GOVERNMENT league tables showing how schools across Redditch performed in their GCSEs and A-levels in 2014 have been released.

All the schools which were included in the survey managed to achieve the Government minimum standard expected of 40 per cent of all pupils achieving five or more A* to C grades, including English and maths. However, these grades fell below last year's results.

Trinity High School and Sixth Form Centre was named as the best performing  in Redditch for GCSE results despite a fall in its performance from 78 to 68 per cent.

At A-level, however, only 33 per cent of the pupils achieved at least three grades A* to E.

Adrian Ward, headteacher at the school, said: “On the old system year on year, the results have gone up but because they changed the way they measure them, the results have gone down. When Key stage 4 is compared with schools in similar circumstances, we are in the top five per cent nationally.

“In terms of disadvantaged students we perform 16 per cent better than the average. In terms of GCSE results for all our students we are 12 per cent above the national average.”

Also reaching the threshold, RSA Academy Arrow Vale which fell 16 per cent slipping to 48 per cent, St Augustine's Catholic High School also down from 74 to 62 per cent, Woodrush Community High School went from 76 per cent to 62 per cent while Kingsley College also follow suit by revealing a seven per cent drop on last year's figures to 56 per cent.

Across the country, hundreds of schools failed to achieve the threshold.

The disappointing results follow Government changes in what grades are recorded, with pupils’ results from second attempts at GCSE exams and unregulated qualifications such as IGCSEs not included in the latest league tables.

Across Worcestershire, 58.5 per cent of county students achieved five or more A* to C grades, including English and maths.

Nationally the average of students achieving these same results was 53.4 per cent - so county schools exceeded the national average by five per cent.

Councillor Liz Eyre, Worcestershire County Council's cabinet member for children and families, said: "As we saw in the summer, GCSE students have done themselves proud and achieved a range of top marks.

"Today's figures have allowed us to compare ourselves to other authorities across the country and prove that Worcestershire schools are achieving great results for their students."

At A-level, no pupils at Arrow Vale RSA Academy achieved the threshold of AAB with at least two facilitating subjects but 56 per cent did achieve at least A* to E in three subjects.

In the same field Kingsley College, St Augustine's Catholic High School and Woodrush Community High School all fared better achieving 76 per cent, 86 per cent, 75 per cent respectively.

Guy Shears, principal of RSA Academy Arrow Vale, said: “We are delighted that our students, measured on their best eight qualifications, continue to make outstanding progress.

“English progress is especially brilliant, amongst the highest in the county. Our progress across all subjects is very strong. This is in spite of the turmoil created by significant changes to the exam system in the last 12 months.

“Improvement at Key Stage 5 was also pleasing with results in the sixth form improving rapidly by an excellent half a grade from already strong progress measures the year before."