Tiffin Girls School was ranked as the third best performing school in the country in the latest round of figures released by the Department for Education (DfE).    

This year, the DfE has introduced a new performance indicator, Progress 8, that ranks all schools based on pupils' attainment levels from primary to secondary.

The change has knocked grammar schools off the usual top spots, instead judging schools best schools in England are those which make the greatest advances in their grades.

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Kingston’s average Progress 8 score of 0.34 is above the national average, as is Richmond’s with 0.1.

In Richmond, 71.3 per cent of pupils achieved a C grade or better in English and Maths while neighbouring Kingston trumped the figure with 79.2 per cent.

The new measure shows that London has the lowest proportion of underperforming schools in the country at just 3.1 per cent below the threshold.

This year, nine of the top 10 schools for GCSE results were state schools. 

School in Kingston:

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The Kingston Academy, Rokeby Senior School, Marymount International School, London Tutorial College, Dysart School, Bedelsford School, Shrewsbury House School and St Philip's School (no data available)

Schools in Richmond:

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Turing House School, St Richard Reynolds Catholic School, Claredon School, Newland House School, Strathmore School, The Swedish School, Tower House School, Twickenham Preparatory School, King's House School, The German School, Hampton High, Twickenham Academy, The Mall School (no data available)