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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Swindon GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 14 state secondary schools in Swindon, 2,593 pupils. Swindon ranks 98 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.5 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
45.7%
2.1 pts below England
Grade 7+ English & maths
10.9%
3.8 pts below England
Attainment 8
45.8
1.8 points below England
Council rank
98 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Swindon at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College (51.0).
- Schools range from 32.3 to 51.0 on Attainment 8, a spread of 18.7 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 35.0, 14.1 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Great Western Academy (38.2).
- Most improved on 2025: St Joseph's Catholic College, up 8.2 points to 46.2.
Every Swindon 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 Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College | 266 | 51.0 | −2.5 | 77.8% | 60.9% | 20.3% | 37.5 |
| 2 | Nova Hreod Academy | 171 | 49.6 | +0.5 | 64.3% | 49.7% | 11.7% | 36.4 |
| 3 | Swindon Academy | 173 | 48.3 | −1.9 | 72.3% | 54.3% | 20.8% | 38.1 |
| 4 | The Deanery CofE AcademyAnglican/Church of England | 144 | 47.6 | +1.0 | 71.5% | 47.9% | 9.7% | 37.1 |
| 5 | Lydiard Park Academy | 225 | 47.1 | +0.1 | 66.2% | 45.8% | 7.1% | 37.5 |
| 6 | Great Western Academy | 151 | 46.8 | +1.3 | 66.9% | 47.0% | 13.2% | 38.2 |
| 7 | St Joseph's Catholic CollegeRoman Catholic | 282 | 46.2 | +8.2 | 64.2% | 48.6% | 10.6% | 32.2 |
| 8 | Abbey Park School | 240 | 45.4 | −0.8 | 70.0% | 48.8% | 9.2% | 35.2 |
| 9 | The Commonweal School | 217 | 45.1 | −1.2 | 63.6% | 40.6% | 10.1% | 36.1 |
| 10 | Highworth Warneford School | 117 | 44.5 | −1.5 | 68.4% | 42.7% | 7.7% | 36.2 |
| 11 | The Dorcan Academy | 163 | 43.2 | −1.1 | 65.6% | 39.3% | 5.5% | 34.2 |
| 12 | Kingsdown School | 184 | 41.9 | +0.5 | 57.1% | 40.2% | 10.3% | 30.0 |
| 13 | Lawn Manor Academy | 189 | 41.5 | +4.0 | 53.4% | 32.3% | 4.8% | 33.5 |
| 14 | UTC Swindon | 71 | 32.3 | −0.1 | 33.8% | 15.5% | 4.2% | 25.5 |
| 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.
Swindon against the rest of the South West
- 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.