26 January 2012 Last updated at 04:33 ET

Regional picture: GCSE results

The map and table below show how different local authorities compare on the key benchmark of the percentage of pupils achieving five good GCSEs. The national average is 58.2%.

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Local authority	What does this mean? Five good GCSEs or equivalents (%)	What does this mean? Average point score
Sutton	74.7%	533.4
Kensington and Chelsea	73.1%	551.8
Hammersmith and Fulham	71.3%	492.6
Kingston upon Thames	71%	492.4
Trafford	69.8%	514
Buckinghamshire	69.7%	486.6
Barnet	68.8%	481.1
Redbridge	68.5%	459.7
Isles of Scilly	68.4%	447.5
Slough	68.1%	485.6
Wokingham	67.6%	467.5
Bromley	67.2%	501.2
Hertfordshire	66.9%	482.4
Darlington	65.7%	520.5
Southend-on-Sea	65%	495.4
Stockport	64.6%	473.3
Harrow	64.6%	452.9
Cheshire East	64.4%	492.1
Warrington	64.3%	457.2
Bath and North East Somerset	64.2%	466.7
Wirral	64.1%	468.7
Havering	63.9%	459.7
Surrey	63.4%	465
Windsor and Maidenhead	63.3%	509.2
Bexley	63.3%	496.4
North Yorkshire	63.2%	488.6
Richmond upon Thames	63.2%	473.7
Westminster	63.1%	457.7
Gloucestershire	62.9%	448.1
Bury	62.8%	469.6
Hounslow	62.5%	486.4
Lincolnshire	62.2%	500.6
York	62.1%	505.5
Brent	62.1%	435.6
Solihull	61.7%	524.1
Wandsworth	61.7%	484.1
Tower Hamlets	61.4%	458.1
Lambeth	61.1%	467.8
Croydon	61%	501.5
Rutland	60.8%	468.6
Hampshire	60.8%	460.3
Warwickshire	60.7%	490.6
Wiltshire	60.5%	447.2
Gateshead	60.3%	523.1
Camden	60.2%	418.4
Thurrock	60.1%	503.5
Lancashire	60.1%	482
Worcestershire	60.1%	464.2
West Berkshire	60.1%	444.6
Durham	60%	538.1
Shropshire	59.9%	455.3
Merton	59.8%	475.2
Bracknell Forest	59.6%	493.1
Bolton	59.6%	483.4
Hillingdon	59.5%	497.4
Sefton	59.5%	476.9
Cheshire West and Chester	59.5%	454.8
Enfield	59.5%	450.2
Dorset	59.5%	447.9
Kent	59.4%	487.3
Calderdale	59.4%	481.4
Central Bedfordshire	59.4%	459.6
Kirklees	59.3%	493
Cambridgeshire	59.2%	447.6
West Sussex	58.6%	449.5
North Tyneside	58.5%	484.8
Dudley	58.5%	470.8
Newham	58.5%	438.9
Derbyshire	58.4%	463.8
East Sussex	58.4%	458.8
Devon	58.4%	437.6
Birmingham	58.2%	504.9
Essex	58.2%	462.4
Southwark	58%	477.3
Telford and Wrekin	57.9%	513.5
South Tyneside	57.7%	536.8
Wolverhampton	57.7%	495.7
Northumberland	57.7%	484.7
Nottinghamshire	57.6%	484.8
Herefordshire	57.5%	482
North Somerset	57.5%	477.6
Wakefield	57.4%	525.6
Oxfordshire	57.4%	446.4
Stockton-on-Tees	57.3%	475.3
Ealing	57.3%	454
Bournemouth	57.3%	441.9
Haringey	57.3%	411.2
Torbay	57.2%	487.4
Barking and Dagenham	57.2%	455
Poole	57.2%	443.6
Wigan	57.1%	465.1
Cumbria	57%	463.6
Somerset	57%	460.9
Hackney	57%	431.7
Derby	56.9%	483.4
Leicestershire	56.9%	466.8
Blackburn with Darwen	56.9%	443
Plymouth	56.8%	467.8
Rotherham	56.7%	496.9
Luton	56.7%	491.4
Staffordshire	56.5%	471
Hartlepool	56.4%	459.3
Halton	56.3%	487.6
Walsall	56.3%	486.6
Bedford Borough	56.2%	490.8
Oldham	56.1%	479.2
Reading	55.9%	494.4
Lewisham	55.9%	405.8
Medway	55.7%	502.3
St Helens	55.7%	474.4
Tameside	55.6%	476.8
South Gloucestershire	55.5%	462.6
Sunderland	55.4%	516.8
East Riding of Yorkshire	55.4%	470.5
Norfolk	55.4%	428.8
Northamptonshire	55.3%	450.7
Redcar and Cleveland	55%	479
Liverpool	55%	477.8
Cornwall	54.8%	479
Coventry	54.7%	517.9
Suffolk	54.7%	428.6
Greenwich	54.5%	436.3
Doncaster	54.4%	540.2
Waltham Forest	54.3%	432.4
North East Lincolnshire	54.2%	513.5
Leeds	53.7%	488.8
Rochdale	53.4%	440.2
Salford	52.9%	515.2
Brighton and Hove	52.8%	440.6
Newcastle upon Tyne	52.6%	494.9
North Lincolnshire	52.4%	493.2
Swindon	52.4%	456.3
Milton Keynes	52.1%	480.3
Leicester	52.1%	465.4
Manchester	51.8%	467
Southampton	51.7%	461.1
Bristol, City of	50.2%	441.8
Sandwell	50%	483.8
Sheffield	49.4%	466.5
Peterborough	49.4%	461.5
Islington	49.4%	436.3
Isle of Wight	49.1%	439.5
Stoke-on-Trent	48.2%	488.3
Bradford	47.5%	471.5
Nottingham	46.7%	449.6
Kingston Upon Hull, City of	46.3%	499.4
Blackpool	46.2%	482.3
Portsmouth	45.5%	427.1
Barnsley	44.4%	446.6
Middlesbrough	40.9%	455.2
Knowsley	40.8%	421.1

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