LEAGUE tables showing how Worcestershire’s high schools performed last year have been revealed.

The county’s schools were in line with the national average for England for progress 8 scores - a key measure of how well the pupils have improved during their time at the school.

While 44.1 per cent of county pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs - above the national average of 42.6 per cent.

Hanley Castle High School performed well with 52 per cent of students gaining a grade 5 or above in English and maths and 34 per cent achieved an Ebacc at grade 5/C and above. The school achieved a Progress 8 score of 0.23.

Headteacher Lindsey Cooke was ‘absolutely delighted’ with the school’s results.

“We had a really conscientious and hardworking year group and we really enjoyed teaching them,” she said.

“Obviously the teachers worked very hard but the students matched and went above that. They got the results they deserved.

“Most of the students are now in our sixth form and are going from strength to strength.

“It was also lovely to see that they did so well in the new English and maths GCSES as there was talk that they going to be a lot hard. They rose to the challenge and I think that in the end they quite enjoyed them.”

Dyson Perrins CE Academy achieved an average Progress 8 score of 0.05 but only 24 per cent of its students achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths and 12 per cent gained an Ebacc at grade 5/C and above.

The Chase scored a below average Progress 8 score of -0.18 but still achieved well above county and national average scores in other assessment areas.

Half of its students achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs and 29 per cent gained an EBacc at grade 5/ C and above.

Pupils from Nunnery Wood High School in Worcester performed particularly well with 58 per cent of students achieving a grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs and 20 per cent gaining the Ebacc at grade 5/C or above.

The school received a Progress 8 score of 0.25 - above the county and national average of 0.03.

Headteacher Stephen Powell said: “It is wonderful to be part of a really great team of students and staff where the kids hard work really shines through. It is also wonderful to be part of a city and a county where all students receive a fantastic education and where results are above the national average.”

Schools fall below the government’s performance threshold if pupils fail to make enough progress across eight subjects, with particular weight given to English and maths.

This year’s results included marks awarded under the new 9-1 grading system, with 9 being the highest. All other subjects are marked using the old alphabetical system.

In Worcester, Christopher Whitehead Language College also did well, scoring an average 0.14 Progress 8 score with 44 per cent of its students achieving English and maths GCSEs at grade 5 or above.

While at Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College, 57 per cent of students achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs and 23 per cent gained an Ebacc at grade 5/C and above.

However, the De Montfort School, in Evesham, scored a well below average Progress 8 score of -0.51 with 24 per cent of students achieving a grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs. No one from the school was available to comment.According to Department for Education figures, Worcestershire is 77th in its list of 150 areas with the most under-performing schools.

The data shows 10.3 per cent of the county’s schools are classed as under-performing with three out of 29 schools falling below the threshold.