GCSE results 2026

Sheffield GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 30 state secondary schools in Sheffield, 5,973 pupils. Sheffield ranks 92 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 1.7 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

47.9%

0.1 pts above England

Grade 7+ English & maths

15.0%

0.3 pts above England

Attainment 8

46.2

1.4 points below England

Council rank

92 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Sheffield at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Mercia School (66.6).
Schools range from 23.7 to 66.6 on Attainment 8, a spread of 42.9 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 34.9, 17.5 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Mercia School (56.6).
Most improved on 2025: E-Act Parkwood Academy, up 7.4 points to 43.9.

Every Sheffield 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	Mercia SchoolTop 10% three years running	177	66.6	−1.5	93.2%	78.5%	42.9%	56.6
2	Silverdale SchoolTop 10% three years running	182	61.3	+4.6	90.1%	75.3%	34.1%	43.5
3	High Storrs SchoolTop 10% three years running	243	59.7	−1.3	85.6%	74.1%	31.3%	41.1
4	Tapton SchoolTop 10% three years running	259	59.1	+1.1	85.7%	73.4%	34.4%	44.5
5	Notre Dame High SchoolRoman Catholic	213	58.8	+6.0	83.6%	64.3%	25.8%	46.9
6	King Ecgbert SchoolTop 10% three years running	205	57.7	+1.6	81.5%	72.2%	29.3%	45.6
7	Newfield Secondary School	196	52.8	+4.9	77.0%	60.7%	22.4%	45.2
8	All Saints' Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic	204	51.2	+1.3	69.1%	52.5%	16.2%	44.3
9	King Edward VII School	231	50.9	+0.1	75.8%	59.7%	19.5%	40.4
10	Bradfield School	186	49.4	+0.2	73.1%	55.4%	9.7%	36.7
11	Astrea Academy Sheffield	143	46.9	+1.5	66.4%	50.3%	15.4%	45.8
12	Meadowhead School Academy Trust	327	46.9	+0.9	68.2%	46.8%	9.8%	36.2
13	Forge Valley School	248	46.4	−0.2	67.7%	48.0%	12.9%	33.7
14	Ecclesfield School	338	45.3	+3.8	60.7%	43.2%	12.4%	31.9
15	E-Act Parkwood Academy	168	43.9	+7.4	56.5%	38.1%	8.3%	38.5
16	Hinde House 2-16 Academy	192	43.7	+2.6	58.9%	42.7%	15.1%	39.8
17	Outwood Academy City	213	42.1	+1.7	59.2%	43.2%	11.3%	34.8
18	The Birley Academy	213	41.5	+4.3	58.2%	42.7%	9.9%	30.2
19	UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park	93	41.4	−2.6	65.6%	34.4%	6.5%	38.4
20	Sheffield Springs AcademyChristian	190	40.4	+1.5	60.0%	43.2%	7.9%	34.8
21	Stocksbridge High School	143	40.3	+0.8	55.2%	38.5%	8.4%	29.1
22	Yewlands Academy	171	39.9	+2.6	57.9%	36.8%	4.7%	33.9
23	Handsworth Grange Community Sports College	192	39.6	+3.0	55.2%	32.8%	6.8%	32.2
24	UTC Sheffield City Centre	99	39.2	+0.2	52.5%	28.3%	3.0%	31.2
25	Sheffield Park AcademyChristian	208	37.4	+2.3	46.6%	30.3%	7.7%	32.8
26	Westfield School	265	37.2	−4.3	52.8%	32.5%	4.2%	24.2
27	Firth Park Academy	221	36.7	+4.0	52.0%	35.3%	7.2%	30.0
28	Oasis Academy Don Valley	119	34.3	−2.5	42.0%	28.6%	6.7%	32.2
29	Chaucer School	154	33.6	+4.3	46.8%	22.1%	5.8%	26.1
30	Fir Vale Academy	180	23.7	—	28.3%	16.1%	2.2%	18.0
	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.

Sheffield against the rest of Yorkshire and The Humber

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.