Wolverhampton celebrating being top of the table

The city was ranked highest for the average percentage of pupils receiving five or more A*-C grades at GCSE including English and maths.

Wolverhampton Girls High School was named top for its GCSE results as every one of its 104 pupils managed at least five GCSE grades from A*-C including English and maths.

In second place was Wolverhampton Grammar School where 98 per cent of its 81 GCSE pupils managed similar results. Both schools were in the same positions for their A-level results. It meant both institutions were named in the top 200 schools of all types in the country.

A remarkable turnaround continued at the fourth-placed city school for GCSE results – Bilston's Moseley Park. In 2010, in its former guise as Moseley Park School and Technology College, it was placed into special measures by Ofsted.

This year, however, its bosses were celebrating 74 per cent of its 170 pupils taking home five GCSE grades from A*-C including English and maths. Heath Park, which has been the sponsoring academy for Moseley Park helping reverse its fortunes, itself came third in the city as 85 per cent of its 203 GCSE pupils managed five A*-C grades with English and maths.

Deansfield Community School was named in the top 200 most improved state secondary schools, based on the increase in the percentage of pupils who gained five or more GCSEs at C or higher from 2010 to 2013 – which leapt from 43 per cent to 72 per cent.

Six of the city's schools were named among the top 200 schools of all types in the country for Key Stage 5 vocational qualifications such as BTECs and NVQs.

They were Moreton Community School, Heath Park, Colton Hills Community School, the North East Wolverhampton Academy, Aldersley High School and Codsall Community High School.