GCSE results 2026

Sandwell GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 19 state secondary schools in Sandwell, 4,399 pupils. Sandwell ranks 138 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.5 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

36.2%

11.6 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

7.9%

6.8 pts below England

Attainment 8

42.9

4.7 points below England

Council rank

138 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Sandwell at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Bristnall Hall Academy (51.6).
Schools range from 34.1 to 51.6 on Attainment 8, a spread of 17.5 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 36.6, 10.3 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at West Bromwich Collegiate Academy (46.8).
Most improved on 2025: Gospel Oak School, up 6.4 points to 39.2.

Every Sandwell 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	Bristnall Hall Academy	216	51.6	+3.5	72.2%	49.5%	13.4%	43.3
2	Q3 Academy LangleyChristian	291	50.4	−1.4	66.7%	51.5%	10.3%	43.1
3	Sandwell Academy	199	49.0	−0.1	68.8%	48.2%	16.1%	39.5
4	West Bromwich Collegiate Academy	154	48.4	+3.1	62.3%	46.1%	8.4%	46.8
5	St Michael's Church of England High SchoolChurch of England	226	47.4	−1.5	65.5%	35.8%	6.6%	40.0
6	Shireland Collegiate Academy	267	45.7	+1.2	65.2%	42.3%	10.5%	41.1
7	Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy	205	44.7	+2.4	62.4%	42.9%	10.7%	34.7
8	Q3 Academy Great BarrChristian	207	44.1	−0.1	66.2%	45.9%	10.6%	35.1
9	Wood Green Academy	258	43.9	−0.8	59.3%	39.9%	8.1%	38.0
10	Stuart Bathurst Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic	140	41.5	+0.1	48.6%	27.1%	10.0%	35.7
11	Perryfields Academy	153	41.4	−2.4	51.6%	32.7%	9.2%	33.3
12	Wodensborough Ormiston Academy	189	41.0	+2.4	57.7%	41.8%	7.4%	34.6
13	George Salter Academy	248	40.5	+0.9	54.4%	35.5%	7.7%	36.6
14	Ormiston Forge Academy	283	40.1	+0.4	54.4%	29.3%	6.0%	33.8
15	Oldbury Academy	266	39.5	+2.1	52.6%	30.1%	8.6%	36.5
16	Gospel Oak School	217	39.2	+6.4	46.5%	29.5%	2.8%	34.9
17	The Phoenix Collegiate	323	38.9	−0.9	45.5%	26.9%	2.8%	33.4
18	Holly Lodge High School College of Science	276	38.5	−3.6	51.4%	29.3%	4.0%	33.6
19	Q3 Academy Tipton	281	34.1	−2.3	37.0%	13.9%	2.5%	29.8
	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.

Sandwell against the rest of the West 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.