Camden School for Girls has been recognised as the top performing schools for progress in the borough.

Today (Thursday) the Department for Education published secondary school league tables, featuring the results of the first students to sit new, tougher GCSEs in English and maths.

The tables use raw GCSE results from last year and a raft of data from the DforE to evaluate how well pupils progress in a school since starting in secondary school and sitting their exams – resulting in Progress 8 and Attainment 8 scores.

Progress 8 scores are centred around 0, with most schools within the range of -1 to +1. The data shows how many schools have missed the government’s floor standard of -0.5.

Camden scored as the joint third worst borough for Progress 8 in London.

Overall performance at end of key stage 4 in 2017 (Progress 8):

‘Well above average’:

Camden School for Girls: 0.65

‘Above average’:

La Sainte Union: 0.46

Parliament Hill School: 0.42

Acland Burghley School: 0.24

Maria Fidelis Convent School: 0.24

The UCL Academy: 0.24

‘Average’:

Hampstead School: -0.08

Regent High School: -0.16

‘Below average’:

William Ellis School: -0.25

‘Well below average’:

Haverstock School: -0.65