Which school has the best GCSE results in Dudley?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Old Swinford Hospital tops the table in Dudley with 57.9, 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 Dudley 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 Dudley 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.

Dudley GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

19 state secondary schools in Dudley 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. 2 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 19 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Dudley ranked on Attainment 8

19 of 19 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Dudley 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	Old Swinford Hospital Stourbridge · Voluntary aided school	57.9	27%	71%	89%	–	150
2	Summerhill School Kingswinford · Community school	51.0	16%	60%	76%	–	213
3 , up 3 places since 2025	Kingswinford Academy Kingswinford · Academy converter	50.9	17%	58%	71%	–	178
4	Redhill School Stourbridge · Academy converter	48.0	11%	46%	67%	–	231
5 , down 2 places since 2025	The Earls High School Halesowen · Academy converter	46.8	13%	46%	68%	–	243
6 , up 2 places since 2025	Bishop Milner Catholic College Dudley · Academy converter	45.4	11%	39%	65%	–	150
7 , up 4 places since 2025	The Dormston School Dudley · Community school	44.5	10%	42%	62%	–	229
8 , up 5 places since 2025	Beacon Hill Academy Dudley · Academy converter	44.4	5%	47%	69%	–	202
9= , up 5 places since 2025	The Link Academy Dudley · Academy sponsor led	44.2	9%	48%	65%	–	202
9= , down 4 places since 2025	Windsor High School and Sixth Form Halesowen · Academy converter	44.2	11%	43%	61%	–	286
11 , down 4 places since 2025	Ridgewood High School Stourbridge · Academy converter	44.0	6%	37%	59%	–	133
12 , up 4 places since 2025	The Crestwood School Dudley · Academy sponsor led	41.8	6%	37%	56%	–	191
13 , down 4 places since 2025	Pegasus Academy Dudley · Academy converter	41.7	7%	37%	52%	–	137
14 , up 4 places since 2025	St James Academy Dudley · Academy converter	41.6	12%	47%	58%	–	164
15 , down 5 places since 2025	Ellowes Hall Sports College Dudley · Academy converter	41.2	4%	44%	60%	–	207
16 , down 4 places since 2025	Leasowes High School Halesowen · Academy converter	40.2	8%	38%	57%	–	200
17	Thorns Collegiate Academy Brierley Hill · Academy sponsor led	37.6	6%	30%	44%	–	162
18	The Wordsley School Stourbridge · Academy converter	36.9	7%	26%	45%	–	176
19 , down 4 places since 2025	The Pedmore High School Stourbridge · Academy converter	35.5	2%	22%	41%	–	128

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 Dudley 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
Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School Limited Stourbridge · Other independent school	23.9	24%	46
Priory Park Community School Other independent school	3.0	0%	6

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 Dudley on our composite score

Dudley GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Dudley ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Dudley with published GCSE results

More about schools in Dudley

Dudley GCSE results: common questions