'Most improved' schools

The table below shows the top 98 secondary schools in England that have had the biggest sustained improvement in their GCSE-level results over the last four years.

The columns show the proportion of students getting at least five good GCSEs or GNVQs each year, and the overall increase.

The list is compiled by the Department for Education and Skills.

The key to inclusion is consistency - a school's results have to have improved each year. Other schools might have had a bigger rise across the four years, but with a dip along the way.

Click the name of any school for a page in our main tables detailing its performance.

Rank	Name and LEA	2000	2001	2002	2003	Rise
1	Sir John Cass Foundation and Redcoat Church of England Secondary School, Tower Hamlets	32%	36%	71%	79%	47
2	All Saints Catholic School and Technology College, Barking and Dagenham	45%	51%	68%	89%	44
3	Guru Nanak Sikh Voluntary Aided Secondary School, Hillingdon	44%	70%	75%	87%	43
4	Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakaria School, Bradford	19%	34%	47%	58%	39
5	Turves Green Boys' School, Birmingham	21%	34%	48%	59%	38
6	Brownhills High School, Stoke on Trent	9%	16%	25%	46%	37
6	Waverley School, Birmingham	14%	16%	18%	51%	37
8	Archbishop Holgate's Church of England Voluntary Controlled School, York	39%	44%	57%	75%	36
8	Croxteth Community Comprehensive School, Liverpool	11%	14%	20%	47%	36
10	Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School, Gateshead	15%	23%	33%	50%	35
10	The Halifax High School, Calderdale	15%	30%	40%	50%	35
10	Shipston High School, Warwickshire	18%	19%	37%	53%	35
13	Bishop Challoner Catholic School, Birmingham	42%	57%	61%	76%	34
13	Central Foundation Boys' School, Islington	16%	27%	37%	50%	34
13	Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School, Richmond upon Thames	13%	19%	36%	47%	34
16	Walker Technology College, Newcastle upon Tyne	25%	25%	42%	58%	33
16	Oxclose Community School, Sunderland	38%	40%	46%	71%	33
18	Ernest Bevin College, Wandsworth	28%	29%	54%	60%	32
18	Bnos Yisroel Schools, Salford	47%	61%	71%	79%	32
20	Kingsdale Secondary School, Southwark	11%	17%	41%	42%	31
20	Royal Russell School, Croydon	56%	59%	64%	87%	31
22	Wimbledon College, Merton	47%	56%	65%	77%	30
22	Kirk Hallam Community Technology College, Derbyshire	45%	58%	68%	75%	30
22	The Westgate School, Slough	20%	30%	33%	50%	30
22	Thomas Keble School, Gloucestershire	32%	39%	47%	62%	30
26	Lees Brook Community Sports College, Derby City	20%	30%	47%	49%	29
26	St Edmund Campion Roman Catholic School, Gateshead	21%	25%	40%	50%	29
26	Greenfield School Community and Arts College, Durham	25%	36%	36%	54%	29
29	Stratford School, Newham	37%	40%	46%	65%	28
29	Blake Valley Technology College, Staffordshire	22%	24%	32%	50%	28
29	Islington Arts and Media School, Islington	5%	22%	23%	33%	28
29	The Blessed John Roche Roman Catholic School, Tower Hamlets	17%	23%	31%	45%	28
33	Lipson Community College, Plymouth	24%	35%	47%	50%	26
33	The Leigh City Technology College, Kent	51%	69%	77%	77%	26
33	Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School, Rochdale	34%	42%	49%	60%	26
33	Westleigh High School - A College of Technology, Wigan	18%	24%	28%	44%	26
33	Kingsdown High School, Wigan	7%	10%	27%	33%	26
33	Christ The King Catholic High School, Preston, Lancashire	24%	25%	44%	50%	26
39	Gable Hall School, Thurrock	57%	67%	74%	82%	25
39	Kelvin Hall School, Kingston upon Hull	22%	30%	39%	47%	25
41	The Cornwallis School, Kent	44%	44%	68%	68%	24
41	Quintin Kynaston School, Westminster	24%	33%	38%	48%	24
41	Harris City Technology College, Croydon	68%	90%	91%	92%	24
41	St Thomas More RC School and Technology College, Warwickshire	50%	54%	62%	74%	24
41	St Benedict's Catholic School, Suffolk	57%	68%	69%	81%	24
41	Ripon College, North Yorkshire	20%	29%	31%	44%	24
41	St Hugh's CofE Mathematics and Computing College, Lincolnshire	17%	22%	24%	41%	24
48	Alderbrook School, Solihull	55%	61%	64%	78%	23
48	Cardinal Newman Catholic Secondary School, Luton	43%	47%	51%	66%	23
48	The Benjamin Britten High School, Suffolk	44%	45%	62%	67%	23
48	Temple Moor High School, Leeds	28%	41%	45%	51%	23
48	Newall Green High School, Manchester	17%	32%	38%	40%	23
48	Earlham School, Norfolk	16%	20%	30%	39%	23
48	The Aveley School, Thurrock	18%	29%	36%	41%	23
55	St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall, Walsall	32%	39%	47%	54%	22
55	Easington Community School, Durham	23%	27%	30%	45%	22
55	Manor College of Technology, Hartlepool	31%	36%	38%	53%	22
55	Stanley High School, Sefton	52%	52%	62%	74%	22
55	Chamberlayne Park School, Southampton	20%	26%	32%	42%	22
55	Saint Michael's Catholic High School, Hertfordshire	50%	52%	54%	72%	22
55	Brentford School for Girls, Hounslow	28%	31%	46%	50%	22
55	Mitchell High School, Stoke on Trent	7%	11%	16%	29%	22
63	Soar Valley College, Leicester City	42%	55%	59%	63%	21
63	Kingswood High School, Kingston upon Hull	3%	18%	23%	24%	21
63	Hamilton Community College, Leicester City	12%	21%	25%	33%	21
63	St Joseph's College, Croydon	42%	53%	58%	63%	21
63	Brookway High School and Sports College, Manchester	14%	15%	19%	35%	21
63	Hookergate School, Gateshead	19%	19%	22%	40%	21
69	All Saints Catholic High School, Knowsley	24%	32%	34%	44%	20
69	Albany School, Enfield	21%	22%	28%	41%	20
69	Budmouth Technology College, Dorset	46%	46%	59%	66%	20
69	Loxford School of Science and Technology, Redbridge	45%	51%	52%	65%	20
69	Saint Benedict Catholic School, Derby City	42%	43%	49%	62%	20
69	Springwood High School, Norfolk	38%	44%	53%	58%	20
69	St Luke's CofE VA Secondary School, Portsmouth	6%	6%	11%	26%	20
69	St Richard's Catholic College, East Sussex	63%	71%	74%	83%	20
69	Hodge Hill Girls' School, Birmingham	31%	33%	44%	51%	20
69	Selly Park Technology College for Girls, Birmingham	62%	65%	70%	82%	20
69	Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' School, Southwark	53%	55%	66%	73%	20
69	Oaklands School, Tower Hamlets	40%	41%	57%	60%	20
69	Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire	62%	74%	77%	82%	20
69	Moreton Community School, Wolverhampton	12%	19%	24%	32%	20
69	The Saint Bede's Catholic School, Boston, Lincolnshire	13%	14%	16%	33%	20
84	Ashby Grammar School, Leicestershire	48%	53%	58%	67%	19
84	The King Edmund School, Essex	39%	45%	46%	58%	19
84	Wood Green High School College of Sport, Sandwell	43%	48%	60%	62%	19
84	Plessington Catholic High School Technology College, Wirral	43%	44%	55%	62%	19
84	South Wirral High School, Wirral	33%	34%	48%	52%	19
84	Cirencester Kingshill School, Gloucestershire	57%	68%	74%	76%	19
84	Shirley High School, Croydon	44%	53%	56%	63%	19
84	Smestow School, Wolverhampton	50%	52%	57%	69%	19
84	Langdon Park Community School, Tower Hamlets	24%	28%	29%	43%	19
84	Pensby High School for Girls, Wirral	55%	67%	74%	74%	19
84	Broadland High School, Norfolk	49%	59%	60%	68%	19
84	Richard Challoner School, Kingston upon Thames	59%	62%	73%	78%	19
84	Mandeville Upper School, Buckinghamshire	14%	18%	28%	33%	19
84	William Lovell Church of England School, Lincolnshire	16%	27%	29%	35%	19
84	Sherrardswood School, Hertfordshire	68%	74%	78%	87%	19