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Winners on a learning curve

● Private schools dominate the rankings again ● Parents’ guide to the best choice ● Where learning can be a lesson for life 2 FINANCIAL TIMES SATURDAY MARCH 8 2008 Top 1,000 Schools

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Location, location, education... COSTLY DILEMMA Many families are torn between spending a small fortune to live near the best state schools or paying private school fees, writes Liz Lightfoot Pages 4­5

Diploma fans say breadth is best INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE Supporters of the IB believe it is better than A­levels at dividing the very brainy from the amazingly brainy, writes Francis Beckett Page 6

Hit rate is no flash in the pan GETTING IN Just 30 schools supply a quarter of successful Oxbridge applicants. Lisa Freedman looks at the variety of factors that help them achieve this Pages 8­9

Testing times: pupils at Colyton Grammar School in Devon, up from 92nd in 2006 to 85th last year, sitting exams Alamy It’s not all about learning CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS In the pursuit of better academic performance, have schools lost sight of the need to produce happy pupils, asks Miranda Green Page 9 Class action

The FT Top 1,000 MAIN LISTING Arranged by county, with a guide by Simon Briscoe Pages 10­15 that gets results ON THE WEB An interactive version of the top notably of all Westminster, and then regarded as highly them shows the pressure 100 schools in the ranking, and more tables, The rankings are which takes bright girls in academic said the school heads feel under. including the top grammar and state led by the usual the sixth form who help it to should accept such behav- Moreover, the heads of pri- non­grammar schools and all the risers and the very top of the league. iour as a fact of life. But vate schools of even mid- fallers www.ft.com/top1000schools2008 suspects, says Given the dominance of nowadays the teacher would dling achievement admit David Turner, but private schools, the biggest have been told to shape up at they are stricter than before question therefore is, why? the very least, and quite pos- at weeding out children who Hard truth about ‘soft options’ how do they do it? How have they managed to sibly be sacked, concludes are not likely to thrive at NEWER SUBJECTS The debate over whether maintain their hold as the the Yorkshire head. sixth form, even though it one A­level is worth as much as another is nce again private purveyors of the best aca- Schools may treat the means foregoing school fees. joined by Huw Richards Page 16 schools dominate demic results, and the insti- teachers much more harshly, Schools with a gentler the Financial tutions that send dispropor- but the pupils sometimes approach towards pupils and Times rankings of tionately high numbers of have a worse time still. staff suffer accordingly in the Othe top-performing 1,000 pupils to Russell Group uni- Observers of the private league tables. Contributors institutions by A-level versities? school system note that It is a system that most results, in a relentlessly Most independent school selection by academic ability, heads bemoan, but in which David Turner +44 (0)20 7873 4906, reproduced pattern generally heads privately say the sec- rather than long-standing they are trapped and that Education Correspondent Fax: +44 (0)20 7873 relieved only by a smattering tor has done so by adopting a family links, has become they are propping up. Simon Briscoe 3064, e­mail: of grammar schools and com- much more ruthless attitude much more the rule at those But in one important prehensives in middle-class than a generation ago, to private schools that are over- respect it works for the chil- Statistics Editor [email protected] areas. They account for nine both staff and pupils. This subscribed. dren. Research led by Fran- Miranda Green, Francis Department for Children, of the top 10, and 17 of the explains why their share of There is even a series of cis Green of Kent University Beckett, Liz Lightfoot, Schools and Families top 20. Cambridge University under- possibly apocryphal urban identified a clear earnings Huw Richards data supplied by Another interesting pat- graduate admissions has myths doing the rounds premium among private FT Contributors Ralph Lucas of The tern is that 17 of the top 20 risen from a 1980 nadir of 31 among private school heads, school pupils born in 1970, Lisa Freedman Good Schools Guide are single-sex schools. This per cent to a gently undulat- of alleged dirty tricks to push after stripping out socio-eco- Contributing editor,The (www.goodschools adds weight to recently ing rate of about 45 per cent schools up the tables. But no nomic factors. The premium Good Schools Guide guide.co.uk) resurgent arguments that in the 2000s. names are mentioned, and of 17 per cent for men and 16 Andrew Baxter Tables compiled by boys and girls should be The head of one high-per- such tales are unprovable. per cent for women was sig- Commissioning Editor Judith Pizer of Jeff Head taught separately because forming private school in These include the claim that nificantly higher than for Associates (Amersham) they learn in different ways – Yorkshire mentions a discus- pupils likely to earn poor children born in 1958 and Steven Bird a point underlined by David sion with other heads in the A-levels continue to be educated at private school, Designer Page one picture (by Daniel Lynch): Fuller, head of Hasmonean 1980s. It concerned how to taught by the school, but says Prof Green – particu- Katie Carnie sixth­form girls at Hasmonean High School in Hendon, England’s High School, England’s best- treat coasting teachers who, take their exams at a differ- larly for women. He says this Picture Editor highest­performing non­grammar performing non-state gram- not long before retirement, ent centre to avoid depress- reflects better exam results, state school, with Beverley Perin, mar, in a profile in this were not striving as much as ing the school’s statistical rather than an old boy or old head of the girls’ school and David For advertising, contact: Fuller, executive head teacher of report. But there are, of they should for their pupils. average. Even if the stories girl network. Maria Tallon on: both the boys’ and girls’ schools course, exceptions – most A head at a school both now are untrue, the telling of He calculates that private FINANCIAL TIMES SATURDAY MARCH 8 2008 3 Top 1,000 Schools school education produces a schools sees individual well-being have increased schools are national assets 7 per cent annual return in schools’ talk of instilling parent demand for places at because of their leadership real terms, although he character as clever niche the Berkshire school. training qualities, what are emphasises the figure is marketing, by institutions It is easy to be too cynical we to think of those qualities approximate. This means if a such as Wellington College about the idea. A termtime when we survey the mess parent spends £100,000 on a and Bedales that do not have stroll round Bedales cer- into which their leadership Top 20 schools child’s education, the child results near the top of the tainly leaves the impression has brought us?” will earn an extra £7,000 each league and need something of a happy place, with a dis- Private schools, it seems, year of working life, after else distinctive – though Wel- tinctive clientele of parents are again showing their gen- stripping out inflation. lington has shot up 71 places from the creative professions ius for reinventing them- At the Nuffield Foundation to a fairly impressive 134th, who want a school that offers selves to fit the new demands seminar where Prof Green an alternative to the tradi- of society. outlined his findings, one tional strict boarding school What of the grammar FT Rank 07 FT Rank 06 School Town % of students achieving at AAB in core least subjects head of a leading girls’ pri- education. Indeed, Bedales schools and other institu- Schools with a 11Westminster School Westminster 89 vate school firmly rejected a was set up in 1893 as a delib- tions that appear sometimes gentler approach 22Winchester College Winchester 72 suggestion from the audience erate alternative to standard in rankings otherwise domi- 35Eton College Windsor 78 that it might be better to towards pupils and private school education. nated by private schools? 44St Paul’s Girls’ School Hammersmith 85 send the child to state In Wellington’s case, the They often face the same 59Colchester Royal Gram Sch Colchester 69 school, and use the money staff suffer in co-educational school’s image accusations of hothousing as 68St Paul’s School Barnes 81 saved to build a nest egg for the league tables has changed considerably high-performing private 77North London Collegiate S (IB) Edgware 92 the child. Private schools, from the days when it was schools. 725Radley College Abingdon 59 she explained, provided more set up in 1853 to educate the But the head of a girls’ 96Wycombe Abbey School High Wycombe 79 than an earnings premium and Bedales comes a respect- orphan sons of army officers. school, which is one of the 10 11 James Allen’s Girls’ School Dulwich 75 through academic results – able 414th. But so too has the image of highest-achieving grammars, 11 3 Manchester Grammar Sch Manchester 70 they imbued character. Nowadays some private private schools in general. turns the argument on its 11 19 Badminton School Bristol 68 The notion of character school heads talk about the The sector has a tradition of head. She says teachers are 13 14 Withington Girls’ School Manchester 79 was widely talked about in imperative to produce questioning its raison d’etre, more likely to tell their self- 14 14 Perse School for Girls Cambridge 72 earlier days, when private “happy” pupils – a notion and then adapting. driven pupils to ease up a 15 26 Lycee Francais Ch de G (BS) Kensington 59 schools saw their role as pro- irrelevant and rather inde- Wellington has, histori- little, rather than to work 16 31 City of London School City 61 ducing courageous Christian cent in the minds of Victo- cally, been no exception. themselves harder. The risk 17 14 Cheltenham Ladies’ Col Cheltenham 67 gentlemen with the moral rian heads. Anthony Seldon, After the 1940 rout of the of self-induced burn-out is 18 10 Magdalen College School Oxford 63 strength to run the Empire. master of Wellington, says British army in France, TC very real, she concludes. 19 11 Queen Elizabeth’s School Barnet 69 It has made a comeback. both improving academic Worsley, a Wellington mas- Such is the tough world of 20 27 King Edward VI Grammar S Chelmsford 63 One analyst of private results and an emphasis on ter, lamented: “If the public England’s top schools. Source: FT. Rankings based on performance in core A levels - see tables on pages 10-15

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MORTGAGES OR FEES? famous state schools or walk away is no guarantee of it would be worth it in the ropolitan line from Pinner ago, moving three miles to be seven years of fees in the a place, as Mike and Danielle long run.” and Harrow in north London near the grammar schools. Liz Lightfoot finds independent sector. Wright have discovered. They live just 950 metres to take up the selective Both their son and daughter that parental choice Despite their names, the They moved from the other across the park from the places while pupils living are now pupils. three schools are categorised side of Watford eight years school but the catchment less than a 10 minute walk “We feel very lucky that can give families not as grammars but as com- ago when expecting their sec- area has shrunk and the away are turned down. they can both walk and cycle a costly dilemma prehensives with local catch- ond child. complicated admissions rules What makes it even more to good schools,” says Mrs ment areas. “We moved to be near Wat- guarantee places only for of a lottery is the sibling Woolf. “We didn’t do the For historic reasons, how- ford Boys because my hus- those living within around rule. Once one child gets in sums at the time but seeing t is home to the ever, they are allowed to band went there and had a 250m, she says. on ability or aptitude, their people struggle to pay inde- National Lottery, Geri select a quarter of pupils by vision of his son following in The rest of the Cassiobury younger brothers and sisters pendent school fees we cer- Halliwell and the Hor- academic ability and a fur- his footsteps,” says Mrs estate must take its chances. are given priority under a tainly did the right thing for nets but now Watford ther 10 per cent on aptitude Wright. “We wanted our chil- “We’ll be going through it separate category. us.” Being in the catchment Ihas a new claim to fame. The for music. This allows them dren to go to Cassiobury next year when our son is in “We could possibly afford has also paid a financial divi- town of just 79,000 people in to recruit talented pupils infant and junior school, year six,” says Mrs Wright. private education for one, at dend as house prices fol- Hertfordshire is the location from the rest of Watford and which is one of the best “He won’t stand a chance a pinch, but we have three lowed the schools’ rise up the that sired three of England’s from as far afield as north- around and was seen as the unless he is in the top 5 per boys and would want to treat league tables. top 10 comprehensives. west London. feeder school for the gram- cent in the tests and gets in them all equally,“ says Mrs Six children from Cas- Watford Grammar School The three other compre- mars. It was a big financial on academic ability.” Wright. “Our house is worth siobury junior school failed for Girls is the second most hensives in town complain commitment but we thought Children travel up the Met- around £600,000 and we’d to get a place at any of their highly rated comprehensive that bright children are have to pay around £850,000 parents’ chosen schools last in the FT top 1,000, Watford creamed off, leaving them to £900,000 to get a similar year and three ended up Grammar School for Boys with well above average one across the park, nearer going private. follows closely at fourth, and numbers with lower cogni- the school. Aldenham School, the co- co-educational Parmiter’s tive ability, learning difficul- “We did think about mov- educational day and board- comes ninth. ties and disabilities. Low ing and had the house valued ing school, is a popular What a joy for parents to exam results and reports of but we don’t want to move. choice but costs between have the choice between behavioural problems have We live in a cul de sac and £11,000 and £16,000 a year for three of the best state escalated the middle class the children all play together day places, based on the age schools in the country! flight away from them. and we have a lot of friends of the pupil. On top of that is Or so it might seem. In As more families with chil- here. After all these years the uniform, sports equip- practice the town is a micro- dren move into the Cas- we’ve got the house how we ment, extras such as school cosm of the pitfalls of so- siobury estate near the boys’ want it,” she says. trips and the cost of trans- called parental choice, leav- and girls’ grammar, house Moving house can be a port. ing many local families torn prices have soared and the wise decision, when it works Parents have to weigh up between spending a small catchment area has shrunk. out. Julie and Richard Woolf the risk that a school will go fortune to live near the Nowadays living 10 minutes Highly ranked: Watford Grammar School for Boys bought into the area 12 years downhill or that the catch-

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ment area will change before deciding to make a move which could cost them upwards of £20,000 in stamp duty and fees alone, says Michael Owen, financial planning director at Brooks Macdonald Financial Con- sulting. Nowadays there is the added threat of schools changing to admission by lot- tery. Families who take on an extra £250,000 mortgage will be looking at another £1,535 a month over 25 years or nearly £18,500 a year. An interest only loan would be £1,150 or £13,800. Compare this with school fees of £11,000 to £15,000 a year for a day school place and up to £27,000 at the big boarding schools and it could be a sound investment, espe- cially for families with more than one child. “There’s no guarantee that house prices will continue to rise but on the other hand, school fees have been going up by 7 per cent a year and are a huge commitment,” says Mr Owen. “Either way it’s a gamble and no one wants to gamble with their child’s education.” 6 FINANCIAL TIMES SATURDAY MARCH 8 2008 Top 1,000 Schools

Alternative investment: Sevenoaks School was the first member of the Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference and one of the first schools in the UK to switch to the IB Diploma fans say breadth is best

INTERNATIONAL broader education. All stu- paratively small sixth form mary years programme and a Top IB schools BACCALAUREATE dents must take one subject of about 80. middle years programme. from each of six areas includ- Katy Ricks, head teacher, Just seven UK schools take Francis Beckett on ing English, mathematics says: “Changing to the IB the primary programme, and why some schools and a second language. has contributed to this suc- six the middle years pro- Students who find, say, cess. The extended essay and gramme. offer an alternative mathematics or languages theory of knowledge raise This is partly because the to A­levels particularly difficult, must the level of aspiration and programmes are not well Name Town Candidate Per Pts Candidates 38+(%) (%) Pass nonetheless continue to the enjoyment of study, and integrated with the UK’s North London Collegiate School Edgware 1204 23 83 96 study them, although not in put students in contact with national curriculum. But it is Sevenoaks School Sevenoaks 1194 202 68 King’s College School London 1155 111 50 he holy grail for anything like as much depth scholarly research. It gives also an indication that the The Godolphin and Latymer School London 1136 25 44 admissions tutors in as they study their best sub- them a taste of undergradu- rapid growth of the IB Whitgift School South Croydon 1128 41 51 top universities is to jects. ate study, partly because of diploma is fuelled partly by St Helen’s School Northwood 1110 22 27 Malvern College Malvern 1099 94 45 99 find a surefire means In addition, there are core regular contact with their dissatisfaction with A-levels. Bedford High School for Girls Bedford 1089 13 31 Tof picking out those students components which every IB supervisor.” Compare the UK with Aus- King Edward’s School Godalming 1086 14 21 most likely to get a first-class student must take. They It is not just potential tralia, which has far fewer Oakham School Oakham 1083 73 33 99 Haileybury and Imperial Service College Hertford 1077 56 30 degree. must write an extended Oxbridge entrants who bene- schools teaching the diploma Bedford School Bedford 1077 34 35 97 It has, of course, never essay of up to 4,000 words on fit, she says. “It’s designed – just 50 – but no less than 41 Alton College Alton 1054 16 13 been found, but many of a topic of their own choice. for all students, and is not schools teaching the primary Hockerill Anglo-European College Bishop’s Stortford 1050 69 30 97 Ardingly College Haywards Heath 1044 38 24 97 them now reckon that the They must study the theory just for selective schools like programme, and 48 the mid- Bexley Grammar School Welling 1033 16 19 nearest thing available in of knowledge in a course Sevenoaks.” dle years programme. ACS Egham International School Egham 1030 22 14 this imperfect world is the designed, according to the IB But the IB diploma is still Worth School Crawley 1025 33 15 Tasis Egham 1018 13 8 International Baccalaureate office, “to provide coherence a very long way from wiping Exeter College Exeter 1010 15 7 diploma. by exploring the nature of For younger age the floor with the UK’s A-lev- Dartford Grammar School for Girls Dartford 1009 14 21 It is, they believe, better knowledge across disciplines, els. Many more schools still Maidstone Grammar School Maidstone 1001 43 16 groups, IB Truro College Truro 986 66 15 99 than A-levels at dividing the encouraging an appreciation teach A-levels than teach the Dartford Grammar School Dartford 959 117 15 94 very brainy from the amaz- of other cultural perspec- programmes have IB, and they have their pas- Southbank International School London 951 36 11 94 ingly brainy. A large percent- tives”. sionate defenders. A-levels ACS Hillingdon International School Uxbridge 943 28 18 93 hardly taken off Slough Grammar School Slough 930 18 22 89 age of A-level students get Students must also take allow students to learn more The Henley College Henley on Thames 920 47 11 94 the best mark there is – a part in a community action at all in the UK about the subjects in which Sixth Form College Colchester Colchester 914 59 14 92 grade A. But the top IB score programme that “encourages they are most interested, and ACS Cobham International School Cobham 911 64 13 91 Brockenhurst College Brockenhurst 909 20 0 95 of 45 is achieved by fewer students to be involved in most likely to study at uni- Rossall School Fleetwood 906 22 9 91 than 1 per cent of candidates. artistic pursuits, sports and versity, and allow them to Marymount International School Kingston Upon 899 37 30 87 Those few who do achieve it, community service work, The growing dissatisfac- give up their weakest sub- Thames Tonbridge Grammar School Tonbridge 898 34 29 85 or even get close, are likely thus fostering students’ tion with A-levels among the jects. St Clare’s, Oxford Oxford 898 74 18 85 to be a good bet for academic awareness and appreciation UK’s most prestigious uni- For now, university admis- Richmond-upon-Thames College Twickenham 887 27 19 85 success. of life outside the academic versities has helped drive the sion in the UK generally Impington Village College Cambridge 884 65 14 88 Warwickshire College, Royal Leamington Leamington Spa 872 14 7 93 Even those who do not get arena”. growth of the IB diploma. It requires either A-levels or Spa, Rugby and Moreton Morrell the top score are a better bet Sevenoaks School adopted is now offered by 122 schools, the IB, and if you want it to Anglo European School Ingatestone 852 50 10 88 than A-level students, the IB in 1978. Sevenoaks about half of them state be the IB, you have to find a Cirencester Tertiary College Cirencester 845 25 0 92 Luton Sixth Form College Luton 835 23 9 87 according to George Pook, was the first member of the schools. In France, where the school that teaches it. But Waingels College Reading 819 10 20 80 the IB assessment director. Headmasters and Headmis- home-grown baccalaureate is this summer, for some stu- Taunton’s College Southampton 813 12 0 83 “In terms of in-depth critical tresses Conference – the elite highly regarded, only 10 dents in some areas, there is St Dunstan’s College London 806 14 0 86 Hastings College of Arts and Technology St Leonards on Sea 774 20 15 80 thinking, and taking respon- group of schools entitled to schools offer the IB diploma. likely to be a third way: the International School of London London 772 19 11 79 sibility for their own learn- call themselves public Only Canada and the US Cambridge Pre-U, which is Finham Park School Coventry 740 12 17 75 ing, the perceived opinion of schools – and one of the first have more schools offering now in its final phase of The City Technology College Birmingham 491 74 0 55 The Bolitho School Penzance 483 20 0 55 the universities is that the IB schools in the UK to switch the IB diploma than the UK. development by Cambridge Kings College for the Arts and Technology Guildford 429 21 0 48 prepares students better than to the IB. What is perhaps even more Assessment. Highlands School London 428 76 3 47 A-levels because of the skills The decision paid off. Most significant is that for It will be closer to A-levels The Business Academy Bexley Erith 373 18 0 39 Broadgreen High School a Technology Liverpool 328 19 0 37 that are developed by the schools celebrate if they get younger age groups, IB pro- than to the IB, but aimed at College programme,” he says. one or two pupils into Cam- grammes have hardly taken identifying the very ablest George Dixon International School and Sixth Birmingham 191 22 0 23 “Universities are bridge or Oxford. Sevenoaks off at all in the UK. It is not students for the benefit of Form Centre Institutions offering the IB but presenting fewer than 10 candidates included: Bracknell and impressed by the sophisti- School sends an astonishing widely known in the UK that the most selective universi- Wokingham College, Brampton College, Central Sussex College, Cornwall College, Davies Laing cated intellectual and cogni- 15-20 pupils to Oxbridge most the IB is more than a ties. Unlike both A-levels and and Dick College, Kings International College for Business and the Arts, Lansdowne College, tive skills of IB students.” years, and one or two to an diploma for 18-year-olds. the IB, this one has been The Netherhall School ,Oxford and Cherwell Valley College, Rhodesway School, Sixth Form College Farnborough, Solihull College, Woodside Park International School That, its advocates say, is Ivy League university in the There are IB programmes for designed specifically to assist Source: FT because the IB gives a much US. And that is from a com- younger children too: a pri- in the hunt for the holy grail. FINANCIAL TIMES SATURDAY MARCH 8 2008 7 Cumbria London

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Surrey South East 8 FINANCIAL TIMES SATURDAY MARCH 8 2008 Top 1,000 Schools Hit rate is no f lash in the pan

hirty years ago, it go to Oxford or Cambridge, and range of their teaching, tations skills rarely available OXBRIDGE ENTRANCE would not have been the path is certainly more an atmosphere of high expec- in the state sector. Early selection and unheard of for a direct if you apply from cer- tation and a detailed knowl- “We don’t do specific housemaster at tain schools. edge of how the complex Oxbridge training,” says mastery of the entry TWestminster to ring up an Westminster, which nestles admissions’ system works. Helen Turner, head of sixth system are vital, Oxford college tutor and say: next to Westminster Abbey The highest achieving form at North London Colle- “I think you should take this in the heart ofLondon, still schools are heavily selective giate School, which has sent says Lisa Freedman boy.” An offer by return of sends more successful candi- at the point of entry – they 176 girls to Oxbridge in the post might well have been dates to Oxbridge than any are usually oversubscribed at past five years. “In Year 13, the response. in the country, annually dis- the ages of 11 or 13 by three however, we offer a univer- Nowadays, of course, patching about half its upper or four applicants for every sity preparation course for housemaster-to-tutor tele- sixth. But, according to a place. But those with the all – we prepare them to be phone calls are well outside recent report by the Sutton highest percentage of suc- brilliant at their subject.” the rules, but if you want to Trust, a charity set up to cessful Oxbridge candidates – At the majority of these help the underprivileged, it Westminster and St Paul’s schools both parents – often Top 30 schools is just one of 30 schools that Girls – also take in a care- Oxbridge graduates them- supply a quarter of success- fully edited slice of their selves – and pupils will have By Oxbridge admissions hit rate ful Oxbridge applicants. sixth form after an intensely high and focused ambitions Of the top 30 schools in the competitive entrance proc- from early on. Sutton Trust list, 29 are inde- ess. “Peer group pressure has a pendent and the other is Col- Westminster, for example, wholly positive effect when chester Royal Grammar which adds 60 new pupils 50 or 100 young people who

School School type hit rate year Five (%) admis- year Five sions School in Essex. So, if your (mainly girls) post-GCSE to aspire to a top university are Westminster School Ind 49.9 410 heart is set on Oxbridge, you its 120 boys, chooses this educated together,” says St Paul’s Girls’ School Ind 49.0 225 should reconcile yourself to privileged band after two Martin Stephen, high master 36.0 230 Winchester College Ind paying fees, since the top- weekends of testing – entry of St Paul’s. “The pupils Wycombe Abbey School Ind 35.1 123 performing schools in the requirements considerably spark each other off and St Paul’s School Ind 33.0 259 Eton College Ind 32.4 394 independent sector send more stringent than the compete in a wholly produc- North London Collegiate School Ind 30.5 176 about double the numbers of Oxbridge hoops they will go tive way.” Perse School for Girls Ind 29.3 76 even the highest performing through a year later. And, of course, the best Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls Ind 29.3 164 grammar schools. “About 600 people sat the independent schools, Oxford High School Ind 25.5 84 The names at the pinnacle exam,” says Emily Robbins, responding to parental expec- The sky’s the limit: an Oxford University degree ceremony, with the Sheldonian Theatre in the background Rob Judges Perse School Ind 23.5 106 will hardly surprise those who is now in the lower tations, make it their job to 23.2 82 Magdalen College School Ind with any knowledge of Eng- sixth. “On the first weekend, be expert at the system, 22.6 82 Withington Girls’ School Ind lish education. St Paul’s there were back-to-back writ- knowing which college or Manchester Grammar School Ind 22.4 211 Tonbridge School Ind 21.9 148 Girls and St Paul’s Boys, ten papers of an hour and a course is likely to suit which Royal Grammar School, Guildford Ind 21.6 135 Eton and Winchester, North half in all your intended AS applicant, understanding South Hampstead High School Ind 21.2 78 London Collegiate and Hab- subjects. Then, if you got why it is important to pre- Haberdashers’ Askes’s Boys ‘ School Ind 21.0 165 erdashers’ Aske’s have been through to the next round, pare early to meet Oxbridge King’s College School Ind 20.9 152 preparing children for an you were invited back for a deadlines, and why the odds Lady Eleanor Holles School Ind 20.4 93 elite education for centuries. day of interviews. I had five, might be better in classics Abingdon School Ind 20.3 121 But the important point is, one in each subject, plus a than in medicine. They are 20.2 74 “The pupils spark City of London School for Girls Ind how do they continue their general interview.” also expert at tailoring their James Allen’s Girls’ School Ind 19.8 84 success rate at a time when Once their sixth form is candidates’ applications to each other off and School of St Helen and St Katharine Ind 19.7 74 Colchester Royal Grammar School Sel 19.5 105 Oxford and Cambridge have assembled, the schools do an the rigours of this particu- compete in a wholly King Edward’s School, Birmingham Ind 19.3 111 done their utmost to broaden outstanding job of stretching larly demanding system. Cheltenham Ladies’ College Ind 19.3 125 the intake? and enriching to a point well Highgate School in north productive way.” St Mary’s School, Ascot Ind 19.1 45 There are undoubtedly a beyond what is demanded to London, for example, has Sevenoaks School Ind 17.7 169 number of key factors that get 3As at A Level, providing recently increased its aver- Martin Stephen King Edward VI High School for Girls Ind 17.4 64 affect their dominance: a range of research, writing, age Oxbridge hit rate from High master, St Paul’s Source: Sutton Trust intense selection, the quality critical thinking and presen- about 10 a year to this sea-

Success is a long­term matter Ups and downs FT rank 07 FT rank 06 FT rank School Town type School RISERS AND FALLERS for those subjects you want to do When schools decline, there may methods” in opposition to teaching Best risers at A-level, will do fine. well have been a trauma, methods that liberate the Northamptonshire North- 186 805 Ind Francis Beckett looks Mr Toone seeks to create a especially if this exacerbates the imagination. In reality, both are Gram School ampton behind this year’s happy school where all pupils feel effect of a growing reliance on one needed. 480 973 Harvey Grammar School Folkestone Gram they can achieve what they want. teaching method. That seems to be Hull Collegiate School is part of 500 993 Dixons City Academy Bradford Other Farnbor- 67 550 Farnborough Hill Ind biggest ups and downs “If we do it in, say, music, or the problem at Hull Collegiate the United Church Schools Trust, ough sport, it will reflect in the School, which has had the which controls eight independent Littleover Community 459 941 Derby Comp classroom,” he says. sharpest fall – 513 places. Its last schools and 13 academies. The School There are some big risers in this You do not need to be an inspection report, from the Trust keeps a tight grip on all its Worst droppers year’s FT Top 1,000 Schools independent school or a grammar Independent Schools Inspectorate, schools, taking key decisions 906 393 Hull Collegiate School Hull Ind rankings, but schools tend to get school to achieve, as Littleover makes the problems clear. centrally and aiming where 974 492 Lady Hawkins High School Kington Comp better slowly and steadily, not in Community School’s place as fifth It is not a dreadful report. This possible to fill vacancies from North 910 461 King’s School Ind sudden leaps. Some of the fastest best riser proves. Littleover, in is nothing like a failing school. within its own organisation. This Shields Queen Elizabeth’s rising schools stressed that their Derby, has no overt or covert But it is very lukewarm, and runs the risk that its 21 schools, 845 427 Faversham Gram Grammar School strong progress was a long-term selection. Forty-two per cent of the identified a recent crisis. The all over the country, may start to 946 589 Ilford Ursuline High School Ilford Comp trend. intake are from ethnic minorities, school was formed just three years live in a kind of bubble, instead of Source: FT An obsessive interest in league and 11 per cent are poor enough ago from the merger of a boys’ cross-fertilising with the rest of tables is unlikely to produce to be eligible for free school meals. school and a girls’ school. The the nation’s schools. Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar steady improvement, and Noel The school was pronounced merger, say inspectors, “has been A spokesman for the Hull school School, as the fourth worst Toone, head of this year’s “outstanding” by school standards painful for many of the parents points out that, with a sixth form dropper. Yet their inspection fastest-rising school (out of those watchdog Ofsted last year. Four of and some of the children”. of only 30, one or two bad results profiles are fairly similar, and on that were also in last year’s Top its sixth form students have been Inspectors returned over and are enough to pull it down. published statistics, if anything 1,000), Northamptonshire Grammar offered Cambridge places this year over again to what they obviously In some cases, there is no Queen Elizabeth’s does slightly School, sets no store by them. and nine out of 10 go to saw as the underlying problem: obvious reason for the sudden fall. better. Maybe Queen Elizabeth’s “We’re not an academic hothouse” university. There is no magic pill: too much reliance on didactic Two grammar schools in Kent, has just had unfortunate cohorts he says. A small independent “Children like coming to school, teaching methods, which meant that last bastion of selective state recently, and maybe its new head, school, it does not set a high bar we get 97 per cent attendance, and pupils were not challenged education, appear in the table – David Anderson, who took up his to get into the sixth form of only we do a lot of pastoral work” says sufficiently. It is only politicians one, Harvey Grammar School, as post in January this year, will be 65 pupils. Six GCSEs, at grade B David Nichols, head. who set “traditional teaching the second best riser, the other, able to arrest any decline. FINANCIAL TIMES SATURDAY MARCH 8 2008 9 Top 1,000 Schools It’s about more than simply the learning

CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS with the highest indicators of which is excellent in its unhappiness and mental wider curriculum but failing It takes more than aberration.” in its basic academic mis- exam results to He recommends parents sion,” he says. “The highest should, when deciding where achieving schools in the state make a good to send their children, favour and private sectors almost school, says schools with a broad invariably place a high pre- approach to developing eve- mium on social skills and Miranda Green rything from a pupil’s sport- developing the talents of all ing and creative aptitudes to their pupils.” spiritual awareness. John Dunford, general sec- From schools at the top and According to research into retary of the Association of bottom of the secondary what drives choices in the School and College Leaders, school attainment leagues, fee-paying sector, many chil- the membership body for there are rumblings of dis- dren are already guiding headteachers, says the past content. their parents in this direc- 20 years have seen a “nar- More pupils in the inde- tion, and surveys show their rowing” of the educational pendent sector are achieving impressions of a school are focus on to results. He impressive exam grades, as the largest contributing fac- argues that a school’s this supplement attests. In tor in a family decision. broader role, for example its the state system, meanwhile, MTM Consulting, experts ability to counteract other grammar schools continue to in independent education negative influences, has excel and pass rates are marketing, says while par- become far more important. being forced up in schools ents may be looking at the “The social context is with a comprehensive intake educational qualifications of about as bad as it could be,” – often by radical measures the headteacher and teaching Mr Dunford laments. Along such as reopening a failing staff as well as the exam with many in the education The sky’s the limit: an Oxford University degree ceremony, with the Sheldonian Theatre in the background Rob Judges school as a privately-spon- results in inspectors’ reports, world, he was deeply dis- sored academy. prospective pupils are influ- turbed by last year’s report son’s 31, and part of this they’re applying for. Every fundamental part of the But in the relentless pur- enced most by the extracur- from Unicef, in which British improved success rate can personal statement is read Oxbridge process – and prac- suit of academic perform- ricular opportunities at a children were branded the almost certainly be attrib- by several people, including tice in the specialist aptitude ance, have both sides of the school and the quality of the unhappiest in the developed uted to the approach to by a non-specialist. tests that Oxford and Cam- educational divide lost sight relationships within it. world. “Never have the val- applications brought in by “Reference writing, too, is bridge are now using to sift of the need to produce well- At Rugby, headmaster ues of schools, with their the head of two years, Adam vital, and we carefully focus the overwhelming numbers balanced individuals? Patrick Derham believes clear boundaries and moral Pettitt. what teachers say on the of applicants in law, history, Many headteachers and boarding can be a great framework, been more valua- “The personal statement is students strengths in rela- medicine and physics. education experts believe so, ble in children’s lives.” key to Oxbridge and we tion to the course they’ve Ultimately, of course, if and are urging parents For David Laws, education encourage our students to applied for. Our references Oxbridge becomes part of a choosing a school to consider At the top end of spokesman for the Liberal start drafting theirs at the go through three people: the school’s culture, then it more than the raw results or Democrats, schools cannot be end of the summer term,” tutor who writes it, a senior ceases to be seen as nerdy university entrance record. the spectrum, there expected to compensate for says Mr Pettitt. We then manager, who edits it, and and “not for us”. As Alan Smithers, director of can be extreme society’s ills and produce spend a lot of time making myself.” “One year’s success leads the centre for education and happy children if their home sure our candidates are writ- Highgate, too, along with to another,” says Mr Pettitt. employement research at strain on high lives are chaotic. But he, like ing for the correct audience most other leading independ- “We’ve found a considerable Buckingham University, puts achieving pupils Mr Sheerman, has seen good and that they’ve addressed ent schools, gives specific increase in numbers apply- it: “The kind of personal headteachers create an envi- the elements of the course interview preparation – a ing.” development that you might ronment that shields both have thought added to a advantage in this quest for pupils and teachers from the sense of wellbeing gets sub- building a confident, capable effects of too much academic High standards pursued religiously at Hasmonean merged in the chase for exam individual because the pupil pressure, so the school does scores.” is present for so much of well without sacrificing a Hasmonean High School in teacher, says “being Jewish” opt for this head­start on At the bottom end of the their formative years. lively, nurturing atmosphere. Hendon, which tops the FT is “quite an element” in the potential rivals in the league achievement scale, Prof “It’s very simple,” he says. Both Mr Laws and Michael rankings as England’s school’s success. “Orthodox tables. Smithers says constant “Parents expect academic Gove, the Conservative highest­performing Judaism very much values The most commonly taken assessment can make less success but what we’re inter- schools spokesman, are non­grammar state school, education.” A­Levels at the school are able children opt out of ested in is developing the all- united in their defence of the underlines the ability of He also thinks the school’s similar to other learning and turn under- round person. But that direc- ambitions for greater attain- religious comprehensives to segregated system, which high­achieving schools. They achieving schools into des- tion has to come from the top ment that have driven the deliver sometimes stellar places boys and girls on include history, business perate places trying to avoid and you’ve got to be confi- obsession with exam results. results. different sites within the studies and the sciences. sanction or even closure. At dent about it.” Sometimes, Mr Laws says a good But Hasmonean, 114th in same London suburb in line But the destinations of the top end of the spectrum, he points out bravely, young school must be one with high the FT’s overall table, is an with Orthodox Jewish values, successful A­level candidates there can be extreme strain people even have to be aspirations for its pupils. Mr exception to the Catholic is a key ingredient in its are a little different. Mr Fuller on high achievers. allowed to learn from their Gove goes further, insisting institutions that dominate the success. Boys and girls learn says about 70 per cent go to Anthony Seldon, master of failures. the number one requirement rankings among the differently, he explains – Russell Group universities – Wellington College in Berk- Barry Sheerman, chairman must be to give young people highest­achieving religious echoing the views of many Britain’s top tier. But shire, is in the vanguard of a of the House of Commons access to knowledge and the state schools. The institution, heads of top­performing Oxbridge entry is “not so movement to combat this education committee, is prob- advantages a university edu- named after a dynasty of single­sex private schools. high”. He says this reflects unhappiness by putting pas- ably the MP who visits more cation brings. Jewish rulers in ancient “You can tell boys to listen, the Orthodox Jewish toral care and the active pur- schools, both private and Prof Smithers agrees there Israel, is for Orthodox Jews. but you have to persuade emphasis on staying near suit of happiness at the top state-maintained, than any have been very good reasons David Fuller, the gentile girls.” one’s family, and a tendency of the educational agenda other. for politicians’ – and parents’ executive Mr Fuller also to go to certain universities and even on the curriculum. In his experience, a strong – relentless focus on exam head acknowledges the clientele that cater well to Orthodox Wellington pupils take well- and positive headteacher results and independent “are certainly more towards Jewish needs. being classes, complete with makes the greatest difference inspections. But he points the middle class” – a Hasmonean is also unusual breathing exercises, stress- to a school’s success, what- out that accountability mech- David characteristic common to in one other, unexpected, control techniques and dis- ever its circumstances or anisms cannot encapsulate Fuller: no virtually all the best way. The 54­year­old Mr cussions on topics such as intake – and crucially this the character of a school. greenhorn comprehensives. But while Fuller is on his seventh how to use technology leadership tends to secure “How we get out of this I’m many non­state grammars headship, and does not meet responsibly and conduct both academic improvement not sure,” he admits can- near the top of the FT many heads “with that sort respectful relationships. and a positive atmosphere. didly. “The government has table select a minority of number”. Mr Fuller is Last month Dr Seldon told Lord Adonis, schools min- to find a way back to the of their pupils by certainly no greenhorn at the the audience at a debate ister, rejects the idea that actual purposes of education, academic ability, helm. organised by Agora, the edu- high academic standards and which is giving pupils ways Hasmonean does not cation thinktank, that “the enjoyment are mutually to make sense of their lives David Turner most [academically] success- exclusive. and get the best out of ful schools are also those “I have yet to visit a school them.” 10 FINANCIAL TIMES SATURDAY MARCH 8 2008 Top 1,000 Schools

Core A lvl How to read the tables Core A levels All Exams Grds

The FT’s school league A-levels are awarded QCA ranked all points (not just tables are different from all points as follows: A=270 those from core exams) with the others, writes Simon points, B=240 points, C=210 a weighting of 3:1, in favour Briscoe. They focus points, D=180 points and of quality, for a quality to unashamedly on academic E=150 points. quantity ratio. The ranking achievement as defined by We use two measurements using this method is also “core” subject A-level to rank the schools: the shown for comparison

results (as set out by points per candidate in core purposes. 07 FT Rank 06 FT Rank School Town type School FT score exams) (core candidate level Points/A entry A level Points/core (All exams) candidates Number of entries/candidate A level Core entries/candidate All A level (all exams) Points/candidate (Points/cand) rank Gov/DCSF 07-FT method (all exams) Rank 06-FT method (all exams) Rank subjects) (core % A grade/entry subjects) (core No AB/candidate subjects) AAB (core at least % cands candidates) % girls (A level only A level taking Pupils AB rank Up/Down Cambridge University, for A-levels (to measure the The right of the table 43 13 St Mary’s School Ascot Ascot Ind 4.28 764 259 45 3.0 3.2 1094 44 60 14 75 2.6 64 100 45 58 -30 further information go to quantity of work), and the provides information on the 799 Theale Green Community Sch Reading Comp 0.45 426 227 116 1.9 2.8 787 840 32 1.1 14 46 116 770 www.cam.ac.uk/admissions/ points per entry in core top grades achieved in core 134 205 Wellington College Crowthorne Ind 3.32 669 252 159 2.7 3.1 879 418 181 247 59 2.3 46 19 159 131 71 Buckinghamshire 517 209 118 2.2 2.9 818 1.3 undergraduate/requirements). A-levels (to measure the subjects. The percentage of 202 256 Aylesbury Grammar School Aylesbury Gram 2.86 674 241 178 2.8 3.2 1001 133 287 234 45 2.1 30 0 178 197 54 The government’s quality). The two pupils achieving AAB in 224 200 Aylesbury High School Aylesbury Gram 2.77 623 247 173 2.5 3.0 946 246 200 194 50 2.0 30 100 173 225 -24 summary scores for schools measurements are z-scored core subjects is a proxy for 350 324 Beaconsfi eld High School Beaconsfi eld Gram 2.01 553 241 147 2.3 3.1 862 466 295 294 41 1.7 22 100 147 380 -26 at GCE/VCE, A-level and AS (a mathematical formula the percentage achieving 626 647 Burnham Grammar School Slough Gram 0.90 465 230 100 2.0 3.0 889 383 842 999 33 1.3 17 47 100 618 21 levels this year (for 2007 that creates numbers what might be considered as 354 435 Chesham High School Chesham Gram 1.99 591 235 164 2.5 3.1 830 610 412 435 40 1.7 23 51 164 372 81 Dr Challoner’s Grammar 75 119 Amersham Gram 3.85 782 246 173 3.2 3.5 1074 57 171 168 56 2.4 46 0 173 91 44 exam results) again included reflecting the range of the the basic Oxbridge entry School various other qualifications points). We then add the requirement. We also show 192 121 Dr Challoner’s High School Amersham Gram 2.92 644 247 143 2.6 3.1 869 448 227 162 53 2.1 34 100 143 206 -71 High Wy- in subjects such as animal two z-scores to give an the rank of the school in 395 374 John Hampden Gram School Gram 1.82 564 235 116 2.4 3.1 929 283 349 475 37 1.5 19 0 116 436 -21 combe care and make-up, which we easy-to-read FT score where terms of the number of A Newp’t 548 553 Ousedale School Comp 1.13 522 226 140 2.3 3.0 944 249 668 942 29 1.3 18 53 140 567 5 feel give little help to 0 is the mid-point of the and B grades, and the Pagnell High Wy- 454 653 Pipers Corner School Ind 1.53 547 231 30 2.4 3.2 840 556 419 437 35 1.4 20 100 30 516 199 students and parents aiming universe of qualifying up/down column shows the combe High Wy- for places at top schools. A positive score is change in FT rank between 68 67 Royal Grammar School Gram 3.91 779 248 194 3.1 3.5 996 144 150 117 59 2.5 47 0 194 75 -1 combe universities. above average for the 2006 and 2007. 307 338 Royal Latin School Buckingham Gram 2.26 611 237 184 2.6 3.1 831 603 328 354 44 1.9 28 61 184 285 31 Sir Henry Floyd Gram Sch The table contains the country’s qualifying schools IB after a school’s name 462 532 Aylesbury Gram 1.48 547 230 122 2.4 3.0 830 610 553 634 29 1.5 18 54 122 438 70 2007 A-level results for our and a negative score is denotes a school that offers & AC 258 267 Sir William Borlase’s Gram Sch Marlow Gram 2.59 631 242 168 2.6 3.2 1015 112 313 376 45 1.9 29 53 168 270 9 top 1,000 schools. Around below average. the International 500 541 Stowe School Buckingham Ind 1.35 472 239 147 2.0 3.0 808 726 404 519 43 1.4 18 33 147 511 41 2,200 schools (out of nearly The left part of the table Baccalaureate diploma. If a 776 Walton High Walnut Tree Comp 0.50 462 222 95 2.1 2.5 786 842 754 19 1.0 10 57 93 898 High Wy- 2,800) in England met the deals with the core A-level school offers only the IB, 9 6 Wycombe Abbey School Ind 5.21 840 267 78 3.1 3.4 1154 13 1 1 93 3.1 79 100 78 13 -3 combe criteria for possible results, the FT score and and it meets the criteria for High Wy- 294 269 Wycombe High School Gram 2.35 577 245 199 2.4 3.0 904 348 236 217 48 1.9 26 100 199 295 -25 inclusion by having at least subsequent ranking. This is inclusion, it appears only in combe Cambridge and Peterborough 474 208 136 2.0 2.8 804 1.2 20 pupils entered for any the second year that we our separate IB table (see 229 289 Bellerbys College Cambridge Cambridge Ind 2.74 692 235 38 2.9 3.2 835 580 417 486 53 2.2 37 71 38 156 60 exams at A-level and an have used this methodology page 6). Cambridge Cent for 6th 776 439 Cambridge Ind 0.50 486 218 69 2.2 3.1 752 1019 745 539 25 1.3 10 41 69 603 -337 average of at least two so the 2006 ranking is also Sixth-form centres and Form St 2.98 655 247 877 2.7 3.3 1032 96 164 176 53 2.2 36 57 877 174 -7 A-levels per entrant. Results shown. Only large changes consortia are not reported in 182 175 Hills Road Sixth Form College Cambridge 6th 938 876 Jack Hunt School Peterborough Comp 0.13 442 216 97 2.0 2.7 807 727 25 1.1 13 47 94 784 -62 are organised by in rank are likely to be the table as we give the 324 353 Kimbolton School Huntingdon Ind 2.18 536 248 75 2.2 3.0 951 233 197 220 57 1.7 29 40 75 330 29 geographical area, broadly significant as the figures are results for the participating 534 455 King’s School Peterborough Comp 1.22 526 228 163 2.3 3.0 948 240 423 460 33 1.4 16 56 163 520 -79 by county. We show county volatile from year to year schools individually. School 479 417 King’s School Ely Ely Ind 1.43 501 237 68 2.1 3.1 812 709 447 406 44 1.4 24 47 68 527 -62 averages that include all and the schools are closely type is denoted by the 170 101 Leys School Cambridge Ind 3.03 673 245 88 2.8 3.3 902 352 246 133 50 2.1 34 39 88 186 -69 schools that meet our bunched. The middle of the following codes: Ind = 559 765 Longsands College St Neots Comp 1.09 515 227 120 2.3 2.7 740 1082 839 26 1.3 15 52 114 614 206 4.04 768 252 24 3.0 3.5 994 145 110 67 2.7 46 63 24 56 criteria, not just those in table deals with all exams Independent; 6th = Sixth 64 Mander Portman Woodward Cambridge Ind 62 47 Perse School Cambridge Ind 4.07 745 257 106 2.9 3.3 988 164 49 40 71 2.6 58 26 106 69 -15 the top 1,000. and lists the total points Form College; Gram = 14 14 Perse School for Girls Cambridge Ind 5.04 856 261 53 3.3 3.5 1167 10 4 13 78 3.1 72 100 53 11 0 The government has used accrued and the ranking (on Selective Grammar School; 895 Sir Harry Smith Comm Coll Whittlesey Comp 0.23 514 207 35 2.5 3.1 773 909 18 1.2 9 63 35 709 the QCA points system (as the government measure) Comp = Comprehensive; 792 St Ivo School St Ives Comp 0.47 457 222 123 2.1 2.7 711 1239 843 22 1.1 9 52 114 779 it did in 2006, having that would have derived Other. Some 75 319 St Mary’s School Cambridge Ind 3.85 721 256 44 2.8 3.2 956 219 84 355 68 2.6 52 100 44 65 244 previously used Ucas in from that. “comprehensive” schools are 487 507 Wisbech Grammar School Wisbech Ind 1.39 530 231 60 2.3 3.1 792 816 492 440 38 1.5 22 45 60 458 20 Cheshire 449 197 124 2.0 2.8 786 1.1 earlier years), as follows: In previous years the FT partially selective. 446 489 Abbey Gate College Chester Ind 1.56 537 234 27 2.3 2.7 807 733 535 831 34 1.5 22 52 27 450 43 716 591 Alderley Edge School for Girls Alderley Edge Ind 0.63 452 226 38 2.0 3.0 922 303 525 531 36 1.0 16 100 38 881 -125 573 899 All Hallows Catholic High Sch Macclesfi eld Comp 1.06 472 233 72 2.0 2.4 911 334 572 34 1.4 19 42 72 531 326 Core A lvl Core A levels All Exams Stoke-on- Grds 920 687 Alsager School Comp 0.18 469 213 119 2.2 2.9 740 1083 16 1.0 8 52 119 957 -233 T’nt 994 776 Bishop Heber High School Malpas Comp 0.00 396 221 79 1.8 2.5 813 701 901 17 0.9 6 57 77 1014 -218 588 601 Christleton High School Chester Comp 1.00 489 229 141 2.1 2.8 813 703 599 684 32 1.3 17 53 141 588 13 485 683 Fallibroome High School Macclesfi eld Comp 1.40 521 232 144 2.2 3.1 848 526 589 693 38 1.4 19 54 144 491 198 203 138 Grange School Northwich Ind 2.85 609 251 94 2.4 3.1 1094 43 79 69 56 2.1 32 57 94 216 -65 Holmes 983 Holmes Chapel Comp Sch Comp 0.04 453 213 71 2.1 2.9 829 617 826 25 0.9 14 44 71 1030 Chapel 271 219 King’s School Macclesfi eld Ind 2.50 602 244 118 2.5 3.1 898 364 294 289 46 1.9 31 44 118 293 -52 86 84 King’s School Chester Ind 3.70 741 249 91 3.0 3.3 966 199 166 131 58 2.5 48 22 91 86 -2 662 783 Poynton High School Stockport Comp 0.80 467 228 135 2.1 2.8 756 997 704 856 35 1.1 17 59 132 757 121 71 151 Queen’s School Chester Ind 3.90 751 252 51 3.0 3.1 989 160 111 236 60 2.6 53 100 51 68 80 554 883 Sandbach HS & 6th Fm Col Sandbach Comp 1.11 482 232 100 2.1 2.7 873 430 545 932 32 1.3 16 100 95 592 329

nts/candidate (all exams) nts/candidate 763 Sandbach School Sandbach Ind 0.54 474 221 75 2.1 2.9 805 742 893 26 1.1 14 0 74 804

FT Rank 07 FT Rank 06 FT Rank School Town type School FT score exams) (core candidate level Points/A entry A level Points/core (All exams) candidates Number of entries/candidate A level Core entries/candidate All A level Poi (Points/cand) rank Gov/DCSF 07-FT method (all exams) Rank 06-FT method (all exams) Rank subjects) (core % A grade/entry subjects) (core No AB/candidate subjects) AAB (core at least % cands candidates) % girls (A level only A level taking Pupils AB rank Up/Down 706 653 Sir John Deane’s College Northwich 6th 0.65 456 226 564 2.0 2.9 956 217 544 535 32 1.2 16 56 564 708 -53 Bedfordshire 412 183 151 1.9 2.6 725 0.9 788 South Cheshire College Crewe Other 0.48 452 223 620 2.0 2.8 747 1049 920 24 1.0 13 62 308 891 285 161 Bedford High School (IB) Bedford Ind 2.40 605 242 102 2.5 3.0 882 406 315 240 46 1.9 30 100 89 278 -124 552 694 St Nicholas Cath High Sch Northwich Comp 1.12 483 232 124 2.1 2.6 780 865 617 562 36 1.3 18 52 112 593 142 329 429 Bedford Modern School Bedford Ind 2.15 569 242 164 2.4 3.0 832 596 336 384 45 1.7 29 17 164 357 100 578 653 Tarporley Comm High Sch Tarporley Comp 1.04 535 222 62 2.4 2.7 884 400 871 782 25 1.1 13 56 61 737 75 178 214 Bedford School (IB) Bedford Ind 3.00 688 242 145 2.8 3.2 914 324 285 264 50 2.2 39 0 111 162 36 902 984 Tytherington High School Macclesfi eld Comp 0.22 406 225 82 1.8 2.6 708 1254 27 1.0 10 51 79 895 82 0.53 442 226 78 2.0 2.7 741 1074 941 27 1.2 10 68 78 713 Upton-by-Chester High 768 Biddenham Up Sch & Sp Coll Bedford Comp 706 647 Chester Comp 0.65 488 221 106 2.2 3.0 744 1065 820 759 29 1.2 13 57 106 712 -59 359 338 Dame Alice Harpur School Bedford Ind 1.96 564 238 87 2.4 3.0 821 664 284 301 45 1.6 26 100 87 398 -21 School 845 904 Wilmslow High School Wilmslow Comp 0.35 441 222 226 2.0 2.9 714 1225 685 973 26 1.1 11 53 210 802 59 711 696 Sharnbrook Up’ Sch & CC Sharnbrook Comp 0.64 453 226 274 2.0 2.7 838 563 791 640 30 1.1 12 54 271 773 -15 Cornwall 395 136 157 1.9 2.7 688 0.8 Berkshire 495 214 86 2.1 2.8 779 1.3 776 Truro College (IB) Truro Other 0.50 458 222 1137 2.1 2.9 807 729 815 885 24 1.1 11 57 689 825 108 94 Abbey School Reading Reading Ind 3.49 682 254 76 2.7 3.1 968 194 87 58 63 2.3 43 100 76 119 -14 267 250 Truro High School Truro Ind 2.53 626 241 27 2.6 3.0 829 615 345 324 47 1.9 37 100 27 286 -17 429 429 Bradfi eld College Reading Ind 1.64 478 245 144 2.0 2.8 774 903 401 382 50 1.5 19 38 144 462 0 288 262 Truro School Truro Ind 2.38 599 242 93 2.5 3.0 807 727 300 246 46 1.8 28 47 93 306 -26 617 814 Charters School Ascot Comp 0.92 436 235 144 1.9 2.6 748 1041 650 40 1.2 20 51 142 690 197 Cumbria 434 212 82 2.0 2.6 798 1.0 116 151 Downe House School Thatcham Ind 3.42 653 257 93 2.5 3.1 1101 40 20 33 68 2.3 44 100 93 125 35 Appleby- 1.20 486 234 74 2.1 2.7 822 656 670 359 38 1.3 18 54 74 566 -155 826 Appleby Grammar School Comp 0.39 457 220 41 2.1 2.5 767 934 995 29 1.2 13 55 38 664 539 384 Downs School Newbury Comp in-W 3 5 Eton College Windsor Ind 5.48 904 263 256 3.4 3.6 1086 51 12 19 81 3.3 78 0 256 3 2 373 507 Austin Friars St Monica’s Carlisle Ind 1.92 564 237 37 2.4 3.2 967 196 340 577 42 1.7 32 46 37 342 134 209 269 Heathfi eld St Mary’s School Ascot Ind 2.82 585 254 40 2.3 3.1 891 379 98 203 62 2.0 28 100 40 245 60 199 168 Casterton School Carnforth Ind 2.88 667 243 40 2.8 3.1 951 234 332 177 40 2.2 35 100 40 160 -31 633 629 Herschel Grammar School Slough Gram 0.88 530 219 99 2.4 2.9 705 1274 814 666 26 1.3 17 57 88 605 -4 541 728 Cockermouth School Cockermouth Comp 1.18 529 226 116 2.3 2.7 696 1330 734 30 1.4 18 55 114 537 187 716 Highdown Sch & Sixth Form C Emmer Green Comp 0.63 449 227 62 2.0 2.7 673 1459 28 1.1 13 69 55 761 962 Dallam School Milnthorpe Comp 0.08 436 216 71 2.0 2.8 836 570 906 20 1.0 8 49 71 907 598 420 Holt School Wokingham Comp 0.98 505 226 116 2.2 2.9 764 961 659 452 25 1.3 12 100 116 611 -178 978 861 Kirkbie Kendal School Kendal Comp 0.05 400 222 70 1.8 2.5 798 774 590 573 28 1.0 9 70 66 947 -117 40 22 Kendrick Girls’ Grammar Sch Reading Gram 4.31 773 258 100 3.0 3.2 1046 78 59 49 71 2.7 58 100 100 45 -18 Kirkby 956 Kirkby Stephen G Sch S Coll Comp 0.09 359 229 31 1.6 2.8 766 945 919 17 0.9 3 67 30 1059 820 Kennet School Thatcham Comp 0.41 471 218 119 2.2 3.0 844 545 615 715 23 1.1 12 59 115 769 Stephen 0.28 433 221 69 2.0 2.6 741 1074 29 1.0 11 61 66 907 322 458 Langley Grammar School Slough Gram 2.19 621 234 133 2.7 3.1 980 179 333 576 39 1.8 27 46 133 304 136 873 Lakes School Windermere Comp 0.99 510 225 79 2.3 2.7 965 201 597 785 28 1.2 16 64 75 660 148 278 455 Leighton Park School Reading Ind 2.45 629 239 60 2.6 3.2 788 837 369 560 39 1.9 28 28 60 280 177 593 741 Nelson Thomlinson Sch Wigton Comp 1.98 590 235 99 2.5 3.1 998 140 275 388 38 1.7 24 59 99 329 -10 180 318 Luckley-Oakfi eld School Wokingham Ind 2.99 650 248 24 2.6 3.2 940 259 185 283 51 2.1 38 100 24 186 138 355 345 Queen Elizabeth Gram Sch Penrith Gram 0.46 447 223 103 2.0 2.5 847 529 527 433 24 1.0 12 52 103 900 -168 927 687 Maiden Erlegh School Reading Comp 0.16 419 221 135 1.9 3.0 761 973 708 585 27 1.0 11 53 135 946 -240 797 629 Queen Katherine Sch Kendal Comp 1.78 578 232 89 2.5 3.1 796 789 466 621 35 1.6 21 27 89 414 69 302 357 Marist Senior School Ascot Ind 2.30 550 248 23 2.2 3.0 887 390 177 300 63 1.8 30 100 23 315 55 402 471 Sedbergh School Sedbergh Ind 1.88 617 228 48 2.7 3.3 963 204 374 401 46 1.8 35 33 48 307 120 856 941 Newlands Girls’ School Maidenhead Comp 0.33 452 219 71 2.1 2.7 748 1043 677 657 28 1.0 14 100 65 861 85 380 500 St Bees School St Bees Ind 0.18 436 219 110 2.0 2.6 768 929 23 1.0 11 54 110 935 -137 978 704 Piggott School Reading Comp 0.05 406 221 78 1.8 2.7 730 1133 683 27 0.9 12 43 76 1017 -274 920 783 Ulverston Victoria High Sch Ulverston Comp 0.09 420 219 140 1.9 2.5 823 654 31 1.1 16 54 140 846 -95 336 138 Queen Anne’s School Reading Ind 2.07 569 240 54 2.4 2.9 811 710 362 333 52 1.7 28 100 54 345 -198 956 861 William Howard School Brampton Comp 429 174 107 1.9 2.6 730 0.9 706 603 Ranelagh C of E School Bracknell Comp 0.65 489 221 92 2.2 2.6 729 1138 693 679 26 1.2 12 60 92 640 -103 Derbyshire 0.89 518 221 151 2.3 2.8 841 553 728 984 24 1.2 13 50 151 629 -57 368 239 Reading Blue Coat School Reading Ind 1.94 567 237 102 2.4 3.0 882 410 388 223 41 1.7 27 29 102 367 -129 630 573 Brookfi eld Community School Chesterfi eld Comp 2.69 677 236 29 2.9 3.2 862 468 446 649 45 2.0 45 3 29 249 163 66 37 Reading School Reading Gram 4.01 773 251 131 3.1 3.3 936 267 123 94 60 2.6 53 0 131 66 -29 239 402 Derby Grammar School Derby Ind 2.19 586 240 34 2.4 3.0 1038 86 223 185 49 1.7 32 100 34 351 -3 881 Slough Grammar School (IB) Slough Gram 0.26 483 213 168 2.3 2.7 681 1408 25 1.1 12 50 133 798 322 319 Derby High School Derby Ind 0.90 485 227 29 2.1 2.9 792 815 587 27 1.1 7 59 29 745 57 686 520 St Bartholomew’s School Newbury Comp 0.72 513 218 130 2.3 2.9 835 585 914 610 29 1.2 14 51 129 703 -166 626 683 Derby Moor Com Sports Col Derby Comp 1.85 599 230 147 2.6 3.0 872 436 425 505 37 1.6 25 55 146 391 118 359 424 St Bernard’s Cath Gram Sch Slough Gram 1.96 576 236 120 2.4 3.1 981 175 376 515 40 1.6 22 54 120 389 65 389 507 Ecclesbourne School Belper Comp 0.40 477 217 75 2.2 2.6 794 804 18 1.1 7 51 75 833 314 92 St George’s School Ascot Ind 2.22 549 247 40 2.2 3.0 876 426 183 54 52 1.7 25 100 40 359 -222 822 Heanor Gate Science College Heanor Comp FINANCIAL TIMES SATURDAY MARCH 8 2008 11 Top 1,000 Schools

Core A levels All Exams Core A lvl Core A lvl Grds Core A levels All Exams Grds nts/candidate (all exams) nts/candidate FT Rank 07 FT Rank 06 FT Rank School Town type School FT score exams) (core candidate level Points/A entry A level Points/core (All exams) candidates Number of entries/candidate A level Core entries/candidate All A level Poi (Points/cand) rank Gov/DCSF 07-FT method (all exams) Rank 06-FT method (all exams) Rank subjects) (core % A grade/entry subjects) (core No AB/candidate subjects) AAB (core at least % cands candidates) % girls (A level only A level taking Pupils AB rank Up/Down 07 FT Rank 06 FT Rank School Town type School FT score exams) (core candidate level Points/A entry A level Points/core (All exams) candidates Number of entries/candidate A level Core entries/candidate All A level (all exams) Points/candidate (Points/cand) rank Gov/DCSF 07-FT method (all exams) Rank 06-FT method (all exams) Rank subjects) (core % A grade/entry subjects) (core No AB/candidate subjects) AAB (core at least % cands candidates) % girls (A level only A level taking Pupils AB rank Up/Down 512 482 Highfi elds School Matlock Comp 1.33 530 229 106 2.3 2.9 926 294 516 532 35 1.4 18 56 106 523 -30 684 578 Marling School Stroud Gram 0.73 470 226 110 2.1 3.0 822 657 596 718 32 1.3 16 0 110 622 -106 652 776 Lady Manners School Bakewell Comp 0.83 444 232 125 1.9 2.9 920 307 586 36 1.2 14 54 125 704 124 895 Marlwood School Alveston Comp 0.23 447 218 108 2.0 2.6 764 955 30 1.1 15 60 105 833 956 Landau Forte College Derby Other 0.09 422 219 117 1.9 2.7 773 906 943 22 0.9 9 50 111 1042 79 73 Pate’s Grammar School Cheltenham Gram 3.82 719 255 169 2.8 3.1 1165 11 25 41 65 2.5 52 50 169 78 -6 459 941 Littleover Community School Derby Comp 1.50 555 229 98 2.4 3.1 844 543 523 896 34 1.4 18 60 97 513 482 519 388 Rendcomb College Cirencester Ind 1.26 551 224 33 2.5 3.2 802 757 468 426 33 1.6 24 46 33 423 -131 776 553 Mount St Mary’s College Sheffi eld Ind 0.50 427 227 33 1.9 3.1 733 1117 604 543 27 1.1 15 27 33 809 -223 734 597 Ribston Hall High School Gloucester Gram 0.60 456 225 66 2.0 2.8 853 499 573 487 28 1.2 9 83 66 661 -137 910 Newbold Community School Newbold Comp 0.20 473 213 41 2.2 2.5 845 537 23 1.0 17 68 41 954 303 248 Sir Thomas Rich’s School Gloucester Gram 2.29 636 234 118 2.7 3.1 1010 121 378 226 34 1.7 19 30 118 348 -55 153 285 Ockbrook School Derby Ind 3.12 668 248 23 2.7 3.0 824 644 194 258 57 2.3 48 100 23 113 132 743 965 St Edward’s School Cheltenham Ind 0.58 418 231 53 1.8 3.0 790 831 549 472 31 1.1 11 40 53 780 222 332 635 Queen Elizabeth’s Gram Sch Ashbourne Comp 2.08 565 241 89 2.3 2.8 1000 136 410 830 54 1.8 33 52 89 311 303 500 492 Stroud High School Stroud Gram 1.35 494 236 128 2.1 2.9 843 546 424 416 37 1.5 16 100 128 477 -8 163 196 Repton School Derby Ind 3.08 634 252 109 2.5 3.4 933 272 105 178 65 2.3 42 47 109 143 33 519 267 Westonbirt School Tetbury Ind 1.26 531 228 27 2.3 3.0 774 903 560 257 33 1.6 22 100 27 433 -252 418 332 St Mary’s Catholic High Sch Chesterfi eld Comp 1.70 562 233 118 2.4 3.0 915 322 515 309 35 1.5 22 56 118 466 -86 519 653 Wycliffe College Stonehouse Ind 1.26 481 236 76 2.0 2.7 708 1257 499 541 36 1.4 11 36 76 528 134 674 624 Trent College Nottingham Ind 0.76 426 234 90 1.8 2.7 783 852 484 434 35 1.2 13 38 90 732 -50 Hampshire 426 189 290 1.8 2.7 788 1.0 910 674 Tupton Hall School Chesterfi eld Comp 0.20 483 211 113 2.3 2.7 685 1392 803 22 1.0 8 56 112 879 -236 871 984 Alton College (IB) Alton 6th 0.29 408 226 733 1.8 2.8 869 451 726 687 34 1.0 14 52 579 875 113 924 810 Woodlands School Derby Comp 0.17 460 214 82 2.1 2.8 702 1302 939 752 16 0.9 9 56 82 1055 -114 415 451 Bay House School Gosport Comp 1.71 576 231 135 2.5 3.0 789 834 495 518 31 1.5 15 53 133 440 36 Devon 431 181 113 1.9 2.6 725 0.9 414 382 Bedales School Petersfi eld Ind 1.72 542 237 93 2.3 3.0 793 807 458 356 41 1.6 24 54 93 410 -32 415 415 Blundell’s School Tiverton Ind 1.71 559 233 81 2.4 3.0 783 856 460 365 35 1.6 20 40 81 417 0 942 904 Burgate School & 6th F’m Cen Fordingbridge Comp 0.12 417 220 92 1.9 2.9 918 313 694 800 31 1.1 11 51 92 851 -38 404 353 Churston Ferrers Gram Sch Brixham Gram 1.77 535 239 129 2.2 3.0 961 209 276 272 42 1.6 23 59 129 411 -51 153 274 Churcher’s College Petersfi eld Ind 3.12 666 248 70 2.7 3.1 985 170 139 250 56 2.2 44 36 70 155 121 85 92 Colyton Grammar School Colyton Gram 3.71 698 256 101 2.7 3.1 1272 2 15 21 68 2.4 49 48 101 96 7 67 550 Farnborough Hill Farnborough Ind 3.94 720 258 24 2.8 3.2 938 265 99 500 73 2.5 54 100 24 70 483 432 384 Devonport High Sch for Boys Plymouth Gram 1.63 592 226 121 2.6 3.2 1003 131 406 377 26 1.5 18 0 120 456 -48 68 115 King Edward VI School Southampton Ind 3.91 705 260 113 2.7 3.1 920 308 62 134 76 2.5 54 31 113 80 47 340 420 Devonport High Sch for Girls Plymouth Gram 2.04 603 234 103 2.6 3.1 942 256 353 350 40 1.6 29 100 103 399 80 377 400 Lord Wandsworth College Hook Ind 1.90 563 237 48 2.4 3.1 813 702 418 448 40 1.6 31 35 48 429 23 153 110 Exeter School Exeter Ind 3.12 671 247 98 2.7 3.2 911 334 217 147 53 2.2 39 31 98 171 -43 514 635 Oaklands Catholic School Waterlooville Comp 1.28 549 225 78 2.4 2.8 726 1159 829 27 1.2 17 50 78 631 121 454 578 Grenville College Bideford Ind 1.53 536 233 33 2.3 2.4 711 1238 718 865 38 1.5 24 58 33 453 124 516 469 Peter Symonds College Winchester 6th 1.27 510 231 1354 2.2 2.8 1016 111 416 453 37 1.4 21 53 1338 534 -47 902 Ivybridge Community College Ivybridge Comp 0.22 453 217 192 2.1 2.8 854 495 774 680 24 1.0 11 51 185 977 98 88 Portsmouth Gram Sch Portsmouth Ind 3.57 713 251 122 2.8 3.2 910 336 115 105 59 2.4 44 40 122 99 -10 748 931 Kelly College Tavistock Ind 0.57 393 235 40 1.7 2.9 756 998 475 773 34 1.2 12 28 40 677 183 192 157 Portsmouth High School Southsea Ind 2.92 640 248 31 2.6 3.0 856 491 199 172 55 2.1 42 100 31 198 -35 734 956 Kingsbridge Community Col Kingsbridge Comp 0.60 435 228 107 1.9 2.7 729 1142 644 802 31 1.2 13 61 105 668 222 889 997 Ringwood School Ringwood Comp 0.24 432 221 124 2.0 2.9 758 987 688 889 28 1.0 13 53 124 973 108 114 127 Maynard School Exeter Ind 3.43 704 249 52 2.8 3.1 923 298 158 98 55 2.3 42 100 52 129 13 248 451 Ryde School with Upper Chine Ryde Ind 2.64 590 250 52 2.4 3.2 903 349 228 358 61 1.9 35 50 52 288 203 811 541 Plymouth College Plymouth Ind 0.43 433 225 106 1.9 3.0 768 926 554 527 29 1.1 11 51 106 787 -270 406 250 Salesian College Farnborough Ind 1.74 556 235 35 2.4 3.1 793 809 580 375 34 1.9 17 0 35 296 -156 1.38 571 224 80 2.6 3.0 836 576 671 33 1.4 15 100 80 488 385 Sixth Form Col Farnborough 491 876 Plymouth High Sch for Girls Plymouth Gram 635 675 Farnborough 6th 0.87 466 230 1182 2.0 2.9 1036 90 507 553 32 1.2 15 55 1170 656 40 873 Plymstock School Plymstock Comp 0.28 451 219 82 2.1 2.8 721 1188 878 852 27 1.0 10 56 80 868 (IB) 569 427 St Anne’s Catholic School Southampton Comp 1.07 547 221 25 2.5 2.9 764 955 740 712 19 1.3 20 100 25 573 -142 669 669 Queen Elizabeth’s Com Col Crediton Comp 0.79 481 225 88 2.1 2.9 729 1138 874 769 31 1.1 15 56 88 748 0 399 563 St John’s College Southsea Ind 1.80 556 236 29 2.4 2.9 808 723 605 663 39 1.4 21 32 28 499 164 889 South Dartmoor Comm Coll Ashburton Comp 0.24 411 224 126 1.8 2.3 728 1145 749 27 1.0 10 46 120 966 32 80 St Swithun’s School Winchester Ind 4.47 796 258 56 3.1 3.3 1208 5 14 37 69 2.9 59 100 56 24 48 326 224 St Margaret’s School Exeter Ind 2.17 587 239 33 2.5 3.0 822 658 281 222 41 1.7 27 100 33 361 -102 5.89 962 263 148 3.7 3.8 1079 54 7 9 81 3.5 72 0 148 2 0 Newton 2 2 Winchester College Winchester Ind 532 Stover School Ind 1.23 503 232 23 2.2 3.4 844 542 453 36 1.5 13 100 23 470 Abbot Hereford and Worcester 454 187 135 2.0 2.7 796 1.1 935 956 Teign School Newt’ Abbot Comp 0.14 435 218 72 2.0 2.8 674 1447 24 0.9 12 47 72 1025 21 429 313 Alice Ottley School Worcester Ind 1.64 538 235 52 2.3 3.0 847 529 365 408 40 1.7 25 100 52 363 -116 276 230 Torquay Boys’ Grammar Sch Torquay Gram 2.46 630 239 154 2.6 3.2 1050 76 212 164 44 1.9 27 0 154 260 -46 273 279 Bromsgrove School Bromsgrove Ind 2.47 566 250 146 2.3 3.1 943 254 213 150 53 1.9 30 43 141 277 6 386 402 Torquay Gram Sch for Girls Torquay Gram 1.86 599 230 133 2.6 3.0 777 887 489 431 33 1.7 23 100 133 376 16 799 734 Dyson Perrins CofE High Sch Malvern Comp 0.45 451 222 37 2.0 2.6 835 582 888 28 1.0 8 60 37 907 -65 199 296 West Buckland School Barnstaple Ind 2.88 670 242 60 2.8 3.2 875 427 305 411 52 2.0 35 38 60 224 97 956 891 Hagley Catholic High School Stourbridge Comp 0.09 504 206 73 2.5 3.0 828 620 19 1.1 14 48 73 848 -65 Dorset 459 196 122 1.9 2.6 767 1.1 978 Haybridge High Sch & Sixth Hagley Comp 0.05 404 221 135 1.8 2.4 737 1103 892 917 27 0.9 14 54 127 1094 317 324 Bournemouth Sch for Girls Bournemouth Gram 2.20 594 239 144 2.5 3.1 939 264 266 349 41 1.8 22 100 144 318 7 461 295 Hereford Cathedral School Hereford Ind 1.49 553 230 71 2.4 3.0 794 801 455 328 39 1.4 25 55 71 502 -166 411 578 Bournemouth School Bournemouth Gram 1.73 572 232 152 2.5 3.1 828 625 393 633 39 1.6 26 0 152 406 167 581 535 Hereford Sixth Form College Hereford 6th 1.02 491 229 660 2.1 2.8 991 155 434 459 35 1.3 17 57 658 578 -46 1.80 518 242 120 2.1 3.1 827 627 299 308 45 1.6 24 41 120 418 -50 Ross-on- 399 349 Bryanston School B’ford Forum Ind 889 844 John Kyrle H Sch & 6th F Cen Comp 0.24 441 219 74 2.0 2.7 655 1568 933 789 27 1.0 11 51 70 892 -45 106 178 Canford School Wimborne Ind 3.50 683 254 129 2.7 3.2 928 290 94 107 65 2.3 48 43 129 114 72 Wye 674 891 John Masefi eld High School Ledbury Comp 0.76 445 230 53 1.9 2.6 781 862 724 27 1.2 13 52 46 654 217 706 853 Clayesmore School B’ford Forum Ind 0.65 422 232 51 1.8 3.0 758 987 678 781 40 1.1 12 49 51 747 147 291 389 King’s School Worcester Ind 2.37 564 248 107 2.3 3.1 880 416 210 251 55 1.8 33 44 107 301 98 994 Corfe Hills School Broadstone Comp 0.00 421 217 173 1.9 2.6 740 1083 20 0.9 5 53 170 1071 974 492 Lady Hawkins High School Kington Comp 0.06 483 208 22 2.3 2.7 661 1533 805 20 0.9 14 68 22 1043 -482 871 715 Gillingham School Gillingham Comp 0.29 429 222 164 1.9 2.7 850 517 509 566 30 1.1 12 47 164 827 -156 239 303 Malvern College (IB) Malvern Ind 2.69 655 240 160 2.7 3.1 980 177 368 501 45 2.0 35 35 66 242 64 711 Gryphon School Sherborne Comp 0.64 450 227 122 2.0 2.5 778 879 824 34 1.2 15 56 114 713 80 109 Malvern St James Malvern Ind 3.81 724 254 79 2.8 3.2 928 289 148 99 68 2.5 54 100 79 88 29 927 Highcliffe School Highcliffe Comp 0.16 428 220 58 1.9 2.5 596 1905 971 27 1.0 11 64 56 968 510 745 Malvern, The Chase Malvern Comp 1.34 541 228 137 2.4 2.9 820 671 568 777 29 1.4 21 60 131 496 235 251 224 Parkstone Grammar Sch Poole Gram 2.63 642 241 150 2.7 3.2 1018 106 248 207 49 2.0 33 100 150 233 -27 935 Pershore High School Pershore Comp 0.14 415 221 99 1.9 2.6 782 859 822 23 0.9 7 57 96 1148 347 527 Poole Grammar School Poole Gram 2.02 599 234 138 2.6 3.1 1071 60 306 489 43 1.7 32 0 138 331 180 545 661 Prince Henry’s High School Evesham Comp 1.15 523 227 159 2.3 2.8 832 591 757 891 28 1.3 16 58 159 623 116 804 Purbeck School Wareham Comp 0.44 463 220 94 2.1 2.5 647 1617 29 1.0 15 61 85 896 288 265 Royal Grammar School Worcester Ind 2.38 596 242 100 2.5 3.1 844 540 256 252 48 1.9 26 22 100 294 -23 120 168 Sherborne Sch for Girls Sherborne Ind 3.39 653 256 66 2.5 3.1 888 387 118 201 61 2.4 33 100 66 105 48 848 922 Worcester Sixth Form Col Worcester 6th 0.34 417 225 642 1.9 2.6 762 971 770 809 29 1.0 13 58 549 907 74 168 137 Sherborne School Sherborne Ind 3.04 653 248 119 2.6 3.1 869 449 209 167 51 2.2 34 0 119 172 -31 Hertfordshire 479 191 98 2.1 2.7 751 1.1 760 Sir John Colfox School Bridport Comp 0.55 443 226 58 2.0 2.8 725 1163 673 21 1.1 6 61 51 797 804 615 John Henry Newman RC Sch Stevenage Comp 0.44 486 216 116 2.2 2.7 698 1323 887 669 20 1.0 10 48 109 959 -189 182 412 St Antony’s Leweston Sch Sherborne Ind 2.98 644 248 32 2.6 3.2 904 347 201 379 55 2.1 44 100 32 186 230 Boreham- 2.33 622 237 37 2.6 3.0 826 635 307 37 1.8 22 100 37 302 554 971 Aldenham School Ind 1.11 488 231 53 2.1 3.1 732 1124 614 935 38 1.4 15 11 53 543 417 296 St Mary’s School Shaftesbury Ind wood 82 34 Talbot Heath School Bournemouth Ind 3.79 739 252 49 2.9 3.3 921 304 101 45 56 2.5 51 100 49 73 -48 881 776 Beaumont School St Albans Comp 0.26 438 220 124 2.0 2.8 735 1112 868 688 21 1.0 9 50 124 965 -105 867 965 Thomas Hardye Sch Dorchester Comp 0.30 430 222 325 1.9 2.6 884 399 721 1000 26 1.0 12 55 321 901 98 253 211 Berkhamsted Collegiate Sch Berkhamsted Ind 2.62 598 248 135 2.4 3.1 918 312 168 175 53 1.9 30 39 135 259 -42 895 Twynham School Christchurch Comp 0.23 435 220 96 2.0 2.7 688 1372 27 1.1 13 48 89 790 635 899 Bishop’s Hatfi eld Girls’ Sch Hatfi eld Comp 0.87 474 228 51 2.1 2.7 756 998 790 967 22 1.2 14 100 51 658 264 Essex 434 174 153 1.9 2.7 765 0.9 Bishop’s 185 279 Bishop’s Stortford College Ind 2.96 619 252 79 2.5 3.4 897 366 131 235 59 2.1 41 32 79 217 94 845 956 Boswells School Chelmsford Comp 0.35 449 220 108 2.0 2.7 939 263 664 970 21 0.9 7 63 108 988 111 S’ford Brent’d Ursuline Convent Bishop’s 1.24 472 237 136 2.0 2.7 836 575 571 628 38 1.4 18 31 131 552 -8 920 973 Brentwood Comp 0.18 406 224 86 1.8 2.9 874 429 948 26 1.0 10 100 86 883 53 528 520 Bishop’s Stortford H Sch Comp H Sch S’ford 0.49 471 220 99 2.1 2.8 983 174 695 775 26 1.1 14 57 98 752 -162 265 363 Brentwood School Brentwood Ind 2.54 604 245 152 2.5 3.1 856 490 253 369 52 1.9 35 42 152 271 98 784 622 Broxbourne School Broxbourne Comp 2.66 642 242 192 2.7 3.0 836 571 290 266 47 2.0 34 54 192 246 -72 52 50 Chelmsford C’nty HS for Girls Chelmsford Gram 4.14 780 253 135 3.1 3.3 1148 16 32 27 58 2.8 48 100 135 37 -2 246 174 Dame Alice Owen’s School Potters Bar Comp 0.03 394 222 76 1.8 2.7 878 420 502 643 26 0.9 12 51 76 1017 95 190 Chigwell School Chigwell Ind 3.60 717 251 80 2.9 3.1 868 454 167 287 56 2.5 42 41 79 88 95 987 Freman College Buntingford Comp 23 21 Haberdashers’ Aske’s S, Boys Elstree Ind 4.74 824 259 155 3.2 3.2 946 244 43 39 73 2.9 67 0 155 25 -2 Colchester C’nty H Sch for 4.43 802 256 103 3.1 3.3 1130 23 23 48 67 2.8 60 100 103 40 5 34 39 Colchester Gram Haberdashers’ Aske’s Sch, Girls 22 37 Elstree Ind 4.75 802 263 116 3.1 3.2 955 221 27 31 83 2.9 75 100 116 29 15 5 9 Colchester Royal Gram Sch Colchester Gram 5.42 923 258 134 3.6 3.8 1324 1 5 6 71 3.3 69 20 134 5 4 Girls Haileybury & Imp Serv Coll 724 647 Davenant Foundation School Loughton Comp 0.62 469 223 119 2.1 2.8 814 695 661 897 32 1.2 15 51 119 696 -77 243 178 Hertford Ind 2.67 644 241 145 2.7 3.1 933 273 384 413 43 2.0 27 44 89 228 -65 (IB) 332 446 Felsted School Dunmow Ind 2.08 553 243 90 2.3 3.1 804 744 359 393 48 1.7 24 40 90 332 114 Hemel 784 Hemel Hempstead School Comp 0.49 468 220 104 2.1 2.8 853 500 834 30 1.2 14 45 104 718 20 27 King Edward VI Grammar S Chelmsford Gram 4.80 857 255 155 3.4 3.6 1221 4 22 35 66 3.0 63 18 155 16 7 Hempstd Bishop’s 652 891 Mayfl ower High School Billericay Comp 0.83 469 228 92 2.1 2.8 847 528 593 27 1.2 5 49 92 720 239 969 690 Hertf’dshire & Essex H Sch Comp 0.07 431 217 95 2.0 2.6 732 1125 857 837 25 1.0 9 79 95 937 -279 1.69 522 239 44 2.2 3.1 858 479 319 311 41 1.7 23 100 44 343 -121 S’ford 420 299 New Hall School Chelmsford Ind 889 Highfi eld School Letchworth Comp 0.24 416 223 65 1.9 2.9 768 927 982 31 1.0 9 51 65 948 Saffron 711 Newport Free Grammar Sch Comp 0.64 479 222 77 2.2 2.9 831 602 736 23 1.2 11 51 76 698 1.25 544 225 100 2.4 2.9 803 751 788 776 25 1.3 16 100 99 562 -13 Walden 526 513 Hitchin Girls’ School Hitchin Comp Saffron 243 133 Immanuel College Bushey Ind 2.67 664 238 57 2.8 3.0 792 820 347 166 43 2.0 30 42 57 223 -110 500 624 Saffron Walden County H Sch Comp 1.35 486 237 219 2.0 2.4 798 773 637 443 33 1.4 17 48 183 498 124 W’den John F Kennedy Catholic Hemel 0.56 486 219 97 2.2 2.9 715 1219 968 27 1.1 12 52 97 751 Sixth Form Col Colchester 756 Comp 989 868 Colchester 6th 0.02 431 216 1115 2.0 2.9 863 462 876 847 22 1.0 9 54 1056 974 -121 School Hempstd (IB) 994 979 Knights Templar School Baldock Comp 0.00 436 215 135 2.0 2.8 703 1291 796 21 0.9 9 50 131 1013 -15 Southend High School for 261 336 Southend Gram 2.58 643 239 117 2.7 3.1 1074 58 172 269 39 2.0 25 13 117 253 75 885 772 Leventhorpe School Sawbridgew’th Comp 0.25 458 217 124 2.1 2.8 788 835 707 739 23 1.1 11 58 121 809 -113 Boys 1.74 563 233 82 2.4 2.8 932 276 415 446 32 1.5 21 100 82 455 14 359 324 Southend High School for Girls Southend Gram 1.96 581 236 115 2.5 3.1 1058 70 274 254 34 1.6 23 94 115 392 -35 406 420 Loreto College St Albans Comp 4.74 812 261 117 3.1 3.3 1136 21 10 22 77 3.0 68 0 117 22 19 468 560 St John Payne Cath Com Sch Chelmsford Comp 1.46 500 237 76 2.1 2.7 928 291 414 507 41 1.4 17 38 76 497 92 23 42 Merchant Taylors’ School Northwood Ind Welwyn 924 728 St Martin’s School Brentwood Comp 0.17 413 222 143 1.9 2.9 962 207 753 724 17 1.0 6 52 143 960 -196 862 Monks Walk School Comp 0.32 469 216 78 2.2 2.7 706 1268 21 1.1 13 47 78 855 Gard C Westcliff- 216 230 Westcliff High School for Boys Gram 2.80 667 241 115 2.8 3.1 1012 120 243 297 43 2.0 31 0 115 220 14 956 Nicholas Breakspear Cath Sch St Albans Comp 0.09 440 216 57 2.0 2.9 666 1505 19 0.9 8 51 53 1009 on-S Westcliff- 254 338 Parmiter’s School Watford Comp 2.61 621 244 135 2.5 3.1 853 500 286 367 42 2.0 25 47 135 233 84 138 107 Westcliff High School for Girls Gram 3.29 697 247 126 2.8 3.3 999 139 141 92 50 2.3 32 97 126 135 -31 on-S 564 435 Presdales School Ware Comp 1.08 518 226 101 2.3 2.8 748 1044 669 463 28 1.3 12 99 98 600 -129 740 824 William de Ferrers School Chelmsford Comp 0.59 448 226 125 2.0 2.9 739 1090 700 766 27 1.1 10 49 115 743 84 128 294 Purcell School Bushey Ind 3.36 658 255 36 2.6 2.9 813 705 162 259 67 2.2 31 56 36 164 166 Gloucestershire 429 191 115 1.9 2.6 762 1.0 621 501 Queens’ School Bushey Comp 0.91 475 229 126 2.1 2.7 699 1321 785 700 31 1.2 11 50 118 673 -120 Charlton 600 Balcarras School Comp 0.97 470 231 124 2.0 2.7 920 310 472 834 31 1.2 10 52 119 649 123 124 Queenswood School Hatfi eld Ind 3.38 676 252 56 2.7 3.2 915 321 117 112 56 2.4 30 100 56 110 1 Kings 480 751 Roundwood Park School Harpenden Comp 1.41 539 230 114 2.3 2.8 931 277 550 626 33 1.5 18 47 112 451 271 776 Castle School Thornbury Comp 0.50 408 230 145 1.8 2.5 799 769 623 956 32 1.0 15 53 136 870 465 392 Royal Masonic School for Girls Rickmansw’th Ind 1.47 457 245 94 1.9 2.6 794 800 326 241 45 1.5 17 100 92 442 -73 373 236 Cheltenham College Cheltenham Ind 1.92 533 242 110 2.2 3.0 842 550 279 218 50 1.6 28 39 110 395 -137 816 461 St Albans Girls’ School St Albans Comp 0.42 439 224 104 2.0 2.9 747 1048 672 403 26 1.0 11 100 104 858 -355 17 14 Cheltenham Ladies’ Col Cheltenham Ind 4.98 843 261 138 3.2 3.5 1045 79 17 23 77 3.0 67 100 138 17 -3 110 96 St Albans High School for Girls St Albans Ind 3.46 686 253 78 2.7 3.2 908 340 120 108 64 2.3 42 100 77 116 -14 776 799 Cotswold School Cheltenham Comp 0.50 485 218 59 2.2 2.8 840 559 641 551 23 1.0 12 35 58 876 23 84 101 St Albans School St Albans Ind 3.72 702 256 105 2.7 3.2 1054 73 48 89 65 2.5 45 15 105 82 17 131 224 Dean Close School Cheltenham Ind 3.34 705 247 101 2.9 3.4 932 274 152 277 52 2.3 35 53 101 137 93 728 591 St Christopher School Letchworth Ind 0.61 467 223 44 2.1 2.9 697 1324 602 481 23 1.2 7 40 43 721 -137 804 482 Farmor’s School Fairford Comp 0.44 416 228 109 1.8 2.6 739 1090 680 516 32 1.2 11 51 109 717 -322 598 St Clement Danes School Chorleywood Comp 0.98 439 236 120 1.9 2.7 696 1331 465 36 1.3 14 59 120 604 437 308 High School for Girls Gloucester Gram 1.60 551 232 107 2.4 3.0 1014 117 343 216 33 1.5 23 92 107 459 -129 2.82 640 245 51 2.6 3.1 923 300 291 893 52 2.0 35 0 51 251 286 Wotton- 209 495 St Columba’s College St Albans Ind 642 669 Katharine Lady Berkeley’s Sch Comp 0.85 487 226 120 2.2 3.0 872 435 470 645 26 1.2 17 59 120 650 27 u-Ed’ 448 402 St Edmund’s College Ware Ind 1.55 573 227 48 2.5 3.3 805 739 555 478 32 1.6 19 31 48 429 -46 658 King’s School Gloucester Ind 0.82 472 227 51 2.1 2.9 787 838 537 877 30 1.1 16 37 51 842 465 151 St Francis College Letchworth Ind 1.47 560 228 24 2.5 3.1 826 630 427 153 32 1.6 17 100 24 404 -314 12 FINANCIAL TIMES SATURDAY MARCH 8 2008 Top 1,000 Schools

Core A lvl Core A lvl Core A levels All Exams Grds Core A levels All Exams Grds e (core subjects) e (core y (core subjects) y (core el entries/candidate ils taking A level only A level ils taking nts/candidate (all exams) nts/candidate entry A level nts/core FT Rank 07 FT Rank 06 FT Rank School Town type School FT score exams) (core candidate level Points/A entry A level Points/core (All exams) candidates Number of entries/candidate A level Core entries/candidate All A level Poi (Points/cand) rank Gov/DCSF 07-FT method (all exams) Rank 06-FT method (all exams) Rank subjects) (core % A grade/entry subjects) (core No AB/candidate subjects) AAB (core at least % cands candidates) % girls (A level only A level taking Pupils AB rank Up/Down 07 FT Rank 06 FT Rank School Town type School FT score exams) (core candidate level Points/A Poi (All exams) candidates Number of entries/candidate A level Core All A lev (all exams) Points/candidate (Points/cand) rank Gov/DCSF 07-FT method (all exams) Rank 06-FT method (all exams) Rank % A grade/entr No AB/candidat subjects) AAB (core at least % cands candidates) % girls (A level Pup AB rank Up/Down 604 568 St George’s School Harpenden Comp 0.96 483 229 143 2.1 2.9 777 885 469 583 36 1.3 19 54 143 594 -36 267 262 Uppingham School Oakham Ind 2.53 581 249 166 2.3 3.1 872 438 189 182 53 1.9 28 41 166 262 -5 Rickmans- 2.73 657 241 133 2.7 3.0 853 502 321 419 42 1.9 33 28 133 279 837 St Joan of Arc Catholic School Comp 0.36 433 223 87 1.9 2.6 689 1364 840 22 1.0 10 52 86 883 231 274 Welbeck, Defence 6th Form C Woodhouse Other worth 792 868 Wyggeston & Qu’n E’beth I Col Leicester 6th 0.47 465 220 842 2.1 2.8 811 712 918 26 1.1 13 60 834 788 76 2.23 609 237 35 2.6 3.2 878 421 262 204 41 1.9 23 100 35 265 -163 312 149 St Margaret’s School Bushey Ind Lincolnshire 436 183 133 2.0 2.7 784 0.9 804 719 Tring School Tring Comp 0.44 442 224 163 2.0 2.7 709 1247 766 697 28 1.1 12 47 161 796 -85 693 904 Boston Grammar School Boston Gram 0.70 496 221 69 2.2 3.0 914 323 747 855 22 1.2 10 20 69 628 211 173 157 Watford Grammar S for Boys Watford Comp 3.01 688 242 162 2.8 3.2 894 373 250 227 45 2.1 38 0 162 195 -16 946 912 Boston High School Boston Gram 0.11 475 211 82 2.3 3.0 796 787 15 0.9 10 88 82 1035 -34 118 230 Watford Grammar Sch for Girls Watford Comp 3.41 675 253 165 2.7 3.1 917 317 127 225 63 2.3 43 100 165 141 112 424 407 Bourne Grammar School Bourne Gram 1.67 552 234 110 2.4 3.1 1024 101 292 345 36 1.6 23 52 110 424 -17 Kent 476 183 112 2.0 2.8 762 1.0 227 219 Caistor Grammar School Lincoln Gram 2.75 662 240 62 2.8 3.1 1055 71 193 233 47 2.1 35 40 62 194 -8 440 379 Ashford School Ashford Ind 1.59 551 232 53 2.4 3.3 859 478 396 368 42 1.6 23 100 53 427 -61 991 Carre’s Grammar School Sleaford Gram 0.01 427 216 89 2.0 2.8 786 844 970 989 21 0.9 7 0 84 993 475 451 Barton Court Grammar School Canterbury Gram 1.44 522 233 102 2.2 3.1 991 156 387 271 29 1.4 13 67 102 514 -24 962 John Leggott Sixth Form Coll Scunthorpe 6th 0.08 428 218 790 2.0 2.6 848 524 855 25 1.0 13 54 738 942 T’bridge 423 Beechwood Sacred Heart Sch Ind 1.68 608 225 27 2.7 3.3 803 754 512 37 1.6 19 100 27 400 Kesteven & Grantham Girls’ Wells 763 541 Grantham Gram 0.54 486 219 112 2.2 2.9 905 344 633 533 26 1.4 12 100 112 545 -222 Sch 120 56 Benenden School Cranbrook Ind 3.39 709 247 83 2.9 3.1 911 329 128 52 52 2.4 35 100 83 98 -64 411 776 Kesteven and Sleaford H Sch Sleaford Gram 1.73 567 233 98 2.4 3.0 981 176 370 695 33 1.4 19 100 98 507 365 500 783 Borden Grammar School Sittingbourne Gram 1.35 567 224 92 2.5 3.2 974 184 567 839 24 1.4 13 3 92 521 283 581 556 King Edward VI Gram Sch Louth Gram 1.02 560 218 108 2.6 3.0 756 998 793 756 24 1.3 18 57 108 582 -25 652 941 Chatham Gram Sch for Girls Chatham Gram 0.83 482 226 129 2.1 2.9 844 543 461 671 28 1.1 14 93 111 783 289 468 690 King’s School, Grantham Grantham Gram 1.46 577 225 105 2.6 3.0 967 196 403 550 36 1.5 24 0 105 460 222 581 678 Chatham House Gram S, Boys Ramsgate Gram 1.02 517 225 97 2.3 2.8 901 357 653 517 27 1.3 14 26 96 617 97 548 847 Lincoln Minster School Lincoln Ind 1.13 428 242 39 1.8 2.8 763 963 428 665 44 1.3 23 41 39 577 299 368 Cobham Hall Gravesend Ind 1.94 524 244 35 2.1 2.9 820 666 490 60 1.7 26 100 35 383 885 824 Priory LSST Lincoln Comp 0.25 421 223 184 1.9 2.5 912 328 578 609 28 1.0 9 51 183 897 -61 373 296 Cranbrook School Cranbrook Gram 1.92 607 231 152 2.6 3.1 834 587 660 461 36 1.7 26 49 152 344 -77 569 622 Queen Elizabeth’s Gram Sch Horncastle Gram 1.07 485 231 98 2.1 3.1 959 212 421 510 35 1.3 16 60 98 590 53 580 653 Dane Court Grammar School Broadstairs Gram 1.03 500 228 146 2.2 3.0 957 216 487 465 32 1.3 14 53 146 602 73 748 393 Queen Elizabeth’s Gram Sch Alford Gram 0.57 397 234 61 1.7 2.4 828 620 576 327 33 1.2 8 68 59 694 -355 480 532 Dartford Gram Sch, Girls (IB) Dartford Gram 1.41 535 231 142 2.3 3.2 993 146 413 611 29 1.5 13 100 128 464 52 186 274 Queen Elizabeth’s H Sch Gainsb’ough Gram 2.95 677 242 130 2.8 3.0 1017 109 211 288 49 2.0 39 53 130 221 88 Dartford Grammar School 621 615 Dartford Gram 0.91 552 216 191 2.6 3.2 948 239 644 23 1.3 12 16 74 572 -6 1.08 535 223 77 2.4 3.1 932 275 639 558 24 1.4 13 49 77 553 -14 (IB) 564 550 Skegness Grammar Sch Skegness Gram Dover Grammar School for 760 475 Spalding Grammar School Spalding Gram 0.55 501 217 140 2.3 2.8 728 1148 907 596 18 1.0 11 36 140 905 -285 448 442 Dover Gram 1.55 567 229 85 2.5 3.5 1069 61 432 648 28 1.5 14 100 85 467 -6 Girls 534 446 Spalding High School Spalding Gram 1.22 519 229 86 2.3 2.8 972 187 462 346 24 1.4 8 88 86 532 -88 0.71 460 227 101 2.0 2.8 758 986 581 502 33 1.3 11 100 101 579 -163 690 527 Folkestone School for Girls Folkestone Gram 282 219 Stamford High School Stamford Ind 2.42 597 243 86 2.5 3.0 826 635 280 231 38 2.0 26 100 86 250 -63 0.80 568 211 81 2.7 3.6 1092 47 675 17 1.2 11 100 81 725 176 662 838 Fort Pitt Grammar School Chatham Gram 331 393 Stamford School Stamford Ind 2.12 577 240 91 2.4 3.0 809 721 367 405 41 1.7 27 0 91 355 62 0.63 486 221 104 2.2 3.0 847 527 616 555 28 1.1 12 100 104 844 -249 716 467 Gravesend Gram Sch for Girls Gravesend Gram 548 776 William Farr CofE Comp Sch Lincoln Comp 1.13 531 225 116 2.4 2.8 889 385 805 29 1.4 14 55 116 535 228 811 678 Gravesend Gram School Gravesend Gram 0.43 496 215 134 2.3 3.1 694 1341 900 846 20 1.1 10 5 134 781 -133 London east 424 166 154 1.9 2.6 670 0.8 1.41 514 234 106 2.2 2.8 757 989 564 934 36 1.4 20 0 105 529 493 480 973 Harvey Grammar School Folkestone Gram 989 All Saints Cath Sch & TC Dagenham Comp 0.02 391 222 64 1.8 2.4 630 1712 24 0.9 11 37 54 1081 1.37 541 228 92 2.4 3.3 1007 124 513 455 28 1.3 16 98 92 555 -121 493 372 Highsted Grammar School Sittingbourne Gram 58 69 Bancrofts School W’ford Green Ind 4.12 763 255 109 3.0 3.3 970 190 67 102 70 2.6 56 52 109 63 11 1.94 570 237 147 2.4 3.1 851 512 329 397 42 1.6 19 100 147 390 4 368 372 Highworth Gram Sch for Girls Ashford Gram 630 742 Beal High School Ilford Comp 0.89 507 223 172 2.3 2.9 744 1066 746 822 27 1.2 15 49 168 675 112 0.20 438 219 185 2.0 2.8 961 210 532 484 26 1.0 10 79 184 933 -249 910 661 Invicta Grammar School Maidstone Gram 564 629 Campion School Hornchurch Comp 1.08 508 227 94 2.2 3.1 835 582 655 763 26 1.3 13 17 77 605 65 3.38 684 251 146 2.7 3.2 1016 110 106 64 59 2.3 42 18 146 128 -58 123 65 Judd School Tonbridge Gram 454 400 Coopers’ Co & Coborn Sch Upminster Comp 1.53 534 233 181 2.3 3.0 954 224 504 580 31 1.5 15 48 181 465 -54 1.48 575 226 69 2.6 3.3 816 686 498 341 38 1.5 22 32 69 457 -161 462 301 Kent College (Canterbury) Canterbury Ind 254 209 Forest School Snaresbrook Ind 2.61 626 243 121 2.6 3.1 844 541 304 270 43 2.0 28 52 121 244 -45 T’bridge 406 332 Kent College Pembury Ind 1.74 491 245 37 2.0 3.1 840 561 322 237 51 1.6 22 100 37 416 -74 209 250 Ilford County High School Barkingside Gram 2.82 687 238 135 2.9 3.1 885 397 493 451 43 2.1 32 0 135 199 41 Wells 0.11 452 214 75 2.1 2.8 823 649 932 415 13 0.9 4 100 75 1045 -357 62 40 King’s School Canterbury Canterbury Ind 4.07 773 252 182 3.1 3.4 956 217 96 81 60 2.6 49 48 182 60 -22 946 589 Ilford Ursuline High School Ilford Comp 0.00 428 216 68 2.0 2.8 773 908 19 0.9 8 53 59 1031 604 444 King’s School, Rochester Rochester Ind 0.96 539 220 55 2.5 3.1 830 607 723 678 28 1.3 16 33 55 560 -160 994 Robert Clack School Dagenham Comp Sacred Heart of Mary Girls’ 711 444 Maidstone Gram Sch for Girls Maidstone Gram 0.64 496 219 134 2.3 3.2 887 391 575 449 28 1.3 10 84 134 610 -267 784 568 Upminster Comp 0.49 447 224 84 2.0 2.9 951 229 420 316 21 1.0 6 100 83 969 -216 Sch Maidstone Grammar School 797 615 Maidstone Gram 0.46 475 219 169 2.2 3.1 821 662 794 607 20 1.1 10 18 126 762 -182 342 345 Seven Kings High School Ilford Comp 2.03 575 238 216 2.4 3.0 813 703 398 336 44 1.7 27 67 216 353 3 (IB) 0.47 469 220 154 2.1 2.8 719 1202 848 909 22 1.1 13 100 137 766 84 639 608 Norton Knatchbull School Ashford Gram 0.86 500 224 137 2.2 3.0 712 1232 621 668 26 1.2 11 12 137 635 -31 792 876 St Angela’s Ursuline School Newham Comp 0.99 538 220 84 2.4 2.8 795 795 983 22 1.2 11 58 84 624 526 824 Oakwood Park Gram Sch Maidstone Gram 1.25 512 231 90 2.2 2.9 765 952 594 738 28 1.3 14 20 90 561 298 593 St Edward’s CofE Comp Romford Comp 0.60 492 219 125 2.2 2.9 718 1204 716 681 22 1.0 8 67 110 871 -59 845 427 Queen Elizabeth’s Gram Sch Faversham Gram 0.35 475 216 91 2.2 3.1 936 269 760 402 27 1.1 12 50 91 754 -418 734 675 Valentines High School Ilford Comp 3.23 713 243 128 2.9 3.1 847 532 273 101 54 2.3 42 100 128 142 -97 519 495 Rainham Mark Gram Sch Gillingham Gram 1.26 535 227 132 2.4 3.0 944 248 457 604 30 1.4 19 52 132 501 -24 143 46 Woodford County High Sch W’ford Green Gram 506 195 117 2.2 2.8 707 1.3 355 366 Rochester Gram Sch, Girls Rochester Gram 1.98 554 240 112 2.3 3.0 920 309 327 322 40 1.6 23 96 112 396 11 London north Rochester Independent 748 891 Acland Burghley School Tufnell Park Comp 0.57 438 227 132 1.9 2.7 670 1475 629 631 29 1.2 9 55 110 699 143 564 475 Rochester Ind 1.08 506 228 45 2.2 3.1 794 803 683 758 35 1.2 22 38 45 630 -89 College Bounds 0.33 482 215 52 2.2 2.6 665 1509 17 0.9 8 51 49 996 -105 Simon Langton Girls’ Gram 856 751 Alexandra Park School Comp 368 338 Canterbury Gram 1.94 575 236 124 2.4 3.1 854 497 350 339 44 1.7 30 100 124 378 -30 Green Sch 500 451 Ashmole School Southgate Comp 1.35 516 232 101 2.2 3.0 818 679 482 547 33 1.4 17 52 100 530 -49 465 407 Simon Langton Gram S, Boys Canterbury Gram 1.47 547 230 122 2.4 3.0 865 459 628 599 35 1.5 19 17 122 441 -58 192 154 Brampton College (IB) Hendon Ind 2.92 701 238 83 3.0 3.1 820 666 241 239 44 2.3 34 50 82 133 -38 415 458 Sir Joseph William’ Math Sch Rochester Gram 1.71 570 232 136 2.5 3.2 1008 123 381 520 41 1.7 25 21 136 385 43 395 389 Camden School for Girls Camden Comp 1.82 541 239 213 2.3 2.8 792 819 409 352 39 1.6 21 74 205 412 -6 475 469 Sir Roger Manwood’s School Sandwich Gram 1.44 538 231 105 2.3 3.0 986 167 392 589 31 1.6 15 55 105 431 -6 48 96 Channing School Highgate Ind 4.19 743 260 49 2.9 3.2 1025 100 41 125 75 2.7 59 100 49 51 48 T’bridge 219 211 Skinners’ School Gram 2.79 694 236 100 2.9 3.1 828 619 385 332 41 2.1 34 0 100 212 -8 33 29 City of London Sch for Girls Barbican Ind 4.44 772 261 78 3.0 3.2 987 165 30 38 77 2.8 62 100 78 38 -4 Wells 5.00 857 260 106 3.3 3.4 1001 133 29 63 74 3.1 61 0 106 14 15 578 669 St Edmund’s School Canterbury Ind 1.04 425 240 66 1.8 2.9 772 914 371 454 53 1.3 14 44 66 605 91 16 31 City of London School City Ind 0.87 501 224 77 2.2 2.7 706 1272 751 524 28 1.4 16 100 76 504 -206 569 495 St Lawrence College Ramsgate Ind 1.07 556 219 43 2.5 3.2 746 1055 895 27 1.3 16 37 43 554 -74 635 429 Copthall School Mill Hill Comp T’bridge Davies Laing and Dick Col 0.44 415 228 151 1.8 2.6 650 1603 801 623 30 1.1 10 47 150 791 -162 231 186 T’bridge Wells Girls’ Gram Sch Gram 2.73 626 246 106 2.5 3.1 929 284 303 256 53 2.0 32 100 106 233 -45 804 642 Marylebone Ind Wells (IB) Tonbridge Grammar School 848 East Barnet School East Barnet Comp 0.34 430 223 89 1.9 2.8 662 1530 731 895 38 1.1 17 45 84 841 151 138 Tonbridge Gram 3.16 680 247 154 2.8 3.2 936 270 400 188 49 2.2 32 93 120 151 -13 (IB) 927 868 Finchley Catholic High Sch Finchley Comp 0.16 467 213 78 2.2 2.5 725 1162 17 0.9 8 0 74 986 -59 26 19 Tonbridge School Tonbridge Ind 4.67 815 259 145 3.1 3.5 988 163 44 26 74 2.9 63 0 145 28 -7 695 734 Fortismere School Muswell Hill Comp 0.69 461 226 199 2.0 2.8 748 1042 630 746 29 1.2 13 55 199 700 39 T’bridge 670 429 Tunbridge Wells Gram S, Boys Gram 0.78 483 225 124 2.2 2.9 944 247 547 383 25 1.2 10 2 124 633 -241 231 197 Francis Holland Sch, NW1 Regents Pk Ind 2.73 660 240 48 2.8 3.3 882 405 259 281 43 2.1 33 100 48 179 -34 Wells 138 131 Francis Holland Sch, SW1 Sloane Squ. Ind 3.29 700 246 32 2.8 3.2 865 459 230 151 52 2.2 41 100 32 154 -7 365 167 Walthamstow Hall Sevenoaks Ind 1.95 558 239 27 2.3 2.9 823 652 301 210 43 1.7 11 100 27 334 -198 437 661 Grey Coat Hospital Westminster Comp 1.60 541 234 107 2.3 2.8 784 851 445 702 41 1.6 25 89 102 419 224 672 595 Weald of Kent Grammar Sch Tonbridge Gram 0.77 476 226 134 2.1 2.9 852 505 488 421 30 1.3 16 95 134 597 -77 3.43 711 248 130 2.9 3.1 821 662 312 399 55 2.3 43 49 128 124 94 Lancashire 450 154 250 2.0 2.7 781 1.0 114 208 Hasmonean High School Hendon Comp 36 30 Henrietta Barnett School Hampst’d GS Gram 4.40 788 257 108 3.1 3.2 934 271 56 60 69 2.9 66 100 108 34 -6 269 250 Arnold School Blackpool Ind 2.52 612 243 95 2.5 3.1 938 266 293 302 55 2.0 36 51 95 233 -19 3.85 741 252 139 2.9 3.2 896 369 138 122 60 2.5 52 22 139 71 -24 Bacup & Rawtenstall Gram 75 51 Highgate School Highgate Ind 556 475 Rossendale Gram 1.10 512 227 244 2.3 2.8 1020 105 474 425 30 1.3 17 53 244 598 -81 Sch 404 482 King Alfred School Golders Gr’n Ind 1.77 554 236 34 2.4 3.1 851 510 364 260 48 1.7 21 50 34 339 78 Poulton- Dartmouth 792 973 Baines School Comp 0.47 438 225 122 2.0 2.9 869 452 783 858 28 1.0 11 64 122 907 181 873 683 La Sainte Union Cath Se Sch Comp 0.28 506 210 117 2.4 2.8 646 1620 662 19 1.1 8 94 96 806 -190 le-F’e Pk 910 847 Cardinal Newman College Preston 6th 0.20 382 228 737 1.7 2.5 921 305 643 749 28 1.0 11 61 722 906 -63 336 338 Lansdowne College (IB) Bayswater Ind 2.07 596 236 71 2.6 3.0 798 777 437 523 37 1.7 24 51 70 359 2 359 397 Clitheroe Royal Grammar Sch Clitheroe Gram 1.96 579 236 295 2.5 3.0 1022 104 397 442 41 1.6 26 54 295 402 38 55 71 Latymer School Edmonton Gram 4.13 763 255 251 3.0 3.3 958 213 69 70 65 2.7 53 49 251 52 16 652 Hutton Ch of Eng Gram Sch Hutton Comp 0.83 493 224 70 2.2 3.0 903 350 570 30 1.1 11 37 70 758 357 384 Mill Hill County High School Mill Hill Comp 1.97 565 238 219 2.4 3.0 820 666 439 496 46 1.8 30 49 219 316 27 428 429 King Edward VII & Q Mary Sch Lytham St A’ Ind 1.65 538 235 49 2.3 2.9 927 293 471 427 37 1.6 22 45 49 397 1 493 653 Mill Hill School Foundation Mill Hill Ind 1.37 517 233 118 2.2 2.9 783 853 467 494 36 1.5 17 28 118 480 160 799 Kirkham Carr Hill HS & 6th FC Kirkham Comp 0.45 483 217 51 2.2 2.9 818 678 977 26 1.0 11 49 45 907 885 Parliament Hill School Camden Comp 0.25 458 217 118 2.1 2.9 670 1478 828 953 25 1.1 11 100 106 805 437 379 Kirkham Grammar School Preston Ind 1.60 552 232 94 2.4 3.0 883 401 454 378 37 1.6 19 47 94 401 -58 826 568 Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ Sch Barnet Comp 0.39 458 220 103 2.1 2.8 715 1216 867 704 21 1.0 6 100 103 951 -258 212 357 Lancaster Girls’ Grammar Sch Lancaster Gram 2.81 623 248 142 2.5 3.2 1138 20 85 276 55 2.0 37 100 142 231 145 19 11 Queen Elizabeth’s School Barnet Gram 4.91 823 263 120 3.1 3.6 1104 38 19 15 81 3.0 69 0 120 20 -8 135 175 Lancaster Royal Gram Sch Lancaster Gram 3.31 705 246 149 2.9 3.4 1114 30 154 219 52 2.3 37 0 149 144 40 229 357 Queen’s College London Westminster Ind 2.74 668 239 48 2.8 3.1 837 569 352 445 40 1.9 23 100 48 267 128 862 832 Ormskirk School Ormskirk Comp 0.32 416 225 112 1.9 2.6 839 562 31 1.0 15 43 107 901 -30 65 59 South Hampstead H Sch Camden Ind 4.02 742 256 85 2.9 3.2 939 262 57 56 63 2.7 53 100 85 49 -6 792 578 Queen Elizabeth’s Gram Sch Blackburn Ind 0.47 546 207 47 2.6 3.1 881 413 729 22 1.4 15 11 47 539 -214 811 St Ignatius College Enfi eld Comp 0.43 520 210 93 2.5 3.0 706 1268 18 1.0 9 0 93 898 556 541 Rossall School (IB) Fleetwood Ind 1.10 596 214 65 2.8 3.3 803 751 37 1.8 28 30 43 320 -15 581 838 St Marylebone CofE Sch Westminster Comp 1.02 468 233 88 2.0 2.6 768 928 483 575 32 1.4 14 84 86 532 257 495 Runshaw College Leyland Other 1.36 517 232 1428 2.2 3.0 817 683 435 567 30 1.4 15 53 759 540 153 282 St Michael’s Cath Gram Sch N’th Finchley Gram 3.12 664 248 125 2.7 3.1 1093 45 157 282 52 2.2 31 100 125 165 129 391 308 Stonyhurst College Clitheroe Ind 1.83 581 232 98 2.5 3.1 791 824 476 344 41 1.6 28 31 98 421 -83 28 45 University College School Hampstead Ind 4.60 816 257 103 3.2 3.4 940 260 74 84 71 2.9 61 0 103 27 17 265 357 Westholme School Blackburn Ind 2.54 608 244 76 2.5 3.2 873 432 263 330 47 1.9 32 100 76 271 92 1 1 Westminster School Westminster Ind 6.23 997 265 198 3.8 4.0 1120 28 3 2 86 3.7 89 31 198 1 0 Leicestershire and Rutland 439 207 150 2.0 2.7 783 1.0 342 415 Woodhouse College Finchley 6th 2.03 583 237 472 2.5 3.0 831 599 448 423 40 1.7 25 61 445 358 73 862 783 Beauchamp College Leicester Comp 0.32 452 219 398 2.1 2.9 798 776 988 27 1.1 13 47 392 819 -79 London south 469 194 130 2.0 2.8 743 1.1 837 City of Leicester College Evington Comp 0.36 419 226 104 1.9 2.6 694 1340 26 1.2 11 54 70 709 556 861 A’bishop Tenison’s CofE H Sch Croydon Comp 1.10 544 222 126 2.5 3.0 756 995 600 30 1.4 15 42 126 499 305 658 591 De Lisle Catholic Science Col Loughb’rough Comp 0.82 445 232 91 1.9 2.7 919 311 533 556 35 1.2 11 59 91 669 -67 98 101 Alleyn’s School Dulwich Ind 3.57 685 255 142 2.7 3.1 1112 31 61 67 67 2.4 49 55 142 103 3 495 366 Dixie Grammar School Nuneaton Ind 1.36 537 229 23 2.3 3.0 985 169 373 174 20 1.3 4 52 23 555 -129 588 704 Beths Grammar School Bexley Gram 1.00 508 226 148 2.2 3.0 947 241 601 617 31 1.3 14 14 148 575 116 816 English Martyrs Catholic Sch Leicester Comp 0.42 463 220 46 2.1 2.8 720 1193 875 23 0.9 9 61 46 999 716 883 Bexley Grammar School (IB) Welling Gram 0.63 478 222 199 2.2 3.0 813 699 620 741 25 1.1 10 39 183 755 167 895 876 John Cleveland College Hinckley Comp 0.23 462 215 193 2.1 2.8 832 595 986 21 0.9 8 54 190 984 -19 454 568 Blackheath High School Greenwich Ind 1.53 517 236 21 2.2 3.0 889 385 391 622 30 1.5 24 100 21 472 114 186 161 Leicester Grammar School Leicester Ind 2.95 675 243 96 2.8 3.3 1048 77 187 179 55 2.1 44 39 96 186 -25 330 219 Bromley High School Bickley Ind 2.13 536 247 47 2.2 3.0 858 481 244 140 51 1.7 26 100 47 370 -111 304 336 Leicester High Sch for Girls Leicester Ind 2.28 584 242 39 2.4 3.0 1008 122 235 221 50 1.7 33 100 39 363 32 962 805 Bullers Wood School Logs Hill Comp 0.08 379 226 149 1.7 2.8 891 378 582 525 33 1.0 10 87 138 962 -157 153 178 Loughborough Gram Sch Loughb’rough Ind 3.12 686 245 121 2.8 3.2 1072 59 216 229 53 2.1 40 0 121 192 25 40 59 Cambridge Tutors College Croydon Ind 4.31 806 252 98 3.2 3.6 943 251 100 142 65 2.7 59 52 98 48 19 146 130 Loughborough High School Loughb’rough Ind 3.20 645 253 68 2.5 3.1 1096 41 66 77 60 2.2 43 100 68 148 -16 938 Cator Park School Beckenham Comp 0.13 417 221 34 1.9 2.5 589 1939 28 0.9 7 96 27 1081 994 Lutterworth Gram Sch & CC Lutterworth Comp 0.00 413 218 299 1.9 2.6 802 760 23 0.9 10 53 292 1016 552 513 Chisleh’st & Sidcup Gram Sch Sidcup Gram 1.12 517 227 191 2.3 3.1 798 779 531 485 25 1.3 14 41 191 608 -39 339 316 Oakham School (IB) Oakham Ind 2.06 548 243 200 2.3 3.1 930 280 337 262 47 1.8 24 47 127 327 -23 391 412 Colfes School Lee Ind 1.83 515 243 86 2.1 3.0 886 393 277 293 42 1.6 22 34 86 408 21 826 597 Our Lady’s Convent School Loughb’rough Ind 0.39 535 207 24 2.6 2.9 910 336 692 594 13 1.1 4 100 24 765 -229 432 424 Coloma Convent Girls’ School Croydon Comp 1.63 569 230 131 2.5 3.0 803 751 505 439 31 1.5 18 100 131 445 -8 564 407 Ratcliffe College Leicester Ind 1.08 453 236 48 1.9 2.8 751 1025 551 422 41 1.3 23 25 48 609 -157 695 931 Croham Hurst School S’th Croydon Ind 0.69 432 231 23 1.9 2.8 725 1163 743 28 1.2 17 100 23 706 236 942 Saint Paul’s Catholic School Evington Comp 0.12 508 205 53 2.5 2.8 680 1411 12 0.7 6 62 53 1388 37 101 Croydon High School Selsdon Ind 4.35 783 257 64 3.0 3.3 947 243 65 155 71 2.7 58 100 64 46 64 95 43 Twycross House School Atherstone Ind 3.60 724 249 21 2.9 3.0 925 297 125 65 54 2.4 38 43 21 93 -52 52 63 Dulwich College Dulwich Ind 4.14 757 256 185 3.0 3.3 1004 129 55 76 66 2.7 50 0 185 57 11 FINANCIAL TIMES SATURDAY MARCH 8 2008 13 Top 1,000 Schools

Core A lvl Core A lvl Core A levels All Exams Grds Core A levels All Exams Grds nts/candidate (all exams) nts/candidate FT Rank 07 FT Rank 06 FT Rank School Town type School FT score exams) (core candidate level Points/A entry A level Points/core (All exams) candidates Number of entries/candidate A level Core entries/candidate All A level Poi (Points/cand) rank Gov/DCSF 07-FT method (all exams) Rank 06-FT method (all exams) Rank subjects) (core % A grade/entry subjects) (core No AB/candidate subjects) AAB (core at least % cands candidates) % girls (A level only A level taking Pupils AB rank Up/Down 07 FT Rank 06 FT Rank School Town type School FT score exams) (core candidate level Points/A entry A level Points/core (All exams) candidates Number of entries/candidate A level Core entries/candidate All A level (all exams) Points/candidate (Points/cand) rank Gov/DCSF 07-FT method (all exams) Rank 06-FT method (all exams) Rank subjects) (core % A grade/entry subjects) (core No AB/candidate subjects) AAB (core at least % cands candidates) % girls (A level only A level taking Pupils AB rank Up/Down 128 82 Eltham College Mottingham Ind 3.36 653 256 110 2.6 3.1 908 341 116 87 65 2.3 44 27 110 122 -46 748 506 Abbey College Manchester Ind 0.57 539 211 52 2.6 2.9 695 1333 764 22 1.2 15 40 52 624 -242 519 578 Emanuel School Wandsworth Ind 1.26 528 228 73 2.3 3.0 779 874 441 559 28 1.5 16 21 73 482 59 222 236 Altrincham Gram Sch for Boys Bowdon Gram 2.78 652 243 131 2.7 3.2 1080 52 205 189 57 2.1 41 0 131 215 14 856 603 Farringtons School Chislehurst Ind 0.33 372 233 25 1.6 2.6 703 1291 721 38 0.9 12 100 25 1019 -253 110 124 Altrincham Gram Sch for Girls Bowdon Gram 3.46 703 250 140 2.8 3.2 1101 39 134 113 58 2.3 42 100 140 123 14 686 517 Graveney School Tooting Comp 0.72 512 219 279 2.3 3.0 734 1114 865 742 28 1.2 15 50 278 681 -169 969 853 Aquinas College Stockport 6th 0.07 420 219 776 1.9 2.7 852 507 976 23 0.9 11 48 753 995 -116 Haberdashers’ Aske’s H’am 0.92 515 223 99 2.3 3.0 943 251 634 530 28 1.3 18 44 99 585 -171 543 642 New Cross Other 1.17 524 227 137 2.3 2.9 748 1046 508 579 29 1.3 15 52 136 559 99 617 446 Audenshaw School Audenshaw Comp Col 724 661 Blue Coat CofE School Oldham Comp 0.62 468 223 124 2.1 2.8 899 362 823 629 26 1.1 15 61 123 827 -63 93 99 Hampton School Hampton Ind 3.61 719 251 160 2.9 3.4 1196 8 31 36 56 2.4 41 0 160 92 6 142 110 Bolton School Boys’ Division Bolton Ind 3.24 677 249 106 2.7 3.1 992 147 146 141 59 2.1 48 0 106 181 -32 377 Harrodian School Richmond Ind 1.90 535 242 42 2.2 3.0 779 873 486 47 1.6 21 50 42 415 128 161 Bolton School Girls’ Division Bolton Ind 3.36 660 254 104 2.6 3.1 1055 72 58 132 62 2.3 44 100 104 130 33 799 984 Holy Cross School New Malden Other 0.45 464 220 84 2.1 2.5 670 1473 26 1.0 11 100 76 867 185 487 178 Bury Grammar School (Boys) Bury Ind 1.39 591 221 59 2.7 3.1 869 453 667 304 27 1.3 22 0 59 583 -309 429 Ibstock Place School Roehampton Ind 1.64 516 239 25 2.2 2.9 807 731 379 39 1.5 16 40 25 449 116 84 Bury Grammar School (Girls) Bury Ind 3.42 716 247 74 2.9 3.2 996 143 173 90 50 2.3 42 100 74 126 -32 10 11 James Allen’s Girls’ School Dulwich Ind 5.20 865 263 106 3.3 3.6 1144 17 11 5 81 3.2 75 100 106 10 1 610 638 Canon Slade CofE School Bolton Comp 0.94 479 229 177 2.1 2.9 960 211 558 711 31 1.2 16 55 177 646 28 0.10 419 220 92 1.9 2.9 752 1015 847 966 20 0.9 9 0 75 1096 950 John Fisher School Purley Comp Cheadle 149 190 Cheadle Hulme School Ind 3.18 667 249 111 2.7 3.1 1066 65 184 228 54 2.2 38 47 111 150 41 195 56 King’s College School (IB) Wimbledon Ind 2.91 665 243 155 2.8 3.1 1075 55 195 73 47 2.2 34 0 44 158 -139 H’me 93 205 Kingston Grammar School Kingston Ind 3.61 718 251 89 2.9 3.1 918 314 121 212 58 2.5 48 48 89 83 112 254 242 Chethams School of Music Manchester Ind 2.61 595 248 45 2.4 3.0 760 979 251 275 56 2.0 29 44 45 255 -12 49 44 Lady Eleanor Holles Sch Hampton Ind 4.18 754 258 78 2.9 3.1 1141 19 18 17 70 2.7 62 100 78 43 -5 541 761 Crompton House CofE Sch Oldham Comp 1.18 496 232 136 2.1 2.9 888 388 646 823 40 1.4 19 52 134 544 220 848 883 Langley Park School for Boys Beckenham Comp 0.34 393 229 224 1.7 2.8 776 890 908 892 27 1.0 9 33 224 879 35 642 642 Holy Cross College Bury 6th 0.85 478 227 717 2.1 2.9 965 203 536 564 30 1.2 14 56 716 663 0 822 765 Langley Park School for Girls Beckenham Comp 0.40 436 224 187 1.9 2.6 679 1413 779 592 24 1.1 12 81 179 816 -57 312 461 Hulme Grammar Sch for Girls Oldham Ind 2.23 574 243 41 2.4 3.0 1015 112 313 447 52 1.8 32 100 41 325 149 81 77 Newstead Wood Sch for Girls Orpington Gram 3.80 740 252 153 2.9 3.3 984 171 83 83 57 2.5 45 100 153 74 -4 577 507 Hulme Grammar Sch, Boys Oldham Ind 1.05 522 225 74 2.3 3.0 930 279 562 597 34 1.4 22 0 74 490 -70 160 190 Nonsuch High School for Girls Cheam Gram 3.11 671 247 155 2.7 3.1 1089 48 140 136 50 2.2 34 100 155 145 30 324 608 King David High School Manchester Comp 2.18 554 245 100 2.3 2.7 797 782 407 407 49 1.7 21 60 87 337 284 Old Palace Sch of John 0.39 455 220 666 2.1 2.8 738 1099 812 854 23 1.0 10 58 574 873 105 131 94 Croydon Ind 3.34 704 247 60 2.8 3.2 929 285 198 196 52 2.3 35 100 60 117 -37 826 931 Loreto College Hulme 6th Whitgift 444 230 Loreto Grammar School Altrincham Gram 1.57 567 229 107 2.5 3.0 831 605 640 315 34 1.4 21 100 107 493 -214 487 517 Prendergast School Lewisham Comp 1.39 550 228 58 2.4 3.0 766 939 517 586 29 1.4 16 100 55 494 30 11 3 Manchester Grammar Sch Manchester Ind 5.11 889 257 194 3.5 3.5 965 200 46 32 71 3.2 70 0 194 9 -8 47 84 Putney High School Putney Ind 4.23 741 261 61 2.8 3.2 988 161 35 86 78 2.7 59 100 61 53 37 42 47 Manchester High Sch for Girls Manchester Ind 4.30 746 262 94 2.9 3.2 1044 81 47 43 77 2.7 61 100 94 42 5 462 541 Royal Russell School Croydon Ind 1.48 551 229 62 2.4 3.5 845 537 440 466 34 1.5 18 42 62 443 79 772 675 Parrs Wood High School East Didsbury Comp 0.52 485 218 200 2.2 2.7 723 1180 960 25 1.2 12 55 191 679 -97 681 601 St Dunstan’s College (IB) Catford Ind 0.74 463 227 60 2.1 3.0 780 867 491 29 1.1 9 35 46 835 -80 406 363 Sale Grammar School Sale Gram 1.74 581 231 132 2.5 3.0 1004 128 402 366 35 1.6 20 61 132 425 -43 826 984 St Francis Xavier 6th Form Col Wandsworth 6th 0.39 443 222 445 2.0 2.8 705 1279 849 863 21 1.0 6 66 352 904 158 372 349 St Ambrose College Altrincham Gram 1.93 575 236 73 2.4 3.0 987 166 380 364 37 1.7 23 0 73 382 -23 495 455 St James Indep’ Sch for Boys Twickenham Ind 1.36 583 221 30 2.6 2.8 636 1682 767 685 19 1.1 17 0 30 791 -40 291 290 St Bede’s College Manchester Ind 2.37 632 237 115 2.7 3.1 962 207 459 412 40 1.9 27 44 115 284 -1 917 755 St Joseph’s College Croydon Comp 0.19 475 213 94 2.2 2.8 637 1670 23 1.0 10 43 94 887 -162 168 214 Stockport Grammar School Stockport Ind 3.04 657 248 123 2.7 3.2 886 394 257 343 56 2.1 37 46 123 202 46 45 41 St Olave’s & St Saviour’s GrS Orpington Gram 4.27 788 254 167 3.1 3.3 1006 125 76 61 64 2.7 56 25 167 47 -4 373 384 Stretford Grammar School Manchester Gram 1.92 617 229 69 2.7 3.0 922 302 577 698 33 1.7 17 44 69 387 11 5.32 866 265 163 3.3 3.4 1037 87 9 10 87 3.2 81 0 163 7 2 6 8 St Paul’s School Barnes Ind Turton High Sch Media 728 642 Bolton Comp 0.61 477 222 208 2.2 2.9 790 830 813 737 24 1.1 13 55 208 830 -86 548 742 St Philomena’s School Carshalton Comp 1.13 500 230 121 2.2 2.9 751 1025 619 808 29 1.3 14 100 107 557 194 Arts Col 310 272 Streatham & Clapham H Sch Streatham Ind 2.25 586 241 44 2.4 3.0 862 467 335 314 44 1.8 27 100 44 319 -38 610 424 Urmston Grammar School Manchester Gram 0.94 540 219 130 2.5 2.9 929 287 579 615 27 1.3 13 59 130 595 -186 224 262 Surbiton High School Kingston Ind 2.77 611 249 97 2.5 3.1 911 329 159 104 53 2.1 37 100 97 200 38 472 460 Winstanley College Wigan 6th 1.45 522 234 813 2.2 3.0 1026 99 449 467 35 1.5 17 57 813 487 -12 135 113 Sutton Grammar Sch for Boys Sutton Gram 3.31 703 246 112 2.9 3.3 1014 117 149 121 52 2.3 45 0 112 136 -22 13 14 Withington Girls’ School Manchester Ind 5.07 838 265 84 3.2 3.3 1205 6 2 4 83 3.1 79 100 84 12 1 152 160 Sutton High School Sutton Ind 3.14 632 254 51 2.5 3.0 882 411 124 191 61 2.2 47 100 51 163 8 Merseyside 404 188 119 1.8 2.6 749 0.8 285 200 Sydenham High Sch GDST Sydenham Ind 2.40 606 241 37 2.5 3.1 870 446 264 173 42 1.8 24 100 37 309 -85 236 194 Birkenhead High School Prenton Ind 2.71 621 246 48 2.5 3.0 1051 74 174 206 58 1.9 40 100 48 267 -42 52 54 Tiffi n Girls’ School Kingston Gram 4.14 770 254 139 3.0 3.3 1074 56 38 42 68 2.7 57 100 138 50 2 118 224 Birkenhead School Prenton Ind 3.41 709 248 50 2.9 3.3 908 343 249 285 58 2.2 44 6 50 160 106 103 198 Tiffi n School Kingston Gram 3.54 711 250 171 2.8 3.2 974 183 175 331 60 2.4 44 0 171 101 95 276 324 Blue Coat School Liverpool Gram 2.46 650 236 137 2.8 3.1 1087 50 232 312 41 1.9 30 24 137 283 48 Townley Grammar Sch for 0.01 414 218 86 1.9 2.8 889 382 919 22 0.9 10 59 86 1091 6 317 442 Bexleyheath Gram 2.20 580 241 164 2.4 3.1 1000 135 269 409 43 1.8 24 98 164 325 125 991 997 Bridgewater High School Warrington Comp Girls 588 501 Calday Grange Grammar Sch Wirral Gram 1.00 528 222 232 2.4 3.0 952 227 588 843 30 1.4 17 25 232 526 -87 89 145 Trinity School Croydon Ind 3.66 718 252 113 2.8 3.2 955 222 107 186 56 2.5 43 0 113 84 56 889 904 Carmel College St Helens 6th 0.24 396 227 617 1.7 2.6 890 380 744 870 28 1.0 11 59 597 953 15 837 853 Ursuline High Sch Wimbledon Wimbledon Comp 0.36 462 218 119 2.1 2.7 712 1230 18 1.1 8 100 112 820 16 573 482 King David High School Liverpool Comp 1.06 470 233 66 2.0 2.5 755 1003 524 417 38 1.4 21 56 66 538 -91 74 142 Wallington County Gram Sch Wallington Gram 3.87 765 249 136 3.1 3.3 1108 35 119 158 56 2.5 41 20 136 81 68 895 868 King George V College Southport 6th 0.23 425 222 606 1.9 2.7 898 363 924 27 1.0 13 53 597 890 -27 Wallington High School for 342 349 Wallington Gram 2.03 554 242 167 2.3 3.1 873 434 240 261 45 1.7 21 100 167 333 7 1.09 513 227 68 2.3 3.0 727 1151 682 267 35 1.4 25 55 65 549 -317 Girls 559 242 Liverpool College Liverpool Ind 37 69 Whitgift School (IB) S’th Croydon Ind 4.35 794 255 124 3.1 3.5 1037 89 113 137 65 2.8 56 0 82 35 32 519 Lymm High Vol Controlled Sch Lymm Comp 1.26 498 233 202 2.1 2.9 785 846 552 835 36 1.3 18 55 163 580 Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ 90 145 Wilson’s School Wallington Gram 3.64 705 254 126 2.8 3.2 1126 24 81 109 63 2.4 48 0 126 97 55 206 113 Liverpool Ind 2.83 690 238 82 2.9 3.1 1018 107 354 200 36 2.1 28 0 82 203 -93 School 68 73 Wimbledon High School Wimbledon Ind 3.91 728 256 71 2.8 3.3 971 188 63 62 66 2.5 54 100 71 72 5 173 204 Merchant Taylors’ Sch for Girls Liverpool Ind 3.01 648 248 77 2.6 3.1 1013 119 215 195 58 2.2 40 100 77 175 31 London west 492 190 115 2.2 2.8 722 1.2 734 Sacred Heart Catholic College Crosby Comp 0.60 448 226 117 2.0 2.7 896 368 674 998 33 1.2 14 51 111 722 856 629 Acorn Independent College Southall Ind 0.33 524 208 67 2.5 3.1 738 1101 936 18 1.1 7 46 67 840 -227 834 734 St Anselm’s College Prenton Gram 0.37 441 222 87 2.0 2.9 941 257 786 552 23 1.0 10 0 87 907 -100 910 Alperton Community School Wembley Comp 0.20 494 210 107 2.4 2.6 548 2138 22 1.0 11 47 87 938 586 471 St Edward’s College Liverpool Comp 1.01 525 223 139 2.4 2.7 766 940 651 598 23 1.2 15 52 138 713 -115 420 523 Ashbourne Independent Sch Kensington Ind 1.69 520 239 47 2.2 3.0 727 1149 450 675 37 1.6 15 51 47 407 103 681 696 St Hilda’s CofE High School Liverpool Comp 0.74 520 218 86 2.4 2.6 895 370 977 25 1.3 15 94 85 620 15 617 429 Bishop Ramsey CofE SSch Ruislip Comp 0.92 498 225 126 2.2 2.9 761 976 717 495 29 1.2 15 49 123 674 -188 573 783 St Mary’s College Liverpool Ind 1.06 535 223 64 2.4 3.0 828 620 603 27 1.4 17 41 64 542 210 120 214 Cardinal Vaughan Mem RC S Holland Park Comp 3.39 690 250 137 2.8 3.0 859 476 160 280 55 2.3 44 38 133 115 94 647 573 Upton Hall School FCJ Wirral Gram 0.84 479 227 106 2.1 2.8 922 301 583 540 31 1.3 18 100 106 613 -74 881 876 Chiswick Community Sch Chiswick Comp 0.26 437 220 74 2.0 2.6 710 1242 954 29 1.1 10 55 69 776 -5 380 495 West Kirby Grammar School Wirral Gram 1.88 575 235 133 2.5 3.0 1000 137 360 429 35 1.6 23 96 133 432 115 686 922 Collingham Kensington Ind 0.72 522 217 76 2.4 2.9 652 1590 894 27 1.3 12 45 76 599 236 298 290 Wirral Grammar Sch for Girls Wirral Gram 2.32 612 239 131 2.6 3.1 1066 64 363 342 42 1.8 25 100 131 314 -8 0.36 433 223 113 1.9 2.9 621 1763 29 1.0 12 54 81 907 837 Copland Spec Science Ccoll Wembley Comp Wirral Grammar School for 432 402 Wirral Gram 1.63 546 234 122 2.3 2.9 913 325 520 457 41 1.6 28 0 122 428 -30 799 608 David Game College Kensington Ind 0.45 460 221 36 2.1 2.4 555 2103 772 36 1.2 19 33 36 683 -191 Boys 425 556 Drayton Manor High School Ealing Comp 1.66 545 235 146 2.3 2.8 735 1111 952 827 34 1.5 19 50 133 446 131 Norfolk 422 172 145 1.9 2.6 728 0.9 698 678 Duff Miller College Kensington Ind 0.68 529 215 73 2.5 2.8 694 1339 858 844 25 1.3 12 44 73 569 -20 774 615 City of Norwich School Norwich Comp 0.51 480 219 152 2.2 2.9 724 1170 787 569 29 1.2 13 53 150 643 -159 569 357 Ealing Independent College Ealing Ind 1.07 599 212 28 2.8 3.2 723 1182 841 534 22 1.2 11 39 28 624 -212 365 244 Gresham’s School Holt Ind 1.95 575 236 99 2.4 3.2 846 533 339 245 38 1.7 24 51 99 384 -121 942 772 Ellen Wilkinson Sch for Girls Acton Comp 0.12 463 213 132 2.2 2.5 704 1283 878 18 0.9 9 100 116 1051 -170 987 Hamond’s High School Swaffham Comp 0.03 468 210 35 2.2 2.8 689 1371 15 0.9 11 51 35 991 Godolphin and Latymer Sch Hammer- 0.26 422 223 95 1.9 2.7 759 983 626 600 26 1.1 11 55 95 854 -166 37 78 Ind 4.35 777 258 108 3.0 3.3 992 149 93 59 72 2.7 59 100 83 41 41 881 715 King Edward VII School King’s Lynn Comp (IB) smith 920 783 Langley School Norwich Ind 0.18 432 219 66 2.0 2.9 686 1384 752 22 1.1 8 24 66 809 -137 927 853 Green School Isleworth Comp 0.16 496 208 63 2.4 2.9 685 1394 25 1.1 11 98 63 821 -74 983 704 Neatherd High School Dereham Comp 0.04 408 220 145 1.9 2.5 842 551 803 652 21 0.8 8 60 144 1172 -279 534 805 Gumley House RC Convent S Isleworth Comp 1.22 540 225 111 2.4 2.9 759 984 764 29 1.4 18 98 111 551 271 983 704 Northgate High School Dereham Comp 0.04 408 220 145 1.9 2.5 842 551 803 652 21 0.8 8 60 144 1172 -279 652 553 Gunnersbury Catholic School Brentford Comp 0.83 474 227 82 2.1 2.9 856 487 556 780 18 1.1 10 31 71 763 -99 109 288 Norwich HS for Girls GDST Norwich Ind 3.47 698 251 65 2.8 3.1 1148 15 72 202 58 2.4 48 100 65 102 179 51 62 Harrow School Harrow Ind 4.15 739 260 169 2.8 3.4 1003 130 36 47 74 2.7 49 0 169 55 11 83 96 Norwich School Norwich Ind 3.74 710 255 131 2.8 3.2 979 181 75 146 65 2.5 50 31 131 85 13 219 118 Heathfi eld School Pinner Ind 2.79 618 248 51 2.5 3.1 885 395 316 159 58 2.1 35 100 51 213 -101 491 624 Notre Dame High School Norwich Comp 1.38 545 228 159 2.4 2.7 767 937 608 722 32 1.5 17 65 156 478 133 647 853 Heathland School Hounslow Comp 0.84 498 223 223 2.2 2.9 702 1296 24 1.1 12 51 195 744 206 974 Sheringham HSch & 6th FC Sheringham Comp 0.06 443 215 50 2.1 2.7 695 1332 903 21 0.9 6 51 49 1061 262 363 JFS Kenton Comp 2.57 599 247 225 2.4 2.9 804 748 289 351 47 2.0 28 49 201 248 101 748 471 Wymondham College Wymondham Comp 0.57 442 227 193 2.0 2.8 820 666 541 400 26 1.1 10 47 192 837 -277 197 87 John Lyon School Harrow Ind 2.90 637 248 70 2.6 3.0 862 468 186 96 53 2.1 39 0 70 185 -110 642 378 Wymondham High School Wymondham Comp 0.85 503 223 82 2.3 3.0 986 168 514 353 30 1.2 16 50 82 651 -264 425 603 Kingsbury High School Kingsbury Comp 1.66 553 233 179 2.4 2.8 709 1247 709 691 41 1.5 22 50 156 474 178 North east (Northumberland, Tyneside, Teesside and 426 163 139 2.0 2.6 715 0.9 237 178 Lady Margaret School Parson’s Gr’n Comp 2.70 649 241 65 2.7 3.1 858 479 221 171 43 2.0 25 100 65 230 -59 Durham) 933 922 Lampton School Hounslow Comp 0.15 473 212 110 2.2 2.7 706 1267 860 15 1.0 4 54 110 903 -11 Barnard 500 535 Barnard Castle School Ind 1.35 549 227 73 2.4 2.9 752 1018 742 736 38 1.4 23 29 73 515 35 Hammer- Castle 112 110 Latymer Upper School Ind 3.45 694 251 171 2.8 3.3 977 182 91 85 57 2.4 40 26 171 107 -2 smith 186 259 Central Newcastle High Sch Newcastle Ind 2.95 660 245 72 2.7 3.1 883 404 176 183 46 2.1 31 100 72 186 73 291 290 London Oratory School Fulham Comp 2.37 639 235 163 2.7 3.1 841 554 390 394 42 1.9 30 25 163 290 -1 946 725 Conyers School Yarm Comp 0.11 483 209 113 2.3 2.8 766 943 18 0.9 11 47 113 1104 -221 15 26 Lycee Francais Ch de G (BS) Kensington Ind 5.01 917 250 54 3.7 3.9 1108 36 52 111 58 3.0 59 59 54 18 11 281 308 Dame Allan’s Boys’ School Newcastle Ind 2.43 609 242 50 2.5 3.0 955 220 320 372 38 1.9 28 0 50 280 27 740 475 Mander Portman Woodward S South Ken Ind 0.59 482 221 172 2.2 2.9 696 1327 618 450 30 1.3 12 47 172 570 -265 161 138 Dame Allan’s Girls’ School Newcastle Ind 3.09 642 251 54 2.6 3.0 991 154 142 187 54 2.2 41 100 54 168 -23 342 More House School Chelsea Ind 2.03 563 240 23 2.3 3.0 809 718 271 43 1.6 22 100 23 413 837 661 Duchess’s Community HS Alnwick Comp 0.36 443 222 100 2.0 2.7 730 1131 798 707 25 1.0 8 60 100 888 -176 North London Collegiate 77 Edgware Ind 5.31 860 266 110 3.2 3.3 1080 53 16 3 91 3.2 92 100 87 8 0 212 185 Durham High School for Girls Durham Ind 2.81 660 242 48 2.7 3.1 830 607 334 286 48 2.0 35 100 48 229 -27 S (IB) 315 324 Durham Johnston Comp S Durham Comp 2.21 563 244 108 2.3 2.9 851 511 323 319 47 1.8 26 53 108 310 9 681 Northolt High School Northolt Comp 0.74 481 224 41 2.1 2.4 606 1855 33 1.1 12 50 34 738 816 979 Durham School Durham Ind 0.42 409 229 48 1.8 2.8 798 778 852 866 27 1.1 12 21 48 817 163 186 154 Northwood College Northwood Ind 2.95 649 247 59 2.6 3.0 892 377 182 192 52 2.1 41 100 59 205 -32 Stockton- 3.51 697 252 64 2.8 3.1 908 341 102 74 58 2.4 36 100 64 100 -27 728 615 Egglescliffe School Comp 0.61 452 226 111 2.0 2.8 773 909 713 584 29 1.1 11 48 111 836 -113 105 78 Notting Hill and Ealing HSch West Ealing Ind on-T 452 370 Preston Manor High School Wembley Comp 1.54 533 234 102 2.3 2.8 775 894 548 464 30 1.5 21 54 101 473 -82 351 523 Emmanuel College Gateshead Other 2.00 579 237 120 2.4 2.6 707 1261 477 441 37 1.6 23 51 101 405 172 216 286 Queen’s Gate School Kensington Ind 2.80 588 253 25 2.3 3.1 871 440 114 160 55 2.1 32 100 25 209 70 743 971 English Martyrs Sch & 6th FC Hartlepool Comp 0.58 451 225 101 2.0 2.8 790 832 910 964 27 1.1 11 51 96 778 228 146 475 St Augustine’s Priory Ealing Ind 3.20 692 246 38 2.8 3.1 850 517 282 625 43 2.3 34 100 38 138 329 837 Heaton Manor School Newcastle Comp 0.36 450 220 123 2.0 2.7 677 1433 992 30 1.0 16 44 115 874 304 338 St Benedict’s School Ealing Ind 2.28 611 238 86 2.6 3.0 823 653 361 424 38 1.8 27 13 86 320 34 716 745 King Edward VI School Morpeth Comp 0.63 512 216 175 2.4 2.8 831 597 931 29 1.3 21 50 175 589 29 258 345 St Dominic’s 6th Form Col Harrow 6th 2.59 670 235 378 2.9 3.1 926 296 540 587 39 1.9 27 58 374 274 87 910 461 King’s School North Shields Ind 0.20 471 213 77 2.2 3.0 714 1224 985 546 23 1.1 13 36 77 786 -449 153 68 St Helen’s School (IB) Northwood Ind 3.12 665 248 89 2.8 3.0 947 242 207 82 52 2.4 37 100 67 109 -85 468 La Sagesse School Newcastle Ind 1.46 525 233 20 2.2 2.9 747 1051 714 38 1.6 25 100 20 434 380 541 St Mark’s Catholic School Hounslow Comp 1.88 574 235 102 2.4 3.0 833 590 463 815 37 1.6 24 50 102 422 161 Middles- 946 Macmillan Academy Other 0.11 434 217 149 2.0 2.4 725 1166 773 21 0.9 10 53 121 1024 Hammer- brough 4 4 St Paul’s Girls’ School Ind 5.43 872 267 93 3.3 3.5 1039 84 6 8 92 3.2 85 100 93 6 0 smith 495 615 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Ch HS Newcastle Ind 1.36 560 225 39 2.5 3.0 750 1032 522 545 40 1.7 26 100 39 374 120 848 Stanmore College Stanmore Other 0.34 429 223 315 1.9 2.8 725 1168 609 667 17 0.9 5 60 194 990 357 Polam Hall School Darlington Ind 1.97 659 223 21 3.0 3.5 881 415 853 34 1.8 19 86 21 323 391 661 Swaminarayan School Neasden Ind 1.83 573 234 20 2.4 3.2 832 593 431 790 39 1.8 20 30 20 328 270 822 979 Ponteland Community HS Newcastle Comp 0.40 443 222 145 2.0 2.4 703 1289 30 1.0 16 61 136 862 157 768 439 Twyford CofE High School Acton Comp 0.53 439 226 139 1.9 2.9 837 567 681 420 30 1.2 15 46 139 684 -329 902 950 Queen Elizabeth 6th Form Col Darlington 6th 0.22 408 224 723 1.8 2.5 879 419 778 639 29 1.0 11 57 686 963 48 647 821 Vyners School Ickenham Comp 0.84 488 225 79 2.2 2.8 708 1259 780 817 28 1.2 16 44 79 636 174 459 566 Queen Elizabeth High School Hexham Comp 1.50 523 234 183 2.2 2.7 871 441 538 732 44 1.5 26 51 176 481 107 Manchester (Greater) 452 174 245 2.0 2.7 745 1.2 61 72 Royal Grammar School Newcastle Ind 4.08 740 258 180 2.9 3.1 921 306 64 79 72 2.6 62 24 180 67 11 14 FINANCIAL TIMES SATURDAY MARCH 8 2008 Top 1,000 Schools

Core A lvl Core A levels All Exams Core A lvl Core A levels All Exams Grds Grds nts/candidate (all exams) nts/candidate FT Rank 07 FT Rank 06 FT Rank School Town type School FT score exams) (core candidate level Points/A entry A level Points/core (All exams) candidates Number of entries/candidate A level Core entries/candidate All A level Poi (Points/cand) rank Gov/DCSF 07-FT method (all exams) Rank 06-FT method (all exams) Rank subjects) (core % A grade/entry subjects) (core No AB/candidate subjects) AAB (core at least % cands candidates) % girls (A level only A level taking Pupils AB rank Up/Down 07 FT Rank 06 FT Rank School Town type School FT score exams) (core candidate level Points/A entry A level Points/core (All exams) candidates Number of entries/candidate A level Core entries/candidate All A level (all exams) Points/candidate (Points/cand) rank Gov/DCSF 07-FT method (all exams) Rank 06-FT method (all exams) Rank subjects) (core % A grade/entry subjects) (core No AB/candidate subjects) AAB (core at least % cands candidates) % girls (A level only A level taking Pupils AB rank Up/Down 906 993 Ryton Comprehensive Sch Ryton Comp 0.21 483 212 77 2.3 2.7 707 1262 15 1.0 4 55 71 907 87 485 224 Bristol Cathedral School Bristol Ind 1.40 564 226 48 2.5 3.1 774 900 543 326 33 1.5 19 38 48 485 -261 604 Sacred Heart High School Fenham Comp 0.96 511 224 98 2.3 2.7 665 1511 24 1.2 11 100 81 627 126 142 Bristol Grammar School Bristol Ind 3.37 672 253 163 2.7 3.1 904 346 112 154 61 2.3 45 42 163 132 16 950 St Anthony’s Cath Girls’ Sch Sunderland Comp 0.10 453 214 116 2.1 2.6 779 874 20 0.9 8 100 110 987 226 178 Bruton School for Girls Bruton Ind 2.76 652 242 26 2.7 3.3 902 355 238 190 49 1.9 42 100 26 275 -48 662 761 St Cuthbert’s High School Newcastle Comp 0.80 537 216 65 2.5 2.9 767 933 22 1.1 11 0 62 800 99 816 690 Chew Valley School Bristol Comp 0.42 482 217 76 2.2 2.7 727 1151 978 20 1.0 13 49 75 941 -126 458 532 St Leonard’s RC Comp Sch Durham Comp 1.52 556 230 116 2.4 3.0 755 1003 561 627 32 1.5 22 58 116 436 74 743 Clevedon Community School Clevedon Comp 0.58 466 223 54 2.1 2.7 753 1010 984 27 1.3 13 43 54 619 Blaydon- 2.93 679 241 145 2.8 3.2 869 447 270 213 53 2.1 38 34 145 210 -1 690 891 St Thomas More Catholic Sch Comp 0.71 507 219 139 2.3 2.7 634 1699 820 22 1.2 14 62 95 664 201 191 190 Clifton College Clifton Ind on-T 161 573 Clifton High School Clifton Ind 3.09 658 249 40 2.6 3.1 862 470 165 677 54 2.2 38 100 40 151 412 772 765 St Thomas More RC HS North Shields Comp 0.52 459 223 133 2.1 2.6 788 836 959 29 1.2 11 60 132 713 -7 559 461 Colstons Girls’ School Bristol Ind 1.09 523 225 28 2.3 3.0 767 938 563 651 17 1.3 0 100 28 600 -98 935 805 Sunderland High School Sunderland Ind 0.14 473 212 34 2.2 3.1 723 1181 912 24 1.0 12 32 34 907 -130 686 513 Colston’s School Bristol Ind 0.72 465 226 73 2.1 3.0 765 947 632 504 35 1.3 18 33 73 564 -173 Stockton- 212 482 Teesside Prep and High Sch Ind 2.81 629 247 22 2.5 3.2 991 150 163 432 50 2.0 32 100 22 233 270 2.63 644 240 56 2.7 3.1 845 536 268 318 45 2.2 27 23 56 169 -15 on-T 251 236 Downside School Radstock Ind 724 Westfi eld School Gosforth Ind 0.62 436 229 21 1.9 2.7 764 962 622 35 1.0 10 100 21 859 763 635 Gordano School Portishead Comp 0.54 465 222 137 2.1 2.8 802 759 656 661 27 1.1 9 53 135 801 -128 833 847 Whitley Bay High School Whitley Bay Comp 0.38 461 219 195 2.1 2.7 831 600 832 905 23 1.1 11 52 193 838 14 642 563 Hayesfi eld School Tech Col Bath Comp 0.85 468 229 102 2.0 2.8 779 871 620 32 1.2 17 83 101 680 -79 315 214 Yarm School Yarm Ind 2.21 607 237 91 2.6 3.1 1036 91 288 274 43 1.8 33 28 91 317 -101 145 239 King Edward’s School Bath Ind 3.22 660 251 99 2.6 3.1 889 384 133 148 59 2.3 40 32 99 139 94 Northamptonshire 429 188 102 1.9 2.6 725 0.9 748 527 King’s College Taunton Ind 0.57 473 222 82 2.1 3.0 748 1046 676 380 26 1.1 13 37 82 750 -221 672 501 Bishop Stopford School Kettering Comp 0.77 484 224 163 2.2 2.7 750 1030 690 390 29 1.2 13 62 161 687 -171 701 824 Kings of Wessex CofE F Sch Cheddar Comp 0.67 491 221 142 2.2 2.9 741 1079 722 946 29 1.3 15 45 142 616 123 173 121 Bosworth Independent Col Northampton Ind 3.01 689 242 81 2.9 3.2 834 586 308 224 48 2.1 42 44 81 182 -52 386 832 King’s School Bruton Ind 1.86 553 238 52 2.3 3.2 840 558 375 574 50 1.6 31 39 52 409 446 848 603 Campion School Northampton Comp 0.34 431 223 103 1.9 2.6 884 398 691 526 21 1.1 9 56 99 839 -245 332 374 Kingswood School Bath Ind 2.08 545 244 78 2.2 3.1 869 449 265 329 48 1.7 26 41 78 363 42 867 745 Moulton School & Science Col Northampton Comp 0.30 485 213 92 2.3 2.9 902 356 725 899 23 1.2 10 63 92 706 -122 630 550 Millfi eld School Street Ind 0.89 435 235 251 1.9 2.9 778 880 442 436 41 1.2 17 41 235 632 -80 284 230 Northampton High School Northampton Ind 2.41 580 246 50 2.4 3.1 1036 93 145 78 53 1.9 22 100 50 289 -54 243 417 Monkton Combe School Bath Ind 2.67 618 246 64 2.5 3.1 831 601 297 428 46 2.0 31 36 64 258 174 432 513 Northampton School for Boys Northampton Comp 1.63 527 237 200 2.2 3.1 1014 115 309 477 48 1.5 24 23 200 439 81 969 755 Nailsea School Bristol Comp 0.07 419 219 103 1.9 2.8 691 1350 981 774 27 0.9 9 48 103 1039 -214 Midsomer 186 805 Northamptonshire Gram Sch Northampton Ind 2.95 733 233 21 3.1 3.2 903 351 481 39 2.0 38 43 21 218 619 698 Norton Hill School Comp 0.68 481 223 88 2.2 2.9 826 632 758 28 1.2 15 54 87 634 Nort 34 51 Oundle School Oundle Ind 4.43 804 255 197 3.1 3.4 968 191 70 93 64 2.9 55 40 197 30 17 546 904 Oldfi eld School Bath Comp 1.14 517 227 29 2.3 2.9 769 925 574 33 1.4 14 100 29 512 358 678 904 Prince William School Oundle Comp 0.75 478 225 104 2.1 2.6 684 1395 928 28 1.1 13 52 101 735 226 148 88 Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital Clifton Ind 3.19 685 246 77 2.8 3.1 868 456 190 106 54 2.2 44 0 77 157 -60 969 Southfi eld School for Girls Kettering Comp 0.07 358 229 55 1.6 2.7 704 1281 901 31 0.9 15 100 55 1111 418 301 Queen’s College Taunton Ind 1.70 561 233 68 2.4 3.1 838 565 395 305 48 1.7 26 43 68 339 -117 425 393 Wellingborough School Wellingb’ough Ind 1.66 545 235 68 2.3 3.0 795 796 405 381 42 1.7 29 41 68 375 -32 774 541 Ralph Allen School Bath Comp 0.51 386 235 76 1.6 2.6 738 1100 772 430 38 1.1 12 45 76 823 -233 Nottinghamshire 419 174 102 2.0 2.7 738 0.8 166 171 Red Maids School Bristol Ind 3.07 654 249 35 2.6 3.0 916 320 143 290 57 2.1 49 100 35 180 5 756 Alderman White Sch & Lang C Bramcote Comp 0.56 450 225 23 2.0 2.8 785 848 902 37 1.2 17 35 23 654 273 127 Redland High School For Girls Bristol Ind 2.47 605 243 47 2.5 3.1 871 441 258 103 49 1.9 30 100 47 269 -146 380 313 Becket School Nottingham Comp 1.88 593 232 95 2.6 2.9 967 195 411 347 35 1.5 21 62 95 446 -67 539 527 Richard Huish College Taunton 6th 1.20 509 230 750 2.2 2.7 816 687 542 536 32 1.3 17 54 736 581 -12 978 772 Bilborough College Nottingham 6th 0.05 415 219 618 1.9 2.9 927 292 750 692 25 0.9 10 56 618 985 -206 257 274 Royal High School Bath Ind 2.60 617 244 61 2.5 3.1 870 444 231 299 51 1.9 28 100 61 276 17 933 799 Carlton-le-Willows School Nottingham Comp 0.15 460 214 92 2.2 2.5 810 714 21 0.9 11 45 92 1012 -134 610 Sexey’s School Bruton Comp 0.94 467 231 89 2.0 2.9 764 958 591 26 1.2 11 58 89 702 917 Chilwell School Beeston Comp 0.19 425 221 54 1.9 2.7 774 897 913 20 0.9 13 63 54 988 140 349 Sidcot School Winscombe Ind 3.26 712 244 25 2.9 3.2 883 402 310 554 58 2.2 44 36 25 146 209 -0.01 452 212 81 2.1 2.8 715 1219 18 0.9 9 53 81 1129 1000 Harry Carlton School East Leake Comp St Mary Redcliffe & Temple 910 792 Bristol Comp 0.20 442 218 203 2.0 2.7 749 1038 844 708 24 1.1 9 61 201 849 -118 678 482 Minster School Southwell Comp 0.75 455 228 160 2.0 2.9 836 574 817 642 37 1.2 15 58 160 670 -196 Sch 528 765 National School, CofE Tech Nottingham Comp 1.24 564 222 37 2.5 2.9 862 465 831 26 1.5 19 51 37 484 237 873 Strode College Street Other 0.28 403 226 500 1.8 2.6 713 1227 762 940 33 1.0 14 56 306 936 885 Nottingham Bluecoat Sch&TC Aspley Comp 0.25 459 216 73 2.1 2.7 811 713 19 1.0 8 59 73 943 307 374 Taunton School Taunton Ind 2.26 565 245 78 2.3 2.9 824 643 341 334 54 1.8 32 47 78 313 67 55 35 Nottingham High Sch for Girls Nottingham Ind 4.13 759 256 102 3.0 3.1 1115 29 33 34 69 2.6 64 100 102 62 -20 351 296 Wellington School Wellington Ind 2.00 596 234 88 2.5 3.1 824 644 452 385 42 1.7 26 43 88 373 -55 60 63 Nottingham High School Nottingham Ind 4.10 785 251 99 3.1 3.2 1126 25 77 57 62 2.6 61 0 99 64 3 231 256 Wells Cathedral School Wells Ind 2.73 631 245 73 2.6 3.1 792 817 272 295 52 1.9 36 56 73 264 25 670 728 Rushcliffe Comprehensive Sch Nottingham Comp 0.78 514 220 68 2.3 2.9 822 659 797 750 25 1.2 15 46 68 688 58 756 Wellsway School Keynsham Comp 0.56 426 229 128 1.9 2.7 726 1156 635 869 30 1.0 10 54 128 877 895 883 South Wolds Community Sch Nottingham Comp 0.23 454 217 75 2.1 2.7 718 1205 22 1.0 9 49 75 907 -12 Staffordshire 388 169 105 1.8 2.6 719 0.7 962 868 Toot Hill School Nottingham Comp 0.08 421 219 90 1.9 2.7 784 849 25 0.9 10 61 90 1003 -94 475 755 Blessed William How Cath Sch Stafford Comp 1.44 564 226 59 2.5 2.9 946 245 506 25 1.4 15 56 59 522 280 716 810 Trinity Catholic School Nottingham Comp 0.63 437 229 110 1.9 2.9 751 1024 809 841 36 1.2 20 56 109 676 94 639 Denstone College Uttoxeter Ind 0.86 475 228 69 2.1 2.9 761 974 500 761 35 1.3 19 36 69 574 351 586 West Bridgford School Nottingham Comp 2.00 594 234 120 2.5 3.0 958 213 372 602 42 1.6 28 51 120 393 235 647 702 King Edward VI School Lichfi eld Comp 0.84 468 228 119 2.1 2.6 902 354 879 646 34 1.2 19 52 118 682 55 716 535 Worksop College Worksop Ind 0.63 391 236 70 1.7 2.7 758 985 584 337 33 1.2 16 40 70 729 -181 867 931 Nether Stowe High School Lichfi eld Comp 0.30 430 222 45 1.9 2.7 860 474 25 1.0 11 56 45 886 64 Oxfordshire 506 196 107 2.1 2.8 760 1.4 Newcastle 327 282 Newcastle-under-Lyme Sch Ind 2.16 601 237 97 2.5 3.1 990 157 278 208 50 1.8 33 57 97 303 -45 27 23 Abingdon School Abingdon Ind 4.66 813 259 114 3.1 3.4 997 142 45 51 73 2.9 61 0 114 26 -4 u L Newcastle 0.19 503 208 104 2.4 2.8 668 1494 18 1.1 11 54 104 844 889 678 St John Fisher Cath High Sch Comp 0.24 488 212 71 2.3 2.8 748 1044 791 18 1.0 13 62 71 944 -211 917 Banbury School Banbury Comp u L 573 876 Bartholomew School Witney Comp 1.06 496 229 72 2.2 3.0 815 692 811 914 31 1.3 17 54 72 568 303 Stoke-on- 528 608 St Joseph’s College Gram 1.24 508 231 134 2.2 2.9 948 237 649 812 38 1.3 17 46 134 563 80 534 624 Bloxham School Banbury Ind 1.22 457 239 67 1.9 2.9 773 906 612 493 41 1.4 12 36 67 508 90 Trent 1.41 460 243 29 1.9 3.0 838 564 260 279 44 1.3 28 52 29 576 -114 442 719 Burford School and Comm Col Burford Comp 1.58 570 229 89 2.5 3.0 824 647 606 32 1.5 18 55 89 476 277 480 366 Stafford Grammar School Stafford Ind 0.53 469 221 158 2.1 2.8 721 1187 851 24 1.1 12 55 139 856 197 734 745 Cheney School Oxford Comp 0.60 484 221 112 2.2 2.7 688 1372 30 1.2 18 55 98 719 11 768 965 Thomas Alleyne’s High School Uttoxeter Comp Suffolk 447 192 93 2.1 2.7 761 1.0 365 377 Cherwell School Oxford Comp 1.95 579 236 197 2.5 3.0 951 232 382 335 46 1.7 27 54 194 381 12 Bury St Edmunds County Bury St Chipping 662 776 Comp 0.80 479 226 100 2.1 2.7 752 1021 631 797 33 1.2 19 64 96 639 114 837 725 Chipping Norton School Comp 0.36 443 222 103 2.0 2.8 709 1250 825 801 30 1.1 13 53 103 775 -112 USch Edm’ds N’ton Bury St 674 712 Didcot Girls’ School Didcot Comp 0.76 477 225 92 2.1 2.8 784 850 819 696 25 1.2 12 100 85 692 38 475 397 Culford School Ind 1.44 544 230 62 2.4 3.1 794 805 521 529 39 1.7 23 37 62 378 -78 Edm’ds 1.89 538 241 85 2.2 3.0 835 578 342 303 48 1.7 26 47 85 368 -75 379 304 d’Overbroeck’s College Oxford Ind 701 704 Farlingaye High School Woodbridge Comp 0.67 472 224 134 2.1 2.9 963 205 479 506 32 1.2 14 45 132 691 3 0.92 508 224 61 2.3 2.7 764 953 776 860 22 1.2 8 63 59 641 617 Gosford Hill School Kidlington Comp 347 370 Framlingham College Woodbridge Ind 2.02 598 234 81 2.6 3.2 844 539 426 391 40 1.7 25 36 81 353 23 3.90 717 258 107 2.8 3.3 970 189 50 88 72 2.5 50 100 107 79 10 71 81 Headington School Oxford Ind 219 259 Ipswich High School Ipswich Ind 2.79 618 248 43 2.5 3.1 882 407 170 265 54 2.0 30 100 43 227 40 0.99 486 229 109 2.1 2.8 740 1081 592 728 31 1.2 15 55 109 685 31 593 624 Henry Box School Witney Comp 222 319 Ipswich School Ipswich Ind 2.78 628 247 106 2.5 3.1 926 295 161 348 52 2.0 34 35 106 219 97 1.01 526 223 56 2.4 3.0 747 1049 795 36 1.4 21 54 56 545 213 586 799 John Mason School Abingdon Comp 962 993 Kesgrave High School Ipswich Comp 0.08 416 220 123 1.9 3.0 912 326 761 720 21 1.0 8 51 123 954 31 879 950 Lord Williams’s School Thame Comp 0.27 422 223 213 1.9 2.6 689 1364 859 28 1.1 12 54 208 808 71 Bury St 661 535 King Edward VI CofE Up Sch Comp 0.81 478 226 154 2.1 2.8 768 929 719 499 22 1.1 10 53 154 843 -126 18 10 Magdalen College School Oxford Ind 4.95 852 259 81 3.3 3.5 1039 85 24 11 75 3.0 63 0 81 19 -8 Edm’ds 693 Marlborough Ch of Eng Sch Woodstock Comp 0.70 469 225 93 2.1 2.6 686 1386 32 1.1 14 56 87 764 593 719 Northgate High School Ipswich Comp 0.99 496 227 229 2.2 2.9 890 380 480 548 35 1.4 20 58 229 550 126 776 Matthew Arnold School Cumnor Comp 0.50 489 217 83 2.3 3.1 821 660 861 28 1.1 12 54 83 771 472 647 Royal Hospital School Ipswich Ind 1.45 529 232 79 2.3 2.9 873 433 429 389 35 1.4 16 32 79 509 175 600 353 Oratory School Reading Ind 0.97 485 229 66 2.1 3.0 739 1093 510 340 24 1.3 11 0 66 585 -247 865 Sir John Leman High School Beccles Comp 0.31 405 227 97 1.8 2.4 851 513 38 1.1 16 51 95 803 386 308 Our Lady’s Convent Senior Sch Abingdon Ind 1.86 525 242 24 2.2 3.0 830 609 324 230 42 1.7 29 100 24 350 -78 768 591 St Alban’s Catholic High Sch Ipswich Comp 0.53 478 220 69 2.2 2.7 979 180 598 480 18 1.1 10 71 69 789 -177 Bury St 31 33 Oxford High School GDST Oxford Ind 4.53 787 260 88 3.0 3.2 1058 69 21 18 80 2.9 66 100 88 33 2 359 439 St Benedict’s Catholic Sch Comp 1.96 604 232 77 2.6 3.0 953 225 356 462 35 1.7 26 53 76 336 80 5.31 936 254 126 3.7 3.9 1014 116 54 71 59 3.3 59 0 126 4 18 Edm’ds 7 25 Radley College Abingdon Ind 927 629 Thomas Mills High School Woodbridge Comp 0.16 451 216 141 2.1 2.7 757 991 767 22 1.0 10 49 140 892 -298 950 Rye St Antony School Oxford Ind 0.10 444 216 34 2.1 3.1 755 1001 613 16 1.1 3 100 34 814 Bury St 701 Thurston Community College Comp 0.67 472 224 159 2.1 2.8 830 610 546 958 30 1.2 16 56 157 689 58 73 S of St Helen and St Kath’ne Abingdon Ind 4.12 735 260 84 2.8 3.2 942 255 42 44 74 2.6 56 100 84 61 15 Edm’ds 227 334 St Edward’s School Oxford Ind 2.75 649 243 136 2.7 3.2 857 482 255 363 43 2.1 26 35 136 213 107 327 379 Woodbridge School Woodbridge Ind 2.16 638 231 89 2.8 3.2 803 750 478 387 35 1.9 27 55 89 287 52 203 366 Tudor Hall School Banbury Ind 2.85 614 250 40 2.4 3.0 849 522 192 360 54 2.0 35 100 40 226 163 Surrey 456 208 134 1.9 2.7 774 1.1 776 956 Wallingford School Wallingford Comp 0.50 445 224 65 2.0 2.8 739 1093 782 29 1.2 12 48 60 677 180 604 696 Ashcombe School Dorking Comp 0.96 511 224 146 2.3 3.0 916 318 802 922 27 1.2 15 54 146 638 92 690 566 Wood Green School Witney Comp 0.71 485 223 114 2.2 2.8 725 1161 687 650 27 1.1 11 49 114 767 -124 822 Blenheim High School Epsom Comp 0.40 427 225 76 1.9 2.7 783 857 881 22 1.0 13 57 76 894 317 Wychwood School Oxford Ind 2.20 531 249 23 2.1 3.3 905 345 239 57 1.7 22 100 23 335 895 Box Hill School Dorking Ind 0.23 426 222 53 1.9 2.8 656 1566 854 36 1.1 11 45 53 753 Shropshire 468 207 120 2.0 2.7 785 1.2 298 250 Caterham School Caterham Ind 2.32 536 251 121 2.1 2.8 855 493 191 184 61 1.7 26 46 121 338 -48 269 324 Adams’ Grammar School Newport Gram 2.52 600 245 122 2.5 3.1 1036 92 242 396 55 1.9 35 19 122 298 55 55 61 Charterhouse Godalming Ind 4.13 748 258 195 2.9 3.3 968 192 51 66 72 2.6 55 29 195 59 6 856 772 Bridgnorth Endowed School Bridgnorth Comp 0.33 423 224 71 1.9 3.0 807 729 789 838 22 1.0 6 61 71 866 -84 131 219 City of London Freemen’s Sch Ashtead Ind 3.34 670 252 90 2.7 3.2 1132 22 78 170 64 2.2 44 49 90 153 88 29 31 Concord College Shrewsbury Ind 4.59 814 257 122 3.2 3.3 1022 103 37 24 75 2.8 69 51 122 36 2 873 Claremont Fan Court School Esher Ind 0.28 432 222 20 2.0 2.9 755 1005 727 760 28 1.1 10 45 20 791 834 704 Ellesmere College Ellesmere Ind 0.37 435 223 57 1.9 2.8 764 953 29 1.1 16 35 57 785 -130 248 246 Cranleigh School Cranleigh Ind 2.64 588 250 107 2.4 3.0 910 338 196 292 50 2.0 31 36 107 222 -2 170 299 Moreton Hall School Oswestry Ind 3.03 653 248 49 2.6 3.2 867 457 169 273 54 2.1 35 100 49 208 129 390 Dunottar Day School for Girls Reigate Ind 1.84 537 240 21 2.2 3.2 829 614 399 49 1.7 24 100 21 346 285 265 Newport Girls’ High School Newport Gram 2.40 606 242 49 2.5 2.9 984 172 261 180 50 1.9 35 100 49 296 -20 153 186 Epsom College Epsom Ind 3.12 649 251 175 2.6 3.2 917 315 129 197 59 2.2 39 35 175 176 33 Thames 834 941 Oswestry School Oswestry Ind 0.37 497 213 30 2.3 3.3 720 1192 17 1.3 7 43 30 612 107 924 783 Esher College 6th 0.17 413 222 702 1.9 2.7 777 883 808 710 26 1.0 12 53 682 979 -141 184 200 Shrewsbury High School Shrewsbury Ind 2.97 678 243 54 2.8 3.1 877 423 224 157 42 2.1 35 100 54 201 16 Ditton 956 861 Ewell Castle School Epsom Ind 0.09 466 212 25 2.2 2.9 674 1442 22 1.2 16 0 25 637 -95 163 127 Shrewsbury School Shrewsbury Ind 3.08 657 249 138 2.6 3.1 873 431 180 163 55 2.2 43 0 138 147 -36 588 868 Frensham Heights School Farnham Ind 1.00 436 237 43 1.8 2.7 793 809 355 689 48 1.3 14 70 43 587 280 698 523 Shrewsbury Sixth Form Col Shrewsbury 6th 0.68 476 224 583 2.1 2.8 852 505 702 571 29 1.2 16 53 579 693 -175 543 912 Fullbrook School Addlestone Comp 1.17 510 229 98 2.2 2.8 819 675 889 27 1.2 11 53 97 642 369 969 690 Thomas Adams School Shrewsbury Comp 0.07 412 220 135 1.9 2.8 746 1057 950 25 1.0 11 53 135 978 -279 848 501 George Abbot School Guildford Comp 0.34 389 230 193 1.7 2.8 831 597 494 370 33 1.1 11 56 192 826 -347 559 745 Thomas Telford School Telford Other 1.09 448 238 161 1.9 2.5 992 147 298 248 36 1.3 17 50 139 591 186 706 814 Godalming College Godalming 6th 0.65 437 229 648 1.9 2.7 840 556 666 656 32 1.2 14 53 623 733 108 0.99 414 241 219 1.7 2.5 631 1709 49 1.2 15 54 71 662 593 Walford & North Shrop Coll Oswestry Other 2.04 604 233 56 2.6 3.0 852 507 627 582 32 1.7 23 68 56 362 67 Much 340 407 Guildford County School Guildford Comp 927 922 William Brookes School Comp 0.16 439 218 56 2.0 2.9 874 428 905 19 1.0 5 41 56 950 -5 4.77 798 264 78 3.0 3.2 1006 126 13 12 85 2.9 73 100 78 31 -4 Wenlock 21 17 Guildford High School Guildford Ind 788 792 Wrekin College Telford Ind 0.48 412 229 49 1.8 3.1 793 808 566 792 35 1.0 14 35 49 907 4 879 956 Heathside School Weybridge Comp 0.27 385 229 119 1.7 2.8 818 681 491 734 31 1.0 8 40 119 889 77 Hinchley Somerset and Bristol 462 184 150 2.0 2.7 749 1.1 740 Hinchley Wood School Comp 0.59 493 219 39 2.3 3.0 783 853 26 1.2 13 39 39 671 662 922 Backwell School Bristol Comp 0.80 451 230 147 2.0 2.8 752 1015 732 979 36 1.2 19 50 146 711 260 Wood 662 704 Howard of Effi ngham School Leatherhead Comp 0.80 468 228 162 2.1 2.9 823 649 697 821 30 1.2 13 54 162 672 42 11 19 Badminton School Bristol Ind 5.11 874 260 38 3.4 3.7 1030 97 26 30 78 3.1 68 100 38 15 8 724 507 Hurtwood House School Dorking Ind 0.62 361 241 140 1.5 3.0 827 629 188 126 48 1.2 11 61 140 695 -217 581 595 Beechen Cliff School Bath Comp 1.02 483 230 99 2.1 3.2 810 714 835 894 33 1.4 15 25 99 524 14 513 435 King Edward’s School (IB) Godalming Ind 1.31 524 230 64 2.3 3.2 818 679 663 572 33 1.4 20 32 50 492 -78 658 Blue School Wells Comp 0.82 453 231 89 2.0 2.7 820 670 705 768 31 1.2 12 46 88 648 395 495 Lingfi eld Notre Dame Lingfi eld Ind 1.82 548 238 39 2.3 3.0 827 628 330 476 30 1.7 13 67 39 363 100 983 Bridgwater College Bridgwater Other 0.04 393 223 645 1.8 2.6 769 922 775 833 23 1.0 6 58 307 972 FINANCIAL TIMES SATURDAY MARCH 8 2008 15 Top 1,000 Schools

Core A lvl Core A lvl Core A levels All Exams Grds Core A levels All Exams Grds nts/candidate (all exams) nts/candidate FT Rank 07 FT Rank 06 FT Rank School Town type School FT score exams) (core candidate level Points/A entry A level Points/core (All exams) candidates Number of entries/candidate A level Core entries/candidate All A level Poi (Points/cand) rank Gov/DCSF 07-FT method (all exams) Rank 06-FT method (all exams) Rank subjects) (core % A grade/entry subjects) (core No AB/candidate subjects) AAB (core at least % cands candidates) % girls (A level only A level taking Pupils AB rank Up/Down 07 FT Rank 06 FT Rank School Town type School FT score exams) (core candidate level Points/A entry A level Points/core (All exams) candidates Number of entries/candidate A level Core entries/candidate All A level (all exams) Points/candidate (Points/cand) rank Gov/DCSF 07-FT method (all exams) Rank 06-FT method (all exams) Rank subjects) (core % A grade/entry subjects) (core No AB/candidate subjects) AAB (core at least % cands candidates) % girls (A level only A level taking Pupils AB rank Up/Down 212 420 Notre Dame Senior School Cobham Ind 2.81 617 249 23 2.5 2.9 837 566 218 474 51 2.0 26 100 23 233 208 173 205 Dauntsey’s School Devizes Ind 3.01 651 248 120 2.6 3.2 923 299 136 149 49 2.2 32 60 120 170 32 510 608 Prior’s Field School Godalming Ind 1.34 471 240 29 2.0 3.1 855 494 358 471 40 1.5 17 100 29 452 98 317 119 Godolphin School Salisbury Ind 2.20 616 235 63 2.6 3.2 842 547 338 115 36 1.7 24 100 63 388 -198 380 556 Reeds School Cobham Ind 1.88 542 240 66 2.3 3.0 833 589 389 542 41 1.7 24 21 66 369 176 514 783 Hardenhuish School Chippenham Comp 1.28 509 232 87 2.2 2.7 835 584 833 807 40 1.4 21 49 86 525 269 978 Reigate College Reigate 6th 0.05 373 226 714 1.7 2.5 725 1163 759 28 0.9 8 58 623 1015 784 745 Malmesbury School Malmesbury Comp 0.49 444 224 91 2.0 3.0 817 685 856 37 1.1 12 48 90 739 -39 141 168 Reigate Grammar School Reigate Ind 3.25 655 253 103 2.6 3.1 990 159 92 127 57 2.3 40 39 103 140 27 91 133 Marlborough College Marlborough Ind 3.62 694 255 185 2.7 3.2 936 268 82 139 65 2.4 42 41 184 94 42 600 719 Rosebery School Epsom Comp 0.97 458 233 117 2.0 2.8 826 637 810 867 35 1.3 11 100 117 571 119 950 922 Ridgeway School Swindon Comp 0.10 456 213 92 2.1 2.7 693 1344 23 1.1 9 61 87 777 -28 25 18 Royal Grammar School Guildford Ind 4.72 810 261 137 3.1 3.3 954 223 28 25 78 2.9 70 0 137 23 -7 974 653 Sheldon School Chippenham Comp 0.06 438 216 135 2.0 2.7 883 403 869 581 20 1.0 11 50 133 885 -321 205 157 Sir William Perkins’s School Chertsey Ind 2.84 663 242 62 2.7 3.1 965 201 226 138 47 2.2 32 100 62 149 -48 296 290 South Wilts Gram Sch for Girls Salisbury Gram 2.33 598 241 157 2.5 3.0 940 258 296 238 47 1.8 31 100 157 324 -6 716 868 St Bede’s School Redhill Comp 0.63 443 228 161 1.9 2.9 777 883 686 811 31 1.2 12 58 161 724 152 647 832 St Augustine’s Cath Col Trowbridge Comp 0.84 501 223 97 2.2 3.0 861 473 611 613 28 1.2 11 65 97 657 185 43 36 St Catherine’s School Guildford Ind 4.28 765 258 54 3.0 3.3 1152 14 40 20 68 2.8 48 100 54 39 -7 788 603 St John’s Schl & Comm Col Marlborough Comp 0.48 469 220 106 2.1 2.8 761 975 672 29 1.1 13 50 106 741 -185 3.02 626 252 75 2.5 3.1 968 193 132 323 63 2.1 39 37 75 196 173 Bradf’d- 172 345 St George’s College Weybridge Addlestone Ind 848 615 St Laurence School Comp 0.34 444 221 94 2.0 2.8 656 1560 715 616 24 1.1 13 51 94 853 -233 St John The Baptist Cath on-Av 684 912 Woking Comp 0.73 415 235 85 1.8 2.6 809 717 975 40 1.1 12 53 83 771 228 Comp 78 58 St Mary’s School Calne Ind 3.84 710 257 50 2.8 3.0 916 319 53 80 75 2.5 56 100 50 76 -20 385 279 St John’s School Leatherhead Ind 1.87 541 240 103 2.3 3.1 840 559 325 255 44 1.6 20 34 103 394 -106 621 382 Stonar School Melksham Ind 0.91 523 221 30 2.4 3.0 738 1098 739 392 34 1.2 13 100 30 643 -239 811 St Peter’s Cath Comp Sch Merrow Comp 0.43 446 223 55 2.0 2.5 738 1101 27 1.1 16 36 55 829 950 Warminster Kingdown Warminster Comp 0.10 347 231 96 1.5 2.2 707 1263 964 859 35 0.9 9 59 78 1062 149 165 St Teresa’s School Dorking Ind 3.18 698 244 43 2.9 3.4 1000 137 204 244 48 2.2 33 100 43 167 16 626 661 Warminster School Warminster Ind 0.90 529 220 47 2.4 3.3 764 960 769 731 20 1.3 9 30 47 565 35 559 560 Therfi eld School Leatherhead Comp 1.09 540 222 74 2.4 2.9 767 934 689 578 23 1.2 14 42 74 722 1 534 824 Wootton Bassett School Swindon Comp 1.22 538 226 87 2.4 2.8 880 417 511 647 22 1.3 10 58 81 558 290 143 47 Tormead School Guildford Ind 3.23 661 251 59 2.6 3.0 1111 32 71 16 64 2.2 47 100 59 159 -96 Yorkshire north and east 442 192 127 2.0 2.7 791 1.0 98 73 Woldingham School Caterham Ind 3.57 698 253 75 2.8 3.3 1002 132 89 68 63 2.5 41 100 75 90 -25 748 922 All Saints RC School York Comp 0.57 447 226 115 2.0 2.7 764 955 32 1.2 15 53 108 728 174 Sussex 414 187 159 1.8 2.7 714 1.0 241 186 Ampleforth College York Ind 2.68 654 240 130 2.7 3.1 862 470 317 263 46 1.9 29 28 130 266 -55 Haywards 1.59 568 229 52 2.5 3.2 972 185 496 557 34 1.7 23 39 52 386 101 701 751 Ardingly College (IB) Ind 0.67 435 230 84 1.9 3.1 872 437 607 637 33 1.1 13 41 46 815 50 440 541 Ashville College Harrogate Ind Heath 635 Beverley Grammar School Beverley Comp 0.87 492 225 49 2.2 3.1 765 949 662 24 1.1 10 0 49 768 241 239 Bellerbys College Hove Ind 2.68 687 235 55 2.9 3.5 848 523 422 298 56 2.2 35 66 55 173 -2 516 814 Beverley High School Beverley Comp 1.27 527 229 76 2.3 3.1 827 626 473 655 26 1.5 14 100 76 483 298 756 687 Bishop Luffa CofE School Chichester Comp 0.56 459 224 128 2.1 3.0 751 1025 737 699 30 1.1 16 49 128 850 -69 258 214 Bootham School York Ind 2.59 615 244 66 2.5 3.3 1093 46 109 120 52 2.0 30 41 66 257 -44 195 171 Brighton and Hove High Sch Brighton Ind 2.91 651 246 40 2.6 3.2 868 455 219 249 52 2.2 30 100 40 177 -24 820 719 Driffi eld School Driffi eld Comp 0.41 426 226 118 1.9 2.6 701 1305 720 729 24 1.0 10 55 118 907 -101 126 282 Brighton College Brighton Ind 3.37 663 254 148 2.6 3.3 911 333 90 205 61 2.3 43 41 148 126 156 873 Easingwold School Easingwold Comp 0.28 431 222 103 1.9 2.7 751 1025 882 22 1.0 9 57 103 907 Brighton Hove & Sussex 763 904 Hove 6th 0.54 445 225 702 2.0 2.9 790 826 665 786 32 1.1 14 56 679 742 141 3.54 727 248 82 2.9 3.3 1089 49 103 55 56 2.4 45 0 82 108 -15 6th FC 103 88 Ermysted’s Grammar School Skipton Gram 307 256 Burgess Hill School for Girls Burgess Hill Ind 2.26 554 247 49 2.2 3.2 886 392 208 143 52 2.0 31 100 49 252 -51 446 638 Fulford School York Comp 1.56 514 237 128 2.2 2.7 998 141 408 544 41 1.5 23 55 128 471 192 906 931 Chichester High Sch for Girls Chichester Comp 0.21 411 224 84 1.8 2.7 740 1085 898 26 0.9 11 100 81 1058 25 468 824 Giggleswick School Settle Ind 1.46 509 236 69 2.2 3.2 897 367 346 673 37 1.5 17 41 69 463 356 271 178 Christ’s Hospital Horsham Ind 2.50 627 240 123 2.6 3.1 859 476 229 193 44 2.0 28 42 123 232 -93 615 638 Harrogate Grammar School Harrogate Comp 0.93 475 229 223 2.1 2.7 902 353 796 784 33 1.3 17 53 217 584 23 942 College of Richard Collyer,The Horsham 6th 0.12 407 222 546 1.8 2.8 825 642 748 836 28 1.0 12 54 516 952 167 269 Harrogate Ladies’ College Harrogate Ind 3.06 673 245 48 2.7 3.4 991 150 156 209 54 2.1 32 100 47 178 102 304 324 Eastbourne College Eastbourne Ind 2.28 553 247 132 2.2 3.1 829 616 202 242 50 1.8 26 40 132 312 20 906 393 Hull Collegiate School Hull Ind 0.21 458 216 32 2.1 3.1 815 692 940 483 29 1.0 19 56 32 907 -513 532 198 Farlington School Horsham Ind 1.23 487 234 25 2.1 3.0 779 870 503 313 35 1.5 16 100 25 468 -334 711 956 Huntington School York Comp 0.64 420 232 115 1.8 2.7 952 226 526 614 36 1.1 19 58 111 774 245 604 751 Hazelwick School Crawley Comp 0.96 456 233 142 2.0 2.9 804 745 610 751 29 1.2 14 48 139 647 147 295 161 Hymers College Hull Ind 2.34 608 240 110 2.5 3.1 1045 80 254 97 50 1.9 35 31 110 263 -134 678 725 Holy Trinity CofE Sec Sch Crawley Comp 0.75 479 225 99 2.1 2.7 820 672 619 30 1.2 19 49 97 705 47 588 712 Longcroft S & Perform’ Arts C Beverley Comp 1.00 506 226 88 2.2 2.9 828 623 962 880 34 1.3 19 46 88 615 124 420 412 Hurstpierpoint College Hassocks Ind 1.69 524 239 77 2.2 3.0 808 723 348 371 40 1.5 18 43 77 479 -8 662 844 Malton School Malton Comp 0.80 509 221 55 2.3 2.9 928 288 638 918 28 1.2 15 40 55 653 182 30 116 Lancing College Lancing Ind 4.55 836 253 98 3.3 3.8 1034 94 73 145 66 2.9 57 34 98 32 86 197 200 Mount School York Ind 2.90 687 240 23 2.9 3.3 1024 102 203 232 58 2.1 52 100 23 183 3 359 334 Moira House Girls’ School Eastbourne Ind 1.96 602 232 32 2.6 3.6 881 414 501 398 42 1.8 25 100 32 300 -25 938 Northallerton College Northallerton Comp 0.13 392 225 164 1.7 2.3 690 1358 915 903 29 1.0 12 57 150 958 336 131 Our Lady of Sion School Worthing Ind 2.07 601 235 34 2.6 3.1 829 613 394 130 37 1.7 26 47 34 351 -205 442 489 Pocklington School York Ind 1.58 541 233 66 2.3 3.1 828 618 377 373 41 1.5 17 41 66 435 47 49 27 Roedean School Brighton Ind 4.18 801 250 97 3.2 3.6 1043 83 144 53 59 2.7 49 100 97 54 -22 201 286 Queen Ethelburga’s College York Ind 2.87 673 241 33 2.8 3.5 951 229 311 418 39 2.0 27 79 33 233 85 938 St Bede’s School Upper Dicker Ind 0.13 343 233 150 1.5 2.6 696 1329 703 601 45 1.0 11 44 141 865 342 244 Queen Margaret’s School York Ind 2.03 511 249 57 2.1 3.1 894 371 135 152 50 1.7 19 100 57 356 -98 206 145 St Leonards-Mayfi eld Sch Mayfi eld Ind 2.83 656 243 56 2.7 3.3 882 411 237 161 50 2.1 38 100 56 211 -61 991 883 Richmond School Richmond Comp 0.01 425 217 186 2.0 2.6 673 1461 20 0.9 8 50 176 1005 -108 728 573 St Mary’s Hall Brighton Ind 0.61 483 221 32 2.2 3.2 739 1096 845 757 31 1.1 9 100 32 806 -155 391 177 Ripon Grammar School Ripon Gram 1.83 596 230 100 2.6 3.1 988 162 331 156 42 1.7 31 61 100 349 -214 811 St Paul’s Catholic College Burgess Hill Comp 0.43 436 224 89 1.9 2.8 768 931 755 23 1.1 8 54 89 824 610 608 Scarborough College Scarborough Ind 0.94 542 219 48 2.5 3.1 781 860 763 30 1.4 12 38 48 510 -2 621 728 St Philip Howard Cath HS Bognor Regis Comp 0.91 534 219 60 2.4 2.8 702 1293 19 1.2 10 30 60 643 107 288 209 Skipton Girls’ High School Skipton Gram 2.38 624 238 97 2.6 2.9 991 152 252 211 46 1.8 32 100 97 322 -79 788 799 Steyning Grammar School Steyning Comp 0.48 458 222 202 2.1 2.6 739 1092 973 825 29 1.2 13 57 192 734 11 500 535 St Aidan’s CofE High School Harrogate Comp 1.35 476 239 395 2.0 2.6 901 358 518 497 42 1.4 21 59 369 505 35 865 984 Uplands Comm Tech Col Wadhurst Comp 0.31 447 220 88 2.0 2.4 597 1898 20 1.0 9 44 88 907 119 500 535 St John Fisher Cath High Sch Harrogate Comp 1.35 476 239 395 2.0 2.6 901 358 518 497 42 1.4 21 59 369 505 35 264 274 Worth School (IB) Crawley Ind 2.56 656 237 80 2.8 3.3 911 332 529 444 52 2.1 34 0 47 204 10 101 99 St Peter’s School York Ind 3.56 690 254 108 2.7 3.2 901 360 137 119 61 2.4 44 46 108 95 -2 Warwickshire 469 173 151 2.0 2.7 746 1.0 728 586 Stokesley School Stokesley Comp 0.61 502 218 127 2.3 2.7 826 634 837 632 23 1.2 14 52 124 667 -142 760 517 Alcester Grammar School Alcester Gram 0.55 462 223 226 2.1 2.7 789 833 652 410 27 1.2 12 57 223 730 -243 994 661 Tadcaster Grammar School Tadcaster Comp 0.00 446 213 147 2.1 2.7 819 673 883 537 29 1.0 16 44 140 857 -333 398 482 Kenilworth Sch and Sports Col Kenilworth Comp 1.81 563 235 179 2.4 3.1 854 498 485 641 40 1.6 23 52 179 403 84 906 Thirsk Sch & Sixth F Coll Sowerby Comp 0.21 438 219 67 2.0 2.6 790 828 24 1.1 15 45 62 756 Str’ford-u- Yorkshire south 426 163 168 2.0 2.6 708 0.8 178 91 King Edward VI School Gram 3.00 708 239 60 3.0 3.2 1110 33 179 144 35 2.1 23 0 60 207 -87 Avon 763 All Saints’ Catholic High Sch Sheffi eld Comp 0.54 470 221 72 2.1 2.9 882 409 565 28 1.1 11 53 72 847 2.99 645 249 64 2.6 3.0 870 443 178 75 55 2.1 45 100 64 186 -79 180 101 King’s High, Warwick Warwick Ind 298 304 Birkdale School Sheffi eld Ind 2.32 605 240 80 2.5 3.1 1064 67 220 243 45 1.9 28 29 80 280 6 1.55 535 234 31 2.3 3.0 802 757 433 296 32 1.4 16 100 31 548 -91 448 357 Kingsley School Leam’ton Spa Ind 962 Dinnington Comp Sci & Eng Dinnington Comp 0.08 427 218 84 2.0 2.4 730 1133 23 0.9 9 57 79 1110 1.55 578 227 140 2.6 3.2 930 282 430 588 32 1.5 19 0 140 469 328 448 776 Lawrence Sheriff School Rugby Gram 705 Hayfi eld School Auckley Comp 0.66 513 217 82 2.4 2.7 892 376 17 1.1 9 54 82 799 0.83 497 223 145 2.2 2.6 824 648 873 686 28 1.1 13 59 145 745 -151 652 501 Myton School Warwick Comp 674 556 High Storrs School Sheffi eld Comp 0.76 480 225 153 2.1 2.7 776 889 777 819 28 1.2 10 55 151 652 -118 0.30 459 218 65 2.1 2.9 836 571 870 635 24 1.0 14 52 65 948 -225 867 642 Princethorpe College Rugby Ind 621 471 King Ecgbert School Sheffi eld Comp 0.91 498 225 102 2.2 2.8 731 1129 657 458 34 1.2 19 42 84 659 -150 1.54 529 234 127 2.3 3.1 930 280 386 284 45 1.5 26 100 127 475 -136 452 316 Rugby High School Rugby Gram 516 568 King Edward VII School Sheffi eld Comp 1.27 537 227 248 2.4 2.8 819 673 711 754 29 1.4 18 55 244 541 52 3.45 696 251 185 2.8 3.4 972 186 88 50 60 2.3 45 49 185 118 -47 112 65 Rugby School Rugby Ind 610 McAuley Catholic High School Doncaster Comp 0.94 533 220 131 2.4 2.8 892 375 846 27 1.3 16 55 127 596 Stratf’d-u-Avon Gram Sch, Str’ford-u- 163 149 Gram 3.08 674 246 116 2.7 3.1 1064 67 153 128 50 2.1 35 100 116 193 -14 472 560 Notre Dame Catholic High Sch Sheffi eld Comp 1.45 555 228 111 2.4 2.7 876 425 585 513 30 1.4 21 49 107 489 88 Girls Avon 0.39 481 216 101 2.2 2.9 885 395 816 876 24 1.1 11 48 101 822 139 87 142 Warwick School Warwick Ind 3.69 723 252 112 2.9 3.3 1159 12 104 114 62 2.4 43 0 112 106 55 826 965 Penistone Grammar School Sheffi eld Comp West Midlands 433 173 121 2.0 2.6 718 0.9 91 154 Sheffi eld High School Sheffi eld Ind 3.62 716 251 67 2.9 3.2 991 153 126 135 61 2.3 46 100 67 120 63 1.78 575 232 153 2.5 3.0 836 576 444 338 38 1.6 22 57 153 419 -89 974 814 Aldridge Sch - A Science Col Walsall Comp 0.06 401 222 66 1.8 2.7 684 1396 20 0.8 8 51 63 1199 -160 402 313 Silverdale School Sheffi eld Comp 1.36 526 231 205 2.3 2.9 823 654 438 374 35 1.4 17 53 205 516 -78 248 135 Bablake School Coventry Ind 2.64 604 247 113 2.4 3.1 1005 127 151 110 54 2.0 33 48 113 247 -113 495 417 Tapton School Sheffi eld Comp 0.61 500 218 133 2.3 2.9 872 439 898 994 20 1.1 10 64 133 813 -50 950 Bishop Ullathorne Catholic Sch Coventry Comp 0.10 438 217 46 2.0 2.9 810 716 830 10 0.9 2 61 46 1037 728 678 Wath Comprehensive Sch Rotherham Comp Sutton Yorkshire west 435 187 121 1.9 2.6 774 0.9 298 489 Bishop Vesey’s Gram Sch Gram 2.32 636 235 137 2.7 3.0 1044 81 318 664 46 1.8 32 28 137 305 191 Coldf’d 826 761 Abbey Grange CofE High Sch Leeds Comp 0.39 472 217 110 2.2 2.5 683 1401 709 28 1.0 17 73 93 864 -65 743 Card Newman Cath Sch & CC Keresley Comp 0.58 480 221 59 2.2 2.5 793 812 792 27 1.2 12 74 57 727 317 259 Ackworth School Pontefract Ind 2.20 607 237 41 2.6 3.2 952 228 283 321 47 1.7 37 42 41 341 -58 633 704 Coventry Blue Coat CofE Sch Coventry Comp 0.88 480 228 115 2.1 2.6 753 1012 636 740 33 1.2 16 59 109 685 71 615 Batley Grammar School Batley Ind 0.93 513 223 20 2.3 3.0 796 789 654 33 1.4 15 55 20 516 231 211 Edgbaston High Sch for Girls Birmingham Ind 2.73 636 244 53 2.6 3.1 940 261 247 169 51 1.9 32 100 53 292 -20 962 Beckfoot School Bingley Comp 0.08 402 222 78 1.8 2.4 670 1474 31 0.9 12 63 64 1046 804 715 Finham Park School (IB) Coventry Comp 0.44 463 220 138 2.1 2.6 744 1066 706 25 1.1 10 57 118 831 -89 902 669 Benton Park School Leeds Comp 0.22 431 221 88 2.0 2.7 842 549 605 25 0.9 11 61 85 1092 -233 604 586 Handsworth Grammar Sch Birmingham Gram 0.96 594 211 94 2.8 3.1 856 489 20 1.2 10 16 94 701 -18 734 847 Bingley Grammar School Bingley Comp 0.60 447 226 160 2.0 2.7 877 423 866 925 30 1.1 13 50 156 759 113 626 792 Heart of England School Coventry Comp 0.90 492 226 106 2.2 2.7 729 1141 658 910 30 1.3 15 51 105 621 166 279 319 Bradford Girls’ Grammar Sch Bradford Ind 2.44 579 247 68 2.3 3.0 966 198 214 307 50 2.0 33 100 67 256 40 273 319 King Edward VI Aston School Birmingham Gram 2.47 656 235 101 2.8 3.1 1017 108 344 325 36 1.9 26 0 101 299 46 88 108 Bradford Grammar School Bradford Ind 3.67 702 255 133 2.8 3.3 949 235 80 91 62 2.5 46 28 133 87 20 King Edward VI Col Stour- 480 475 Stourbridge 6th 1.41 530 231 661 2.3 3.0 1037 87 383 395 31 1.5 16 59 661 486 -5 436 446 Crossley Heath School Halifax Gram 1.62 558 232 117 2.4 3.0 990 158 436 362 43 1.5 22 48 117 454 10 bridge 1.35 485 237 140 2.0 2.6 850 514 497 701 41 1.4 21 48 128 503 493 216 230 King Edward VI Five Ways S Birmingham Gram 2.80 660 242 156 2.7 3.1 1096 42 233 291 44 2.0 31 50 156 243 14 500 993 Dixons City Academy Bradford Other King Edward VI Handsworth 406 578 Fulneck School Pudsey Ind 1.74 512 242 25 2.1 2.8 1015 112 357 612 38 1.7 16 44 25 371 172 101 121 Birmingham Gram 3.56 713 250 113 2.8 3.1 1125 27 95 100 55 2.4 37 100 113 112 20 Sch 743 589 Gateways School Leeds Ind 0.58 434 228 20 1.9 2.9 783 855 904 414 24 1.1 5 100 20 791 -154 46 24 King Edward VI High Sch, Girls Birmingham Ind 4.25 748 261 77 2.9 3.2 1228 3 8 7 75 2.7 56 100 77 44 -22 332 324 Greenhead College Huddersfi eld 6th 2.08 577 239 829 2.4 2.9 1067 63 351 306 46 1.7 27 57 827 347 -8 106 82 King Edward’s School Birmingham Ind 3.50 684 254 121 2.7 3.1 1143 18 34 29 65 2.4 43 0 121 111 -24 748 765 Guiseley School Leeds Comp 0.57 460 224 106 2.1 2.7 847 529 701 799 30 1.1 12 47 104 832 17 73 55 King Edw’d VI Camp Hill, Boys Birmingham Gram 3.89 736 254 108 2.9 3.2 1180 9 39 28 69 2.5 56 0 108 77 -18 411 492 Heckmondwike Gram Sch Heckm’dwike Gram 1.73 575 231 184 2.5 3.1 984 172 456 469 34 1.5 19 57 184 444 81 137 101 King Edw’d VI Camp Hill, Girls Birmingham Gram 3.30 675 251 125 2.7 3.1 1125 26 97 46 58 2.3 38 100 125 134 -36 695 Holy Family Catholic School Keighley Comp 0.69 525 216 42 2.4 2.9 752 1019 18 1.1 14 41 37 749 206 272 King Henry VIII School Coventry Ind 2.83 648 244 116 2.7 3.1 957 215 206 310 46 2.1 38 49 116 184 66 600 814 Horsforth School Leeds Comp 0.97 492 227 105 2.2 2.6 850 515 733 29 1.2 17 52 103 697 214 856 Lordwood Girls’ Sch & CMA Harborne Comp 0.33 404 227 54 1.8 2.7 711 1233 974 23 1.1 11 83 54 736 347 353 Ilkley Grammar School Ilkley Comp 2.02 593 235 133 2.5 2.8 894 373 464 386 36 1.7 22 63 133 376 6 528 399 Old Swinford Hospital Stourbridge Comp 1.24 556 223 130 2.5 3.0 835 579 642 488 28 1.4 16 28 130 536 -129 487 821 Lawnswood School Leeds Comp 1.39 543 229 86 2.4 2.7 723 1177 698 45 1.4 27 59 85 495 334 173 53 Queen Mary’s Grammar Sch Walsall Gram 3.01 707 239 100 3.0 3.2 1066 66 245 72 44 2.2 34 9 100 166 -120 123 116 Leeds Grammar School Leeds Ind 3.38 684 251 113 2.7 3.2 963 206 108 116 58 2.3 45 0 113 121 -7 279 165 Queen Mary’s High School Walsall Gram 2.44 619 240 113 2.6 3.1 980 177 267 181 39 1.9 21 97 113 261 -114 500 446 North Halifax Grammar Sch Halifax Gram 1.35 571 223 138 2.6 3.1 778 880 625 563 28 1.4 18 54 138 519 -54 1.26 565 222 44 2.5 3.3 722 1185 882 35 1.5 18 30 44 448 59 Notre Dame Cath 6th Form 519 578 Royal Wolverhampton Sch Wolver’pton Ind 837 765 Leeds 6th 0.36 434 223 619 1.9 2.5 797 782 25 1.1 12 59 603 818 -72 247 194 Solihull School Solihull Ind 2.65 593 249 155 2.4 3.1 944 250 155 129 57 2.0 32 41 155 241 -53 Col 0.44 435 225 116 1.9 2.7 743 1069 956 963 26 1.1 9 53 108 782 127 639 912 St Paul’s School for Girls Birmingham Comp 0.86 507 223 58 2.3 2.6 846 533 784 25 1.2 12 100 57 664 273 804 931 Outwood Grange Col of Tech Wakefi eld Comp 1.79 521 241 88 2.2 3.1 1034 94 222 198 48 1.6 25 0 88 425 -63 642 728 St Peter’s Cath Sch & Sci Col Solihull Comp 0.85 527 219 98 2.4 2.9 727 1149 863 804 23 1.1 13 64 94 760 86 401 338 Queen Elizabeth Gram Sch Wakefi eld Ind Sutton 848 520 Roundhay School Tech Col Leeds Comp 0.34 478 215 118 2.2 2.9 887 389 781 521 26 1.0 14 50 114 863 -328 311 402 Sutton Coldfi eld Gram, Girls Gram 2.24 627 235 122 2.7 3.1 1109 34 225 278 37 1.8 25 100 122 308 91 Coldf’d 546 883 St Mary’s Cath Comp Sch Ilkley Comp 1.14 532 225 115 2.4 2.8 929 285 648 35 1.4 18 49 115 547 337 97 126 Wolverhampton Girls’ High Sch Wolver’pton Gram 3.58 727 248 108 2.9 3.1 1105 37 68 118 56 2.4 44 100 108 104 29 262 173 Wakefi eld Girls’ High School Wakefi eld Ind 2.57 613 244 92 2.5 3.1 1069 61 147 95 50 1.9 30 100 92 291 -89 237 304 Wolverhampton Grammar Sch Wolver’pton Ind 2.70 628 245 93 2.6 3.1 949 236 234 357 48 2.0 35 41 93 254 67 444 696 Woodhouse Grove School Bradford Ind 1.57 544 233 77 2.3 3.1 832 593 443 511 37 1.5 19 35 77 461 252 Wiltshire 480 209 103 2.1 2.8 778 1.2 Source:FT 282 186 Bishop Wordsworth’s GSch Salisbury Gram 2.42 616 240 130 2.6 3.1 894 371 451 317 43 1.9 29 0 130 273 -96 16 FINANCIAL TIMES SATURDAY MARCH 8 2008 Top 1,000 Schools The hard truth about ‘soft options’

NEWER SUBJECTS f the most predictable Critics focus on such com- director of research for Cam- Moving beyond conven- alised in theory were also event of the academic parative newcomers as bridge Assessment, “com- tional assumptions to seri- extremely challenging. The Huw Richards on year, in both timing media studies and psychol- pletely mystifying to people ous analysis is tough. As Isa- one significant difference the debate about and content, is the ogy, suggesting that they are in many other countries. bel Nesbit, director of regu- was between the established Iannual punch-up over soft options without the rig- Australia, for instance, does lation at the Qualifications disciplines of history and the relative value of alleged grade inflation that our of more traditional sub- not pretend that their equiv- and Curriculum Authority geography rather than any different A­levels follows the issue of examina- jects such as maths and alent exams are all equal.” and designated head of the newer subject. tion results in August, then chemistry. Cambridge Assessment is new regulatory body Ofqual, Those taking newer sub- the running debate over However, the underlying the university department says: “It is extremely hard to jects may find it a struggle whether one A-level is worth assumption that all A-levels that oversees OCR, one of find a way to compare dance to get into some prestigious as much as another is not should be of equivalent the three main English with mathematics.” universities. Cambridge does far behind. value is, says Tim Oates, examining boards. One crude measure is not, as has sometimes been grade and pass rates. These reported, operate a “black- are strikingly counter-intui- list” of subjects, including tive. Among the alleged “soft media studies and sport options” 45.2 per cent of stu- studies, that it does not rec- dents taking A-level media, ognise. It does, though, warn film or TV studies in 2007 that any candidate taking were awarded A or B grades. more than one may be hand- For psychology the figure icapped against those with was 42.2 per cent, in sports more traditional choices. studies and PE 36.8 per cent. The Russell Group, repre- Against that, 56.6 per cent senting universities usually of A-level chemistry candi- found at the upper end of dates were in the two top league tables, has expressed grades, 65.1 per cent in consistent concern about the maths and 77.1 per cent, decline in state school pupils including 56.8 per cent with taking modern language, As in the famously demand- maths and single science ing further maths. A-levels. So are subjects such as Wendy Piatt, its director- media studies really the soft general, emphasises: “We options? The answer is no. don’t find it helpful to talk As Cambridge Assessment about ‘soft’ versus ‘hard’ points out: “A-levels are self- subjects,” but worries that selecting and results reflect the quality of candidates. Nobody takes further maths Overall grade and unless they are very good at maths.” pass rates, one This raises the question of crude measure, are why such choices are made. A Cambridge Assessment strikingly survey of more than 6,000 counter­intuitive students last year suggested that talk of soft options is making little impact on choices. Only 17.7 per cent “some students may be clos- gave “I thought it would be ing off some options by tak- an easy subject” as a reason ing subjects...which just for their options, compared won’t equip them adequately to scores around 80 per cent for certain courses. For for “I thought it would be an example, most engineering interesting subject”, “I courses want maths, and thought this subject would often further maths as well be useful for my future as physics. If you haven’t career” and “I thought I taken one of these subjects, would enjoy this subject”. you put yourself at a disad- Both Mr Oates and Pam vantage in competing for a Tatlow, chief executive of place, particularly at a Rus- the Million+ thinktank sup- sell Group university.” ported by former polytech- Toughest of all, it would nics and other universities, seem, is making your favour students following choices at 16. As one school their enthusiasms. Ms Tat- pupil well remembered by low says: “If a wider choice Ms Nesbit said: “How can I of subjects gives people the decide what subjects to chance to study what inter- choose, when I don’t yet ests them, they are far like- know what sort of job I’ll lier to progress in the sys- want to do?” tem.” The minority who choose Isabel “easy” subjects may be dis- Nisbet appointed. Last month’s of the QCA “Inter-subject compara- Q QCA bility studies” report sug- gests that the soft option is largely a myth. It found, for instance, “no clear evidence of significant differences in demand” between English, history and media studies. The report also found that, while biology demanded bet- ter recall than psychology or sociology, psychology’s technical demands and sociology’s requirement for judgments to be contextu-