24 January 2013 Last updated at 06:09 ET

Regional picture: GCSE results 2012

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 59.4%.

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Local authority	What does this mean? Pupils with five good GCSEs	What does this mean? Pupils' average points
Kensington and Chelsea	79.6%	584.3
Sutton	75.9%	533.4
Trafford	72.4%	520.0
Redbridge	70.6%	481.5
Kingston upon Thames	70.1%	496.4
Westminster	69.9%	488.5
Buckinghamshire	69.7%	493.8
Barnet	69.2%	485.9
Bromley	68.9%	508.4
Slough	66.1%	498.4
Hertfordshire	65.8%	482.8
North Yorkshire	65.6%	506.1
Wokingham	65.6%	471.7
Hammersmith and Fulham	65.6%	460.9
Wirral	65.4%	476.1
Stockport	65.0%	492.0
Bexley	64.9%	505.6
Surrey	64.2%	481.3
Wigan	64.2%	474.8
Harrow	63.6%	473.3
Windsor and Maidenhead	63.5%	507.5
Warwickshire	63.1%	509.1
Greenwich	63.1%	489.2
Bury	63.0%	478.0
Warrington	62.9%	460.1
Lambeth	62.8%	488.7
Solihull	62.7%	541.4
York	62.7%	524.7
Sunderland	62.6%	532.1
Richmond upon Thames	62.6%	469.5
County Durham	62.5%	549.6
Gloucestershire	62.3%	464.8
Darlington	62.2%	525.3
Croydon	62.2%	508.1
Lincolnshire	62.1%	500.5
Kirklees	62.0%	504.8
North Tyneside	61.9%	512.4
Cheshire East	61.9%	504.1
Newham	61.9%	450.5
Southend-on-Sea	61.8%	504.3
Hounslow	61.8%	483.9
Tower Hamlets	61.8%	474.3
Havering	61.5%	462.6
Bracknell Forest	61.4%	494.2
Telford and Wrekin	61.3%	515.1
Medway	61.2%	528.6
Kent	61.2%	496.6
North East Lincolnshire	61.1%	511.4
Calderdale	61.1%	502.2
Hillingdon	61.0%	496.1
Reading	60.7%	497.8
Worcestershire	60.7%	468.8
Bournemouth	60.7%	463.5
Gateshead	60.6%	530.8
Nottinghamshire	60.6%	500.8
Torbay	60.5%	484.6
Bolton	60.2%	472.0
Hackney	60.2%	441.7
Birmingham	60.1%	516.5
Rotherham	60.0%	496.9
Lancashire	59.9%	483.5
Cheshire West and Chester	59.8%	466.2
National (all schools)	59.4%	472.0
Wakefield	59.3%	552.0
Wiltshire	59.3%	454.3
Thurrock	59.2%	528.5
Merton	59.1%	475.5
Halton	59.0%	488.4
Camden	59.0%	438.5
Essex	58.9%	478.8
North Somerset	58.8%	493.9
Southwark	58.8%	487.6
National averages	58.8%	481.1
Poole	58.8%	470.2
Coventry	58.7%	519.8
Staffordshire	58.7%	487.7
Brent	58.7%	438.8
Barking and Dagenham	58.6%	465.9
Shropshire	58.6%	465.2
Haringey	58.6%	414.3
Milton Keynes	58.5%	509.8
Sefton	58.5%	466.3
Hampshire	58.5%	465.9
Devon	58.5%	455.7
Wandsworth	58.3%	486.7
South Tyneside	58.2%	577.6
Northumberland	58.2%	494.2
East Sussex	58.2%	469.0
Oxfordshire	57.9%	452.4
Luton	57.7%	508.4
Ealing	57.7%	466.3
Central Bedfordshire	57.6%	477.9
Plymouth	57.5%	479.8
West Sussex	57.5%	455.8
Cambridgeshire	57.5%	452.2
Bath and North East Somerset	57.5%	444.1
East Riding of Yorkshire	57.4%	489.4
Derbyshire	57.2%	470.5
West Berkshire	57.2%	455.5
Derby	57.1%	497.2
Blackburn with Darwen	57.0%	427.5
Leicestershire	56.9%	460.5
Tameside	56.8%	499.3
Liverpool	56.8%	466.6
Wolverhampton	56.7%	488.6
Herefordshire, County of	56.5%	486.2
Somerset	56.5%	482.1
South Gloucestershire	56.4%	474.5
Brighton and Hove	56.4%	449.0
North Lincolnshire	56.3%	518.1
Northamptonshire	56.2%	463.0
Dudley	56.1%	479.9
Cumbria	56.1%	461.1
Walsall	55.9%	496.5
Oldham	55.9%	489.8
Newcastle upon Tyne	55.8%	517.6
Sheffield	55.6%	464.5
Norfolk	55.6%	442.1
Lewisham	55.6%	417.2
Rutland	55.5%	479.7
Enfield	55.5%	453.0
Cornwall	55.4%	481.3
St. Helens	55.1%	480.0
Leeds	55.0%	497.2
Redcar and Cleveland	55.0%	486.7
Doncaster	54.7%	519.3
Southampton	54.4%	469.4
Stockton-on-Tees	54.3%	507.0
Dorset	54.1%	464.3
Sandwell	53.8%	509.8
Islington	53.6%	467.8
Bedford	53.4%	479.7
Manchester	53.2%	464.6
Swindon	52.7%	476.0
Waltham Forest	52.6%	434.7
Bradford	52.4%	470.0
Portsmouth	52.4%	448.0
Salford	52.0%	514.0
Rochdale	52.0%	450.8
Stoke-on-Trent	51.8%	499.1
Bristol, City of	51.6%	450.3
Leicester	51.5%	470.9
Suffolk	50.5%	446.7
Nottingham	49.6%	457.7
Peterborough	49.3%	467.8
Hartlepool	48.8%	452.8
Blackpool	47.9%	451.0
Kingston Upon Hull, City of	47.8%	509.6
Middlesbrough	47.6%	466.2
Barnsley	45.3%	451.6
Isle of Wight	44.5%	425.2
Knowsley	40.9%	388.4

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