A WORCESTER school has dominated both the GCSE and A-level league tables after scoring top marks in summer exams.

King's School, Worcester topped the A-level table and came second in the GCSE table.

The school, at College Green, recorded an average A-level points score of 7.8 and a GCSE pass rate of 99 per cent of pupils achieving five or more grades at A* to C.

"Yet again our A-level results have come out very well. I am delighted for the students, they were a great working group and all their hard work has really paid off," said Headmaster Tim Keyes of King's School Worcester.

"It is the best percentage of A and B grades we have ever had and is a fitting tribute to all the teachers' efforts."

The Alice Ottley School on The Tything, Worcester, was in third place in the GCSE table with a score of 98 per cent, followed closely by St Mary's Convent School at Mount Battenhall, Worcester and Whitford Hall and Dodderhill School in Droitwich.

The highest position for a state school was 10th, achieved by Haybridge High School.

Pupils there achieved a pass rate of 85 per cent - higher than independent Malvern Girls' College.

The Chantry High School at Martley, near Worcester, scored well above the county average. The school recorded a pass rate of 65 per cent.

"We are very pleased," said headteacher Caroline Browne. "It's an improvement on last year but the higher up you get the harder it is to get even more improvement.

"What's particularly impressive is that while there's a national problem with boys underachieving this year, our boys have closed the gap.

"Our staff are working very hard."

At the other end of the table Elgar Technology College was ranked in 41st place with a pass rate of 19 per cent. This is an increase of 3 per cent on last year's results.

But The Harry Cheshire Community High School in Kidderminster recorded a significant decrease in its results, dropping from 30 per cent to 23 per cent.