12 January 2011 Last updated at 09:30

Secondary schools and colleges in Birmingham

• National average
• Average for this local authority

% of pupils achieving 5 A*-C GCSEs including maths and English

Year	National average	Local average
2010	53.4	54.9
2009	49.8	47.7
2008	47.6	45.5
2007	46.3	41.7

Average point score per pupil at A/AS-level and equivalents

Year	National average	Local average
2010	744.8	712.3
2009	739.3	724.1
2008	740	722
2007	731.2	708.9

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What does this mean? School name	What does this mean? % 5 A*-C GCSEs	What does this mean? English Bacc	What does this mean? CVA	What does this mean? A/AS points
Source: All data from Department for Education
King Edward VI High School for Girls (IND)	1	0	NA	1273.7
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (SEL)	100	91	1003.7	1212.5
King Edward's School (IND)	1	0	NA	1207.2
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (SEL)	100	78	1003.4	1185.1
King Edward VI Five Ways School (SEL)	99	71	1020.8	1172.7
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys (SEL)	99	88	1020.7	1169.4
King Edward VI Handsworth School (SEL)	100	90	1005.1	1057.3
King Edward VI Aston School (SEL)	99	58	1012.1	1040.3
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (SEL)	98	68	1002.7	1040.1
Edgbaston High School for Girls (IND)	100	75	NA	997.5
Plantsbrook School	69	17	1005.4	903
Kings Norton Girls' School and Language College	75	24	1005.6	894.1
The Arthur Terry School	80	17	1002.9	874.7
St Paul's School for Girls	71	24	1010.8	844.4
Handsworth Grammar School (SEL)	99	31	999.3	841.4
King's Norton Boys' School	52	13	998.2	789.2
Fairfax School	61	28	992.8	743.1
Bishop Walsh Catholic School	76	28	1011.4	718.2
Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College	NA	NA	NA	710.6
Lordswood Girls' School and The Sixth Form Centre, Harborne A Specialist Media Arts College	70	38	1031	706.2
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School	61	20	993.7	694.2
Cadbury Sixth Form College	NA	NA	NA	685.1
John Willmott School	52	4	992.7	684.1
Abbey College (IND)	SS	SS	NA	638.5
Bishop Challoner Catholic College	71	10	1002.6	626.9
South Birmingham College	NA	NA	NA	620.4
Hamstead Hall Community Learning Centre	65	13	980.5	619.9
Great Barr School	45	6	973.1	609
Birmingham Metropolitan College	NA	NA	NA	605
Bournville School and Sixth Form Centre	57	4	1010.8	604.9
Swanshurst School	60	23	1021.1	601.5
St Edmund Campion Catholic School	48	6	982.8	579.6
Small Heath School	50	16	979.3	568.4
Bournville College of Further Education	NA	NA	NA	553.4
Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School	53	12	1006	544.4
Baverstock Foundation School and Specialist Sports College	37	2	975	533.3
Cockshut Hill Technology College	52	1	997.5	520
Shenley Academy (AC)	33	3	1019.2	515.1
Moseley School A Language College	46	0	989.5	510.8
Washwood Heath Technology College	51	3	1024.8	490
City College, Birmingham	NA	NA	NA	471.5

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School name

Click on the name to visit the government's page of information and performance data for the school. For schools with both Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 pupils, KS5 can be reached from a link on the KS4 page. IND = independent, SEL = selective, AC = academy, SHUT = school closed since exams. More detail

% 5 A*-C GCSEs

This benchmark measure is the percentage of pupils in the school who achieve passes graded between A* and C in five GCSE or equivalent qualifications, including maths and English GCSE. SS = small school; N/A = data not available. More detail

English baccalaureate

Introduced in 2010, this is the percentage of pupils in the school achieving A*-C GCSE passes in English, maths, two science subjects, a language and history or geography. SS = small school; N/A = data not available. More detail

Contextual value-added

A statistical measure of pupils' progress between leaving primary school and finishing Key Stage 4 (age 16), in comparison to other children from similar backgrounds. Higher numbers indicate better progress. WARNING: This measure cannot be ranked accurately - sorting the table gives a general indication only. SS = small school; N/A = data not available. More detail

A/AS-level points

Points are allocated for A-levels, AS-levels and other Key Stage 5 qualifications, depending on the grade achieved. The score is the average number of points per pupil at the institution. More detail