23 April 2013 Last updated at 15:25

Secondary school league tables in Somerset

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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
King's College (IND)	100	47	NA	847
Downside School (IND)	94	66	NA	769.8
Taunton School (IND)	88	50	NA	878.7
Wellington School (IND)	86	57	NA	842
Millfield School (IND)	81	42	NA	731.9
Bruton School for Girls (IND)	79	47	NA	903.4
Heathfield Community School	78	21	1020	715.2
The Castle School	77	20	999.8	NA
Queen's College (IND)	77	57	NA	909.5
King's Bruton (IND)	76	34	NA	810.8
Ansford School	75	11	994.7	NA
Wells Cathedral School (IND)	73	30	NA	794.1
Sexey's School	70	41	1010.3	866.4
The Blue School	70	25	990.9	789.2
Crispin School Academy	70	16	985.8	NA
Chilton Cantelo School (IND)	69	18	NA	NA
Huish Episcopi Academy	67	21	990.8	658.6
Kingsmead Academy	67	29	1002.1	NA
Wadham School	66	9	982.7	671.4
The Kings of Wessex Academy	65	20	1012.6	803
Haygrove School	63	35	989.3	NA
The King Alfred School	62	14	1017.7	766.1
Preston School Academy	59	6	995.1	NA
The Park School (IND)	56	22	NA	619.1
Whitstone	56	4	991.1	NA
Bishop Fox's School	53	3	1016.9	NA
Chilton Trinity	52	2	999	NA
Bucklers Mead Academy	51	13	977.6	NA
Holyrood Academy	49	18	1014.6	687.8
Robert Blake Science College	49	6	986.3	NA
The West Somerset Community College	49	10	974.6	650.3
Stanchester Academy	48	15	1005.6	NA
The Taunton Academy (AC)	48	2	979.4	NA
Westfield Community School	47	6	975.6	NA
Frome Community College	47	15	985.5	714
King Arthur's Community School	45	15	994.6	NA
Court Fields Community School	41	2	972.3	NA
St Dunstan's Community School	38	7	975.3	NA
Brymore School	27	0	1009.4	NA
East Bridgwater Community School (SHUT)	23	1	992.6	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