GCSE results 2026

Leicester GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 21 state secondary schools in Leicester, 4,483 pupils. Leicester ranks 70 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.3 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

46.1%

1.7 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

14.1%

0.6 pts below England

Attainment 8

47.0

0.6 points below England

Council rank

70 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Leicester at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Madani Girls' School (57.9).
Schools range from 32.1 to 57.9 on Attainment 8, a spread of 25.8 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 38.6, 12.5 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Madani Girls' School (54.3).
Most improved on 2025: Rushey Mead Academy, up 5.2 points to 56.8.

Every Leicester 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	Madani Girls' SchoolGirls · Muslim · Top 10% three years running	90	57.9	−3.5	78.9%	65.6%	26.7%	54.3
2	Rushey Mead Academy	352	56.8	+5.2	78.4%	61.6%	26.7%	50.1
3	English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic	175	55.4	+1.4	88.0%	65.1%	17.1%	46.5
4	Avanti Fields SchoolHindu	184	54.2	+1.6	76.1%	59.8%	22.3%	41.5
5	Sir Jonathan North Girls' CollegeGirls	235	52.9	+0.3	72.8%	58.3%	19.6%	41.9
6	Madani Boys SchoolBoys · Muslim	92	52.3	+0.1	80.4%	63.0%	23.9%	50.1
7	Beaumont Leys School	198	50.3	+5.1	70.2%	45.5%	15.7%	45.8
8	Judgemeadow Community College	224	49.9	+3.2	69.6%	53.6%	12.5%	46.1
9	St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic	173	49.8	−4.7	64.2%	43.4%	15.0%	39.3
10	Crown Hills Community College	291	49.6	+2.2	67.0%	50.9%	14.8%	44.1
11	Soar Valley College	311	49.6	−1.9	68.5%	49.8%	11.9%	42.7
12	The City of Leicester College	254	48.3	−0.8	67.3%	49.6%	16.9%	43.7
13	Brook Mead Academy	189	46.6	—	62.4%	47.1%	11.6%	40.1
14	Castle Mead Academy	235	46.3	−1.7	66.4%	46.4%	14.5%	38.3
15	Moat Community College	210	44.9	+0.3	62.9%	41.0%	8.6%	39.6
16	Orchard Mead Academy	199	40.4	+1.5	53.3%	33.7%	10.6%	31.2
17	Fullhurst Community College	288	39.0	−0.2	52.8%	34.7%	9.7%	30.0
18	Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, A church of England SchoolChurch of England	113	38.7	+0.9	52.2%	28.3%	7.1%	32.0
19	The Herewoode Academy	199	38.0	—	52.8%	31.7%	8.0%	31.4
20	Babington Academy	262	36.1	−1.9	50.4%	27.1%	5.3%	30.9
21	Lancaster Academy	209	32.1	−5.4	31.6%	20.1%	3.3%	25.0
	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.

Leicester against the rest of the East Midlands

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.