The success of England's academies is being questioned after data showed they rely more heavily than regular state schools on vocational GCSE equivalents.
Figures from parliamentary questions, in the TES, show 49% of academy A*-C GCSE passes were for "academic" exams, compared with 73% in other schools.
Think tank Civitas says the vocational exams taken instead - which still count for league tables - are less demanding.
The government says academies are improving at twice the national rate.
And a spokesman stressed that this was even the case when these independently run, state-funded schools were measured against the national benchmark of five good (grades A* to C) GCSEs including English and maths.
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