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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
North Somerset GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 11 state secondary schools in North Somerset, 2,500 pupils. North Somerset ranks 68 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 0.3 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
46.1%
1.7 pts below England
Grade 7+ English & maths
11.2%
3.5 pts below England
Attainment 8
47.3
0.3 points below England
Council rank
68 / 151
By average Attainment 8
North Somerset at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: Backwell School (52.6).
- Schools range from 38.9 to 52.6 on Attainment 8, a spread of 13.7 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 35.1, 15.3 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Nailsea School (41.1).
- Most improved on 2025: Gordano School, up 2.1 points to 51.1.
Every North Somerset 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 | Backwell School | 264 | 52.6 | −0.1 | 78.8% | 59.5% | 15.5% | 28.0 |
| 2 | Clevedon School | 229 | 51.3 | −0.1 | 72.5% | 53.7% | 11.8% | 36.3 |
| 3 | Gordano School | 385 | 51.1 | +2.1 | 74.8% | 54.0% | 16.1% | 37.6 |
| 4 | St Katherine's School | 176 | 49.2 | −0.8 | 69.3% | 46.0% | 18.2% | 39.6 |
| 5 | Churchill Academy & Sixth Form | 260 | 49.0 | −1.3 | 74.2% | 55.4% | 10.4% | 31.9 |
| 6 | Hans Price Academy | 205 | 47.2 | −0.4 | 63.9% | 44.4% | 8.3% | 38.9 |
| 7 | Nailsea School | 175 | 46.6 | −6.0 | 60.0% | 43.4% | 15.4% | 41.1 |
| 8 | Priory Community School | 297 | 43.5 | −0.7 | 59.9% | 30.6% | 3.4% | 34.0 |
| 9 | Worle Community School | 241 | 41.9 | +1.5 | 60.6% | 43.2% | 10.0% | 34.4 |
| 10 | Winterstoke Hundred Academy | 147 | 40.5 | +0.4 | 59.9% | 30.6% | 5.4% | 32.5 |
| 11 | Broadoak Academy | 121 | 38.9 | +0.2 | 47.1% | 27.3% | 5.0% | 28.7 |
| 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.
North Somerset against the rest of the South West
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole57.9%
- Torbay55.0%
- Gloucestershire53.8%
- Bath and North East Somerset53.2%
- Plymouth50.9%
- Devon46.6%
- North Somerset46.1%
- Swindon45.7%
- Bristol, City of45.1%
- Wiltshire44.7%
- Cornwall44.4%
- South Gloucestershire44.1%
- Dorset41.9%
- Somerset40.8%
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.