England's best and worst performing schools for GCSE results - use our interactive module to see how YOURS compares

 

Revealed: England's best and worst performing schools for GCSE results - use our interactive module to see how YOURS compares

Henrietta Barnett school in London achieved the top 'Attainment 8' score of 85.1

The yardstick for GCSE performance is based on grades across eight subjects

Every one of the school's pupils who sat their GCSEs passed Maths and English

Two special schools achieved an Attainment 8 score of zero in the 2019 exams

Use our interactive module to see how your local school performed this year

By JOEL ADAMS FOR MAILONLINE

 

A 100-year-old girls' grammar school in London achieved thebest GCSE results in the uk this year, MailOnline can reveal.

 

Pupils at the selective Henrietta Barnett school (coincidentally located in Barnet, northwest London) which was founded in 1911, achieved an Attainment 8 score of 85.1, the highest in the country.

 

The 'Attainment 8' measure is the government yardstick for GCSE performance, calculated from a pupil's average grade across a suite of eight subjects.

 

The Henrietta Barnett School in Barnet topped the table, with an 'Attainment 8' score of 85.1       +3

The Henrietta Barnett School in Barnet topped the table, with an 'Attainment 8' score of 85.1

 

Every single one of the school's pupils who sat their GCSEs this summer passed the English and Maths exams and 99.0 per cent achieved grades 9 to 4 in the English Baccalaureate.

 

A new, more finely differentiated grading system using numbers 9 to 1 has replaced the old A* to F system. A 4 under the new system equates to an old Grade C.

 

The English Baccalaureate measures how well students have performed across five core subjects: English, Maths, one science, either history or geography, and a language.

 

Another all-girls' school comes in second on this year's list: the Tiffin Girls' School in Kingston upon Thames.

 

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Attainment 8: Measures average pupil achievement across eight subjects, including English and Maths.

 

Progress 8: Measures progress over school career in Attainment 8 subjects (Average=0, higher=better)

 

% 9 to 4 in English and Maths: Percentage of pupils getting at least the equivalent to an old Grade C in their English and Maths GCSEs

 

% 9 to 4 in English Baccalaureate: Percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate - meaning at least the equivalent of an old Grace C in English, Maths, one science, either history or geography, and a language.

 

The Tiffin Girls' School (pictured), Kingston upon Thames is an academy and came third   +3

The Tiffin Girls' School (pictured), Kingston upon Thames is an academy and came third

 

At the other end of the scale, special schools fared worst with two institutions - one in Oxfordshire, the other in Lancashire, getting an Attainment 8 score of zero.

 

This summer was the third year that reformed GCSEs graded 9 to 1 have been awarded, with the changes extended to an additional 25 subjects as compared with 2018.

 

In total over 99 per cent of GCSE entries this year were for the reformed GCSEs, with a handful of specialist language courses to be changed next year.