12 January 2011 Last updated at 11:26 ET

Regional picture: GCSE results

School performance by local authority
Local authority	%	Local authority	%
Percentage of pupils achieving at least five A*-C GCSEs or equivalents, including English and maths GCSEs, in 2010 by local authority
Kensington and Chelsea	71	Devon	54
Sutton	70	Essex	54
Redbridge	69	Calderdale	54
Kingston upon Thames	68	Croydon	54
Trafford	68	Gateshead	54
Hammersmith and Fulham	68	North East Lincolnshire	54
Isles of Scilly	68	Central Bedfordshire	54
Barnet	67	Plymouth	54
Buckinghamshire	66	Torbay	54
Wokingham	65	Staffordshire	54
Bromley	65	Somerset	54
Hertfordshire	64	South Tyneside	53
Windsor and Maidenhead	63	Northumberland	53
Slough	63	Cornwall	53
Westminster	62	Medway	53
Cheshire East	62	Bolton	53
Havering	62	Redcar and Cleveland	53
Bury	62	Camden	53
Surrey	62	North Tyneside	53
Stockport	61	Lambeth	53
Southend-on-Sea	61	Liverpool	53
North Yorkshire	61	Stockton-on-Tees	52
Richmond upon Thames	61	St. Helens	52
Rutland	61	Kirklees	52
Warrington	61	Sunderland	52
Bath and North East Somerset	61	Merton	52
Harrow	60	Norfolk	52
West Berkshire	60	Luton	52
Brent	60	Newham	52
Solihull	60	Wolverhampton	52
Gloucestershire	60	Oldham	51
Bexley	59	Blackburn with Darwen	51
Dorset	59	Northamptonshire	51
Lincolnshire	59	Tower Hamlets	51
York	59	Coventry	51
Hampshire	58	Suffolk	51
Cambridgeshire	58	Barking and Dagenham	51
Warwickshire	58	North Lincolnshire	51
Ealing	58	Milton Keynes	51
Hounslow	58	Doncaster	51
Wirral	58	Nottinghamshire	51
East Riding of Yorkshire	58	Rochdale	51
Wandsworth	58	Waltham Forest	50
Shropshire	57	Rotherham	50
Oxfordshire	57	Bedford	50
Bracknell Forest	56	Leeds	50
Thurrock	56	Greenwich	50
Kent	56	Halton	50
Lancashire	56	Islington	50
Bournemouth	56	Swindon	49
Dudley	56	Salford	49
Cheshire West and Chester	56	Tameside	49
Southwark	56	Hartlepool	49
North Somerset	56	Walsall	49
Wigan	56	Newcastle upon Tyne	49
South Gloucestershire	56	Sheffield	49
Herefordshire	56	Brighton and Hove	49
Telford and Wrekin	55	Leicester	48
Hillingdon	55	Stoke-on-Trent	48
Sefton	55	Lewisham	48
Wakefield	55	Haringey	48
Durham	55	Blackpool	47
Wiltshire	55	Southampton	47
Cumbria	55	Bristol, City of	46
East Sussex	55	Manchester	45
Hackney	55	Peterborough	45
Enfield	55	Isle of Wight	45
Poole	55	Bradford	44
Leicestershire	55	Middlesbrough	44
West Sussex	55	Nottingham	44
Derby	55	Sandwell	43
Derbyshire	55	Portsmouth	42
Birmingham	54	Kingston upon Hull, City of	42
Worcestershire	54	Barnsley	40
Darlington	54	Knowsley	38
Reading	54	City of London	NA