GCSE results 2026

Hertfordshire GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 78 state secondary schools in Hertfordshire, 14,873 pupils. Hertfordshire ranks 25 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 0.3 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

54.7%

6.9 pts above England

Grade 7+ English & maths

19.2%

4.5 pts above England

Attainment 8

51.4

3.8 points above England

Council rank

25 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Hertfordshire at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Dame Alice Owen's School (73.6).
Schools range from 33.2 to 73.6 on Attainment 8, a spread of 40.4 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 36.8, 17.7 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Rickmansworth School (58.1).
Most improved on 2025: The Grange Academy, up 6.9 points to 48.2.

Every Hertfordshire 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	Dame Alice Owen's SchoolPartially selective	197	73.6	+0.7	95.9%	91.4%	67.5%	55.6
2	Watford Grammar School for BoysPartially selective · Boys · Church of England	224	66.3	−2.6	91.1%	84.4%	52.2%	55.7
3	Sandringham SchoolTop 10% three years running	243	65.7	+0.6	91.4%	84.4%	41.2%	48.6
4	St George's SchoolChristian · Top 10% three years running	191	65.6	+1.9	94.8%	85.3%	42.4%	55.4
5	Watford Grammar School for GirlsPartially selective · Girls · Church of England	211	65.5	−2.7	87.7%	79.6%	47.9%	44.2
6	Parmiter's SchoolPartially selective	206	65.0	−1.5	85.9%	77.7%	43.7%	39.5
7	St Clement Danes SchoolPartially selective	239	64.0	−1.1	90.8%	82.0%	36.0%	42.3
8	Sir John Lawes SchoolTop 10% three years running	192	63.9	+1.1	90.6%	71.9%	36.5%	48.6
9	Rickmansworth SchoolPartially selective	269	63.7	+2.5	90.7%	79.2%	37.2%	58.1
10	Beaumont SchoolTop 10% three years running	209	63.0	+0.4	87.6%	76.1%	39.2%	32.6
11	Hockerill Anglo-European CollegePartially selective	156	62.3	+0.6	85.9%	73.1%	33.3%	48.3
12	The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science CollegeGirls · Top 10% three years running	189	62.0	−1.6	89.4%	70.4%	31.7%	47.2
13	Hitchin Girls' SchoolGirls · Top 10% three years running	208	61.8	+4.0	88.9%	74.5%	29.8%	45.3
14	St Albans Girls' SchoolGirls · Top 10% three years running	232	60.7	+1.9	83.6%	69.4%	28.4%	47.6
15	Yavneh CollegeJewish · Top 10% three years running	177	59.5	−2.1	87.6%	68.9%	29.9%	44.5
16	Roundwood Park SchoolTop 10% three years running	189	59.1	−0.4	86.8%	72.5%	31.2%	38.4
17	The Bishop's Stortford High SchoolBoys · Top 10% three years running	168	58.8	−1.4	88.7%	72.6%	16.1%	48.0
18	Presdales SchoolGirls · Top 10% three years running	175	58.7	−0.2	86.3%	70.3%	20.0%	44.2
19	Hitchin Boys' SchoolBoys · Top 10% three years running	210	56.8	−0.3	83.8%	65.2%	28.1%	39.0
20	St Mary's Catholic SchoolRoman Catholic	208	56.8	−0.8	85.1%	63.5%	19.7%	54.6
21	Loreto CollegeGirls · Roman Catholic · Top 10% three years running	159	56.2	−2.1	79.2%	61.6%	15.7%	44.8
22	Queens' SchoolPartially selective	268	56.2	−1.3	79.1%	66.0%	24.3%	43.1
23	The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic SchoolRoman Catholic · Top 10% three years running	234	55.7	−2.2	75.2%	59.8%	23.1%	40.5
24	Nicholas Breakspear Catholic SchoolRoman Catholic	179	55.0	−1.4	84.4%	66.5%	18.4%	48.3
25	Bishop's Hatfield Girls' SchoolGirls	154	54.5	+2.6	79.9%	59.7%	19.5%	41.4
26	Verulam SchoolBoys	173	54.4	+1.9	77.5%	63.6%	24.9%	45.0
27	Ashlyns School	271	54.0	−3.9	79.3%	62.7%	22.9%	32.0
28	Richard Hale SchoolBoys	176	54.0	−2.3	78.4%	60.8%	22.2%	42.3
29	The Broxbourne School	213	53.5	−1.9	79.8%	62.4%	19.7%	41.8
30	Simon Balle All-Through School	169	52.9	−2.5	76.3%	57.4%	13.0%	38.0
31	Samuel Ryder Academy	188	52.4	−4.1	73.9%	50.5%	21.3%	35.6
32	John F Kennedy Catholic SchoolRoman Catholic	178	51.9	+4.0	82.0%	62.9%	14.0%	39.7
33	Freman College	254	51.8	−1.3	73.2%	53.5%	12.6%	37.6
34	Croxley Danes School	175	51.6	+0.3	76.0%	61.1%	14.3%	39.7
35	Tring SchoolChurch of England	241	51.4	+0.9	76.3%	60.2%	19.9%	33.6
36	Chancellor's SchoolPartially selective	202	51.0	+3.4	71.8%	52.0%	18.8%	36.2
37	Goffs AcademyPartially selective	239	50.6	+1.5	72.8%	54.4%	15.5%	42.9
38	Katherine Warington School	175	50.6	−4.2	71.4%	55.4%	22.9%	31.3
39	Saint Joan of Arc Catholic SchoolRoman Catholic	205	50.6	0.0	72.2%	52.7%	13.2%	39.3
40	The Chauncy School	257	49.4	−0.1	70.8%	47.5%	12.1%	38.9
41	Stanborough School	208	49.3	+1.4	74.5%	52.4%	10.6%	38.8
42	The Nobel School	239	49.0	−1.2	69.5%	50.6%	11.3%	41.8
43	Saint Michael's Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic	180	48.8	−2.1	66.1%	43.3%	7.2%	40.7
44	The Knights Templar School	201	48.3	−0.2	67.2%	46.8%	12.9%	36.1
45	The Grange Academy	157	48.2	+6.9	72.0%	50.3%	10.2%	41.7
46	Barclay Academy	171	48.0	−1.5	71.9%	48.5%	12.9%	40.6
47	Monk's Walk School	230	47.9	−2.9	71.3%	45.7%	17.0%	32.4
48	The Hemel Hempstead School	214	47.3	−2.6	68.2%	50.0%	15.0%	28.7
49	Leventhorpe	234	47.1	−2.5	67.1%	46.6%	10.7%	29.8
50	Kings Langley School	177	46.9	−1.7	66.7%	39.5%	11.9%	38.4
51	The Priory School	198	46.5	−2.0	66.2%	51.0%	15.2%	31.7
52	Haileybury Turnford	149	46.2	+2.9	65.8%	42.3%	11.4%	43.4
53	Robert Barclay Academy	137	45.6	+1.4	59.9%	40.9%	8.8%	34.8
54	Birchwood High School	265	45.5	−0.6	65.3%	44.2%	9.4%	35.9
55	Westfield Academy	243	45.5	+4.1	66.3%	46.9%	13.2%	36.5
56	The Thomas Alleyne Academy	170	44.9	−3.1	64.7%	40.6%	10.6%	30.9
57	The Reach Free School	114	44.7	+0.5	59.6%	29.8%	7.9%	40.0
58	Goffs - Churchgate Academy	117	44.2	+1.6	66.7%	41.9%	8.5%	34.6
59	Townsend Church of England SchoolChurch of England	131	43.9	−2.8	59.5%	37.4%	11.5%	32.0
60	Longdean School	238	43.7	+1.3	63.0%	40.3%	7.6%	32.0
61	St Mary's Church of England High School (VA)Church of England	159	42.8	−2.2	59.1%	38.4%	3.1%	40.8
62	Laureate Academy	161	42.7	+1.0	58.4%	39.8%	11.2%	36.9
63	Future Academies Watford	195	42.6	+2.8	56.9%	40.0%	8.2%	34.6
64	The Marlborough Science Academy	186	42.6	−0.8	53.8%	29.0%	10.2%	33.0
65	Bushey Meads School	187	42.5	−1.1	61.0%	43.3%	10.7%	24.0
66	The Highfield School	162	42.0	+0.3	56.8%	38.9%	10.5%	26.0
67	Marriotts School	237	41.8	−0.6	54.4%	34.2%	9.3%	33.8
68	King James Academy Royston	98	40.5	+0.2	45.9%	24.5%	8.2%	36.2
69	The John Warner SchoolPartially selective	147	40.1	−0.7	60.5%	34.7%	6.1%	27.0
70	Barnwell School	248	38.7	−2.8	52.0%	33.1%	8.5%	29.9
71	The Adeyfield Academy	138	38.7	+3.6	48.6%	31.2%	10.9%	28.7
72	Fearnhill School	97	37.5	−1.4	37.1%	18.6%	1.0%	34.7
73	Ridgeway Academy	150	37.4	+1.7	52.7%	27.3%	2.0%	34.4
74	Onslow St Audrey's School	141	36.1	−0.5	42.6%	20.6%	3.5%	33.1
75	Hertswood Academy	181	35.4	−2.9	51.4%	28.7%	2.8%	31.1
76	The Sele School	75	35.1	−0.6	52.0%	28.0%	4.0%	30.0
77	The Astley Cooper School	169	33.5	−1.2	43.8%	20.7%	3.6%	27.3
78	Elstree Screen Arts Academy	96	33.2	−5.9	41.7%	15.6%	1.0%	28.4
	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.

Hertfordshire against the rest of the East of England

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

Southend-on-Sea56.0%
Hertfordshire54.7%
Cambridgeshire52.3%
Thurrock46.8%
Luton46.1%
Essex45.1%
Norfolk44.0%
Bedford42.5%
Central Bedfordshire42.3%
Suffolk41.1%
Peterborough40.8%

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.