GCSE results 2026

Suffolk GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 43 state secondary schools in Suffolk, 7,509 pupils. Suffolk ranks 132 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.2 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

41.1%

6.7 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

9.8%

4.9 pts below England

Attainment 8

44.0

3.6 points below England

Council rank

132 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Suffolk at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Sybil Andrews Academy (52.6).
Schools range from 25.4 to 52.6 on Attainment 8, a spread of 27.2 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 34.4, 12.7 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at East Point Academy (40.6).
Most improved on 2025: East Point Academy, up 9.7 points to 49.2.

Every Suffolk 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	Sybil Andrews Academy	126	52.6	+3.1	74.6%	60.3%	17.5%	27.6
2	Hartismere School	164	52.4	−0.6	79.9%	56.7%	17.7%	37.7
3	St Benedict's Catholic SchoolRoman Catholic	154	51.9	+2.1	74.0%	50.0%	16.2%	38.2
4	Debenham High SchoolChurch of England	136	51.5	−4.2	77.2%	55.1%	15.4%	38.0
5	East Bergholt High School	183	49.8	+2.0	73.2%	52.5%	10.9%	40.3
6	Northgate High School	252	49.5	−1.1	71.4%	50.8%	13.9%	37.7
7	East Point Academy	159	49.2	+9.7	75.5%	54.7%	17.0%	40.6
8	Copleston High School	316	48.3	+1.4	70.9%	51.3%	13.0%	38.9
9	Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form	172	47.8	−0.6	69.8%	44.2%	13.4%	34.5
10	Stradbroke High School	78	47.4	+3.1	65.4%	50.0%	16.7%	36.7
11	Kesgrave High School	306	47.0	−2.7	69.0%	47.7%	9.8%	38.2
12	Sir John Leman High School	237	46.7	+1.9	71.7%	49.8%	12.2%	37.5
13	Thomas Gainsborough School	277	46.7	+0.6	66.4%	43.7%	11.9%	39.4
14	Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics	240	46.6	+1.7	67.1%	49.2%	11.3%	36.8
15	Thurston Community College	250	45.9	−1.0	65.2%	45.2%	12.4%	35.5
16	Hadleigh High School	142	45.6	+2.0	69.0%	40.1%	7.0%	39.2
17	St Alban's Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic	172	45.3	−1.6	62.2%	38.4%	9.3%	35.5
18	Claydon High School	144	45.2	+0.2	65.3%	43.8%	9.0%	39.1
19	Farlingaye High School	307	45.2	+1.4	63.5%	41.7%	13.7%	33.6
20	Bury St Edmunds County High School	185	44.8	−5.0	62.2%	44.3%	15.1%	34.5
21	Stour Valley Community School	113	44.5	0.0	61.1%	42.5%	8.8%	29.3
22	Newmarket Academy	161	43.6	−2.3	62.1%	37.9%	9.3%	34.0
23	Ormiston Sudbury Academy	141	43.2	+3.6	55.3%	34.0%	6.4%	36.4
24	Stowmarket High School	172	42.5	+2.0	63.4%	37.8%	6.4%	37.1
25	King Edward VI CEVC SchoolChurch of England	238	42.4	−3.0	55.9%	37.4%	8.8%	33.2
26	Pakefield High School	113	42.3	+3.9	63.7%	41.6%	3.5%	39.4
27	Bungay High School	173	42.1	+0.4	53.8%	31.8%	8.1%	30.5
28	Ormiston Endeavour Academy	112	40.4	−2.4	51.8%	29.5%	8.0%	33.8
29	Felixstowe School	224	40.3	+1.8	58.5%	39.7%	7.1%	33.1
30	Ipswich Academy	201	40.3	+2.7	52.7%	33.3%	7.5%	31.5
31	Holbrook Academy	116	40.1	−1.1	59.5%	37.9%	6.9%	33.3
32	Stowupland High School	149	40.1	−1.0	56.4%	27.5%	9.4%	29.3
33	Ixworth High School	99	39.7	−4.3	50.5%	32.3%	6.1%	34.3
34	Castle Manor Academy	154	39.5	−0.8	50.0%	28.6%	5.2%	32.5
35	Mildenhall College Academy	218	39.5	+2.1	51.4%	30.7%	4.6%	33.1
36	Breckland School	114	38.9	−3.5	51.8%	30.7%	7.0%	29.1
37	Samuel Ward Academy	194	38.2	−5.6	54.1%	32.0%	3.1%	25.9
38	Westbourne Academy	196	38.2	−1.5	50.0%	32.7%	8.7%	31.3
39	Ormiston Denes Academy	123	37.7	−2.8	45.5%	28.5%	2.4%	34.0
40	Chantry Academy	173	36.7	+2.8	59.5%	35.8%	4.0%	31.2
41	Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy	145	36.0	+1.7	43.4%	24.8%	4.8%	30.3
42	Alde Valley Academy	130	33.9	+0.2	49.2%	28.5%	2.3%	26.8
43	Beccles High School	50	25.4	−2.2	28.0%	10.0%	4.0%	19.7
	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.

Suffolk against the rest of the East of England

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

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.