When are the 2026 GCSE results for Leicester 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 Leicester 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.

Leicester GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

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

On 2026 Attainment 8, Manor High School tops the table in Leicester with 60.4, 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.

35 state secondary schools in Leicester 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. 8 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Town 35 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Leicester ranked on Attainment 8

35 of 35 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Leicester 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	Manor High School Leicester · Academy converter	60.4	30%	79%	88%	–	174
2 , down 1 place since 2025	Madani Girls' School Leicester · Voluntary aided school	57.9	27%	66%	79%	–	90
3 , up 7 places since 2025	Rushey Mead Academy Leicester · Academy converter	56.8	27%	62%	78%	–	352
4 , down 1 place since 2025	Beauchamp College Leicester · Academy converter	55.9	23%	65%	80%	–	299
5	English Martyrs' Catholic School Leicester · Academy converter	55.4	17%	65%	88%	–	175
6 , up 1 place since 2025	Avanti Fields School Leicester · Free schools	54.2	22%	60%	76%	–	184
7 , down 2 places since 2025	Gartree High School Leicester · Academy converter	54.1	28%	62%	77%	–	183
8 , down 1 place since 2025	Sir Jonathan North Girls' College Leicester · Academy converter	52.9	20%	58%	73%	–	235
9	Madani Boys School Leicester · Voluntary aided school	52.3	24%	63%	80%	–	92
10 , up 12 places since 2025	Beaumont Leys School Leicester · Community school	50.3	16%	46%	70%	–	198
11 , up 8 places since 2025	Judgemeadow Community College Leicester · Academy sponsor led	49.9	13%	54%	70%	–	224
12 , down 8 places since 2025	St Paul's Catholic School Leicester · Academy converter	49.8	15%	43%	64%	–	173
13= , up 4 places since 2025	Crown Hills Community College Leicester · Community school	49.6	15%	51%	67%	–	291
13= , down 2 places since 2025	Soar Valley College Leicester · Academy converter	49.6	12%	50%	69%	–	311
15 , down 3 places since 2025	Brookvale Groby Learning Campus Leicester · Academy converter	48.9	11%	50%	72%	–	239
16 , down 3 places since 2025	The City of Leicester College Leicester · Academy converter	48.3	17%	50%	67%	–	254
17 , up 1 place since 2025	Brockington College Leicester · Academy converter	47.5	12%	45%	65%	–	234
18 , up 6 places since 2025	The Martin High School Anstey Leicester · Academy converter	47.3	14%	46%	58%	–	169
19 , down 3 places since 2025	Kibworth Mead Academy Leicester · Academy converter	46.9	11%	39%	66%	–	180
20 , down 6 places since 2025	Bosworth Academy Leicester · Academy converter	46.7	11%	48%	72%	–	243
21	Brook Mead Academy Leicester · Free schools	46.6	12%	47%	62%	–	189
22 , down 7 places since 2025	Castle Mead Academy Leicester · Free schools	46.3	15%	46%	66%	–	235
23	The Cedars Academy Leicester · Academy converter	45.4	10%	43%	57%	–	183
24	Moat Community College Leicester · Community school	44.9	9%	41%	63%	–	210
25 , down 4 places since 2025	The Roundhill Academy Leicester · Academy converter	44.5	11%	39%	57%	–	166
26	Heath Lane Academy Leicester · Academy converter	41.2	8%	39%	58%	–	117
27 , down 7 places since 2025	Thomas Estley Community College Leicester · Academy converter	40.9	7%	36%	59%	–	178
28 , up 1 place since 2025	Orchard Mead Academy Leicester · Academy sponsor led	40.4	11%	34%	53%	–	199
29 , down 2 places since 2025	Wreake Valley Academy Leicester · Academy converter	39.1	7%	30%	54%	–	194
30 , down 2 places since 2025	Fullhurst Community College Leicester · Foundation school	39.0	10%	35%	53%	–	288
31	Tudor Grange Samworth Academy Leicester · Academy sponsor led	38.7	7%	28%	52%	–	113
32	The Herewoode Academy Leicester · Academy converter	38.0	8%	32%	53%	–	199
33 , down 3 places since 2025	Babington Academy Leicester · Academy converter	36.1	5%	27%	50%	–	262
34 , down 1 place since 2025	The Winstanley School Leicester · Academy converter	34.9	1%	23%	39%	–	113
35 , down 3 places since 2025	Lancaster Academy Leicester · Academy sponsor led	32.1	3%	20%	32%	–	209

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 Leicester 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-Aqsa Schools Trust Leicester · Other independent school	57.0	71%	14
Brooke House Day School Leicester · Other independent school	12.4	6%	17
Darul Uloom Leicester Leicester · Other independent school	53.1	60%	10
Jameah Academy Leicester · Other independent school	58.4	57%	23
Leicester Grammar School Trust Leicester · Other independent school	22.4	0%	118
LGS Stoneygate Leicester · Other independent school	28.4	0%	27
St Crispin's School Leicester · Other independent school	30.9	40%	15
The Imam Muhammad Adam Institute School Leicester · Other independent school	63.4	78%	36

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 Leicester on our composite score

Leicester GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Leicester ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Leicester with published GCSE results

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