23 April 2013 Last updated at 15:25

Secondary school league tables in Dorset

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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
Sherborne School (IND)	99	81	NA	789.9
Leweston School (IND)	95	53	NA	975.7
Sherborne School for Girls (IND)	94	79	NA	952.9
Bryanston School (IND)	92	69	NA	856.4
St Mary's School (IND)	86	59	NA	837.3
Gillingham School	69	42	980.8	825.4
The Woodroffe School	66	24	992.9	737.5
The Thomas Hardye School	65	35	1012.1	860.4
Clayesmore School (IND)	62	45	NA	750
Queen Elizabeth's School	59	14	979.2	738.2
Twynham School	58	31	1000.5	759.7
Highcliffe School	57	22	989.3	713.8
The Gryphon School	57	23	999.5	744
Budmouth College	56	9	985.8	714
Lytchett Minster School	56	17	983	680.9
Beaminster School	55	18	984.1	703
The Blandford School	54	9	998.8	711.8
The Sir John Colfox School	53	36	1000.6	660.4
All Saints' Church of England School, Weymouth	53	13	993.3	NA
Sturminster Newton High School	53	8	971.1	NA
Ferndown Upper School	49	10	962.8	677.2
The Wey Valley School	42	5	988.7	NA
Shaftesbury School	41	6	977.6	852.9
Royal Manor Arts College (SHUT)	40	19	973.9	NA
The Purbeck School	40	10	968.1	679.4
The Grange School	39	11	1005.9	455.9
Milton Abbey School (IND)	29	2	NA	588.4
International College, Sherborne School (IND)	0	0	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