GCSE results 2026

North Yorkshire GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 41 state secondary schools in North Yorkshire, 6,207 pupils. North Yorkshire ranks 61 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.3 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

49.1%

1.3 pts above England

Grade 7+ English & maths

13.0%

1.7 pts below England

Attainment 8

47.8

0.2 points above England

Council rank

61 / 151

By average Attainment 8

North Yorkshire at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Ripon Grammar School (69.9); highest non-selective: St Aidan's Church of England High School (59.4).
Schools range from 32.1 to 69.9 on Attainment 8, a spread of 37.8 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 34.6, 16.1 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Skipton Girls' High School (67.0).
North Yorkshire has 3 grammar schools, which lift the council average. Compare the non-selective schools with each other. Grammar schools in North Yorkshire.
Most improved on 2025: Scarborough University Technical College, up 5.6 points to 49.6.

Every North Yorkshire 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	Ripon Grammar SchoolGrammar	129	69.9	−1.0	97.7%	92.2%	43.4%	—
2	Skipton Girls' High SchoolGrammar · Girls	113	67.5	−2.2	97.3%	86.7%	28.3%	67.0
3	Ermysted's Grammar SchoolGrammar · Boys	123	64.3	−3.0	95.1%	83.7%	32.5%	50.5
4	St Aidan's Church of England High SchoolChurch of England · Top 10% three years running	253	59.4	+3.0	87.7%	73.9%	22.9%	46.9
5	Harrogate Grammar SchoolTop 10% three years running	289	56.0	−0.6	82.4%	63.3%	20.8%	39.3
6	Lady Lumley's Academy	120	54.5	+1.8	83.3%	70.0%	22.5%	48.3
7	St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic/Church of England	127	54.4	−0.2	78.7%	59.8%	15.0%	46.1
8	Ryedale School	123	53.5	+1.8	78.0%	64.2%	23.6%	44.0
9	Outwood Academy Easingwold	124	53.2	+1.2	78.2%	60.5%	19.4%	38.5
10	St John Fisher Catholic AcademyRoman Catholic	209	52.6	−2.5	82.8%	58.4%	16.7%	32.0
11	Tadcaster Grammar School	251	52.0	+2.0	78.1%	56.2%	15.5%	32.8
12	Sherburn High School	160	51.3	0.0	78.1%	56.3%	17.5%	36.6
13	Brayton Academy	169	50.0	−3.4	72.8%	58.6%	15.4%	40.2
14	Scalby Academy	171	49.9	+1.6	80.7%	65.5%	20.5%	37.3
15	Scarborough University Technical College	80	49.6	+5.6	80.0%	60.0%	12.5%	46.0
16	Malton School	145	49.1	+2.5	72.4%	54.5%	9.7%	43.5
17	Outwood Academy Ripon	139	49.0	+2.4	74.1%	52.5%	15.8%	42.0
18	Upper Wharfedale School	73	48.9	+0.6	78.1%	42.5%	4.1%	38.4
19	Bedale High School	105	47.8	+1.7	75.2%	52.4%	11.4%	37.4
20	Stokesley School	169	47.7	+2.4	62.7%	47.3%	11.8%	33.2
21	King James's School	260	47.4	+1.3	71.2%	48.8%	13.1%	35.7
22	Rossett School	206	47.2	+3.1	70.9%	47.6%	13.1%	35.5
23	Richmond School & Sixth Form College	202	46.7	+1.1	67.8%	44.6%	10.9%	36.1
24	South Craven School	288	46.7	−0.8	64.9%	41.0%	7.6%	37.4
25	St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academyRoman Catholic	112	43.6	−5.3	66.1%	39.3%	7.1%	36.7
26	Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science	217	43.4	+1.3	62.2%	37.8%	10.1%	32.8
27	Boroughbridge High School	97	42.8	−0.2	52.6%	38.1%	9.3%	31.7
28	Norton College	138	42.7	+1.7	57.2%	33.3%	10.1%	35.6
29	Wensleydale School	67	40.1	−1.4	49.3%	28.4%	3.0%	33.7
30	The Skipton Academy	126	39.9	−1.7	51.6%	25.4%	1.6%	30.2
31	Whitby School	162	39.8	+0.3	58.6%	38.3%	5.6%	29.0
32	Harrogate High School	134	39.5	+0.4	53.0%	35.8%	4.5%	27.9
33	Nidderdale High School	77	39.2	−2.6	49.4%	23.4%	9.1%	33.9
34	Filey Academy	69	38.9	+3.2	65.2%	47.8%	1.4%	32.9
35	Settle College	104	38.7	−3.4	49.0%	19.2%	1.9%	34.0
36	Thirsk School & Sixth Form College	188	38.4	−5.1	47.3%	23.4%	4.8%	25.2
37	Graham School	159	38.2	−0.1	57.9%	40.9%	5.7%	30.9
38	Northallerton School & Sixth Form College	177	37.9	+0.4	53.1%	26.0%	3.4%	27.0
39	Barlby High School	120	37.7	−5.1	53.3%	29.2%	5.0%	26.3
40	Risedale School	98	33.1	+3.3	38.8%	14.3%	1.0%	21.8
41	George Pindar School	134	32.1	−1.3	46.3%	24.6%	0.7%	20.6
	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 Yorkshire 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.