Top comprehensive schools

Best performers in 2001 GCSE results

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Col. 2: No. of pupils taking exam	No.
Col. 3: % with five or more A*-C		%
Coopers Company and Coborn, Havering, Essex	179	100
Thomas Telford, Telford	167	100
Jewish Free School, Camden	227	99.4
King David High, Manchester	86	98.8
Brook Weston CTC, Northamptonshire	179	98.3
Watford Grammar School for Girls, Hertfordshire	181	97.8
Watford Grammar School for Boys, Hertfordshire	160	96.9
Old Swinford Hospital, Dudley	72	95.8
Emmanuel College, Gateshead	188	95.7
St Edward?s, Liverpool	159	93.7
Hertfordshire & Essex High, Bishop's Stortford	159	93.1
Lady Margaret, Hammersmith and Fulham	90	92.2
Coloma Convent Girls, Croydon	126	92.1
Dame Alice Owens, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire	199	91.5
Hasmonean High, Barnet	151	91
Arden, Solihull	212	90.1
King's, Peterborough	129	90
London Oratory, Hammersmith and Fulham	164	90
Sacred Heart of Mary's Girls, Havering	127	89
St Anselm's College, The Wirral	119	89
St George's, Harpenden, Hertfordshire	152	88.8
St Albans Girls, Hertfordshire	166	88.6
St Augustine's Catholic, Trowbridge, Wiltshire	122	88
Wymondham College, Norfolk	134	88
Brentwood Ursuline High, Essex	146	87
Thomas Mills High, Framlingham, Suffolk	150	87
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire	192	86.4
Gordon's, Woking, Surrey	101	86.1
Cardinal Vaughan Memorial, Kensington & Chelsea	127	86
Kings Norton Girls, Birmingham	121	86
Bishop Luffa CofE, Chichester, West Sussex	207	85
Trinity Catholic High, Redbridge, Essex	231	85
Bishop Stopford, Kettering, Northamptonshire	219	84.8
Haybridge High, Hagley, Worcestershire	151	84.7
Parmiter's, Watford, Hertfordshire	184	84.4
St Aidan's CofE, Harrogate	231	84.4
Landau Forte, Derbyshire	151	84
Ranelagh C of E, Bracknell	124	83.9
King David High, Liverpool	92	83.7
Campion, Havering	125	83.3
George Abbot, Guildford, Surrey	291	82.8
Helsby High, Warrington, Cheshire	225	82.2
Bishop's Stortford High, Hertfordshire	153	82
St Mary's Catholic High, Chesterfield, Derbyshire	195	82
St Peter's Collegiate CofE, Wolverhampton	183	82
Hutton C of E Grammar, Lancashire	106	81.1
Langley Park School for Girls, Bromley, Kent	215	81
Seven Kings High, Ilford	183	81
St John Fisher, Harrogate	205	81
Crompton House CofE, Oldham	187	80.7
Painsley Catholic High, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire	178	80.3
Claverham, Battle, East Sussex	200	80
Heathside, Weybridge, Surrey	212	80
Silverdale, Sheffield	182	80
Holt, Wokingham	197	79.7
Harrogate Grammar, Harrogate	245	79
Maiden Erleigh, Reading	245	78.4
Bennett Memorial Diocesan, Tonbridge Wells, Kent	174	78.2
Beaumont, St Alban's, Hertfordshire	164	78
Camden School for Girls, Camden	112	77.6
Canon Slade CofE, Bolton	254	77
Comberton, Cambridge	196	77
Fallibroome, Macclesfield, Cheshire	207	77
King Solomon High, Redbridge	140	77
St Hilda's CofE High, Liverpool	135	77
St Peter's Catholic High, Wigan	186	76.9
All Hallows Catholic High, Preston	170	76.2
Dixons City Technology College, Bradford	161	76
Newland's Girls, Maidenhead	175	76
St Philomena's, Sutton	168	76
Queen Elizabeth's, Penrith, Cumbria	169	75.7
St Bede's, Redhill, Surrey	238	75.2
St Thomas More, Gateshead	189	75.1
Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough	268	75
Saffron Walden County High, Essex	265	75
Beauchamp College, Oadby, Leicestershire	478	75
Anglo European School, Essex	180	75
St Nicholas Catholic High, Northwich, Cheshire	192	75