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Secondary School League Tables: The Top 50 Comprehensive Schools at A-level*

Thursday 19 January 2006 02:00 GMT
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*The school point score is arrived at through the UCAS tariff, which gives 120 points for an A grade at A-level, 100 for a B, 80 for a C, 60 for a D and 40 for an E. The points are halved for AS-level grades. Students who take the vocational A-level double award get 240 points for a double A, 220 for an AB, 200 for a BB, 160 for a CC, 140 for a CD, 120 for a DD, 100 for a DE and 80 for an EE.

1

Thomas Telford School, Telford

405.1

2

The King's School, Cambridgeshire

404.5

3

Wymondham High School, Norfolk

401.5

4

Farlingaye High School, Suffolk

395.5

5

The Coopers' Company and Coborn School, Essex

392.3

6

Cheadle High School, Staffordshire

382.4

7

Moorside High School, Staffordshire

382.4

8

Painsley Catholic College, Staffordshire

382.4

9

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Derbyshire

379.0

10

Watford Grammar School for Girls, Hertfordshire

375.4

11

Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School, Essex

368.8

12

Canon Slade CofE School, Lancashire

365.1

13

The Becket School, Nottinghamshire

365.0

14

The West Bridgford School, Nottinghamshire

364.6

15

Bullers Wood School, Kent

362.5

16

Howden School and Technology College, East Yorkshire

362.1

17

Lady Margaret School, London

356.6

18

Audenshaw School, Manchester

356.2

19

The Broxbourne School, Hertfordshire

356.0

20

Lady Manners School, Derbyshire

353.9

21

Katharine Lady Berkeley's School, Gloucestershire

353.4

22

Durham Johnston Comprehensive School, Durham

352.2

23

Roundhay School Technology College, Leeds

351.8

24

Fulford School, York

351.3

25

St Mary's Catholic Comprehensive School, West Yorkshire

350.2

26

Huntington School, York

349.8

27

The Nelson Thomlinson School, Cumbria

349.3

28

King Edward VI School, Staffordshire

349.2

29

Faringdon Community College, Oxfordshire

348.9

30

King James's School, North Yorkshire

348.8

31

Watford Grammar School for Boys, Hertfordshire

348.4

32

Queen Elizabeth School, Lancashire

347.0

33

The Ashcombe School, Surrey

346.1

34

The Blue Coat CofE School, Lancashire

345.3

35

The Burgate School and Sixth Form Centre, Hampshire

345.1

36

St Alban's Catholic High School, Suffolk

344.5

37

Roundwood Park School, Hertfordshire

343.8

38

Loreto College, Hertfordshire

343.6

39

Carlton-le-Willows School, Nottinghamshire

343.1

40

Northgate High School, Suffolk

342.8

41

The King Edward VI School, Northumberland

342.8

42

Walton High School, Staffordshire

342.5

43

Kesgrave High School, Suffolk

342.2

44

Longbenton Community College, Newcastle upon Tyne

342.1

45

Churchill Community School and Sixth Form Centre, Winscombe

340.8

46

Dame Alice Owen's School, Hertfordshire

340.8

47

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