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Elsewhere, Pisa results were a further disappointment for the US, which saw its maths rank fall to 36th place overall, worse than its 2009 performance, which President Obama dubbed a "Sputnik moment" for American education.
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The UK's maths ranking fell by one place to 27th but its reading position rose two places, although in both cases the actual scores were barely changed from 2012's exam results.
In 2005, 15 percent of its pupils gained at least five GCSEs at grades A* C including English and maths, ranking it 103rd out of 120 Kent secondary schools.
In 2005, 32% of its pupils gained at least five GCSEs at grades A* C including English and maths, ranking it 71st out of Kent's 120 secondary schools.
In 2005, 14% of the school's pupils gained at least five GCSEs at grades A* C including English and maths, ranking it 107th out of Kent's 120 secondary schools.
In 2006, 98.3% of pupils achieved at least 5 A*-C grades at GCSE compared to an average of 66.7% for all secondary schools in Trafford and a national UK average of 61.3%; 97.5% of its pupils gained at least 5 A*-C grades at GCSE including English and maths, ranking the school 4th out of Trafford's 19 secondary schools.
In maths, Scotland ranked slightly higher than England.
In 2011, looking at how many students got five good GCSEs including English and maths, Bristol ranked 136th out of 151 local authorities.
The maths study also ranked the "safe and orderly" levels of schools - and found Northern Ireland was at the top, with England in 14th place.
In last year's PISA ranking of maths scores in 65 countries, England came 26th and Wales 43rd a wider gap than in previous years.Mr Jones accepts that such results damage the principality's economic reputation, and touts new money for underperforming schools.
In maths Wales is now ranked 43rd and although there was a higher score for reading this time it is now ranked 41st, and for science, joint 36th.
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