GCSE results 2026

Sunderland GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 18 state secondary schools in Sunderland, 2,880 pupils. Sunderland ranks 109 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.7 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

46.4%

1.4 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

10.9%

3.8 pts below England

Attainment 8

45.2

2.4 points below England

Council rank

109 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Sunderland at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: St Aidan's Catholic Academy (53.6).
Schools range from 29.1 to 53.6 on Attainment 8, a spread of 24.5 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 37.0, 13.0 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Hetton Academy (47.2).
Most improved on 2025: Washington Academy, up 7.9 points to 41.0.

Every Sunderland 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	St Aidan's Catholic AcademyBoys · Roman Catholic	174	53.6	+2.4	79.3%	58.6%	19.5%	44.8
2	Hetton Academy	122	52.2	+0.4	80.3%	59.8%	23.8%	47.2
3	St Anthony's Girls' Catholic AcademyGirls · Roman Catholic	207	52.1	+1.4	75.4%	57.0%	13.5%	42.5
4	Red House Academy	66	49.8	+5.0	80.3%	62.1%	6.1%	45.9
5	Biddick Academy	202	48.2	+5.7	72.3%	55.9%	17.3%	39.7
6	Southmoor Academy	226	46.8	−2.2	69.0%	50.4%	11.5%	36.7
7	Kepier	204	46.3	+2.7	63.7%	46.1%	14.2%	38.4
8	Farringdon Community Academy	95	46.2	+1.6	75.8%	57.9%	14.7%	40.8
9	St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, WashingtonRoman Catholic	237	44.8	−4.1	66.7%	42.2%	9.7%	28.9
10	Castle View Enterprise Academy	194	43.1	+1.2	57.7%	37.1%	8.2%	37.8
11	Venerable Bede Church of England AcademyChurch of England	168	43.1	−1.0	61.3%	44.6%	10.7%	34.2
12	Monkwearmouth Academy	177	42.8	−3.0	61.6%	38.4%	4.0%	35.9
13	Thornhill Academy	126	42.8	+1.4	61.1%	44.4%	7.9%	34.9
14	Oxclose Community Academy	211	42.7	+0.9	62.1%	40.3%	5.2%	33.9
15	Sandhill View Academy	142	41.1	+2.5	63.4%	47.9%	11.3%	33.1
16	Washington Academy	136	41.0	+7.9	59.6%	37.5%	5.9%	39.8
17	Christ's College	85	40.8	−2.4	56.5%	41.2%	7.1%	32.3
18	Academy 360	108	29.1	−2.6	39.8%	14.8%	0.0%	27.1
	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.

Sunderland against the rest of the North East

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.