23 April 2013 Last updated at 15:25

Secondary school league tables in Wakefield

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What does this mean? School name	What does this mean? Five good GCSEs or equivalents (%)	What does this mean? English Bacc (%)	What does this mean? Value Added	What does this mean? A/AS-level points per pupil
Ackworth School (IND)	61	29	NA	948.6
Airedale Academy	54	16	1047.9	NA
Carleton Community High School A Specialist Science College	51	3	989.2	NA
Castleford Academy	64	4	1031.8	NA
The Cathedral School	55	3	1011.3	NA
Crofton Academy	66	5	1001.8	NA
Featherstone Technology College: With Physical Disability Resource (SHUT)	34	0	957.8	NA
The Freeston Business and Enterprise College	52	11	991.6	NA
Hemsworth Arts and Community College	44	7	966.5	605.1
Horbury School - A Specialist Language College	75	22	1016.7	NA
Kettlethorpe High School, A Specialist Maths and Computing College	64	32	1027.7	NA
The King's School Specialising in Mathematics and Computing	55	25	991.1	NA
Knottingley High School and Sports College	47	6	994.7	NA
Minsthorpe Community College, A Specialist Science College	50	8	989.2	762.8
New College Pontefract	NA	NA	NA	910.4
Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College	83	15	1013.2	781.5
Outwood Grange Academy (AC)	82	12	1030.7	756.7
The Purston E-Act Academy (AC)	NA	NA	NA	NA
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (IND)	98	52	NA	1119.7
Silcoates School (IND)	94	12	NA	773.7
St Thomas A Becket Catholic College Specialist Status In Humanities: With Autism Resource	62	21	987.6	NA
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School and Sixth Form College: With Speech and Language Resource	57	24	1013	805.4
Wakefield City Academy	53	11	1027.5	NA
Wakefield College	NA	NA	NA	541.9
Wakefield Girls' High School (IND)	98	75	NA	1105
Wakefield Independent School (IND)	37	11	NA	NA

What do the table headers mean?

School name

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Five GCSES A*-C

The percentage of pupils getting grades A*-C in five GCSE - or equivalent qualifications - including maths and English

% English Bacc

The percentage of pupils getting A*-C GCSE passes in maths, English, two science subjects, a language and either history or geography.

Five GCSEs only

The percentage of pupils getting grades A*-C in five GCSE qualifications only, including maths and English GCSE

Value added

A statistical measure of how well pupils are helped to progress from their starting point. A score above 1,000 is better than the national average

A/AS points

The average number of points netted per pupil at the institution taking AS/A-level or equivalent qualifications

% getting three A-levels

The percentage of pupils getting three A-levels or equivalent qualifications