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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Southend-on-Sea GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 12 state secondary schools in Southend-on-Sea, 2,461 pupils. Southend-on-Sea ranks 15 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 0.3 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
56.0%
8.2 pts above England
Grade 7+ English & maths
25.0%
10.3 pts above England
Attainment 8
53.3
5.7 points above England
Council rank
15 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Southend-on-Sea at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: Westcliff High School for Boys Academy (77.2); highest non-selective: St Thomas More High School (52.9).
- Schools range from 35.4 to 77.2 on Attainment 8, a spread of 41.8 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 38.0, 19.9 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Westcliff High School for Boys Academy (76.7).
- Southend-on-Sea has 4 grammar schools, which lift the council average. Compare the non-selective schools with each other. Grammar schools in Southend-on-Sea.
- Most improved on 2025: Southchurch High School, up 5.8 points to 44.5.
Every Southend-on-Sea 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 | Westcliff High School for Boys AcademyGrammar · Boys | 174 | 77.2 | −0.4 | 100.0% | 98.9% | 70.1% | 76.7 |
| 2 | Southend High School for BoysGrammar · Boys | 179 | 75.1 | +1.3 | 100.0% | 98.3% | 64.2% | 69.5 |
| 3 | Southend High School for GirlsGrammar · Girls | 177 | 74.7 | −0.3 | 100.0% | 98.9% | 60.5% | 74.1 |
| 4 | Westcliff High School for GirlsGrammar · Girls | 185 | 73.8 | −1.8 | 97.3% | 96.2% | 70.3% | 70.3 |
| 5 | St Thomas More High SchoolBoys · Roman Catholic | 180 | 52.9 | +0.6 | 78.9% | 57.2% | 18.9% | 47.3 |
| 6 | St Bernard's High SchoolGirls · Roman Catholic | 170 | 51.5 | −3.4 | 74.1% | 51.8% | 11.8% | 44.9 |
| 7 | The Eastwood Academy | 222 | 51.2 | −0.4 | 78.4% | 51.8% | 12.6% | 43.9 |
| 8 | Belfairs Academy | 291 | 45.9 | +0.4 | 71.8% | 39.9% | 6.5% | 35.2 |
| 9 | Southchurch High School | 147 | 44.5 | +5.8 | 64.6% | 40.1% | 2.7% | 36.5 |
| 10 | Shoeburyness High SchoolPartially selective | 303 | 38.9 | +1.3 | 52.8% | 33.0% | 5.3% | 29.5 |
| 11 | Chase High School | 220 | 38.5 | −0.7 | 50.5% | 26.8% | 7.7% | 29.7 |
| 12 | Cecil Jones Academy | 213 | 35.4 | +0.3 | 41.3% | 17.8% | 1.4% | 30.0 |
| 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.
Southend-on-Sea against the rest of the East of England
- Southend-on-Sea56.0%
- Hertfordshire54.7%
- Cambridgeshire52.3%
- Thurrock46.8%
- Luton46.1%
- Essex45.1%
- Norfolk44.0%
- Bedford42.5%
- Central Bedfordshire42.3%
- Suffolk41.1%
- Peterborough40.8%
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.