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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Manchester GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 31 state secondary schools in Manchester, 6,691 pupils. Manchester ranks 72 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.5 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
46.4%
1.4 pts below England
Grade 7+ English & maths
13.6%
1.1 pts below England
Attainment 8
47.0
0.6 points below England
Council rank
72 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Manchester at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester (61.8).
- Schools range from 33.0 to 61.8 on Attainment 8, a spread of 28.8 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 41.9, 11.0 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester (61.1).
- Most improved on 2025: Burnage Academy for Boys, up 5.3 points to 51.9.
Every Manchester 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 | Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, ManchesterGirls · Muslim | 133 | 61.8 | +3.6 | 84.2% | 68.4% | 38.3% | 61.1 |
| 2 | Didsbury High SchoolTop 10% three years running | 209 | 57.8 | +0.7 | 80.4% | 61.7% | 22.5% | 46.2 |
| 3 | Chorlton High School | 295 | 54.5 | +0.5 | 78.0% | 65.8% | 21.0% | 41.7 |
| 4 | Co-op Academy Belle Vue | 115 | 52.9 | — | 78.3% | 61.7% | 15.7% | 50.0 |
| 5 | The King David High SchoolJewish | 123 | 52.7 | −2.7 | 82.9% | 53.7% | 14.6% | 46.7 |
| 6 | Wright Robinson College | 335 | 52.2 | +3.1 | 75.8% | 62.1% | 16.7% | 49.5 |
| 7 | Whalley Range 11-18 High SchoolGirls | 256 | 52.1 | 0.0 | 66.8% | 52.0% | 19.1% | 49.4 |
| 8 | Burnage Academy for BoysBoys | 180 | 51.9 | +5.3 | 76.7% | 57.8% | 20.6% | 50.9 |
| 9 | Levenshulme High SchoolGirls | 203 | 51.2 | −1.3 | 72.4% | 51.2% | 16.3% | 47.3 |
| 10 | St Peter's RC High SchoolRoman Catholic | 210 | 50.7 | +3.3 | 70.0% | 50.0% | 17.6% | 47.5 |
| 11 | William Hulme's Grammar SchoolChristian | 178 | 49.7 | −2.2 | 70.8% | 56.2% | 16.3% | 42.6 |
| 12 | Our Lady's RC High SchoolRoman Catholic | 202 | 49.6 | +0.5 | 65.8% | 44.6% | 11.4% | 44.8 |
| 13 | Trinity CofE High SchoolChurch of England | 255 | 49.4 | −0.6 | 72.5% | 53.7% | 14.5% | 42.6 |
| 14 | The Barlow RC High School and Specialist Science CollegeRoman Catholic | 171 | 49.2 | −0.6 | 69.0% | 49.7% | 14.6% | 42.0 |
| 15 | Parrs Wood High School | 300 | 48.7 | +0.6 | 63.0% | 44.7% | 15.0% | 41.1 |
| 16 | Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, ManchesterBoys · Muslim | 128 | 48.5 | −4.6 | 69.5% | 54.7% | 24.2% | 44.1 |
| 17 | Dean Trust Ardwick | 259 | 48.4 | +1.8 | 66.8% | 47.1% | 13.1% | 47.3 |
| 18 | Manchester Enterprise Academy Central | 206 | 47.3 | +1.2 | 68.0% | 48.5% | 10.2% | 44.7 |
| 19 | CHS South | 234 | 47.2 | −1.1 | 67.1% | 47.9% | 13.7% | 42.8 |
| 20 | Manchester AcademyChristian | 225 | 46.9 | +1.5 | 59.6% | 46.2% | 16.9% | 42.0 |
| 21 | The East Manchester Academy | 206 | 46.2 | +4.3 | 55.8% | 36.9% | 16.5% | 43.8 |
| 22 | Manchester Communication Academy | 249 | 44.9 | +0.4 | 62.7% | 42.2% | 8.0% | 39.9 |
| 23 | Co-op Academy Manchester | 319 | 43.5 | −1.4 | 57.4% | 36.4% | 10.0% | 36.2 |
| 24 | Loreto High School ChorltonRoman Catholic | 146 | 42.3 | −4.3 | 58.2% | 34.2% | 6.2% | 37.1 |
| 25 | Cedar Mount Academy | 166 | 40.5 | +3.3 | 56.0% | 34.9% | 9.0% | 37.6 |
| 26 | Dixons Brooklands Academy | 179 | 39.9 | +3.8 | 46.9% | 33.5% | 6.7% | 34.8 |
| 27 | Co-op Academy North Manchester | 252 | 39.4 | −3.0 | 48.8% | 31.7% | 4.0% | 35.7 |
| 28 | Abraham Moss Community School | 272 | 38.8 | −0.9 | 51.1% | 34.6% | 7.7% | 36.5 |
| 29 | Saint Paul's Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic | 184 | 38.4 | +5.1 | 52.7% | 35.3% | 7.1% | 33.9 |
| 30 | St Matthew's RC High SchoolRoman Catholic | 275 | 37.6 | −0.2 | 49.8% | 33.1% | 4.0% | 33.5 |
| 31 | Manchester Enterprise Academy | 226 | 33.0 | −4.5 | 40.3% | 21.7% | 4.4% | 27.7 |
| 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.
Manchester 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.