This table shows the top 100 schools in the UK for 2016, according to percentage of A* and A grades at GCSE. This is not the only method that should be used to judge a school. Other ways to rank schools could be more appropriate, such as percentage of A*s and A grades at A-Level.
Please note: This data cannot be guaranteed to be definitive. Some schools will not supply their results. Sometimes grades improve as a result of appeals on exam results.
Position | A* and A % | Name | Day/Board | Boys/Girls | Day Fee £ | Board Fee £ |
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1 | 99.50 | St Paul’s Girls’ School – Hammersmith | Day | Girls | 24,741 | |
2 | 98.15 | Westminster School | Both | Boys (Co-ed 6th Form) | 27,600 | 36,462 |
3 | 98.06 | North London Collegiate School – Edgware | Day | Girls | 19,062 | |
4 | 97.39 | Wycombe Abbey School | Boarding | Girls | 27,564 | 36,750 |
5 | 97.15 | City of London School for Girls | Day | Girls | 16,056 | |
6 | 96.75 | St Paul’s School – London | Both | Boys | 23,481 | 35,169 |
7 | 96.66 | Royal Grammar School – Guildford | Day | Boys | ||
8 | 96.60 | Guildford High School for Girls | Day | Girls | 16,242 | |
9 | 96.10 | Lady Eleanor Holles School – Richmond | Day | Girls | 18,945 | |
10 | 96.08 | King’s College – Wimbledon | Day | Boys (Co-ed 6th form) | 20,400 | |
11 | 95.67 | Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School – Elstree | Day | Boys | 18,456 | |
12 | 95.63 | Eton College | Boarding | Boys | 37,062 | |
13 | 95.49 | Withington Girls School | Day | Girls | 12,384 | |
14 | 94.94 | Godolphin & Latymer School – Hammersmith | Day | Girls | 20,148 | |
15 | 94.75 | Magdalen College School | Day | Boys (Co-ed 6th form) | 17,115 | |
16 | 94.34 | Perse Upper School – Cambridge | Day | Co-ed | 16,032 | |
17 | 94.12 | School of St Helen and St Katharine | Day | Girls | 14,745 | |
18 | 94.04 | Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls – Elstree | Day | Girls | 16,446 | |
19 | 93.90 | Winchester College | Boarding | Boys | 36,678 | |
20 | 92.83 | City of London School for Boys | Day | Boys | ||
21 | 92.79 | Alleyn’s School – Dulwich | Day | Co-ed | 18,126 | |
22 | 92.59 | King Edward VI High – Girls/ Birmingham | Day | Girls | 12,042 | |
23 | 92.48 | Wimbledon High School GDST | Day | Girls | 17,328 | |
24 | 92.17 | St Albans High School for Girls | Day | Girls | 16,800 | |
25 | 92.12 | James Allen’s Girls’ School | Day | Girls | 16,515 | |
26 | 92.07 | Brighton College | Both | Co-ed | 22,710 | 39,600 |
27 | 91.70 | Oxford High School GDST | Day | Girls | 14,424 | |
28 | 91.37 | Hampton School – Middlesex | Day | Boys | 18,375 | |
29 | 91.14 | South Hampstead High School | Day | Girls | 17,547 | |
30 | 91.06 | Notting Hill & Ealing High School | Day | Girls | 17,262 | |
31 | 90.33 | St Catherine’s School – Guildford | Both | Girls | 17,550 | 28,905 |
32 | 90.30 | Cheltenham Ladies’ College | Both | Girls | 26,220 | 38,670 |
33 | 89.84 | Bancroft’s School – Woodford Green | Day | Co-ed | 16,323 | |
34 | 89.45 | Tonbridge School | Both | Boys | 28,158 | 37,539 |
35 | 89.25 | Oundle School – Peterborough | Both | Co-ed | 22,065 | 34,440 |
36 | 89.13 | University College School – Hampstead | Day | Boys (Co-ed 6th Form) | 18,792 | |
37 | 88.42 | Manchester Grammar School | Day | Boys | 11,970 | |
38 | 88.40 | Trinity School – Croydon | Day | Boys (Co-ed 6th Form) | 15,906 | |
39 | 88.24 | Highgate School – London | Day | Co-ed | 19,590 | |
40 | 88.17 | St Helen’s – Northwood | Day | Girls | 15,978 | |
41 | 87.72 | Merchant Taylors’ School – Northwood | Day | Boys | 19,520 | |
42 | 87.62 | St Mary’s School – Ascot | Both | Girls | 25,170 | 35,370 |
43 | 87.42 | King Edward’s School (Boys) – Birmingham | Day | Boys | 12,375 | |
44 | 87.34 | Abingdon School | Both | Boys | 18,585 | 38,625 |
45 | 87.01 | Putney High School | Day | Girls | 17,409 | |
46 | 86.66 | Latymer Upper School – Hammersmith | Day | Co-ed | 18,510 | |
47 | 86.52 | Francis Holland School – Sloane Square | Day | Girls | 19,170 | |
48 | 86.49 | Dulwich College | Both | Boys | 18,915 | 39,480 |
49 | 86.00 | Downe House School – Berks | Both | Girls | 25,440 | 35,160 |
50 | 85.68 | Stephen Perse Foundation (formerly Perse Girls) – Cambridge | Day | Girls (Co-ed 3-11 & 6th form) | 15,975 | |
51 | 85.38 | St Swithun’s School – Winchester | Both | Girls (Co-ed 3-7) | 20,163 | 32,310 |
52 | 85.00 | Harrow School | Boarding | Boys | 37,350 | |
53 | 84.54 | Radley College | Boarding | Boys | 35,490 | |
54 | 84.37 | Abbey School – Reading | Day | Girls | 15,720 | |
55 | 84.06 | Sir William Perkins’s School | Day | Girls | ||
56 | 83.36 | Channing School – Highgate | Day | Girls | 17,580 | |
57 | 83.32 | Reigate Grammar School | Day | Co-ed | 17,460 | |
58 | 82.85 | City of London Freemen’s School – Ashtead | Both | Co-ed | 17,196 | 27,867 |
59 | 82.65 | Kingston Grammar School | Day | Co-ed | 18,045 | |
60 | 82.10 | Rugby School | Both | Co-ed | 21,378 | 34,071 |
61 | 82.02 | Eltham College | Day | Boys (Co-ed 6th form) | 16,245 | |
62 | 81.96 | Exeter School | Day | Co-ed | 12,315 | |
63 | 81.88 | Royal Grammar School – Newcastle | Day | Co-ed | ||
64 | 81.65 | Concord College – Shrewsbury | Both | Co-ed | 13,500 | 36,000 |
65 | 81.58 | Whitgift School – Croydon | Both | Boys | 18,618 | 35,522 |
66 | 81.16 | Manchester High School for Girls | Day | Girls | 11,253 | |
67 | 80.41 | Headington School – Oxford | Both | Girls | 17,970 | 35,250 |
68 | 80.24 | King’s High School for Girls – Warwick | Day | Girls | ||
69 | 79.65 | Ibstock Place School – Roehampton | Day | Co-ed | 19,200 | |
= | 79.65 | Warwick School | Both | Boys | 12,183 | 26,397 |
71 | 79.45 | Solihull School | Day | Co-ed | ||
72 | 78.66 | Caterham School | Both | Co-ed | 17,478 | 32,862 |
73 | 78.50 | St James Independent School For Senior Girls – London W14 | Day | Girls | ||
74 | 78.17 | Dauntsey’s School – Devizes | Both | Co-ed | 17,940 | 34,290 |
75 | 77.66 | King Edward VI School – Southampton | Day | Co-ed | 14,985 | |
76 | 77.60 | Leicester Grammar School | Day | Co-ed | 12,342 | |
77 | 77.44 | Queen’s College – London | Day | Girls | ||
78 | 77.00 | St Mary’s School – Calne | Both | Girls | 27,150 | 36,450 |
79 | 76.97 | Badminton School – Bristol | Both | Girls | 17,850 | 35,250 |
80 | 76.91 | St Albans School | Day | Boys (Co-ed 6th Form) | 17,238 | |
81 | 76.78 | Loughborough High School | Day | Girls | 11,472 | |
82 | 76.27 | King’s School – Canterbury | Both | Co-ed | 26,700 | 35,295 |
83 | 76.11 | St Peter’s School – York | Both | Co-ed | 16,935 | 28,845 |
84 | 75.72 | Royal High School – Bath | Both | Girls | 13,116 | 28,374 |
85 | 75.61 | Grange School – Cheshire | Day | Co-ed | 10,830 | |
86 | 75.23 | Wakefield Girls’ High School | Day | Girls | ||
87 | 74.83 | Leicester High School for Girls | Day | Girls | ||
88 | 74.74 | Bristol Grammar School | Day | Co-ed | ||
89 | 74.54 | Howell’s School Llandaff GDST – Cardiff | Day | Girls | 13,317 | |
90 | 74.24 | King’s School – Cheshire | Day | Co-ed | 12,888 | |
91 | 74.23 | Roedean School – Brighton | Both | Girls | 20,160 | 36,180 |
92 | 74.16 | Nottingham High School for Girls | Day | Girls | 12,681 | |
93 | 74.06 | Woldingham School – Caterham | Both | Girls | 22,107 | 35,613 |
94 | 73.91 | Queen’s Gate – Kensington | Day | Girls | ||
95 | 72.87 | Nottingham High School | Day | Boys (Co-ed 6th form) | 13,824 | |
96 | 72.79 | Francis Holland School – Regent’s Park | Day | Girls | 18,930 | |
97 | 72.35 | Norwich School | Day | Co-ed | 15,060 | |
98 | 72.29 | King Edward’s School – Bath | Day | Co-ed | ||
99 | 72.00 | Fettes College – Edinburgh | Both | Co-ed | 25,545 | 32,340 |
100 | 71.81 | Ipswich High School GDST | Day | Girls |