GCSE results 2026

Leeds GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 45 state secondary schools in Leeds, 9,699 pupils. Leeds ranks 55 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 1.2 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

50.7%

2.9 pts above England

Grade 7+ English & maths

15.5%

0.8 pts above England

Attainment 8

48.2

0.6 points above England

Council rank

55 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Leeds at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Allerton High School (60.2).
Schools range from 27.9 to 60.2 on Attainment 8, a spread of 32.3 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 37.5, 16.0 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Trinity Academy Leeds (54.1).
Most improved on 2025: John Smeaton Academy, up 7.4 points to 36.9.

Every Leeds 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	Allerton High School	246	60.2	+5.9	84.6%	76.4%	32.5%	47.6
2	Horsforth SchoolTop 10% three years running	283	60.1	+2.8	88.0%	74.6%	28.3%	47.7
3	Abbey Grange Church of England AcademyChurch of England · Top 10% three years running	237	57.1	+1.2	83.5%	69.6%	24.9%	44.1
4	St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic	200	56.6	+1.6	86.0%	71.0%	19.0%	39.2
5	Roundhay SchoolTop 10% three years running	303	56.4	+1.3	84.2%	65.3%	24.8%	45.2
6	Cardinal Heenan Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic · Top 10% three years running	184	55.5	−2.5	83.2%	72.3%	18.5%	46.2
7	Trinity Academy Leeds	228	55.4	—	80.3%	63.2%	14.0%	54.1
8	The Morley Academy	278	55.1	+0.5	78.8%	62.2%	24.8%	39.4
9	Boston Spa Academy	270	54.9	−0.7	83.0%	66.7%	28.1%	42.7
10	Mount St Mary's Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic	189	54.6	+5.0	75.1%	50.3%	17.5%	46.1
11	Guiseley School	235	53.0	+3.4	78.7%	61.7%	18.3%	38.3
12	Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College	253	52.3	−2.3	77.5%	56.9%	18.6%	35.1
13	Woodkirk Academy	279	52.3	−0.5	78.1%	58.4%	21.9%	40.7
14	Brigshaw High School	233	51.5	+4.1	73.4%	58.4%	15.9%	42.1
15	The Ruth Gorse Academy	252	51.4	+2.3	70.6%	52.0%	16.3%	47.3
16	Allerton Grange School	299	51.2	+3.0	71.6%	55.5%	21.1%	39.8
17	Cockburn School	233	51.2	+2.1	73.4%	55.8%	19.7%	41.5
18	Carr Manor Community School	207	51.1	+2.3	70.5%	57.5%	17.9%	40.3
19	Garforth Academy	319	50.9	−2.2	79.3%	62.4%	20.4%	33.6
20	Leeds Jewish Free SchoolJewish	27	50.6	−4.6	81.5%	63.0%	3.7%	37.2
21	University Technical College Leeds	140	49.7	+3.5	75.0%	55.0%	12.9%	48.4
22	Wetherby High School	144	49.2	−0.2	72.2%	50.7%	18.8%	38.6
23	Oulton Academy	205	48.4	+3.5	70.7%	55.6%	20.5%	37.0
24	Bruntcliffe Academy	271	47.8	+1.8	68.6%	49.4%	12.5%	37.0
25	Benton Park School	263	47.5	—	68.8%	50.2%	12.2%	32.2
26	The Farnley Academy	294	46.7	−2.4	67.0%	44.9%	9.9%	38.7
27	Rodillian Academy	292	45.9	−0.5	69.2%	50.7%	10.6%	32.9
28	Dixons Trinity Chapeltown	108	45.8	−0.8	55.6%	38.9%	17.6%	40.4
29	Cockburn John Charles Academy	223	45.7	+1.9	56.1%	33.2%	8.1%	41.3
30	Crawshaw Academy	218	45.6	+0.4	66.5%	50.5%	15.1%	31.0
31	Pudsey Grammar School	213	45.4	+1.4	62.9%	42.3%	14.6%	30.4
32	Temple Moor High School	225	44.0	−1.9	61.3%	40.9%	10.2%	34.2
33	Ralph Thoresby School	171	43.8	+4.1	59.6%	38.0%	11.7%	30.3
34	Co-op Academy Priesthorpe	179	43.4	+2.3	59.2%	41.9%	12.3%	37.1
35	Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy	197	41.8	—	56.9%	35.5%	5.6%	33.4
36	Dixons Unity Academy	168	40.3	+4.3	44.6%	29.8%	8.3%	35.2
37	Lawnswood School	251	40.3	−2.0	53.0%	32.7%	8.0%	33.9
38	Leeds West Academy	271	39.9	−1.8	56.5%	39.9%	5.9%	30.5
39	Bishop Young Church of England AcademyChurch of England	136	37.4	+0.5	48.5%	29.4%	5.1%	34.0
40	Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic	176	37.3	+2.2	48.9%	30.7%	5.1%	26.2
41	John Smeaton Academy	103	36.9	+7.4	48.5%	28.2%	3.9%	31.7
42	Leeds City Academy	205	36.3	−2.0	42.4%	26.3%	7.3%	33.9
43	Leeds East Academy	204	31.4	−1.3	39.7%	20.6%	1.0%	27.2
44	Temple Learning Academy	119	30.7	−3.0	32.8%	19.3%	3.4%	21.9
45	Co-op Academy Leeds	168	27.9	−2.6	28.0%	17.3%	0.6%	23.5
	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.

Leeds against the rest of Yorkshire and The Humber

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.