The 'most improved' schools

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 list is compiled by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

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	TYPE			04	05	06	07	+/-
The Matthew Arnold School, Surrey	CY	COMP	M	18%	39%	44%	50%	32
St Patrick's RC High School and Arts College, Salford	VA	COMP	M	27%	47%	49%	56%	29
Hurlingham and Chelsea Secondary School, Hammersmith and Fulham	CY	COMP	M	12%	18%	25%	41%	29
Frodsham School, a Science and Technology College, Cheshire	CY	COMP	M	30%	35%	43%	59%	29
Sandwich Technology School, Kent	FD	MOD	M	20%	35%	39%	49%	29
Rosedale College, Hillingdon	FD	COMP	M	11%	18%	26%	39%	28
Challney High School for Boys and Community College, Luton	CY	COMP	B	23%	32%	42%	50%	27
Holland Park School, Kensington and chelsea	CY	COMP	M	25%	33%	40%	51%	26
Gillotts School, Oxfordshire	CY	COMP	M	42%	55%	64%	67%	25
Broadland High School, Norfolk	CY	COMP	M	38%	54%	61%	63%	25
Lostock Hall Community High School and Arts College, Lancashire	CY	COMP	M	38%	50%	57%	63%	25
Harry Carlton School, Nottinghamshire	CY	COMP	M	35%	48%	57%	60%	25
Crown Hills Community College, Leicester City	CY	COMP	M	28%	30%	32%	53%	25
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School, Liverpool	VA	COMP	B	22%	32%	38%	47%	25
The Abbey School, Kent	CY	MOD	M	12%	16%	20%	36%	24
Beaverwood School for Girls, Bromley	FD	COMP	G	38%	47%	49%	62%	24
Mossley Hollins High School, Tameside	CY	COMP	M	29%	41%	49%	52%	23
Haydon Bridge Community High School and Sports College, Northumberland	CY	COMP	M	32%	45%	52%	55%	23
Kings Langley School, Hertfordshire	CY	COMP	M	24%	30%	36%	47%	23
Greenshaw High School, Sutton	CY	COMP	M	37%	43%	52%	60%	23
BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology, Croydon	CTC	COMP	M	31%	41%	47%	53%	22
Redhill School, Nottinghamshire	FD	COMP	M	31%	37%	43%	53%	22
Queen Eleanor Technology College, Lincolnshire	CY	COMP	M	17%	25%	26%	39%	22
Ripon College, North Yorkshire	CY	MOD	M	22%	28%	31%	44%	22
Stockwell Park School, Lambeth	FD	COMP	M	21%	26%	41%	43%	22
St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School, Rochester and Gillingham	VA	COMP	M	22%	34%	41%	44%	22
Rawthorpe High School, Kirklees	CY	COMP	M	8%	16%	29%	30%	22
Spennymoor Comprehensive School, Durham	CY	COMP	M	28%	29%	32%	50%	22
Birchwood High School, Hertfordshire	CY	COMP	M	27%	35%	36%	49%	22
John Taylor High School, Staffordshire	CY	COMP	M	47%	59%	68%	69%	22
Herne Bay High School, Kent	FD	MOD	M	14%	29%	31%	36%	22
Chesterton Community Sports College, Staffordshire	CY	COMP	M	15%	16%	20%	37%	22
The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College, Hartlepool	VA	COMP	M	33%	50%	51%	54%	21
Hemsworth Arts and Community College, Wakefield	CY	COMP	M	29%	32%	36%	50%	21
Somervale School, Bath and North East Somerset	CY	COMP	M	22%	41%	42%	43%	21
Archbishop Beck Catholic Sports College, Liverpool	VA	COMP	M	16%	23%	29%	37%	21
Hockerill Anglo-European College, Hertfordshire	FD	COMP	M	63%	69%	79%	84%	21
Gumley House RC Convent School, FCJ, Hounslow	VA	COMP	G	61%	73%	78%	82%	21
William Farr CofE Comprehensive School, Lincolnshire	FD	COMP	M	52%	64%	69%	73%	21
Hall Cross School, Doncaster	CY	COMP	M	26%	44%	46%	47%	21
The Royal Liberty School, Havering	CY	COMP	B	15%	28%	31%	35%	20
Henley in Arden High School, Warwickshire	CY	MOD	M	44%	49%	56%	64%	20
Wembley High Technology College, Brent	FD	COMP	M	25%	36%	38%	45%	20
Edensor Technology College, Stoke on Trent	CY	COMP	M	14%	23%	29%	34%	20
Highfield Humanities College, Blackpool	CY	COMP	M	25%	30%	43%	45%	20
John Mason School, Oxfordshire	CY	COMP	M	37%	44%	45%	57%	20
The Cardinal Wiseman Roman Catholic School, Ealing	VA	COMP	M	54%	65%	70%	74%	20
Hodgson School, Lancashire	CY	COMP	M	57%	61%	69%	76%	19
Tollbar Business and Enterprise College, North East Lincolnshire	FD	COMP	M	57%	58%	67%	76%	19
Southfields Community College, Wandsworth	FD	COMP	M	18%	22%	29%	37%	19
Denbigh School, Milton Keynes	FD	COMP	M	42%	53%	59%	61%	19
Samuel Whitbread Community College, Bedfordshire	CY	COMP	M	31%	36%	48%	50%	19
Selhurst Mathematics and Computing Specialist School, Croydon	CY	COMP	B	9%	16%	19%	27%	18
Clapton Girls' Technology College, Hackney	CY	COMP	G	37%	40%	46%	55%	18
John Masefield High School, Herefordshire	CY	COMP	M	38%	42%	49%	56%	18
New Brompton College, Rochester and Gillingham	FD	MOD	M	2%	6%	9%	20%	18
Orleans Park School, Richmond upon Thames	CY	COMP	M	47%	57%	64%	65%	18
Filton High School, South Gloucestershire	CY	COMP	M	22%	27%	35%	40%	18
Friern Barnet School, Barnet	CY	COMP	M	24%	26%	28%	42%	18
The Elton High School Specialist Arts College, Bury	CY	COMP	M	45%	46%	51%	63%	18
Our Lady's RC High School, Oldham	VA	COMP	M	31%	44%	47%	49%	18
Biddulph High School, Staffordshire	CY	COMP	M	28%	38%	39%	46%	18
Ninestiles School, Birmingham	FD	COMP	M	31%	41%	43%	49%	18
St Mary's Catholic Comprehensive School, Newcastle upon Tyne	VA	COMP	M	23%	28%	33%	41%	18
The Lacon Childe School, Shropshire	CY	COMP	M	38%	48%	54%	55%	17
Connaught School for Girls, Waltham Forest	CY	COMP	G	39%	47%	48%	56%	17
The Hemel Hempstead School, Hertfordshire	CY	COMP	M	57%	60%	66%	74%	17
Deptford Green School, Lewisham	CY	COMP	M	35%	40%	42%	52%	17
Quintin Kynaston School, City of Westminster	CY	COMP	M	38%	43%	46%	55%	17
Newquay Tretherras School, Cornwall	CY	COMP	M	37%	42%	43%	54%	17
Beckfoot School, Bradford	CY	COMP	M	29%	32%	45%	46%	17
Ash Green School, Warwickshire	FD	COMP	M	12%	22%	25%	29%	17
Passmores School and Technology College, Essex	CY	COMP	M	22%	31%	36%	39%	17
Immanuel College, Bradford	VA	COMP	M	17%	24%	32%	34%	17
Dartmouth High School, Sandwell	CY	COMP	M	25%	29%	40%	42%	17
Crofton High School - Specialists in Maths and Computing, Wakefield	CY	COMP	M	44%	47%	51%	61%	17
Ian Ramsey Church of England Aided Comprehensive School, Stockton-on-Tees	VA	COMP	M	43%	51%	54%	60%	17
Wootton Upper School, Bedfordshire	FD	COMP	M	44%	48%	60%	61%	17
Cowley Language College, St Helens	CY	COMP	M	21%	30%	35%	38%	17
Henbury School, City of Bristol	CY	COMP	M	11%	13%	24%	27%	16
The Holy Family Catholic College, Waltham Forest	VA	COMP	M	40%	43%	52%	56%	16
The John Warner School, Hertfordshire	FD	COMP	M	47%	49%	50%	63%	16
Torquay Community College, Torbay	CY	COMP	M	12%	15%	26%	28%	16
St Bartholomew's School, Newbury	FD	COMP	M	52%	56%	65%	68%	16
Judgemeadow Community College, Leicester City	CY	COMP	M	40%	45%	55%	56%	16
Charles Burrell High School, Norfolk	CY	COMP	M	15%	21%	22%	31%	16
Willingsworth High School, Sandwell	CY	COMP	M	22%	23%	29%	38%	16
Harris School, Warwickshire	VA	MOD	M	27%	28%	30%	43%	16
Wellfield High School, Lancashire	CY	COMP	M	20%	31%	32%	36%	16
Bartley Green School A Specialist Technology and Sports College, Birmingham	CY	COMP	M	32%	40%	42%	48%	16
West Craven High Technology College, Lancashire	CY	COMP	M	28%	33%	42%	44%	16
Cansfield High Specialist Language College, Wigan	CY	COMP	M	31%	40%	43%	47%	16
St James' Catholic High School, Barnet	VA	COMP	M	43%	46%	57%	59%	16
Ellowes Hall Sports College, Dudley	FD	COMP	M	27%	32%	39%	43%	16
Helston Community College, Cornwall	CY	COMP	M	42%	47%	52%	58%	16
St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School, Southwark	VA	COMP	G	41%	42%	54%	56%	15
Manor Church of England Voluntary Aided School, York, York	VA	COMP	M	64%	73%	74%	79%	15
Two Trees Sports College, Tameside	CY	COMP	M	18%	19%	22%	33%	15
St Andrew's CofE High School for Boys, West Sussex	VA	COMP	B	31%	34%	36%	46%	15
Ise Community College, Northamptonshire	CY	COMP	M	12%	18%	26%	27%	15
Fulwood High School and Arts College, Lancashire	CY	COMP	M	29%	32%	42%	44%	15