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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Wiltshire GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 27 state secondary schools in Wiltshire, 5,351 pupils. Wiltshire ranks 93 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 0.9 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
44.7%
3.1 pts below England
Grade 7+ English & maths
12.0%
2.7 pts below England
Attainment 8
46.2
1.4 points below England
Council rank
93 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Wiltshire at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: South Wilts Grammar School (76.5); highest non-selective: St John's Marlborough (51.8).
- Schools range from 32.3 to 76.5 on Attainment 8, a spread of 44.2 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 32.1, 16.7 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School (74.1).
- Wiltshire has 2 grammar schools, which lift the council average. Compare the non-selective schools with each other. Grammar schools in Wiltshire.
- Most improved on 2025: Wyvern St Edmund's, up 3.9 points to 46.1.
Every Wiltshire 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 | South Wilts Grammar SchoolGrammar · Girls | 159 | 76.5 | −0.5 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 66.0% | — |
| 2 | Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar SchoolGrammar · Boys · Church of England | 158 | 73.5 | +0.4 | 100.0% | 98.1% | 58.2% | 74.1 |
| 3 | St John's Marlborough | 256 | 51.8 | +0.9 | 75.8% | 56.3% | 13.3% | 37.2 |
| 4 | Hardenhuish School | 241 | 50.3 | +2.8 | 72.6% | 51.0% | 10.0% | 32.2 |
| 5 | Royal Wootton Bassett Academy | 292 | 50.3 | −0.7 | 68.5% | 52.7% | 15.8% | 39.5 |
| 6 | Malmesbury School | 247 | 49.9 | +0.1 | 67.6% | 51.4% | 15.8% | 36.5 |
| 7 | Lavington School | 168 | 49.4 | −0.9 | 75.6% | 54.2% | 8.9% | 37.3 |
| 8 | St Augustine's Catholic CollegeRoman Catholic | 157 | 49.4 | −2.0 | 76.4% | 51.0% | 8.3% | 41.5 |
| 9 | St Laurence SchoolChurch of England/Christian | 229 | 48.4 | −6.1 | 72.9% | 45.4% | 15.3% | 32.5 |
| 10 | Matravers School | 162 | 47.1 | +0.1 | 64.2% | 41.4% | 8.0% | 42.0 |
| 11 | Wyvern St Edmund'sChurch of England | 270 | 46.1 | +3.9 | 67.0% | 48.1% | 10.7% | 34.6 |
| 12 | Kingdown School | 252 | 45.8 | +3.0 | 63.5% | 40.9% | 6.7% | 36.4 |
| 13 | The Trafalgar School at Downton | 157 | 45.7 | +1.4 | 65.6% | 44.6% | 7.0% | 28.4 |
| 14 | Sheldon School | 243 | 45.5 | +0.3 | 63.4% | 46.1% | 11.9% | 28.9 |
| 15 | The Corsham School | 228 | 45.3 | −2.2 | 63.6% | 41.7% | 10.5% | 27.4 |
| 16 | Devizes School | 202 | 44.6 | −0.7 | 63.9% | 40.1% | 12.9% | 31.9 |
| 17 | Bradon Forest School | 177 | 43.5 | −4.6 | 65.5% | 43.5% | 10.2% | 30.1 |
| 18 | The John of Gaunt School | 200 | 41.9 | −2.4 | 56.5% | 35.0% | 7.5% | 29.8 |
| 19 | St Joseph's Catholic SchoolRoman Catholic | 114 | 41.0 | +0.6 | 64.9% | 32.5% | 6.1% | 32.9 |
| 20 | The Stonehenge School | 205 | 39.2 | +1.8 | 59.0% | 32.2% | 1.5% | 25.1 |
| 21 | The Clarendon Academy | 212 | 39.0 | −0.8 | 54.2% | 29.7% | 3.8% | 32.2 |
| 22 | The Wellington Academy | 188 | 38.4 | −3.7 | 52.7% | 29.3% | 2.7% | 34.0 |
| 23 | Melksham Oak Community School | 231 | 38.3 | −3.1 | 52.4% | 32.5% | 5.2% | 29.6 |
| 24 | Kingsbury Green Academy | 194 | 37.2 | −2.4 | 49.5% | 33.0% | 5.7% | 24.6 |
| 25 | Avon Valley Academy | 80 | 35.8 | +1.0 | 40.0% | 18.8% | 2.5% | 31.7 |
| 26 | Pewsey Vale School | 57 | 34.4 | — | 49.1% | 28.1% | 3.5% | 19.6 |
| 27 | Sarum AcademyChurch of England | 129 | 32.3 | −1.4 | 38.0% | 18.6% | 0.8% | 25.6 |
| 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.
Wiltshire 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.