12 January 2011 Last updated at 04:45 ET

Secondary league tables: Best GCSE results

This table lists the 200 schools in England with the highest attainment at GCSE and other Key Stage 4 qualifications.

The first column shows the proportion of pupils who attained the benchmark standard of five A*-C passes, including maths and English GCSEs. The average number of points scored per pupil is then used as a tie break - point scores are given for each qualification, with higher scores for higher grades.

Schools marked IND are independent, those marked SEL select their pupils on the basis of academic activity. Schools marked AC are academies. Schools with fewer than 30 pupils in the relevant year group are not included.

School name	Local authority	% 5 A*-C GCSEs What does this mean?	GCSE pts What does this mean?	CVA What does this mean?
Lawrence Sheriff School (SEL)	Warwickshire	100%	757.4	1014.8
Newstead Wood School for Girls (SEL)	Bromley	100%	745.7	1009.4
Colyton Grammar School (SEL)	Devon	100%	717.7	1028.2
Invicta Grammar School (SEL)	Kent	100%	708.4	1016.2
Heckmondwike Grammar School (SEL)	Kirklees	100%	693.7	1006.9
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys (SEL)	Trafford	100%	690.0	1023.9
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (SEL)	Birmingham	100%	667.7	1003.7
Gad's Hill School (IND)	Kent	100%	661.9	NA
The Tiffin Girls' School (SEL)	Kingston upon Thames	100%	652.4	1006.6
Newport Girls' High School (SEL)	Telford and Wrekin	100%	643.6	1018.7
Chelmsford County High School for Girls (SEL)	Essex	100%	643.0	1007.2
Nonsuch High School for Girls (SEL)	Sutton	100%	641.5	1010.1
Colchester Royal Grammar School (SEL)	Essex	100%	641.4	1016.6
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (SEL)	Essex	100%	636.4	1012.4
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (SEL)	Birmingham	100%	634.8	1003.4
Nottingham Girls' High School GDST (IND)	Nottingham	100%	634.4	NA
Skipton Girls' High School (SEL)	North Yorkshire	100%	633.1	994.6
The Royal School (IND)	Surrey	100%	630.1	NA
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (SEL)	Lincolnshire	100%	628.1	1019.0
The Swaminarayan School (IND)	Brent	100%	620.2	NA
Sutton Grammar School for Boys (SEL)	Sutton	100%	619.2	1016.5
Langley Grammar School (SEL)	Slough	100%	619.2	992.8
King Edward VI Handsworth School (SEL)	Birmingham	100%	617.2	1005.1
Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls A Specialist College for Language and Science (SEL)	Warwickshire	100%	616.4	1003.1
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School (SEL)	Bromley	100%	614.6	1014.3
Reading School (SEL)	Reading	100%	610.8	1016.1
Wilson's School (SEL)	Sutton	100%	603.3	1025.3
Torquay Boys' Grammar School (SEL)	Torbay	100%	602.9	1026.2
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School (SEL)	Buckinghamshire	100%	602.3	1008.3
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet (SEL)	Barnet	100%	600.3	1022.2
The Henrietta Barnett School (SEL)	Barnet	100%	598.6	1010.2
Wallington County Grammar School (SEL)	Sutton	100%	596.6	1026.9
Queen Mary's Grammar School (SEL)	Walsall	100%	596.3	1019.3
Alcester Grammar School (SEL)	Warwickshire	100%	595.1	1007.3
Westcliff High School for Boys (SEL)	Southend-on-Sea	100%	588.0	1018.5
Bexley Grammar School (SEL)	Bexley	100%	585.9	998.3
The Abbey School Reading (IND)	Reading	100%	585.1	NA
Ipswich High School (IND)	Suffolk	100%	585.0	NA
Kent College Pembury (IND)	Kent	100%	583.0	NA
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle (SEL)	Lincolnshire	100%	582.0	999.6
St Michael's Catholic Grammar School (SEL)	Barnet	100%	581.6	1011.8
Poole Grammar School (SEL)	Poole	100%	575.7	1006.7
James Allen's Girls' School (IND)	Southwark	100%	574.5	NA
Caistor Grammar School (SEL)	Lincolnshire	100%	574.2	1000.2
Dr Challoner's Grammar School (SEL)	Buckinghamshire	100%	571.6	1031.8
Pate's Grammar School (SEL)	Gloucestershire	100%	570.1	1017.8
Stroud High School (SEL)	Gloucestershire	100%	568.2	1010.6
Tormead School (IND)	Surrey	100%	567.1	NA
King's College (IND)	Somerset	100%	563.1	NA
Beaconsfield High School (SEL)	Buckinghamshire	100%	562.5	1011.5
Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School (SEL)	Wiltshire	100%	561.4	1022.2
Francis Holland School (IND)	Westminster	100%	560.8	NA
Stamford High School (IND)	Lincolnshire	100%	559.7	NA
Tiffin School (SEL)	Kingston upon Thames	100%	558.6	1020.2
St Mary's School Ascot (IND)	Windsor and Maidenhead	100%	552.7	NA
King Edward VI School (SEL)	Warwickshire	100%	552.3	1001.8
Lord Wandsworth College (IND)	Hampshire	100%	550.6	NA
St Gabriel's School (IND)	West Berkshire	100%	550.3	NA
Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (SEL)	Bexley	100%	549.1	991.8
Kendrick School (SEL)	Reading	100%	548.9	1007.2
The Blue Coat School (SEL)	Liverpool	100%	547.9	1000.7
The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe (SEL)	Buckinghamshire	100%	542.3	1015.5
The Skinners' School (SEL)	Kent	100%	542.0	1016.0
High School for Girls (SEL)	Gloucestershire	100%	538.3	1002.6
Nottingham High School (IND)	Nottingham	100%	537.7	NA
Edgbaston High School for Girls (IND)	Birmingham	100%	535.9	NA
Ilford County High School (SEL)	Redbridge	100%	535.7	1006.2
Manchester High School for Girls (IND)	Manchester	100%	530.9	NA
Sir Thomas Rich's School (SEL)	Gloucestershire	100%	530.5	1008.7
The Maynard School (IND)	Devon	100%	530.3	NA
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (SEL)	Lancashire	100%	526.7	1004.2
Sidcot School (IND)	North Somerset	100%	526.2	NA
Bablake School (IND)	Coventry	100%	521.6	NA
Dr Challoner's High School (SEL)	Buckinghamshire	100%	520.8	1002.7
Churcher's College (IND)	Hampshire	100%	518.5	NA
Queen Mary's High School (SEL)	Walsall	100%	516.7	997.2
Bradford Girls' Grammar School (IND)	Bradford	100%	514.6	NA
Saint Martin's School (IND)	Solihull	100%	514.0	NA
Derby High School (IND)	Derby	100%	510.2	NA
St Mary's School (IND)	Wiltshire	100%	509.2	NA
Altrincham Grammar School for Girls (SEL)	Trafford	100%	508.3	1010.8
The Latymer School (SEL)	Enfield	100%	505.1	1016.4
Twycross House School (IND)	Leicestershire	100%	498.9	NA
Red House School (IND)	Stockton-on-Tees	100%	498.2	NA
Bromley High School (IND)	Bromley	100%	496.3	NA
Birkenhead School (IND)	Wirral	100%	495.6	NA
Highclare School (IND)	Birmingham	100%	487.6	NA
The King's School, Gloucester (IND)	Gloucestershire	100%	483.1	NA
Palmers Green High School (IND)	Enfield	100%	477.6	NA
Talbot Heath School (IND)	Bournemouth	100%	471.1	NA
Northampton High School (IND)	Northamptonshire	100%	464.6	NA
Bryanston School (IND)	Dorset	100%	462.0	NA
St Margaret's School (IND)	Hertfordshire	100%	460.7	NA
Birkenhead High School Academy (AC)	Wirral	100%	460.4	1022.5
Wellingborough School (IND)	Northamptonshire	100%	459.1	NA
St John's Preparatory and Senior School Limited (IND)	Enfield	100%	447.2	NA
Stafford Grammar School (IND)	Staffordshire	100%	355.9	NA
Tudor Hall School (IND)	Oxfordshire	100%	352.5	NA
King Edward VI Five Ways School (SEL)	Birmingham	99%	757.2	1020.8
Priory Academy LSST (AC)	Lincolnshire	99%	749.6	1017.4
Colchester County High School for Girls (SEL)	Essex	99%	744.1	1011.1
Fort Pitt Grammar School (SEL)	Medway	99%	731.9	1009.5
Dartford Grammar School (SEL)	Kent	99%	694.5	1017.5
Westcliff High School for Girls (SEL)	Southend-on-Sea	99%	666.2	1001.7
South Wilts Grammar School for Girls (SEL)	Wiltshire	99%	660.6	1016.7
Wolverhampton Girls' High School (SEL)	Wolverhampton	99%	641.8	1001.0
Dartford Grammar School for Girls (SEL)	Kent	99%	639.2	1005.3
Tonbridge Grammar School (SEL)	Kent	99%	637.3	1014.2
Beths Grammar School (SEL)	Bexley	99%	632.9	1000.6
Bournemouth School (SEL)	Bournemouth	99%	618.7	1014.5
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School (SEL)	Lancashire	99%	614.4	1009.7
St Albans School (IND)	Hertfordshire	99%	613.1	NA
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (SEL)	Lancashire	99%	611.0	998.7
Handsworth Grammar School (SEL)	Birmingham	99%	606.5	999.3
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys (SEL)	Birmingham	99%	600.8	1020.7
King Edward VI Aston School (SEL)	Birmingham	99%	599.2	1012.1
Adams' Grammar School (SEL)	Telford and Wrekin	99%	593.9	1017.6
Bournemouth School for Girls (SEL)	Bournemouth	99%	588.5	994.3
Southend High School for Boys (SEL)	Southend-on-Sea	99%	587.2	1008.0
Aylesbury Grammar School (SEL)	Buckinghamshire	99%	580.9	1016.4
Oakwood Park Grammar School (SEL)	Kent	99%	577.9	1003.8
Royal Latin School (SEL)	Buckinghamshire	99%	577.8	1004.1
Spalding Grammar School (SEL)	Lincolnshire	99%	575.4	999.5
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School (SEL)	Medway	99%	570.6	1016.1
Cranbrook School (SEL)	Kent	99%	570.1	1012.9
Parkstone Grammar School (SEL)	Poole	99%	569.6	1004.7
The Crypt School (SEL)	Gloucestershire	99%	565.9	1007.7
Highworth Grammar School for Girls (SEL)	Kent	99%	564.4	1000.0
Wycombe High School (SEL)	Buckinghamshire	99%	563.5	1013.8
The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough (SEL)	Lincolnshire	99%	563.3	1010.1
Aylesbury High School (SEL)	Buckinghamshire	99%	563.1	1004.7
Putney High School (IND)	Wandsworth	99%	562.9	NA
The North Halifax Grammar School (SEL)	Calderdale	99%	561.7	1000.8
Dover Grammar School for Girls (SEL)	Kent	99%	561.1	1011.9
Herschel Grammar School (SEL)	Slough	99%	558.7	1004.1
Benenden School (IND)	Kent	99%	556.3	NA
Torquay Girls Grammar School (SEL)	Torbay	99%	552.2	1015.6
Westholme School (IND)	Blackburn with Darwen	99%	551.0	NA
Shrewsbury High School (IND)	Shropshire	99%	549.5	NA
Highsted Grammar School (SEL)	Kent	99%	549.1	1003.7
Hereford Cathedral School (IND)	Herefordshire	99%	547.9	NA
Southend High School for Girls (SEL)	Southend-on-Sea	99%	544.7	1004.3
Woodford County High School (SEL)	Redbridge	99%	541.8	1005.5
City of London Freemen's School (IND)	Surrey	99%	540.6	NA
Sherborne School for Girls (IND)	Dorset	99%	540.1	NA
Salesian College (IND)	Hampshire	99%	539.7	NA
Bishop's Stortford College (IND)	Hertfordshire	99%	535.3	NA
Gravesend Grammar School for Girls (SEL)	Kent	99%	534.7	986.5
Slough Grammar School (SEL)	Slough	99%	534.4	982.0
Ermysted's Grammar School (SEL)	North Yorkshire	99%	531.7	1014.9
Churston Ferrers Grammar School (SEL)	Torbay	99%	531.2	1010.8
Solihull School (IND)	Solihull	99%	528.9	NA
Farnborough Hill (IND)	Hampshire	99%	524.7	NA
The Rochester Grammar School (SEL)	Medway	99%	523.1	1007.4
Wirral Grammar School for Girls (SEL)	Wirral	99%	522.4	1013.6
Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School (SEL)	Kent	99%	522.0	1008.9
St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School (SEL)	Slough	99%	517.7	993.8
King Edward's School (IND)	Bath and North East Somerset	99%	517.0	NA
Townley Grammar School for Girls (SEL)	Bexley	99%	515.4	994.0
Maidstone Grammar School (SEL)	Kent	99%	513.8	998.2
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School (SEL)	Buckinghamshire	99%	511.3	997.8
Bury Grammar School (Girls) (IND)	Bury	99%	501.5	NA
Brighton College (IND)	Brighton and Hove	99%	500.1	NA
Lingfield Notre Dame (IND)	Surrey	99%	498.7	NA
The Belvedere Academy (AC)	Liverpool	99%	495.9	1014.3
Sydenham High School GDST (IND)	Lewisham	99%	491.0	NA
Forest School (IND)	Waltham Forest	99%	490.5	NA
King's High School (IND)	Warwickshire	99%	474.5	NA
St Dunstan's College (IND)	Lewisham	99%	472.6	NA
St John's School (IND)	Surrey	99%	472.4	NA
The King's School (IND)	Cheshire East	99%	471.6	NA
Dame Alice Harpur School (IND)	Bedford	99%	389.3	NA
Thomas Telford School	Telford and Wrekin	98%	808.6	1035.4
Burnham Grammar School (SEL)	Buckinghamshire	98%	631.5	990.9
The Leys School (IND)	Cambridgeshire	98%	612.5	NA
Lancaster Royal Grammar School (SEL)	Lancashire	98%	578.3	1019.3
The Folkestone School for Girls (SEL)	Kent	98%	569.7	999.9
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls (SEL)	Kent	98%	569.7	995.9
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys (SEL)	Kent	98%	569.6	1009.1
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (SEL)	Kent	98%	567.5	1004.8
Calday Grange Grammar School (SEL)	Wirral	98%	567.0	1001.7
Chatham Grammar School for Girls (SEL)	Medway	98%	565.8	995.2
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School (SEL)	Kent	98%	559.2	1004.9
Kesteven and Sleaford High School (SEL)	Lincolnshire	98%	542.4	1005.3
Gravesend Grammar School (SEL)	Kent	98%	540.7	1002.8
The Crossley Heath School (SEL)	Calderdale	98%	537.8	993.9
Rainham Mark Grammar School (SEL)	Medway	98%	537.6	1004.1
Rugby High School (SEL)	Warwickshire	98%	535.1	995.3
Bradford Grammar School (IND)	Bradford	98%	533.6	NA
The Judd School (SEL)	Kent	98%	529.4	1015.8
Croydon High School (IND)	Croydon	98%	529.2	NA
Carre's Grammar School (SEL)	Lincolnshire	98%	526.1	1006.7
St Columba's College (IND)	Hertfordshire	98%	525.9	NA
Tauheedul Islam Girls High School	Blackburn with Darwen	98%	522.6	1039.7
Channing School (IND)	Haringey	98%	517.7	NA
Weald of Kent Grammar School (SEL)	Kent	98%	511.2	1000.8
Berkhamsted School (IND)	Hertfordshire	98%	510.4	NA
Durham High School for Girls (IND)	Durham	98%	509.3	NA
Stretford Grammar School (SEL)	Trafford	98%	508.4	1000.9

What do the table headers mean?

% 5 A*-C GCSEs

This benchmark measure is the percentage of pupils in the school who achieve passes graded between A* and C in five GCSE or equivalent qualifications, including maths and English GCSE. SS = small school; N/A = data not available. More detail

GCSE avg points score

Points are allocated for every GCSE or equivalent qualification, depending on the grade achieved. This score is the average number of points per pupil in a school. More detail

Contextual value added

A statistical measure of pupils' progress between leaving primary school and finishing Key Stage 4 (age 16), in comparison to other children from similar backgrounds. Higher numbers indicate better progress. WARNING: This measure cannot be ranked accurately - sorting the table gives a general indication only. SS = small school; N/A = data not available. More detail

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