GCSE results: what to publish on your school website
If your school has key stage 4 pupils, your website needs your latest GCSE results, including Progress 8 and Attainment 8, using the figures from the DfE's performance tables.
Check this on my websiteWho it applies to
- Published on
- The school's own website
- School type
- Academies and maintained schools
- School stage
- Secondary, all-through and middle
- Only applies to
- Schools with key stage 4 pupils; special schools per guidance
- Does not apply to
- No school types are excluded
When it's due
By 1 January each year
Update them once the DfE publishes the year's results in the autumn.
What's needed
Add your latest key stage 4 results, including Progress 8 and Attainment 8, to the results page on your website, and update them every year.
What it must contain
7 parts- Gives the Progress 8 scoreMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.
- Gives the Attainment 8 scoreMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.
- Gives the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in English and mathsMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.
- Gives the share of pupils entered for the EBaccShould: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.
- Gives the EBacc average point scoreShould: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.
- Gives the share of pupils staying in education or going into employment after key stage 4Should: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.
- Gives the share of pupils who achieved the EBaccMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.
What the official sources say
Set out in 3 official sources:
What maintained schools must publish online
They should also publish: – the percentage of their pupils staying in education or going into employment after key stage 4 – the percentage of their pupils who were entered for the English Baccalaureate ( EBacc ) – their EBacc average point score (APS)
Should: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.§ Test, exam and assessment results > Key stage 4
Secondary schools must publish their most recent key stage 4 performance measures, as published by the Secretary of State, comprising: – their Progress 8 score – the percentage of their pupils who achieved a grade 5 or above in GCSE English and GCSE maths – their Attainment 8 score
Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ Test, exam and assessment results > Key stage 4
What academies must publish online
Academies with key stage 4 pupils should publish their most recent key stage 4 performance measures, as published by the Secretary of State, comprising: – their Progress 8 score – the percentage of their pupils achieving a grade 5 or above in GCSE English and GCSE maths – their Attainment 8 score – the percentage of their pupils staying in education or going into employment after key stage 4 – the percentage of their pupils who were entered for the English Baccalaureate ( EBacc ) – their EBacc average point score (APS)
Should: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.§ Test, exam and assessment results > Key stage 4
School Information Regulations 2016
5 The school’s most recent key stage 4 results as published by the Secretary of State in the School Performance Tables, to include the following information— a progress 8 score; b attainment 8 score; c percentage of pupils achieving a good pass in English and mathematics; and d percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate.
Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ SI 2016/451 regulation 2(2), substituting Schedule 4 paragraph 5 of the 2008 Regulations
Questions schools ask
Do schools have to publish GCSE results?
Maintained schools must. For academies, it's recommended in official guidance, but isn't a legal requirement in itself. It only applies to schools with key stage 4 pupils; special schools per guidance.
Which GCSE results do we need to publish?
Progress 8 score; Attainment 8 score; share of pupils with grade 5 or above in English and maths; share of pupils entered for the EBacc; EBacc average point score; share of pupils staying in education or going into employment after key stage 4; and 1 more part listed above.
When do we need to update our GCSE results?
By 1 January each year. Update them once the DfE publishes the year's results in the autumn.
Where does the requirement for the key stage 4 results come from?
It is set out in What maintained schools must publish online, What academies must publish online and School Information Regulations 2016.
Recent changes to the official guidance
Updates to the official sources that affect this requirement, newest first.
24 October 2024 · What academies must publish online
The DfE changed what academies should publish about test, exam and assessment results.
24 October 2024 · What maintained schools must publish online
The DfE changed what maintained schools must publish about test, exam and assessment results.
15 May 2024 · What maintained schools must publish online
The DfE updated the test, exam and assessment results section.
We last checked these sources on 21 September 2026.
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