Mossbourne Fobbing Academy celebrates continued record-breaking GCSE success

Year 11 students at Mossbourne Fobbing Academy are today celebrating another excellent, record-breaking set of GCSE results, as the academy continues to build on the significant improvements achieved last year. 

Not content with just matching the remarkable results of 2025, the class of 2026 have broken more school records across a number of areas.  Importantly for their future choices and opportunities, one such record was the numbers achieving a strong pass (grade 5 or higher) in both English and Mathematics, which rose for the second year in a row to 46%. 

While across the country, there remains a persistent disadvantage gap where students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and/or those in receipt of free school meals (FSM) make far less progress than their peers, at Mossbourne Fobbing Academy, results for such students increased sharply and are now in line with their peers.  This breaking of a stubborn and persistent disadvantage gap is a significant achievement that will support the most disadvantaged students to fulfil their potential. 

Other records were broken in English where results were once again notably above national averages.  Almost one third of students achieved the highest grades (7 or higher), while more than two thirds secured a strong pass (grade 5 or higher) – a figure expected to be nearly 20% higher than the national average. 

There was further outstanding performance across the wider curriculum.  History continued to excel and were joined by many of the arts subjects, including Drama and Dance, in achieving results that far surpass national benchmarks. 

Mr Sam Cooper, Principal of Mossbourne Fobbing Academy, said: 

“We are so proud of what our Year 11 students have achieved.  They worked incredibly hard and thoroughly deserve the congratulations that will come their way and the doors to future opportunities that will now open before them. 

"It is particularly pleasing that our most disadvantaged students, including those with Special Educational Needs or those in receipt of Free School Meals, have bucked the national trend and have achieved in line with their peers.  This shows the difference that high expectations and ambition can make to the life chances of our most vulnerable children.   

"Last year represented a significant step forward for the academy, with results improving dramatically across the curriculum.  Maintaining such standards and pushing to break more records was our challenge this year - our students and staff have done exactly that."