Which school has the best GCSE results in Sandwell?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Bristnall Hall Academy tops the table in Sandwell with 51.6, 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 Sandwell 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. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Sandwell 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.

Sandwell GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

20 state secondary schools in Sandwell 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, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 2 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 4 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 22 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Sandwell ranked on Attainment 8

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

Secondary schools in Sandwell ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	0.00	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1 , up 3 places since 2025	Bristnall Hall Academy Oldbury · Academy converter	51.6	–	13%	50%	72%	–	216
2 , down 1 place since 2025	Q3 Academy Langley Oldbury · Academy sponsor led	50.4	–	10%	52%	67%	–	291
3 , down 1 place since 2025	Sandwell Academy West Bromwich · Academy sponsor led	49.0	–	16%	48%	69%	–	199
4 , up 1 place since 2025	West Bromwich Collegiate Academy West Bromwich · Free schools	48.4	–	8%	46%	62%	–	154
5 , down 2 places since 2025	St Michael's Church of England High School Rowley Regis · Voluntary aided school	47.4	–	7%	36%	66%	–	226
6 , up 1 place since 2025	Shireland Collegiate Academy Smethwick · Academy sponsor led	45.7	–	11%	42%	65%	–	267
7 , up 3 places since 2025	Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy Oldbury · Academy sponsor led	44.7	–	11%	43%	62%	–	205
8	Q3 Academy Great Barr Birmingham · Academy sponsor led	44.1	–	11%	46%	66%	–	207
9 , down 3 places since 2025	Wood Green Academy Wednesbury · Academy converter	43.9	–	8%	40%	59%	–	258
10 , up 2 places since 2025	Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School Wednesbury · Academy sponsor led	41.5	–	10%	27%	49%	–	140
11 , down 2 places since 2025	Perryfields Academy Oldbury · Academy converter	41.4	–	9%	33%	52%	–	153
12 , up 4 places since 2025	Wodensborough Ormiston Academy Wednesbury · Academy sponsor led	41.0	–	7%	42%	58%	–	189
13 , up 2 places since 2025	George Salter Academy West Bromwich · Academy sponsor led	40.5	–	8%	36%	54%	–	248
14	Shireland Biomedical Utc West Bromwich · University technical college · 2023 results (latest published)	40.3	-0.32 (-0.80 to 0.16)	–	34%	50%	2.84	38
15 , down 1 place since 2025	Ormiston Forge Academy Cradley Heath · Academy sponsor led	40.1	–	6%	29%	54%	–	283
16 , up 1 place since 2025	Oldbury Academy Oldbury · Academy converter	39.5	–	9%	30%	53%	–	266
17 , up 2 places since 2025	Gospel Oak School Tipton · Academy sponsor led	39.2	–	3%	30%	47%	–	217
18 , down 5 places since 2025	The Phoenix Collegiate West Bromwich · Foundation school	38.9	–	3%	27%	46%	–	323
19 , down 8 places since 2025	Holly Lodge High School College of Science Smethwick · Foundation school	38.5	–	4%	29%	51%	–	276
20 , down 2 places since 2025	Q3 Academy Tipton Tipton · Academy sponsor led	34.1	–	3%	14%	37%	–	281
–	Shireland CBSO Academy West Bromwich · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Windsor Olympus Academy Birmingham · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 Sandwell 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
Impact Independent School Other independent school	2.6	0%	51
Sandwell Valley School West Bromwich · Other independent school	1.3	0%	23
The British Muslim School West Midlands · Other independent school	40.3	21%	14
V.A.S.E Academy Birmingham · Other independent school	2.9	0%	8

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". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

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 Sandwell on our composite score

Sandwell GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Sandwell ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Sandwell with published GCSE results

More about schools in Sandwell

Sandwell GCSE results: common questions