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The 'most improved' schools
This page shows the secondary schools in England that have had the biggest sustained improvement in their results over the previous four years.

The columns show the proportion of students getting at least five good GCSEs or equivalent vocational qualifications each year, including English and maths GCSEs, and the overall increase.

The list is compiled by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

The key to inclusion in the table is consistency - a school's results have to have improved each year. Other schools might have had a bigger rise across the four years, but with a dip along the way.

Click the name of a school for a page detailing its performance.

Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SCHOOLTYPE04050607+/-
The Matthew Arnold School, SurreyCYCOMPM18%39%44%50%32
St Patrick's RC High School and Arts College, SalfordVACOMPM27%47%49%56%29
Hurlingham and Chelsea Secondary School, Hammersmith and FulhamCYCOMPM12%18%25%41%29
Frodsham School, a Science and Technology College, CheshireCYCOMPM30%35%43%59%29
Sandwich Technology School, KentFDMODM20%35%39%49%29
Rosedale College, HillingdonFDCOMPM11%18%26%39%28
Challney High School for Boys and Community College, LutonCYCOMPB23%32%42%50%27
Holland Park School, Kensington and chelseaCYCOMPM25%33%40%51%26
Gillotts School, OxfordshireCYCOMPM42%55%64%67%25
Broadland High School, NorfolkCYCOMPM38%54%61%63%25
Lostock Hall Community High School and Arts College, LancashireCYCOMPM38%50%57%63%25
Harry Carlton School, NottinghamshireCYCOMPM35%48%57%60%25
Crown Hills Community College, Leicester CityCYCOMPM28%30%32%53%25
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School, LiverpoolVACOMPB22%32%38%47%25
The Abbey School, KentCYMODM12%16%20%36%24
Beaverwood School for Girls, BromleyFDCOMPG38%47%49%62%24
Mossley Hollins High School, TamesideCYCOMPM29%41%49%52%23
Haydon Bridge Community High School and Sports College, NorthumberlandCYCOMPM32%45%52%55%23
Kings Langley School, HertfordshireCYCOMPM24%30%36%47%23
Greenshaw High School, SuttonCYCOMPM37%43%52%60%23
BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology, CroydonCTCCOMPM31%41%47%53%22
Redhill School, NottinghamshireFDCOMPM31%37%43%53%22
Queen Eleanor Technology College, LincolnshireCYCOMPM17%25%26%39%22
Ripon College, North YorkshireCYMODM22%28%31%44%22
Stockwell Park School, LambethFDCOMPM21%26%41%43%22
St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School, Rochester and GillinghamVACOMPM22%34%41%44%22
Rawthorpe High School, KirkleesCYCOMPM8%16%29%30%22
Spennymoor Comprehensive School, DurhamCYCOMPM28%29%32%50%22
Birchwood High School, HertfordshireCYCOMPM27%35%36%49%22
John Taylor High School, StaffordshireCYCOMPM47%59%68%69%22
Herne Bay High School, KentFDMODM14%29%31%36%22
Chesterton Community Sports College, StaffordshireCYCOMPM15%16%20%37%22
The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College, HartlepoolVACOMPM33%50%51%54%21
Hemsworth Arts and Community College, WakefieldCYCOMPM29%32%36%50%21
Somervale School, Bath and North East SomersetCYCOMPM22%41%42%43%21
Archbishop Beck Catholic Sports College, LiverpoolVACOMPM16%23%29%37%21
Hockerill Anglo-European College, HertfordshireFDCOMPM63%69%79%84%21
Gumley House RC Convent School, FCJ, HounslowVACOMPG61%73%78%82%21
William Farr CofE Comprehensive School, LincolnshireFDCOMPM52%64%69%73%21
Hall Cross School, DoncasterCYCOMPM26%44%46%47%21
The Royal Liberty School, HaveringCYCOMPB15%28%31%35%20
Henley in Arden High School, WarwickshireCYMODM44%49%56%64%20
Wembley High Technology College, BrentFDCOMPM25%36%38%45%20
Edensor Technology College, Stoke on TrentCYCOMPM14%23%29%34%20
Highfield Humanities College, BlackpoolCYCOMPM25%30%43%45%20
John Mason School, OxfordshireCYCOMPM37%44%45%57%20
The Cardinal Wiseman Roman Catholic School, EalingVACOMPM54%65%70%74%20
Hodgson School, LancashireCYCOMPM57%61%69%76%19
Tollbar Business and Enterprise College, North East LincolnshireFDCOMPM57%58%67%76%19
Southfields Community College, WandsworthFDCOMPM18%22%29%37%19
Denbigh School, Milton KeynesFDCOMPM42%53%59%61%19
Samuel Whitbread Community College, BedfordshireCYCOMPM31%36%48%50%19
Selhurst Mathematics and Computing Specialist School, CroydonCYCOMPB9%16%19%27%18
Clapton Girls' Technology College, HackneyCYCOMPG37%40%46%55%18
John Masefield High School, HerefordshireCYCOMPM38%42%49%56%18
New Brompton College, Rochester and GillinghamFDMODM2%6%9%20%18
Orleans Park School, Richmond upon ThamesCYCOMPM47%57%64%65%18
Filton High School, South GloucestershireCYCOMPM22%27%35%40%18
Friern Barnet School, BarnetCYCOMPM24%26%28%42%18
The Elton High School Specialist Arts College, BuryCYCOMPM45%46%51%63%18
Our Lady's RC High School, OldhamVACOMPM31%44%47%49%18
Biddulph High School, StaffordshireCYCOMPM28%38%39%46%18
Ninestiles School, BirminghamFDCOMPM31%41%43%49%18
St Mary's Catholic Comprehensive School, Newcastle upon TyneVACOMPM23%28%33%41%18
The Lacon Childe School, ShropshireCYCOMPM38%48%54%55%17
Connaught School for Girls, Waltham ForestCYCOMPG39%47%48%56%17
The Hemel Hempstead School, HertfordshireCYCOMPM57%60%66%74%17
Deptford Green School, LewishamCYCOMPM35%40%42%52%17
Quintin Kynaston School, City of WestminsterCYCOMPM38%43%46%55%17
Newquay Tretherras School, CornwallCYCOMPM37%42%43%54%17
Beckfoot School, BradfordCYCOMPM29%32%45%46%17
Ash Green School, WarwickshireFDCOMPM12%22%25%29%17
Passmores School and Technology College, EssexCYCOMPM22%31%36%39%17
Immanuel College, BradfordVACOMPM17%24%32%34%17
Dartmouth High School, SandwellCYCOMPM25%29%40%42%17
Crofton High School - Specialists in Maths and Computing, WakefieldCYCOMPM44%47%51%61%17
Ian Ramsey Church of England Aided Comprehensive School, Stockton-on-TeesVACOMPM43%51%54%60%17
Wootton Upper School, BedfordshireFDCOMPM44%48%60%61%17
Cowley Language College, St HelensCYCOMPM21%30%35%38%17
Henbury School, City of BristolCYCOMPM11%13%24%27%16
The Holy Family Catholic College, Waltham ForestVACOMPM40%43%52%56%16
The John Warner School, HertfordshireFDCOMPM47%49%50%63%16
Torquay Community College, TorbayCYCOMPM12%15%26%28%16
St Bartholomew's School, NewburyFDCOMPM52%56%65%68%16
Judgemeadow Community College, Leicester CityCYCOMPM40%45%55%56%16
Charles Burrell High School, NorfolkCYCOMPM15%21%22%31%16
Willingsworth High School, SandwellCYCOMPM22%23%29%38%16
Harris School, WarwickshireVAMODM27%28%30%43%16
Wellfield High School, LancashireCYCOMPM20%31%32%36%16
Bartley Green School A Specialist Technology and Sports College, BirminghamCYCOMPM32%40%42%48%16
West Craven High Technology College, LancashireCYCOMPM28%33%42%44%16
Cansfield High Specialist Language College, WiganCYCOMPM31%40%43%47%16
St James' Catholic High School, BarnetVACOMPM43%46%57%59%16
Ellowes Hall Sports College, DudleyFDCOMPM27%32%39%43%16
Helston Community College, CornwallCYCOMPM42%47%52%58%16
St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School, SouthwarkVACOMPG41%42%54%56%15
Manor Church of England Voluntary Aided School, York, YorkVACOMPM64%73%74%79%15
Two Trees Sports College, TamesideCYCOMPM18%19%22%33%15
St Andrew's CofE High School for Boys, West SussexVACOMPB31%34%36%46%15
Ise Community College, NorthamptonshireCYCOMPM12%18%26%27%15
Fulwood High School and Arts College, LancashireCYCOMPM29%32%42%44%15



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