Dartford’s best-performing secondary schools based on Attainment 8 scores have been revealed by the Government.

Attainment 8 is a new way of calculating pupil achievement.

It measures the achievement of a pupil across eight qualifications, with mathematics and English given extra weight.

Some of the schools in Dartford outperformed the national Attainment 8 average of 44.3 this year.

Dartford Grammar School was the top-performing school in the borough, with a score of 73.2.

Here is a full list of schools, ranked by attainment 8, based on data released by the government.

Government-labelled 'special' schools have been omitted from this ranking.

Dartford Grammar School – 73.2

Dartford Grammar School for Girls – 73.1

Wilmington Grammar School for Boys – 64.8

Wilmington Grammar School for Girls – 63.8

Wilmington Academy – 43.3

Dartford Science & Technology College – 41.0

Longfield Academy – 41.6

The Leigh Academy – 41.2

The Ebbsfleet Academy – 40.9

The Leigh UTC – 33.1