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Academic Results Key Stage 4

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Key Stage 4 Results Overview 2026

Measure
Average Attainment 8 score49.2
Grade 5+ in both English and Mathematics49.2%
Grade 4+ in both English and Mathematics69.5%
Standard pass (4+) in English78.0%
Good pass in English (5+)66.7%
Standard pass (4+) in Mathematics74.4%
Good pass in Mathematics (5+)56.1%
5 or more subjects @ grade 9-4 (Including English & Mathematics)67.9%
5 or more subjects @ grade 9-5 (Including English & Mathematics)47.6%

GCSE Results 2026

SubjectEntries987654321U% 9-7% 9-4
Statistics25832632144.088.0
Art & Design5281214104438.592.3
Biology15444380100
Business Studies12121116212516161042475.2
Chemistry152435160100
Citizenship16212333231.387.5
Computer Science151214141126.786.7
Design & Technology3721357395216.256.8
Drama389101261081.6
English Language2424121751563651122113.672.7
English Literature2374111536704334176112.775.5
Food Preparation & Nutrition324277344118.871.9
French2152453233.390.5
Geography142512192822191813625.473.9
History112615112317121313228.675
Mathematics24221026366445321411215.775.6
Media Studies105386282311129516.275.2
Music155134114093.3
Physical Education652671714693123.180
Physics15365193.3100
Religious Studies2713104332151.988.9
Spanish3313221374118.284.8
Statistics47111111184148.997.9
Double AwardEntries9-99-88-88-77-77-66-66-55-55-44-44-33-33-22-22-11-1U% 9-7% 9-4
Science Trilogy225228612122121333117231412730113.373.3

Other Examination Results 2026

SubjectEntriesD*2D2M2P2D*1D1M1P1U% 9-7 (equiv)% 9-4 (equiv)
Hospitality and Catering (WJEC L1/2 Vocational Award)184444110.044.4
SubjectEntriesD*2D2M2P2D1M1P1U% 9-7 (equiv)% 9-4 (equiv)
Child Development (L1/2 Cambridge National Certificate)2839553342.978.6

Previous Results

Listed below are our past three years' GCSE Academic Results.

GCSE Results Overview 2025


Measure
Average Attainment 8 score 47.8
Grade 5+ in both English and Mathematics 47.4%
Grade 4+ in both English and Mathematics 69.8.0%
Standard pass (4+) in English 78.0%
Good pass in English (5+) 65.1%
Standard pass (4+) in Mathematics 76.3%
Good pass in Mathematics (5+) 53.9%
5 or more subjects @ grade 9-4 (Including English & Mathematics) 66.4%
5 or more subjects @ grade 9-5 (Including English & Mathematics) 44.0%

GCSE Results 2025


Subject Entries 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 U % 9-7 % 9-4
Art & Design 48 7 4 4 13 15 2 3 31.3 93.8
Biology 53 3 7 9 20 14 35.8 100.0
Business Studies 107 3 14 18 25 18 16 12 1 15.9 72.9
Chemistry 53 1 6 4 13 22 7 20.8 100.0
Citizenship 13 3 2 4 4 38.5 100.0
Design & Technology 53 4 1 11 8 7 4 6 7 4 1 30.2 66.0
Drama 35 2 8 12 6 6 1 5.7 80.0
English Language 226 4 13 24 45 48 40 42 8 4 18.0 76.3
English Literature 220 4 7 20 50 48 34 30 14 11 14.1 74.1
Food Preparation & Nutrition 36 2 3 10 4 5 7 3 2 13.9 66.7
French 31 1 3 5 1 7 5 8 1 29.0 71.0
Geography 129 12 13 24 26 12 23 12 6 1 19.4 67.4
History 88 4 8 12 15 20 5 14 5 3 2 27.3 72.7
Mathematics 230 12 17 33 63 52 26 15 9 3 12.6 77.0
Media Studies 123 2 13 13 30 15 20 22 6 2 22.8 75.6
Music 20 1 3 1 5 2 2 4 2 25.0 70.0
Physical Education 69 1 7 9 13 10 11 8 6 2 2 24.6 73.9
Physics 53 5 3 16 13 8 7 1 45.3 98.1
Religious Studies 31 2 3 6 9 6 3 2 35.5 93.5
Spanish 29 1 1 4 2 9 4 5 2 1 20.7 72.4
Statistics 25 8 3 2 6 3 2 1 44.0 88.0


Double Award Entries 9-9 9-8 8-8 8-7 7-7 7-6 6-6 6-5 5-5 5-4 4-4 4-3 3-3 3-2 2-2 2-1 1-1 U % 9-7 % 9-4
Science Trilogy 167 3 5 6 15 36 26 28 19 10 9 9 2 3 1.8 70.4

Other Examination Results 2025


Subject Entries D*2 D2 M2 P2 D*1 D1 M1 P1 U % 9-7 (equiv) % 9-4 (equiv)
Hospitality and Catering (WJEC L1/2 Vocational Award) 11 3 1 3 1 3 27.3 63.6


Subject Entries D*2 D2 M2 P2 D1 M1 P1 U % 9-7 (equiv) % 9-4 (equiv)
Child Development (L1/2 Cambridge National Certificate) 22 1 8 7 1 3 1 1 40.9 90.9

GCSE Results Overview 2024


Measure
Average Attainment 8 score 46.25
Grade 5+ in both English and Mathematics 42.3%
Grade 4+ in both English and Mathematics 68.4%
Standard pass in English (4+) 77.4%
Good pass in English (5+) 59.8%
Standard pass in Mathematics (4+) 74.8%
Good pass in Mathematics (5+) 51.3%
5 or more subjects @ grade 9-4 (Including English & Mathematics) 65.0%
5 or more subjects @ grade 9-5 (Including English & Mathematics) 41.5%

GCSE Results 2024


Subject Entries 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 U % 9-7 % 9-4
Art & Design 52 2 3 11 11 15 2 6 2 30.8 84.6
Biology 62 3 2 8 23 13 12 1 21 98.4
Chemistry 62 3 5 5 13 21 12 3 21 95.2
Citizenship 58 1 3 5 9 12 12 11 2 2 1 15.5 72.4
Design & Technology 67 3 7 5 9 9 7 10 12 3 2 22.4 47.8
Drama 14 1 2 4 3 4 21.4 71.4
English Language 232 3 5 15 40 67 38 46 9 8 1 9.9 72.4
English Literature 216 3 9 13 36 43 45 41 17 6 3 11.6 69
Food Preparation & Nutrition 41 1 3 2 6 12 9 7 1 14.6 80.5
French 28 4 3 1 3 6 2 7 2 28.6 67.9
Geography 144 4 1 14 35 18 29 23 13 6 1 13.2 70.1
History 111 5 13 6 14 22 14 19 9 7 2 21.6 66.7
Mathematics 232 3 10 23 34 50 55 30 13 12 2 15.5 75.4
Media Studies 137 6 8 12 21 36 28 17 7 2 19 81
Music 17 1 3 4 3 3 1 2 5.9 64.7
Physical Education 53 4 4 9 13 8 5 8 1 1 32.1 81.1
Physics 62 1 7 8 17 13 14 1 1 25.8 96.8
Religious Studies 42 1 9 7 10 5 5 5 23.8 76.2
Spanish 33 5 3 7 7 4 4 3 24.2 78.8
Statistics 33 1 6 4 6 8 5 1 2 33.3 90.9


Double Award Entries 9-9 9-8 8-8 8-7 7-7 7-6 6-6 6-5 5-5 5-4 4-4 4-3 3-3 3-2 2-2 2-1 1-1 U % 9-7 % 9-4
Science Trilogy 165 1 3 3 5 9 21 21 30 22 27 10 6 4 2 1 2.4 56.4

Other Examination Results 2024


Subject Entries D*2 D2 M2 P2 D*1 D1 M1 P1 U % 9-7 (equiv) % 9-4 (equiv)
Hospitality and Catering (WJEC L1/2 Vocational Award) 16 2 7 2 1 2 2 0 56.3


Subject Entries D*2 D2 M2 P2 D1 M1 P1 U % 9-7 (equiv) % 9-4 (equiv)
Child Development (L1/2 Cambridge National Certificate) 31 1 14 7 5 2 2 3.2 71

2023 results cannot be compared meaningfully with data from the previous three years because of the amendments to grading that COVID caused during that period.

GCSE Results Overview 2023


Measure
Attainment 8 score 45.27
Percentage of students achieving Grade 5+ in English and Mathematics 37.2%
Percentage of students achieving Grade 4+ in English and Mathematics 68.4%
Percentage achieving a standard pass (4+) in English 81.8%
Percentage achieving a good pass in English (5+) 63.2%
Percentage achieving a standard pass (4+) in Mathematics 71.9%
Percentage achieving a good pass in Mathematics (5+) 42.0%
Percentage of students gaining 5+ 9-4 (Including English & Mathematics) 62.8%
Percentage of students gaining 5+ 9-5 (Including English & Mathematics) 35.5%

GCSE Results 2023


Subject Entries 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 U % 9-7 % 9-4
Art & Design 32 1 3 3 8 10 5 2 21.9 78.1
Biology 75 1 1 8 14 23 17 11 13.3 85.3
Business 117 1 3 8 24 28 20 24 5 3 1 10.3 71.8
Chemistry 74 1 5 5 6 16 29 10 2 14.9 83.8
Citizenship 32 1 2 8 6 8 1 2 4 9.4 78.1
Computer Science 41 1 2 3 5 7 7 4 10 2 7.3 43.9
Design & Technology 56 3 6 3 7 8 6 11 7 3 2 21.4 58.9
Drama 22 1 1 2 1 6 6 5 9.1 50
English Language 223 3 4 20 41 54 60 24 13 3 1 12.1 81.6
English Literature 221 3 4 14 40 56 52 22 22 7 1 9.5 76.5
Food Preparation 37 2 5 6 7 7 8 2 18.9 73
French 31 1 3 1 2 9 6 4 3 2 16.1 71
Geography 121 1 3 19 27 27 21 12 5 5 1 19 81
History 89 4 8 11 10 13 12 16 9 5 1 25.8 65.2
Mathematics 223 5 6 13 26 46 68 37 13 4 5 10.8 73.5
Media Studies 83 2 4 22 25 13 10 4 3 7.2 79.5
Music 16 5 4 2 4 1 31.3 68.8
Physical Education 48 5 8 7 10 8 5 2 2 1 41.7 89.6
Physics 75 1 6 7 6 25 19 10 1 18.7 85.3
Religious Studies 13 2 1 4 3 3 53.9 76.9
Spanish 31 4 4 3 2 5 6 6 1 35.5 77.4
Statistics 35 1 4 6 8 10 3 3 31.4 91.4


Double Award Entries 9-9 9-8 8-8 8-7 7-7 7-6 6-6 6-5 5-5 5-4 4-4 4-3 3-3 3-2 2-2 2-1 1-1 U % 9-7 % 9-4
Science Trilogy 147 2 1 3 5 7 14 13 20 34 26 7 7 4 2 2 2 43.5

Other Examination Results 2023


Subject Entries D*2 D2 M2 P2 D1 M1 P1 U % 9-7 (equiv) % 9-4 (equiv)
Child Development (L1/2 Cambridge National Certificate) 24 2 2 2 6 8 3 1 16.7 50
Information Technologies (L1/2 Cambridge National Certificate) 15 2 3 3 3 4 0 33.3
Hospitality and Catering (WJEC L1/2 Vocational Award) 17 6 3 8 0 52.9