Three secondary schools in Deal and Dover have seen a rise in GCSE results, according to 2014’s official league table results.

Both St Edmund’s Catholic School in Dover and Dover Grammar School for Girls saw a 2% rise in pupils gaining five or more A*- C grades in both English and mathematics, while Castle Community College in Deal saw a massive 13% increase in achievement, to 33%.

Last year the school with sites in both Mill Road and Salisbury Road recorded only 20% of pupil’s achieving five or more A*- C in both English and mathematics GCSE – the worst in the district.

At the time, former principal Philip Bunn explained the low score was a result of last minute changes to the marking of GCSE English coursework. Months later, the school was placed in special measures.

Interim principal Jane Hadlow has welcomed the latest results.

She said: “We are absolutely delighted with last summer’s results.

“They were the start of our journey to success and our students deserved their achievements.

“We have built on two successful HMI inspections from September 2014 and January 2015 and we are proud of everyone’s achievements and hard work.”

She added: “We will continue moving onwards and upwards.”

Head teacher of Dover Grammar School for Girls Matthew Bartlett has congratulated his students and teachers for their near perfect 99% score of pupils who gained five or more A*- C grades in both English and mathematics.

But it isn’t a first for the high performing school who gained this outstanding score in 2010 and 2012, also.

The school was the only one in the area to make it into The Telegraph’s top 100 in the country for both its GSCE and A-Level results.

Mr Bartlett said: “We ranked 100th for GCSEs. We were the only East Kent school, and one of only seven in Kent.”

The school came 22nd in the country for its 2014 A-Level results. Sir Roger Manwood’s School also featured on this list in 99th place.

Mr Bartlett said: “This has been a team effort from both teachers and students, supported by our very loyal parents. It’s a result of everyone working extremely hard to raise everyone’s life choices.”

He added: “We would like it to be 100% and our goal remains 100%.”

Percentages were down for other schools in the area, including Sandwich Technology School which gained 47% last year and only 42% this year, Sir Roger Manwood’s School in Sandwich, which fell only 1% to 92% and Dover Grammar School for Boys, which scored 85%, a 7% loss from last year.