When are the 2026 GCSE results for Sutton 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 Sutton 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.

Sutton GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Q: Which school has the best GCSE results in Sutton?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Wilson's School tops the table in Sutton with 86.8, 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.

15 state secondary schools in Sutton 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. 1 independent school with published results is listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 15 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Sutton ranked on Attainment 8

15 of 15 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Sutton 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	Wilson's School Wallington · Academy converter	86.8	97%	100%	100%	–	193
2 , up 2 places since 2025	Sutton Grammar School Sutton · Academy converter	82.6	88%	100%	100%	–	134
3 , up 2 places since 2025	Wallington County Grammar School Wallington · Academy converter	82.0	93%	99%	100%	–	149
4 , down 2 places since 2025	Nonsuch High School for Girls Sutton · Academy converter	81.8	93%	100%	100%	–	204
5 , down 3 places since 2025	Wallington High School for Girls Wallington · Academy converter	80.3	91%	100%	100%	–	208
6	Glenthorne High School Sutton · Academy converter	63.6	43%	80%	90%	–	285
7	Harris Academy Sutton Sutton · Free schools	58.7	33%	69%	82%	–	212
8	Greenshaw High School Sutton · Academy converter	56.5	29%	68%	80%	–	316
9	St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls Carshalton · Voluntary aided school	54.4	21%	58%	80%	–	229
10 , up 2 places since 2025	Cheam High School Sutton · Academy converter	53.1	22%	61%	78%	–	315
11	Carshalton High School for Girls Carshalton · Academy converter	51.7	21%	56%	74%	–	241
12 , down 2 places since 2025	The John Fisher School Purley · Voluntary aided school	50.8	14%	59%	80%	–	188
13	Overton Grange School Sutton · Academy converter	47.3	15%	45%	65%	–	200
14	Carshalton Boys Sports College Carshalton · Academy converter	46.1	13%	50%	68%	–	237
15	Oaks Park High School Carshalton · Academy converter	39.0	6%	29%	54%	–	238

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 Sutton 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
Sutton High School GDST Other independent school	38.5	0%	108

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 Sutton on our composite score

Sutton GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Sutton ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Sutton with published GCSE results

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