The Ofsted annual report for 1999 contains many secondary schools which had outstanding inspection reports during the year.

"In addition, some have excellent GCSE results which they have sustained over a number of years," says the chief inspector, Chris Woodhead.

"Others have GCSE results which are good, given the circumstances of the particular school."

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Brookfield Community School, Chesterfield. LEA: Derbyshire

Brookfield emerged from a reorganisation in Chesterfield in 1991 which left it with five sites and staff from 11 different schools - with a sense of mutual distrust.

"So it took quite a while for us to gel," said the headteacher, Liz Thomas, who has been there from the start.

"But since then we've gone from strength to strength."

Mrs Thomas is most proud of the achievements of students at A-level - not top flight, as she puts it, but often doing very well in individual terms having started from a low base - the sort of 'value added' success that eludes official league tables.

"And it raises thousands of pounds every year for charity.

Student council

"There's a very active school council, kids are encouraged to become citizens in the real meaning of the word."

Parents are "excellent - very supportive", she said, not least financially - buying a minibus and refurbishing the school hall and, this year, the library.

"There is quite a resurgence in reading," Mrs Thomas said.

"They are coming into the school now having had literacy hour in primary school and it certainly has a bit more street cred than it did three or four years ago.

"We're targeting boys inevitably because they are not the greatest readers, and we're very pleased with the outcome."

Coincidentally the school was being visited by the National Theatre's touring company as Ofsted's annual report was published, performing As You Like It. Drama is one of the school's strengths.

"I think it's a wonderful place, but then I'm prejudiced," Mrs Thomas said. "I love it."

Name	LEA
All Hallows RC High School, Penwortham	Lancashire
All Saints Catholic High School, Sheffield	Sheffield
Anglo European School, Ingatestone	Essex
Arden School, Knowle	Solihull
Benton Park School, Rawdon	Leeds
Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic High School, Altrincham	Trafford
Brannel School, St Stephen	Cornwall
Brookfield Community School, Chesterfield	Derbyshire
Bullers Wood School, Logs Hill	Bromley
Canon Slade CE School, Bolton	Bolton
Chorley Southlands High School, Chorley	Lancashire
Cirencester Kingshill School, Cirencester	Gloucestershire
City of Portsmouth Girls' School, Portsmouth	Portsmouth
Comberton Village College, Comberton	Cambridgeshire
Coundon Court School and Community College, Coventry	Coventry
Dartford Grammar School, Dartford	Kent
Dartford Grammar School for Girls, Dartford	Kent
Elliott School, Putney	Wandsworth
Fairfield High School for Girls, Droylsden	Tameside
Falinge Park High School, Rochdale	Rochdale
Fernwood School, Wollaton	Nottingham, City of
Fulford School, Heslington Lane	York, City of
Garforth Community College, Garforth	Leeds
Grantham The King's School, Grantham	Lincolnshire
Hall Mead School, Cranham	Havering
Heckmondwike Grammar School, Heckmondwike	Kirklees
Jews Free School, London	Camden
John Hampden Grammar School, High Wycombe	Buckinghamshire
King Edward VI Aston School, Aston	Birmingham
King Edward VI Handsworth School, Birmingham	Birmingham
Lady Manners School, Derbyshire	Derbyshire
Lampton School, Hounslow	Hounslow
Long Stratton High School, Long Stratton	Norfolk
Lordswood Girls' School and Sixth Form Centre, Harborne	Birmingham
Macmillan College, Stockton Road	Middlesbrough
Manor Church of England School, Boroughbridge Road	York, City of
Marlwood School, Alveston	South Gloucester
Matthew Moss High School, Marland	Rochdale
Nonsuch High School for Girls, Cheam	Sutton
Northgate High School, Ipswich	Suffolk
Nunthorpe School, Nunthorpe	Redcar and Cleveland
Oathall Community College, Haywards Heath	West Sussex
Old Hall Comprehensive School, Kimberworth	Rotherham
Ousedale School, Newport Pagnell	Milton Keynes
Plashet School, East Ham	Newham
Presdales School, Ware	Hertfordshire
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet	Barnet
Rainford High School, Rainford	St Helens
Ripley St Thomas Church of England High School, Lancaster	Lancashire
Salendine Nook High School, Huddersfield	Kirklees
Sarah Bonnell School, London	Newham
Sheldon School, Chippenham	Wiltshire
Skegness Grammar School, Skegness	Lincolnshire
St John Fisher Catholic High School, Springfield	Wigan
St Martin's School, Hutton	Essex
St Michael's Catholic Grammar School, North Finchley	Barnet
St Thomas More Roman Catholic High School, North Shields	North Tyneside
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, Sutton Coldfield	Birmingham
Tabor High School, Braintree	Essex
The Ashcombe School, Dorking	Surrey
The Blue Coat CE School, Oldham	Oldham
The Camden School for Girls, London	Camden
The City Technology College, Cooks Lane	Solihull
The Douay Martyrs Roman Catholic School, Ickenham	Hillingdon
The Gilberd School, Colchester	Essex
The John Fisher School, Purley	Sutton
The King's School, Peterborough	Peterborough, City of
The Latymer School, London	Enfield
The Magna Carta School, Staines	Surrey
The North Halifax Grammar School, Illingworth	Calderdale
The Snaith School, Snaith	East Riding of Yorkshire
The Westgate School, Winchester	Hampshire
Therfield School, Leatherhead	Surrey
Thomas Alleyne's High School, Uttoxeter	Staffordshire
Wallington High School for Girls, Wallington	Sutton
Westcliff High School for Boys, Westcliff-on-Sea	Southend-on-Sea
Westcliff High School for Girls, Westcliff-on-Sea	Southend-on-Sea
Wigmore High School, Wigmore	Herefordshire
William Ellis School, London	Camden
Woodchurch High School, Woodchurch	Wirral