The Parent Power table has ranked schools on their average performance using A-Level, GCSE and International Baccalaureate results from summer 2022. While some of the list features Hexham and Morpeth schools, there is a strong showing for County Durham, Stockton, and Sunderland - which places Durham Johnston Comprehensive School as the top place and St Leonard’s RC School, Durham in second. Read more: The Times 20 best schools 2023: Durham, Teesside and Darlington rankedThe list is purely for the North East, with The Times ranking other schools in different regions of the UK in their own category. The rankings are just for state and grammar schools, but there is a separate list for independent schools too. Here is the list below:1 Durham Johnston Comprehensive School2 St Leonard’s RC School, Durham3 Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham4 Egglescliffe School, Stockton-on-Tees5 The King Edward VI School, Morpeth6 Whitley Bay High School7 Conyers School, Stockton-on-Tees8 St Anthony’s Girls’ RC Academy, Sunderland

Source: The Times February 25, 2023 17:58 UTC