"Best Ever" GCSE Results Published

Girls continue to outperform boys but the gap has narrowed

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Schools Minister Vernon Coaker congratulated pupils, teachers and schools as the new figures published today, Wednesday 13th January 2010, show another year of improvements.

Today’s final 2009 national, local authority and school-level GCSE results show:

• London schools are top performers out of the English regions with 54.0 per cent of pupils getting five good GCSEs including English and maths – compared to 29.9 per cent in 1997 when it was amongst the bottom

• In line with other countries, girls continue to outperform boys, but the gap has narrowed by 0.7 percentage points with 54.4 per cent of girls achieved five or more grades A*-C compared to 47.1 per cent of boys

The table below shows how local state and independent schools fared with pupils' GCSE results:

School	% of pupils achieving							Average total point score per pupil
School	*Level 2 (5+ A-C) including English and maths GCSEs**	English and maths Skills at Level 2	English and maths Skills at Level 1	Level 2 (5+ A*-C)	Level 1 (5+ A*-G)	2 grades A*-C in science	A*-C in a modern foreign language	Average total point score per pupil
England (maintained schools only)	51%	55%	95%	70%	94%	54%	28%	419.6
England (all schools)	50%	54%	91%	70%	92%	54%	32%	413.5
Brentford School for Girls	53%	55%	98%	65%	95%	48%	53%	349.3
Chiswick Community School	52%	59%	94%	63%	91%	44%	40%	392.7
The Green School	75%	75%	99%	88%	98%	65%	38%	577.3
Gunnersbury Catholic School	67%	83%	98%	89%	99%	69%	62%	431.9
Hounslow Manor School	42%	45%	93%	60%	96%	41%	46%	419.6
Isleworth & Syon School for Boys	43%	43%	98%	79%	98%	56%	35%	464.5
Lampton School	51%	51%	98%	71%	98%	47%	41%	445.7

Source: Department for Children, Schools and Families

January 13, 2010