CHILDREN in Bolton make below average progress in secondary school, new figures reveal.

The department for education has published its annual school 'league' tables based on last summer's GCSE results.

Faith schools take the top five places ­— while one secondary school is, for the second year running, listed as of the country's worst performing.

See the full list of results below. 

Copy of Bolton league tables 2019.pdf

Overall Bolton's pass rate for pupils getting good five or more GCSE results, including English and maths dipped slightly to 57.1 per cent, compared to 58 per cent the year before.

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Nationally results also dipped with the pass rate falling from 61.2 per cent to 60.1 per cent.

And overall children in Bolton made below average progress while at secondary school.

Children at eight schools made below average progress and at two school well below average progress.

This means they made less progress than other pupils nationally with similar starting points.

Eden Boy's School is the borough best performing school based on the results of the first cohort of pupils to sit their GCSE exams at the school, which only opened four years ago.

Harper Green School in Farnworth has again failed to meet minimum standards and is one of just 346 schools in the country to be found to be under-performing, a list it made this time last year based on the school's 2017 GCSE results.

In total, children at two schools made well above average progress, above average progress at four schools and average progress at three schools.

A spokesman for Bolton Council said:“Recent changes to GCSEs make it difficult to draw any direct comparisons with previous years.

“However, Attainment 8 and Progress 8 scores have seen progress and there has been an increase in the number of pupils achieving a level 5 or higher in English and Maths.

“This is all down to the dedication of our teachers, pupils and parents.

“We are pleased to see so many schools performing well and we are working to improve standards across the borough.”

The schools are ranked based on the percentage of pupils gaining five or more good GCSEs including English and maths. Ties are broken by pupil numbers.