12 January 2011 Last updated at 09:30

Secondary schools and colleges in Essex

• 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	54.6
2009	49.8	50.2
2008	47.6	49
2007	46.3	47.2

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

Year	National average	Local average
2010	744.8	765.3
2009	739.3	758.5
2008	740	766.7
2007	731.2	756.9

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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
Colchester Royal Grammar School (SEL)	100	78	1016.6	1366.1
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (SEL)	100	95	1012.4	1307.5
Chelmsford County High School for Girls (SEL)	100	83	1007.2	1158.2
Colchester County High School for Girls (SEL)	99	76	1011.1	1056.8
St John Payne Catholic Comprehensive School, Chelmsford	63	26	980.7	966.9
New Hall School (IND)	89	61	NA	941.4
Chigwell School (IND)	0	0	NA	912.2
The Sixth Form College Colchester	NA	NA	NA	912.1
The Boswells School	68	38	976.7	902.8
Shenfield High School	59	14	984	874.5
Brentwood School (IND)	96	50	NA	874.2
Davenant Foundation School	83	15	1009.8	872.9
St Martin's School	75	17	1002.6	865.4
Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School	80	37	1006.3	857
Great Baddow High School	58	13	994.9	851.6
The Billericay School	62	13	991.7	841.2
Brentwood County High School	56	3	976.4	836.1
Newport Free Grammar School	70	37	986.3	831.3
Moulsham High School and Humanities College	58	18	979	830.3
Chelmer Valley High School	64	10	977.3	829.6
Felsted School (IND)	0	0	NA	817.8
Anglo European School	69	37	982.6	811.8
Beauchamps High School	66	3	1031.2	811.1
Saffron Walden County High School	70	33	1009.3	801.1
Mayflower High School	62	23	999.5	788.5
The Sandon School	67	11	996.6	783
The King John School	81	10	1022.2	779.9
Thurstable School Sports College and Sixth Form Centre	49	2	986.7	744.4
Greensward Academy (AC)	65	4	1005.3	730.5
Sawyers Hall College	31	6	945.1	714.1
The Bromfords School	61	1	993.6	713.6
West Hatch High School	52	23	993.5	711.8
William de Ferrers School	69	9	989.2	710.9
Philip Morant School and College	58	7	982	697.7
SEEVIC College	NA	NA	NA	694.1
Plume School	54	7	1003.2	668.4
Hylands School	43	13	960.7	668.4
Harlow College	NA	NA	NA	658.7
Helena Romanes School and Sixth Form Centre	65	15	985.8	658.7
The Harwich School	41	4	994.5	656.3
Tendring Technology College	55	14	1019.7	642.6
Clacton County High School	50	2	1002.1	641.8
The King Edmund School	50	9	989.2	638.4
The Basildon Upper Academy (AC)	31	0	993.8	638.3
St Peter's High School	39	13	1005	620.3
St Mark's West Essex Catholic School	51	9	999.4	615
Colne Community School and College	59	11	996.3	611
Colchester Institute	NA	NA	NA	595.7
Maltings Academy (AC)	50	3	983	590.2
Hedingham School and Sixth Form	45	18	998.2	579.3
Epping Forest College	NA	NA	NA	579
Chelmsford College	NA	NA	NA	566.9
Clacton Coastal Academy (AC)	38	0	993	546.3

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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