GCSE results 2026

West Sussex GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 40 state secondary schools in West Sussex, 8,874 pupils. West Sussex ranks 62 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.7 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

48.4%

0.6 pts above England

Grade 7+ English & maths

13.2%

1.5 pts below England

Attainment 8

47.8

0.2 points above England

Council rank

62 / 151

By average Attainment 8

West Sussex at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Downlands Community School (58.3).
Schools range from 36.3 to 58.3 on Attainment 8, a spread of 22.0 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 34.1, 16.5 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at St Oscar Romero Catholic School (43.8).
Most improved on 2025: The Regis School, up 5.3 points to 48.9.

Every West Sussex 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	Downlands Community School	238	58.3	+1.0	84.9%	68.9%	23.9%	41.2
2	St Paul's Catholic CollegeRoman Catholic · Top 10% three years running	182	57.8	+2.3	86.3%	68.1%	17.0%	40.9
3	St Oscar Romero Catholic SchoolRoman Catholic	185	57.2	+2.1	87.0%	65.9%	20.5%	43.8
4	Tanbridge House School	297	56.0	+1.8	77.4%	57.9%	27.6%	36.3
5	Bishop Luffa School, ChichesterChurch of England	237	55.1	+2.5	79.3%	65.0%	19.4%	41.7
6	Warden Park Secondary Academy	292	55.0	+2.6	78.8%	60.3%	24.0%	42.1
7	Millais SchoolGirls	236	54.7	+3.1	78.4%	64.0%	23.3%	38.9
8	St Philip Howard Catholic SchoolRoman Catholic	185	53.0	+0.5	78.4%	55.7%	15.1%	39.4
9	Oathall Community College	257	51.3	−0.3	75.5%	52.9%	19.1%	37.2
10	Shoreham AcademyChristian	295	51.3	−3.5	74.6%	56.9%	18.3%	38.0
11	Davison Church of England High School for Girls, WorthingGirls · Church of England	268	50.8	−1.3	74.3%	56.0%	16.0%	38.7
12	Weald School, The	293	50.8	+3.7	72.0%	51.9%	16.7%	35.5
13	Durrington High School	312	49.4	−0.4	73.1%	51.3%	13.1%	39.9
14	Imberhorne School	253	49.4	+4.3	75.5%	49.8%	14.2%	33.9
15	The Regis School	292	48.9	+5.3	73.3%	58.6%	18.5%	37.2
16	Midhurst Rother College	183	48.8	0.0	72.7%	54.6%	16.4%	39.9
17	Steyning Grammar SchoolChurch of England	350	48.0	−0.7	69.7%	46.3%	13.1%	33.1
18	Bohunt Horsham	235	47.2	−2.3	67.2%	46.0%	14.0%	34.9
19	Sackville School	258	47.2	+1.1	69.0%	45.0%	10.5%	37.3
20	Hazelwick School	300	46.3	−3.9	64.7%	39.3%	6.7%	34.8
21	Oriel High School	268	46.0	+0.6	62.7%	42.9%	11.2%	30.5
22	St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, CrawleyRoman Catholic	183	46.0	+0.5	67.8%	42.6%	7.1%	37.9
23	Bohunt School Worthing	185	45.7	−1.0	69.2%	45.4%	10.8%	25.9
24	The Burgess Hill Academy	227	45.7	+1.1	67.0%	47.1%	14.1%	27.5
25	Worthing High School	206	45.2	−3.4	64.1%	46.1%	5.3%	35.5
26	The Sir Robert Woodard AcademyChristian	246	44.6	+2.5	69.1%	37.8%	6.1%	37.0
27	The Gatwick School	111	44.0	+4.3	64.0%	42.3%	7.2%	34.1
28	St Andrew's CofE High SchoolChurch of England	112	43.7	+2.0	58.9%	41.1%	9.8%	30.0
29	Chichester Free School	128	43.5	−1.4	64.1%	47.7%	7.8%	30.7
30	Felpham Community College	242	43.2	+1.3	60.7%	38.0%	6.2%	31.5
31	The Forest School	196	43.1	—	60.7%	41.8%	8.2%	32.8
32	Ormiston Six Villages Academy	134	42.2	−0.6	56.7%	31.3%	8.2%	38.1
33	Chichester High School	194	42.0	+3.0	58.8%	39.2%	6.7%	28.8
34	The Angmering School	216	41.8	+0.8	59.3%	36.6%	5.6%	30.9
35	Ifield Community College	224	41.5	—	55.4%	34.8%	7.6%	33.0
36	Bourne Community College	119	40.5	+1.4	61.3%	39.5%	8.4%	26.2
37	Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, CrawleyChurch of England	209	40.2	−1.5	56.5%	35.4%	10.0%	29.7
38	The Academy, Selsey	94	38.3	+0.3	45.7%	33.0%	5.3%	27.3
39	Thomas Bennett Community College	191	37.4	+4.3	51.8%	28.3%	4.7%	26.6
40	The Littlehampton AcademyChristian	241	36.3	−0.9	53.5%	32.8%	2.9%	27.2
	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.

West Sussex against the rest of the South 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.