The top ten colleges and improving colleges based on A-level point scores

Top ten collegesand sixth-formconsortia

average A/AS points score per candidate.

Dame Allan's Schools Centre*25.3

Runshaw College 23.1

St Aidan's andSt John FisherAssociated SixthForm Centre*23

Didcot Sixth-Form*22.9

Alton College 21.6

Truro College 21.3

Sleaford SchoolsJoint Sixth Form* 21.1

Royal Forest of Dean College 20.1

Leicester SouthFields College 20

North Devon

College 19.8

Top ten improving colleges and sixth-form consortia average A/AS level points rise per candidate 1995 to 1998.

East YorkshireCollege of FurtherEducation 14

Plymouth College of Further Education 10.4

Halton College 10

Furness College 8

Darlington College of Technology 7.4

Barking College 6.7

Truro College 6.6

Royal Forest ofDean College 6.6

City College,Birmingham 6.6

Cornwall College 6.6

sixth form consortia