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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Tameside GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 16 state secondary schools in Tameside, 3,014 pupils. Tameside ranks 121 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.3 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
44.3%
3.5 pts below England
Grade 7+ English & maths
10.7%
4.0 pts below England
Attainment 8
44.7
2.9 points below England
Council rank
121 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Tameside at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: St Damian's RC Science College (56.0).
- Schools range from 35.1 to 56.0 on Attainment 8, a spread of 20.9 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 37.9, 11.0 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Fairfield High School for Girls (50.6).
- Most improved on 2025: St Thomas More RC College, up 4.1 points to 48.1.
Every Tameside 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 Damian's RC Science CollegeRoman Catholic | 162 | 56.0 | +0.9 | 87.0% | 67.9% | 21.0% | 43.4 |
| 2 | Fairfield High School for GirlsGirls | 194 | 52.5 | −0.2 | 80.9% | 61.3% | 20.1% | 50.6 |
| 3 | Laurus Ryecroft | 210 | 51.1 | −0.5 | 74.8% | 53.8% | 15.2% | 46.1 |
| 4 | Audenshaw SchoolBoys | 213 | 48.4 | +2.9 | 72.3% | 53.1% | 20.7% | 41.0 |
| 5 | St Thomas More RC CollegeRoman Catholic | 157 | 48.1 | +4.1 | 74.5% | 51.0% | 12.1% | 36.8 |
| 6 | Droylsden Academy | 193 | 47.7 | 0.0 | 70.5% | 50.3% | 12.4% | 39.2 |
| 7 | Mossley Hollins High School | 179 | 47.0 | — | 73.7% | 49.7% | 7.8% | 39.2 |
| 8 | Denton Community Academy | 283 | 46.1 | — | 73.1% | 56.9% | 11.0% | 41.0 |
| 9 | Alder Community High School | 198 | 43.4 | −3.2 | 67.7% | 43.4% | 12.6% | 38.2 |
| 10 | West Hill SchoolBoys | 170 | 43.2 | −0.3 | 66.5% | 35.3% | 5.3% | 39.0 |
| 11 | Longdendale High School | 153 | 40.1 | −1.0 | 51.6% | 36.6% | 7.2% | 31.8 |
| 12 | Hyde High School | 239 | 39.8 | — | 49.8% | 30.1% | 5.4% | 34.7 |
| 13 | Copley Academy | 117 | 38.0 | +2.2 | 42.7% | 27.4% | 4.3% | 32.2 |
| 14 | Great Academy Ashton | 266 | 37.7 | −0.4 | 51.1% | 27.1% | 6.0% | 34.3 |
| 15 | All Saints Catholic CollegeRoman Catholic | 168 | 36.5 | −1.0 | 47.0% | 28.6% | 2.4% | 30.0 |
| 16 | Rayner Stephens High School | 112 | 35.1 | −0.5 | 43.8% | 23.2% | 1.8% | 32.2 |
| 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.
Tameside 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.