GCSE results 2026

Reading GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 10 state secondary schools in Reading, 1,640 pupils. Reading ranks 23 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.8 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

55.6%

7.8 pts above England

Grade 7+ English & maths

27.9%

13.2 pts above England

Attainment 8

51.9

4.3 points above England

Council rank

23 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Reading at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Kendrick School (82.4); highest non-selective: Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre (54.9).
Schools range from 34.5 to 82.4 on Attainment 8, a spread of 47.9 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 35.0, 21.9 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Reading School (76.6).
Reading has 2 grammar schools, which lift the council average. Compare the non-selective schools with each other. Grammar schools in Reading.
Most improved on 2025: Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre, up 4.5 points to 54.9.

Every Reading 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	Kendrick SchoolGrammar · Girls	129	82.4	−1.6	99.2%	99.2%	89.9%	72.2
2	Reading SchoolGrammar · Boys	157	80.6	−2.4	97.5%	96.8%	83.4%	76.6
3	Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre	250	54.9	+4.5	79.6%	64.4%	30.8%	24.6
4	Reading Girls' SchoolGirls	182	52.2	+0.4	73.6%	57.7%	20.9%	39.2
5	Maiden Erlegh School in Reading	174	47.5	+1.9	64.4%	43.7%	12.6%	36.6
6	Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic SchoolRoman Catholic	186	46.3	+0.3	61.8%	44.6%	12.9%	32.6
7	King's Academy Prospect	222	39.7	+2.9	54.5%	42.3%	12.2%	30.2
8	The WREN School	167	39.2	−5.6	50.3%	33.5%	7.8%	28.8
9	John Madejski Academy	105	37.8	—	53.3%	36.2%	6.7%	33.5
10	UTC Reading	68	34.5	−7.5	44.1%	27.9%	4.4%	21.2
	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.

Reading against the rest of the South 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.