The worst GCSE-level results

This page shows the 190 schools in England in which 20% of pupils or less achieved the Level 2 threshold - equivalent to five GCSEs at grade C or above - including English and maths GCSEs, in 2007.

They are shown in reverse order, with the lowest-scoring at the top.

The CVA column shows the schools' contextual value added scores - the new progress measure.

Smaller schools with fewer than 30 pupils eligible to take the exams are not included.

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

Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

INSTITUTION	EM	CVA
Parklands High School, Liverpool	1%	998
Blakeston School - A Community Sports College, Stockton-on-Tees	3%	1003.9
St Clements College, Lincolnshire	5%	1026.6
Earlham High School, Norfolk	6%	956.2
South Leeds High School, Leeds	7%	954.6
John Madejski Academy, Reading	7%	981
City of Preston High School, Lancashire	7%	994
Hadden Park High School, Nottingham, City of	7%	996
Croxteth Community Comprehensive School, Liverpool	7%	1004.5
The Marlowe Academy, Kent	7%	1013.5
Elliott Durham School, Nottingham, City of	7%	1022.3
Corby Community College, Northamptonshire	8%	965.9
The Castle Hills Community Arts College, Lincolnshire	8%	990.4
Saint Bede's Catholic Science College, Lincolnshire	8%	997.3
John Bunyan Upper School, Bedfordshire	9%	987.7
Haywood School, Nottingham, City of	10%	969.5
Sir Frank Markham Community School, Milton Keynes	10%	978.4
Springhill High School, Rochdale	10%	1012
Birkdale High School, Kirklees	11%	952.9
Ruffwood School, Knowsley	11%	989.7
King Ethelbert School, Kent	11%	1001
Peers School, Oxfordshire	11%	1002.5
Barstable School, Essex	12%	973.3
The Gateway Academy, Thurrock	12%	979.8
Tong School, Bradford	12%	987.9
The Alfred Barrow School, Cumbria	12%	1003.1
Unity City Academy, Middlesbrough	12%	1012.5
The Ridings School, Calderdale	13%	941.4
Brookway High School and Sports College, Manchester	13%	980.2
Durham Gilesgate Sports College and Sixth Form Centre, Durham	13%	985.7
Kings Norton High School, Birmingham	13%	987.3
Shorefields School, Liverpool	13%	989.2
Manor Foundation Business and Sports College, Sandwell	13%	992.9
West Gate Community College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne	13%	994.8
Park Lane High, Calderdale	13%	999.6
Cheshire Oaks High School, Cheshire	13%	999.7
Joseph Ruston Technology College, Lincolnshire	13%	1057.6
City of Leeds School, Leeds	14%	949.4
New College Leicester, Leicester, City of	14%	949.6
Brockworth Enterprise School, Gloucestershire	14%	957.5
Bemrose Community School, Derby, City of	14%	980.4
North Manchester High School for Boys, Manchester	14%	982.7
Millbrook Community School, Southampton	14%	990.6
The River Leen School, Nottingham, City of	14%	993.9
The Malling School, Kent	14%	994.9
The Wildernesse School, Kent	14%	998.2
Withywood Community School, Bristol, City of	14%	1029.1
Parkside Community College, Plymouth, City of	14%	1030.7
Bishops Park College, Essex	15%	954.5
Kings High School, Bournemouth	15%	970.6
Quarrendon School, Buckinghamshire	15%	973.8
Manor Park Community School and Specialist Arts College, Warwickshire	15%	985.7
The Aveland High School, Lincolnshire	15%	987.1
The Queen Elizabeth's (1561) Endowed School, Nottinghamshire	15%	987.2
The Grays School Media Arts College, Thurrock	15%	993.6
Hylton Red House School, Sunderland	15%	1011.6
Chalvedon School, Essex	15%	1017.1
Abbey Wood School, Greenwich	15%	1020
Portway Community School, Bristol, City of	16%	959.9
The College High Specialist Arts School, Birmingham	16%	972.3
Mayfield School, Portsmouth	16%	973.6
Medway Community College, Medway Towns	16%	976.9
St Catherine's Catholic High School, Calderdale	16%	977.4
Aylesford School - Sports College, Kent	16%	984
Leon School and Sports College, Milton Keynes	16%	991.7
Kaskenmoor School, Oldham	16%	992.1
Hengrove Community Arts College, Bristol, City of	16%	992.7
Temple School, Medway Towns	16%	992.7
Stamford High School, Tameside	16%	992.9
Beaufort Community School, Gloucestershire	16%	1003
Hall Garth Community Arts College, Middlesbrough	16%	1003.7
Woodford Lodge High School, Cheshire	16%	1007.2
Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College, Cheshire	16%	1008.5
St Luke's CofE VA Secondary School, Portsmouth	16%	1008.9
Hartsdown Technology College, Kent	16%	1010.7
Archers Court Maths and Computing College, Kent	16%	1012.9
Blake Valley Technology College, Staffordshire	16%	1017.9
Lipson Community College, Plymouth, City of	16%	1021.2
Frankley Community High School, Birmingham	16%	1023.7
The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, Liverpool	16%	1051.6
Westminster Academy, Westminster	17%	947.7
Bushey Hall School, Hertfordshire	17%	953.4
Sneyd Community School, Walsall	17%	965.6
Parklands High School, Manchester	17%	967.4
Winton School, Hampshire	17%	974.6
Bishops' College, Gloucestershire	17%	978.9
Northcliffe School, Doncaster	17%	982.6
Sinfin Community School, Derby, City of	17%	983.9
Cedar Mount High School, Manchester	17%	986.7
Christ Church Church of England High School, Kent	17%	987.3
King Edmund Community School, South Gloucestershire	17%	987.6
Hartcliffe Engineering Community College, Bristol, City of	17%	988.7
Woodside High School, a Business & Enterprise Specialist School, Haringey	17%	991.6
Pensnett High School, Dudley	17%	991.8
Swan Valley Community School, Kent	17%	991.9
Alderman Blaxill School, Essex	17%	993.2
Breeze Hill School, Oldham	17%	993.3
St James School, Devon	17%	1000.5
Kingswood College of Arts, Kingston-upon-Hull, City of	17%	1003.4
All Saints College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne	17%	1005.3
The North School, Kent	17%	1032.5
Hodge Hill School, Birmingham	17%	1032.6
Endeavour High School, Kingston-upon-Hull, City of	18%	943.4
Ladybridge High School, Bolton	18%	963.1
Weston Favell School, Northamptonshire	18%	968.6
Thornaby Community School, Stockton-on-Tees	18%	976.7
North Cumbria Technology College, Cumbria	18%	980.2
The Bishop of Winchester School, Bournemouth	18%	980.6
Vale of Berkeley College, Gloucestershire	18%	982
The Rickstones School, Essex	18%	987.7
St Edmund of Canterbury Catholic High School, Knowsley	18%	993
The Lord Silkin School, Telford and Wrekin	18%	994.6
Ormesby School, Middlesbrough	18%	996.9
Fazakerley High School, Liverpool	18%	997.7
St George's Church of England Foundation School, Kent	18%	997.7
Frank F Harrison Engineering College, Walsall	18%	998.8
Castle Vale School and Specialist Performing Arts College, Birmingham	18%	999.5
Berry Hill High School and Sports College, Stoke-on-Trent	18%	1007.4
Staunton Community Sports College, Hampshire	18%	1008.7
Chaucer Business and Enterprise College, Sheffield	18%	1009
St George of England Specialist Engineering College, Sefton	18%	1018.8
Haling Manor High School, Croydon	18%	1024.6
Wyke Manor School, Bradford	19%	944.1
Fullhurst Community College, Leicester, City of	19%	948.9
Colbayns High School, Essex	19%	954.2
Rodillian School, Leeds	19%	963.5
Stafford Sports College, Staffordshire	19%	969.3
Fleetwood Sports College, Lancashire	19%	969.9
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School, Sefton	19%	975.7
Chase High School, Southend-on-Sea	19%	977.2
Portland School, Nottinghamshire	19%	977.3
Ehenside Community School, Cumbria	19%	977.6
Rossmore Community College, Poole	19%	978.1
Albany School, Enfield	19%	979.8
John Hunt of Everest Community School, Hampshire	19%	982
Matthew Humberstone Church of England School, North East Lincolnshire	19%	982.6
Harrop Fold School, Salford	19%	983.4
Menzies High School, Sandwell	19%	987.2
The Business Academy Bexley, Bexley	19%	988.3
Hinde House 3-16 School, Sheffield	19%	991.4
Oriel High School, Norfolk	19%	991.7
Bennerley School, Derbyshire	19%	993.7
Grace Academy, Solihull	19%	993.7
Sheffield Park Academy, Sheffield	19%	993.8
The John Loughborough School, Haringey	19%	995.5
Swadelands School, Kent	19%	995.9
The Newark High School, Nottinghamshire	19%	998.2
Catford High School, Lewisham	19%	998.4
Rock Ferry High School, Wirral	19%	1000.2
Sir Henry Cooper School, Kingston-upon-Hull, City of	19%	1000.5
Eltham Green Specialist Sports College, Greenwich	19%	1006.7
Sunnydale Community College for Maths and Computing, Durham	19%	1009
Four Dwellings High School, Birmingham	19%	1010.6
Archbishop Thurstan Church of England Voluntary Controlled School, Kingston-upon-Hull, City of	19%	1012.5
Parkwood High School, Sheffield	19%	1017
John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College, Lincolnshire	19%	1017.3
Childwall School - A Specialist Sports College, Liverpool	19%	1018.6
Sittingbourne Community College, Kent	19%	1028.4
The Charles Read High School, Lincolnshire	19%	1031.6
King Richard Secondary School, Portsmouth	19%	1034.8
Cheltenham Kingsmead, Gloucestershire	20%	968.9
Chamberlayne Park School, Southampton	20%	969
Sheffield Springs Academy, Sheffield	20%	974.5
Hillcrest School, East Sussex	20%	975.2
The Radcliffe School, Milton Keynes	20%	976.6
Mortimer Wilson School, Derbyshire	20%	977.2
St Marks Church of England Academy, Merton	20%	979
John Paul II School, Wandsworth	20%	982.8
Freebrough Specialist Engineering College, Redcar and Cleveland	20%	986.8
The Grantham Church (VA) High School, Lincolnshire	20%	987.4
Babington Community Technology College, Leicester, City of	20%	989.8
William Sharp School, Nottingham, City of	20%	991.2
Carshalton Boys Sports College, Sutton	20%	991.9
Holywells High School, Suffolk	20%	993.6
Firth Park Community Arts College, Sheffield	20%	996.6
Shelfield Sports and Community College, Walsall	20%	999
Haberdashers' Aske's Knights Academy, Lewisham	20%	999.5
St Paul's Way Community School, Tower Hamlets	20%	1001.6
Estover Community College, Plymouth, City of	20%	1002.7
Sheldon Heath Community Arts College, Birmingham	20%	1010.8
Heartsease High School, Norfolk	20%	1014.5
St Alban's CE Specialist Engineering College, Birmingham	20%	1017.6
Pendeford Business and Enterprise College, Wolverhampton	20%	1018.4
The James Hornsby High School, Essex	20%	1020.4
The Hereson School, Kent	20%	1023.8
Chapter School, Medway Towns	20%	1025.3
The Dearne High School, Barnsley	20%	1029.1
New Brompton College, Medway Towns	20%	1030.2
The Barnsley Academy, Barnsley	20%	1037.2
Grange School, Oldham	20%	1040.6