Headteachers are planning to publish their own set of league tables - which they say will be fairer to schools than the present system.
The current system, the Association of School and College Leaders says, serves the Government's "political aims rather than pupils' needs".
Under plans drawn up by the ASCL and the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), parents will be able to judge a school not just by qualifications but by the ethos of the school itself.
Tables will cover GCSE results, extra-curricular activities, the curriculum and other details such as class sizes and subjects. The groups say that is what parents want.
"We are educating the whole child," said the ASCL's deputy general secretary Malcolm Trobe, "not just taking them through the exams".
Final grade exams are not published in the DfE's data He believes the Government's tables do not accurately reflect schools' actual achievements.
"For example, the league tables judge on the first entry grade, and not what is actually achieved," he said.
"So, the first grade may be a D, whereas the student's final result may be a B. It's unfair to the school not to include that."
The alternative tables will also be more concise, Mr Trobe explained.
"The DfE's tables are a myriad of columns and data which we think parents will find difficult to understand," he said.
"Ours aim to give parents the information they want in a clear and concise way they can readily understand, with the final examination grades included which, we believe, is an important piece of information that is missing at present."
Teachers believe extra-curriculum activities should be included in tables The alternative tables are due to be published at the same time as the DfE's, in January.
NAHT general secretary Russell Hobby said the Government's data often failed to address pupils' needs.
"Schools must be accountable, but the Government's performance tables have become a sledgehammer to crack the system - too often serving political aims rather than pupils' needs and driving the wrong decisions," he said.
"This initiative will, over time, give parents stable, accurate and neutral information about schools.
A Department for Education spokesman said: "We agree that information about school performance should be freely available to parents.
"That's why we have taken steps to make our league tables clearer and, in addition to our data, all schools must publish extensive information on their website - including pupil progress."
The news of the change comes as parents and children anxiously await A level results, which are due to be published on Thursday.
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