26 January 2012 Last updated at 04:32 ET

Secondary league tables 2011: Best GCSE results

This table lists the 200 schools in England with the highest attainment at GCSE level.

The first column shows the proportion of pupils who attained the benchmark standard of five A*-C passes, or equivalent qualifications, 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.

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 are not included.

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School name	Local authority	What does this mean? Average point score	What does this mean? Pupils with five good GCSEs (%)
Lawrence Sheriff School (VA, SEL)	Warwickshire	784.8	100%
Newstead Wood School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Bromley	780.8	100%
Colchester County High School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Essex	743.9	100%
Colyton Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Devon	719	100%
Skipton Girls' High School (FD, SEL)	North Yorkshire	709.1	100%
Fort Pitt Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Medway	695.5	100%
Heckmondwike Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Kirklees	694.4	100%
Westcliff High School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Southend-on-Sea	691.7	100%
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (VA, SEL)	Birmingham	691	100%
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys (FD, SEL)	Trafford	687.5	100%
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School (VA, SEL)	Bromley	673.3	100%
The Tiffin Girls' School (FD, SEL)	Kingston upon Thames	662.2	100%
Chelmsford County High School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Essex	662	100%
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (CY, SEL)	Birmingham	659.6	100%
Tonbridge Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Kent	653.8	100%
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Lancashire	648.5	100%
The North Halifax Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Calderdale	648.3	100%
Dartford Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Kent	646.9	100%
Sutton Grammar School for Boys (FD, SEL)	Sutton	643.1	100%
Colchester Royal Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Essex	642	100%
Newport Girls' High School (CY, SEL)	Telford and Wrekin	641.2	100%
Torquay Boys' Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Torbay	639.2	100%
The Folkestone School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Kent	637.2	100%
South Wilts Grammar School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Wiltshire	636.8	100%
Nonsuch High School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Sutton	634.2	100%
King Edward VI High School for Girls (IND)	Birmingham	633.3	100%
Burnham Grammar School (CY, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	630.8	100%
King Henry VIII School (IND)	Coventry	630.6	100%
Beths Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Bexley	622.4	100%
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School (VC, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	618.3	100%
St Paul's School (IND)	Richmond upon Thames	617.8	100%
St Albans School (IND)	Hertfordshire	617.2	100%
Westcliff High School for Boys Academy (ACC, SEL)	Southend-on-Sea	617.2	100%
Wallington County Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Sutton	614.9	100%
Wilson's School (VA, SEL)	Sutton	612.8	100%
Dr Challoner's Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	608.8	100%
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet (ACC, SEL)	Barnet	608.7	100%
Reading School (FD, SEL)	Reading	606.4	100%
St Michael's Catholic Grammar School (VA, SEL)	Barnet	604.7	100%
Bexley Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Bexley	604.2	100%
Southend High School for Boys (FD, SEL)	Southend-on-Sea	603.9	100%
St Nicholas' School (IND)	Hampshire	603.7	100%
Wimbledon High School (IND)	Merton	601.8	100%
Lancaster Royal Grammar School (VA, SEL)	Lancashire	601.7	100%
Wolverhampton Girls' High School (FD, SEL)	Wolverhampton	601.6	100%
Caistor Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Lincolnshire	599.4	100%
Kendrick School (FD, SEL)	Reading	597.3	100%
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys (VA, SEL)	Birmingham	595.3	100%
Marling School (FD, SEL)	Gloucestershire	595	100%
King's College School (IND, SEL)	Merton	593.9	100%
King Edward VI School (IND)	Southampton	592.9	100%
Guildford High School (IND)	Surrey	591.8	100%
The Skinners' School (VA, SEL)	Kent	588.8	100%
Bournemouth School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Bournemouth	588.7	100%
Beaconsfield High School (FD, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	586.6	100%
St Helen and St Katharine (IND, SEL)	Oxfordshire	586.2	100%
Royal Grammar School (IND, SEL)	Surrey	585.9	100%
The King's School, Grantham (FD, SEL)	Lincolnshire	585.7	100%
Pate's Grammar School (VA, SEL)	Gloucestershire	584.2	100%
The Swaminarayan School (IND)	Brent	583.6	100%
Aylesbury High School (CY, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	582.4	100%
Cranbrook School (VA, SEL)	Kent	581.7	100%
St Gabriel's School (IND)	West Berkshire	578.4	100%
Norwich High School for Girls GDST (IND)	Norfolk	577.9	100%
Putney High School (IND)	Wandsworth	576.7	100%
Woodford County High School (CY, SEL)	Redbridge	576.7	100%
St Mary's School Ascot (IND)	Windsor and Maidenhead	572.5	100%
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle (FD, SEL)	Lincolnshire	571.5	100%
Ripon Grammar School (CY, SEL)	North Yorkshire	571.4	100%
Sir William Perkins's School (IND)	Surrey	570.4	100%
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Kent	569.3	100%
Blackheath High School (IND)	Greenwich	568.5	100%
King Edward VI School (VA, SEL)	Warwickshire	568.4	100%
Walthamstow Hall (IND)	Kent	567.8	100%
Bradford Girls' Grammar School (IND)	Bradford	566.4	100%
Withington Girls' School (IND)	Manchester	564.5	100%
Dr Challoner's High School (VC, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	564.2	100%
Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School (IND)	Hertfordshire	563.9	100%
The Henrietta Barnett School (VA, SEL)	Barnet	563.1	100%
Westminster School (IND)	Westminster	562.1	100%
Leicester High School for Girls (IND)	Leicester	561.5	100%
Chetwynde School (IND)	Cumbria	560.8	100%
Barton Court Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Kent	560.8	100%
Stretford Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Trafford	559.4	100%
The Lady Eleanor Holles School (IND)	Richmond upon Thames	559.2	100%
St Francis College (IND)	Hertfordshire	555.5	100%
The Godolphin and Latymer School (IND)	Hammersmith and Fulham	554.7	100%
Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls (IND)	Hertfordshire	552.2	100%
Wycombe High School (FD, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	551.6	100%
Torquay Girls Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Torbay	549.8	100%
Churston Ferrers Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Torbay	549.8	100%
Sir Thomas Rich's School (CY, SEL)	Gloucestershire	549.1	100%
Highgate School (IND)	Haringey	548.9	100%
Solihull School (IND)	Solihull	547.4	100%
High School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Gloucestershire	547.1	100%
Alleyn's School (IND)	Southwark	546.6	100%
Francis Holland School (IND)	Westminster	546.1	100%
Nottingham Girls' High School GDST (IND)	Nottingham	544.2	100%
The Judd School (VA, SEL)	Kent	544.1	100%
Brighton College (IND, SEL)	Brighton and Hove	544	100%
Queenswood School (IND)	Hertfordshire	542.9	100%
Reading Blue Coat School (IND)	Wokingham	542.6	100%
Hampton School (IND)	Richmond upon Thames	542.3	100%
Sevenoaks School (IND)	Kent	542.2	100%
Leicester Grammar School Trust (IND)	Leicestershire	540.7	100%
St Peter's School (Inc St Olaves and Clifton Pre-Prep) (IND)	York	539.8	100%
King Edward's School (IND)	Birmingham	539.1	100%
St Helen's School (IND)	Hillingdon	538.5	100%
The Maynard School (IND, SEL)	Devon	536.8	100%
Ribston Hall High School (FD, SEL)	Gloucestershire	534.9	100%
Bradford Grammar School (IND)	Bradford	534.3	100%
Notting Hill and Ealing High School (IND)	Ealing	530.3	100%
Streatham and Clapham High School (IND)	Lambeth	529.7	100%
Altrincham Grammar School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Trafford	528.6	100%
Townley Grammar School for Girls (CY, SEL)	Bexley	528.5	100%
King Edward's School (IND)	Bath and North East Somerset	527.3	100%
Manchester High School for Girls (IND, SEL)	Manchester	527.3	100%
Oxford High School GDST (IND)	Oxfordshire	526.9	100%
The Portsmouth Grammar School (IND)	Portsmouth	525.9	100%
City of London School (IND)	City of London	525.5	100%
Bablake School (IND)	Coventry	522.9	100%
Stockport Grammar School (IND)	Stockport	518.9	100%
St Paul's Girls' School (IND)	Hammersmith and Fulham	518.3	100%
Bromley High School (IND)	Bromley	515.2	100%
The Manchester Grammar School (IND)	Manchester	513.8	100%
Eton College (IND)	Windsor and Maidenhead	513.4	100%
Malvern St James (IND)	Worcestershire	509.9	100%
Berkhamsted School (IND)	Hertfordshire	508.7	100%
Birkdale School (IND)	Sheffield	508.1	100%
Saint Martin's School (IND)	Solihull	507.5	100%
Our Lady's Abingdon (IND)	Oxfordshire	507.4	100%
St Benedict's School (IND)	Ealing	506.6	100%
The Towers Convent School (IND)	West Sussex	506.4	100%
The Cheltenham Ladies' College (IND)	Gloucestershire	505.6	100%
Derby High School (IND)	Derby	503.9	100%
St Swithun's School (IND)	Hampshire	502	100%
Loughborough Grammar School (IND)	Leicestershire	501.5	100%
Exeter School (IND)	Devon	500.2	100%
Twycross House School (IND, SEL)	Leicestershire	499.6	100%
Emanuel School (IND)	Wandsworth	498.3	100%
Lingfield Notre Dame (IND, SEL)	Surrey	497.5	100%
Heathfield School Pinner (IND)	Harrow	497	100%
Bristol Grammar School (IND)	Bristol, City of	495.9	100%
Forest School (IND)	Waltham Forest	494.5	100%
Nottingham High School (IND)	Nottingham	492.6	100%
St John's School (IND)	Surrey	490.7	100%
Whitgift School (IND)	Croydon	490.7	100%
St Dunstan's College (IND)	Lewisham	489	100%
St George's College Weybridge (IND)	Surrey	486.2	100%
Royal Grammar School (IND)	Newcastle upon Tyne	482	100%
King Alfred School (IND)	Barnet	479.1	100%
Shrewsbury School (IND)	Shropshire	478.7	100%
Ditcham Park School (IND)	Hampshire	475.1	100%
Red House School (IND)	Stockton-on-Tees	472.1	100%
Stafford Grammar School (IND)	Staffordshire	470.1	100%
Gateways School (IND)	Leeds	450.5	100%
Channing School (IND, SEL)	Haringey	445.4	100%
St John's Preparatory and Senior School Limited (IND)	Enfield	442.2	100%
The Rochester Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Medway	798	99%
King Edward VI Five Ways School (VA, SEL)	Birmingham	784.1	99%
Invicta Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Kent	701.8	99%
The Crossley Heath School (FD, SEL)	Calderdale	679.2	99%
Langley Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Slough	658	99%
The Blue Coat School (VA, SEL)	Liverpool	640	99%
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Lancashire	629.2	99%
Wallington High School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Sutton	627	99%
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School (VC, SEL)	Medway	619.8	99%
Southend High School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Southend-on-Sea	619.5	99%
Dartford Grammar School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Kent	617.9	99%
Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls A Specialist College for Language and Science (CY, SEL)	Warwickshire	612.3	99%
Central Newcastle High School (IND)	Newcastle upon Tyne	608.1	99%
The Leys School (IND)	Cambridgeshire	603.7	99%
King Edward VI Handsworth School (VA, SEL)	Birmingham	602.6	99%
Bournemouth School (FD, SEL)	Bournemouth	601.3	99%
Queen Mary's Grammar School (VA, SEL)	Walsall	594.1	99%
Eltham College (IND)	Bromley	592.6	99%
Edgbaston High School for Girls (IND)	Birmingham	592.5	99%
King Edward VI Aston School (VA, SEL)	Birmingham	591	99%
Highworth Grammar School for Girls (CY, SEL)	Kent	588.5	99%
The Norton Knatchbull School (VC, SEL)	Kent	588.1	99%
Royal Latin School (VC, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	588	99%
Magdalen College School (IND)	Oxfordshire	585.6	99%
Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (CY, SEL)	Bexley	584.8	99%
City of London School for Girls (IND)	City of London	581.5	99%
Weald of Kent Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Kent	580.8	99%
The Crypt School (FD, SEL)	Gloucestershire	579.5	99%
North London Collegiate School (IND)	Harrow	578.3	99%
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School (CY, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	578	99%
Ilford County High School (CY, SEL)	Redbridge	574.6	99%
Rainham Mark Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Medway	571.2	99%
Herschel Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Slough	568.5	99%
Abingdon School (IND)	Oxfordshire	568.4	99%
The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe (FD, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	566.1	99%
Ermysted's Grammar School (VA, SEL)	North Yorkshire	565.5	99%
Stroud High School (FD, SEL)	Gloucestershire	564.2	99%
Truro School (IND, SEL)	Cornwall	563.4	99%
Highsted Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Kent	562.6	99%
Devonport High School for Boys (FD, SEL)	Plymouth	562.2	99%
Aylesbury Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	561	99%
Stamford High School (IND)	Lincolnshire	559.8	99%

What do the table headers mean?

Average point score

The average number of points netted per pupil at the institution taking AS/A-level or equivalent qualifications

Pupils with five good GCSEs

The percentage of pupils getting grades A*-C in five GCSE - or equivalent qualifications - including maths and English