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Schools similar toSmithills School
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Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School
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Hackney | 55.9 | 1 | Well above average 1.09 | 15% | 4.18 | 28 |
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School name and type
Beacon Academy
(Academy)
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East Sussex | 54 | 2 | Well above average 0.97 | 41% | 4.86 | 28.3 |
School name and type
Heston Community School
(Academy)
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Hounslow | 52 | 3 | Well above average 0.81 | 72% | 4.96 | 28 |
School name and type
Batley Girls High School
(Academy)
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Kirklees | 51.4 | 4 | Well above average 0.69 | 62% | 4.62 | 28.1 |
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Outwood Academy Portland
(Academy)
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Nottinghamshire | 49.9 | 5 | Well above average 0.54 | 24% | 4.23 | 28 |
School name and type
Rosedale College
(Academy)
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Hillingdon | 49.9 | 5 | Well above average 0.63 | 42% | 4.08 | 27.9 |
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Barnhill Community High School
(Academy)
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Hillingdon | 48.7 | 7 | Well above average 0.57 | 37% | 4.45 | 28 |
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Wolgarston High School
(Academy)
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Staffordshire | 48.7 | 7 | 0.46 | 56% | 4.38 | 28 |
School name and type
Castleford Academy
(Academy)
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Wakefield | 48.4 | 9 | Above average 0.4 | 33% | 4.05 | 27.9 |
School name and type
Bungay High School
(Academy)
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Suffolk | 47.5 | 10 | Above average 0.3 | 41% | 4.11 | 27.9 |
School name and type
Droylsden Academy
(Academy)
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Tameside | 47.2 | 11 | Above average 0.3 | 20% | 3.97 | 28 |
School name and type
Lytchett Minster School
(Maintained school)
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Dorset | 46.9 | 12 | Above average 0.25 | 12% | 3.81 | 28.2 |
School name and type
Hedingham School and Sixth Form
(Academy)
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Essex | 46.8 | 13 | Above average 0.23 | 30% | 3.88 | 27.9 |
School name and type
The Westgate School
(Academy)
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Slough | 46.8 | 13 | Above average 0.25 | 16% | 3.88 | 28.1 |
School name and type
Looe Community Academy
(Academy)
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Cornwall | 46.2 | 15 | Average 0.22 | 54% | 4.25 | 27.9 |
School name and type
The Joseph Whitaker School
(Academy)
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Nottinghamshire | 46.1 | 16 | Average 0.18 | 32% | 4.06 | 28 |
School name and type
Madeley Academy
(Academy)
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Telford and Wrekin | 46 | 17 | Average 0.17 | 24% | 3.85 | 28 |
School name and type
Phoenix Academy
(Academy)
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Hammersmith and Fulham | 44.8 | 18 | Average -0.05 | 51% | 4.11 | 28.2 |
School name and type
Chichester Free School
(Academy)
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West Sussex | 44.4 | 19 | Average -0.07 | 64% | 4.11 | 28.2 |
School name and type
Ruskin Community High School
(Maintained school)
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Cheshire East | 44.2 | 20 | Average 0.06 | 4% | 3.51 | 27.9 |
School name and type
The Hathershaw College
(Academy)
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Oldham | 43.9 | 21 | Average -0.01 | 0% | 3.54 | 27.9 |
School name and type
Little Lever School
(Academy)
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Bolton | 43.5 | 22 | Average 0.04 | 9% | 3.53 | 28 |
School name and type
Admiral Lord Nelson School
(Academy)
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Portsmouth | 43.3 | 23 | Average -0.11 | 55% | 3.84 | 28.1 |
School name and type
Shirley High School Performing Arts College
(Academy)
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Croydon | 43.2 | 24 | Average -0.12 | 49% | 3.72 | 28 |
School name and type
The Banovallum School
(Academy)
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Lincolnshire | 43 | 25 | Average -0.13 | 20% | 3.5 | 28.2 |
School name and type
Moor Park High School and Sixth Form
(Maintained school)
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Lancashire | 42.7 | 26 | Average -0.12 | 26% | 3.52 | 28 |
School name and type
St Edmund Campion Catholic School & Sixth Form Centre
(Maintained school)
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Birmingham | 42.7 | 26 | Average -0.16 | 8% | 3.56 | 28.1 |
School name and type
Carterton Community College
(Maintained school)
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Oxfordshire | 42.5 | 28 | Average -0.19 | 27% | 3.52 | 28.3 |
School name and type
Edmonton County School
(Academy)
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Enfield | 42.4 | 29 | Average -0.05 | 50% | 3.85 | 28 |
School name and type
Mortimer Community College
(Maintained school)
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South Tyneside | 42.4 | 29 | Below average -0.21 | 37% | 3.46 | 28.1 |
School name and type
Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy
(Academy)
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Bradford | 42.2 | 31 | Below average -0.2 | 35% | 3.45 | 27.9 |
School name and type
Regent High School
(Maintained school)
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Camden | 42.2 | 31 | Average -0.19 | 60% | 3.78 | 28 |
School name and type
Saint Gabriel's College
(Maintained school)
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Lambeth | 42.2 | 31 | Average -0.27 | 56% | 3.87 | 27.9 |
School name and type
The Bulmershe School
(Maintained school)
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Wokingham | 42.2 | 31 | Average -0.09 | 66% | 3.84 | 27.7 |
School name and type
Bow School
(Maintained school)
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Tower Hamlets | 42.1 | 35 | Below average -0.24 | 46% | 3.55 | 28 |
School name and type
The Astley Cooper School
(Maintained school)
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Hertfordshire | 41.8 | 36 | Average -0.25 | 11% | 3.36 | 28.3 |
School name and type
Leasowes High School
(Academy)
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Dudley | 41.6 | 37 | Below average -0.26 | 55% | 3.85 | 28.3 |
School name and type
Plumstead Manor School
(Maintained school)
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Greenwich | 41.6 | 37 | Below average -0.3 | 42% | 3.55 | 27.9 |
School name and type
Discovery Academy
(Academy)
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Stoke-on-Trent | 41.5 | 39 | Below average -0.3 | 39% | 3.34 | 28.1 |
School name and type
John O'Gaunt School
(Academy)
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West Berkshire | 41.2 | 40 | Average -0.3 | 14% | 3.57 | 27.7 |
School name and type
The Grove School
(Maintained school)
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Shropshire | 41 | 41 | Below average -0.3 | 13% | 3.31 | 27.8 |
School name and type
Holsworthy Community College
(Academy)
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Devon | 40.8 | 42 | Below average -0.38 | 47% | 3.67 | 27.9 |
School name and type
Newsome High School
(Maintained school)
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Kirklees | 40.8 | 42 | Below average -0.36 | 9% | 3.27 | 27.9 |
School name and type
Smithills School
(Academy)
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Bolton | 40.8 | 42 | Below average -0.27 | 36% | 3.62 | 27.7 |
School name and type
Steiner Academy Exeter
(Academy)
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Devon | 40.7 | 45 | Well below average -0.86 | 67% | 3.91 | 27.5 |
School name and type
Dinnington High School
(Academy)
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Rotherham | 40.5 | 46 | Below average -0.37 | 18% | 3.22 | 28.2 |
School name and type
The Beaconsfield School
(Academy)
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Buckinghamshire | 40.4 | 47 | Below average -0.42 | 57% | 3.42 | 28.3 |
School name and type
St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall
(Maintained school)
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Walsall | 40.1 | 48 | Below average -0.4 | 13% | 3.18 | 28.1 |
School name and type
The Orme Academy
(Academy)
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Staffordshire | 37.5 | 49 | Well below average -0.69 | 13% | 2.94 | 28.2 |
School name and type
Wexham School
(Maintained school)
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Slough | 37.3 | 50 | Well below average -0.62 | 30% | 3.3 | 27.9 |
School name and type
Ernulf Academy
(Academy)
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Cambridgeshire | 36.9 | 51 | Well below average -0.7 | 14% | 2.81 | 28.2 |
School name and type
Halewood Academy
(Academy)
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Knowsley | 35.8 | 52 | Well below average -0.85 | 67% | 3.08 | 28.1 |
School name and type
Wey Valley Academy
(Academy)
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Dorset | 35.6 | 53 | Well below average -0.84 | 44% | 3.13 | 28.1 |
School name and type
Derby Manufacturing UTC
(Academy)
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Derby | 30.3 | 54 | -1.33 | 4% | 2.71 | 28.2 |
School name and type
The Bath Studio School
(Academy)
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Bath and North East Somerset | 28.1 | 55 | -1.53 | 0% | 1.6 | 28.2 |
- Academy - government funded but run by an academy trust rather than a local authority.
- College - colleges generally are focused on the 16 to 18 phase of education and provide vocational as well as academic courses. Some colleges also provide for full-time study at key stage 4.
- Independent school - privately funded.
- Maintained school - government funded and run by a local authority.
- Special school - schools that specialise in educating pupils with special educational needs.
Schools get a score based on how well pupils have performed in up to 8 qualifications, which include English, maths, 3 English Baccalaureate opens in a new window qualifications including sciences, computer science, history, geography and languages, and 3 other additional approved qualifications opens in a new window .
This is a ranking within the group of schools in the list, based on the Attainment 8 score.
This score shows how much progress pupils at this school made between the end of key stage 2 and the end of key stage 4, compared to pupils across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 2. This is based on results in up to 8 qualifications, which include English, maths, 3 English Baccalaureate opens in a new window qualifications including sciences, computer science, history, geography and languages, and 3 other additional approved qualifications opens in a new window .
In a small number of cases, pupils can have extremely negative progress scores that disproportionately affect a school’s overall progress score. To reduce the impact of these extreme scores, we set a limit on how negative a pupil’s progress score can be when calculating the school average. This will normally apply to 1 or 2 pupils per school, if any. Where a pupil’s score is more negative than this minimum value, an adjusted score will replace the pupil’s original progress score for the purpose of calculating a school’s overall progress average.
A score above zero means pupils made more progress, on average, than pupils across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 2.
A score below zero means pupils made less progress, on average, than pupils across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 2.
A negative progress score does not mean pupils made no progress, or the school has failed, rather it means pupils in the school made less progress than other pupils across England with similar results at the end of key stage 2.
Detailed guide to Progress 8 opens in a new window - for more information about how the Progress 8 score is calculated.
Pupils included in a school's Progress 8 score
Pupils who have no key stage 2 results (for example, those arriving at secondary school from an independent school or abroad) are not included in the Progress 8 measure. See the Secondary Accountability Measures opens in a new window guidance for more information
Schools and colleges not covering full Progress 8 period
Some schools start educating pupils partway through the 5-year period covered by Progress 8, which should be taken into account when comparing their results with schools that start at Key Stage 3. Progress 8 is not the most appropriate performance measure for university technical colleges, studio schools and some further education colleges. These establishments typically start educating pupils at age 14, with a focus on preparing pupils for their future careers by providing an integrated academic and professional education. Other headline measures, particularly pupil destinations, are more important for these establishments.
A pupil is considered to have entered for the English Baccalaureate if they entered for qualifications in English, maths, sciences, a language and either history or geography. The English Baccalaureate opens in a new window (EBacc) is not a test or qualification; it is a measure used to provide information about a particular range of qualifications.
University technical colleges, studio schools and some further education colleges with key stage 4 provision provide a specialist technical and professional education. It is not appropriate to expect the same rates of EBacc entry from these types of schools and colleges. They should decide on a case-by-case basis whether their specialist curriculum is compatible with the full EBacc.
The EBacc APS calculates a pupil's average point scores across the 5 pillars of the English Baccalaureate, allocating points to a pupil's best grades and dividing by 6 (the science grades count in 2 pillars, meaning a total of 6 pillars) to create an average point score per pupil. This measure is an average across the subjects (i.e. we divide the total by 6) and so is on a different scale to Attainment 8 which we calculated by simply awarding points score across 8 qualifications (without dividing the total).
This measure is based on the better result of either English language or English literature when both subjects are taken, maths, the best 2 results from the single sciences (3 out of 4 must be taken), or results from the combined science, the better result from either geography or history and the best result in languages.
For more information about how the EBacc average point score is calculated view the detailed guide to EBacc APS opens in a new window .
The average of the points score for all pupils at the end of key stage 2, based on teacher assessment for writing and test results in reading and maths.
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