GCSE results 2026

Nottingham GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 19 state secondary schools in Nottingham, 3,439 pupils. Nottingham ranks 129 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.3 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

42.5%

5.3 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

11.3%

3.4 pts below England

Attainment 8

44.3

3.3 points below England

Council rank

129 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Nottingham at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Fernwood School (54.6).
Schools range from 36.6 to 54.6 on Attainment 8, a spread of 18.0 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 37.3, 12.5 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy (52.6).
Most improved on 2025: Bluecoat Wollaton Academy, up 4.0 points to 53.4.

Every Nottingham 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	Fernwood School	307	54.6	+0.8	79.2%	65.5%	22.8%	36.7
2	The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic	192	54.4	−0.9	78.6%	59.9%	11.5%	52.6
3	Bluecoat Wollaton AcademyChurch of England	148	53.4	+4.0	75.0%	58.8%	22.3%	45.4
4	Nottingham Free School	116	52.0	+0.5	80.2%	61.2%	17.2%	44.6
5	Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology	122	51.5	+0.4	83.6%	63.1%	20.5%	47.6
6	Nottingham Girls' AcademyGirls	156	48.8	+1.1	69.9%	51.9%	19.2%	42.0
7	Park Vale Academy	160	46.2	+3.4	65.6%	42.5%	10.0%	41.1
8	Bluecoat Aspley AcademyChurch of England	180	45.8	−2.8	63.3%	48.3%	15.6%	42.1
9	The Oakwood Academy	140	44.7	+3.4	66.4%	45.7%	10.0%	36.4
10	The Nottingham Emmanuel SchoolChurch of England	176	44.1	−0.1	59.1%	36.9%	14.2%	39.9
11	Nottingham Academy	271	39.9	−2.2	49.1%	30.3%	6.3%	34.9
12	Nottingham University Samworth Academy	152	39.9	−0.6	56.6%	41.4%	7.9%	33.4
13	Bluecoat Trent Academy	181	39.7	—	52.5%	31.5%	3.9%	39.1
14	The Bulwell Academy	191	39.6	+3.5	57.6%	38.7%	8.9%	34.2
15	Ellis Guilford School	242	39.5	+2.4	50.0%	31.4%	5.8%	32.1
16	The Wells Academy	124	38.7	−4.4	46.0%	27.4%	7.3%	34.1
17	Farnborough Spencer Academy	189	37.9	−1.0	50.8%	32.8%	6.9%	29.2
18	Djanogly City Academy	222	37.0	−1.0	48.2%	28.4%	4.5%	30.9
19	Bluecoat Beechdale Academy	170	36.6	+2.6	41.8%	20.0%	2.9%	34.7
	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.

Nottingham 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.