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

Academy Community Faith Free school Independent school Selective school College Others Links 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 name Local authority Average point scoreWhat does this mean?
ACC Church of England
(1) Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy 		York 1051.6
AC
(2) West Lakes Academy 		Cumbria 1010.9
ACC
(3) Rainham School for Girls 		Medway 994.4
AC
(4) Darwen Aldridge Community Academy 		Blackburn with Darwen 972.1
AC
(5) Sandwell Academy 		Sandwell 965.1
CY
(6) Haslingden High School 		Lancashire 964.7
ACC
(7) Heath Park 		Wolverhampton 960.8
Sixth Form College Roman Catholic
(8) Cardinal Newman College 		Lancashire 959.6
AC
(9) Brooke Weston Academy 		Northamptonshire 920.1
CTC
(10) Thomas Telford School 		Telford and Wrekin 902.6
ACC
(11) Biddulph High School 		Staffordshire 883
AC
(12) Outwood Academy Adwick 		Doncaster 879.9
ACC
(13) The Ravensbourne School 		Bromley 872.4
ACC
(14) Bullers Wood School 		Bromley 871.9
CY
(15) Westfield Community Technology College 		Hertfordshire 870.8
ACC
(16) Lordswood Girls' School and Sixth Form Centre 		Birmingham 864.8
ACC Roman Catholic
(17) St John's School & Sixth Form College - A Catholic Academy 		County Durham 855.8
AC Church of England
(18) Trinity Academy, Halifax 		Calderdale 848.8
AC
(19) Willenhall E-ACT Academy 		Walsall 845.5
AC
(20) Harris Academy Falconwood 		Bexley 844.3
ACC
(21) Don Valley School and Performing Arts College 		Doncaster 844.2
ACC
(22) Barr Beacon School 		Walsall 842.2
FD
(23) Aylesford School - Sports College 		Kent 841.7
FD Church of England
(24) St George's Church of England Foundation School 		Kent 833.9
CY
(25) Colton Hills Community School 		Wolverhampton 832
FD
(26) Bruntcliffe School 		Leeds 830.7
IND
(27) The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's 		North Yorkshire 829.5
ACC
(28) Writhlington School 		Bath and North East Somerset 827.1
CY
(29) Morecambe Community High School 		Lancashire 825.7
ACC Roman Catholic
(30) Carmel College, A Catholic Academy 		Darlington 823.1
FD
(31) Rainhill High School 		St. Helens 820.4
ACC
(32) The Mirfield Free Grammar and Sixth Form 		Kirklees 815.4
ACC
(33) John Cleveland College 		Leicestershire 812.5
VA Roman Catholic
(34) St Bede's Catholic Comprehensive School and Byron College 		County Durham 810.9
CY
(35) Barnwell School 		Hertfordshire 810.8
Sixth Form College
(36) Wyke Sixth Form College 		Kingston Upon Hull, City of 808.6
ACC
(37) Glenthorne High School 		Sutton 807.6
ACC
(38) Walton High 		Milton Keynes 807.4
CTC
(39) BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology 		Croydon 807
ACC
(40) Whickham School 		Gateshead 806.4
ACC
(41) Tendring Technology College 		Essex 806.2
Sixth Form College
(42) Peter Symonds College 		Hampshire 805.3
Sixth Form College
(43) New College Pontefract 		Wakefield 802.6
ACC
(44) Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College 		Wakefield 802.4
CY
(45) The City of Leicester College 		Leicester 802.3
ACC
(46) The Thomas Aveling School 		Medway 801.5
AC Church of England
(47) Northumberland CofE Academy 		Northumberland 799.9
AC
(48) North East Wolverhampton Academy 		Wolverhampton 794.1
AC
(49) Leeds West Academy 		Leeds 793.4
ACC Church of England
(50) Rawlins Academy 		Leicestershire 789
AC
(51) Nottingham Academy 		Nottingham 785.8
ACC
(52) Minsthorpe Community College, A Specialist Science College 		Wakefield 785
AC
(53) Harris Federation Post 16 		Croydon 783.4
ACC
(54) Herne Bay High School 		Kent 780
AC Christian
(55) Paddington Academy 		Westminster 779.4
CY
(56) Eastbury Comprehensive School 		Barking and Dagenham 774
CY
(57) Carr Hill High School and Sixth Form Centre 		Lancashire 773.6
Sixth Form College
(58) The Blackpool Sixth Form College 		Blackpool 772.7
AC Roman Catholic/Church of England
(59) Enterprise South Liverpool Academy 		Liverpool 771.2
ACC
(60) Rastrick High School 		Calderdale 769.3
CY
(61) Codsall Community High School 		Staffordshire 766.6
CY
(62) Cowley International College 		St. Helens 766.4
AC Christian
(62) Sheffield Park Academy 		Sheffield 766.4
FD
(64) The Howard School 		Medway 764.5
CY
(64) Sowerby Bridge High School 		Calderdale 764.5
ACC
(66) Chesterfield High School 		Sefton 763.7
AC
(67) Birmingham Ormiston Academy 14-19 		Birmingham 763.6
AC
(68) Harris Academy Beckenham 		Bromley 762.7
ACC Roman Catholic
(69) Cardinal Hume Catholic School 		Gateshead 762.1
CY
(70) Ernest Bevin College 		Wandsworth 761.9
CY
(=71) Moorside High School 		Staffordshire 760.7
ACC Roman Catholic
(=71) Painsley Catholic College 		Staffordshire 760.7
ACC
(=71) The Cheadle Academy 		Staffordshire 760.7
Consortium
(=71) The Moorlands Sixth Form College 		Staffordshire 760.7
CY
(75) South Bromsgrove Community High School 		Worcestershire 759.4
AC Christian
(76) Lambeth Academy 		Lambeth 758.4
Sixth Form College
(77) Barton Peveril Sixth Form College 		Hampshire 756.7
CY
(78) Wath Comprehensive School : A Language College 		Rotherham 756.6
ACC
(79) John Taylor High School 		Staffordshire 754.4
Sixth Form College
(80) Stockton Sixth Form College 		Stockton-on-Tees 753.5
CY
(81) Treviglas Community College 		Cornwall 752.1
ACC
(82) Queensmead School 		Hillingdon 750.9
CY
(83) Wednesfield High School, A Specialist Engineering College 		Wolverhampton 749.7
AC
(84) RSA Academy 		Sandwell 749.4
CY
(85) Durham Gilesgate Sports College and Sixth Form Centre 		County Durham 748.5
FD
(86) Stantonbury Campus 		Milton Keynes 748.2
AC
(87) Dixons Allerton Academy 		Bradford 747.6
AC
(88) Nene Park Academy 		Peterborough 746.6
CY
(89) Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College 		Barking and Dagenham 744.9
ACC
(90) Norton College 		North Yorkshire 743.9
VA Roman Catholic
(91) St Mary's Catholic High School 		Wigan 743.2
FD
(92) Mark Rutherford School 		Bedford 743.1
ACC
(93) Featherstone High School 		Ealing 742.8
FD
(94) Haydon Bridge Community High School and Sports College 		Northumberland 741
CY
(95) The Challenge College 		Bradford 737.7
ACC
(96) South Craven School 		North Yorkshire 735
Sixth Form College
(=97) Richard Taunton Sixth Form College 		Southampton 733.8
Sixth Form College
(=97) Thomas Rotherham College 		Rotherham 733.8
"Art, Design and Performing Arts College"
(99) Cleveland College of Art and Design 		Middlesbrough 733.1
Tertiary College
(100) Runshaw College 		Lancashire 733
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Average points score

Average points per full-time equivalent vocational student