How different areas performed

There are wide variations in the performance of different areas of England in their schools' exam results.

The table below shows the 148 mainland local authorities ranked on the basis of their schools' achievements in the proportion of students achieving the Level 2 threshold - equivalent to at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C - including English and maths GCSEs (the EM column).

Other columns show the Level 2 average point score (APS) and contextual value added (CVA) measure and the proportion of half-day sessions lost due to persistent absence (ABS).

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Authority	EM	APS	CVA	ABS
Sutton	67.2%	454.9	1007.9	4.9%
Trafford	63.9%	446.8	1009.8	5.0%
Redbridge	63.9%	420.9	1007	4.0%
Buckinghamshire	63.4%	433	995.4	4.6%
Kingston-upon-Thames	62.5%	434.1	1002.2	4.4%
Barnet	61.1%	422.2	1010.7	4.3%
Wokingham	61.0%	399.7	1002.5	4.7%
Kensington and Chelsea	59.9%	398.7	1000.7	4.1%
Slough	59.7%	412.5	1001.3	4.5%
Bromley	59.5%	413.5	999.7	6.3%
Rutland	58.6%	433.3	999.3	4.4%
Hertfordshire	58.0%	410.8	999.8	5.6%
Windsor and Maidenhead	57.9%	397.3	995.2	5.7%
Harrow	57.7%	394.6	1004.2	5.4%
Bath and NE Somerset	57.2%	407.5	1003.2	4.2%
Surrey	56.8%	404.6	998.9	6.0%
Gloucestershire	56.8%	392.7	993.8	5.2%
Poole	56.5%	402.1	996.2	6.6%
Brent	55.8%	399.1	1011.5	4.9%
Hammersmith and Fulham	55.6%	419.2	1020.3	7.2%
Bury	55.5%	385.2	1005.4	5.5%
Havering	55.4%	408.5	995.9	5.5%
Southend-on-Sea	55.0%	405.4	994.3	7.5%
North Yorkshire	54.7%	414.6	1001.6	5.1%
Solihull	54.6%	426.2	1004	6.0%
Shropshire	54.4%	406.1	1003.5	4.9%
Richmond-upon-Thames	54.0%	389.6	990	7.2%
Hampshire	53.8%	401.5	999.9	6.6%
York	53.8%	392.2	1008.3	6.5%
Cambridgeshire	53.5%	388.5	997.3	6.4%
Warrington	53.3%	403.6	1001	5.4%
Dorset	53.3%	402.2	1005.1	6.4%
Wiltshire	53.2%	390.7	998.9	5.5%
Cheshire	52.9%	383.2	997.9	6.0%
Reading	52.7%	405.2	1013.2	5.0%
West Berkshire	52.7%	389.5	1000.1	6.6%
Lincolnshire	52.6%	435.9	1009.6	5.5%
East Riding of Yorks	52.5%	405.5	1000.7	6.4%
Stockport	52.5%	376.9	996.5	7.4%
Herefordshire	52.4%	404	1007.2	6.3%
Ealing	52.1%	422.3	1020.9	5.2%
Leicestershire	51.9%	388.3	992.9	8.8%
Hounslow	51.8%	402.4	1003.6	4.8%
West Sussex	51.5%	387.4	999.4	6.0%
Bracknell Forest	51.5%	378.7	989.9	6.0%
Warwickshire	51.4%	411.5	995.4	5.8%
Sefton	51.4%	391.8	1005.1	5.0%
Bexley	51.4%	391.8	992.8	6.1%
Wakefield	51.3%	417.2	1008.6	6.2%
Northumberland	50.9%	426.5	1011.6	7.9%
Lancashire	50.8%	392.6	997.9	6.0%
North Somerset	50.5%	391	1003.1	6.0%
Oxfordshire	50.5%	390.6	1001.5	5.9%
North Tyneside	50.4%	399.2	1007.8	6.1%
Calderdale	50.3%	401.1	994.3	6.4%
Wirral	50.2%	389.8	1009.4	5.7%
Wandsworth	50.1%	388.2	1009.7	6.9%
Kent	49.7%	409.4	1003.9	7.0%
Staffordshire	49.7%	394	998.7	5.4%
Westminster	49.7%	385.2	1010.1	5.4%
Devon	49.5%	391.9	1001.7	5.8%
Derby	49.4%	391.2	1003.5	7.0%
Halton	49.3%	437.6	1022.3	7.3%
Bedfordshire	49.3%	390.6	998.4	6.8%
Essex	49.0%	388.1	992.9	6.8%
Bournemouth	48.9%	385.3	994.1	8.5%
Stockton-on-Tees	48.4%	393.6	994.9	6.0%
Cumbria	48.4%	386.1	994.6	6.2%
Derbyshire	48.4%	380.6	993.8	6.2%
South Gloucestershire	48.1%	390	991.8	4.4%
Torbay	48.1%	388.7	997.6	8.4%
Enfield	48.0%	360	1000.4	5.9%
Norfolk	47.9%	376.8	998.1	7.7%
Darlington	47.7%	391.6	1011.9	6.2%
England averages	47.6%	390	-	6.6%
Medway Towns	47.6%	399.2	1005.7	6.6%
Croydon	47.6%	398.4	1004.5	7.7%
Worcestershire	47.5%	388.8	1001.1	6.3%
Lambeth	47.1%	387.3	1016.1	6.7%
Gateshead	47.0%	423.1	1007.1	6.4%
Dudley	46.9%	383.9	1000.6	6.9%
Somerset	46.7%	377.5	995.8	6.0%
Suffolk	46.6%	383.3	1003.2	5.8%
Hillingdon	46.4%	396.4	995.2	5.8%
Leeds	46.4%	380.2	994.4	9.2%
Plymouth	46.3%	378.4	1002.8	5.9%
Merton	46.2%	357.7	996.2	7.6%
East Sussex	46.1%	378.7	1000.8	6.7%
Lewisham	45.9%	370.8	1004.3	7.1%
Wigan	45.8%	408.4	1006.9	5.6%
Blackburn with Darwen	45.8%	379	1008.1	7.5%
Kirklees	45.6%	389.8	994.3	6.7%
Camden	45.6%	368.2	1002.8	7.2%
Birmingham	45.5%	409.7	1010.4	6.6%
Northamptonshire	45.4%	376.9	990.3	6.1%
Luton	45.3%	379.1	1003.6	5.2%
Newham	45.3%	360.5	1007.1	4.4%
Redcar and Cleveland	45.0%	395.3	1001	6.1%
Bolton	44.9%	397.7	1004.3	5.9%
Telford and Wrekin	44.6%	416.8	1000.7	6.4%
Durham	44.5%	409.8	1014.7	6.5%
Brighton and Hove	44.5%	406.7	1003	7.1%
Waltham Forest	44.2%	366.3	1011	5.3%
Cornwall	43.5%	397.2	1004.7	5.8%
Rochdale	43.4%	369.3	1007.7	7.0%
Nottinghamshire	43.3%	387	992.2	6.5%
Oldham	43.1%	393.1	1001.8	6.6%
Sunderland	43.0%	396.2	1005.9	6.5%
St Helens	42.8%	401.6	1000.8	6.6%
Southwark	42.7%	350	1010.3	9.6%
Thurrock	42.6%	408.6	1008.5	6.9%
South Tyneside	42.6%	399.7	1005.5	8.1%
Hackney	42.6%	352.1	1010.3	5.3%
Southampton	42.3%	359.7	997.2	10.1%
Milton Keynes	42.1%	389.3	999.3	6.1%
Haringey	42.0%	354.3	1018.8	6.4%
Tameside	41.8%	385.4	995.8	7.0%
Coventry	41.8%	383.7	1005.8	7.3%
North Lincolnshire	41.6%	380.1	1001.6	6.5%
Liverpool	41.2%	388.7	1011.7	8.3%
Tower Hamlets	41.2%	377.6	1016.6	6.3%
Isle of Wight	41.2%	363.8	997.9	9.2%
Rotherham	40.9%	372.9	999.8	8.2%
Swindon	40.7%	344.1	985.6	5.4%
Walsall	40.6%	383.2	992.4	6.7%
Sheffield	40.6%	378	997.4	8.6%
Salford	40.3%	408	1017.8	7.3%
Greenwich	40.1%	371.5	1011	7.2%
Leicester	39.9%	357.8	998.9	6.0%
Wolverhampton	39.8%	418.5	1009.6	7.4%
North East Lincolnshire	39.7%	372.9	996.3	6.9%
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	39.2%	402.3	1010.7	10.7%
Hartlepool	39.2%	395.3	1015.8	6.6%
Barking and Dagenham	39.2%	367.4	1009.2	7.4%
Doncaster	39.1%	403.9	995.6	8.7%
Islington	38.9%	353.4	1013.6	9.0%
Portsmouth	38.5%	372.3	1000.4	10.1%
Peterborough	37.2%	381.2	993.8	5.4%
Stoke-on-Trent	36.9%	392	1007.5	8.0%
Bradford	36.9%	361.5	997.5	8.7%
Manchester	36.9%	359.9	1002.7	12.3%
Middlesbrough	35.8%	382	1007	8.5%
Bristol	35.5%	354.9	1000.8	9.1%
Nottingham	34.7%	375.9	1008.6	9.7%
Blackpool	34.5%	356.1	999.2	10.4%
Barnsley	33.1%	385.1	997.5	7.1%
Sandwell	31.5%	371	998.8	9.7%
Knowsley	29.9%	349.5	1000.4	11.0%
Kingston-upon-Hull	29.6%	341.9	978.6	12.9%