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 2025 results, the 2024/25 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 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

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 2025: secondary school league table

Q: Which school has the best GCSE results in Derby?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Landau Forte College tops the table in Derby with 55.4, against an England average of 46.0. 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.

18 state secondary schools in Derby ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 3 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Town 18 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Derby ranked on Attainment 8

18 of 18 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Derby ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Landau Forte College Derby · Academy sponsor led	55.4	65%	84%	5.27	195
2	Littleover Community School Derby · Community school	52.7	58%	75%	4.92	291
3	John Port Spencer Academy Derby · Academy sponsor led	51.4	55%	79%	4.39	320
4	Chellaston Academy Derby · Academy converter	49.2	50%	73%	4.26	297
5	West Park School Derby · Academy converter	48.7	52%	73%	4.34	291
6	Castle Donington College Derby · Academy converter	48.2	55%	73%	4.17	126
7	Derby Moor Spencer Academy Derby · Academy converter	47.7	48%	65%	4.45	291
8	Allestree Woodlands School Derby · Academy converter	46.5	40%	63%	3.94	235
9	Saint Benedict Derby · Academy converter	45.3	37%	64%	3.88	243
10	UTC Derby Pride Park Derby · University technical college	42.1	38%	67%	3.11	86
11	Lees Brook Academy Derby · Academy converter	41.6	33%	59%	3.45	209
12	Derby Cathedral School Derby · Free schools	41.5	35%	57%	3.81	178
13	Murray Park Community School Derby · Foundation school	40.6	33%	54%	3.63	213
14	Noel-Baker Academy Derby · Academy sponsor led	36.3	30%	56%	3.27	212
15	City of Derby Academy Derby · Academy sponsor led	34.8	26%	41%	2.92	191
16	Da Vinci Academy Derby · Academy sponsor led	34.7	21%	37%	3.04	143
17	The Bemrose School Derby · Foundation school	33.8	25%	42%	2.72	175
18	Alvaston Moor Academy Derby · Academy sponsor led	32.4	23%	38%	2.66	167

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	60.1	87%	55
Normanton House School Derby · Other independent school	50.3	83%	6
Repton School Derby · Other independent school	36.0	0%	134

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 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. 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 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Derby ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Derby with published GCSE results

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