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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Peterborough GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 13 state secondary schools in Peterborough, 3,039 pupils. Peterborough ranks 122 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.7 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
40.8%
7.0 pts below England
Grade 7+ English & maths
9.7%
5.0 pts below England
Attainment 8
44.6
3.0 points below England
Council rank
122 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Peterborough at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: The King's (The Cathedral) School (60.9).
- Schools range from 32.5 to 60.9 on Attainment 8, a spread of 28.4 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 37.2, 10.7 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at The King's (The Cathedral) School (47.3).
- Most improved on 2025: Greater Peterborough UTC, up 8.5 points to 46.7.
Every Peterborough 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 | The King's (The Cathedral) SchoolChurch of England · Top 10% three years running | 149 | 60.9 | −2.3 | 83.2% | 69.8% | 28.9% | 47.3 |
| 2 | Ormiston Bushfield Academy | 200 | 48.8 | +2.5 | 69.0% | 51.0% | 18.0% | 41.4 |
| 3 | Hampton College | 211 | 48.3 | +3.8 | 65.4% | 44.5% | 13.7% | 40.0 |
| 4 | Hampton Gardens Secondary School | 210 | 47.5 | +0.5 | 69.0% | 47.6% | 9.0% | 34.6 |
| 5 | Nene Park Academy | 234 | 47.2 | +1.6 | 60.7% | 35.0% | 6.8% | 42.9 |
| 6 | Stanground Academy | 290 | 46.9 | +0.2 | 66.2% | 42.1% | 9.0% | 40.0 |
| 7 | Greater Peterborough UTC | 76 | 46.7 | +8.5 | 64.5% | 48.7% | 17.1% | 42.4 |
| 8 | Jack Hunt Academy | 333 | 45.6 | +1.4 | 63.7% | 44.1% | 8.7% | 42.1 |
| 9 | Arthur Mellows Village College | 256 | 44.6 | −1.9 | 66.0% | 45.3% | 7.8% | 33.4 |
| 10 | City of Peterborough Academy | 166 | 42.2 | +2.9 | 55.4% | 33.7% | 5.4% | 37.9 |
| 11 | Thomas Deacon Academy | 318 | 40.4 | +1.3 | 54.1% | 36.5% | 10.4% | 36.0 |
| 12 | Ken Stimpson Academy | 198 | 39.4 | −2.3 | 58.1% | 33.8% | 3.0% | 32.8 |
| 13 | Queen Katharine Academy | 266 | 32.5 | 0.0 | 37.2% | 21.1% | 4.1% | 26.9 |
| 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.
Peterborough against the rest of the East of England
- Southend-on-Sea56.0%
- Hertfordshire54.7%
- Cambridgeshire52.3%
- Thurrock46.8%
- Luton46.1%
- Essex45.1%
- Norfolk44.0%
- Bedford42.5%
- Central Bedfordshire42.3%
- Suffolk41.1%
- Peterborough40.8%
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.