WILMSLOW High School is one of the top-performing schools in Cheshire East in the newly-published secondary school league tables for England.

The tables have been published by the Department for Education, and show schools’ overall performance at the end of key stage 4 in 2018.

Wilmslow High was the third best school in Cheshire East for the percentage of students gaining grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs.

The results for local secondary schools in Cheshire East are as follows.

Grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs:

The top-performing school was King’s School, Macclesfield 90%

Alderley Edge School for Girls 59%

Holmes Chapel Comprehensive 52%

Knutsford Academy 54%

Middlewich High 30%

Wilmslow High 63%

Attainment 8 score: Schools get a score based on how well pupils have performed in up to eight qualifications, which include English, maths, three English Baccalaureate qualifications including sciences, computer science, history, geography and languages, and three other additional approved qualifications.

The top-performing school was King’s School, Macclesfield with a score of 66.6

Alderley Edge School for Girls 56.8

Holmes Chapel Comprehensive 51.7

Knutsford Academy 52

Middlewich High 42.4

Wilmslow High 55.8

Progress 8 score: This score shows how much progress pupils at this school made between the end of key stage 2 and the end of key stage 4, compared to pupils across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 2.

This is based on results in up to eight qualifications, which include English, maths, 3 English Baccalaureate qualifications including sciences, computer science, history, geography and languages, and 3 other additional approved qualifications.

The top-performing school was Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College with a score of 0.37 - above average

Alderley Edge School for Girls - not published

Holmes Chapel Comprehehnsive -0.07 - average

Knutsford Academy 0.19 - average

Middlewich High -0.24 - below average

Wilmslow High 0.23 - above average

The number of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4:

Alderley Edge 46

Holmes Chapel Comprehensive 191

Knutsford Academy 137

Middlewich High 124

Wilmslow High 295

To see the full results visit compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk