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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Stockport GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 14 state secondary schools in Stockport, 3,024 pupils. Stockport ranks 35 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 1.8 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
52.9%
5.1 pts above England
Grade 7+ English & maths
17.7%
3.0 pts above England
Attainment 8
50.1
2.5 points above England
Council rank
35 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Stockport at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: Cheadle Hulme High School (59.3).
- Schools range from 37.7 to 59.3 on Attainment 8, a spread of 21.6 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 37.4, 16.9 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Laurus Cheadle Hulme (48.0).
- Most improved on 2025: Stockport Academy, up 5.5 points to 52.5.
Every Stockport 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 | Cheadle Hulme High SchoolTop 10% three years running | 274 | 59.3 | −1.4 | 89.1% | 75.9% | 30.3% | 42.4 |
| 2 | Laurus Cheadle Hulme | 208 | 58.2 | +3.7 | 85.1% | 69.7% | 31.7% | 48.0 |
| 3 | Priestnall School | 245 | 55.8 | +3.2 | 81.2% | 67.8% | 29.4% | 39.7 |
| 4 | Marple Hall School | 292 | 53.6 | — | 76.4% | 60.3% | 17.5% | 34.4 |
| 5 | Hazel Grove High School | 263 | 52.7 | +4.1 | 76.0% | 55.1% | 20.2% | 37.2 |
| 6 | Stockport AcademyChristian | 196 | 52.5 | +5.5 | 70.9% | 57.1% | 20.9% | 47.5 |
| 7 | St James' Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic | 165 | 52.4 | +1.3 | 72.1% | 51.5% | 24.2% | 38.1 |
| 8 | Bramhall High School | 248 | 49.2 | −2.5 | 70.2% | 44.4% | 13.7% | 38.2 |
| 9 | The Kingsway School | 249 | 48.4 | +1.9 | 66.7% | 49.0% | 14.1% | 37.6 |
| 10 | Stockport School | 257 | 45.9 | +0.2 | 66.5% | 46.3% | 8.9% | 38.1 |
| 11 | Harrytown Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic | 152 | 42.2 | +1.6 | 59.2% | 37.5% | 11.2% | 34.0 |
| 12 | St Anne's RC Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic | 124 | 41.4 | +0.2 | 62.9% | 40.3% | 5.6% | 35.5 |
| 13 | Reddish Vale High School | 173 | 37.9 | +0.2 | 47.4% | 28.3% | 4.0% | 29.1 |
| 14 | Werneth School | 178 | 37.7 | +0.9 | 53.9% | 31.5% | 3.9% | 29.4 |
| 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.
Stockport against the rest of the North West
- Trafford65.7%
- Stockport52.9%
- Warrington50.8%
- Bolton47.9%
- Manchester46.4%
- Cheshire East46.1%
- Wirral46.0%
- Lancashire45.0%
- Cheshire West and Chester44.4%
- Blackburn with Darwen44.4%
- Tameside44.3%
- Salford44.2%
- Wigan44.1%
- Westmorland and Furness42.8%
- St. Helens41.9%
- Oldham41.4%
- Rochdale41.2%
- Sefton40.2%
- Bury39.6%
- Liverpool39.1%
- Blackpool37.1%
- Halton36.5%
- Cumberland34.0%
- Knowsley26.2%
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.