Which school has the best GCSE results in Wiltshire?

On 2026 Attainment 8, South Wilts Grammar School tops the table in Wiltshire with 76.5, 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 Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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.

Wiltshire GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

35 state secondary schools in Wiltshire 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. 2 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 10 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

County 37 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Wiltshire ranked on Attainment 8

35 of 37 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Wiltshire 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	South Wilts Grammar School Salisbury · Academy converter	76.5	66%	100%	100%	–	159
2	Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School Salisbury · Academy converter	73.5	58%	98%	100%	–	158
3 , up 4 places since 2025	St John's Marlborough Marlborough · Academy converter	51.8	13%	56%	76%	–	256
4	The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College Swindon · Academy converter	51.0	20%	61%	78%	–	266
5= , up 8 places since 2025	Hardenhuish School Chippenham · Academy converter	50.3	10%	51%	73%	–	241
5= , up 1 place since 2025	Royal Wootton Bassett Academy Swindon · Academy converter	50.3	16%	53%	69%	–	292
7 , up 3 places since 2025	Malmesbury School Malmesbury · Academy converter	49.9	16%	51%	68%	–	247
8 , up 3 places since 2025	Nova Hreod Academy Swindon · Academy converter	49.6	12%	50%	64%	–	171
9= , down 1 place since 2025	Lavington School Devizes · Academy converter	49.4	9%	54%	76%	–	168
9= , down 4 places since 2025	St Augustine's Catholic College Trowbridge · Academy converter	49.4	8%	51%	76%	–	157
11 , down 8 places since 2025	St Laurence School Bradford-on-Avon · Academy converter	48.4	15%	45%	73%	–	229
12 , down 3 places since 2025	Swindon Academy Swindon · Academy sponsor led	48.3	21%	54%	72%	–	173
13= , up 2 places since 2025	Lydiard Park Academy Swindon · Academy converter	47.1	7%	46%	66%	–	225
13= , up 2 places since 2025	Matravers School Westbury · Foundation school	47.1	8%	41%	64%	–	162
15 , up 15 places since 2025	St Joseph's Catholic College Swindon · Academy converter	46.2	11%	49%	64%	–	282
16 , up 8 places since 2025	Wyvern St Edmund's Academy Salisbury · Academy converter	46.1	11%	48%	67%	–	270
17 , up 6 places since 2025	Kingdown School Warminster · Academy converter	45.8	7%	41%	64%	–	252
18 , up 2 places since 2025	The Trafalgar School at Downton Salisbury · Academy converter	45.7	7%	45%	66%	–	157
19	Sheldon School Chippenham · Academy converter	45.5	12%	46%	63%	–	243
20 , down 7 places since 2025	The Corsham School Corsham · Academy converter	45.3	11%	42%	64%	–	228
21 , down 4 places since 2025	The Commonweal School Swindon · Academy converter	45.1	10%	41%	64%	–	217
22 , down 4 places since 2025	Devizes School Devizes · Academy converter	44.6	13%	40%	64%	–	202
23 , down 11 places since 2025	Bradon Forest School Swindon · Academy converter	43.5	10%	44%	66%	–	177
24 , down 4 places since 2025	The Dorcan Academy Swindon · Academy converter	43.2	6%	39%	66%	–	163
25 , down 5 places since 2025	The John of Gaunt School Trowbridge · Academy converter	41.9	8%	35%	57%	–	200
26 , up 1 place since 2025	St Joseph's Catholic School Salisbury · Voluntary aided school	41.0	6%	33%	65%	–	114
27 , up 4 places since 2025	The Stonehenge School Amesbury · Community school	39.2	2%	32%	59%	–	205
28	The Clarendon Academy Trowbridge · Academy sponsor led	39.0	4%	30%	54%	–	212
29 , down 4 places since 2025	The Wellington Academy Ludgershall · Academy sponsor led	38.4	3%	29%	53%	–	188
30 , down 4 places since 2025	Melksham Oak Community School Melksham · Academy converter	38.3	5%	33%	52%	–	231
31 , down 2 places since 2025	Kingsbury Green Academy Calne · Academy converter	37.2	6%	33%	50%	–	194
32	Avon Valley Academy Salisbury · Academy converter	35.8	3%	19%	40%	–	80
33	Pewsey Vale School Pewsey · Academy converter	34.4	4%	28%	49%	–	57
34= , down 1 place since 2025	Sarum Academy Salisbury · Academy sponsor led	32.3	1%	19%	38%	–	129
34=	UTC Swindon Swindon · University technical college	32.3	4%	16%	34%	–	71
–	Abbeyfield School Chippenham · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Five Rivers Online School Salisbury · Online provider · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 Wiltshire 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
Brunel College Other independent school	1.9	0%	16
Chafyn-Godolphin Other independent school	18.9	0%	53
Dauntsey's School Devizes · Other independent school	23.0	0%	131
Emmaus School Trowbridge · Other independent school	22.7	0%	7
Leehurst Swan School Other independent school	21.9	0%	17
Marlborough College Wiltshire · Other independent school	17.8	0%	183
Oneschool Global Uk Salisbury Campus Salisbury · Other independent school	5.0	0%	20
St Marys Calne and St Margarets Prep Calne · Other independent school	21.3	0%	64
Stonar School Wiltshire · Other independent school	26.3	0%	51
Warminster School Warminster · Other independent school	33.0	0%	63

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 Wiltshire on our composite score

Wiltshire GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Wiltshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Wiltshire with published GCSE results

More about schools in Wiltshire

Wiltshire GCSE results: common questions