Which school has the best GCSE results in Walsall?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Queen Mary's Grammar School tops the table in Walsall with 74.2, against an England average of 46.0. 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 Walsall 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 2025 results, the 2024/25 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 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Walsall 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.

Walsall GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

19 state secondary schools in Walsall ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 4 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 19 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Walsall ranked on Attainment 8

19 of 19 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Walsall ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Queen Mary's Grammar School Walsall · Academy converter	74.2	97%	99%	7.23	179
2	Queen Mary's High School Walsall · Academy converter	73.5	95%	99%	7.17	146
3	St Francis of Assisi Catholic College Walsall · Voluntary aided school	53.2	59%	80%	4.27	179
4	Barr Beacon School Walsall · Academy converter	51.0	62%	77%	4.99	261
5	Aldridge School Walsall · Academy converter	45.1	41%	66%	4.15	271
6	Walsall Academy Walsall · Academy sponsor led	43.9	38%	59%	3.85	207
7	Joseph Leckie Academy Walsall · Academy converter	42.4	31%	55%	3.79	249
8	The Streetly Academy Sutton Coldfield · Academy converter	42.1	36%	60%	3.66	232
9	St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall Willenhall · Voluntary aided school	41.4	32%	49%	3.24	237
10	Grace Academy Darlaston Wednesbury · Academy sponsor led	41.2	30%	54%	3.36	172
11	West Walsall E-ACT Academy Walsall · Academy sponsor led	39.9	35%	51%	3.47	208
12	Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy Walsall · Academy sponsor led	38.4	26%	47%	3.07	233
13	Pool Hayes Academy Willenhall · Academy converter	37.7	30%	52%	3.37	181
14	Blue Coat Church of England Academy Walsall · Academy sponsor led	37.4	18%	41%	3.06	154
15	Brownhills Ormiston Academy Walsall · Academy converter	37.1	34%	55%	3.18	123
16	Shire Oak Academy Walsall · Academy converter	35.0	26%	42%	2.90	244
17	Willenhall E-ACT Academy Willenhall · Academy sponsor led	34.7	20%	36%	2.69	169
18	Bloxwich Academy Walsall · Academy sponsor led	32.9	25%	40%	2.98	186
19	Walsall Studio School Walsall · Studio schools	26.9	9%	31%	2.06	58

Independent schools in Walsall 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
Abu Bakr Al-Ihsaan Academy Walsall · Other independent school	52.0	42%	24
Abu Bakr Boys School Walsall · Other independent school	40.8	46%	11
Emmanuel School Walsall · Other independent school	48.7	67%	6
Hydesville Tower School Other independent school	57.5	71%	31

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 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; 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 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. 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 Walsall on our composite score

Walsall GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Walsall ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Walsall with published GCSE results

More about schools in Walsall

Walsall GCSE results: common questions