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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Knowsley GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 6 state secondary schools in Knowsley, 1,078 pupils. Knowsley ranks 151 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 0.6 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
26.2%
21.6 pts below England
Grade 7+ English & maths
4.4%
10.3 pts below England
Attainment 8
36.5
11.1 points below England
Council rank
151 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Knowsley at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: All Saints Catholic High School (40.6).
- Schools range from 32.6 to 40.6 on Attainment 8, a spread of 8.0 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 31.5, 11.1 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at All Saints Catholic High School (36.8).
- Most improved on 2025: Kirkby High School, up 3.4 points to 34.8.
Every Knowsley 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 | All Saints Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic | 196 | 40.6 | 0.0 | 56.6% | 33.2% | 3.6% | 36.8 |
| 2 | Halewood Academy | 198 | 39.8 | −1.8 | 54.5% | 32.3% | 9.1% | 31.0 |
| 3 | The Prescot School | 159 | 35.1 | −0.4 | 39.0% | 18.2% | 3.8% | 30.3 |
| 4 | Kirkby High School | 195 | 34.8 | +3.4 | 41.5% | 24.1% | 1.5% | 32.0 |
| 5 | Lord Derby Academy | 206 | 34.3 | −5.6 | 42.2% | 18.4% | 2.9% | 30.6 |
| 6 | Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic AcademyRoman Catholic | 124 | 32.6 | +2.4 | 45.2% | 31.5% | 5.6% | 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.
Knowsley against the rest of the North West
- Trafford65.7%
- Stockport52.9%
- Warrington50.8%
- Bolton47.9%
- Manchester46.4%
- Cheshire East46.1%
- Wirral46.0%
- Lancashire45.0%
- Cheshire West and Chester44.4%
- Blackburn with Darwen44.4%
- Tameside44.3%
- Salford44.2%
- Wigan44.1%
- Westmorland and Furness42.8%
- St. Helens41.9%
- Oldham41.4%
- Rochdale41.2%
- Sefton40.2%
- Bury39.6%
- Liverpool39.1%
- Blackpool37.1%
- Halton36.5%
- Cumberland34.0%
- Knowsley26.2%
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.