Which school has the best GCSE results in Derby?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Littleover Community School tops the table in Derby with 54.5, against an England average of 46.2. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Derby schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2026 results, the 2025/26 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021.

Why does a school in Derby show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Derby GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

17 state secondary schools in Derby ranked on their 2026 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2025/26 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 7+, grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, cohort size for each school against the England average. 3 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Town 17 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Derby ranked on Attainment 8

17 of 17 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Derby ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1 , up 1 place since 2025	Littleover Community School Derby · Community school	54.5	22%	58%	76%	–	287
2 , up 1 place since 2025	John Port Spencer Academy Derby · Academy sponsor led	53.5	17%	63%	81%	–	320
3 , up 1 place since 2025	Chellaston Academy Derby · Academy converter	53.1	18%	56%	74%	–	292
4 , down 3 places since 2025	Landau Forte College Derby · Academy sponsor led	51.6	17%	56%	77%	–	192
5 , up 3 places since 2025	Saint Benedict Derby · Academy converter	48.4	11%	44%	65%	–	245
6 , up 1 place since 2025	Allestree Woodlands School Derby · Academy converter	46.3	11%	44%	70%	–	232
7 , down 1 place since 2025	Derby Moor Spencer Academy Derby · Academy converter	45.7	8%	41%	65%	–	286
8 , down 3 places since 2025	West Park School Derby · Academy converter	45.3	11%	40%	59%	–	282
9 , up 1 place since 2025	Derby Cathedral School Derby · Free schools	43.7	7%	39%	63%	–	176
10=	Lees Brook Academy Derby · Academy converter	43.0	11%	35%	54%	–	170
10= , up 2 places since 2025	Murray Park Community School Derby · Foundation school	43.0	13%	44%	60%	–	220
12 , down 3 places since 2025	UTC Derby Pride Park Derby · University technical college	39.5	4%	25%	58%	–	113
13	Noel-Baker Academy Derby · Academy sponsor led	35.2	6%	28%	45%	–	229
14 , up 1 place since 2025	Da Vinci Academy Derby · Academy sponsor led	35.0	5%	25%	45%	–	136
15 , up 1 place since 2025	The Bemrose School Derby · Foundation school	34.2	6%	21%	40%	–	195
16 , up 1 place since 2025	Alvaston Moor Academy Derby · Academy sponsor led	33.6	8%	27%	44%	–	159
17 , down 3 places since 2025	City of Derby Academy Derby · Academy sponsor led	31.8	2%	16%	36%	–	192

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2025 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2025 result.

Independent schools in Derby with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Derby High School Derby · Other independent school	43.3	0%	79
Normanton House School Derby · Other independent school	56.7	83%	12
Repton School Derby · Other independent school	31.6	0%	115

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2026 was 46.2.

Grade 7+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching the top grades, 7 to 9, in both; grade 5+ is the "strong pass"; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". The DfE stopped publishing EBacc entry and the EBacc average point score from the 2025/26 results, so that column is empty for 2026.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021, the baseline it is measured from. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Derby on our composite score

Derby GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Derby ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Derby with published GCSE results

More about schools in Derby

Derby GCSE results: common questions