Headings

A-level points
Average university entrance points per student, includes A level, International Baccaleaureate and vocational qualifications.

A level: A - 270 pts, B - 240 pts, C - 210 pts,D -180 pts, E -150 pts.
AS Level: A -135 pts, B -120 pts, C -105 pts, D - 90 pts, E - 75 pts.
IB: score 45 -1380 pts, score 35 -1080 pts, score 25 - 780 pts

Truancy
Percentage of half days missed through unauthorised absence.

Pupils aged 15
Number of pupils aged 15 at the start of the school year.

Contextual Value Added
The valued added measure of progress made by pupils between key stage two tests at 11 and GSCE/GNVQ, adjusted for a number of variables, including gender, special needs, free school meals, age.

5 two + passes in sciences
Percentage of pupils obtaining two or more GCSE, or equivalent, passes in science.

% five + GCSE A*-C, including English and Maths, 2006
Percentage of pupils obtaining five or more GCSE, or equivalent passes, including English and Maths in 2006.

% five+ GCSE A*-C, including English and Maths, 2007
Percentage of pupils obtaining five or more GCSE, or equivalent passes, including English and Maths in 2007.

Local Authority name abbreviations

Barking and Dagenham - Bark&Dag

Barnet - Barnet

Barnsley - Barnsley

Bath and North East Somerset - Bath&Som

Bedfordshire - Beds

Bexley - Bexley

Birminghm - Birmingham

Blackburn with Darwen - Black&Dar

Blackpool - Blackpool

Bolton - Bolton

Bournmth - Bournemouth

Bracknell Forest- Brack For

Bradford - Bradford

Brent - Brent

Brighton and Hove - Bri&Hove

Bristol - Bristol

Bromley - Bromley

Buckinghamshire - Bucks

Bury - Bury

Calderdale - Calderdl

Cambridgeshire - Cambs

Camden - Camden

Cheshire - Cheshire

City of London - City Lon

Cornwall - Cornwall

Coventry - Coventry

Croyden - Croyden

Cumbria - Cumbria

Darlington - Darlingtn

Derby - Derby

Derbyshire - Derbyshr

Devon - Devon

Doncaster - Doncastr

Dorset - Dorset

Dudley - Dudley

Durham - Durham

Ealing - Ealing

East Riding of Yorkshire - E Riding

East Sussex - E Sussex

Enfield - Enfield

Essex - Essex

Gateshead - Gateshead

Gloucestershire - Glos

Greenwich - Greenwich

Hackney - Hackney

Halton - Halton

Hammersmith and Fulham - Hamm&Ful

Hampshire - Hampshire

Haringey - Haringey

Harrow - Harrow

Hartlepool - Hartlepl

Havering - Havering

Herefordshire - Herefords

Hertfordshire - Herts

Hillingdon - Hillingdn

Hounslow - Hounslow

Isle of Wight - Isl of Wt

Isles of Scilly - Scilly

Islington - Islington

Kensington and Chelsea - Ken&Chel

Kent - Kent

Kingston upon Hull - King Hull

Kingston upon Thames - King Thames

Kirklees - Kirklees

Knowsley - Knowsley

Lambeth - Lambeth

Lancashire - Lancs

Leeds - Leeds

Leicester - Leicester

Leicestershire - Leics

Lewisham - Lewisham

Lincolnshire - Lincs

Liverpool - Liverpool

Luton - Luton

Manchester - Manchester

Medway - Medway

Merton - Merton

Middlesborough - Middlesbrough

Milton Keynes - Mil Keyns

Newcastle upon Tyne - Newcastle

Newham - Newham

Norfolk - Norfolk

North East Lincolnshire - NE Lincs

North Lincolnshire - N Lincs

North Somerset - N Somerst

North Tyneside - N Tynesd

North Yorkshire - N Yorks

Northamptonshire - Northants

Northumberland - Northumb

Nottingham - Nottingham

Nottinghamshire - Notts

Oldham - Oldham

Oxfordshire - Oxon

Peterborough - Peterbrgh

Plymouth - Plymouth

Poole - Poole

Portsmouth - Portsmth

Reading - Reading

Redbridge - Redbridge

Redcar and Cleveland - Red&Cleve

Richmond upon Thames - Rich Thames

Rochdale - Rochdale

Rotherham - Rotherhm

Rutland - Rutland

Salford - Salford

Sandwell - Sandwell

Sefton - Sefton

Sheffield - Sheffield

Shropshire - Shrops

Slough - Slough

Solihull - Solihull

Somerset - Somerset

South Gloucestershire - S Gloucs

South Tyneside - S Tynesd

Southampton - Southmptn

Southend on Sea - Southend

Southwark - Southwrk

St Helens - St Helens

Staffordshire - Staffs

Stockport - Stockport

Stockton-on-Tees - Stockton-on-Tees

Stoke-on-Trent - Stoke-on-Trent

Suffolk - Suffolk

Sunderland - Sunderlnd

Surrey - Surrey

Sutton - Sutton

Swindon - Swindon

Tameside - Tameside

Telford and Wrekin - Tel&Wrek

Thurrock - Thurrock

Torbay - Torbay

Tower Hamlets - Tower Ham

Trafford - Trafford

Wakefield - Wakefield

Walsall - Walsall

Waltham Forest - Wal For

Wandsworth - Wandswrth

Warrington - Warringtn

Warwickshire - Warwicks

West Berkshire - W Berks

West Sussex - W Sussex

Westminster - Westmster

Wigan - Wigan

Wiltshire - Wilts

Windsor and Maidenhead - Wind&Maid

Wirral - Wirral

Wokingham - Wokinghm

Wolverhampton - Wolverhtn

Worcestershire - Worcs

York - York

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