GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above, by council, England
Provisional until the DfE's revised release each spring
The share of pupils at the end of key stage 4 in state-funded schools with grade 5 or above in both English and maths in each of England's councils with education duties, with the regions and England, from the DfE.
England
46.3%
2025/26
Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:21 UTCSource: Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
In order
Ranked by the hub Grade 5 or above in English and maths
Every place, the highest figure first. The number before each is the hub's own position in the list, not the publisher's: equal figures share one, marked =.
- 1Kingston upon Thames68.1%
- 2Sutton68.0%
- 3Richmond upon Thames66.1%
- 4Barnet64.5%
- 5Trafford64.4%
- 6Wokingham62.5%
- 7Redbridge62.1%
- 8Hammersmith and Fulham61.5%
- 9Buckinghamshire59.8%
- 10Kensington and Chelsea58.9%
- 11Westminster58.3%
- 12Slough58.2%
- 13Wandsworth57.4%
- 14Ealing57.0%
- 15Hackney56.8%
- 16Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole56.3%
- 17Merton56.2%
- 18Bexley55.4%
- 19Southwark55.1%
- =20Harrow54.9%
- =20Newham54.9%
- 22Reading54.7%
- 23Surrey54.6%
- 24Southend-on-Sea54.5%
- 25Bromley54.2%
- 26Hertfordshire53.6%
- 27Hillingdon53.4%
- 28Hounslow52.9%
- 29Gloucestershire52.7%
- 30York52.6%
- 31Brent52.5%
- 32Bath and North East Somerset52.1%
- 33Calderdale51.8%
- 34Stockport51.5%
- 35West Berkshire51.2%
- 36Cambridgeshire50.7%
- 37Torbay50.4%
- =38Haringey50.1%
- =38Stockton-on-Tees50.1%
- 40Rutland50.0%
- 41Warrington49.9%
- 42Plymouth49.8%
- =43Tower Hamlets49.6%
- =43Warwickshire49.6%
- 45Camden49.5%
- 46Brighton and Hove49.4%
- =47Gateshead49.3%
- =47Havering49.3%
- 49Barking and Dagenham49.2%
- =50Doncaster48.9%
- =50Greenwich48.9%
- =52Bracknell Forest48.5%
- =52Leeds48.5%
- =52Windsor and Maidenhead48.5%
- 55Waltham Forest48.4%
- 56Islington48.0%
- =57Lewisham47.9%
- =57North Yorkshire47.9%
- =59Birmingham47.7%
- =59Wakefield47.7%
- 61Nottinghamshire47.6%
- 62Kent47.5%
- =63Enfield47.2%
- =63West Sussex47.2%
- 65Oxfordshire47.1%
- 66Kirklees46.7%
- 67Bolton46.6%
- 68Sheffield46.3%
- 69Solihull46.2%
- 70Croydon46.1%
- 71Thurrock46.0%
- =72Barnsley45.7%
- =72Leicestershire45.7%
- =72North Lincolnshire45.7%
- =72Redcar and Cleveland45.7%
- 76Lambeth45.6%
- 77West Northamptonshire45.4%
- =78Cheshire East45.3%
- =78Devon45.3%
- =78Luton45.3%
- =81Newcastle upon Tyne45.2%
- =81North Somerset45.2%
- =81North Tyneside45.2%
- 84Manchester44.9%
- 85Hampshire44.8%
- 86Sunderland44.7%
- =87Leicester44.6%
- =87Wirral44.6%
- 89Derbyshire44.5%
- =90Essex44.2%
- =90Milton Keynes44.2%
- =90Swindon44.2%
- =93Cornwall44.1%
- =93East Riding of Yorkshire44.1%
- =93East Sussex44.1%
- 96Lancashire43.8%
- =97Bristol, City of43.7%
- =97Wiltshire43.7%
- 99Darlington43.6%
- =100Blackburn with Darwen43.3%
- =100Coventry43.3%
- =100Tameside43.3%
- 103Wolverhampton43.2%
- 104Cheshire West and Chester43.1%
- =105County Durham43.0%
- =105Norfolk43.0%
- =105Wigan43.0%
- 108Dudley42.3%
- =109Medway42.2%
- =109Salford42.2%
- =109Westmorland and Furness42.2%
- 112Lincolnshire41.9%
- =113Herefordshire, County of41.8%
- =113Northumberland41.8%
- 115Bedford41.7%
- 116Kingston upon Hull, City of41.6%
- 117Nottingham41.5%
- 118Central Bedfordshire41.2%
- 119Worcestershire41.1%
- =120Hartlepool41.0%
- =120St. Helens41.0%
- =120Telford and Wrekin41.0%
- 123Rotherham40.9%
- =124Dorset40.8%
- =124South Gloucestershire40.8%
- =126North Northamptonshire40.3%
- =126Rochdale40.3%
- 128Suffolk40.0%
- =129Peterborough39.8%
- =129Staffordshire39.8%
- 131Somerset39.7%
- 132Oldham39.1%
- 133Sefton39.0%
- 134Isles of Scilly38.9%
- 135Bradford38.8%
- 136Bury38.6%
- 137Middlesbrough38.4%
- 138Walsall38.3%
- 139Derby37.8%
- 140Liverpool37.7%
- 141South Tyneside36.9%
- 142Southampton35.6%
- 143Sandwell35.4%
- =144Blackpool35.3%
- =144Halton35.3%
- 146Shropshire34.5%
- 147North East Lincolnshire34.2%
- 148Portsmouth34.1%
- 149Isle of Wight34.0%
- 150Cumberland33.5%
- 151Stoke-on-Trent33.2%
- 152Knowsley24.5%
No figure published for City of London (no state-funded school with pupils at the end of key stage 4).
Data table
162 rows
| Area | Grade 5 or above in English and maths |
|---|---|
| Kingston upon Thames E09000021 | 68.1% |
| Sutton E09000029 | 68.0% |
| Richmond upon Thames E09000027 | 66.1% |
| Barnet E09000003 | 64.5% |
| Trafford E08000009 | 64.4% |
| Wokingham E06000041 | 62.5% |
| Redbridge E09000026 | 62.1% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013 | 61.5% |
| Buckinghamshire E06000060 | 59.8% |
| Kensington and Chelsea E09000020 | 58.9% |
| Westminster E09000033 | 58.3% |
| Slough E06000039 | 58.2% |
| Wandsworth E09000032 | 57.4% |
| Ealing E09000009 | 57.0% |
| Hackney E09000012 | 56.8% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058 | 56.3% |
| Merton E09000024 | 56.2% |
| Bexley E09000004 | 55.4% |
| Southwark E09000028 | 55.1% |
| Harrow E09000015 | 54.9% |
| Newham E09000025 | 54.9% |
| Reading E06000038 | 54.7% |
| Surrey E10000030 | 54.6% |
| Southend-on-Sea E06000033 | 54.5% |
| Bromley E09000006 | 54.2% |
| Hertfordshire E10000015 | 53.6% |
| Hillingdon E09000017 | 53.4% |
| Hounslow E09000018 | 52.9% |
| Gloucestershire E10000013 | 52.7% |
| York E06000014 | 52.6% |
| Brent E09000005 | 52.5% |
| Bath and North East Somerset E06000022 | 52.1% |
| Calderdale E08000033 | 51.8% |
| Stockport E08000007 | 51.5% |
| West Berkshire E06000037 | 51.2% |
| Cambridgeshire E10000003 | 50.7% |
| Torbay E06000027 | 50.4% |
| Stockton-on-Tees E06000004 | 50.1% |
| Haringey E09000014 | 50.1% |
| Rutland E06000017 | 50.0% |
| Warrington E06000007 | 49.9% |
| Plymouth E06000026 | 49.8% |
| Tower Hamlets E09000030 | 49.6% |
| Warwickshire E10000031 | 49.6% |
| Camden E09000007 | 49.5% |
| Brighton and Hove E06000043 | 49.4% |
| Gateshead E08000037 | 49.3% |
| Havering E09000016 | 49.3% |
| Barking and Dagenham E09000002 | 49.2% |
| Doncaster E08000017 | 48.9% |
| Greenwich E09000011 | 48.9% |
| Bracknell Forest E06000036 | 48.5% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040 | 48.5% |
| Leeds E08000035 | 48.5% |
| Waltham Forest E09000031 | 48.4% |
| Islington E09000019 | 48.0% |
| North Yorkshire E06000065 | 47.9% |
| Lewisham E09000023 | 47.9% |
| Birmingham E08000025 | 47.7% |
| Wakefield E08000036 | 47.7% |
| Nottinghamshire E10000024 | 47.6% |
| Kent E10000016 | 47.5% |
| Enfield E09000010 | 47.2% |
| West Sussex E10000032 | 47.2% |
| Oxfordshire E10000025 | 47.1% |
| Kirklees E08000034 | 46.7% |
| Bolton E08000001 | 46.6% |
| Sheffield E08000039 | 46.3% |
| Solihull E08000029 | 46.2% |
| Croydon E09000008 | 46.1% |
| Thurrock E06000034 | 46.0% |
| Redcar and Cleveland E06000003 | 45.7% |
| North Lincolnshire E06000013 | 45.7% |
| Barnsley E08000038 | 45.7% |
| Leicestershire E10000018 | 45.7% |
| Lambeth E09000022 | 45.6% |
| West Northamptonshire E06000062 | 45.4% |
| Luton E06000032 | 45.3% |
| Cheshire East E06000049 | 45.3% |
| Devon E10000008 | 45.3% |
| North Somerset E06000024 | 45.2% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021 | 45.2% |
| North Tyneside E08000022 | 45.2% |
| Manchester E08000003 | 44.9% |
| Hampshire E10000014 | 44.8% |
| Sunderland E08000024 | 44.7% |
| Leicester E06000016 | 44.6% |
| Wirral E08000015 | 44.6% |
| Derbyshire E10000007 | 44.5% |
| Swindon E06000030 | 44.2% |
| Milton Keynes E06000042 | 44.2% |
| Essex E10000012 | 44.2% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011 | 44.1% |
| Cornwall E06000052 | 44.1% |
| East Sussex E10000011 | 44.1% |
| Lancashire E10000017 | 43.8% |
| Bristol, City of E06000023 | 43.7% |
| Wiltshire E06000054 | 43.7% |
| Darlington E06000005 | 43.6% |
| Blackburn with Darwen E06000008 | 43.3% |
| Tameside E08000008 | 43.3% |
| Coventry E08000026 | 43.3% |
| Wolverhampton E08000031 | 43.2% |
| Cheshire West and Chester E06000050 | 43.1% |
| County Durham E06000047 | 43.0% |
| Wigan E08000010 | 43.0% |
| Norfolk E10000020 | 43.0% |
| Dudley E08000027 | 42.3% |
| Medway E06000035 | 42.2% |
| Westmorland and Furness E06000064 | 42.2% |
| Salford E08000006 | 42.2% |
| Lincolnshire E10000019 | 41.9% |
| Herefordshire, County of E06000019 | 41.8% |
| Northumberland E06000057 | 41.8% |
| Bedford E06000055 | 41.7% |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010 | 41.6% |
| Nottingham E06000018 | 41.5% |
| Central Bedfordshire E06000056 | 41.2% |
| Worcestershire E10000034 | 41.1% |
| Hartlepool E06000001 | 41.0% |
| Telford and Wrekin E06000020 | 41.0% |
| St. Helens E08000013 | 41.0% |
| Rotherham E08000018 | 40.9% |
| South Gloucestershire E06000025 | 40.8% |
| Dorset E06000059 | 40.8% |
| North Northamptonshire E06000061 | 40.3% |
| Rochdale E08000005 | 40.3% |
| Suffolk E10000029 | 40.0% |
| Peterborough E06000031 | 39.8% |
| Staffordshire E10000028 | 39.8% |
| Somerset E06000066 | 39.7% |
| Oldham E08000004 | 39.1% |
| Sefton E08000014 | 39.0% |
| Isles of Scilly E06000053 | 38.9% |
| Bradford E08000032 | 38.8% |
| Bury E08000002 | 38.6% |
| Middlesbrough E06000002 | 38.4% |
| Walsall E08000030 | 38.3% |
| Derby E06000015 | 37.8% |
| Liverpool E08000012 | 37.7% |
| South Tyneside E08000023 | 36.9% |
| Southampton E06000045 | 35.6% |
| Sandwell E08000028 | 35.4% |
| Halton E06000006 | 35.3% |
| Blackpool E06000009 | 35.3% |
| Shropshire E06000051 | 34.5% |
| North East Lincolnshire E06000012 | 34.2% |
| Portsmouth E06000044 | 34.1% |
| Isle of Wight E06000046 | 34.0% |
| Cumberland E06000063 | 33.5% |
| Stoke-on-Trent E06000021 | 33.2% |
| Knowsley E08000011 | 24.5% |
| City of London E09000001 | no state-funded school with pupils at the end of key stage 4 |
| North East | 44.0% |
| North West | 43.3% |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 45.6% |
| East Midlands | 44.0% |
| West Midlands | 42.6% |
| East of England | 46.2% |
| London | 54.5% |
| South East | 48.3% |
| South West | 46.1% |
| England | 46.3% |
Map
Grade 5 or above in English and maths · 131 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in
- 24.5% to 40.8%
- 40.8% to 44.1%
- 44.1% to 47.9%
- 47.9% to 52.9%
- 52.9% to 68.1%
Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Department for Education
- Check it yourself
- https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 1 November 2026, 12:16 UTC
- Raw files fetched
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Verification
Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:21 UTC Run at 1 November 2026, 12:21 UTC; 162 of 162 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Department for Education; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-01T12:16:53Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 162 of 162 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 162 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 162 of 162 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | EES data set is current | latest period 2025/26 ended 62 days before retrieval (limit 550) |
| Pass | The data set's CSV agrees | 1148 of 1148 cells of the stored query, figures and marks, equal version 2.0.1's CSV (https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets/b3e19901-5d2b-b676-bb4c-e60937d74725/csv?dataSetVersion=2.0.1, 164 rows read) |
| Pass | The councils add up to their region | 27 comparisons expected, each region's councils in every count and combination: 27 within the rounding the DfE states (27 exactly); E09000001, which the data set gives no row for, in no sum; England is the DfE's own figure, not its regions' sum: the DfE's methodology does not say why its England row counts more pupils than its regions together, which stays an open question for the DfE (decision 48.2); no sum can show one council's figure filed under another's code: only the CSV's agreement, and another publication where there is one, bear on that |
| Pass | Each share and average is its count over its whole | 492 of 492 shares and averages by area and combination are their counts' ratio, within the rounding the DfE states |
| Pass | The hub's ks4-by-council agrees | 162 of 162 figures match ks4-by-council's record (grade 4 or above in English and maths in 2025/26, every council, region and England either record names) |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in state-funded schools, by the council area their school is in, as the DfE's data set by pupil characteristics and geography gives them for all pupils.
- The DfE gives these figures for England's 153 councils with education and children's services duties (its unitary, metropolitan and London councils and its 21 counties), not for districts.
- The DfE's methodology: “For the 2026 provisional statistical release, it has been assessed and determined that no suppression of data is required above school level (or equivalent).” Its release says “This release is based on provisional data”, revised the following spring.
- England's figure is the DfE's own. Its England row counts more pupils than its regions together, which its methodology does not explain, so the checks hold each region's councils to it, and England to its CSV, until the DfE says why (decision 48.2).
- The City of London has no state secondary school. The share with grade 4 or above in English and maths is the hub's ks4-by-council, which the checks hold these figures to when both read the same year.