GCSE results 2026

Shropshire GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 20 state secondary schools in Shropshire, 2,984 pupils. Shropshire ranks 143 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 1.5 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

35.1%

12.7 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

7.2%

7.5 pts below England

Attainment 8

41.8

5.8 points below England

Council rank

143 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Shropshire at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: The Priory School (52.6).
Schools range from 31.9 to 52.6 on Attainment 8, a spread of 20.7 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 31.5, 13.1 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Lakelands Academy (41.6).
Most improved on 2025: Belvidere School, up 3.1 points to 42.9.

Every Shropshire 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	The Priory School	167	52.6	−0.1	76.6%	56.9%	18.0%	39.5
2	The Corbet School	140	46.0	−1.2	61.4%	42.9%	9.3%	39.3
3	The Community College, Bishop's Castle	107	45.5	+2.1	57.0%	41.1%	8.4%	32.0
4	Church Stretton School	111	44.7	−1.3	64.0%	40.5%	7.2%	36.4
5	Meole Brace School	256	43.8	−0.8	62.1%	37.1%	7.4%	34.9
6	The Thomas Adams School	207	43.3	−0.1	61.4%	38.2%	9.7%	32.0
7	Belvidere School	162	42.9	+3.1	59.3%	35.2%	7.4%	35.1
8	Bridgnorth Endowed School	107	42.7	−1.7	60.7%	37.4%	9.3%	27.3
9	Lakelands Academy	119	42.7	−0.4	54.6%	40.3%	6.7%	41.6
10	Oldbury Wells School	131	42.1	−2.8	61.8%	37.4%	7.6%	32.5
11	Idsall School	212	41.9	+0.9	58.5%	34.9%	4.7%	32.4
12	The Lacon Childe School	107	41.5	−4.3	58.9%	33.6%	9.3%	31.9
13	Mary Webb School and Science College	119	41.1	−2.4	58.0%	35.3%	8.4%	25.5
14	Sir John Talbot's School	144	40.2	−6.6	56.9%	38.9%	4.9%	32.5
15	Ludlow Church of England SchoolChurch of England	106	40.0	−1.9	56.6%	28.3%	2.8%	30.2
16	The Grove School	161	38.2	−1.3	53.4%	28.0%	5.0%	29.3
17	William Brookes School	140	38.2	−3.2	55.7%	25.0%	2.1%	30.0
18	The Marches School	236	38.1	−5.0	44.1%	27.1%	7.2%	24.9
19	St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community)	98	37.6	+1.2	45.9%	24.5%	5.1%	28.9
20	Shrewsbury Academy	154	31.9	−1.3	39.0%	19.5%	1.9%	23.3
	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.

Shropshire 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.