Which school has the best GCSE results in Nottingham?

On 2026 Attainment 8, The West Bridgford School tops the table in Nottingham with 61.4, 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 Nottingham 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 Nottingham 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.

Nottingham GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

39 state secondary schools in Nottingham 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. 4 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Town 39 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Nottingham ranked on Attainment 8

39 of 39 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Nottingham 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	The West Bridgford School Nottingham · Academy converter	61.4	33%	77%	88%	–	268
2	Rushcliffe Spencer Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	58.3	30%	74%	85%	–	295
3	Toot Hill School Nottingham · Academy converter	55.2	22%	70%	87%	–	303
4 , up 1 place since 2025	Fernwood School Nottingham · Academy converter	54.6	23%	66%	79%	–	307
5 , down 1 place since 2025	The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	54.4	12%	60%	79%	–	192
6 , up 11 places since 2025	Bluecoat Wollaton Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	53.4	22%	59%	75%	–	148
7 , down 1 place since 2025	Alderman White School Nottingham · Academy converter	53.2	21%	64%	76%	–	151
8	South Nottinghamshire Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	52.9	24%	52%	75%	–	153
9 , down 1 place since 2025	George Spencer Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	52.6	24%	60%	78%	–	272
10	Nottingham Free School Nottingham · Free schools	52.0	17%	61%	80%	–	116
11 , up 1 place since 2025	Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology Nottingham · Free schools	51.5	21%	63%	84%	–	122
12 , down 5 places since 2025	The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form Nottingham · Academy converter	51.3	18%	55%	70%	–	168
13 , down 2 places since 2025	Bramcote College Nottingham · Academy converter	50.7	17%	51%	67%	–	121
14 , up 1 place since 2025	Chilwell School Nottingham · Foundation school	50.3	20%	58%	70%	–	178
15 , up 8 places since 2025	Carlton Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	50.2	18%	53%	71%	–	225
16 , down 3 places since 2025	The Kimberley School Nottingham · Academy converter	49.6	15%	51%	73%	–	233
17 , up 3 places since 2025	Colonel Frank Seely Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	49.2	12%	45%	66%	–	130
18 , down 4 places since 2025	Redhill Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	49.1	14%	46%	65%	–	230
19 , up 3 places since 2025	Nottingham Girls' Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	48.8	19%	52%	70%	–	156
20 , down 4 places since 2025	Arnold Hill Spencer Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	47.8	16%	53%	69%	–	263
21 , down 3 places since 2025	Christ The King Voluntary Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	46.8	10%	42%	68%	–	153
22 , up 4 places since 2025	Park Vale Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	46.2	10%	43%	66%	–	160
23 , up 4 places since 2025	The National CofE Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	45.9	9%	44%	65%	–	203
24 , down 5 places since 2025	Bluecoat Aspley Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	45.8	16%	48%	63%	–	180
25 , down 4 places since 2025	Ashfield Comprehensive School Nottingham · Academy converter	45.2	10%	40%	62%	–	404
26 , up 3 places since 2025	The Oakwood Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	44.7	10%	46%	66%	–	140
27 , up 8 places since 2025	Outwood Academy Kirkby Nottingham · Academy converter	40.5	1%	34%	53%	–	83
28 , down 3 places since 2025	Hall Park Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	40.3	4%	30%	50%	–	158
29 , up 3 places since 2025	Selston High School Nottingham · Academy converter	40.1	6%	36%	58%	–	170
30= , down 2 places since 2025	Nottingham Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	39.9	6%	30%	49%	–	271
30=	Nottingham University Samworth Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	39.9	8%	41%	57%	–	152
32	Bluecoat Trent Academy Nottingham · Free schools	39.7	4%	32%	53%	–	181
33 , up 2 places since 2025	The Bulwell Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	39.6	9%	39%	58%	–	191
34	Ellis Guilford School Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	39.5	6%	31%	50%	–	242
35 , down 11 places since 2025	The Wells Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	38.7	7%	27%	46%	–	124
36 , down 5 places since 2025	Farnborough Spencer Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	37.9	7%	33%	51%	–	189
37 , down 4 places since 2025	Djanogly City Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	37.0	5%	28%	48%	–	222
38=	Bluecoat Beechdale Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	36.6	3%	20%	42%	–	170
38= , down 1 place since 2025	The Holgate Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	36.6	3%	23%	47%	–	210

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 Nottingham 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
FUEL Nottingham · Other independent school	7.7	0%	27
Hollygirt School Nottingham · Other independent school	22.2	0%	29
Jamia Al-Hudaa Residential College Nottingham · Other independent school	47.3	53%	17
Nottingham High School Nottingham · Other independent school	51.5	0%	119

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 Nottingham on our composite score

Nottingham GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Nottingham ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Nottingham with published GCSE results

More about schools in Nottingham

Nottingham GCSE results: common questions