The latest set of government figures show just how well Jewish schools did in last summer’s A-levels.

Two schools, Yavneh College and Immanuel College, achieved an average A- grade in 2019, whereas no Jewish school managed more than a B+ the previous year.

Immanuel’s record grades put it in 59th place in the overall English schools table, one place below North London College and one above Harrow.

Yavneh came out top among Jewish schools for progress, which measures how well pupils performed in their sixthform exams compared to schools with similar results at GCSE.

Yavneh also came top of the Jewish schools for progress in more vocational courses, known as “applied general qualifications”.

Although a number of Jewish schools recorded minus scores for progress at A-level, they were still classified within the average bracket.

However, three schools —Kantor King Solomon, Menorah Grammar and Beth Jacob — were ranked as well below average for progress between GCSE and A-level, putting them in the bottom five per cent of schools nationwide in this category.

Five Jewish schools have improved their A-level grades for each year from 2017 to 2019: JFS, Yavneh, JCoSS, Hasmonean and Immanuel.

This is notable since revised A-levels were meant to be tougher, with more depending on the final exams and less coursework.