GCSE & National 5 results
Four nations, four qualifications, four different denominators. What the headline figure is actually a percentage of — and what it leaves out.
Where this page stands today
The 2026 results were published on the morning of 20 August 2026, and every figure below has been read from the publisher’s own dataset rather than from a press summary. Where a figure is still missing, the slot says what it is waiting for. Where our source disagreed with the figures we were briefed with, the source won and the disagreement is listed at the end.
2026 results day, four nations
There is no single “UK GCSE pass rate”, and this page will never print a league table of the four nations. England, Wales and Northern Ireland award GCSEs on grading scales that have diverged — England uses 9–1, Wales and Northern Ireland still use A*–G alongside reformed grades — and Scotland does not award GCSEs at all. Its nearest qualification, National 5, is a different course, sat by a different age profile, marked to a different standard.
Two numbers are shown for England, side by side and never one alone: the all-ages figure, which includes the growing number of post-16 students resitting English and maths, and the age-16 figure, which is the one people mean when they ask how this year’s cohort did. This year the gap between them is 3.7 percentage points at grade 4 and above. That is not a rounding difference — see section 6.
These four figures do not compare
England
GCSE, graded 9 to 1
- All ages, grade 4 and above
- 67.0%
- All ages, grade 7 and above
- 21.8%
- Age 16, grade 4 and above
- 70.7%
- Age 16, grade 7 and above
- 23.1%
Entries: 5,719,431
The all-ages and age-16 figures are always shown together. The all-ages figure includes post-16 resits and is not this year's sixteen-year-olds.
Wales
GCSE, A*–G alongside reformed grades
- All ages, grade C/4 and above
- 62.3%
- All ages, grade A/7 and above
- 19.6%
- Age 16, grade C/4 and above
- 63.7%
Entries: 289,506
Entries fell sharply this year as qualification reform worked through. A fall in entries is not a fall in performance — see below.
Northern Ireland
GCSE, A*–G alongside reformed grades
- All ages, grade C/4 and above
- 83.6%
- All ages, grade A/7 and above
- 31.7%
- All ages, grade G/1 and above
- 99.2%
Entries: 173,477
Scotland
National 5 — not a GCSE, and never ranked against one
- National 5, grades A to C
- 79.2%
- National 5, grade A
- 40.3%
- National 5, no award
- 10.2%
Entries: 339,760
National 5 is a different qualification with a different course, cohort and grading standard. It is here because Scotland is part of the story, not because it can be compared with the three columns to its left.
Results-day percentages are shares of entries. One pupil taking ten GCSEs contributes ten observations; a pupil taking none contributes nothing and cannot appear at all. Pupil-level percentages, published months later, are shares of pupils.
Wales: entries fell, and that is not a result
Welsh entries fell 5.7% on last year, from 307,089 to 289,506. Almost all of that is qualification reform working through, not candidates disappearing: the falls are concentrated in the subjects Wales has been changing.
Welsh subjects whose entry count moved most
- English Literature29,449 → 20,468 -30.5%
- Mathematics: Numeracy23,771 → 18,416 -22.5%
- Digital Technology3,801 → 3,278 -13.8%
- Chemistry8,601 → 7,786 -9.5%
Subjects with at least 2,000 entries in 2025 whose entry count moved by 8% or more. A fall in entries is not a fall in performance: Wales is part-way through qualification reform, and entry counts move when a qualification changes or stops being compulsory.
JCQ, GCSE results tables, summer 2026. Joint Council for Qualifications.
Fifteen years of results
A long results series is one of the easiest things on the internet to misread, because it contains a three-year hole where the exams did not happen. In 2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled and grades were awarded by other means; 2022 was a transition year in which grading was deliberately set between the pandemic years and 2019. Those three years are hatched below, and no comparison is drawn across them.
The question worth asking of the long series is not “are results up on last year” but “where are they against 2019”, the last summer that ran normally.
That comparison steps over the three disrupted years rather than running through them. On it, the share of entries at grade 4/C and above is exactly where it was against 2019 — 67.3% then, 67.3% now — while grade 7/A and above is up 1.2 points, at 22.0%. Entries over the same period rose from 5,547,447 to 6,199,256, which is why a flat percentage is not a flat number of results.
Cumulative percentages of entries reaching each key grade. This is JCQ's own all-UK aggregate, not one assembled from the nations.
Dark bars: grade 4/C and above. Mid bars: grade 7/A and above. Hatched years were not awarded by ordinary examination.
No comparison is drawn across 2020 to 2022
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| Year | Entries | Grade 4/C and above | Grade 7/A and above | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5,151,970 | 69.8% | 23.2% | Examined |
| 2012 | 5,225,288 | 69.4% | 22.4% | Examined |
| 2013 | 5,445,324 | 68.1% | 21.3% | Examined |
| 2014 | 5,217,573 | 68.8% | 21.3% | Examined |
| 2015 | 5,277,604 | 69.0% | 21.2% | Examined |
| 2016 | 5,240,796 | 66.9% | 20.5% | Examined |
| 2017 | 5,443,072 | 66.3% | 20.0% | Examined |
| 2018 | 5,470,076 | 66.9% | 20.5% | Examined |
| 2019 | 5,547,447 | 67.3% | 20.8% | Examined |
| 2020 | 5,692,464 | 76.3% | 26.2% | Not awarded by examination |
| 2021 | 5,745,945 | 77.1% | 28.9% | Not awarded by examination |
| 2022 | 5,708,871 | 73.2% | 26.3% | Transition year |
| 2023 | 5,905,000 | 68.2% | 22.0% | Examined |
| 2024 | 6,186,879 | 67.6% | 21.8% | Examined |
| 2025 | 6,160,034 | 67.4% | 21.9% | Examined |
| 2026 | 6,199,256 | 67.3% | 22.0% | Examined |
JCQ, GCSE results tables, summer 2026; JCQ, GCSE full-course results, 2011 to 2024.
How this series was checked
JCQ publishes only the current year and the one before it, so most of this series comes from the archive. Every archive document also prints the previous year in brackets, which makes the series self-checking: each year read from its own document was compared with the same year read from the next year’s comparatives.
- 2011: JCQ full-course 2012 (comparative) agrees with JCQ full-course 2011
- 2012: JCQ full-course 2013 (comparative) agrees with JCQ full-course 2012
- 2013: JCQ full-course 2014 (comparative) agrees with JCQ full-course 2013
- 2014: JCQ full-course 2015 (comparative) agrees with JCQ full-course 2014
- 2017: JCQ full-course 2018 (comparative) gives 20.0/66.4 against 20.0/66.3 in JCQ full-course 2017 — JCQ restatement, kept the figure from the year's own document
- 2018: JCQ full-course 2019 (comparative) agrees with JCQ full-course 2018
- 2019: JCQ full-course 2020 (comparative) agrees with JCQ full-course 2019
- 2020: JCQ full-course 2021 (comparative) agrees with JCQ full-course 2020
- 2023: JCQ full-course 2023 workbook agrees with JCQ full-course 2024 (comparative)
- 2022: JCQ full-course 2023 workbook agrees with JCQ full-course 2022 workbook
Did pupils actually get better?
Results moving is not the same as attainment moving. A grade is a position against a standard, and the standard is set each year. To know whether pupils actually know more, you need a measure that does not move with the grading — and there are only a few.
The National Reference Test. A sample of pupils in England sits the same test each year, in the same conditions, in February and March. Because the test does not change, a shift in scores is evidence about attainment rather than about grading. It is the closest thing England has to an external check on itself, and the 2026 round was published on results day.
A stratified sample of Year 11 students in England sitting the same test each February and March. Participation was 81% in English and 82% in maths. Every year in this series is re-estimated each time the test runs, because all years are calibrated together in one model. The figures here are the 2026 edition's estimates for every year, and differ slightly from those printed in earlier editions.
The bar is the published 95% confidence interval and the tick is the estimate. Two years whose bars overlap are not distinguishable, however different the point estimates look.
- 201769.9% (68.3%–71.5%)
- 201869.3% (67.6%–71.0%)
- 201966.0% (64.4%–67.7%)
- 202068.3% (66.7%–69.9%)
- 202167.6% (65.6%–69.6%)
- 202265.8% (64.1%–67.6%)
- 202366.1% (64.4%–67.9%)
- 202465.1% (63.4%–66.8%)
- 202566.9% (65.3%–68.6%)
- 202666.1% (64.6%–67.6%)
What the publisher concludes
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| Year | Grade 4 and above, estimate | 95% interval |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 69.9% | 68.3% – 71.5% |
| 2018 | 69.3% | 67.6% – 71.0% |
| 2019 | 66.0% | 64.4% – 67.7% |
| 2020 | 68.3% | 66.7% – 69.9% |
| 2021 | 67.6% | 65.6% – 69.6% |
| 2022 | 65.8% | 64.1% – 67.6% |
| 2023 | 66.1% | 64.4% – 67.9% |
| 2024 | 65.1% | 63.4% – 66.8% |
| 2025 | 66.9% | 65.3% – 68.6% |
| 2026 | 66.1% | 64.6% – 67.6% |
National Reference Test results digest 2026. NFER for Ofqual.
Shown at grade 7 because that is the boundary where the test finds a difference from the 2017 baseline that survives adjustment for multiple comparisons.
- 201719.9% (18.6%–21.2%)
- 201821.6% (20.2%–22.9%)
- 201922.6% (21.3%–23.9%)
- 202024.4% (23.1%–25.8%)
- 202121.9% (20.0%–23.8%)
- 202221.2% (19.8%–22.6%)
- 202320.0% (18.8%–21.2%)
- 202422.3% (21.0%–23.7%)
- 202522.2% (21.0%–23.4%)
- 202623.9% (22.6%–25.2%)
What the publisher concludes
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| Year | Grade 7 and above, estimate | 95% interval |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 19.9% | 18.6% – 21.2% |
| 2018 | 21.6% | 20.2% – 22.9% |
| 2019 | 22.6% | 21.3% – 23.9% |
| 2020 | 24.4% | 23.1% – 25.8% |
| 2021 | 21.9% | 20.0% – 23.8% |
| 2022 | 21.2% | 19.8% – 22.6% |
| 2023 | 20.0% | 18.8% – 21.2% |
| 2024 | 22.3% | 21.0% – 23.7% |
| 2025 | 22.2% | 21.0% – 23.4% |
| 2026 | 23.9% | 22.6% – 25.2% |
National Reference Test results digest 2026. NFER for Ofqual.
What Ofqual did with this evidence
Ofqual judged the NRT's finding of higher maths attainment at grade 7 “clear and sustained” against the 2017 baseline, and “highly likely” to extend across the upper grade range. It instructed exam boards to “reflect this evidence of improvement in their setting of grade boundaries, in the upper grade range” — meaning those boundaries are lower than they would otherwise have been, so more students received higher grades. Ofqual describes this as a genuine improvement in attainment reflected in grading, not a loosening of standards. Grade 4 boundaries were not affected: Ofqual's own account states attainment there is stable.
The NRT's English finding — a statistically significant decline at grade 4 and above since 2017, no significant difference at grade 7 — did not lead to any boundary adjustment. Ofqual's stated reason is that “there has not yet been a consistent enough trend over time to justify any action this year, given the cautious way in which we use evidence from the NRT.” It says it will look again once the 2027 results are in.
Ofqual's own position is that headline GCSE grade percentages are not a pure measure of changing pupil attainment: they also reflect grading decisions like this one, made using external evidence such as the NRT. The maths and English decisions this year differ not because the two subjects were treated by different rules, but because Ofqual judged the maths trend sustained enough to act on and the English trend not yet.
The 2026 National Reference Test: rising attainment in maths and what this means for grades (Michelle Meadows, Chief Standards Adviser, 20 August 2026). Ofqual.
Scotland publishes something no other nation does: how teacher estimates compared with the grades pupils actually got. It is the only routine, published test of the assumption — repeated every results day — that teachers systematically over-predict.
National 5 results against centre estimates, 2025
This is published by subject grouping, not as a single national figure, and no overall percentage is derived here: weighting eleven groupings into one number would be our statistic, not Qualifications Scotland's.
| Subject grouping | Below estimate | Matched | Above estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business | 16.7% | 44.9% | 38.4% |
| Care | 35.8% | 28.3% | 35.8% |
| Creative | 14.5% | 55.0% | 30.5% |
| English | 14.5% | 49.2% | 36.3% |
| Home Economics | 19.4% | 50.2% | 30.5% |
| Languages | 12.5% | 61.0% | 26.5% |
| Mathematics | 20.7% | 52.1% | 27.2% |
| PE | 13.4% | 62.1% | 24.5% |
| Science | 18.8% | 54.0% | 27.3% |
| Social Science | 26.4% | 47.9% | 25.7% |
| Technology | 17.6% | 51.7% | 30.7% |
Results land above the estimate about as often as below it in most groupings. That is not what systematic over-prediction looks like.
Provisional Attainment Statistics 2026; Estimates Analysis Tables 2025. Qualifications Scotland (SQA). Qualifications Scotland publishes the estimates analysis in the November after the exam year, so 2025 is the most recent. The 2026 comparison is not yet published.
Scotland also publishes a deprivation gap. At National 5, the gap between the SIMD quintile 5 (least deprived) and quintile 1 (most deprived) attainment rate narrowed from 16.4pp to 15.6pp at grades A to C, and from 27.2pp to 26.1pp at grade A, between 2025 and 2026. Qualifications Scotland's own published gap, for all three National Qualification levels it awards — not just National 5 — because that is the shape the publisher chose for the table. The gap narrowed at every level and on both measures in 2026.
Deprivation attainment gap, 2025 and 2026
| Qualification | Grade | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| National 5 | A | 27.2pp | 26.1pp |
| Higher | A | 21.8pp | 21.5pp |
| Advanced Higher | A | 18.1pp | 16.8pp |
| National 5 | A to C | 16.4pp | 15.6pp |
| Higher | A to C | 16.8pp | 15.9pp |
| Advanced Higher | A to C | 13.3pp | 12.1pp |
Scotland's learners' achievements celebrated (results-day statement, 4 August 2026). Qualifications Scotland.
Progress 8 has a hole in it.The measure compares a pupil’s GCSE results with how pupils with the same key stage 2 results did. The cohorts sitting GCSEs in 2024/25 and 2025/26 never sat key stage 2 tests — they were cancelled in the pandemic — so there is no baseline to measure progress from. Progress 8 cannot be produced for them. That is a permanent gap in the series, not a delayed statistic.
Awaiting verified data
Scotland’s estimates-versus-actual comparison for 2026, which is published in the November after the exam year. The 2025 edition is above and labelled with that year.
- Analysis of estimated and resulted grades, 2026 — Qualifications Scotland · expected 2026-11-30Scotland publishes its estimates-versus-results comparison in the November after the exam year. The 2025 edition is on the page and labelled with that year; the 2026 one replaces it when it lands.
- Progress 8 for the 2025/26 cohort — Department for Education · no date announcedProgress 8 measures progress from key stage 2. The 2025/26 cohort sat no key stage 2 tests because of the pandemic, so there is no baseline and the measure cannot be produced for them. This is a known gap, not a delayed release.
Who reaches the exam?
This is the most important sentence on the page. The headline pass rate is a percentage of entries, not of children. One pupil taking ten GCSEs contributes ten observations. A pupil taking none contributes nothing at all, and so cannot appear in the pass rate in any form.
That means the results-day figure cannot answer “how did this year’s sixteen-year-olds do”. It answers “of the exams that were sat, what share reached each grade”. Those are different questions, and the gap between them is a real population of young people.
116,840 students aged 16 — 17.5% of the cohort in this table — took six GCSEs or fewer.
- 19,085 · 1.4%
- 215,440 · 2.3%
- 312,530 · 1.9%
- 413,210 · 2.0%
- 520,470 · 3.1%
- 646,105 · 6.9%
- 7107,640 · 16.1%
- 8172,590 · 25.8%
- 9189,610 · 28.4%
- 1073,205 · 10.9%
- 118,670 · 1.3%
- 12 or more240 · Less than 0.1%
There is no zero row, and that is the difficulty
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| GCSEs taken | Students aged 16 | Share of students aged 16 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9,085 | 1.4% |
| 2 | 15,440 | 2.3% |
| 3 | 12,530 | 1.9% |
| 4 | 13,210 | 2.0% |
| 5 | 20,470 | 3.1% |
| 6 | 46,105 | 6.9% |
| 7 | 107,640 | 16.1% |
| 8 | 172,590 | 25.8% |
| 9 | 189,610 | 28.4% |
| 10 | 73,205 | 10.9% |
| 11 | 8,670 | 1.3% |
| 12 or more | 240 | Less than 0.1% |
| Total | 668,790 | 100.0% |
Ofqual, Qualification results in England: summer 2026. Ofqual.
Comparing the number of sixteen-year-olds who appear in the results data with the number of sixteen-year-olds in the population gives a coverage gap. That gap is nota count of children who sat no GCSEs, and this page will not label it as one. It also contains pupils outside the awarding bodies’ scope, home-educated pupils, pupils on alternative pathways and vocational routes, migration between the population estimate and the exam series, entries withdrawn or ungraded, and the fact that “sixteen” is defined differently by the two sources. A coverage gap is a question to investigate, not a finding to report.
- Students aged 16 with at least one GCSE result668,790
Ofqual counts students aged 16 at 31 August 2026 who received at least one GCSE result in England.
- Population estimate for the same cohort709,747
ONS mid-2025 estimate of the England population aged 15 at 30 June 2025 — the nearest single-year cohort to those aged 16 at 31 August 2026. The two definitions of “sixteen” overlap by about ten months and do not coincide.
coverage gap
40,957 (5.8% of the population estimate)
What this figure is not
Ofqual, Qualification results in England: summer 2026; Population estimates, local authority based by single year of age (mid-2025).
The missing pupils
Every nation publishes something about young people who leave school without qualifications, and no two publish the same thing. Northern Ireland counts school leavers with no GCSEs. Scotland reports the share of leavers with at least one qualification at SCQF level 3 or better. England’s equivalent has to be built from the key stage 4 pupil denominator, not by working backwards from entry counts. Wales has no directly equivalent zero-entry table that we have found.
Northern Ireland
314
leavers with no GCSEs in 2024/25 — 1.3% of 24,145 leavers. 154 male, 160 female.
The share is up from 0.8% in 2020/21, and it is the highest in the published series since 2012/13. Two decades ago it was 4.5%, falling to 0.4% by the mid-2010s — a rise from a low base, not a return to where it started.
A school-leaver cohort, not a Year 12 cohort. Leavers are counted when they leave school, at different ages, so this cannot be set beside an England or Wales figure measured at the end of key stage 4.
Qualifications and destinations of Northern Ireland school leavers 2024/25.
Scotland
97.95%
of leavers in 2024-25 achieved at least one qualification at SCQF level 3 or better — leaving 2.05% without one.
Shown to two decimals because the interesting number is the residual, and rounding 2.05% to one decimal loses a twentieth of it. The series runs back to 2009-10, when it was 96.78%.
A school-leaver cohort, counted when pupils leave rather than at a fixed year group, so it is not the same population as a Year 11 or S4 cohort.
Summary Statistics for Attainment and Initial Leaver Destinations, No. 8: 2026 edition.
Wales: an absence, recorded
So the honest position is this: there is no clean four-nation series for young people who finish school with no qualifications.Each nation’s number is real and each is measured differently, on different cohorts, at different points. The two figures above are not two points on one scale and are not subtracted from one another. We intend to build that series and will publish the method alongside it. Until then this page reports each nation’s own figure on its own terms, and does not add them together.
Awaiting verified data
England’s equivalent, which has to come from the key stage 4 pupil denominator rather than from entry counts.
The resit generation
In England, a pupil who does not reach grade 4 in English or maths is required to keep studying the subject after 16. Every year those students resit, and their entries land in the same results-day totals as the sixteen-year-olds. The post-16 share of English and maths entries has grown substantially, which mechanically pulls the all-ages pass rate below the age-16 one.
Since 2022, the share of England’s English language entries coming from candidates aged 17 and over has risen from 14.9% to 22.9%, and in maths from 18.6% to 25.7%. In absolute terms that is 187,558 post-16 English entries and 219,135 post-16 maths entries this summer.
JCQ renamed the English language row from “English” in 2024. Same qualification, renamed row; the series follows the qualification, not the label.
English Language
Mathematics
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| Subject | Year | Entries aged 17 and over | All entries | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 2022 | 104,168 | 697,827 | 14.9% |
| English Language | 2023 | 117,155 | 728,210 | 16.1% |
| English Language | 2024 | 148,569 | 782,022 | 19.0% |
| English Language | 2025 | 175,118 | 801,787 | 21.8% |
| English Language | 2026 | 187,558 | 819,199 | 22.9% |
| Mathematics | 2022 | 134,887 | 723,450 | 18.6% |
| Mathematics | 2023 | 154,023 | 761,961 | 20.2% |
| Mathematics | 2024 | 185,727 | 816,165 | 22.8% |
| Mathematics | 2025 | 206,732 | 831,556 | 24.9% |
| Mathematics | 2026 | 219,135 | 851,268 | 25.7% |
JCQ, GCSE results tables, summer 2026; JCQ, GCSE full-course results, 2011 to 2024.
This is why the two England figures in section 1 must always appear together. Quoting the all-ages number as “this year’s results” makes a policy about resits look like a fall in sixteen-year-olds’ attainment.
Where you live matters
Two different geographies get confused on results day. The regional tables published on the day are organised by exam centre — where the exam was sat — not by where the candidate lives. For a boarding school, a sixth-form college with a wide catchment, or a centre near a border, those are not the same place.
On the age-16 tables, London reaches 75.5% at grade 4 and above against 66.6% in West Midlands. At grade 7 and above the spread is wider still: 30.2% in London against 19.0% in North East.
Regions here are the region of the exam centre, from the National Centre Number register — where the exam was sat, not where the candidate lives.
- London75.5% / 30.2%
- South East73.2% / 25.8%
- South West71.5% / 22.2%
- East of England70.7% / 23.1%
- North East69.0% / 19.0%
- Yorkshire and The Humber69.0% / 20.6%
- East Midlands68.6% / 19.4%
- North West67.9% / 20.1%
- West Midlands66.6% / 19.7%
England: 70.7% at grade 4 and above, 23.1% at grade 7 and above.
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| Region | Results | Grade 4 and above | Grade 7 and above |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 809,370 | 75.5% | 30.2% |
| South East | 883,500 | 73.2% | 25.8% |
| South West | 474,310 | 71.5% | 22.2% |
| East of England | 607,320 | 70.7% | 23.1% |
| North East | 217,070 | 69.0% | 19.0% |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 489,775 | 69.0% | 20.6% |
| East Midlands | 445,495 | 68.6% | 19.4% |
| North West | 688,280 | 67.9% | 20.1% |
| West Midlands | 565,825 | 66.6% | 19.7% |
| England | 5,180,940 | 70.7% | 23.1% |
Ofqual, Qualification results in England: summer 2026. Ofqual.
The nine regions above are the coarsest exam-centre view. Ofqual also publishes the same exam-centre results at county and unitary-authority level, and finer still at local-authority- district level — county or city, in the terms most readers would use. Both are for 2026, and both carry the same caveat as the regional table above: Areas are assigned from the postcode of the exam centre in the National Centre Number register, not from where the candidate lives. A school just inside one authority's boundary, or a college drawing pupils from several, is counted wherever it is registered — not spread across the areas its pupils live in.
Among sixteen-year-olds, City of London reaches 99.2% at grade 4 and above against 52.5% in Knowsley — a 46.7pp spread across 153 counties and unitary authorities, wider than the 8.9pp spread across the nine regions. At local-authority-district level, finer again, the spread runs from 52.5% in Knowsley to 99.2% in City of London — 46.7pp, across 296 districts.
Areas are assigned from the postcode of the exam centre in the National Centre Number register, not from where the candidate lives. A school just inside one authority's boundary, or a college drawing pupils from several, is counted wherever it is registered — not spread across the areas its pupils live in.
153 areas, highest to lowest.
- City of London99.2% / 93.7%
- Richmond upon Thames86.7% / 45.1%
- Kingston upon Thames85.8% / 48.1%
- Sutton83.0% / 43.4%
- Trafford83.0% / 42.3%
- Wokingham82.3% / 34.9%
- Hammersmith and Fulham81.4% / 38.4%
- Isles of Scilly81.4% / 15.7%
- Barnet80.6% / 39.0%
- Rutland80.4% / 28.0%
- Buckinghamshire80.1% / 36.5%
- Wandsworth79.9% / 35.8%
- Surrey79.6% / 32.0%
- Merton79.0% / 33.1%
- Westminster78.8% / 32.0%
- Southwark78.4% / 33.9%
- Kensington and Chelsea78.3% / 31.0%
- Bath and North East Somerset78.0% / 27.5%
- Hackney77.7% / 31.2%
- Redbridge77.7% / 30.9%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole77.4% / 26.8%
- Gloucestershire77.1% / 29.2%
- York77.1% / 29.9%
- Bromley77.0% / 29.5%
- Hertfordshire76.9% / 29.8%
- Brighton and Hove76.7% / 30.4%
- Cambridgeshire76.4% / 32.0%
- Ealing76.3% / 30.9%
- West Berkshire76.1% / 26.4%
- Southend-on-Sea76.0% / 32.5%
- Reading75.9% / 36.3%
- Windsor and Maidenhead75.9% / 27.6%
- Bexley75.7% / 30.3%
- Newham75.1% / 28.6%
- Oxfordshire74.7% / 28.2%
- Slough74.7% / 33.7%
- Camden74.6% / 31.5%
- Stockport74.3% / 26.0%
- Gateshead74.1% / 23.6%
- Bracknell Forest73.7% / 24.0%
- Hillingdon73.5% / 26.9%
- Hounslow73.5% / 25.4%
- Warrington73.4% / 23.4%
- Calderdale73.3% / 23.6%
- Harrow73.3% / 29.6%
- Stockton-on-Tees73.3% / 22.0%
- Brent73.1% / 27.2%
- West Sussex73.0% / 22.5%
- Islington72.7% / 27.8%
- North Yorkshire72.7% / 21.6%
- Warwickshire72.7% / 26.5%
- Greenwich72.4% / 25.5%
- Wakefield72.3% / 21.7%
- Tower Hamlets72.1% / 23.9%
- Waltham Forest72.1% / 27.0%
- Leeds72.0% / 23.8%
- Torbay72.0% / 25.7%
- Kent71.4% / 24.9%
- Barking and Dagenham71.3% / 21.8%
- Lewisham71.3% / 24.7%
- Devon71.2% / 21.0%
- Leicestershire71.2% / 20.9%
- Solihull71.2% / 23.0%
- Hampshire71.1% / 21.8%
- North Somerset71.1% / 19.9%
- Haringey71.0% / 27.8%
- North Tyneside71.0% / 20.9%
- Plymouth70.9% / 20.7%
- Cheshire East70.8% / 20.3%
- City of Bristol70.8% / 25.4%
- Westmorland and Furness70.6% / 17.8%
- Cheshire West and Chester70.3% / 21.9%
- East Sussex70.3% / 19.1%
- Havering70.3% / 20.3%
- Croydon70.2% / 22.4%
- Nottinghamshire70.0% / 20.5%
- Newcastle upon Tyne69.9% / 24.1%
- Wiltshire69.9% / 21.2%
- Kirklees69.6% / 22.2%
- Leicester69.5% / 21.4%
- Wirral69.5% / 22.6%
- County Durham69.4% / 19.5%
- Doncaster69.3% / 19.1%
- South Gloucestershire69.3% / 19.3%
- County of Herefordshire69.1% / 18.1%
- Derbyshire69.1% / 17.8%
- Bolton69.0% / 21.6%
- East Riding of Yorkshire69.0% / 17.3%
- Manchester69.0% / 23.1%
- Lambeth68.9% / 22.5%
- Sheffield68.9% / 22.7%
- Barnsley68.8% / 17.8%
- Dorset68.8% / 16.6%
- Northumberland68.8% / 17.2%
- Cornwall68.5% / 18.9%
- Lancashire68.5% / 19.4%
- Birmingham68.4% / 24.0%
- Essex68.4% / 21.0%
- West Northamptonshire68.2% / 18.8%
- Darlington68.1% / 17.2%
- Enfield68.1% / 24.9%
- Norfolk68.0% / 17.5%
- Redcar and Cleveland67.9% / 15.4%
- Sunderland67.8% / 16.6%
- Worcestershire67.8% / 17.9%
- Lincolnshire67.6% / 18.6%
- Medway67.4% / 19.3%
- Somerset67.4% / 18.0%
- Swindon67.3% / 16.6%
- South Tyneside67.2% / 13.9%
- Thurrock67.2% / 17.7%
- Wigan67.2% / 16.8%
- Bedford67.1% / 17.6%
- North Lincolnshire67.1% / 14.7%
- North Northamptonshire67.0% / 17.4%
- Luton66.7% / 19.2%
- Wolverhampton66.7% / 19.8%
- Salford66.6% / 19.3%
- Sefton66.5% / 18.0%
- Suffolk66.4% / 17.7%
- Tameside66.4% / 17.0%
- St. Helens65.9% / 16.1%
- Milton Keynes65.7% / 18.4%
- Coventry65.5% / 19.6%
- Peterborough65.4% / 17.1%
- Telford and Wrekin65.3% / 19.9%
- Staffordshire65.2% / 15.6%
- Bury65.1% / 17.0%
- Dudley65.0% / 15.6%
- Nottingham65.0% / 19.4%
- Central Bedfordshire64.8% / 16.1%
- Oldham64.6% / 17.6%
- Blackburn with Darwen64.0% / 18.6%
- Southampton63.8% / 17.5%
- Rotherham63.5% / 15.4%
- Walsall63.1% / 18.6%
- City of Kingston upon Hull62.9% / 17.4%
- Derby62.8% / 17.4%
- Cumberland62.6% / 12.3%
- Portsmouth62.6% / 16.0%
- Rochdale62.3% / 14.9%
- Shropshire62.3% / 15.2%
- North East Lincolnshire62.1% / 13.0%
- Hartlepool61.9% / 14.2%
- Bradford61.8% / 17.0%
- Liverpool61.1% / 18.9%
- Middlesbrough60.7% / 14.0%
- Sandwell60.6% / 14.0%
- Halton60.2% / 12.2%
- Blackpool60.0% / 11.7%
- Isle of Wight59.5% / 12.8%
- Stoke-on-Trent58.1% / 12.9%
- Knowsley52.5% / 8.3%
England: 70.7% at grade 4 and above, 23.1% at grade 7 and above.
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| Area | Region | Results | Grade 4 and above | Grade 7 and above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of London | London | 765 | 99.2% | 93.7% |
| Richmond upon Thames | London | 21,950 | 86.7% | 45.1% |
| Kingston upon Thames | London | 18,580 | 85.8% | 48.1% |
| Sutton | London | 28,635 | 83.0% | 43.4% |
| Trafford | North West | 28,775 | 83.0% | 42.3% |
| Wokingham | South East | 20,305 | 82.3% | 34.9% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | London | 14,220 | 81.4% | 38.4% |
| Isles of Scilly | South West | 170 | 81.4% | 15.7% |
| Barnet | London | 43,640 | 80.6% | 39.0% |
| Rutland | East Midlands | 5,610 | 80.4% | 28.0% |
| Buckinghamshire | South East | 59,935 | 80.1% | 36.5% |
| Wandsworth | London | 18,940 | 79.9% | 35.8% |
| Surrey | South East | 118,745 | 79.6% | 32.0% |
| Merton | London | 17,215 | 79.0% | 33.1% |
| Westminster | London | 17,050 | 78.8% | 32.0% |
| Southwark | London | 28,485 | 78.4% | 33.9% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | London | 8,885 | 78.3% | 31.0% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | South West | 19,465 | 78.0% | 27.5% |
| Hackney | London | 20,400 | 77.7% | 31.2% |
| Redbridge | London | 33,745 | 77.7% | 30.9% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | South West | 35,160 | 77.4% | 26.8% |
| Gloucestershire | South West | 62,100 | 77.1% | 29.2% |
| York | Yorkshire and The Humber | 16,550 | 77.1% | 29.9% |
| Bromley | London | 33,930 | 77.0% | 29.5% |
| Hertfordshire | East of England | 136,295 | 76.9% | 29.8% |
| Brighton and Hove | South East | 22,425 | 76.7% | 30.4% |
| Cambridgeshire | East of England | 61,045 | 76.4% | 32.0% |
| Ealing | London | 33,150 | 76.3% | 30.9% |
| West Berkshire | South East | 19,040 | 76.1% | 26.4% |
| Southend-on-Sea | East of England | 23,015 | 76.0% | 32.5% |
| Reading | South East | 15,640 | 75.9% | 36.3% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | South East | 17,165 | 75.9% | 27.6% |
| Bexley | London | 26,985 | 75.7% | 30.3% |
| Newham | London | 40,185 | 75.1% | 28.6% |
| Oxfordshire | South East | 65,730 | 74.7% | 28.2% |
| Slough | South East | 22,995 | 74.7% | 33.7% |
| Camden | London | 14,340 | 74.6% | 31.5% |
| Stockport | North West | 24,840 | 74.3% | 26.0% |
| Gateshead | North East | 16,295 | 74.1% | 23.6% |
| Bracknell Forest | South East | 13,020 | 73.7% | 24.0% |
| Hillingdon | London | 32,860 | 73.5% | 26.9% |
| Hounslow | London | 28,795 | 73.5% | 25.4% |
| Warrington | North West | 21,375 | 73.4% | 23.4% |
| Calderdale | Yorkshire and The Humber | 22,610 | 73.3% | 23.6% |
| Harrow | London | 25,520 | 73.3% | 29.6% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | North East | 19,335 | 73.3% | 22.0% |
| Brent | London | 27,980 | 73.1% | 27.2% |
| West Sussex | South East | 76,800 | 73.0% | 22.5% |
| Islington | London | 11,525 | 72.7% | 27.8% |
| North Yorkshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | 53,310 | 72.7% | 21.6% |
| Warwickshire | West Midlands | 55,335 | 72.7% | 26.5% |
| Greenwich | London | 25,485 | 72.4% | 25.5% |
| Wakefield | Yorkshire and The Humber | 31,655 | 72.3% | 21.7% |
| Tower Hamlets | London | 25,570 | 72.1% | 23.9% |
| Waltham Forest | London | 26,510 | 72.1% | 27.0% |
| Leeds | Yorkshire and The Humber | 78,645 | 72.0% | 23.8% |
| Torbay | South West | 12,920 | 72.0% | 25.7% |
| Kent | South East | 155,015 | 71.4% | 24.9% |
| Barking and Dagenham | London | 26,480 | 71.3% | 21.8% |
| Lewisham | London | 20,495 | 71.3% | 24.7% |
| Devon | South West | 58,805 | 71.2% | 21.0% |
| Leicestershire | East Midlands | 65,360 | 71.2% | 20.9% |
| Solihull | West Midlands | 25,605 | 71.2% | 23.0% |
| Hampshire | South East | 123,415 | 71.1% | 21.8% |
| North Somerset | South West | 20,035 | 71.1% | 19.9% |
| Haringey | London | 23,290 | 71.0% | 27.8% |
| North Tyneside | North East | 16,940 | 71.0% | 20.9% |
| Plymouth | South West | 22,230 | 70.9% | 20.7% |
| Cheshire East | North West | 37,080 | 70.8% | 20.3% |
| City of Bristol | South West | 36,385 | 70.8% | 25.4% |
| Westmorland and Furness | North West | 19,280 | 70.6% | 17.8% |
| Cheshire West and Chester | North West | 32,095 | 70.3% | 21.9% |
| East Sussex | South East | 44,270 | 70.3% | 19.1% |
| Havering | London | 26,700 | 70.3% | 20.3% |
| Croydon | London | 35,075 | 70.2% | 22.4% |
| Nottinghamshire | East Midlands | 74,080 | 70.0% | 20.5% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | North East | 23,810 | 69.9% | 24.1% |
| Wiltshire | South West | 44,430 | 69.9% | 21.2% |
| Kirklees | Yorkshire and The Humber | 41,035 | 69.6% | 22.2% |
| Leicester | East Midlands | 37,805 | 69.5% | 21.4% |
| Wirral | North West | 29,900 | 69.5% | 22.6% |
| County Durham | North East | 40,730 | 69.4% | 19.5% |
| Doncaster | Yorkshire and The Humber | 24,820 | 69.3% | 19.1% |
| South Gloucestershire | South West | 21,855 | 69.3% | 19.3% |
| County of Herefordshire | West Midlands | 15,575 | 69.1% | 18.1% |
| Derbyshire | East Midlands | 63,960 | 69.1% | 17.8% |
| Bolton | North West | 32,560 | 69.0% | 21.6% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | 26,245 | 69.0% | 17.3% |
| Manchester | North West | 56,410 | 69.0% | 23.1% |
| Lambeth | London | 18,795 | 68.9% | 22.5% |
| Sheffield | Yorkshire and The Humber | 47,655 | 68.9% | 22.7% |
| Barnsley | Yorkshire and The Humber | 18,545 | 68.8% | 17.8% |
| Dorset | South West | 31,135 | 68.8% | 16.6% |
| Northumberland | North East | 24,715 | 68.8% | 17.2% |
| Cornwall | South West | 43,445 | 68.5% | 18.9% |
| Lancashire | North West | 112,625 | 68.5% | 19.4% |
| Birmingham | West Midlands | 123,765 | 68.4% | 24.0% |
| Essex | East of England | 136,095 | 68.4% | 21.0% |
| West Northamptonshire | East Midlands | 42,625 | 68.2% | 18.8% |
| Darlington | North East | 9,200 | 68.1% | 17.2% |
| Enfield | London | 32,830 | 68.1% | 24.9% |
| Norfolk | East of England | 70,715 | 68.0% | 17.5% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | North East | 11,305 | 67.9% | 15.4% |
| Sunderland | North East | 22,200 | 67.8% | 16.6% |
| Worcestershire | West Midlands | 51,840 | 67.8% | 17.9% |
| Lincolnshire | East Midlands | 67,755 | 67.6% | 18.6% |
| Medway | South East | 30,455 | 67.4% | 19.3% |
| Somerset | South West | 44,910 | 67.4% | 18.0% |
| Swindon | South West | 21,285 | 67.3% | 16.6% |
| South Tyneside | North East | 12,135 | 67.2% | 13.9% |
| Thurrock | East of England | 17,160 | 67.2% | 17.7% |
| Wigan | North West | 29,640 | 67.2% | 16.8% |
| Bedford | East of England | 22,235 | 67.1% | 17.6% |
| North Lincolnshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | 14,245 | 67.1% | 14.7% |
| North Northamptonshire | East Midlands | 32,700 | 67.0% | 17.4% |
| Luton | East of England | 26,335 | 66.7% | 19.2% |
| Wolverhampton | West Midlands | 29,610 | 66.7% | 19.8% |
| Salford | North West | 20,840 | 66.6% | 19.3% |
| Sefton | North West | 24,360 | 66.5% | 18.0% |
| Suffolk | East of England | 66,080 | 66.4% | 17.7% |
| Tameside | North West | 23,435 | 66.4% | 17.0% |
| St. Helens | North West | 15,430 | 65.9% | 16.1% |
| Milton Keynes | South East | 31,095 | 65.7% | 18.4% |
| Coventry | West Midlands | 34,350 | 65.5% | 19.6% |
| Peterborough | East of England | 24,175 | 65.4% | 17.1% |
| Telford and Wrekin | West Midlands | 19,495 | 65.3% | 19.9% |
| Staffordshire | West Midlands | 74,850 | 65.2% | 15.6% |
| Bury | North West | 18,625 | 65.1% | 17.0% |
| Dudley | West Midlands | 28,110 | 65.0% | 15.6% |
| Nottingham | East Midlands | 26,840 | 65.0% | 19.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire | East of England | 24,945 | 64.8% | 16.1% |
| Oldham | North West | 28,755 | 64.6% | 17.6% |
| Blackburn with Darwen | North West | 18,260 | 64.0% | 18.6% |
| Southampton | South East | 19,310 | 63.8% | 17.5% |
| Rotherham | Yorkshire and The Humber | 25,925 | 63.5% | 15.4% |
| Walsall | West Midlands | 27,760 | 63.1% | 18.6% |
| City of Kingston upon Hull | Yorkshire and The Humber | 23,465 | 62.9% | 17.4% |
| Derby | East Midlands | 27,685 | 62.8% | 17.4% |
| Cumberland | North West | 21,915 | 62.6% | 12.3% |
| Portsmouth | South East | 18,230 | 62.6% | 16.0% |
| Rochdale | North West | 22,905 | 62.3% | 14.9% |
| Shropshire | West Midlands | 25,540 | 62.3% | 15.2% |
| North East Lincolnshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | 12,020 | 62.1% | 13.0% |
| Hartlepool | North East | 8,190 | 61.9% | 14.2% |
| Bradford | Yorkshire and The Humber | 53,295 | 61.8% | 17.0% |
| Liverpool | North West | 41,690 | 61.1% | 18.9% |
| Middlesbrough | North East | 12,225 | 60.7% | 14.0% |
| Sandwell | West Midlands | 33,575 | 60.6% | 14.0% |
| Halton | North West | 10,975 | 60.2% | 12.2% |
| Blackpool | North West | 8,590 | 60.0% | 11.7% |
| Isle of Wight | South East | 9,365 | 59.5% | 12.8% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | West Midlands | 21,500 | 58.1% | 12.9% |
| Knowsley | North West | 7,765 | 52.5% | 8.3% |
Ofqual Analytics, GCSE grade outcomes by administrative area, 2026. Sourced from Ofqual Analytics' own data export, not from the region table used elsewhere on this page (which reads Ofqual's results-day spreadsheet). The two collections measure the same thing and are usually within a few results of each other, but Analytics is not guaranteed to match the results-day table to the decimal — both are Ofqual's own figures, drawn from the same underlying data at slightly different points.
Areas are assigned from the postcode of the exam centre in the National Centre Number register, not from where the candidate lives. A school just inside one authority's boundary, or a college drawing pupils from several, is counted wherever it is registered — not spread across the areas its pupils live in.
296 areas, highest to lowest.
- City of London99.2% / 93.7%
- Cambridge88.3% / 54.3%
- Richmond upon Thames86.7% / 45.1%
- Waverley86.7% / 37.1%
- Kingston upon Thames85.8% / 48.1%
- Guildford85.2% / 39.0%
- Mole Valley84.0% / 35.5%
- St Albans83.8% / 38.6%
- Sutton83.0% / 43.4%
- Three Rivers83.0% / 37.6%
- Trafford83.0% / 42.3%
- Tunbridge Wells83.0% / 34.3%
- Epsom and Ewell82.8% / 41.9%
- Winchester82.5% / 35.5%
- Wokingham82.3% / 34.9%
- Cheltenham82.0% / 40.9%
- Elmbridge81.8% / 34.8%
- East Hampshire81.6% / 29.3%
- Gloucester81.4% / 37.7%
- Hammersmith and Fulham81.4% / 38.4%
- Isles of Scilly81.4% / 15.7%
- South Oxfordshire81.3% / 31.1%
- Cotswold80.9% / 26.4%
- Barnet80.6% / 39.0%
- East Hertfordshire80.4% / 28.8%
- Rushcliffe80.4% / 30.9%
- Rutland80.4% / 28.0%
- Hertsmere80.3% / 38.4%
- Buckinghamshire80.1% / 36.5%
- Mid Sussex79.9% / 30.2%
- Wandsworth79.9% / 35.8%
- Chelmsford79.8% / 35.2%
- South Cambridgeshire79.7% / 33.9%
- Watford79.3% / 35.8%
- Merton79.0% / 33.1%
- Westminster78.8% / 32.0%
- Hart78.4% / 26.0%
- Southwark78.4% / 33.9%
- Kensington and Chelsea78.3% / 31.0%
- Bath and North East Somerset78.0% / 27.5%
- South Hams77.9% / 25.0%
- Hackney77.7% / 31.2%
- Redbridge77.7% / 30.9%
- Stratford-on-Avon77.7% / 34.5%
- Stroud77.7% / 28.9%
- Adur77.5% / 25.1%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole77.4% / 26.8%
- Oxford77.3% / 37.4%
- East Cambridgeshire77.2% / 27.0%
- Worthing77.2% / 23.0%
- York77.1% / 29.9%
- Bromley77.0% / 29.5%
- Surrey Heath77.0% / 26.9%
- Brentwood76.8% / 27.3%
- Warwick76.8% / 30.1%
- Brighton and Hove76.7% / 30.4%
- Hinckley and Bosworth76.4% / 22.7%
- Woking76.4% / 26.4%
- Ealing76.3% / 30.9%
- South Kesteven76.3% / 28.7%
- Harborough76.2% / 23.4%
- Uttlesford76.1% / 26.9%
- West Berkshire76.1% / 26.4%
- Southend-on-Sea76.0% / 32.5%
- Tonbridge and Malling76.0% / 35.2%
- Dartford75.9% / 33.3%
- Reading75.9% / 36.3%
- Windsor and Maidenhead75.9% / 27.6%
- Bexley75.7% / 30.3%
- Rugby75.6% / 29.5%
- Preston75.5% / 26.3%
- South Norfolk75.5% / 22.2%
- Gedling75.1% / 23.3%
- Horsham75.1% / 25.4%
- Newham75.1% / 28.6%
- Slough74.7% / 33.7%
- Camden74.6% / 31.5%
- Derbyshire Dales74.6% / 20.1%
- Ribble Valley74.5% / 23.9%
- Runnymede74.5% / 29.3%
- Lewes74.3% / 20.4%
- Stockport74.3% / 26.0%
- Colchester74.1% / 28.6%
- Gateshead74.1% / 23.6%
- Reigate and Banstead74.1% / 26.0%
- Broxtowe74.0% / 24.3%
- South Derbyshire73.9% / 20.4%
- Eastleigh73.8% / 24.5%
- North Devon73.8% / 20.4%
- North Hertfordshire73.8% / 27.3%
- Bracknell Forest73.7% / 24.0%
- Hillingdon73.5% / 26.9%
- Hounslow73.5% / 25.4%
- West Oxfordshire73.5% / 25.7%
- Worcester73.5% / 24.5%
- Chorley73.4% / 22.5%
- Warrington73.4% / 23.4%
- Calderdale73.3% / 23.6%
- Harrow73.3% / 29.6%
- Stockton-on-Tees73.3% / 22.0%
- Spelthorne73.2% / 24.5%
- Brent73.1% / 27.2%
- Oadby and Wigston73.0% / 25.3%
- Tandridge72.9% / 22.4%
- Islington72.7% / 27.8%
- North Yorkshire72.7% / 21.6%
- Rother72.7% / 19.8%
- East Devon72.5% / 24.3%
- Greenwich72.4% / 25.5%
- Maidstone72.3% / 24.2%
- Wakefield72.3% / 21.7%
- Exeter72.2% / 24.6%
- Lancaster72.1% / 26.9%
- Tower Hamlets72.1% / 23.9%
- Waltham Forest72.1% / 27.0%
- Leeds72.0% / 23.8%
- Lichfield72.0% / 18.8%
- Torbay72.0% / 25.7%
- Fylde71.6% / 19.1%
- Welwyn Hatfield71.5% / 22.2%
- Barking and Dagenham71.3% / 21.8%
- Lewisham71.3% / 24.7%
- Solihull71.2% / 23.0%
- Wealden71.2% / 21.1%
- Babergh71.1% / 19.5%
- Broadland71.1% / 17.2%
- Gravesham71.1% / 20.2%
- Malvern Hills71.1% / 19.5%
- North Somerset71.1% / 19.9%
- Tewkesbury71.1% / 16.5%
- Canterbury71.0% / 24.6%
- Chichester71.0% / 20.0%
- Haringey71.0% / 27.8%
- North Tyneside71.0% / 20.9%
- South Ribble71.0% / 19.1%
- Vale of White Horse71.0% / 26.6%
- Plymouth70.9% / 20.7%
- Cheshire East70.8% / 20.3%
- City of Bristol70.8% / 25.4%
- West Devon70.6% / 16.9%
- Westmorland and Furness70.6% / 17.8%
- Charnwood70.5% / 22.4%
- Epping Forest70.5% / 20.6%
- Bromsgrove70.3% / 20.0%
- Cheshire West and Chester70.3% / 21.9%
- Havering70.3% / 20.3%
- Norwich70.3% / 25.4%
- Sevenoaks70.3% / 22.7%
- Croydon70.2% / 22.4%
- Fareham70.2% / 18.3%
- New Forest69.9% / 18.8%
- Newcastle upon Tyne69.9% / 24.1%
- West Lindsey69.9% / 22.2%
- Wiltshire69.9% / 21.2%
- Dacorum69.8% / 21.1%
- Huntingdonshire69.7% / 20.2%
- Kirklees69.6% / 22.2%
- Leicester69.5% / 21.4%
- Rossendale69.5% / 24.8%
- Wirral69.5% / 22.6%
- Chesterfield69.4% / 20.3%
- County Durham69.4% / 19.5%
- Amber Valley69.3% / 16.3%
- Doncaster69.3% / 19.1%
- Erewash69.3% / 18.1%
- South Gloucestershire69.3% / 19.3%
- County of Herefordshire69.1% / 18.1%
- Bolton69.0% / 21.6%
- Cherwell69.0% / 19.9%
- East Riding of Yorkshire69.0% / 17.3%
- Manchester69.0% / 23.1%
- Wyre69.0% / 15.4%
- Lambeth68.9% / 22.5%
- Sheffield68.9% / 22.7%
- Barnsley68.8% / 17.8%
- Dorset68.8% / 16.6%
- Mid Suffolk68.8% / 18.6%
- North East Derbyshire68.8% / 16.2%
- Northumberland68.8% / 17.2%
- High Peak68.7% / 18.0%
- Mid Devon68.7% / 19.5%
- Cornwall68.5% / 18.9%
- Birmingham68.4% / 24.0%
- North Kesteven68.4% / 14.6%
- Rochford68.3% / 14.6%
- Ashford68.2% / 21.6%
- West Northamptonshire68.2% / 18.8%
- Bassetlaw68.1% / 17.3%
- Darlington68.1% / 17.2%
- Enfield68.1% / 24.9%
- Redcar and Cleveland67.9% / 15.4%
- Stevenage67.8% / 20.1%
- Sunderland67.8% / 16.6%
- Rushmoor67.6% / 21.5%
- Test Valley67.6% / 18.1%
- Wychavon67.6% / 15.9%
- Medway67.4% / 19.3%
- Somerset67.4% / 18.0%
- Stafford67.4% / 18.1%
- Newark and Sherwood67.3% / 18.0%
- Swindon67.3% / 16.6%
- South Staffordshire67.2% / 13.8%
- South Tyneside67.2% / 13.9%
- Thurrock67.2% / 17.7%
- Wigan67.2% / 16.8%
- Basingstoke and Deane67.1% / 18.8%
- Bedford67.1% / 17.6%
- North Lincolnshire67.1% / 14.7%
- South Holland67.1% / 16.3%
- North Northamptonshire67.0% / 17.4%
- Broxbourne66.7% / 17.1%
- East Staffordshire66.7% / 18.1%
- Eastbourne66.7% / 18.4%
- Luton66.7% / 19.2%
- Wolverhampton66.7% / 19.8%
- Salford66.6% / 19.3%
- Folkestone and Hythe66.5% / 16.4%
- North Norfolk66.5% / 16.2%
- Sefton66.5% / 18.0%
- Melton66.4% / 13.9%
- Tameside66.4% / 17.0%
- East Suffolk66.3% / 16.7%
- Staffordshire Moorlands66.3% / 15.5%
- Ipswich66.2% / 19.0%
- Torridge66.0% / 14.6%
- St. Helens65.9% / 16.1%
- Arun65.7% / 15.9%
- Milton Keynes65.7% / 18.4%
- Coventry65.5% / 19.6%
- Nuneaton and Bedworth65.5% / 17.2%
- Teignbridge65.5% / 16.7%
- Braintree65.4% / 14.5%
- Peterborough65.4% / 17.1%
- Telford and Wrekin65.3% / 19.9%
- West Lancashire65.3% / 16.0%
- Bury65.1% / 17.0%
- Thanet65.1% / 19.3%
- Dudley65.0% / 15.6%
- Nottingham65.0% / 19.4%
- Central Bedfordshire64.8% / 16.1%
- Oldham64.6% / 17.6%
- Swale64.3% / 16.5%
- Breckland64.2% / 13.4%
- Blackburn with Darwen64.0% / 18.6%
- Southampton63.8% / 17.5%
- North West Leicestershire63.7% / 14.0%
- East Lindsey63.6% / 14.6%
- Rotherham63.5% / 15.4%
- Crawley63.3% / 14.6%
- Walsall63.1% / 18.6%
- City of Kingston upon Hull62.9% / 17.4%
- Derby62.8% / 17.4%
- West Suffolk62.8% / 16.2%
- Dover62.7% / 16.3%
- Hastings62.7% / 11.9%
- Cumberland62.6% / 12.3%
- Portsmouth62.6% / 16.0%
- Rochdale62.3% / 14.9%
- Shropshire62.3% / 15.2%
- Great Yarmouth62.2% / 13.4%
- Lincoln62.1% / 13.6%
- North East Lincolnshire62.1% / 13.0%
- North Warwickshire62.0% / 13.6%
- Harlow61.9% / 13.6%
- Hartlepool61.9% / 14.2%
- Bradford61.8% / 17.0%
- Blaby61.6% / 14.8%
- Forest of Dean61.5% / 14.0%
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk61.5% / 12.2%
- Redditch61.5% / 11.3%
- Mansfield61.3% / 13.7%
- Hyndburn61.1% / 12.7%
- Liverpool61.1% / 18.9%
- Middlesbrough60.7% / 14.0%
- Sandwell60.6% / 14.0%
- Newcastle-under-Lyme60.3% / 13.3%
- Halton60.2% / 12.2%
- Ashfield60.1% / 12.1%
- Blackpool60.0% / 11.7%
- Isle of Wight59.5% / 12.8%
- Castle Point59.3% / 11.6%
- Maldon58.7% / 10.4%
- Cannock Chase58.2% / 12.5%
- Basildon58.1% / 13.1%
- Stoke-on-Trent58.1% / 12.9%
- Wyre Forest57.9% / 11.2%
- Boston57.5% / 13.0%
- Bolsover57.4% / 11.4%
- Pendle57.4% / 9.8%
- Gosport56.6% / 10.4%
- Tamworth56.5% / 8.1%
- Fenland56.4% / 11.0%
- Burnley55.5% / 10.5%
- Havant55.3% / 10.4%
- Tendring53.5% / 10.5%
- Knowsley52.5% / 8.3%
England: 70.7% at grade 4 and above, 23.1% at grade 7 and above.
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| Area | County/unitary authority | Results | Grade 4 and above | Grade 7 and above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of London | City of London | 765 | 99.2% | 93.7% |
| Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | 14,615 | 88.3% | 54.3% |
| Richmond upon Thames | Richmond upon Thames | 21,950 | 86.7% | 45.1% |
| Waverley | Surrey | 15,335 | 86.7% | 37.1% |
| Kingston upon Thames | Kingston upon Thames | 18,580 | 85.8% | 48.1% |
| Guildford | Surrey | 14,635 | 85.2% | 39.0% |
| Mole Valley | Surrey | 8,830 | 84.0% | 35.5% |
| St Albans | Hertfordshire | 23,470 | 83.8% | 38.6% |
| Sutton | Sutton | 28,635 | 83.0% | 43.4% |
| Three Rivers | Hertfordshire | 13,410 | 83.0% | 37.6% |
| Trafford | Trafford | 28,775 | 83.0% | 42.3% |
| Tunbridge Wells | Kent | 15,645 | 83.0% | 34.3% |
| Epsom and Ewell | Surrey | 10,835 | 82.8% | 41.9% |
| Winchester | Hampshire | 11,625 | 82.5% | 35.5% |
| Wokingham | Wokingham | 20,305 | 82.3% | 34.9% |
| Cheltenham | Gloucestershire | 11,555 | 82.0% | 40.9% |
| Elmbridge | Surrey | 10,935 | 81.8% | 34.8% |
| East Hampshire | Hampshire | 12,370 | 81.6% | 29.3% |
| Gloucester | Gloucestershire | 13,615 | 81.4% | 37.7% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | Hammersmith and Fulham | 14,220 | 81.4% | 38.4% |
| Isles of Scilly | Isles of Scilly | 170 | 81.4% | 15.7% |
| South Oxfordshire | Oxfordshire | 15,550 | 81.3% | 31.1% |
| Cotswold | Gloucestershire | 9,655 | 80.9% | 26.4% |
| Barnet | Barnet | 43,640 | 80.6% | 39.0% |
| East Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire | 21,355 | 80.4% | 28.8% |
| Rushcliffe | Nottinghamshire | 14,480 | 80.4% | 30.9% |
| Rutland | Rutland | 5,610 | 80.4% | 28.0% |
| Hertsmere | Hertfordshire | 14,045 | 80.3% | 38.4% |
| Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire | 59,935 | 80.1% | 36.5% |
| Mid Sussex | West Sussex | 15,900 | 79.9% | 30.2% |
| Wandsworth | Wandsworth | 18,940 | 79.9% | 35.8% |
| Chelmsford | Essex | 19,060 | 79.8% | 35.2% |
| South Cambridgeshire | Cambridgeshire | 16,215 | 79.7% | 33.9% |
| Watford | Hertfordshire | 7,750 | 79.3% | 35.8% |
| Merton | Merton | 17,215 | 79.0% | 33.1% |
| Westminster | Westminster | 17,050 | 78.8% | 32.0% |
| Hart | Hampshire | 11,240 | 78.4% | 26.0% |
| Southwark | Southwark | 28,485 | 78.4% | 33.9% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | Kensington and Chelsea | 8,885 | 78.3% | 31.0% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | Bath and North East Somerset | 19,465 | 78.0% | 27.5% |
| South Hams | Devon | 6,690 | 77.9% | 25.0% |
| Hackney | Hackney | 20,400 | 77.7% | 31.2% |
| Redbridge | Redbridge | 33,745 | 77.7% | 30.9% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | Warwickshire | 14,345 | 77.7% | 34.5% |
| Stroud | Gloucestershire | 11,215 | 77.7% | 28.9% |
| Adur | West Sussex | 5,170 | 77.5% | 25.1% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 35,160 | 77.4% | 26.8% |
| Oxford | Oxfordshire | 12,625 | 77.3% | 37.4% |
| East Cambridgeshire | Cambridgeshire | 9,835 | 77.2% | 27.0% |
| Worthing | West Sussex | 10,615 | 77.2% | 23.0% |
| York | York | 16,550 | 77.1% | 29.9% |
| Bromley | Bromley | 33,930 | 77.0% | 29.5% |
| Surrey Heath | Surrey | 7,045 | 77.0% | 26.9% |
| Brentwood | Essex | 11,665 | 76.8% | 27.3% |
| Warwick | Warwickshire | 11,205 | 76.8% | 30.1% |
| Brighton and Hove | Brighton and Hove | 22,425 | 76.7% | 30.4% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | Leicestershire | 13,165 | 76.4% | 22.7% |
| Woking | Surrey | 9,695 | 76.4% | 26.4% |
| Ealing | Ealing | 33,150 | 76.3% | 30.9% |
| South Kesteven | Lincolnshire | 14,615 | 76.3% | 28.7% |
| Harborough | Leicestershire | 9,565 | 76.2% | 23.4% |
| Uttlesford | Essex | 7,525 | 76.1% | 26.9% |
| West Berkshire | West Berkshire | 19,040 | 76.1% | 26.4% |
| Southend-on-Sea | Southend-on-Sea | 23,015 | 76.0% | 32.5% |
| Tonbridge and Malling | Kent | 15,650 | 76.0% | 35.2% |
| Dartford | Kent | 17,055 | 75.9% | 33.3% |
| Reading | Reading | 15,640 | 75.9% | 36.3% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | Windsor and Maidenhead | 17,165 | 75.9% | 27.6% |
| Bexley | Bexley | 26,985 | 75.7% | 30.3% |
| Rugby | Warwickshire | 11,965 | 75.6% | 29.5% |
| Preston | Lancashire | 12,515 | 75.5% | 26.3% |
| South Norfolk | Norfolk | 13,140 | 75.5% | 22.2% |
| Gedling | Nottinghamshire | 11,180 | 75.1% | 23.3% |
| Horsham | West Sussex | 14,285 | 75.1% | 25.4% |
| Newham | Newham | 40,185 | 75.1% | 28.6% |
| Slough | Slough | 22,995 | 74.7% | 33.7% |
| Camden | Camden | 14,340 | 74.6% | 31.5% |
| Derbyshire Dales | Derbyshire | 6,680 | 74.6% | 20.1% |
| Ribble Valley | Lancashire | 8,430 | 74.5% | 23.9% |
| Runnymede | Surrey | 9,465 | 74.5% | 29.3% |
| Lewes | East Sussex | 9,505 | 74.3% | 20.4% |
| Stockport | Stockport | 24,840 | 74.3% | 26.0% |
| Colchester | Essex | 20,605 | 74.1% | 28.6% |
| Gateshead | Gateshead | 16,295 | 74.1% | 23.6% |
| Reigate and Banstead | Surrey | 15,065 | 74.1% | 26.0% |
| Broxtowe | Nottinghamshire | 8,855 | 74.0% | 24.3% |
| South Derbyshire | Derbyshire | 6,910 | 73.9% | 20.4% |
| Eastleigh | Hampshire | 15,130 | 73.8% | 24.5% |
| North Devon | Devon | 9,150 | 73.8% | 20.4% |
| North Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire | 10,775 | 73.8% | 27.3% |
| Bracknell Forest | Bracknell Forest | 13,020 | 73.7% | 24.0% |
| Hillingdon | Hillingdon | 32,860 | 73.5% | 26.9% |
| Hounslow | Hounslow | 28,795 | 73.5% | 25.4% |
| West Oxfordshire | Oxfordshire | 11,480 | 73.5% | 25.7% |
| Worcester | Worcestershire | 10,775 | 73.5% | 24.5% |
| Chorley | Lancashire | 11,590 | 73.4% | 22.5% |
| Warrington | Warrington | 21,375 | 73.4% | 23.4% |
| Calderdale | Calderdale | 22,610 | 73.3% | 23.6% |
| Harrow | Harrow | 25,520 | 73.3% | 29.6% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | Stockton-on-Tees | 19,335 | 73.3% | 22.0% |
| Spelthorne | Surrey | 10,150 | 73.2% | 24.5% |
| Brent | Brent | 27,980 | 73.1% | 27.2% |
| Oadby and Wigston | Leicestershire | 8,810 | 73.0% | 25.3% |
| Tandridge | Surrey | 6,760 | 72.9% | 22.4% |
| Islington | Islington | 11,525 | 72.7% | 27.8% |
| North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire | 53,310 | 72.7% | 21.6% |
| Rother | East Sussex | 8,695 | 72.7% | 19.8% |
| East Devon | Devon | 10,920 | 72.5% | 24.3% |
| Greenwich | Greenwich | 25,485 | 72.4% | 25.5% |
| Maidstone | Kent | 19,910 | 72.3% | 24.2% |
| Wakefield | Wakefield | 31,655 | 72.3% | 21.7% |
| Exeter | Devon | 8,945 | 72.2% | 24.6% |
| Lancaster | Lancashire | 10,845 | 72.1% | 26.9% |
| Tower Hamlets | Tower Hamlets | 25,570 | 72.1% | 23.9% |
| Waltham Forest | Waltham Forest | 26,510 | 72.1% | 27.0% |
| Leeds | Leeds | 78,645 | 72.0% | 23.8% |
| Lichfield | Staffordshire | 9,885 | 72.0% | 18.8% |
| Torbay | Torbay | 12,920 | 72.0% | 25.7% |
| Fylde | Lancashire | 5,980 | 71.6% | 19.1% |
| Welwyn Hatfield | Hertfordshire | 9,750 | 71.5% | 22.2% |
| Barking and Dagenham | Barking and Dagenham | 26,480 | 71.3% | 21.8% |
| Lewisham | Lewisham | 20,495 | 71.3% | 24.7% |
| Solihull | Solihull | 25,605 | 71.2% | 23.0% |
| Wealden | East Sussex | 12,005 | 71.2% | 21.1% |
| Babergh | Suffolk | 7,815 | 71.1% | 19.5% |
| Broadland | Norfolk | 11,835 | 71.1% | 17.2% |
| Gravesham | Kent | 12,180 | 71.1% | 20.2% |
| Malvern Hills | Worcestershire | 7,330 | 71.1% | 19.5% |
| North Somerset | North Somerset | 20,035 | 71.1% | 19.9% |
| Tewkesbury | Gloucestershire | 9,515 | 71.1% | 16.5% |
| Canterbury | Kent | 14,585 | 71.0% | 24.6% |
| Chichester | West Sussex | 8,395 | 71.0% | 20.0% |
| Haringey | Haringey | 23,290 | 71.0% | 27.8% |
| North Tyneside | North Tyneside | 16,940 | 71.0% | 20.9% |
| South Ribble | Lancashire | 12,365 | 71.0% | 19.1% |
| Vale of White Horse | Oxfordshire | 12,935 | 71.0% | 26.6% |
| Plymouth | Plymouth | 22,230 | 70.9% | 20.7% |
| Cheshire East | Cheshire East | 37,080 | 70.8% | 20.3% |
| City of Bristol | City of Bristol | 36,385 | 70.8% | 25.4% |
| West Devon | Devon | 3,390 | 70.6% | 16.9% |
| Westmorland and Furness | Westmorland and Furness | 19,280 | 70.6% | 17.8% |
| Charnwood | Leicestershire | 17,345 | 70.5% | 22.4% |
| Epping Forest | Essex | 10,325 | 70.5% | 20.6% |
| Bromsgrove | Worcestershire | 11,715 | 70.3% | 20.0% |
| Cheshire West and Chester | Cheshire West and Chester | 32,095 | 70.3% | 21.9% |
| Havering | Havering | 26,700 | 70.3% | 20.3% |
| Norwich | Norfolk | 10,115 | 70.3% | 25.4% |
| Sevenoaks | Kent | 5,355 | 70.3% | 22.7% |
| Croydon | Croydon | 35,075 | 70.2% | 22.4% |
| Fareham | Hampshire | 10,785 | 70.2% | 18.3% |
| New Forest | Hampshire | 13,855 | 69.9% | 18.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Newcastle upon Tyne | 23,810 | 69.9% | 24.1% |
| West Lindsey | Lincolnshire | 8,560 | 69.9% | 22.2% |
| Wiltshire | Wiltshire | 44,430 | 69.9% | 21.2% |
| Dacorum | Hertfordshire | 16,140 | 69.8% | 21.1% |
| Huntingdonshire | Cambridgeshire | 13,220 | 69.7% | 20.2% |
| Kirklees | Kirklees | 41,035 | 69.6% | 22.2% |
| Leicester | Leicester | 37,805 | 69.5% | 21.4% |
| Rossendale | Lancashire | 7,500 | 69.5% | 24.8% |
| Wirral | Wirral | 29,900 | 69.5% | 22.6% |
| Chesterfield | Derbyshire | 9,980 | 69.4% | 20.3% |
| County Durham | County Durham | 40,730 | 69.4% | 19.5% |
| Amber Valley | Derbyshire | 11,295 | 69.3% | 16.3% |
| Doncaster | Doncaster | 24,820 | 69.3% | 19.1% |
| Erewash | Derbyshire | 9,050 | 69.3% | 18.1% |
| South Gloucestershire | South Gloucestershire | 21,855 | 69.3% | 19.3% |
| County of Herefordshire | County of Herefordshire | 15,575 | 69.1% | 18.1% |
| Bolton | Bolton | 32,560 | 69.0% | 21.6% |
| Cherwell | Oxfordshire | 13,135 | 69.0% | 19.9% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | 26,245 | 69.0% | 17.3% |
| Manchester | Manchester | 56,410 | 69.0% | 23.1% |
| Wyre | Lancashire | 9,345 | 69.0% | 15.4% |
| Lambeth | Lambeth | 18,795 | 68.9% | 22.5% |
| Sheffield | Sheffield | 47,655 | 68.9% | 22.7% |
| Barnsley | Barnsley | 18,545 | 68.8% | 17.8% |
| Dorset | Dorset | 31,135 | 68.8% | 16.6% |
| Mid Suffolk | Suffolk | 9,515 | 68.8% | 18.6% |
| North East Derbyshire | Derbyshire | 6,245 | 68.8% | 16.2% |
| Northumberland | Northumberland | 24,715 | 68.8% | 17.2% |
| High Peak | Derbyshire | 7,770 | 68.7% | 18.0% |
| Mid Devon | Devon | 6,790 | 68.7% | 19.5% |
| Cornwall | Cornwall | 43,445 | 68.5% | 18.9% |
| Birmingham | Birmingham | 123,765 | 68.4% | 24.0% |
| North Kesteven | Lincolnshire | 10,315 | 68.4% | 14.6% |
| Rochford | Essex | 8,000 | 68.3% | 14.6% |
| Ashford | Kent | 13,445 | 68.2% | 21.6% |
| West Northamptonshire | West Northamptonshire | 42,625 | 68.2% | 18.8% |
| Bassetlaw | Nottinghamshire | 9,735 | 68.1% | 17.3% |
| Darlington | Darlington | 9,200 | 68.1% | 17.2% |
| Enfield | Enfield | 32,830 | 68.1% | 24.9% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | Redcar and Cleveland | 11,305 | 67.9% | 15.4% |
| Stevenage | Hertfordshire | 10,305 | 67.8% | 20.1% |
| Sunderland | Sunderland | 22,200 | 67.8% | 16.6% |
| Rushmoor | Hampshire | 7,760 | 67.6% | 21.5% |
| Test Valley | Hampshire | 10,375 | 67.6% | 18.1% |
| Wychavon | Worcestershire | 8,075 | 67.6% | 15.9% |
| Medway | Medway | 30,455 | 67.4% | 19.3% |
| Somerset | Somerset | 44,910 | 67.4% | 18.0% |
| Stafford | Staffordshire | 9,745 | 67.4% | 18.1% |
| Newark and Sherwood | Nottinghamshire | 8,510 | 67.3% | 18.0% |
| Swindon | Swindon | 21,285 | 67.3% | 16.6% |
| South Staffordshire | Staffordshire | 8,715 | 67.2% | 13.8% |
| South Tyneside | South Tyneside | 12,135 | 67.2% | 13.9% |
| Thurrock | Thurrock | 17,160 | 67.2% | 17.7% |
| Wigan | Wigan | 29,640 | 67.2% | 16.8% |
| Basingstoke and Deane | Hampshire | 14,840 | 67.1% | 18.8% |
| Bedford | Bedford | 22,235 | 67.1% | 17.6% |
| North Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | 14,245 | 67.1% | 14.7% |
| South Holland | Lincolnshire | 8,345 | 67.1% | 16.3% |
| North Northamptonshire | North Northamptonshire | 32,700 | 67.0% | 17.4% |
| Broxbourne | Hertfordshire | 9,305 | 66.7% | 17.1% |
| East Staffordshire | Staffordshire | 15,145 | 66.7% | 18.1% |
| Eastbourne | East Sussex | 9,300 | 66.7% | 18.4% |
| Luton | Luton | 26,335 | 66.7% | 19.2% |
| Wolverhampton | Wolverhampton | 29,610 | 66.7% | 19.8% |
| Salford | Salford | 20,840 | 66.6% | 19.3% |
| Folkestone and Hythe | Kent | 8,105 | 66.5% | 16.4% |
| North Norfolk | Norfolk | 7,520 | 66.5% | 16.2% |
| Sefton | Sefton | 24,360 | 66.5% | 18.0% |
| Melton | Leicestershire | 4,375 | 66.4% | 13.9% |
| Tameside | Tameside | 23,435 | 66.4% | 17.0% |
| East Suffolk | Suffolk | 19,085 | 66.3% | 16.7% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | Staffordshire | 10,100 | 66.3% | 15.5% |
| Ipswich | Suffolk | 14,440 | 66.2% | 19.0% |
| Torridge | Devon | 4,500 | 66.0% | 14.6% |
| St. Helens | St. Helens | 15,430 | 65.9% | 16.1% |
| Arun | West Sussex | 10,580 | 65.7% | 15.9% |
| Milton Keynes | Milton Keynes | 31,095 | 65.7% | 18.4% |
| Coventry | Coventry | 34,350 | 65.5% | 19.6% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | Warwickshire | 10,800 | 65.5% | 17.2% |
| Teignbridge | Devon | 8,415 | 65.5% | 16.7% |
| Braintree | Essex | 12,305 | 65.4% | 14.5% |
| Peterborough | Peterborough | 24,175 | 65.4% | 17.1% |
| Telford and Wrekin | Telford and Wrekin | 19,495 | 65.3% | 19.9% |
| West Lancashire | Lancashire | 9,195 | 65.3% | 16.0% |
| Bury | Bury | 18,625 | 65.1% | 17.0% |
| Thanet | Kent | 9,970 | 65.1% | 19.3% |
| Dudley | Dudley | 28,110 | 65.0% | 15.6% |
| Nottingham | Nottingham | 26,840 | 65.0% | 19.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire | Central Bedfordshire | 24,945 | 64.8% | 16.1% |
| Oldham | Oldham | 28,755 | 64.6% | 17.6% |
| Swale | Kent | 12,780 | 64.3% | 16.5% |
| Breckland | Norfolk | 9,685 | 64.2% | 13.4% |
| Blackburn with Darwen | Blackburn with Darwen | 18,260 | 64.0% | 18.6% |
| Southampton | Southampton | 19,310 | 63.8% | 17.5% |
| North West Leicestershire | Leicestershire | 8,055 | 63.7% | 14.0% |
| East Lindsey | Lincolnshire | 11,140 | 63.6% | 14.6% |
| Rotherham | Rotherham | 25,925 | 63.5% | 15.4% |
| Crawley | West Sussex | 11,855 | 63.3% | 14.6% |
| Walsall | Walsall | 27,760 | 63.1% | 18.6% |
| City of Kingston upon Hull | City of Kingston upon Hull | 23,465 | 62.9% | 17.4% |
| Derby | Derby | 27,685 | 62.8% | 17.4% |
| West Suffolk | Suffolk | 15,220 | 62.8% | 16.2% |
| Dover | Kent | 10,335 | 62.7% | 16.3% |
| Hastings | East Sussex | 4,770 | 62.7% | 11.9% |
| Cumberland | Cumberland | 21,915 | 62.6% | 12.3% |
| Portsmouth | Portsmouth | 18,230 | 62.6% | 16.0% |
| Rochdale | Rochdale | 22,905 | 62.3% | 14.9% |
| Shropshire | Shropshire | 25,540 | 62.3% | 15.2% |
| Great Yarmouth | Norfolk | 7,315 | 62.2% | 13.4% |
| Lincoln | Lincolnshire | 8,680 | 62.1% | 13.6% |
| North East Lincolnshire | North East Lincolnshire | 12,020 | 62.1% | 13.0% |
| North Warwickshire | Warwickshire | 7,020 | 62.0% | 13.6% |
| Harlow | Essex | 9,200 | 61.9% | 13.6% |
| Hartlepool | Hartlepool | 8,190 | 61.9% | 14.2% |
| Bradford | Bradford | 53,295 | 61.8% | 17.0% |
| Blaby | Leicestershire | 4,035 | 61.6% | 14.8% |
| Forest of Dean | Gloucestershire | 6,545 | 61.5% | 14.0% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Norfolk | 11,105 | 61.5% | 12.2% |
| Redditch | Worcestershire | 6,490 | 61.5% | 11.3% |
| Mansfield | Nottinghamshire | 10,625 | 61.3% | 13.7% |
| Hyndburn | Lancashire | 7,560 | 61.1% | 12.7% |
| Liverpool | Liverpool | 41,690 | 61.1% | 18.9% |
| Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough | 12,225 | 60.7% | 14.0% |
| Sandwell | Sandwell | 33,575 | 60.6% | 14.0% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | Staffordshire | 8,890 | 60.3% | 13.3% |
| Halton | Halton | 10,975 | 60.2% | 12.2% |
| Ashfield | Nottinghamshire | 10,690 | 60.1% | 12.1% |
| Blackpool | Blackpool | 8,590 | 60.0% | 11.7% |
| Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight | 9,365 | 59.5% | 12.8% |
| Castle Point | Essex | 7,615 | 59.3% | 11.6% |
| Maldon | Essex | 3,800 | 58.7% | 10.4% |
| Cannock Chase | Staffordshire | 7,420 | 58.2% | 12.5% |
| Basildon | Essex | 15,655 | 58.1% | 13.1% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent | 21,500 | 58.1% | 12.9% |
| Wyre Forest | Worcestershire | 7,455 | 57.9% | 11.2% |
| Boston | Lincolnshire | 6,095 | 57.5% | 13.0% |
| Bolsover | Derbyshire | 6,030 | 57.4% | 11.4% |
| Pendle | Lancashire | 8,250 | 57.4% | 9.8% |
| Gosport | Hampshire | 5,505 | 56.6% | 10.4% |
| Tamworth | Staffordshire | 4,950 | 56.5% | 8.1% |
| Fenland | Cambridgeshire | 7,160 | 56.4% | 11.0% |
| Burnley | Lancashire | 9,040 | 55.5% | 10.5% |
| Havant | Hampshire | 9,930 | 55.3% | 10.4% |
| Tendring | Essex | 10,340 | 53.5% | 10.5% |
| Knowsley | Knowsley | 7,765 | 52.5% | 8.3% |
Ofqual Analytics, GCSE grade outcomes by administrative area, 2026. Sourced from Ofqual Analytics' own data export, not from the region table used elsewhere on this page (which reads Ofqual's results-day spreadsheet). The two collections measure the same thing and are usually within a few results of each other, but Analytics is not guaranteed to match the results-day table to the decimal — both are Ofqual's own figures, drawn from the same underlying data at slightly different points.
The pupil-level local-authority data, published later, is the one that supports statements about places. Each nation publishes it on its own geography — English local authorities, Welsh local authorities, Northern Irish local government districts, Scottish council areas — and on its own measure. A number from one nation’s table cannot be set beside another’s.
In England the spread on a single measure is 44.6 percentage points: 24.7% of pupils in Knowsley reached grade 5 in English and maths, against 69.3% in Kingston upon Thames. Wales publishes a points score rather than a percentage, so no equivalent sentence can be written about it.
Four geographies, four measures
England
Pupils achieving grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs, 2024/25. Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in state-funded schools.
- Kingston upon Thames69.3%
- Sutton67.9%
- Richmond upon Thames64.9%
- Trafford63.9%
- Barnet63.1%
- Hammersmith and Fulham61.7%
- Kensington and Chelsea61.4%
- Wokingham60.8%
- Redbridge59.5%
- Buckinghamshire58.7%
- Westminster58.3%
- Slough57.5%
- Southend-on-Sea57.1%
- Wandsworth57.1%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole56.7%
- Ealing56.7%
- Merton56.4%
- York55.8%
- Surrey55.2%
- Southwark54.9%
- Rutland54.3%
- Bexley53.8%
- Harrow53.6%
- Bromley53.5%
- Newham53.4%
- Hertfordshire53.4%
- Brent53.2%
- Gloucestershire53.1%
- Hounslow52.8%
- Reading51.3%
- Calderdale50.7%
- Gateshead49.9%
- Warwickshire49.8%
- Torbay49.6%
- Cambridgeshire49.6%
- Hillingdon49.5%
- Windsor and Maidenhead49.3%
- Hackney49.1%
- Stockport48.9%
- Bath and North East Somerset48.7%
- West Berkshire48.4%
- Oxfordshire48.4%
- Islington48.0%
- Warrington47.9%
- Brighton and Hove47.9%
- Stockton-on-Tees47.6%
- Solihull47.6%
- Haringey47.6%
- Barking and Dagenham47.5%
- Havering47.5%
- Tower Hamlets47.5%
- North Yorkshire47.0%
- Kent47.0%
- Nottinghamshire46.9%
- Camden46.8%
- Leicestershire46.8%
- Kirklees46.5%
- Leeds46.5%
- Greenwich46.4%
- Bracknell Forest46.3%
- Plymouth46.2%
- Redcar and Cleveland46.2%
- Devon46.1%
- Bristol, City of45.9%
- West Sussex45.9%
- Darlington45.7%
- Waltham Forest45.6%
- North Somerset45.5%
- Isles of Scilly45.5%
- Wakefield45.5%
- Enfield45.5%
- Newcastle upon Tyne45.5%
- Birmingham45.4%
- Thurrock45.3%
- Cheshire East45.1%
- Barnsley45.0%
- Norfolk44.9%
- Lewisham44.8%
- Hampshire44.8%
- Wiltshire44.6%
- Milton Keynes44.2%
- Medway44.1%
- Wirral44.0%
- Blackburn with Darwen43.9%
- Bolton43.9%
- Doncaster43.9%
- Bedford43.7%
- Lancashire43.5%
- Cornwall43.3%
- Leicester43.2%
- North Tyneside43.2%
- Swindon43.1%
- Essex43.1%
- Hartlepool42.9%
- Derbyshire42.9%
- Herefordshire, County of42.8%
- South Gloucestershire42.8%
- East Riding of Yorkshire42.6%
- Luton42.4%
- Cheshire West and Chester42.4%
- Croydon42.4%
- Westmorland and Furness42.3%
- West Northamptonshire42.0%
- Lincolnshire41.9%
- North Lincolnshire41.8%
- East Sussex41.8%
- Northumberland41.7%
- Sheffield41.7%
- County Durham41.6%
- Central Bedfordshire41.5%
- Sunderland41.5%
- Manchester41.3%
- Lambeth41.1%
- Coventry41.1%
- Tameside40.9%
- Worcestershire40.9%
- Dorset40.7%
- Dudley40.7%
- Somerset40.3%
- Salford40.2%
- Suffolk39.9%
- Nottingham39.8%
- Wolverhampton39.5%
- Sefton39.5%
- Staffordshire39.5%
- Halton39.3%
- Telford and Wrekin39.2%
- Peterborough39.2%
- Southampton38.9%
- Bury38.9%
- Derby38.8%
- Walsall38.7%
- Wigan38.7%
- Rotherham38.7%
- South Tyneside38.5%
- Liverpool38.1%
- North Northamptonshire38.0%
- Bradford37.4%
- Middlesbrough37.1%
- Isle of Wight37.1%
- Shropshire36.9%
- Oldham36.7%
- Kingston upon Hull, City of36.6%
- Cumberland36.5%
- North East Lincolnshire36.2%
- St. Helens35.9%
- Portsmouth35.2%
- Rochdale35.0%
- Sandwell33.8%
- Stoke-on-Trent33.2%
- Blackpool30.3%
- Knowsley24.7%
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| England | Pupils achieving grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (per cent) |
|---|---|
| Kingston upon Thames | 69.3% |
| Sutton | 67.9% |
| Richmond upon Thames | 64.9% |
| Trafford | 63.9% |
| Barnet | 63.1% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 61.7% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 61.4% |
| Wokingham | 60.8% |
| Redbridge | 59.5% |
| Buckinghamshire | 58.7% |
| Westminster | 58.3% |
| Slough | 57.5% |
| Southend-on-Sea | 57.1% |
| Wandsworth | 57.1% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 56.7% |
| Ealing | 56.7% |
| Merton | 56.4% |
| York | 55.8% |
| Surrey | 55.2% |
| Southwark | 54.9% |
| Rutland | 54.3% |
| Bexley | 53.8% |
| Harrow | 53.6% |
| Bromley | 53.5% |
| Newham | 53.4% |
| Hertfordshire | 53.4% |
| Brent | 53.2% |
| Gloucestershire | 53.1% |
| Hounslow | 52.8% |
| Reading | 51.3% |
| Calderdale | 50.7% |
| Gateshead | 49.9% |
| Warwickshire | 49.8% |
| Torbay | 49.6% |
| Cambridgeshire | 49.6% |
| Hillingdon | 49.5% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 49.3% |
| Hackney | 49.1% |
| Stockport | 48.9% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 48.7% |
| West Berkshire | 48.4% |
| Oxfordshire | 48.4% |
| Islington | 48.0% |
| Warrington | 47.9% |
| Brighton and Hove | 47.9% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 47.6% |
| Solihull | 47.6% |
| Haringey | 47.6% |
| Barking and Dagenham | 47.5% |
| Havering | 47.5% |
| Tower Hamlets | 47.5% |
| North Yorkshire | 47.0% |
| Kent | 47.0% |
| Nottinghamshire | 46.9% |
| Camden | 46.8% |
| Leicestershire | 46.8% |
| Kirklees | 46.5% |
| Leeds | 46.5% |
| Greenwich | 46.4% |
| Bracknell Forest | 46.3% |
| Plymouth | 46.2% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 46.2% |
| Devon | 46.1% |
| Bristol, City of | 45.9% |
| West Sussex | 45.9% |
| Darlington | 45.7% |
| Waltham Forest | 45.6% |
| North Somerset | 45.5% |
| Isles of Scilly | 45.5% |
| Wakefield | 45.5% |
| Enfield | 45.5% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 45.5% |
| Birmingham | 45.4% |
| Thurrock | 45.3% |
| Cheshire East | 45.1% |
| Barnsley | 45.0% |
| Norfolk | 44.9% |
| Lewisham | 44.8% |
| Hampshire | 44.8% |
| Wiltshire | 44.6% |
| Milton Keynes | 44.2% |
| Medway | 44.1% |
| Wirral | 44.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 43.9% |
| Bolton | 43.9% |
| Doncaster | 43.9% |
| Bedford | 43.7% |
| Lancashire | 43.5% |
| Cornwall | 43.3% |
| Leicester | 43.2% |
| North Tyneside | 43.2% |
| Swindon | 43.1% |
| Essex | 43.1% |
| Hartlepool | 42.9% |
| Derbyshire | 42.9% |
| Herefordshire, County of | 42.8% |
| South Gloucestershire | 42.8% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 42.6% |
| Luton | 42.4% |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 42.4% |
| Croydon | 42.4% |
| Westmorland and Furness | 42.3% |
| West Northamptonshire | 42.0% |
| Lincolnshire | 41.9% |
| North Lincolnshire | 41.8% |
| East Sussex | 41.8% |
| Northumberland | 41.7% |
| Sheffield | 41.7% |
| County Durham | 41.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire | 41.5% |
| Sunderland | 41.5% |
| Manchester | 41.3% |
| Lambeth | 41.1% |
| Coventry | 41.1% |
| Tameside | 40.9% |
| Worcestershire | 40.9% |
| Dorset | 40.7% |
| Dudley | 40.7% |
| Somerset | 40.3% |
| Salford | 40.2% |
| Suffolk | 39.9% |
| Nottingham | 39.8% |
| Wolverhampton | 39.5% |
| Sefton | 39.5% |
| Staffordshire | 39.5% |
| Halton | 39.3% |
| Telford and Wrekin | 39.2% |
| Peterborough | 39.2% |
| Southampton | 38.9% |
| Bury | 38.9% |
| Derby | 38.8% |
| Walsall | 38.7% |
| Wigan | 38.7% |
| Rotherham | 38.7% |
| South Tyneside | 38.5% |
| Liverpool | 38.1% |
| North Northamptonshire | 38.0% |
| Bradford | 37.4% |
| Middlesbrough | 37.1% |
| Isle of Wight | 37.1% |
| Shropshire | 36.9% |
| Oldham | 36.7% |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 36.6% |
| Cumberland | 36.5% |
| North East Lincolnshire | 36.2% |
| St. Helens | 35.9% |
| Portsmouth | 35.2% |
| Rochdale | 35.0% |
| Sandwell | 33.8% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 33.2% |
| Blackpool | 30.3% |
| Knowsley | 24.7% |
Northern Ireland
Five or more GCSEs A*–C including GCSE English and GCSE maths, 2024/25. School leavers, by 2014 local government district of pupil residence.
A school-leaver cohort, not a Year 12 cohort. Leavers are counted when they leave school, at different ages, so this cannot be set beside an England or Wales figure measured at the end of key stage 4.
- Lisburn and Castlereagh79.1%
- Fermanagh and Omagh78.0%
- Mid Ulster74.7%
- Ards and North Down74.5%
- Newry, Mourne and Down73.3%
- Antrim and Newtownabbey73.2%
- Causeway Coast and Glens70.8%
- Mid and East Antrim70.2%
- Derry City and Strabane69.7%
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon69.0%
- Belfast66.4%
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| Northern Ireland | Five or more GCSEs A*–C including GCSE English and GCSE maths (per cent) |
|---|---|
| Lisburn and Castlereagh | 79.1% |
| Fermanagh and Omagh | 78.0% |
| Mid Ulster | 74.7% |
| Ards and North Down | 74.5% |
| Newry, Mourne and Down | 73.3% |
| Antrim and Newtownabbey | 73.2% |
| Causeway Coast and Glens | 70.8% |
| Mid and East Antrim | 70.2% |
| Derry City and Strabane | 69.7% |
| Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 69.0% |
| Belfast | 66.4% |
Scotland
Five or more qualifications at SCQF level 3 or better, all SCQF measure, 2024-25. Secondary school leavers.
Councils whose figure is suppressed for disclosure control are listed with no value rather than left out, so the list is still all 32.
- East Dunbartonshire95.7%
- East Renfrewshire95.5%
- Falkirk95.0%
- South Ayrshire94.7%
- Midlothian92.2%
- Edinburgh City92.1%
- South Lanarkshire91.8%
- East Lothian91.7%
- Fife91.7%
- Perth & Kinross90.6%
- Scottish Borders90.3%
- West Lothian90.3%
- Inverclyde90.2%
- North Lanarkshire89.5%
- North Ayrshire88.5%
- Stirling88.3%
- East Ayrshire87.7%
- Renfrewshire87.2%
- Glasgow City87.0%
- Angus86.9%
- Shetland Islands86.9%
- Aberdeen City85.6%
- Aberdeenshire83.9%
- Argyll & Bute83.5%
- Dundee City83.4%
- Dumfries & Galloway83.1%
- Highland80.9%
- Moray80.8%
- West Dunbartonshire80.6%
- Clackmannanshire79.6%
- Na h-Eileanan Siar76.7%
Not shown because the publisher suppressed the figure for disclosure control: Orkney Islands.
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| Scotland | Five or more qualifications at SCQF level 3 or better, all SCQF measure (per cent) |
|---|---|
| East Dunbartonshire | 95.7% |
| East Renfrewshire | 95.5% |
| Falkirk | 95.0% |
| South Ayrshire | 94.7% |
| Midlothian | 92.2% |
| Edinburgh City | 92.1% |
| South Lanarkshire | 91.8% |
| East Lothian | 91.7% |
| Fife | 91.7% |
| Perth & Kinross | 90.6% |
| Scottish Borders | 90.3% |
| West Lothian | 90.3% |
| Inverclyde | 90.2% |
| North Lanarkshire | 89.5% |
| North Ayrshire | 88.5% |
| Stirling | 88.3% |
| East Ayrshire | 87.7% |
| Renfrewshire | 87.2% |
| Glasgow City | 87.0% |
| Angus | 86.9% |
| Shetland Islands | 86.9% |
| Aberdeen City | 85.6% |
| Aberdeenshire | 83.9% |
| Argyll & Bute | 83.5% |
| Dundee City | 83.4% |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 83.1% |
| Highland | 80.9% |
| Moray | 80.8% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 80.6% |
| Clackmannanshire | 79.6% |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 76.7% |
Wales
Capped 9 point score, interim measure version, 2024/25. Pupils in Year 11 at the start of the academic year.
Wales publishes an average points score, not a percentage reaching a grade. There is no arithmetic that turns it into England's, Northern Ireland's or Scotland's measure, and none is attempted.
- Monmouthshire375.9
- Rhondda Cynon Taff370.9
- Powys369.4
- Vale of Glamorgan366.8
- Cardiff366.2
- Swansea360.4
- Newport359.9
- Merthyr Tydfil359.4
- Bridgend358.8
- Gwynedd358.1
- Torfaen354.5
- Ceredigion351.8
- Pembrokeshire349.0
- Flintshire348.6
- Blaenau Gwent342.9
- Conwy342.3
- Caerphilly342.2
- Carmarthenshire341.7
- Wrexham338.7
- Isle of Anglesey337.7
- Neath Port Talbot332.8
- Denbighshire330.8
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| Wales | Capped 9 point score, interim measure version (points) |
|---|---|
| Monmouthshire | 375.9 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taff | 370.9 |
| Powys | 369.4 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 366.8 |
| Cardiff | 366.2 |
| Swansea | 360.4 |
| Newport | 359.9 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 359.4 |
| Bridgend | 358.8 |
| Gwynedd | 358.1 |
| Torfaen | 354.5 |
| Ceredigion | 351.8 |
| Pembrokeshire | 349.0 |
| Flintshire | 348.6 |
| Blaenau Gwent | 342.9 |
| Conwy | 342.3 |
| Caerphilly | 342.2 |
| Carmarthenshire | 341.7 |
| Wrexham | 338.7 |
| Isle of Anglesey | 337.7 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 332.8 |
| Denbighshire | 330.8 |
Awaiting verified data
England’s local-authority figures for the 2025/26 cohort. The list above is the 2024/25 published set and is labelled with that year.
- Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26 (provisional) — Department for Education · expected 2026-10-15Pupil-level attainment for the 2025/26 cohort, including the local-authority breakdowns. Until it lands, the pupil-level LA figures on this page are the 2024/25 published set and are labelled with that year. This is separate from the exam-centre county/district figures for 2026, which are already on the page — see ofqual-analytics-admin-areas-2026 — and are on a different geography and a different measure.
- Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26 (revised) — Department for Education · expected 2027-02-25The revised set supersedes the provisional one; figures here move to it when it publishes.
- Ofqual summer 2026 results and entries — any revision — Ofqual · no date announcedThe results-day tables are provisional. Ofqual revises entry and outcome tables through the autumn; this page follows the latest published version.
Britain against comparable countries
Qualifications cannot be translated between countries. A GCSE grade 5 is not a percentage of anything another country awards, and any table claiming to rank nations by exam results is comparing different tests taken by different populations under different rules.
The one defensible international comparison is PISA, where fifteen-year-olds in every participating country sit the same assessment. On PISA 2022 the United Kingdom scored 489.0 in mathematics (standard error 2.2) and 494.4 in reading (standard error 2.4).
Those scores carry a sampling caveat that the OECD attaches to the UK, and small differences between countries are not meaningful once standard errors are taken into account — which is why our PISA comparison presents rank bands rather than a single position.
PISA tests a sample of 15-year-olds in each system — not a whole year group, not every pupil, and not school leavers. A PISA mean is an estimate of how 15-year-olds in that system would have scored, published with the standard error that says how precisely it is known.
PISA also publishes a single United Kingdom mean. It is not on these tables. It is an average of the same pupils already counted in the four nation rows, so placing it alongside them would rank the field against part of itself. The UK-wide figures are given in the methodology section instead.
Awaiting verified data
A G7 comparison. Our verified PISA dataset covers EU and EFTA countries plus the four UK nations — it does not contain Canada, Japan or the United States, and has no science measure. Publishing a G7 ranking would mean asserting figures from a source we have not ingested, so the comparison waits until we have.
How this sits beside the rest of the picture
GCSE results do not happen in isolation from school funding, family income or the labour market sixteen-year-olds are heading into. This site holds independently-verified series on some of those, and the two below are shown beside the GCSE trend — never merged with it, never a ratio of it, never a chart with GCSE results on one axis and something else on the other. Two lines moving together over a decade in which teaching, funding, the pandemic and the cost of living all changed cannot isolate one cause, so the site does not try to. It shows both series, sourced separately, and lets the reader look.
GCSE results and education spending
Shown together, not combined
latest: 67.6%
Exam years only — 2020, 2021 and 2022 are excluded because grades were not awarded by examination in those years.
JCQ, GCSE results tables, summer 2026.
latest: 79.4bn
Financial year, e.g. “15” is 2015–16. Cash figures: a rising bar is not necessarily rising spending power once prices are accounted for.
DfE, LA and school expenditure. See /education/funding.
GCSE results and child poverty
Shown together, not combined
latest: 67.4%
Exam years only — 2020, 2021 and 2022 are excluded because grades were not awarded by examination in those years.
JCQ, GCSE results tables, summer 2026.
latest: 27.4%
Break in series at 2021/22: DWP changed its method that year, so the fall after 2020 is largely methodological, not a real drop. See /inequality.
DWP, Households Below Average Income (Table 1.4a).
The labour-market comparison the brief asked for, and what is missing
The most recent verified figure this site holds for youth unemployment is 16.2% (April–June 2026, ages 16–24, United Kingdom) — see /employment. That is a single current figure, not a historical series, and it is 16–24, not the 16–18 age band the brief asked about: no verified 16–18-specific series exists on this site to show instead.
NEET — young people Not in Education, Employment or Training — is the measure that would sit most naturally beside GCSE results, and this site does not yet hold a verified NEET series at national or regional level to publish here. That is a recorded gap, not a filled slot: adding it would mean going through the same source-verification this page’s other figures went through, not reusing a number seen in passing.
What the headline doesn’t tell you
Six things the results-day number cannot answer, each of which needs a different dataset:
- How many young people sat nothing at all — needs a pupil denominator, not an entry denominator. Section 4 shows how far a coverage gap gets, and where it stops.
- Whether pupils know more than last year — needs a fixed test, not a graded one. Section 3 has one.
- How many pupils got both English and maths — needs pupil-level data; the headline counts subjects separately. Section 7’s England list is on that measure, a year behind.
- Whether the gap between richer and poorer pupils moved — needs the disadvantage breakdown, published later.
- Whether a place improved — needs pupil-level local authority data, not exam-centre regions. Both are in section 7, kept apart.
- Whether Britain is behind other countries — needs a common assessment, not translated qualifications.
The indicators worth watching, once the data supports them: the distribution of how many qualifications pupils took, which section 4 now carries for England; core attainment in English and maths separately and together; and the gaps by disadvantage, special educational needs, sex, area and school type.
Methodology and caveats
Denominators. Results-day percentages are shares of entries. Pupil-level percentages, published months later, are shares of pupils. The two will not match and are not meant to.
Why Scotland is never ranked against the GCSE nations. National 5 is a different qualification with a different course, cohort and grading standard. Placing it in a table beside GCSE results would imply a comparison the data cannot support.
Grading changes.England’s move from A*–G to 9–1 was phased subject by subject between 2017 and 2019, so a single cohort sat a mixture of both. Wales and Northern Ireland reformed on different timetables again. A grade 4 is broadly a low C and a grade 5 a high C or low B, but the mapping is approximate and was never intended to be exact — see different rulers.
Entries can fall without performance changing. When a nation reforms a qualification or changes which subjects are compulsory, entry numbers move for reasons that have nothing to do with how pupils did. Any large fall in entries is checked against the reform timetable before it is described as anything else — which is why the Welsh falls in section 1 are reported as entry movements and not as results.
Two counts of England, and they differ slightly. JCQ counts 5,719,431 GCSE entries in England; Ofqual counts 5,720,045results issued. The two organisations collect from the awarding bodies on different bases and neither is a correction of the other, so each figure on this page is labelled with the source it came from and the two are never summed, differenced or used as one another’s denominator.
Provisional figures. Results-day tables are provisional. JCQ, Ofqual and Qualifications Scotland all revise them in the months afterwards, and this page follows the latest published version rather than freezing results day.
2020, 2021 and 2022. Exams cancelled, then a transition year. No comparison is drawn across that boundary anywhere on this page.
Where the source disagreed with the brief
This page was drafted against a set of 2026 figures supplied editorially. They were treated as sanity checks, not as values to publish, and every one was read again from the publisher's own dataset. Most matched exactly. These did not, and in each case the published source is what appears above.
Northern Ireland, A*–G
- Brief:
- 96.8%
- Published:
- 99.2%
96.8% is Wales’s A*–G figure in the same table, not Northern Ireland’s.
JCQ Table 1, Northern Ireland, all ages, grade G/1 and above
Post-16 share of English and maths entries, 2026
- Brief:
- English 24.4%, maths 27.1%
- Published:
- English 22.9%, maths 25.7%
No definition available in the published tables reproduces the brief’s figures. The share here is one published entry count divided by another from the same table.
JCQ Table 1, England, entries aged 17 and over against all England entries in the subject
England age-16 students
- Brief:
- 668,795
- Published:
- 668,790
The brief summed the bands. Ofqual rounds each band to the nearest 5, so the bands sum to five more than Ofqual’s own total. The published total is used.
Ofqual, Table 16, published total
Coverage gap against the population estimate
- Brief:
- ≈49,000, 6.9% (population 718,143)
- Published:
- 40,957, 5.8% (population 709,747)
The brief’s population figure does not correspond to any ONS single-year estimate for this cohort. The estimate used, and its definition, are stated on the page.
ONS mid-2025 population estimate, England, age 15
Northern Ireland leavers with no GCSEs
- Brief:
- 1.0% rising to 1.2%
- Published:
- 1.1% rising to 1.3%
The count and the sex split in the brief were exact; the percentages were each a tenth of a point low.
Department of Education NI, Table 11
Scotland leavers with at least one SCQF level 3 qualification
- Brief:
- 97.7%
- Published:
- 97.95%
97.7% matches no year in the published series: the nearest is 2023-24 at 97.81%, and 2024-25 is the latest available.
Scottish Government, Table 5, 2024-25
Scotland, estimates versus actual
- Brief:
- estimated A–C 77.8% against actual 78.7%; 52.3% exact, 29.5% higher, 18.2% lower
- Published:
- published by subject grouping only
Qualifications Scotland publishes this split for eleven subject groupings and no national total. Weighting them into one number would be our statistic, not theirs, so the groupings are shown instead.
Qualifications Scotland, Estimates Analysis Tables 2025
What we are waiting for
Everything this page is still missing, why, and where to check — with the releases that have landed left in place, so the record of what we waited for survives.
| Release | Publisher | Expected | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| JCQ GCSE results tables 2026 (Tables 1–9) and the three press notices | Joint Council for Qualifications | 2026-08-20 | read at source 20 August 2026 |
| National Reference Test 2026 digest | NFER for Ofqual | 2026-08-20 | read at source 20 August 2026 |
| GCSE grade outcomes by administrative area (regions, counties/unitary authorities, local authority districts), 2019–2026 | Ofqual | 2026-08-20 | read at source 22 August 2026 |
| Analysis of estimated and resulted grades, 2026 | Qualifications Scotland | 2026-11-30 | awaiting |
| Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26 (provisional) | Department for Education | 2026-10-15 | awaiting |
| Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26 (revised) | Department for Education | 2027-02-25 | awaiting |
| Ofqual summer 2026 results and entries — any revision | Ofqual | no date announced | awaiting |
| Progress 8 for the 2025/26 cohort | Department for Education | no date announced | awaiting |
Related
- Are children learning more? — the different-rulers problem in full.
- Britain vs Europe — PISA, with rank bands rather than false precision.
- Who gets left behind? — the attainment gap.
- Education — the full vertical.