Which school has the best GCSE results in Suffolk?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Sybil Andrews Academy tops the table in Suffolk with 52.6, 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 Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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.

Suffolk GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

43 state secondary schools in Suffolk 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. 12 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 43 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Suffolk ranked on Attainment 8

43 of 43 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Suffolk 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 6 places since 2025	Sybil Andrews Academy Bury St Edmunds · Academy sponsor led	52.6	18%	60%	75%	–	126
2	Hartismere School Eye · Academy converter	52.4	18%	57%	80%	–	164
3 , up 1 place since 2025	St Benedict's Catholic School Bury St Edmunds · Academy converter	51.9	16%	50%	74%	–	154
4 , down 3 places since 2025	Debenham High School Stowmarket · Academy converter	51.5	15%	55%	77%	–	136
5 , up 4 places since 2025	East Bergholt High School Colchester · Academy converter	49.8	11%	53%	73%	–	183
6 , down 3 places since 2025	Northgate High School Ipswich · Community school	49.5	14%	51%	71%	–	252
7 , up 28 places since 2025	East Point Academy Lowestoft · Academy sponsor led	49.2	17%	55%	76%	–	159
8 , up 2 places since 2025	Copleston High School Ipswich · Academy converter	48.3	13%	51%	71%	–	316
9 , down 1 place since 2025	Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form Woodbridge · Academy converter	47.8	13%	44%	70%	–	172
10 , up 10 places since 2025	Stradbroke High School Eye · Academy converter	47.4	17%	50%	65%	–	78
11 , down 5 places since 2025	Kesgrave High School Ipswich · Academy converter	47.0	10%	48%	69%	–	306
12= , up 6 places since 2025	Sir John Leman High School Beccles · Academy converter	46.7	12%	50%	72%	–	237
12= , up 1 place since 2025	Thomas Gainsborough School Sudbury · Academy converter	46.7	12%	44%	66%	–	277
14 , up 3 places since 2025	Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics Lowestoft · Academy sponsor led	46.6	11%	49%	67%	–	240
15 , down 5 places since 2025	Thurston Community College Bury St Edmunds · Community school	45.9	12%	45%	65%	–	250
16 , up 8 places since 2025	Hadleigh High School Ipswich · Academy converter	45.6	7%	40%	69%	–	142
17 , down 7 places since 2025	St Alban's Catholic High School Ipswich · Academy converter	45.3	9%	38%	62%	–	172
18= , down 2 places since 2025	Claydon High School Ipswich · Academy converter	45.2	9%	44%	65%	–	144
18= , up 4 places since 2025	Farlingaye High School Woodbridge · Academy converter	45.2	14%	42%	64%	–	307
20 , down 16 places since 2025	Bury St Edmunds County High School Bury St Edmunds · Academy converter	44.8	15%	44%	62%	–	185
21 , down 2 places since 2025	Stour Valley Community School Sudbury · Free schools	44.5	9%	43%	61%	–	113
22 , down 8 places since 2025	Newmarket Academy Newmarket · Academy sponsor led	43.6	9%	38%	62%	–	161
23 , up 11 places since 2025	Ormiston Sudbury Academy Sudbury · Academy sponsor led	43.2	6%	34%	55%	–	141
24 , up 6 places since 2025	Stowmarket High School Stowmarket · Academy sponsor led	42.5	6%	38%	63%	–	172
25 , down 10 places since 2025	King Edward VI CEVC School Bury St Edmunds · Voluntary controlled school	42.4	9%	37%	56%	–	238
26 , up 11 places since 2025	Pakefield High School Lowestoft · Academy converter	42.3	4%	42%	64%	–	113
27	Bungay High School Bungay · Academy converter	42.1	8%	32%	54%	–	173
28 , down 3 places since 2025	Ormiston Endeavour Academy Ipswich · Academy sponsor led	40.4	8%	30%	52%	–	112
29= , up 7 places since 2025	Felixstowe School Felixstowe · Academy sponsor led	40.3	7%	40%	59%	–	224
29= , up 9 places since 2025	Ipswich Academy Ipswich · Academy sponsor led	40.3	8%	33%	53%	–	201
31= , down 3 places since 2025	Holbrook Academy Ipswich · Academy converter	40.1	7%	38%	60%	–	116
31= , down 2 places since 2025	Stowupland High School Stowmarket · Academy converter	40.1	9%	28%	56%	–	149
33 , down 12 places since 2025	Ixworth High School Ixworth · Free schools	39.7	6%	32%	51%	–	99
34= , down 2 places since 2025	Castle Manor Academy Haverhill · Academy converter	39.5	5%	29%	50%	–	154
34= , up 5 places since 2025	Mildenhall College Academy Mildenhall · Academy converter	39.5	5%	31%	51%	–	218
36 , down 10 places since 2025	Breckland School Brandon · Free schools	38.9	7%	31%	52%	–	114
37= , down 15 places since 2025	Samuel Ward Academy Haverhill · Academy converter	38.2	3%	32%	54%	–	194
37= , down 4 places since 2025	Westbourne Academy Ipswich · Academy converter	38.2	9%	33%	50%	–	196
39 , down 9 places since 2025	Ormiston Denes Academy Lowestoft · Academy sponsor led	37.7	2%	29%	46%	–	123
40 , up 1 place since 2025	Chantry Academy Ipswich · Academy sponsor led	36.7	4%	36%	60%	–	173
41 , down 1 place since 2025	Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy Ipswich · Academy sponsor led	36.0	5%	25%	43%	–	145
42	Alde Valley Academy Leiston · Academy sponsor led	33.9	2%	29%	49%	–	130
43	Beccles High School Beccles · Free schools	25.4	4%	10%	28%	–	50

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 Suffolk 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
Culford School Bury St Edmunds · Other independent school	30.5	0%	107
Felixstowe International College Felixstowe · Other independent school	24.4	0%	7
Finborough School Stowmarket · Other independent school	24.7	0%	126
Framlingham College Woodbridge · Other independent school	46.4	0%	76
Ipswich High School Other independent school	56.8	65%	62
Ipswich School Ipswich · Other independent school	70.0	91%	123
OneSchool Global UK Colchester Campus Colchester · Other independent school	4.8	0%	9
Royal Hospital School Ipswich · Other independent school	30.6	0%	88
Saint Felix School Southwold · Other independent school	28.0	21%	28
St Joseph's College Ipswich · Other independent school	49.1	49%	89
Summerhill School Leiston · Other independent school	12.9	0%	7
Woodbridge School Woodbridge · Other independent school	38.4	0%	91

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 Suffolk on our composite score

Suffolk GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Suffolk ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Suffolk with published GCSE results

More about schools in Suffolk

Suffolk GCSE results: common questions