GCSE results 2026

Northumberland GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 16 state secondary schools in Northumberland, 3,029 pupils. Northumberland ranks 107 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 0.5 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

44.4%

3.4 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

11.3%

3.4 pts below England

Attainment 8

45.4

2.2 points below England

Council rank

107 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Northumberland at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Ponteland High School (53.4).
Schools range from 32.7 to 53.4 on Attainment 8, a spread of 20.7 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 34.7, 14.6 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Ashington Academy (45.1).
Most improved on 2025: Haydon Bridge High School, up 5.4 points to 40.5.

Every Northumberland 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	Ponteland High School	253	53.4	+0.4	80.2%	62.8%	17.8%	39.5
2	The King Edward VI School	322	51.1	−1.1	75.8%	56.5%	15.8%	36.8
3	Queen Elizabeth High School	310	49.4	−1.3	74.5%	52.9%	11.3%	35.8
4	Ashington Academy	153	48.3	+1.2	71.9%	52.9%	17.0%	45.1
5	Bedlington Academy	136	47.6	+0.2	72.8%	51.5%	16.9%	38.9
6	Cramlington Learning Village	336	47.5	+0.8	70.2%	43.8%	11.3%	35.4
7	Prudhoe Community High School	156	46.1	−0.5	65.4%	38.5%	10.3%	38.4
8	Bede AcademyChristian	227	45.4	−3.5	62.1%	47.1%	12.8%	36.0
9	St Benet Biscop Catholic AcademyRoman Catholic	174	43.6	+2.3	58.6%	34.5%	7.5%	32.0
10	The Duchess's Community High School	192	41.3	−1.9	54.7%	34.9%	7.8%	25.5
11	The Blyth Academy	126	40.7	−8.5	59.5%	43.7%	15.9%	35.0
12	Haydon Bridge High School	74	40.5	+5.4	50.0%	29.7%	4.1%	36.0
13	Berwick Academy	154	39.3	−1.0	46.1%	33.1%	6.5%	31.4
14	Astley Community High School	145	38.7	−4.5	55.2%	33.8%	9.7%	31.1
15	NCEA Duke's Secondary SchoolChurch of England	175	36.3	+4.3	49.1%	32.6%	1.1%	30.7
16	James Calvert Spence College	96	32.7	−2.2	40.6%	15.6%	1.0%	29.5
	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.

Northumberland against the rest of the North East

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.