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Progress 8 measures the value a school has added to its year 11 group by comparing their achievements in selected GCSE subjects (with extra weight given to maths and English) with those that had been predicted from their KS2 (year 6) maths and English Sats results.

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School name Town Gender Progress 8 coverage Progress 8
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet London BOYS 92% 1.22
Colchester County High School for Girls Colchester GIRLS 79% 1.22
Beaconsfield High School Beaconsfield GIRLS 73% 1.21
Nonsuch High School for Girls London GIRLS 92% 1.21
The Tiffin Girls' School London GIRLS 91% 1.19
Kendrick School Reading GIRLS 93% 1.18
Dr Challoner's High School Amersham GIRLS 80% 1.14
Altrincham Grammar School for Girls Altrincham GIRLS 83% 1.12
Stroud High School Stroud GIRLS 90% 1.12
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford Chelmsford MIXED 87% 1.1
The Henrietta Barnett School London GIRLS 85% 1.1
Woodford County High School Woodford Green GIRLS 87% 1.1
Wallington High School for Girls Wallington GIRLS 95% 1.04
Wilson's School Wallington BOYS 92% 1.03
Colyton Grammar School Colyton MIXED 86% 1.01
Weald of Kent Grammar School Tonbridge GIRLS 86% 1.01
St Michael's Catholic Grammar School London GIRLS 94% 1
Upton Court Grammar School Slough MIXED 92% 0.99
Highworth Grammar School Ashford GIRLS 95% 0.98
Aylesbury High School Aylesbury GIRLS 87% 0.98
Tiffin School London BOYS 92% 0.98
Reading School Reading BOYS 83% 0.98
Ripon Grammar School Ripon MIXED 87% 0.98
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls Birmingham GIRLS 86% 0.97
Langley Grammar School Langley MIXED 97% 0.96
Invicta Grammar School Maidstone GIRLS 96% 0.96
Chesham Grammar School Chesham MIXED 88% 0.94
Dartford Grammar School Dartford BOYS 95% 0.93
St Olave's Grammar School Orpington BOYS 88% 0.93
Newstead Wood School Orpington GIRLS 81% 0.93
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School Tunbridge Wells GIRLS 87% 0.93
Westcliff High School for Boys Academy Westcliff-on-Sea BOYS 92% 0.92
Aylesbury Grammar School Aylesbury BOYS 92% 0.91
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys Altrincham BOYS 71% 0.9
Upton Hall School FCJ Wirral GIRLS 92% 0.88
Westcliff High School for Girls Westcliff-on-Sea GIRLS 93% 0.86
Dr Challoner's Grammar School Amersham BOYS 76% 0.85
Pate's Grammar School Cheltenham MIXED 80% 0.85
Chelmsford County High School for Girls Chelmsford GIRLS 76% 0.84
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School Lancaster GIRLS 96% 0.84
Stratford Girls' Grammar School Stratford-upon-Avon GIRLS 88% 0.84
Tonbridge Grammar School Tonbridge GIRLS 72% 0.84
Torquay Girls' Grammar School Torquay GIRLS 98% 0.84
Townley Grammar School Bexleyheath GIRLS 98% 0.83
Sutton Grammar School London BOYS 88% 0.83
Loreto Grammar School Altrincham GIRLS 86% 0.81
Wallington County Grammar School Wallington BOYS 90% 0.8
High School for Girls Gloucester GIRLS 82% 0.78
Ilford County High School London BOYS 96% 0.78
Torquay Boys' Grammar School Torquay BOYS 98% 0.78
Wirral Grammar School for Girls Wirral GIRLS 99% 0.77
Wycombe High School High Wycombe GIRLS 92% 0.76
The Latymer School London MIXED 96% 0.76
Dartford Grammar School for Girls Dartford GIRLS 95% 0.74
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Marlow MIXED 81% 0.74
Southend High School for Boys Southend-on-Sea BOYS 93% 0.73
West Kirby Grammar School Wirral GIRLS 90% 0.73
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys Birmingham BOYS 83% 0.71
King Edward VI Handsworth School Birmingham GIRLS 96% 0.71
The Blue Coat School Liverpool MIXED 97% 0.71
Southend High School for Girls Southend-on-Sea GIRLS 89% 0.71
Rugby High School Rugby GIRLS 93% 0.7
Stretford Grammar School Manchester MIXED 98% 0.68
The Skinners' School Tunbridge Wells BOYS 79% 0.68
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford MIXED 91% 0.67
Bourne Grammar School Bourne MIXED 98% 0.67
The Crypt School Gloucester MIXED 91% 0.66
Wolverhampton Girls' High School Wolverhampton GIRLS 91% 0.66
Spalding High School Spalding GIRLS 91% 0.64
The Judd School Tonbridge BOYS 73% 0.64
The Rochester Grammar School Rochester MIXED 97% 0.63
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Clitheroe MIXED 99% 0.62
Colchester Royal Grammar School Colchester BOYS 83% 0.62
Chatham Grammar School for Girls Chatham GIRLS 97% 0.6
Caistor Grammar School Market Rasen MIXED 95% 0.6
Bournemouth School Bournemouth BOYS 94% 0.59
Sir Thomas Rich's School Gloucester BOYS 82% 0.59
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School Grantham GIRLS 98% 0.59
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls Maidstone GIRLS 97% 0.59
Calday Grange Grammar School Wirral BOYS 92% 0.59
The King's School, Grantham Grantham BOYS 93% 0.57
Newport Girls' High School Newport GIRLS 84% 0.57
Devonport High School for Girls Plymouth GIRLS 91% 0.56
Marling School Stroud BOYS 89% 0.56
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls Sutton Coldfield GIRLS 93% 0.56
King Edward VI School (Stratford-upon-Avon) Stratford-upon-Avon BOYS 87% 0.55
Queen Mary's Grammar School Walsall BOYS 96% 0.55
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School Aylesbury MIXED 89% 0.54
Herschel Grammar School Slough MIXED 97% 0.54
Ribston Hall High School Gloucester GIRLS 92% 0.53
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School Sutton Coldfield BOYS 93% 0.53
Bournemouth School for Girls Bournemouth GIRLS 89% 0.52
Saint Ambrose College Altrincham BOYS 88% 0.51
Churston Ferrers Grammar School Brixham MIXED 96% 0.5
Heckmondwike Grammar School Heckmondwike MIXED 95% 0.5
Highsted Grammar School Sittingbourne GIRLS 98% 0.5
Queen Mary's High School Walsall GIRLS 98% 0.5
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School Rochester BOYS 98% 0.49
King Edward VI Five Ways School Birmingham MIXED 86% 0.48
Haberdashers' Adams Newport BOYS 79% 0.48
South Wilts Grammar School for Girls Salisbury GIRLS 83% 0.48
Ermysted's Grammar School Skipton BOYS 97% 0.46
Dover Grammar School for Girls Dover GIRLS 99% 0.45
Gravesend Grammar School Gravesend BOYS 97% 0.45
Poole Grammar School Poole BOYS 94% 0.45
Burnham Grammar School Slough MIXED 96% 0.45
The Folkestone School for Girls Folkestone GIRLS 99% 0.43
Sale Grammar School Sale MIXED 97% 0.43
Parkstone Grammar School Poole GIRLS 96% 0.42
Skipton Girls' High School Skipton GIRLS 96% 0.42
Fort Pitt Grammar School Chatham GIRLS 93% 0.41
The Crossley Heath School Halifax MIXED 96% 0.41
Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School Salisbury BOYS 81% 0.41
Lawrence Sheriff School Rugby BOYS 91% 0.4
Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School Canterbury GIRLS 91% 0.39
Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School Sidcup MIXED 96% 0.39
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys Tunbridge Wells BOYS 93% 0.39
Royal Latin School Buckingham MIXED 90% 0.37
Wilmington Grammar School for Boys Dartford BOYS 92% 0.37
Rainham Mark Grammar School Gillingham MIXED 98% 0.36
Alcester Grammar School Alcester MIXED 95% 0.34
King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys Birmingham BOYS 97% 0.33
Boston High School Boston GIRLS 99% 0.33
St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School Slough MIXED 96% 0.33
Mayfield Grammar School Gravesend GIRLS 98% 0.32
John Hampden Grammar School High Wycombe BOYS 93% 0.3
Spalding Grammar School Spalding BOYS 94% 0.3
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (Penrith) Penrith MIXED 91% 0.27
St Anselm's College Prenton BOYS 93% 0.26
The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough Gainsborough MIXED 97% 0.25
St Joseph's College Stoke-on-Trent MIXED 93% 0.24
The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe High Wycombe BOYS 84% 0.23
Wilmington Grammar School for Girls Dartford GIRLS 96% 0.22
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle Horncastle MIXED 93% 0.22
Bexley Grammar School Welling MIXED 97% 0.21
Urmston Grammar Academy Manchester MIXED 98% 0.19
Kesteven and Sleaford High School Sleaford GIRLS 96% 0.19
Holcombe Grammar School Chatham BOYS 97% 0.17
Oakwood Park Grammar School Maidstone BOYS 96% 0.17
The Norton Knatchbull School Ashford BOYS 98% 0.16
Barton Court Grammar School Canterbury MIXED 96% 0.14
Lancaster Royal Grammar School Lancaster BOYS 94% 0.14
Wirral Grammar School for Boys Wirral BOYS 97% 0.14
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School Rossendale MIXED 99% 0.13
Carre's Grammar School Sleaford MIXED 94% 0.09
King Edward VI Grammar School Louth MIXED 97% 0.08
Plymouth High School for Girls Plymouth GIRLS 94% 0.08
Devonport High School for Boys Plymouth BOYS 93% 0.07
Sir Roger Manwood's School Sandwich MIXED 91% 0.04
King Edward VI Aston School Birmingham BOYS 96% 0.02
Dane Court Grammar School Broadstairs MIXED 98% 0
Beths Grammar School London BOYS 96% -0.01
Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School Ramsgate MIXED 96% -0.03
Borden Grammar School Sittingbourne BOYS 96% -0.03
Skegness Grammar School Skegness MIXED 86% -0.03
The Harvey Grammar School Folkestone BOYS 99% -0.06
The North Halifax Grammar School Halifax MIXED 96% -0.06
Maidstone Grammar School Maidstone BOYS 93% -0.12
Dover Grammar School for Boys Dover BOYS 97% -0.17
The Boston Grammar School Boston BOYS 93% -0.27
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Faversham MIXED 97% -0.32
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys Canterbury BOYS 88% -0.5
Cranbrook School Cranbrook MIXED 41% low coverage

Based on 2018 results

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