Which school has the best GCSE results in Southwark?

On 2026 Attainment 8, The Charter School North Dulwich tops the table in Southwark with 62.5, 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 Southwark 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 Southwark 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.

Southwark GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

20 state secondary schools in Southwark 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.

Local Authority 20 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Southwark ranked on Attainment 8

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

Secondary schools in Southwark 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 Charter School North Dulwich London · Academy converter	62.5	38%	72%	87%	–	179
2	The St Thomas the Apostle College London · Voluntary aided school	61.8	31%	74%	87%	–	157
3 , up 1 place since 2025	St Michael's Catholic College London · Academy converter	58.7	21%	66%	89%	–	148
4	Sacred Heart Catholic School London · Academy converter	57.4	20%	70%	87%	–	137
5 , down 2 places since 2025	Kingsdale Foundation School London · Academy converter	56.9	27%	62%	80%	–	431
6	The Charter School East Dulwich London · Free schools	55.3	25%	60%	80%	–	174
7 , up 1 place since 2025	Harris Academy Bermondsey London · Academy sponsor led	54.2	21%	57%	71%	–	168
8 , down 1 place since 2025	Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich London · Academy sponsor led	54.0	20%	57%	78%	–	137
9 , up 6 places since 2025	Ark All Saints Academy London · Academy sponsor led	52.1	20%	56%	74%	–	113
10 , up 2 places since 2025	Bacon's College London · Academy sponsor led	51.8	19%	55%	76%	–	174
11 , down 2 places since 2025	Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich London · Academy sponsor led	51.3	21%	55%	74%	–	136
12 , up 2 places since 2025	Haberdashers' Borough Academy London · Free schools	49.2	16%	53%	73%	–	167
13 , down 3 places since 2025	City of London Academy (Southwark) London · Academy sponsor led	49.0	19%	54%	72%	–	235
14 , down 3 places since 2025	St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School London · Voluntary aided school	48.4	9%	44%	63%	–	115
15 , down 2 places since 2025	Ark Globe Academy London · Academy sponsor led	46.4	11%	43%	69%	–	160
16 , up 1 place since 2025	Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School London · Academy converter	44.4	9%	32%	59%	–	124
17 , down 1 place since 2025	Ark Walworth Academy London · Academy sponsor led	44.0	12%	50%	70%	–	133
18 , up 1 place since 2025	The Charter School Bermondsey London · Free schools	43.9	7%	44%	66%	–	84
19 , up 1 place since 2025	Harris Academy Peckham London · Academy sponsor led	40.0	8%	36%	54%	–	101
20 , down 2 places since 2025	South Bank University Academy London · Academy sponsor led	32.6	7%	26%	43%	–	61

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 Southwark 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
Alleyn's School London · Other independent school	47.5	0%	158
Dulwich College London · Other independent school	26.8	0%	234
James Allen's Girls' School London · Other independent school	64.3	0%	144

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 Southwark on our composite score

Southwark GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Southwark ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Southwark with published GCSE results

More about schools in Southwark

Southwark GCSE results: common questions