GCSE results 2026

Wakefield GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 18 state secondary schools in Wakefield, 4,029 pupils. Wakefield ranks 81 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.9 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

48.6%

0.8 pts above England

Grade 7+ English & maths

13.9%

0.8 pts below England

Attainment 8

46.7

0.9 points below England

Council rank

81 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Wakefield at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: The King's School (51.8).
Schools range from 37.5 to 51.8 on Attainment 8, a spread of 14.3 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 36.3, 14.7 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Trinity Academy Cathedral (43.5).
Most improved on 2025: Outwood Academy City Fields, up 5.7 points to 44.5.

Every Wakefield 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 King's School	208	51.8	+1.9	79.3%	57.2%	18.3%	40.9
2	Horbury Academy	225	51.0	+2.3	76.9%	52.9%	18.7%	39.6
3	Trinity Academy CathedralChurch of England	195	50.9	+2.2	72.8%	53.3%	16.4%	43.5
4	Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College	300	49.8	−1.2	73.0%	51.3%	14.7%	39.8
5	Crofton Academy	203	49.3	+2.8	71.4%	47.8%	24.1%	40.2
6	Outwood Grange Academy	357	49.2	+2.0	77.6%	57.4%	16.5%	33.8
7	St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic	142	49.1	+2.8	65.5%	51.4%	14.8%	38.8
8	Kettlethorpe High School	342	48.8	+1.9	67.5%	57.0%	15.5%	34.4
9	Castleford Academy	287	46.8	−1.7	70.0%	48.4%	13.9%	36.8
10	St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic	272	46.1	−0.6	62.5%	41.5%	12.9%	29.8
11	De Lacy Academy	160	45.0	−0.6	64.4%	48.1%	11.9%	40.8
12	Minsthorpe Community College	263	44.7	+3.4	60.1%	40.7%	10.3%	36.6
13	Outwood Academy Freeston	209	44.6	0.0	67.5%	50.7%	12.0%	36.5
14	Outwood Academy City Fields	169	44.5	+5.7	66.3%	52.1%	10.1%	35.5
15	Carleton High School	199	44.3	−3.2	64.3%	45.2%	13.1%	32.3
16	The Featherstone Academy	94	39.7	−1.9	56.4%	39.4%	10.6%	27.8
17	Airedale Academy	201	39.4	+5.6	59.7%	35.3%	9.0%	33.6
18	Outwood Academy Hemsworth	203	37.5	−3.5	53.2%	32.5%	3.4%	32.1
	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.

Wakefield against the rest of Yorkshire and The Humber

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.