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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Portsmouth GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 11 state secondary schools in Portsmouth, 2,155 pupils. Portsmouth ranks 146 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 0.1 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
35.8%
12.0 pts below England
Grade 7+ English & maths
8.4%
6.3 pts below England
Attainment 8
41.2
6.4 points below England
Council rank
146 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Portsmouth at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: St Edmund's Catholic School (56.0).
- Schools range from 31.1 to 56.0 on Attainment 8, a spread of 24.9 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 33.5, 12.8 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at St Edmund's Catholic School (49.3).
- Most improved on 2025: Castle View Academy, up 3.6 points to 39.2.
Every Portsmouth 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 | St Edmund's Catholic SchoolRoman Catholic · Top 10% three years running | 222 | 56.0 | −2.9 | 86.5% | 64.0% | 20.7% | 49.3 |
| 2 | UTC Portsmouth | 123 | 48.8 | +0.5 | 76.4% | 50.4% | 13.0% | 44.1 |
| 3 | Priory School | 244 | 43.4 | −1.3 | 61.5% | 43.0% | 10.2% | 34.2 |
| 4 | Springfield School | 229 | 42.4 | +2.6 | 62.9% | 37.6% | 10.9% | 28.4 |
| 5 | Admiral Lord Nelson School | 234 | 41.5 | +1.1 | 58.5% | 32.9% | 6.0% | 32.9 |
| 6 | Trafalgar School | 196 | 40.1 | −3.4 | 53.1% | 27.0% | 2.6% | 37.4 |
| 7 | Ark Charter AcademyChurch of England | 168 | 39.9 | +1.0 | 54.8% | 32.1% | 4.2% | 37.4 |
| 8 | Castle View Academy | 138 | 39.2 | +3.6 | 58.7% | 37.7% | 10.1% | 30.4 |
| 9 | Miltoncross Academy | 189 | 35.8 | −0.5 | 48.1% | 26.5% | 2.1% | 29.1 |
| 10 | The Portsmouth Academy | 236 | 34.5 | +1.0 | 39.8% | 24.2% | 7.2% | 29.2 |
| 11 | Mayfield School | 176 | 31.1 | — | 38.1% | 19.3% | 5.1% | 21.9 |
| 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.
Portsmouth against the rest of the South East
- Wokingham64.1%
- Buckinghamshire61.6%
- Slough58.9%
- Surrey56.4%
- Reading55.6%
- West Berkshire52.2%
- Brighton and Hove50.1%
- Windsor and Maidenhead49.7%
- Kent49.3%
- Bracknell Forest48.9%
- West Sussex48.4%
- Oxfordshire47.9%
- Hampshire46.0%
- East Sussex45.5%
- Milton Keynes45.4%
- Medway43.6%
- Southampton37.0%
- Portsmouth35.8%
- Isle of Wight35.1%
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.