Attainment 8 at sixteen, average score, every council ranked

GCSE grades added up across eight subjects, with English and maths counted twice, so it runs to 90. Figures for 2024/25, published for 296 councils in England. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: Gosport, 37.4 of 90. The council in the middle: Blaby, 45.8 of 90. Highest: City of London, 63.7 of 90.

Attainment 8 at sixteen, average score, every council it is published for, lowest first
Place	Council	Figure
1	GosportSouth East	37.4 of 90
2	TendringEast of England	37.8 of 90
3	FenlandEast of England	37.9 of 90
4	KnowsleyNorth West	38.1 of 90
5 joint	BlackpoolNorth West	38.4 of 90
5 joint	BurnleyNorth West	38.4 of 90
7 joint	BostonEast Midlands	39.5 of 90
7 joint	PortsmouthSouth East	39.5 of 90
9	HastingsSouth East	39.6 of 90
10	HavantSouth East	39.8 of 90
11	Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands	40.0 of 90
12	Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber	40.4 of 90
13 joint	HarlowEast of England	40.5 of 90
13 joint	RedditchWest Midlands	40.5 of 90
15	Castle PointEast of England	40.6 of 90
16	PendleNorth West	40.9 of 90
17 joint	LincolnEast Midlands	41.0 of 90
17 joint	SwaleSouth East	41.0 of 90
19 joint	AshfieldEast Midlands	41.1 of 90
19 joint	HyndburnNorth West	41.1 of 90
19 joint	IpswichEast of England	41.1 of 90
22 joint	TamworthWest Midlands	41.3 of 90
22 joint	ThanetSouth East	41.3 of 90
24	Wyre ForestWest Midlands	41.4 of 90
25 joint	Isle of WightSouth East	41.5 of 90
25 joint	LiverpoolNorth West	41.5 of 90
27	North WarwickshireWest Midlands	41.6 of 90
28 joint	North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber	41.7 of 90
28 joint	RochdaleNorth West	41.7 of 90
30 joint	BradfordYorkshire and the Humber	41.8 of 90
30 joint	DoverSouth East	41.8 of 90
30 joint	RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber	41.8 of 90
30 joint	St. HelensNorth West	41.8 of 90
34 joint	MiddlesbroughNorth East	41.9 of 90
34 joint	SouthamptonSouth East	41.9 of 90
36	MansfieldEast Midlands	42.0 of 90
37 joint	East LindseyEast Midlands	42.1 of 90
37 joint	East SuffolkEast of England	42.1 of 90
37 joint	Telford and WrekinWest Midlands	42.1 of 90
40 joint	HartlepoolNorth East	42.3 of 90
40 joint	Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands	42.3 of 90
40 joint	WalsallWest Midlands	42.3 of 90
43 joint	OldhamNorth West	42.4 of 90
43 joint	South TynesideNorth East	42.4 of 90
45 joint	DerbyEast Midlands	42.5 of 90
45 joint	Great YarmouthEast of England	42.5 of 90
47	HaltonNorth West	42.6 of 90
48	RossendaleNorth West	42.7 of 90
49 joint	BolsoverEast Midlands	42.8 of 90
49 joint	CrawleySouth East	42.8 of 90
49 joint	CumberlandNorth West	42.8 of 90
52 joint	ArunSouth East	42.9 of 90
52 joint	King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England	42.9 of 90
52 joint	TorridgeSouth West	42.9 of 90
55 joint	BasildonEast of England	43.0 of 90
55 joint	Folkestone and HytheSouth East	43.0 of 90
55 joint	High PeakEast Midlands	43.0 of 90
55 joint	ShropshireWest Midlands	43.0 of 90
55 joint	South HollandEast Midlands	43.0 of 90
60 joint	BraintreeEast of England	43.1 of 90
60 joint	EastbourneSouth East	43.1 of 90
60 joint	PeterboroughEast of England	43.1 of 90
63 joint	BrecklandEast of England	43.3 of 90
63 joint	North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands	43.3 of 90
65 joint	Cannock ChaseWest Midlands	43.4 of 90
65 joint	North West LeicestershireEast Midlands	43.4 of 90
65 joint	SeftonNorth West	43.4 of 90
65 joint	SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber	43.4 of 90
65 joint	TamesideNorth West	43.4 of 90
70 joint	NottinghamEast Midlands	43.5 of 90
70 joint	RotherSouth East	43.5 of 90
70 joint	SandwellWest Midlands	43.5 of 90
70 joint	SunderlandNorth East	43.5 of 90
74 joint	North NorfolkEast of England	43.6 of 90
74 joint	Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands	43.6 of 90
74 joint	WiganNorth West	43.6 of 90
77 joint	MaldonEast of England	43.7 of 90
77 joint	NorwichEast of England	43.7 of 90
77 joint	SomersetSouth West	43.7 of 90
80 joint	DudleyWest Midlands	43.8 of 90
80 joint	RushmoorSouth East	43.8 of 90
82 joint	NorthumberlandNorth East	43.9 of 90
82 joint	Redcar and ClevelandNorth East	43.9 of 90
82 joint	SalfordNorth West	43.9 of 90
85 joint	DarlingtonNorth East	44.0 of 90
85 joint	North KestevenEast Midlands	44.0 of 90
85 joint	TorbaySouth West	44.0 of 90
85 joint	WolverhamptonWest Midlands	44.0 of 90
89 joint	DorsetSouth West	44.1 of 90
89 joint	West SuffolkEast of England	44.1 of 90
91 joint	BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber	44.2 of 90
91 joint	Central BedfordshireEast of England	44.2 of 90
91 joint	CherwellSouth East	44.2 of 90
91 joint	Newcastle upon TyneNorth East	44.2 of 90
91 joint	North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber	44.2 of 90
91 joint	Vale of White HorseSouth East	44.2 of 90
91 joint	WirralNorth West	44.2 of 90
98 joint	BaberghEast of England	44.3 of 90
98 joint	BedfordEast of England	44.3 of 90
98 joint	ChichesterSouth East	44.3 of 90
98 joint	East StaffordshireWest Midlands	44.3 of 90
98 joint	TeignbridgeSouth West	44.3 of 90
103 joint	CanterburySouth East	44.4 of 90
103 joint	WyreNorth West	44.4 of 90
105 joint	CoventryWest Midlands	44.5 of 90
105 joint	HerefordshireWest Midlands	44.5 of 90
105 joint	West DevonSouth West	44.5 of 90
108 joint	BuryNorth West	44.6 of 90
108 joint	County DurhamNorth East	44.6 of 90
108 joint	ErewashEast Midlands	44.6 of 90
108 joint	North East DerbyshireEast Midlands	44.6 of 90
112 joint	Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East	44.7 of 90
112 joint	DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber	44.7 of 90
112 joint	TandridgeSouth East	44.7 of 90
115 joint	PlymouthSouth West	44.8 of 90
115 joint	WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber	44.8 of 90
117 joint	LancasterNorth West	44.9 of 90
117 joint	Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands	44.9 of 90
117 joint	WychavonWest Midlands	44.9 of 90
120 joint	AshfordSouth East	45.0 of 90
120 joint	ManchesterNorth West	45.0 of 90
120 joint	MedwaySouth East	45.0 of 90
120 joint	Stockton-on-TeesNorth East	45.0 of 90
120 joint	West LancashireNorth West	45.0 of 90
120 joint	Westmorland and FurnessNorth West	45.0 of 90
126	East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber	45.1 of 90
127 joint	LeicesterEast Midlands	45.2 of 90
127 joint	LutonEast of England	45.2 of 90
127 joint	Mid DevonSouth West	45.2 of 90
127 joint	Milton KeynesSouth East	45.2 of 90
127 joint	South DerbyshireEast Midlands	45.2 of 90
127 joint	WorcesterWest Midlands	45.2 of 90
133 joint	West LindseyEast Midlands	45.3 of 90
133 joint	West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands	45.3 of 90
135 joint	BassetlawEast Midlands	45.4 of 90
135 joint	BoltonNorth West	45.4 of 90
135 joint	LewesSouth East	45.4 of 90
138 joint	Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West	45.5 of 90
138 joint	CornwallSouth West	45.5 of 90
138 joint	New ForestSouth East	45.5 of 90
138 joint	OxfordSouth East	45.5 of 90
142 joint	Blackburn with DarwenNorth West	45.6 of 90
142 joint	Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands	45.6 of 90
142 joint	StevenageEast of England	45.6 of 90
145 joint	BirminghamWest Midlands	45.7 of 90
145 joint	HuntingdonshireEast of England	45.7 of 90
145 joint	South StaffordshireWest Midlands	45.7 of 90
148 joint	BlabyEast Midlands	45.8 of 90
148 joint	FyldeNorth West	45.8 of 90
148 joint	GatesheadNorth East	45.8 of 90
148 joint	GraveshamSouth East	45.8 of 90
148 joint	North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber	45.8 of 90
148 joint	StaffordWest Midlands	45.8 of 90
148 joint	WiltshireSouth West	45.8 of 90
155 joint	BristolSouth West	45.9 of 90
155 joint	ChesterfieldEast Midlands	45.9 of 90
155 joint	Mid SuffolkEast of England	45.9 of 90
155 joint	North DevonSouth West	45.9 of 90
155 joint	SwindonSouth West	45.9 of 90
160 joint	Test ValleySouth East	46.0 of 90
160 joint	WealdenSouth East	46.0 of 90
162	GloucesterSouth West	46.1 of 90
163 joint	Amber ValleyEast Midlands	46.2 of 90
163 joint	KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber	46.2 of 90
163 joint	LeedsYorkshire and the Humber	46.2 of 90
166 joint	BroxbourneEast of England	46.3 of 90
166 joint	South GloucestershireSouth West	46.3 of 90
166 joint	ThurrockEast of England	46.3 of 90
166 joint	Welwyn HatfieldEast of England	46.3 of 90
170 joint	Brighton and HoveSouth East	46.4 of 90
170 joint	Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands	46.4 of 90
170 joint	North TynesideNorth East	46.4 of 90
170 joint	ReadingSouth East	46.4 of 90
174	Epping ForestEast of England	46.6 of 90
175	Forest of DeanSouth West	46.7 of 90
176 joint	CharnwoodEast Midlands	46.8 of 90
176 joint	DacorumEast of England	46.8 of 90
176 joint	EnfieldLondon	46.8 of 90
179 joint	EastleighSouth East	47.0 of 90
179 joint	IslingtonLondon	47.0 of 90
179 joint	MaidstoneSouth East	47.0 of 90
179 joint	North SomersetSouth West	47.0 of 90
183 joint	AdurSouth East	47.1 of 90
183 joint	BroadlandEast of England	47.1 of 90
183 joint	Cheshire EastNorth West	47.1 of 90
183 joint	CroydonLondon	47.1 of 90
183 joint	East DevonSouth West	47.1 of 90
183 joint	Southend-on-SeaEast of England	47.1 of 90
189 joint	Bracknell ForestSouth East	47.2 of 90
189 joint	South RibbleNorth West	47.2 of 90
189 joint	Waltham ForestLondon	47.2 of 90
192 joint	ExeterSouth West	47.3 of 90
192 joint	MeltonEast Midlands	47.3 of 90
194 joint	Bath and North East SomersetSouth West	47.4 of 90
194 joint	Malvern HillsWest Midlands	47.4 of 90
196	CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber	47.6 of 90
197 joint	Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands	47.7 of 90
197 joint	RugbyWest Midlands	47.7 of 90
199	LambethLondon	47.8 of 90
200	RochfordEast of England	47.9 of 90
201 joint	FarehamSouth East	48.0 of 90
201 joint	PrestonNorth West	48.0 of 90
203 joint	East CambridgeshireEast of England	48.1 of 90
203 joint	Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands	48.1 of 90
203 joint	SpelthorneSouth East	48.1 of 90
206 joint	ChorleyNorth West	48.2 of 90
206 joint	HaveringLondon	48.2 of 90
206 joint	WorthingSouth East	48.2 of 90
209 joint	StockportNorth West	48.3 of 90
209 joint	West BerkshireSouth East	48.3 of 90
211 joint	ColchesterEast of England	48.4 of 90
211 joint	GreenwichLondon	48.4 of 90
211 joint	LichfieldWest Midlands	48.4 of 90
211 joint	RunnymedeSouth East	48.4 of 90
211 joint	South KestevenEast Midlands	48.4 of 90
211 joint	West OxfordshireSouth East	48.4 of 90
217 joint	BromsgroveWest Midlands	48.6 of 90
217 joint	CamdenLondon	48.6 of 90
219	Isles of ScillySouth West	48.7 of 90
220 joint	Barking and DagenhamLondon	48.8 of 90
220 joint	BroxtoweEast Midlands	48.8 of 90
222	BexleyLondon	49.1 of 90
223 joint	LewishamLondon	49.2 of 90
223 joint	WarringtonNorth West	49.2 of 90
225 joint	HaringeyLondon	49.3 of 90
225 joint	North HertfordshireEast of England	49.3 of 90
225 joint	SolihullWest Midlands	49.3 of 90
228 joint	Mid SussexSouth East	49.4 of 90
228 joint	SloughSouth East	49.4 of 90
228 joint	StroudSouth West	49.4 of 90
228 joint	TewkesburySouth West	49.4 of 90
228 joint	Tower HamletsLondon	49.4 of 90
233 joint	Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West	49.6 of 90
233 joint	East HampshireSouth East	49.6 of 90
233 joint	GedlingEast Midlands	49.6 of 90
233 joint	Surrey HeathSouth East	49.6 of 90
237 joint	CotswoldSouth West	49.7 of 90
237 joint	HorshamSouth East	49.7 of 90
239 joint	HackneyLondon	49.9 of 90
239 joint	Reigate and BansteadSouth East	49.9 of 90
239 joint	Ribble ValleyNorth West	49.9 of 90
242 joint	Tonbridge and MallingSouth East	50.0 of 90
242 joint	WokingSouth East	50.0 of 90
244 joint	BrentwoodEast of England	50.1 of 90
244 joint	HillingdonLondon	50.1 of 90
244 joint	RutlandEast Midlands	50.1 of 90
247 joint	HarboroughEast Midlands	50.2 of 90
247 joint	Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands	50.2 of 90
249 joint	BrentLondon	50.4 of 90
249 joint	South OxfordshireSouth East	50.4 of 90
249 joint	SouthwarkLondon	50.4 of 90
252 joint	HartSouth East	50.6 of 90
252 joint	HertsmereEast of England	50.6 of 90
252 joint	HounslowLondon	50.6 of 90
252 joint	UttlesfordEast of England	50.6 of 90
256 joint	South NorfolkEast of England	50.7 of 90
256 joint	YorkYorkshire and the Humber	50.7 of 90
258	SevenoaksSouth East	50.9 of 90
259	South HamsSouth West	51.0 of 90
260 joint	BuckinghamshireSouth East	51.2 of 90
260 joint	DartfordSouth East	51.2 of 90
260 joint	WarwickWest Midlands	51.2 of 90
263 joint	NewhamLondon	51.3 of 90
263 joint	WestminsterLondon	51.3 of 90
265	ChelmsfordEast of England	51.4 of 90
266 joint	Kensington and ChelseaLondon	51.6 of 90
266 joint	Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East	51.6 of 90
268 joint	CheltenhamSouth West	51.7 of 90
268 joint	WatfordEast of England	51.7 of 90
270	BromleyLondon	51.9 of 90
271	Three RiversEast of England	52.1 of 90
272	WinchesterSouth East	52.2 of 90
273	EalingLondon	52.5 of 90
274 joint	GuildfordSouth East	52.7 of 90
274 joint	WandsworthLondon	52.7 of 90
276	East HertfordshireEast of England	52.8 of 90
277	South CambridgeshireEast of England	53.2 of 90
278	Mole ValleySouth East	53.4 of 90
279	Hammersmith and FulhamLondon	53.6 of 90
280 joint	HarrowLondon	53.7 of 90
280 joint	MertonLondon	53.7 of 90
280 joint	RedbridgeLondon	53.7 of 90
283	Tunbridge WellsSouth East	53.9 of 90
284	CambridgeEast of England	54.0 of 90
285	WaverleySouth East	55.1 of 90
286	WokinghamSouth East	55.6 of 90
287 joint	BarnetLondon	55.8 of 90
287 joint	ElmbridgeSouth East	55.8 of 90
287 joint	SuttonLondon	55.8 of 90
287 joint	TraffordNorth West	55.8 of 90
291 joint	Epsom and EwellSouth East	56.2 of 90
291 joint	RushcliffeEast Midlands	56.2 of 90
293	Kingston upon ThamesLondon	56.9 of 90
294	St AlbansEast of England	58.1 of 90
295	Richmond upon ThamesLondon	59.1 of 90
296	City of LondonLondon	63.7 of 90

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Northern Ireland. Attainment 8 is England's measure. The Department of Education publishes Northern Ireland's GCSE results its own way.
Scotland. Pupils in Scotland sit National 5s and Highers rather than GCSEs. The Scottish Government publishes those results.
Wales. Attainment 8 is England's measure. Wales scores GCSE results its own way, as the Capped 9, which the Welsh Government publishes.

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