Pupils across Oxfordshire produced another set of bumper exam results, according to the latest Government performance tables.

Oxford High School for Girls is the best in the county with an average A-level point score of 29.33 and 100 per cent of pupils getting five A* to C grades at GCSE.

Magdalen College School was the only other school in the county to get 100 per cent Five A* to C grades at GCSE. At A-level the average point score was 25.3.

Deputy head Richard Cairns said: "Of the top five schools in the county, Magdalen College School, Oxford High, Radley, St Helens and St Katherines and Abingdon, all are independent and single sex, adding fresh impetus to the debate on single sex versus co-education stirred up earlier this year by Education secretary David Blunkett."

Mr Blunkett said he was looking at introducing single sex classes in mixed schools for core subjects such as maths.

Didcot Girls' School scored the highest at A-level with their point score average of 24.

Headteacher Jeannette Hebbert attributed the success rate to strong links between pupils' home lives and their school lives.

She said: "It's congratulations to the hard work of the pupils, staff and parents especially, who continue to support their daughters and the school. If it weren't for the dedicated links between the home and the school we wouldn't have been able to do it.

"We never have league tables in mind as we teach throughout the year. Absolutely not. We look at each child individually and make sure they work to their full potential. If you focus on the individual, you ensure everyone achieves."

The best state school in the county for GCSEs was the 11 to 16 Langtree in Woodcote, near Reading, which became the first in the county to break the 70 per cent barrier for five A* to C grades and got 73 per cent.

Headteacher Jerry Owens said: "We are a small school, so any variation in results has a big effect.

"We had 59 per cent of our pupils get five A to C last year. We have concentrated on spending more than most schools on people to teach and class sizes are small, so we think that has an impact on our results."

The Cherwell School came top among the state schools in Oxford with 62 per cent getting five A* to C GCSEs and an average A-level point score of 20.1.

Headteacher Martin Roberts said: "We have had our best A-level results yet.

"But league tables merely irritate me. They obscure the truth and do not actually tell anyone anything useful. We come out well year on year, because we have lots of able children who are particularly well taught.

"I'm pleased with our A level results especially because the success is notable on a national level. We achieved 67 per cent A-C grades. I would like us to hit 70 per cent before long."

St Augustine's School in Oxford was one of four schools in the county to do better than expected at GCSE, based on its intake of pupils getting free school meals. A total of 33 per cent got five A* to C. Its A-level average point score is 10.3.

John Mitchell, education spokesman for Oxfordshire County Council, said: "We are pleased to see that our county average for five grades A* to C at GCSE continues to rise as it has done over the last ten years."

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