How did your school perform in today’s provisional GCSE league table?

The government has released provisional results for GCSE exams pupils sat this summer.

The county is also among the top 10 per cent of authorities for results in A-levels and their equivalent, ranked at 10th nationally for average points per student.

Yesterday’s statistics show that 53.8 per cent of students achieved five A* to C grades, including English and maths – compared with 52 per cent on the same day past year, which is an improvement of 1.8 percentage points.

Rutland was top with 75.5 per cent, second was Leicestershire with 66.4 per cent and Lincolnshire was equal with Nottinghamshire with 64.5 per cent. This was above the average for the region and above the national average of 64.2 per cent.

However, the decline in grades in Yorkshire was smaller than anywhere other than the South and East of England meaning the region has narrowed the gap with the national average.

Inspection data from the last academic year also shows that the proportion of “good” Norfolk schools has increased at a greater rate than that seen nationally, with 22,000 more Norfolk children now attending good schools than in 2013.

As well as this, the DfE said figures show recently-opened sponsored academies are matching – or bettering – their performance year-on-year, despite facing significant challenges of transforming underperforming schools.

Many schools are in the process of having papers remarked or appealing so the final ratified results will not be available until January.

Education leaders across the county have backed the strategy, showing a shared commitment to raise standards.

County Councillor Arthur Barker, North Yorkshire’s executive member for schools said: “Our young people and school staff work extremely hard to reach these very high standards and we must congratulate everybody on their GCSE and A-level results”.

“As a council, we remain committed to ensuring pupils receive the best possible education”.