GCSE results 2026

Walsall GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 19 state secondary schools in Walsall, 3,691 pupils. Walsall ranks 135 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 0.1 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

39.3%

8.5 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

12.2%

2.5 pts below England

Attainment 8

43.8

3.8 points below England

Council rank

135 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Walsall at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Queen Mary's High School (74.1); highest non-selective: St Francis of Assisi Catholic College (53.0).
Schools range from 32.7 to 74.1 on Attainment 8, a spread of 41.4 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 35.8, 13.4 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Queen Mary's High School (73.0).
Walsall has 2 grammar schools, which lift the council average. Compare the non-selective schools with each other. Grammar schools in Walsall.
Most improved on 2025: Walsall Studio School, up 5.9 points to 32.8.

Every Walsall 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	Queen Mary's High SchoolGrammar · Girls	148	74.1	+0.6	100.0%	95.9%	70.3%	73.0
2	Queen Mary's Grammar SchoolGrammar · Boys	180	72.6	−1.6	97.2%	93.9%	58.9%	66.9
3	St Francis of Assisi Catholic CollegeRoman Catholic	178	53.0	−0.2	78.1%	55.6%	15.7%	47.0
4	Barr Beacon School	253	50.4	−0.6	77.5%	56.9%	15.4%	43.2
5	Walsall Academy	211	43.5	−0.4	57.3%	34.1%	4.3%	38.1
6	Aldridge School - A Science College	262	43.4	−1.8	63.0%	45.4%	8.4%	33.4
7	Joseph Leckie Academy	237	42.9	+0.5	53.6%	35.9%	9.7%	37.9
8	The Streetly Academy	239	42.9	+0.8	61.5%	38.9%	8.8%	27.8
9	Brownhills Ormiston Academy	119	42.5	+5.4	62.2%	37.8%	4.2%	39.5
10	Grace Academy Darlaston	169	41.0	−0.2	52.7%	23.1%	4.7%	34.7
11	St Thomas More Catholic School, WillenhallRoman Catholic	239	40.7	−0.7	54.0%	36.4%	8.8%	34.0
12	Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy	233	39.6	+1.2	52.8%	28.8%	5.2%	31.4
13	West Walsall E-ACT Academy	196	37.9	−2.0	46.4%	28.6%	5.1%	35.4
14	Shire Oak Academy	229	37.0	+2.0	47.6%	27.9%	5.7%	26.6
15	Pool Hayes Academy	191	36.8	−0.9	42.9%	23.0%	3.7%	30.4
16	Blue Coat Church of England AcademyChurch of England	154	36.5	−0.9	49.4%	22.1%	2.6%	33.5
17	Bloxwich Academy	194	32.9	0.0	40.2%	20.6%	5.2%	29.2
18	Walsall Studio School	63	32.8	+5.9	38.1%	17.5%	0.0%	28.4
19	Willenhall E-ACT Academy	196	32.7	−2.0	37.8%	21.4%	4.1%	26.3
	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.

Walsall against the rest of the West Midlands

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.