Which school has the best GCSE results in Gloucestershire?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Pate's Grammar School tops the table in Gloucestershire with 82.4, 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 Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire 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.

Gloucestershire GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

41 state secondary schools in Gloucestershire 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. 12 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 41 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Gloucestershire ranked on Attainment 8

41 of 41 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Gloucestershire 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	Pate's Grammar School Cheltenham · Academy converter	82.4	85%	99%	99%	–	150
2	Sir Thomas Rich's School Gloucester · Academy converter	75.2	62%	96%	98%	–	155
3 , up 2 places since 2025	Denmark Road High School Gloucester · Academy converter	74.8	68%	97%	99%	–	154
4 , down 1 place since 2025	Stroud High School Stroud · Academy converter	74.7	62%	99%	100%	–	154
5 , up 1 place since 2025	The Crypt School Gloucester · Academy converter	73.3	51%	95%	99%	–	151
6 , down 2 places since 2025	Marling School Stroud · Academy converter	73.2	62%	98%	100%	–	151
7	Ribston Hall High School Gloucester · Academy converter	67.6	40%	91%	99%	–	148
8	Balcarras School Cheltenham · Academy converter	62.1	27%	80%	92%	–	194
9	The High School Leckhampton Cheltenham · Free schools	59.7	23%	66%	86%	–	119
10	The Cotswold Academy Cheltenham · Academy converter	58.7	25%	66%	84%	–	243
11 , up 5 places since 2025	Farmor's School Fairford · Academy converter	54.8	15%	66%	80%	–	162
12 , up 2 places since 2025	Churchdown School Gloucester · Academy converter	53.3	11%	60%	79%	–	236
13 , down 1 place since 2025	Cirencester Deer Park School Cirencester · Academy converter	51.4	13%	58%	77%	–	194
14 , down 5 places since 2025	Katharine Lady Berkeley's School Wotton-under-Edge · Academy converter	50.7	13%	56%	72%	–	248
15 , up 8 places since 2025	Chipping Campden School Chipping Campden · Academy converter	50.4	15%	54%	72%	–	223
16 , up 4 places since 2025	Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre Cheltenham · Academy converter	49.6	11%	47%	71%	–	292
17 , down 2 places since 2025	Cleeve School Cheltenham · Academy converter	49.4	10%	54%	74%	–	290
18 , down 1 place since 2025	Henley Bank High School Gloucester · Academy sponsor led	48.9	14%	51%	70%	–	162
19 , up 10 places since 2025	Severn Vale School Gloucester · Academy converter	48.7	8%	51%	71%	–	251
20 , down 1 place since 2025	Cirencester Kingshill School Cirencester · Academy converter	48.4	14%	54%	73%	–	187
21	Thomas Keble School Stroud · Academy converter	47.3	6%	42%	63%	–	137
22 , down 9 places since 2025	Five Acres High School Coleford · Academy sponsor led	45.9	11%	48%	65%	–	153
23 , up 2 places since 2025	Maidenhill School Stonehouse · Foundation school	45.6	7%	52%	66%	–	122
24 , down 6 places since 2025	Chosen Hill School Gloucester · Academy converter	45.1	6%	41%	67%	–	204
25 , up 1 place since 2025	Rednock School Dursley · Foundation school	44.8	7%	43%	66%	–	205
26 , up 8 places since 2025	Holmleigh Park High School Gloucester · Academy sponsor led	44.5	10%	42%	62%	–	231
27 , down 5 places since 2025	Pittville School Cheltenham · Foundation school	44.2	6%	33%	57%	–	170
28 , down 17 places since 2025	Dene Magna and Sixth Form Mitcheldean · Academy converter	44.1	7%	37%	64%	–	168
29 , up 4 places since 2025	Winchcombe School Cheltenham · Academy converter	44.0	2%	39%	60%	–	99
30	Barnwood Park School Gloucester · Academy converter	43.4	8%	39%	60%	–	167
31	The Dean Academy Lydney · Academy sponsor led	43.1	10%	34%	56%	–	117
32= , up 3 places since 2025	Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre Newent · Academy converter	42.4	4%	36%	55%	–	169
32= , down 5 places since 2025	Sir William Romney's School Tetbury · Academy converter	42.4	4%	31%	61%	–	98
34 , down 10 places since 2025	Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre Chepstow · Academy converter	41.9	11%	38%	52%	–	159
35 , up 3 places since 2025	Gloucester Academy Gloucester · Academy sponsor led	41.5	9%	36%	49%	–	121
36 , down 6 places since 2025	Archway School Stroud · Community school	41.4	5%	25%	54%	–	150
37 , down 1 place since 2025	SGS Berkeley Green UTC Berkeley · University technical college	41.0	3%	36%	61%	–	103
38 , down 11 places since 2025	St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre Gloucester · Academy converter	40.9	4%	34%	56%	–	236
39 , down 8 places since 2025	Tewkesbury Academy Tewkesbury · Academy converter	38.4	5%	27%	54%	–	214
40 , down 3 places since 2025	All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham Cheltenham · Academy sponsor led	37.7	7%	28%	48%	–	174
41 , down 2 places since 2025	SGS Forest High School Cinderford · Academy sponsor led	32.9	3%	18%	39%	–	61

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 Gloucestershire 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
Al-Ashraf Secondary School for Girls Gloucester · Other independent school	65.2	65%	17
Cheltenham College Cheltenham · Other independent school	14.3	0%	153
Cheltenham Ladies' College Cheltenham · Other independent school	80.8	98%	127
Dean Close School Cheltenham · Other independent school	5.7	0%	488
Edward Jenner School Gloucester · Other independent school	1.0	0%	8
OneSchoolGlobal Bristol Campus Gloucestershire · Other independent school	4.1	0%	9
Oneschool Global Uk - Tewkesbury Campus Tewkesbury · Other independent school	4.5	0%	14
St Edward's School Cheltenham · Other independent school	44.4	0%	49
The King's School, Gloucester Gloucester · Other independent school	30.2	0%	76
Westonbirt School Tetbury · Other independent school	15.2	0%	80
Wotton House International School Gloucestershire Gloucester · Other independent school	3.1	0%	20
Wycliffe College Stonehouse · Other independent school	41.1	38%	71

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 Gloucestershire on our composite score

Gloucestershire GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Gloucestershire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Gloucestershire with published GCSE results

More about schools in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire GCSE results: common questions