The county came fourth behind the same three counties with 54.8 per cent of pupils gaining five or A*-C grades when including maths and English at GCSE, above the regional average of 53 per cent and the national average of 52.8 per cent.
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Nationally the number of pupils making the grade fell from 56.8 per cent last year to 56.3 per cent this year in state schools.
For the year 2014-15, Lincolnshire schools fared well in the East Midlands coming third equal for the percentage of pupils at the end of key stage 4 achieving five or more A*-C grades.
North Yorkshire’s GCSE pass rate in Maths has increased and is 6 percentage points above national figures.
Two years ago Norfolk County Council launched its strategy A Good School for Every Norfolk Learner, highlighting its determination to further challenge and support schools to improve.
“These are provisional results based on data that is still to be validated”.
The A-level results in the borough are also lower than the national average. “Our current Year 11s have been spurred on by the achievements of last year’s students and are working incredibly hard to achieve even better grades this summer”.
Stockport Academy was the most improved school in the region with an increased pass rate from 34pc to 46pc.
As well as this, the DfE said figures show recently-opened sponsored academies are matching – or bettering – their performance year-on-year, despite facing significant challenges of transforming underperforming schools.
Doncaster had 49 per cent of pupils achieving five good GCSEs including English and maths down from 49.4 per cent in 2014. For instance, a quarter of students who received their GCSE results in August were not in Peterborough schools at the start of their secondary education and our results should be viewed in that context also.
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As a result of the improvements in the county, Essex climbs from 85th to 53rd in the local authority rankings.
