Which school has the best GCSE results in Middlesbrough?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Acklam Grange School tops the table in Middlesbrough with 48.8, 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 Middlesbrough 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 Middlesbrough 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.

Middlesbrough GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

11 state secondary schools in Middlesbrough 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 11 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Middlesbrough ranked on Attainment 8

11 of 11 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Middlesbrough 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	Acklam Grange School Middlesbrough · Academy converter	48.8	12%	52%	71%	–	274
2 , up 1 place since 2025	Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form Middlesbrough · Academy converter	44.2	13%	46%	66%	–	238
3 , down 1 place since 2025	Macmillan Academy Middlesbrough · Academy sponsor led	43.3	7%	39%	57%	–	244
4 , up 3 places since 2025	The King's Academy Middlesbrough · Academy sponsor led	42.9	9%	42%	66%	–	227
5 , up 1 place since 2025	Trinity Catholic College Middlesbrough · Academy converter	42.7	16%	44%	58%	–	219
6 , down 1 place since 2025	Outwood Academy Acklam Middlesbrough · Academy sponsor led	41.7	12%	41%	61%	–	233
7 , down 3 places since 2025	Outwood Academy Riverside Middlesbrough · Free schools	40.3	6%	32%	54%	–	140
8 , up 1 place since 2025	St Peter's Catholic College Middlesbrough · Academy converter	38.6	4%	29%	51%	–	97
9 , up 1 place since 2025	Lift Unity City Middlesbrough · Academy sponsor led	36.9	4%	22%	46%	–	162
10 , down 2 places since 2025	Outwood Academy Normanby Middlesbrough · Academy sponsor led	36.5	2%	28%	55%	–	138
11	Outwood Academy Ormesby Middlesbrough · Academy converter	36.1	3%	32%	48%	–	149

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 Middlesbrough 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
Outwood Alternative Provision Eston Middlesbrough · Other independent school	0.4	0%	38
Reintegreat Education Solutions Ltd Middlesbrough · Other independent school	17.1	0%	13
Tees Valley College Middlesbrough · Other independent school	3.4	0%	17

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 Middlesbrough on our composite score

Middlesbrough GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Middlesbrough ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Middlesbrough with published GCSE results

More about schools in Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough GCSE results: common questions