The move follows growing recruitment issues in core subjects including Maths, English and Science.
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The best performing county was Sutton in London, where 74.7% of pupils got the government benchmark of five GCSEs, including maths and English.
The classes cover a range of subjects, including maths, ICT, languages and sciences, and relate directly to the content of the workshops which the students have opted for in order to captivate their interest further.
Stratford Academy head teacher Andrew Seager said the school had made good progress in the past five years, with results rising from 42% of pupils getting five good GCSEs including maths and English to 62%.
The most recent data on GCSEs in England, published in January, showed that pupils from a black background remain the lowest performing group in terms of how many students get five good GCSEs including maths and English.
Mr Laws told delegates it was "quite literally intolerable" that in some schools and certain areas of the country almost eight in 10 children on free school meals - a key measure of poverty - failed to get five good GCSEs, including maths and English.
Revised GCSEs in academic subjects, including English and maths, are due to be introduced in 2015.
In total, 58.3% of state school pupils achieved at least five Cs, including English and maths.
Some 82% of pupils achieve at least five good GCSEs including English and maths - far above the national average of 53%.
The proportion of teenagers achieving at least five good GCSEs including English and maths has fallen for the first time, official figures show.
The students at the JCB academy will focus on key areas including languages, maths and physics, as well as extra subjects, such as maths for engineering.
Mr Twigg said that white working class pupils on free school meals were the worst performers, with fewer than 30% achieving five good GCSEs, including English and maths.
There will be a new eight-subject measure of GCSEs, including English and maths, three subjects out of sciences, languages, history and geography and three other subjects, such as art, music or RE.
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Every one of the 117 pupils entered for GCSEs at Colyton Grammar School in Devon got at least five good grades including English and maths, achieving the best results for GCSEs in England.
It emerged last year that among the schools on a "hit list" of those where under 30% of pupils were getting good GCSE grades, including English and maths, were a number that had been rated "outstanding".
With only about 60% of 16-year-olds currently achieving the government's benchmark of five good GCSE passes including English and maths, it is clear many young people might not have passed the EBCs, which were being presented as more demanding than the current exams.
Since then Ms Barton says she has focussed funding on hiring highly qualified teachers and on extra support for pupils who struggle with English and maths, including one to one tuition for those in danger of falling behind.
We need to have more high quality options available at age 16, including all young people studying English and maths to 18.
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