GCSE results 2026

Somerset GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 28 state secondary schools in Somerset, 5,306 pupils. Somerset ranks 125 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.3 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

40.8%

7.0 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

9.4%

5.3 pts below England

Attainment 8

44.5

3.1 points below England

Council rank

125 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Somerset at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: The Castle School (52.7).
Schools range from 33.8 to 52.7 on Attainment 8, a spread of 18.9 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 33.7, 13.8 points behind their classmates (the same gap as England’s 13.8). They did best at St Dunstan's School (42.9).
Most improved on 2025: St Dunstan's School, up 3.0 points to 48.7.

Every Somerset 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 Castle School	239	52.7	−0.7	73.6%	57.3%	18.0%	39.5
2	Huish Episcopi Academy	229	51.5	+0.9	76.0%	58.1%	14.8%	42.1
3	Bishop Fox's School	219	49.7	+2.8	71.7%	49.8%	12.3%	38.9
4	Haygrove School	208	49.5	+0.7	74.5%	52.4%	9.6%	37.4
5	St Dunstan's School	101	48.7	+3.0	73.3%	51.5%	12.9%	42.9
6	Preston School Academy	202	48.3	+2.4	68.3%	47.5%	11.9%	38.7
7	The Blue SchoolChurch of England	240	47.7	−2.0	67.1%	40.8%	11.3%	30.7
8	The Kings of Wessex AcademyChurch of England	244	47.2	−1.5	71.7%	47.5%	12.3%	30.2
9	Sexey's SchoolChurch of England	99	47.1	−4.4	63.6%	45.5%	13.1%	34.2
10	Stanchester Academy	152	45.9	+2.2	65.1%	46.1%	9.9%	35.2
11	Westfield Academy	199	45.6	+1.1	66.3%	45.7%	6.0%	33.4
12	Buckler's Mead School	145	45.3	+0.8	67.6%	43.4%	3.4%	36.6
13	Ansford Academy	102	44.9	+1.2	56.9%	42.2%	9.8%	30.3
14	Court Fields School	146	44.0	+1.2	60.3%	33.6%	10.3%	38.2
15	Robert Blake School	188	43.6	+0.7	59.0%	44.7%	8.0%	36.5
16	Crispin School Academy	187	43.3	+0.6	61.0%	33.7%	7.0%	34.8
17	Holyrood Academy	236	42.9	+0.5	59.3%	36.9%	5.9%	39.0
18	Frome Community College	316	42.8	+0.1	55.1%	38.6%	8.9%	27.6
19	Chilton Trinity School	193	42.3	+0.3	57.0%	34.7%	8.3%	34.0
20	Monkton Wood Academy	251	42.2	+0.8	58.6%	37.1%	8.8%	26.3
21	West Somerset College	174	42.2	+1.0	54.0%	35.6%	9.2%	31.8
22	Wadham SchoolChurch of England	159	41.7	−0.6	62.3%	36.5%	10.1%	25.9
23	Kingsmead Academy	195	41.6	−2.2	56.9%	30.3%	9.2%	30.7
24	The King Alfred School an Academy	227	40.7	+0.2	52.9%	29.5%	6.2%	35.7
25	Whitstone	110	39.7	−0.8	51.8%	29.1%	7.3%	33.8
26	King Arthur's School	84	38.8	−1.8	50.0%	35.7%	6.0%	30.7
27	Brymore AcademyBoys	68	37.2	−6.8	45.6%	29.4%	2.9%	25.9
28	Bridgwater College Academy	198	33.8	+1.9	39.4%	19.2%	3.5%	27.7
	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.

Somerset against the rest of the South West

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole57.9%
Torbay55.0%
Gloucestershire53.8%
Bath and North East Somerset53.2%
Plymouth50.9%
Devon46.6%
North Somerset46.1%
Swindon45.7%
Bristol, City of45.1%
Wiltshire44.7%
Cornwall44.4%
South Gloucestershire44.1%
Dorset41.9%
Somerset40.8%

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.