23 April 2013 Last updated at 15:25

Secondary school league tables in Durham

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Q&A: School league tables Guide: Understanding the tables

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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
Durham High School for Girls (IND)	92	88	NA	886.9
Barnard Castle School (IND)	86	58	NA	733.6
Durham School (IND)	77	45	NA	753.1
St Leonard's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Comprehensive School	80	39	1005.8	792
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School	77	31	995.8	912.3
Greenfield Community College, A Specialist Arts and Science School	55	27	1001.9	NA
Staindrop School A Business and Enterprise College	69	26	1049.4	NA
St Bede's Catholic Comprehensive School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester	70	26	1026.7	816.2
Park View School	71	24	990.9	810.9
Tudhoe Grange School (SHUT)	67	22	1021.9	NA
Teesdale School	70	22	1014.4	669.4
Wolsingham School and Community College	63	22	1012	679.1
Framwellgate School Durham	74	21	1020.1	763.1
The Academy at Shotton Hall	62	19	1027	NA
The Hermitage Academy	81	18	1024.7	881.8
Woodham Community Technology College	57	17	997.5	NA
Belmont Community School	71	14	1020	NA
Ferryhill Business Enterprise College	55	14	1022	NA
Tanfield School, Specialist College of Science and Engineering	67	10	1031.9	NA
Bishop Barrington School A Sports with Mathematics College	66	8	1026.9	NA
Roseberry Sports and Community College	49	8	986.2	595.1
Wellfield Community School A Specialist Maths and Computing College	51	7	1000.6	NA
Fyndoune Community College	85	6	1033.2	NA
Durham Gilesgate Sports College and Sixth Form Centre	39	6	1021.7	763.2
The North Durham Academy (AC)	37	6	994.2	NA
Parkside Sports College	68	5	1057.1	NA
St Bede's Catholic Comprehensive School and Byron College	52	5	1008.9	812.7
Sedgefield Community College a Specialist Sports College	81	5	1012.3	NA
Easington Community Science College	68	4	1046.5	NA
St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form Centre	82	4	1003.5	736
Dene Community School of Technology	49	4	996.4	NA
Spennymoor Comprehensive School	63	4	985.4	715
Durham Community Business College for Technology and Enterprise	54	3	1033.2	NA
Seaham School of Technology	57	3	1051.1	NA
King James I Academy Bishop Auckland	57	2	1038	665.7
Sunnydale Community College for Maths and Computing	57	0	1015.6	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