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Schools in Swindon
This page shows schools in this area ranked on the basis of their "value added" measures from Key Stage 2 to GCSE.

The measure compares pupils' exam performances with the middle performance of other pupils nationally who had similar prior attainment.

It is based around 1000. The top 5% had a score of 1056.6 and above - the best being 1099.8. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click on the name of any school to go to its individual page in the main tables.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on GCSE or A/AS to sort schools on those results.

In the GCSE columns:

  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
  • the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SORT BY NAME SORT BY GCSE (%) SORT BY SCORE
Institution Old New VA A/AS
Kingsdown School 59 47 1006.3 NA
Highworth Warneford School 72 61 1002.7 NA
St Joseph's Catholic Comprehensive School, Swindon 64 44 999.4 222.9
Commonweal School, The 58 48 999.1 NA
Ridgeway School, The 67 55 983.6 292.4
Greendown Community School 47 37 983.2 NA
Hreod Parkway School 39 27 974.5 NA
Dorcan Technology College 33 26 970.6 NA
Churchfields School 26 18 955.7 NA
Headlands School 13 8 951.8 NA
English secondary schools 2004

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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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