tunstall College of Science | 272 | 39.5 | −4.8 | 49.6% | 29.4% | 5.5% | 28.7 |
| 5 | St Hild's Church of England SchoolChurch of England | 97 | 36.1 | +2.1 | 49.5% | 25.8% | 5.2% | 26.8 |
| 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.
Hartlepool 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.