Schools that add the most value

This page lists schools in England with the top 5% "contextual value added" scores from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4.

The measure compares pupils' exam results with those of other similar pupils nationally who had similar prior attainment.

It is based around 1000. The top 5% in 2006 had a score of 1028.85 and above.

The ranking needs treating with care: small differences may not be significant.

We have included information on the type of schools and a column showing their GCSE-level results (EM).

Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click on the name of any school for its page in the main tables.

Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

Name, area	Type				EM	CVA
The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, Liverpool	AC		COMP	M	17%	1078.7
Phoenix High School, Hammersmith and Fulham	CY	Sc	COMP	M	26%	1077.5
Moreton Community School, Wolverhampton	CY	T	COMP	M	25%	1071.1
Salisbury High School, Wiltshire	FD	A	COMP	M	34%	1063.3
Bartley Green School A Specialist Technology and Sports College, Birmingham	CY	T,S	COMP	M	42%	1062.9
Greenwood Dale School, Nottingham, City of	FD	T	COMP	M	51%	1061.1
Madeley Court School, Telford and Wrekin	CY	S	COMP	M	16%	1059.6
Newall Green High School, Manchester	CY	A,Sc	COMP	M	17%	1058.7
Park Community School, Hampshire	CY	A	COMP	M	43%	1057.7
All Saints Catholic School and Technology College, Barking and Dagenham	VA	T	COMP	M	57%	1056.9
The Ockendon School, Thurrock	CY	M	COMP	M	42%	1056.1
Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate Boys School, Tower Hamlets	VA		COMP	B	25%	1055.8
Hillside High School, Sefton	CY	Sc	COMP	M	33%	1052.9
Notre Dame Catholic College, Liverpool	VA	A	COMP	G	26%	1052.3
Castle Community College, Kent	CY	S	MOD	M	25%	1052.2
BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology, Croydon	CTC		COMP	M	47%	1051.2
Sir John Cass Foundation and Redcoat Church of England Secondary School, Tower Hamlets	VA	L,B	COMP	M	40%	1051.1
Dyke House Comprehensive School, Hartlepool	CY	T	COMP	M	31%	1050.7
Heath Park Business & Enterprise College, Wolverhampton	CY	B	COMP	M	40%	1050.3
Willowgarth High School, Barnsley	CY		COMP	M	21%	1049.2
Loxford School of Science and Technology, Redbridge	CY	T,L	COMP	M	37%	1048
JFS, Brent	VA	H	COMP	M	84%	1047.3
Feversham College, Bradford	VA		COMP	G	40%	1046.5
Wigmore High School, Herefordshire	CY	M	COMP	M	59%	1046.2
George Dixon International School and Sixth Form Centre, Birmingham	FD	M	COMP	M	36%	1046
Blakewater College, Blackburn with Darwen	CY		COMP	M	21%	1045.8
Morpeth School, Tower Hamlets	CY	A	COMP	M	49%	1045.2
Royal Alexandra and Albert School, Surrey	VA	S	COMP	M	42%	1045.2
Cheltenham Kingsmead, Gloucestershire	FD		COMP	M	12%	1045.2
Bishopsgarth School, Stockton-on-Tees	CY	M	COMP	M	34%	1044.5
Middleton Technology School, Rochdale	CY	T	COMP	M	49%	1044.2
Greenacre School, Medway Towns	CY	S	MOD	B	33%	1044.1
Frankley Community High School, Birmingham	CY		COMP	M	13%	1044.1
Kenton School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne	CY	T	COMP	M	26%	1043.9
Fairfield High School, Bristol, City of	CY		COMP	M	43%	1043.5
Trinity Academy, Doncaster	AC		COMP	M	19%	1042.9
Macmillan Academy, Middlesbrough	AC		COMP	M	67%	1042.5
Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School, Hackney	VA		COMP	G	76%	1042.3
The Ravensbourne School, Bromley	FD	A	COMP	M	47%	1042.3
Wood Green High School College of Sport, Maths and Computing, Sandwell	CY	S,M	COMP	M	52%	1042
Waddesdon Church of England School, Buckinghamshire	VA	A	MOD	M	61%	1041.9
Hyde Technology School and Hearing Impaired Resource Base, Tameside	CY	T	COMP	M	46%	1041.7
Northumberland Park Community School, Haringey	CY	A	COMP	M	20%	1041.5
St Mary and St Joseph's Catholic School, Bexley	VA		COMP	M	47%	1041.3
Dixons City Academy, Bradford	AC		COMP	M	79%	1040.9
Aston Manor School, Birmingham	CY	T	COMP	M	26%	1040.9
Wymondham College, Norfolk	FD	T,L	COMP	M	88%	1040.7
The Leigh City Technology College, Kent	CTC		COMP	M	38%	1040.5
Ridgeway High School, Wirral	CY	B	COMP	M	33%	1040.5
Beechwood School, Slough	CY		COMP	M	20%	1040.2
The Charles Read High School, Lincolnshire	CY		MOD	M	33%	1040.1
Selly Park Technology College for Girls, Birmingham	CY	T	COMP	G	39%	1040
The Canterbury High School, Kent	FD	S	MOD	M	29%	1039.9
The City Academy Bristol, Bristol, City of	AC		COMP	M	18%	1039.9
The Cardinal Wiseman Roman Catholic School, Ealing	VA	T,H	COMP	M	71%	1039.7
King Richard Secondary School, Portsmouth	CY	A	COMP	M	15%	1039.7
Deansfield High School, Wolverhampton	CY		COMP	M	20%	1039.6
Thomas Telford School, Telford and Wrekin	CTC		COMP	M	95%	1039.5
The Causeway School, East Sussex	CY		COMP	M	26%	1039.2
Redbridge Community School, Southampton	CY	S	COMP	M	23%	1039.1
Central Lancaster High School, Lancashire	CY	A	COMP	M	31%	1038.8
St Angela's Ursuline School, Newham	VA	T	COMP	G	79%	1038.4
St Ursula's Convent School, Greenwich	VA	H	COMP	G	56%	1038.4
Holte School, Birmingham	CY	A	COMP	M	25%	1038.2
The Thomas Aveling School, Medway Towns	FD	T	MOD	M	30%	1038.1
Oaklands School, Tower Hamlets	CY	Sc	COMP	M	40%	1038
Stanley School of Technology, Durham	CY	T	COMP	M	28%	1037.6
Stockwell Park High School, Lambeth	CY	B	COMP	M	42%	1037.4
Tom Hood School, Waltham Forest	CY	Sc	COMP	M	35%	1037.4
Kelmscott School, Waltham Forest	CY		COMP	M	21%	1037.2
Debenham Church of England Voluntary Controlled High School, Suffolk	VC	Sc	COMP	M	75%	1036.8
Hemsworth Arts and Community College, Wakefield	CY	A	COMP	M	36%	1036.8
Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate Girls School, Tower Hamlets	VA	H	COMP	G	25%	1036.5
George Mitchell School, Waltham Forest	CY		COMP	M	21%	1036.2
PEMBEC at Kingsdown High School, Wigan	CY	B	COMP	M	19%	1036.2
St Edmund Campion Roman Catholic School, Gateshead	VA	M	COMP	M	38%	1036.1
The Northicote School, Wolverhampton	CY	M	COMP	M	27%	1036.1
Sandwich Technology School, Kent	FD	T	MOD	M	39%	1036
Beis Yaakov High School, Salford	VA		COMP	G	71%	1035.8
Stoke Newington School, Hackney	CY	A,Sc	COMP	M	49%	1035.7
Southfields Community College, Wandsworth	FD	S	COMP	M	29%	1035.5
Alsop High School Technology College and Vocational Specialist School, Liverpool	CY	T,V	COMP	M	24%	1035.5
Seven Kings High School, Redbridge	CY	T,L	COMP	M	71%	1035.4
Shenley Brook End School, Milton Keynes	FD	M	COMP	M	59%	1034.9
Fairfield High School, Herefordshire	CY	A	COMP	M	65%	1034.8
Gable Hall School, Thurrock	FD	A	COMP	M	59%	1034.8
Grange School, Oldham	CY	A,L	COMP	M	15%	1034.8
John Mansfield School, Peterborough	FD		COMP	M	21%	1034.6
Battersea Technology College, Wandsworth	CY		COMP	M	19%	1034.6
Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School, Lancashire	CY	B	COMP	M	28%	1034.5
Quintin Kynaston School, Westminster	CY	T	COMP	M	45%	1034.3
The Bishop Bell Church of England Mathematics and Computing Specialist School, East Sussex	VA	M	COMP	M	45%	1034.2
Witton Park High School Business and Enterprise College, Blackburn with Darwen	CY	B	COMP	M	32%	1033.9
St Augustine's Catholic High School, Worcestershire	VA	Sc	COMP	M	67%	1033.8
Emmanuel College, Gateshead	CTC		COMP	M	88%	1033.7
The Lakelands School, Sports and Language College, Shropshire	CY	S,L	COMP	M	51%	1033.7
Saint Bede's Catholic Science College, Lincolnshire	VA	Sc	MOD	M	15%	1033.7
Priory School and Sports College, Barnsley	CY	S	COMP	M	32%	1033.5
Bacon's College, Southwark	CTC		COMP	M	49%	1033.3
Plashet School, Newham	CY		COMP	G	63%	1033.2
St Thomas More Catholic School, Gateshead	VA	T	COMP	M	69%	1032.8
Brockhill Park Performing Arts College, Kent	FD	A	COMP	M	19%	1032.5
Parkside Community College, Plymouth, City of	CY	T,B	COMP	M	6%	1032.4
Vermuyden School, East Riding of Yorks	CY	M	COMP	M	31%	1032.3
Kingsmead School, Enfield	CY	A	COMP	M	34%	1032
The Westlands School, Kent	FD	M	MOD	M	32%	1031.9
St Philomena's School, Sutton	VA	T,L	COMP	G	77%	1031.8
Colmers School and Sports College, Birmingham	FD	S	COMP	M	47%	1031.8
St Bonaventure's RC School, Newham	VA	T,L	COMP	B	55%	1031.7
Lynn Grove VA High School, Norfolk	VA	T	COMP	M	42%	1031.7
Sir John Lawes School, Hertfordshire	CY	A	COMP	M	78%	1031.2
The Chadwell Heath Foundation School, Redbridge	FD	A	COMP	M	76%	1031.2
Claverham Community College, East Sussex	CY	S	COMP	M	67%	1031.2
Robert Clack School, Barking and Dagenham	CY	Sc	COMP	M	49%	1031.1
Christopher Whitehead Language College, Worcestershire	CY	L	COMP	M	48%	1031.1
Harborne Hill School, Birmingham	CY		COMP	M	17%	1030.9
The Hillcrest School and Community College, Dudley	CY	A	COMP	M	37%	1030.8
Wade Deacon High School, Halton	CY	T,M	COMP	M	53%	1030.6
Stretford High School, Trafford	CY	L	MOD	M	19%	1030.5
St Michael's RC School, Southwark	VA	B	COMP	M	53%	1030.4
Highbury Fields School, Islington	CY	Sc	COMP	G	44%	1030.4
Thornden School, Hampshire	CY	A,Sc	COMP	M	81%	1030.3
St Edward's CofE Comprehensive School, Havering	VA	L	COMP	M	78%	1030.3
Clapton Girls' Technology College, Hackney	CY	T	COMP	G	47%	1030.2
Mitchell High School, Stoke-on-Trent	CY		COMP	M	14%	1030.2
Tunbridge Wells High School, Kent	CY		COMP	M	10%	1030.2
Helsby High School, Cheshire	CY	Sc	COMP	M	69%	1030.1
The Marlowe Academy, Kent	AC		COMP	M	5%	1030.1
Bourne Community College, West Sussex	CY		COMP	M	48%	1030
Trinity CofE High School, Manchester	VA	T	COMP	M	57%	1029.9
Aylwin Girls' School, Southwark	CY		COMP	G	26%	1029.9
Brookfield High School, Knowsley	CY	S	COMP	M	20%	1029.9
King David High School, Liverpool	VA		COMP	M	87%	1029.8
Guru Nanak Sikh Voluntary Aided Secondary School, Hillingdon	VA		COMP	M	80%	1029.8
Dene Magna School, Gloucestershire	FD	T	COMP	M	69%	1029.8
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School, Liverpool	VA	S	COMP	B	38%	1029.8
St Benedict's Catholic School, Suffolk	VA	M	COMP	M	72%	1029.7
The King Edmund School, Essex	FD	B	COMP	M	39%	1029.7
St Mary's Catholic College, Wirral	VA	A	COMP	M	30%	1029.7
Trinity Catholic High School, Redbridge	VA	Sc	COMP	M	78%	1029.6
The London Oratory School, Hammersmith and Fulham	VA		COMP	B	83%	1029.5
Hasmonean High School, Barnet	VA	B	COMP	M	80%	1029.5
Ellington School for Girls, Kent	CY		MOD	G	30%	1029.5
The Skinners' Company's School for Girls, Hackney	VA	B	COMP	G	28%	1029.5
Litherland High School, Sefton	CY	L	COMP	M	17%	1029.3
Bishop Challoner Catholic School, Birmingham	VA	S,Sc	COMP	M	70%	1029.2
Deptford Green School, Lewisham	CY	H	COMP	M	42%	1029.2
The Howard School, Medway Towns	FD		COMP	B	41%	1029.2
Acton High School, Ealing	CY	A	COMP	M	38%	1029.2
Ifield Community College, West Sussex	CY		COMP	M	27%	1029.2
King Solomon High School, Redbridge	VA	H	COMP	M	65%	1029.1
Giles School Specialist in Visual Art, Lincolnshire	FD	A	MOD	M	36%	1029
Ercall Wood Technology College, Telford and Wrekin	FD	T,V	COMP	M	36%	1029
St Richard's Catholic College, East Sussex	VA	Sc	COMP	M	77%	1028.9