Secondary league tables 2013: Best advanced vocational results

This table lists the 100 schools and colleges in England with the best results in advanced vocational qualifications.

The schools are ranked on the average points scored per student.

Ties have been broken on the number of students in the institution who took the relevant qualifications.

Schools where the full-time equivalent of fewer than 30 pupils took the qualifications are not included.

Best performing schools

AcademyCommunityFaithFree schoolIndependent schoolSelective schoolCollegeOthersLinks in the table below will take you to the Department for Education’s website
(Rank) School name
Local authority
Average point scoreWhat does this mean?
(Rank) School nameLocal authorityAverage point scoreWhat does this mean?
ACCChurch of England
(1)Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy		York1051.6
AC
(2)West Lakes Academy		Cumbria1010.9
ACC
(3)Rainham School for Girls		Medway994.4
AC
(4)Darwen Aldridge Community Academy		Blackburn with Darwen972.1
AC
(5)Sandwell Academy		Sandwell965.1
CY
(6)Haslingden High School		Lancashire964.7
ACC
(7)Heath Park		Wolverhampton960.8
Sixth Form CollegeRoman Catholic
(8)Cardinal Newman College		Lancashire959.6
AC
(9)Brooke Weston Academy		Northamptonshire920.1
CTC
(10)Thomas Telford School		Telford and Wrekin902.6
ACC
(11)Biddulph High School		Staffordshire883
AC
(12)Outwood Academy Adwick		Doncaster879.9
ACC
(13)The Ravensbourne School		Bromley872.4
ACC
(14)Bullers Wood School		Bromley871.9
CY
(15)Westfield Community Technology College		Hertfordshire870.8
ACC
(16)Lordswood Girls' School and Sixth Form Centre		Birmingham864.8
ACCRoman Catholic
(17)St John's School & Sixth Form College - A Catholic Academy		County Durham855.8
ACChurch of England
(18)Trinity Academy, Halifax		Calderdale848.8
AC
(19)Willenhall E-ACT Academy		Walsall845.5
AC
(20)Harris Academy Falconwood		Bexley844.3
ACC
(21)Don Valley School and Performing Arts College		Doncaster844.2
ACC
(22)Barr Beacon School		Walsall842.2
FD
(23)Aylesford School - Sports College		Kent841.7
FDChurch of England
(24)St George's Church of England Foundation School		Kent833.9
CY
(25)Colton Hills Community School		Wolverhampton832
FD
(26)Bruntcliffe School		Leeds830.7
IND
(27)The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's		North Yorkshire829.5
ACC
(28)Writhlington School		Bath and North East Somerset827.1
CY
(29)Morecambe Community High School		Lancashire825.7
ACCRoman Catholic
(30)Carmel College, A Catholic Academy		Darlington823.1
FD
(31)Rainhill High School		St. Helens820.4
ACC
(32)The Mirfield Free Grammar and Sixth Form		Kirklees815.4
ACC
(33)John Cleveland College		Leicestershire812.5
VARoman Catholic
(34)St Bede's Catholic Comprehensive School and Byron College		County Durham810.9
CY
(35)Barnwell School		Hertfordshire810.8
Sixth Form College
(36)Wyke Sixth Form College		Kingston Upon Hull, City of808.6
ACC
(37)Glenthorne High School		Sutton807.6
ACC
(38)Walton High		Milton Keynes807.4
CTC
(39)BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology		Croydon807
ACC
(40)Whickham School		Gateshead806.4
ACC
(41)Tendring Technology College		Essex806.2
Sixth Form College
(42)Peter Symonds College		Hampshire805.3
Sixth Form College
(43)New College Pontefract		Wakefield802.6
ACC
(44)Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College		Wakefield802.4
CY
(45)The City of Leicester College		Leicester802.3
ACC
(46)The Thomas Aveling School		Medway801.5
ACChurch of England
(47)Northumberland CofE Academy		Northumberland799.9
AC
(48)North East Wolverhampton Academy		Wolverhampton794.1
AC
(49)Leeds West Academy		Leeds793.4
ACCChurch of England
(50)Rawlins Academy		Leicestershire789
AC
(51)Nottingham Academy		Nottingham785.8
ACC
(52)Minsthorpe Community College, A Specialist Science College		Wakefield785
AC
(53)Harris Federation Post 16		Croydon783.4
ACC
(54)Herne Bay High School		Kent780
ACChristian
(55)Paddington Academy		Westminster779.4
CY
(56)Eastbury Comprehensive School		Barking and Dagenham774
CY
(57)Carr Hill High School and Sixth Form Centre		Lancashire773.6
Sixth Form College
(58)The Blackpool Sixth Form College		Blackpool772.7
ACRoman Catholic/Church of England
(59)Enterprise South Liverpool Academy		Liverpool771.2
ACC
(60)Rastrick High School		Calderdale769.3
CY
(61)Codsall Community High School		Staffordshire766.6
CY
(62)Cowley International College		St. Helens766.4
ACChristian
(62)Sheffield Park Academy		Sheffield766.4
FD
(64)The Howard School		Medway764.5
CY
(64)Sowerby Bridge High School		Calderdale764.5
ACC
(66)Chesterfield High School		Sefton763.7
AC
(67)Birmingham Ormiston Academy 14-19		Birmingham763.6
AC
(68)Harris Academy Beckenham		Bromley762.7
ACCRoman Catholic
(69)Cardinal Hume Catholic School		Gateshead762.1
CY
(70)Ernest Bevin College		Wandsworth761.9
CY
(=71)Moorside High School		Staffordshire760.7
ACCRoman Catholic
(=71)Painsley Catholic College		Staffordshire760.7
ACC
(=71)The Cheadle Academy		Staffordshire760.7
Consortium
(=71)The Moorlands Sixth Form College		Staffordshire760.7
CY
(75)South Bromsgrove Community High School		Worcestershire759.4
ACChristian
(76)Lambeth Academy		Lambeth758.4
Sixth Form College
(77)Barton Peveril Sixth Form College		Hampshire756.7
CY
(78)Wath Comprehensive School : A Language College		Rotherham756.6
ACC
(79)John Taylor High School		Staffordshire754.4
Sixth Form College
(80)Stockton Sixth Form College		Stockton-on-Tees753.5
CY
(81)Treviglas Community College		Cornwall752.1
ACC
(82)Queensmead School		Hillingdon750.9
CY
(83)Wednesfield High School, A Specialist Engineering College		Wolverhampton749.7
AC
(84)RSA Academy		Sandwell749.4
CY
(85)Durham Gilesgate Sports College and Sixth Form Centre		County Durham748.5
FD
(86)Stantonbury Campus		Milton Keynes748.2
AC
(87)Dixons Allerton Academy		Bradford747.6
AC
(88)Nene Park Academy		Peterborough746.6
CY
(89)Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College		Barking and Dagenham744.9
ACC
(90)Norton College		North Yorkshire743.9
VARoman Catholic
(91)St Mary's Catholic High School		Wigan743.2
FD
(92)Mark Rutherford School		Bedford743.1
ACC
(93)Featherstone High School		Ealing742.8
FD
(94)Haydon Bridge Community High School and Sports College		Northumberland741
CY
(95)The Challenge College		Bradford737.7
ACC
(96)South Craven School		North Yorkshire735
Sixth Form College
(=97)Richard Taunton Sixth Form College		Southampton733.8
Sixth Form College
(=97)Thomas Rotherham College		Rotherham733.8
"Art, Design and Performing Arts College"
(99)Cleveland College of Art and Design		Middlesbrough733.1
Tertiary College
(100)Runshaw College		Lancashire733
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Average points score

Average points per full-time equivalent vocational student