The 'most improved' schools

It all adds up for Mountfitchet's head, Jo Mullis

This page shows the secondary schools in England that have had the biggest sustained improvement in their results over the previous four years.

The columns show the proportion of students getting at least five good GCSEs or equivalent vocational qualifications each year, including English and maths GCSEs, and the overall increase.

The "top 100" list is compiled by the Department for Education and Skills.

The head of the school that came top, Jo Mullis, said half the trick was knowing which of the department's initiatives to "chuck in the bin".

The key to inclusion in the table 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 a school for a page detailing its performance.

Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

School, area	Type			03	04	05	06	+/-
Mountfitchet Mathematics and Computing College, Essex	CY	COMP	M	19	23	29	53	34
The Hollins Technology College, Lancashire	CY	COMP	M	21	39	51	53	32
Selby High School Specialist School, North Yorkshire	CY	COMP	M	27	36	48	57	30
Stockwell Park High School, Lambeth	CY	COMP	M	11	21	26	41	30
St Benet Biscop Catholic High School, Northumberland	VA	COMP	M	27	52	52	55	28
Longcroft School and Performing Arts College, East Riding of Yorkshire	CY	COMP	M	36	48	50	63	27
Eggar's School, Hampshire	CY	COMP	M	44	63	68	70	26
Hockerill Anglo-European College, Hertfordshire	FD	COMP	M	54	63	69	79	25
Sir Graham Balfour High School, Staffordshire	CY	COMP	M	28	38	42	52	24
De La Salle School, Essex	VA	COMP	M	6	26	27	30	24
Huxlow Science College, Northamptonshire	CY	COMP	M	33	35	52	57	24
Pudsey Grangefield School, Leeds	CY	COMP	M	27	33	42	50	23
Gumley House RC Convent School,FCJ, Hounslow	VA	COMP	G	55	61	73	78	23
Sir John Lawes School, Hertfordshire	CY	COMP	M	55	63	75	78	23
Park View School, Birmingham	CY	COMP	M	18	26	26	41	23
The Cardinal Wiseman Roman Catholic School, Ealing	VA	COMP	M	48	54	65	70	22
Eltham Hill Technology College for Girls, Greenwich	CY	COMP	G	24	33	40	46	22
Emerson Park School, Havering	CY	COMP	M	38	48	57	60	22
Bartley Green School, Birmingham	CY	COMP	M	20	32	40	42	22
Tollbar Business and Enterprise College, North East Lincolnshire	FD	COMP	M	46	57	58	67	21
Hodgson High School Technology College, Lancashire	CY	COMP	M	48	57	61	69	21
Reigate School, Surrey	CY	COMP	M	43	56	56	64	21
King Ecgbert School, Sheffield	CY	COMP	M	45	55	58	66	21
The John Warner School, Hertfordshire	FD	COMP	M	29	47	49	50	21
Coteland's School Ruskington, Lincolnshire	CY	MOD	M	15	18	19	36	21
Christopher Whitehead Language College, Worcestershire	CY	COMP	M	29	34	48	49	20
Burnside Business & Enterprise College, North Tyneside	CY	COMP	M	33	35	39	53	20
Severn Vale School, Gloucestershire	CY	COMP	M	28	35	44	48	20
Woodcote High School, Croydon	CY	COMP	M	33	37	39	53	20
Oldfield School, Bath and North East Somerset	FD	COMP	G	53	62	68	73	20
Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith and Fulham	VA	COMP	G	65	76	83	85	20
Lostock Hall Community High School, Lancashire	CY	COMP	M	37	38	50	57	20
King James's School, Kirklees	CY	COMP	M	33	41	46	53	20
Bishop Walsh Catholic School, Birmingham	VA	COMP	M	61	62	69	81	20
Broadoak Mathematics And Computing College, North Somerset	CY	COMP	M	19	26	34	39	20
Onslow St Audrey's School, Hertfordshire	CY	COMP	M	14	22	27	34	20
St Michael's RC School, Southwark	VA	COMP	M	34	46	50	54	20
The Charles Read High School, Lincolnshire	CY	MOD	M	13	21	32	33	20
Graham School Science College, North Yorkshire	CY	COMP	M	36	38	48	55	19
The International School and Community College, Birmingham	CY	COMP	M	1	10	13	20	19
Immanuel CofE Community College, Bradford	VA	COMP	M	13	17	24	32	19
Shavington High School, Cheshire	CY	COMP	M	39	41	43	58	19
St Clement Danes School, Hertfordshire	VA	COMP	M	60	68	73	79	19
Deacon's School, Peterborough	FD	COMP	M	51	55	61	70	19
Eston Park School, Redcar and Cleveland	CY	COMP	M	15	34	34	34	19
The Compton School, Barnet	CY	COMP	M	46	51	54	65	19
Greenacre School, Medway	CY	MOD	B	14	25	26	33	19
La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School, Lambeth	VA	COMP	G	47	51	53	66	19
Outwood Grange College of Technology, Wakefield	CY	COMP	M	41	54	54	59	18
Kingsbury High School, Brent	FD	COMP	M	51	58	68	69	18
Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Luton	VA	COMP	M	32	42	42	50	18
Morpeth School, Tower Hamlets	CY	COMP	M	30	33	41	48	18
Southfields Community College, Wandsworth	FD	COMP	M	11	18	22	29	18
South Wirral High School, Wirral	CY	MOD	M	26	34	42	44	18
Carlton Bolling College, Bradford	CY	COMP	M	10	10	25	28	18
Furze Platt Senior School, Windsor and Maidenhead	CY	COMP	M	39	42	43	57	18
John F Kennedy Catholic School, Hertfordshire	VA	COMP	M	53	62	63	71	18
All Saints Catholic School and Technology College, Barking and Dagenham	VA	COMP	M	39	43	52	57	18
Sir Harry Smith Community College, Cambridgeshire	CY	COMP	M	34	47	51	52	18
Farnham Heath End School, Surrey	CY	COMP	M	38	44	46	56	18
Cheshunt School, Hertfordshire	FD	COMP	M	19	28	29	37	18
Frodsham School,a Science and Technology College, Cheshire	CY	COMP	M	25	30	35	43	18
Sheringham High School and Sixth Form Centre, Norfolk	FD	COMP	M	33	40	46	51	18
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Cumbria	FD	SEL	M	81	88	91	99	18
Campion School and Community College, Warwickshire	CY	COMP	M	12	17	22	30	18
Slough and Eton CE Business and Enterprise College, Slough	VC	MOD	M	15	23	29	33	18
Addey and Stanhope School, Lewisham	VA	COMP	M	28	34	38	46	18
Moor Park Business & Enterprise School, Lancashire	CY	COMP	M	15	26	29	33	18
London Nautical School, Lambeth	FD	COMP	B	43	45	48	61	18
The Heartlands High School, Birmingham	CY	COMP	M	11	13	22	29	18
The Priory LSST, Lincolnshire	FD	COMP	M	66	80	81	83	17
The Heathland School, Hounslow	CY	COMP	M	51	63	64	68	17
Denbigh School, Milton Keynes	FD	COMP	M	42	42	53	59	17
Woodbridge High School, Redbridge	CY	COMP	M	37	43	47	54	17
Notre Dame High School,Norwich, Norfolk	VA	COMP	M	47	54	58	64	17
Acton High School, Ealing	CY	COMP	M	20	24	35	37	17
George Dixon International School, Birmingham	FD	COMP	M	16	24	27	33	17
Wyvern Community School, North Somerset	CY	COMP	M	17	28	30	34	17
Sir John Cass Foundation, Tower Hamlets	VA	COMP	M	23	27	28	40	17
Wirral Grammar School for Boys, Wirral	FD	SEL	B	82	91	95	99	17
Cardinal Newman Catholic High School, Warrington	VA	COMP	M	40	44	47	57	17
St Peter's Catholic College Of Maths And Computing, Redcar and Cleveland	VA	COMP	M	16	24	24	33	17
John Cleveland College, Leicestershire	VC	COMP	M	38	41	50	54	16
Cecil Jones College, Southend-on-Sea	FD	COMP	M	18	28	29	34	16
Beckfoot School, Bradford	CY	COMP	M	29	29	32	45	16
Ponteland Community High School, Northumberland	CY	COMP	M	50	54	64	66	16
Willenhall School Sports College, Walsall	CY	COMP	M	15	15	30	31	16
Vandyke Upper School and Community College, Bedfordshire	CY	COMP	M	29	36	40	45	16
Haydon School, Hillingdon	FD	COMP	M	50	60	65	66	16
The Grange School, Buckinghamshire	CY	MOD	M	17	21	27	33	16
Holland Park School, Kensington and Chelsea	CY	COMP	M	24	25	33	40	16
Dartmouth High School, Sandwell	CY	COMP	M	24	25	29	40	16
Gosford Hill School, Oxfordshire	CY	COMP	M	30	42	43	46	16
George Salter High School, Sandwell	CY	COMP	M	11	16	16	27	16
Alcester High School Technology College, Warwickshire	CY	MOD	M	40	44	56	56	16
Ralph Allen School, Bath and North East Somerset	CY	COMP	M	47	47	48	63	16
Presdales School, Hertfordshire	CY	COMP	G	63	71	73	79	16
Meopham School, Kent	FD	MOD	M	13	24	27	29	16
Vale of Ancholme Technology College, North Lincolnshire	CY	COMP	M	30	45	46	46	16
Royston High School, Barnsley	CY	COMP	M	23	28	31	39	16
Harris School, Warwickshire	VA	MOD	M	14	27	28	30	16
Melbourn Village College, Cambridgeshire	CY	COMP	M	43	52	57	59	16
St Joseph's Academy, Lewisham	VA	COMP	B	5	11	18	21	16