More than a quarter-of-a-million children are being taught at under-performing secondary schools, according to official figures.
The data suggest that 11.6 per cent of state-funded mainstream schools - 346 in total - fell below the Government's minimum standards in 2018.
This means 282,603 schoolchildren are now being taught at under-performing secondaries - about 9.3 per cent.
Schools fall below the Government's performance threshold if pupils fail to make enough progress across eight subjects, with particular weight given to English and maths.
In 2017, 365 schools fell below the floor standard, but the figures are not directly comparable.
This is because the latest data does not apply to University Technical Colleges (UTCs) or further education colleges with 14-16 provision or studio schools.
School leaders said performance tables are 'long past their sell-by date', urging the public to take into consideration the data used to compile them.
Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: 'Performance tables can never tell the full story of a school and we urge parents and governors not to place too much weight on them.
'The secondary school performance tables are inherently flawed in that the headline measure of Progress 8 which is used to judge the performance of schools effectively penalises schools which have a high proportion of disadvantaged children.
'The effect of this is to stigmatise these schools, making it more difficult to recruit headteachers and teachers and demoralising pupils, parents and communities.'
He added: 'Current performance tables are long past their sell-by date.
'We urgently need fairer performance measures which better recognise the achievements of schools that teach the most vulnerable pupils.'
A secondary is considered to be below the Government's floor standard if, on average, pupils score half a grade less (-0.5) across eight GCSEs than they would have been expected to compared to pupils of similar abilities nationally.
Thursday's data, which covers every secondary in England, shows Yorkshire and Humber has the lowest proportion of under-performing schools, while the North West has the highest.
The figures also show the proportion of pupils achieving a grade 5 or above at GCSE in both English and maths has increased, from 42.6% last year to 43.3% this year.
The attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and others increased slightly, rising by 0.6% between 2017 and 2018.
The Department for Education data further reveals that 95.5% of pupils are now entering EBacc science at GCSE, up from 63.2% in 2010.
Andy Ratcliffe, CEO of education charity Impetus-PEF, said: 'Today's figures show that disadvantaged young people continue to be significantly less likely to achieve crucial GCSEs in English and maths than their better off peers.
'The gap between the two has in fact widened this year.
'English and maths are essential for young people to progress to the next stage in education or into work, and we know that young people who don't achieve the grades by 16 are unlikely to catch up.'
School standards minister Nick Gibb said: 'Making sure that all pupils, regardless of their background, are able to fulfil their potential is one of this Government's key priorities and these results show that more pupils across the country are doing just that.
'It's been clear for some time that standards are rising in our schools and today's data underlines the role academies and free schools are playing in that improvement, with progress above the national average and impressive outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.'
FULL LIST OF UNDER-PERFORMING SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Here is a list of the 346 state-funded mainstream secondary schools in England that did not meet the Government’s floor standard for performance in 2018.
The information reads, from left to right: name of school, town/city (where appropriate), local authority.
The list is divided into regions, and the schools appear alphabetically by local authority.
- East Midlands
David Nieper Academy, Alfreton
Haven High Academy, Boston
The Giles Academy Old Leake, Boston
William Lovell Church of England Academy, Stickney, Boston
Heritage High School, Clowne, Chesterfield
Netherthorpe School, Staveley, Chesterfield
The Bolsover School, Bolsover, Chesterfield
Tupton Hall School, Old Tupton, Chesterfield
Whittington Green School, Old Whittington, Chesterfield
City of Derby Academy, Derby
Da Vinci Academy, Breadsall, Derby
Merrill Academy, Alvaston, Derby
Noel-Baker Academy, Alvaston, Derby
The Bemrose School, Derby
The West Grantham Academy, Grantham
Kirkby College, Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Hamilton Academy, Leicester
Heath Lane Academy, Earl Shilton, Leicester
The Lancaster Academy, Leicester
The Winstanley School, Braunstone Town, Leicester
Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, Leicester
Lincoln Castle Academy, Lincoln
North Kesteven Academy, North Hykeham, Lincoln
Humphrey Perkins School, Barrow-upon-Soar, Loughborough
Meden School, Warsop, Mansfield
Queen Elizabeth Academy, Mansfield
Shirebrook Academy, Shirebrook, Mansfield
Ellis Guilford School, Basford, Nottingham
Park Vale Academy, Top Valley, Nottingham
The Bramcote School, Nottingham
The Long Eaton School, Long Eaton, Nottingham
Skegness Academy, Skegness
The Thomas Cowley High School, Spalding
Stamford Welland Academy, Stamford
Quarrydale Academy, Sutton-in-Ashfield
Wigston Academy, Wigston
- Eastern England
The Deanes, Thundersley, Benfleet
Castle View School, Canvey Island
Hylands School, Writtle, Chelmsford
St Helena School, Colchester
The Honywood Community Science School, Coggeshall, Colchester
Houghton Regis Academy, Houghton Regis, Dunstable
Queensbury Academy, Dunstable
Passmores Academy, Harlow
Harwich and Dovercourt High School, Harwich
Onslow St Audrey’s School, Hatfield
The Astley Cooper School, Hemel Hempstead
Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy, Ipswich
King’s Lynn Academy, King’s Lynn
Fearnhill School, Letchworth
Pakefield School Pakefield, Lowestoft
Ashcroft High School, Luton
Lea Manor High School Performing Arts College, Luton
The Hewett Academy, Norwich
Nene Park Academy, Orton Longueville, Peterborough
Queen Katharine Academy, Walton, Peterborough
The Ockendon Academy, South Ockendon
Cecil Jones Academy, Southend-on-Sea
Ortu Gable Hall School, Corringham, Stanford-le-Hope
Chase High School, Westcliff-on-Sea
New Rickstones Academy, Witham
- London
Compass School, Bermondsey
Bexleyheath Academy, Bexleyheath
Stanley Park High, Carshalton
Shirley High School Performing Arts College, Croydon
St Andrew’s CofE School, Croydon
St Mary’s Catholic High School, Croydon
Eastbrook School, Dagenham
Ark Evelyn Grace Academy, Lambeth, London
Conisborough College, Catford, London
Holloway School, London
Nightingale Academy, Edmonton, London
Raine’s Foundation School, Bethnal Green, London
Sedgehill School, London
Stationers’ Crown Woods Academy, Eltham, London
The John Roan School, Blackheath, London
Northolt High School, Northolt
The Brittons Academy, Rainham
Drapers’ Academy, Harold Hill, Romford
Cleeve Park School, Sidcup
Twickenham School, Twickenham
The Harefield Academy, Uxbridge
Welling School, Welling
- North-east England
NCEA Duke’s Secondary School, Ashington
Berwick Academy, Spittal, Berwick-upon-Tweed
The Blyth Academy, Blyth
The Hermitage Academy, Chester le Street
Polam Hall School, Darlington
St Aidan’s Church of England Academy, Darlington
Wyvern Academy, Darlington
Durham Community Business College for Technology and Enterprise, Ushaw Moor, Durham
Fyndoune Community College, Sacriston, Durham
Joseph Swan Academy, Gateshead
Thomas Hepburn Community Academy, Felling, Gateshead
Manor Community Academy, Hartlepool
St Hild’s Church of England Voluntary Aided School, West View, Hartlepool
Hetton School, Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton le Spring
Kepier, Houghton le Spring
Hillsview Academy, South Bank, Middlesbrough
Saint Peter’s Catholic Voluntary Academy, South Bank, Middlesbrough
Unity City Academy, Middlesbrough
Benfield School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Walbottle Campus, Walbottle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
John Spence Community High School, North Shields
Norham High School, North Shields
Rye Hills Academy, Redcar
Freebrough Academy, Brotton, Saltburn-By-the-Sea
Seaham High School, Seaham
Tanfield School, Specialist College of Science and Engineering, Stanley
Castle View Enterprise Academy, Sunderland
Farringdon Community Academy, Sunderland
Monkwearmouth Academy, Seaburn Dene, Sunderland
Red House Academy Red House Estate, Sunderland
Thornaby Academy, Thornaby
Washington Academy, Washington
- North-west England
Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington
Atherton Community School, Atherton
Fearns Community Sports College, Bacup
West Craven High School, Barnoldswick
Walney School, Walney, Barrow-in-Furness
Birkenhead Park School, Birkenhead
Our Lady and St John Catholic College, Blackburn
Highfield Leadership Academy, Blackpool
Montgomery High School, Bispham, Blackpool
South Shore Academy, Blackpool
Unity Academy, Blackpool
Harper Green School, Farnworth, Bolton
Hillside High School, Bootle
King’s Leadership Academy, Hawthornes, Bootle
Savio Salesian College, Bootle
Hameldon Community College, Burnley
Broad Oak Sports College, Bury
Tottington High School, Tottington, Bury
Richard Rose Central Academy, Carlisle
Blacon High School, Chester
Queen’s Park High School, Handbridge, Chester
Sir William Stanier Community School, Crewe
The Oaks Academy, Crewe
Dallam School, Cumbria
The Whitehaven Academy, Whitehaven, Cumbria
Darwen Aldridge Community Academy, Darwen
Darwen Vale High School, Darwen
All Saints Catholic College, Dukinfield
Rayner Stephens High School, Dukinfield
University of Chester CE Academy, Ellesmere Port
Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood
Fleetwood High School, Fleetwood
Siddal Moor Sports College, Heywood
Longdendale High School, Hollingworth, Hyde
All Saints Catholic High School, Kirkby, Knowsley
Bedford High School, Leigh
Alsop High School Technology & Applied Learning Specialist College, Liverpool
Deyes High School, Maghull, Liverpool
Fazakerley High School, Fazakerley, Liverpool
King’s Leadership Academy, Liverpool Liverpool
Kirkby High School, Kirkby, Liverpool
Lord Derby Academy, Huyton, Liverpool
Notre Dame Catholic College, Liverpool
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Whiston, Liverpool
St Francis Xavier’s College, Woolton Hill Road, Liverpool
The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, Kensington, Liverpool
The Academy of St Nicholas, Garston, Liverpool
The De La Salle Academy, Croxteth, Liverpool
The Prescot School, Prescot, Liverpool
The Macclesfield Academy, Macclesfield
Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School, Middleton, Manchester
Co-op Academy, Failsworth, Manchester
Co-op Academy, North Manchester, Blackley, Manchester
Harrop Fold School, Worsley, Manchester
Irlam and Cadishead College, Irlam, Manchester
Lostock College, Stretford, Manchester
Newall Green High School, Wythenshawe, Manchester
Saint Paul’s Catholic High School, Newall Green, Manchester
St Matthew’s RC High School, Moston, Manchester
The East Manchester Academy, Beswick, Manchester
Walkden High School, Worsley, Manchester
Netherhall School, Maryport
Oasis Academy, Oldham
Waterhead Academy, Oldham
Carr Hill High School and Sixth Form Centre, Kirkham, Preston
Fulwood Academy, Fulwood, Preston
St Cuthbert’s RC High School, Thornham, Rochdale
Sandymoor, Runcorn
St Chads Catholic and Church of England High School, Runcorn
Buile Hill Visual Arts College, Salford
The Albion Academy, Salford
Lathom High School : A Technology College, Skelmersdale
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College, Skelmersdale
De La Salle School, Eccleston, St Helens
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic High School, Blackbrook, St Helens
St Cuthbert’s Catholic High School, Sutton, St Helens
Copley Academy, Stalybridge
Werneth School, Romiley, Stockport
The Mosslands School, Wallasey
The Oldershaw Academy, Wallasey
University Academy, Warrington
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College, Widnes
Dean Trust, Orrell, Wigan
Hindley High School, Hindley, Wigan
Rose Bridge Academy, Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan
St John Fisher Catholic High School, Springfield, Wigan
Solway Community Technology College, Silloth, Wigton
Bebington High Sports College, Bebington, Wirral
Manchester Enterprise Academy, Wythenshawe
Manchester Health Academy, Wythenshawe
- South-east England
Alderwood School, Aldershot
The Mandeville School, Aylesbury
Aylesford School - Sports College, Aylesford
Wykham Park Academy, Banbury
Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College, Basingstoke
Everest Community Academy, Basingstoke
The Vyne Community School, Basingstoke
Longhill High School, Rottingdean, Brighton
The Charles Dickens School, Broadstairs
Carterton Community College, Carterton
Chichester High School, Chichester
High Weald Academy, Cranbrook
Thomas Bennett Community College, Tilgate, Crawley
Astor College (A Specialist College for the Arts), Dover
Dover Christ Church Academy, Whitfield, Dover
St Edmund’s Catholic School, Dover
Causeway School, Eastbourne
Crestwood Community School, Boyatt Wood, Eastleigh
Portchester Community School, Portchester, Fareham
Cove School, Farnborough
Kings College, Guildford
Ark William Parker Academy, Hastings
Havant Academy, Havant
Park Community School, Leigh Park, Havant
The Littlehampton Academy, Littlehampton
Hartsdown Academy, Margate
Sir Herbert Leon Academy, Bletchley, Milton Keynes
Stantonbury Campus, Stantonbury, Milton Keynes
Oasis Academy, Isle of Sheppey, Minster-on-Sea
The Marsh Academy, New Romney
Carisbrooke College, Newport
Medina College, Newport
Cheney School, Headington, Oxford
Miltoncross Academy, Milton, Portsmouth
Trafalgar School, Hilsea, Portsmouth
The Royal Harbour Academy, Ramsgate
John Madejski Academy, Reading
Prospect School, Tilehurst, Reading
Sandwich Technology School, Sandwich
Beechwood School, Slough
The E-Act Burnham Park Academy, Burnham, Slough
Wexham School, Slough
The Holmesdale School, Snodland
Chamberlayne College for the Arts, Weston, Southampton
Oasis Academy, Mayfield, Southampton
Redbridge Community School, Southampton
Woodlands Community College, Southampton
The Malling School, West Malling
- South-west England
Pilton Community College, Barnstaple
Beechen Cliff School, Bath
St Mark’s CofE School, Bath
Bideford College, Bideford
Harewood College, Bournemouth
Oak Academy, Bournemouth
Broadlands Academy, Keynsham, Bristol
Henbury School, Henbury, Bristol
King’s Oak Academy, Kingswood, Bristol
Merchants’ Academy, Withywood, Bristol
Brixham College, Brixham
St Luke’s Science and Sports College, Exeter
Steiner Academy Exeter Thomas Hall, Exeter
Beaufort Co-operative Academy, Tuffley, Gloucester
Gloucester Academy, Gloucester
Hayle Community School, Hayle
Holsworthy Community College, Holsworthy
The Dean Academy, Lydney
Treviglas Community College, Newquay
Paignton Community and Sports Academy, Paignton
Pewsey Vale School, Pewsey
All Saints Church of England Academy, Plymouth
Marine Academy, Plymouth
Sir John Hunt Community Sports College, Whitleigh, Plymouth
St Boniface’s RC College, Crownhill, Plymouth
Pool Academy Pool, Redruth
Avon Valley College, Durrington, Salisbury
The Taunton Academy, Taunton
North Somerset Enterprise and Technology College, Weston-Super-Mare
The Wey Valley School Weymouth
Buckler’s Mead Academy, Yeovil
Preston School Academy, Yeovil
- West Midlands
Central Academy, Ladywood, Birmingham
Cockshut Hill Technology College, Yardley, Birmingham
Great Barr Academy, Great Barr, Birmingham
North Birmingham Academy, Erdington, Birmingham
Turves Green Boys’ School, Northfield, Birmingham
Waseley Hills High School, Rubery, Birmingham
Staffordshire University Academy, Hednesford, Cannock
Ernesford Grange Community Academy, Coventry
Grace Academy, Coventry
West Coventry Academy, Coventry
Whitley Academy Whitley, Coventry
St James Academy, Dudley
The Link Academy, Netherton, Dudley
Aylestone School, Broadlands Lane, Hereford
The Hereford Academy, Redhill, Hereford
Wolstanton High Academy, Newcastle
Newcastle Academy, The Westlands, Newcastle Under Lyme
Hartshill School, Hartshill, Nuneaton
The George Eliot School, Nuneaton
The Nuneaton Academy, Nuneaton
Perryfields High School Specialist Maths and Computing College, Oldbury
Shrewsbury Academy, Shrewsbury
Lyndon School, Solihull
King Edward VI High School, Stafford
Birches Head Academy, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
St Peter’s CofE Academy, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent
St Thomas More Catholic Academy, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
The King’s CofE (VA) School, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent
University Academy, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent
John Willmott School, Sutton Coldfield
The Telford Park School, Stirchley, Telford
The Telford Priory School, Telford
RSA Academy, Gospel Oak, Tipton
The ACE Academy, Tipton
Bloxwich Academy, Bloxwich, Walsall
Blue Coat Church of England Academy, Walsall
Brownhills School, Brownhills, Walsall
Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School College of Performing Arts, Wednesbury
Willenhall E-ACT Academy, Willenhall
Moreton School, Bushbury, Wolverhampton
Ormiston NEW Academy Fordhouses, Wolverhampton
Wednesfield High Specialist Engineering Academy, Wolverhampton
- Yorkshire & the Humber
Netherwood Academy, Wombwell, Barnsley
Appleton Academy, Bradford
Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy, Buttershaw, Bradford
Hanson School, Swain House Road, Bradford
One In A Million Free School, Bradford
Queensbury Academy, Queensbury, Bradford
Sir Thomas Wharton Academy, Edlington, Doncaster
EBOR Academy, Filey
Ormiston Maritime Academy, Grimsby
Almondbury Community School, Almondbury, Huddersfield
Royds Hall Community School, Paddock, Huddersfield
The Boulevard Academy, Kingston-upon-Hull
Bishop Young Church of England Academy, Seacroft, Leeds
John Smeaton Academy, Barwick Road, Leeds
Mexborough Academy, Mexborough
Chaucer School, Sheffield
Dinnington High School, Dinnington, Sheffield
Westfield School, Sothall, Sheffield
Horbury Academy, Horbury, Wakefield
Is YOUR secondary school on the list? All you have to do is type its postcode into the box below to see if it is one of the 346 state-funded mainstream secondary schools in England that did not meet the Government’s floor standard for performance in 2018.
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