GCSE results 2026: London records 30.2% top grades as England's regional gap reaches 11 points

National results barely moved, but the detail is less even: London is 11.2 percentage points ahead of the North East at grade 7+, girls lead overall while boys still lead in maths and physics, and UK computing entries have fallen 7.1% GCSE results for 2026 reveal substantial differences by region, gender and subject beneath broadly stable national outcomes GCSE results across England, Wales and…