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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Rotherham GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 16 state secondary schools in Rotherham, 3,368 pupils. Rotherham ranks 123 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 1.1 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
42.7%
5.1 pts below England
Grade 7+ English & maths
11.5%
3.2 pts below England
Attainment 8
44.6
3.0 points below England
Council rank
123 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Rotherham at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: St Bernard's Catholic High School (50.3).
- Schools range from 34.6 to 50.3 on Attainment 8, a spread of 15.7 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 34.9, 14.5 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Brinsworth Academy (42.9).
- Most improved on 2025: Clifton Community School, up 7.6 points to 37.0.
Every Rotherham 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 Bernard's Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic | 166 | 50.3 | +1.4 | 77.1% | 50.6% | 13.3% | 39.9 |
| 2 | Wingfield Academy | 191 | 50.1 | +3.1 | 68.1% | 52.4% | 21.5% | 36.4 |
| 3 | Wath Academy | 309 | 49.7 | +1.9 | 69.6% | 50.8% | 18.8% | 36.1 |
| 4 | Wickersley School and Sports College | 332 | 48.8 | −0.2 | 72.3% | 51.2% | 14.2% | 35.2 |
| 5 | Oakwood High School | 209 | 47.0 | −0.5 | 61.2% | 40.7% | 15.3% | 37.4 |
| 6 | Dinnington High School | 169 | 46.7 | +4.4 | 65.1% | 40.2% | 14.8% | 35.2 |
| 7 | Brinsworth Academy | 243 | 46.0 | +1.5 | 69.1% | 47.3% | 14.0% | 42.9 |
| 8 | Aston Academy | 263 | 45.3 | +1.1 | 71.9% | 42.2% | 8.7% | 38.8 |
| 9 | Wales High School | 301 | 44.5 | −0.8 | 62.5% | 42.5% | 12.0% | 34.3 |
| 10 | Winterhill School | 169 | 41.8 | +2.5 | 58.0% | 39.6% | 9.5% | 33.8 |
| 11 | Swinton Academy | 177 | 40.7 | −0.4 | 57.6% | 39.5% | 4.5% | 31.6 |
| 12 | Rawmarsh Community School | 212 | 40.1 | +1.3 | 56.1% | 34.4% | 5.2% | 34.9 |
| 13 | Maltby Academy | 189 | 39.8 | −2.2 | 56.6% | 38.6% | 4.8% | 31.4 |
| 14 | Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in HumanitiesRoman Catholic | 136 | 39.7 | — | 55.9% | 36.0% | 2.9% | 33.5 |
| 15 | Clifton Community School | 210 | 37.0 | +7.6 | 47.6% | 31.9% | 8.6% | 30.8 |
| 16 | Thrybergh Academy | 92 | 34.6 | +5.8 | 40.2% | 22.8% | 5.4% | 28.5 |
| 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.
Rotherham against the rest of Yorkshire and The Humber
- York53.8%
- Calderdale52.4%
- Leeds50.7%
- Doncaster50.3%
- North Yorkshire49.1%
- Barnsley48.7%
- Wakefield48.6%
- Sheffield47.9%
- Kirklees47.7%
- North Lincolnshire46.3%
- East Riding of Yorkshire44.7%
- Kingston upon Hull, City of43.2%
- Rotherham42.7%
- Bradford39.7%
- North East Lincolnshire37.3%
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.