About these tables

General

These tables give the results of secondary age pupils in GCSEs and vocational qualifications, information on rates of pupil absence, and certain background information. The tables list secondary schools in the area, including:

• LEA-maintained schools;
• City Technology Colleges; and
• independent schools.

Schools are listed in alphabetical order. Special schools are listed in a separate section towards the end of the tables.

Choosing a school

The information in these tables will help you if you are choosing a secondary school for your child. But it provides only part of the picture of each school's overall achievements. You can find more information in school prospectuses, governors' annual reports, OFSTED reports and other such publications. State schools - including CTCs - must give parents prospectuses if they ask for them. Independent schools normally do this as well.

How the tables were compiled

GCSE and GNVQ results for 15 year olds (pupils in their final year of compulsory schooling) came form the awarding bodies concerned, and were checked with schools. Results for other vocational qualifications were provided by schools.

The examination and vocational qualification results in the tables were provided by schools in early October. Some reviews requested of awarding bodies by schools of grades awarded to pupils were not completed in time to affect the information included in these tables. It is, therefore, possible that, for some schools, the published information would have been different had the results of the reviews been available earlier. If you have an interest in a particular school's results, you should check with the school.

Information about authorised and unauthorised pupil absences and background information (such as the school name and address) was provided and checked by schools.

If the school did not confirm that it had checked its examination results and/or background information, the initials 'E' or 'B' (or both) appear after its age range.