Outstandingly successful secondary schools
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Your support makes all the difference.Secondary schools which have had excellent exam results and a good inspection report, as well as showing evidence of "adding value" to pupils' achievements and having outstanding extra-curricular activity.
School Location LEA/County Highlights
Alcester GS Warwickshire Drama and music
Altrincham GS for Girls, Trafford Arts and charitable activities
Bowden
Arden School Solihull Theatre musical and sports
Aylesbury GS Bucks Extra-curricular and
charitable activities
Barton Court GS Kent Arts and sports
Camden School for Girls London Strong community links
and charitable activities
Cape Cornwall School Cornwall Activities week and community links
Chelmsford High School Essex Sports, music environmen- tal and charitable activities
Colyton GS,Colyton Devon Community links and outward bound scheme
Copthall School Barnet Activity weeks and
charity work
Dartford GS Kent Sporting activities and
international links
Dr Challoner's GS, Amersham Bucks Sports music and drama
Ecclesbourne School,Belper Derbyshire International cultural
enrichment activities
Emmanuel City Gateshead CTC Links with industry
Technology College
Harrogate GS N Yorkshire Charities week and 'Mini-
School Enterprise' scheme
Heckmondwike GS Kirklees Community and charitable
service
Invicta GS for Girls,Maidstone Kent Arts and sports
Kendrick Girls' GS, Reading Berkshire Exceptional extra-
curricular activity
King Edward VI Birmingham Extra-curricular activities and business
Presdales School, Ware Herts Excellent local and
international links
Queen Elizabeth's Barnet Outstanding extra-
curricular provision
Ringmer Commty College East Sussex Musical links with
Glyndebourne
Royal Grammar School Bucks Neighbourhood engineers High Wycombe schemes and business challenge programme
Sir Henry Floyd GS, Aylesbury Bucks Young enterprise scheme
and links with industry
St Thomas More Catholic High Cheshire Social and cultural
School, Crewe activities
The Grammar School Kent Range of visits, field
for Girls,Wilmington trips and lectures
The Henrietta Barnett School, Barnet Work experience exchange
Hampstead Garden Suburb scheme in Europe
The King's School,Grantham Lincolnshire Links with industry
and exchanges
The Liverpool Blue Coat School Liverpool Community and musical
activities
The North Halifax GS Calderdale International links and
exchanges
West Kirby GS for Girls Wirral International awareness
and charity work
Westcliff High School for Boys Essex Sports music and drama
Secondary schools which have had very good inspection reports and are doing well in all areas of their work. Their exam results are not necessarily exceptional, but they may be achieving good results with pupils from deprived backgrounds.
School Location
All Hallows RC Secondary School Farnham, Surrey
Allerton Grange School Leeds
Altrincham Boys' Grammar School Bowdon, Trafford
Archbishop Blanch School Liverpool
Archbishop Sandcroft High School Harleston, Norfolk
Backwell School Bristol
Brookvale High School Leicester.
Central Foundation Girls' School Tower Hamlets, London E3
Convent and Jesus & Mary GM High School Brent, London NW10
Cranbourne Secondary School Basingstoke, Hampshire
Gillingham School Gillingham, Dorset
Guiseley School Guiseley, Leeds
Hall Green Secondary School Hall Green, Birmingham
Healing Comprehensive School Grimsby, Humberside
Heart of England School Coventry, Solihull
Helsby County High School Warrington, Cheshire
Holmer Green Upper School High Wycombe, Bucks
Holy Cross RC High School Chorley, Lancs
Honiton Community College Honiton, Devon
Ibstock Community College Ibstock, Leicestershire
John F Kennedy RC School Hemel Hempstead, Herts
La Sainte Union Convent School Highgate, London, NW5
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School Lancaster, Lancs
Levenshulme High School Crossley Rd, Manchester
Lowton High School Lowton, Wigan
Manhood Community College Chichester, West Sussex
Minsthorpe High School & Community College South Elmsall, West Sussex
Monkwearmouth School Sunderland
Mount St Joseph School Farnworth, Bolton
Newquay Tretherras School Newquay, Cornwall
Notre Dame High School Southwark, London
Oaklands Community School Southampton
Pershore High School Pershore, Hereford & Worcs.
Priory High School Ormskirk, Lancs
Purbrook Park School Waterlooville, Hampshire
Queen's Park County High School Chester
Sacred Heart of Mary RC School Upminster, Havering
Sandon High School Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs
Sandringham School St Albans, Herts
Sawston Village College Cambridge
Sheldon School Chippenham, Wilts
Sir Joseph Williamson's Maths School Rochester, Kent
Smestow School Castlecroft, Wolverhampton
St Edmund's Catholic School Portsmouth
St Gabriel's RC High School Bury
St Hilda's RC High School Burnley, Lancs
St John Fisher RC High School Beech Hill, Wigan
St Mark's RC Secondary school Hounslow
St Mary's Catholic School Bishops Stortford, Herts
St Mary's RC High School Leyland, Lancs
St Patrick's RC High Sch Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland
St Paul's RC Comprehensive School Abbey Wood, London SE2
St Peter's C of E High School Plymouth, Devon
St Peter's Collegiate School Wolverhampton
St Thomas More School Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex
Tadcaster Grammar School Tadcaster, North Yorkshire
Teign School Newton Abbot, Devon
The Abraham Darby Telford, Shropshire
The Burgate School Fordingbridge, Hampshire
The Castle School Taunton, Somerset
The Grange School Stourbridge, Dudley
The Grey Coat Hospital Westminster, London, SW1
The Harvey Grammar School Folkestone, Kent
The Hugh Christie School Tonbridge, Kent
The Snaith School Goole, Humberside
The Village College Comberton, Cambridgeshire
Trinity C of E High School Greenheys, Manchester
Weavers GM School Wellingborough, Northants
William Howard School Brampton, Cumbria
Worle School Weston-super-Mare, Avon
Schools which had high standards in literacy and numeracy as well as providing good education, a positive ethos and well-managed resources.
Middle schools LOCATION
Abbotswood GM Middle School Southampton
Aston Fields Middle School Bromsgrove, Heref'd & Worcs
Chalfont St Giles Middle School Chalfont St Giles, Bucks
Emmanuel Middle School Verwood, Dorset
Gosforth Middle School Gosforth, Newcastle u Tyne
Lake Middle School Sandown, Isle of Wight
Moatfield Middle School Redditch, Hereford & Worcs
Necton VC Middle School Swaffham, Norfolk
Primary schools
Alexandra Infant School Kingston-upon-Thames
All Saints C of E Jnr Mixed & Infant School Barnet, London N20
Alphington Combined School Alphington, Devon
Alverstoke Infants School Gosport, Hants
Bare Trees Junior School Chadderton, Oldham
Beauclerc (Controlled) First School Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey
Berkeley Infants School Scunthorpe, Humberside
Bethune Park Primary School Hull, Humberside
Bishop Wilton C of E Primary School Whetstone, Humberside
Bolling Road First School Ben Rhydding, Bradford
Bolton County Infant School Warrington, Cheshire
Branscombe C of E Primary School Seaton, Devon
Broad Lane C of E Primary School Nantwich, Cheshire
Bury C of E Primary School Pulborough, West Sussex
Bushey Manor Junior Mixed School Watford, Herts
Charlton Kings GM Infants' School Cheltenham, Glos
Christ the King Junior School Coundon, Coventry
Common Road First School South Kirkby Wakefield
Crofton Junior School Orpington, Bromley
Crosshall Junior School Huntingdon, Cambs
Crowlands Junior School Romford, Havering
Dalton Infant and Nursery School Dalton, Kirklees
Dawpool C of E Primary School Thurstaston, Wirral
Debden C of E Primary School Saffron Walden, Essex
Devoran County Primary School Truro, Cornwall
Edenthorpe Hall First and Middle School Edenthorpe, Doncaster
Etching Hill Primary School Rugeley, Staffs
Flitwick Lower School Bedford
Front Street Primary School Whickham, Gateshead
Gamston C of E (Aided) Primary School Retford, Nottinghamshire
Great Missenden C of E Combined School Great Missenden, Bucks
Grendon C of E Primary School Northampton
Halfway Infant School Halfway, Sheffield
Hartford Manor County Primary Northwich, Cheshire
Hempshill Hall Primary School Nottingham
High Fernley First School Bradford
Higher Bebington Junior School Higher Bebington, Wirral
Horbury St Peter C of E Junior School Horbury, Wakefield
Keston Junior School Coulsdon, Croydon
Lady Boswell's C of E (Aided) Primary School Sevenoaks, Kent
Langdale Infant School Newcastle under Lyme, Staffs
Leckhampton C of E School Cheltenham, Glos
Lovington C of E School Castle Cary, Somerset
Maltby Manor Infant School Maltby, Rotherham
Monkhouse Primary School North Shields, North Tyneside
Morley Primary School Derby
Nether Alderley County Primary School Macclesfield, Cheshire
North Kelsey Primary School Lincoln
Oakdene Primary School Prescot, St Helens
Oatlands Infant School Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Old Hutton C of E School Kendal, Cumbria
Pickering County Junior School Pickering, North Yorkshire
Polebrook C of E Primary School Peterborough
Richmond Hill First School Sprotbrough, Doncaster
Riddings Infant School Alfreton, Derbyshire
Roecliffe C of E Primary School North Derbyshire
Rothwell Infant School Kettering, Northamptonshire
Samuel Whites Infants School Hanham, Avon
Sir Harold Jackson School Sheffield
Snape County Primary School Bedale, North Yorkshire
Southwark Infant School Nottingham
Southwater Infant School Horsham, West Sussex
St Bede's RC Infant School Widnes, Cheshire
St Boniface RC Primary School Salford, M7
St John's C of E Combined School Princes Risborough, Bucks
St John's C of E Primary School Sandown, Isle of Wight
St Mary's C of E Junior Mixed & Infant Dollis Park, Finchley, Barnet
St Mary's RC Primary School Beckenham, Bromley
St Winifred's RC Junior School Lewisham, London.
Sudbourne Primary School Lambeth, London
Sutton-on-the-Forest Primary School York, North Yorkshire
Westerton Junior and Infant School West Ardsley, Leeds.
Westfield Primary School Cottingham, Humberside
Wimborne Infant School Southsea, Hampshire
Woodlands Junior School Tonbridge, Kent
Wortham Long Green School Diss, Suffolk
Special schools which performed exceptionally well in meeting their pupils' needs.
Fountaindale School Mansfield, Notts
Grangewood School Eastcote, Hillingdon
Hindley Borsdane Brook School Wigan,
Northease Manor School Lewes, East Sussex
Park Crescent High Wycombe, Bucks
Pathfield School Barnstaple, Devon
Pictor School Sale, Trafford
Southall School Telford, Shropshire
St Francis School Lincoln
Woodlawn School Whitley Bay, North Tyneside
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