Which school has the best GCSE results in Preston?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Preston Muslim Girls High School tops the table in Preston with 61.7, 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 Preston 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 Preston 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.

Preston GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

22 state secondary schools in Preston 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.

Town 22 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Preston ranked on Attainment 8

22 of 22 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Preston 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	Preston Muslim Girls High School Preston · Voluntary aided school	61.7	34%	71%	87%	–	123
2 , up 2 places since 2025	Archbishop Temple Church of England High School Preston · Voluntary aided school	56.9	24%	60%	83%	–	154
3 , down 2 places since 2025	Broughton High School Preston · Community school	55.5	20%	67%	85%	–	185
4 , up 1 place since 2025	Penwortham Girls' High School Preston · Community school	55.4	13%	63%	86%	–	160
5 , up 3 places since 2025	Our Lady's Catholic High School Preston · Voluntary aided school	54.9	21%	55%	77%	–	181
6 , up 3 places since 2025	Eden Boys' School, Preston Preston · Free schools	54.5	30%	68%	82%	–	123
7 , down 1 place since 2025	Corpus Christi Catholic High School Preston · Voluntary aided school	54.1	14%	65%	80%	–	161
8 , down 5 places since 2025	All Hallows Catholic High School Preston · Voluntary aided school	53.6	18%	58%	80%	–	181
9 , up 6 places since 2025	Longridge High School Preston · Academy converter	51.1	14%	50%	73%	–	149
10 , down 3 places since 2025	Hutton Church of England Grammar School Preston · Voluntary aided school	50.5	16%	55%	80%	–	146
11 , up 4 places since 2025	Ashton Community Science College Preston · Community school	47.6	8%	48%	67%	–	179
12 , down 2 places since 2025	Lostock Hall Academy Preston · Academy converter	47.2	11%	44%	72%	–	152
13 , up 5 places since 2025	Penwortham Priory Academy Preston · Academy converter	47.0	14%	50%	65%	–	141
14	Garstang Community Academy Preston · Academy converter	45.0	10%	47%	69%	–	154
15 , down 2 places since 2025	Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School Preston · Voluntary aided school	44.4	12%	37%	61%	–	147
16 , down 4 places since 2025	St Cecilia's RC High School Preston · Voluntary aided school	44.0	9%	39%	55%	–	104
17 , up 2 places since 2025	Fulwood Academy Preston · Academy sponsor led	43.8	9%	39%	59%	–	170
18 , down 7 places since 2025	Tarleton Academy Preston · Academy converter	42.5	7%	39%	66%	–	137
19 , down 2 places since 2025	Carr Hill High School Preston · Academy sponsor led	41.3	5%	27%	51%	–	140
20 , up 1 place since 2025	Christ The King Catholic High School Preston · Academy sponsor led	41.0	7%	38%	52%	–	82
21 , down 1 place since 2025	Moor Park High School Preston · Foundation school	39.2	4%	29%	49%	–	113
22	Walton-Le-Dale High School Preston · Academy sponsor led	33.4	3%	18%	35%	–	133

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 Preston 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
Abrar Academy Preston · Other independent school	57.2	80%	10
Kirkham Grammar School Preston · Other independent school	44.8	0%	101

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 Preston on our composite score

Preston GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Preston ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Preston with published GCSE results

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