Secondary league tables 2012: Lowest GCSE results

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This table lists the 200 state secondary schools in England with the lowest attainment at GCSE level.

The schools are ranked on the percentage of pupils attaining five A*-C passes in GCSE or equivalent qualifications, including maths and English GCSEs. The average number of points scored per pupil is then used as a tie break where schools have the same result.

Schools marked AC are academies, schools with fewer than 30 pupils are not included.

Pate's Grammar school, a high-achieving selective school in Cheltenham, scored 0% because pupils sat new English exams which the Department for Education does not recognise for the purpose of performance data.

Similarly, Rushden Community College in Northamptonshire, scoring 6%, had entered pupils for English exams not counted by the DfE.

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School nameLocal authorityWhat does this mean?Average point scoreWhat does this mean?Pupils with five good GCSEs (%)
Pate's Grammar School (SEL)Gloucestershire574.40%
The Rushden Community College Specialising in Mathematics and ComputingNorthamptonshire451.16%
Barnfield Business and Enterprise Studio AcademyLuton453.113%
The Mablethorpe Tennyson High SchoolLincolnshire409.119%
Swaffham Hamond's High SchoolNorfolk416.919%
Endeavour High SchoolKingston Upon Hull, City of436.719%
Christ The King Catholic and Church of England (VA) Centre for LearningKnowsley255.920%
Skerton Community High SchoolLancashire320.720%
The Manor - A Foundation SchoolCambridgeshire378.420%
The Marlowe AcademyKent380.520%
Parklands High SchoolLiverpool278.522%
Sawyers Hall CollegeEssex371.022%
North Shore AcademyStockton-on-Tees535.122%
Ipswich AcademySuffolk299.923%
East Bridgwater Community SchoolSomerset523.523%
Swan Valley Community SchoolKent355.624%
Ormiston Enterprise AcademyDerbyshire392.524%
Culverhay SchoolBath and North East Somerset397.124%
Frank F Harrison Engineering CollegeWalsall439.924%
City of Leeds SchoolLeeds348.125%
Mark Hall Specialist Sport CollegeEssex375.125%
The Aylesbury Vale AcademyBuckinghamshire413.625%
Fleetwood High SchoolLancashire534.225%
Priory Witham AcademyLincolnshire549.725%
Mill Chase Community Technology CollegeHampshire369.326%
The Oxford AcademyOxfordshire374.026%
Sir John Talbot's Technology CollegeShropshire421.826%
The James Hornsby High SchoolEssex698.026%
Manchester Creative and Media Academy for BoysManchester319.227%
Brymore SchoolSomerset373.927%
South Wolverhampton and Bilston AcademyWolverhampton407.627%
Cressex Community SchoolBuckinghamshire431.827%
St Aldhelm's AcademyPoole269.428%
Newmarket CollegeSuffolk377.328%
Havant AcademyHampshire378.328%
Primrose High SchoolLeeds388.628%
Swallow Hill Community CollegeLeeds457.328%
Ernulf AcademyCambridgeshire325.929%
Oakfields Community CollegeMiddlesbrough354.229%
Futures Community CollegeSouthend-on-Sea392.529%
Bishopsgarth SchoolStockton-on-Tees429.629%
De Warenne AcademyDoncaster438.529%
The Astley Cooper SchoolHertfordshire484.329%
Sydney Smith SchoolKingston Upon Hull, City of514.629%
Sir John Hunt Community Sports CollegePlymouth517.929%
Gloucester AcademyGloucestershire371.030%
King Ethelbert School AcademyKent399.130%
Woodlands Community CollegeSouthampton419.030%
The Denes High SchoolSuffolk432.130%
Dover Christ Church AcademyKent437.830%
Kearsley AcademyBolton288.831%
Thomas Becket Catholic SchoolNorthamptonshire339.631%
North Huddersfield Trust SchoolKirklees359.731%
Wellfield Business & Enterprise CollegeLancashire368.131%
The Robert Napier SchoolMedway406.631%
The Bulwell AcademyNottingham409.331%
Sheffield Springs AcademySheffield417.731%
William Bradford Community CollegeLeicestershire427.831%
Richard Rose Morton AcademyCumbria467.131%
Lostock CollegeTrafford472.031%
Raincliffe SchoolNorth Yorkshire479.531%
Hadden Park High SchoolNottingham348.632%
Walney SchoolCumbria368.032%
All Saints CollegeNewcastle upon Tyne376.932%
Sir Henry Cooper SchoolKingston Upon Hull, City of409.032%
Kelmscott SchoolWaltham Forest446.732%
Priory City of Lincoln AcademyLincolnshire486.932%
The Samworth Enterprise AcademyLeicester336.333%
The Crest Boys AcademyBrent345.133%
Oasis Academy OldhamOldham354.633%
John Madejski AcademyReading361.733%
Nightingale AcademyEnfield362.833%
Wexham SchoolSlough381.633%
City of London Academy - IslingtonIslington394.333%
Kettering Science AcademyNorthamptonshire395.233%
Sudbury Upper School and Arts CollegeSuffolk401.033%
William Parker Sports CollegeEast Sussex401.233%
Earlsheaton Technology CollegeKirklees412.933%
South Leeds AcademyLeeds422.833%
Wodensborough Community Technology CollegeSandwell430.733%
Broad Oak Sports CollegeBury433.233%
Brumby Engineering CollegeNorth Lincolnshire473.133%
Carr Manor Community School, Specialist Sports CollegeLeeds479.533%
The Albion High SchoolSalford485.333%
Thomas Hepburn Community Comprehensive SchoolGateshead494.333%
The John Loughborough SchoolHaringey316.034%
Everest Community AcademyHampshire330.434%
St John Fisher Catholic High SchoolPeterborough346.334%
Grace Academy DarlastonWalsall364.934%
Djanogly City AcademyNottingham399.734%
Featherstone Technology College: With Physical Disability ResourceWakefield400.634%
Thistley Hough High SchoolStoke-on-Trent406.434%
Coleridge Community CollegeCambridgeshire420.534%
Haywood Engineering CollegeStoke-on-Trent435.434%
Eston Park SchoolRedcar and Cleveland437.334%
John Whitgift AcademyNorth East Lincolnshire437.534%
Bristol Metropolitan AcademyBristol, City of437.634%
John Spendluffe Foundation Technology CollegeLincolnshire454.034%
Walmer Science CollegeKent480.534%
The North SchoolKent516.334%
Ifield Community CollegeWest Sussex539.634%
All Saints' Academy, CheltenhamGloucestershire545.734%
Mildenhall College of TechnologySuffolk572.934%
Furness AcademyCumbria346.135%
Newman Catholic CollegeBrent352.835%
Alec Hunter Humanities CollegeEssex365.935%
Nottingham University Samworth AcademyNottingham379.335%
Palatine Community Sports CollegeBlackpool384.835%
Kirkby Sports College Centre for LearningKnowsley390.435%
The Oldershaw School and Business and Enterprise CollegeWirral396.835%
University Academy of BirkenheadWirral397.335%
Carlton Community CollegeBarnsley398.035%
Ilfracombe Arts CollegeDevon401.835%
Alderman Blaxill SchoolEssex402.835%
Whitworth Community High SchoolLancashire410.535%
Goole High SchoolEast Riding of Yorkshire422.635%
Hextable SchoolKent422.635%
David Lister SchoolKingston Upon Hull, City of425.135%
Westwood Girls' College for Languages and ArtsCroydon434.035%
Stanley Park High SchoolSutton434.335%
King's Lynn AcademyNorfolk454.435%
Bispham High School - An Arts CollegeBlackpool465.835%
The Malling SchoolKent469.335%
The Bishop David Brown SchoolSurrey479.235%
St Aidan's Church of England AcademyDarlington524.235%
Aylestone Business and Enterprise CollegeHerefordshire, County of538.135%
Shelfield Community AcademyWalsall546.035%
Ormiston Park AcademyThurrock570.135%
Unity College BlackpoolBlackpool368.236%
The Queen Elizabeth's (1561) Endowed SchoolNottinghamshire373.036%
Shorefields SchoolLiverpool383.736%
Harris SchoolWarwickshire390.236%
Parkside Community SchoolDerbyshire390.836%
Stowmarket High SchoolSuffolk391.036%
Kingsdale Foundation SchoolSouthwark399.936%
Carisbrooke CollegeIsle of Wight406.936%
The Bourne AcademyBournemouth409.936%
Farnborough School Technology CollegeNottingham411.436%
The Grays School Media Arts CollegeThurrock418.836%
Huyton Arts & Sports Centre for Learning (Community)Knowsley427.736%
Ellis Guilford School and Sports CollegeNottingham434.636%
Hertswood SchoolHertfordshire437.436%
Sir William Stanier Community SchoolCheshire East445.036%
The Dormston SchoolDudley448.636%
Dartmouth AcademyDevon453.536%
Clacton Coastal AcademyEssex467.436%
Red House AcademySunderland472.736%
Battersea Park SchoolWandsworth489.536%
Thomas Deacon AcademyPeterborough511.036%
Brislington Enterprise CollegeBristol, City of346.737%
Manchester Enterprise AcademyManchester370.237%
Harborne AcademyBirmingham374.237%
Buttershaw Business and Enterprise CollegeBradford375.437%
City of Portsmouth Girls' SchoolPortsmouth379.537%
Medina CollegeIsle of Wight386.437%
Merrill CollegeDerby387.437%
Chaucer Business and Enterprise CollegeSheffield402.937%
St Anselm's Catholic SchoolKent413.537%
The Isle of Sheppey AcademyKent420.037%
Excelsior AcademyNewcastle upon Tyne420.637%
St Edmund's Catholic SchoolKent429.037%
Shafton Advanced Learning CentreBarnsley438.437%
Melior Community College for Business, Enterprise and the ArtsNorth Lincolnshire438.737%
Heywood Community SchoolGloucestershire443.837%
Bedford AcademyBedford449.337%
The North Durham AcademyCounty Durham453.337%
Kirkby CollegeNottinghamshire453.437%
The Dearne Advanced Learning CentreBarnsley464.637%
Richard Rose Central AcademyCumbria473.537%
Chaucer Technology SchoolKent475.637%
Trent Valley AcademyLincolnshire539.537%
Castle Vale Performing Arts CollegeBirmingham544.537%
Dyke House Sports and Technology CollegeHartlepool545.737%
Prendergast - Ladywell Fields CollegeLewisham345.638%
The Thetford AcademyNorfolk360.138%
The Mandeville School Specialist Sports CollegeBuckinghamshire382.338%
Rush Croft Sports CollegeWaltham Forest394.238%
Swindon AcademySwindon395.038%
Willenhall School Sports CollegeWalsall397.238%
The Phoenix SchoolTelford and Wrekin408.838%
Harrow High School and Sports CollegeHarrow416.438%
Portslade Aldridge Community AcademyBrighton and Hove417.238%
Walker Technology CollegeNewcastle upon Tyne424.538%
Manchester Creative and Media Academy for GirlsManchester434.538%
Alexandra High School and Sixth Form CentreSandwell435.638%
The Milton Keynes AcademyMilton Keynes436.538%
Tideway SchoolEast Sussex436.938%
Sir John Thursby Community CollegeLancashire437.538%
The Charles Read AcademyLincolnshire440.338%
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic Technology CollegeBirmingham448.038%
Orchard SchoolBristol, City of453.138%
The Ormiston Ilkeston AcademyDerbyshire456.438%
Middlecott SchoolLincolnshire459.338%
Droylsden AcademyTameside470.338%
University Academy HolbeachLincolnshire471.138%
King Richard SchoolPortsmouth486.438%
The Kingswood SchoolNorthamptonshire490.338%
Torquay Community CollegeTorbay492.238%
Corby Business AcademyNorthamptonshire502.838%
St Dunstan's Community SchoolSomerset517.438%
What do the table headers mean?
Average point score
The average number of points netted per pupil at the institution taking GCSE or equivalent qualifications.
Pupils with five good GCSEs
The percentage of pupils getting grades A*-C in five GCSE - or equivalent qualifications - including maths and English

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