23 April 2013 Last updated at 15:25

Secondary school league tables in Essex

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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
Colchester Royal Grammar School (SEL)	99	88	1018.6	1434
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (SEL)	100	91	1021.7	1307.6
Chelmsford County High School for Girls (SEL)	100	90	1035.2	1202.9
Colchester County High School for Girls (SEL)	99	85	1025.3	1183.4
St John Payne Catholic Comprehensive School, Chelmsford	63	17	977.1	951.7
Chigwell School (IND)	94	87	NA	942.4
St Martin's School Brentwood	75	22	994.8	933.4
Saffron Walden County High School	81	36	1008.5	921.6
Moulsham High School	62	14	977.2	898
Brentwood School (IND)	86	57	NA	896.3
The Sixth Form College Colchester	NA	NA	NA	895.7
New Hall School (IND)	81	36	NA	881.9
The Billericay School	57	6	996.5	874.7
The Boswells School	60	35	994.9	871.4
Davenant Foundation School	81	19	1003.2	857.6
Anglo European School	71	41	995.9	842.7
Mayflower High School	67	25	1001.9	841.8
Chelmer Valley High School	63	7	994.2	834
Brentwood County High School	59	5	986.6	830
Great Baddow High School	62	7	992.8	827.5
Friends School (IND)	47	12	NA	803.6
Felsted School (IND)	88	64	NA	794.4
Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School	76	23	1004.4	784.7
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form	64	13	996.3	776.8
Tendring Technology College	69	8	1007.5	770.7
The King John School	75	20	1031.6	760.7
The Harwich School	57	8	981.1	758.2
Newport Free Grammar School	65	34	984	757.3
William de Ferrers School	56	7	997.9	746.9
Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College (IND)	88	13	NA	744.5
Shenfield High School	61	12	1005.3	743.3
The Sandon School	56	15	991.6	725.8
The King Edmund School	49	5	974.4	715.5
Greensward Academy (AC)	78	5	1010.9	713.4
Hedingham School and Sixth Form	67	18	1024.9	698.8
Harlow College	NA	NA	NA	692.3
Helena Romanes School and Sixth Form Centre	67	11	964.5	692.1
Philip Morant School and College	70	10	986.3	684.6
West Hatch High School	68	6	988	683.2
The Bromfords School	55	2	978.8	678.9
SEEVIC College	NA	NA	NA	668.5
St Mark's West Essex Catholic School	58	12	988.8	663.8
Plume School	58	6	989	662.7
Beauchamps High School	74	6	997.8	649.4
Colne Community School and College	72	15	1009.9	638
Clacton County High School	51	3	1055.5	635.2
Hylands School	50	14	959.7	603.8
New Rickstones Academy (AC)	43	7	1007.3	586.7
The Basildon Upper Academy (AC)	45	0	993.2	574.4
Clacton Coastal Academy (AC)	36	1	1001	559.3
Maltings Academy (AC)	51	1	982.5	559
Sawyers Hall College (SHUT)	22	2	951.5	555.7
Chelmsford College	NA	NA	NA	550.6
Ormiston Rivers Academy (AC)	50	14	996.9	542
Epping Forest College	NA	NA	NA	504.6
Colchester Institute	NA	NA	NA	495.6
Thurstable School Sports College and Sixth Form Centre	59	10	994.4	485.1

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