The Top 100 Senior Schools A + B Grade at A Level

In this section we give you our own assessment of the Top 100 independent senior schools in England and Wales for 2008. These positions are compiled from the % of A & B grades at A levels.

Click on the name of a school to find out its type, contact details, day or boarding and the annual fees.

Use the links in the right column to select how you would like sort the 100 Senior Schools A + B Grade at A Level.

	A + B %	Name	Day / Board	Boy / Girl	Day £	Board £
1	99.60	Magdalen College School	Day	Boys	11,184	NA
2	99.56	City of London School for Girls	Day	Girls	12,375	NA
3	99.03	Wycombe Abbey School - Buckinghamshire	Boarding	Girls	NA	27,300
4	98.94	Perse School for Girls - Cambridge	Day	Girls	12,105	NA
5	98.82	Westminster School - London	Both	Boys (Co-ed 6th Form)	20,664	27,516
6	98.33	St Paul's Girls' School - Hammersmith	Day	Girls	14,523	NA
7	98.15	King Edward VI High - Girls/ Birmingham	Day	Girls	8,430	NA
8	98.04	North London Collegiate School - Edgware	Day	Girls	11,925	NA
9	97.28	Guildford High School for Girls	Day	Girls	10,716	NA
10	96.46	Withington Girls School - Manchester	Day	Girls	9,018	NA
11	96.12	Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls - Elstree	Day	Girls	10,032	NA
12	96.09	Eton College	Boarding	Boys	NA	28,080
13	96.05	Lady Eleanor Holles School - Richmond	Day	Girls	12,540	NA
14	95.97	St Paul's School - London	Both	Boys	16,521	24,468
15	95.79	St Catherine's School - Guildford	Both	Girls	12,465	20,520
16	95.56	St Mary's School - Ascot	Both	Girls	18,930	26,610
17	95.11	Badminton School - Bristol	Both	Girls	14,370	25,530
18	94.70	St Mary's School - Calne	Both	Girls	18,900	26,400
19	94.16	Godolphin & Latymer School - Hammersmith	Day	Girls	14,346	NA
20	94.00	Brighton College	Both	Co-ed	16,530	25,620
21	93.94	Perse School for Boys - Cambridge	Day	Boys (Co-ed 6th Form)	11,724	NA
22	93.81	King Edward's School (Boys) - Birmingham	Day	Boys	8,970	NA
23	93.80	Winchester College	Both	Boys	26,475	27,870
24	93.70	University College School - Hampstead	Day	Boys	13,860	NA
25	93.62	Cheltenham Ladies' College	Both	Girls	19,473	28,734
26	93.60	Manchester Grammar School	Day	Boys	8,976	NA
27	93.54	Manchester High School for Girls	Day	Girls	8,634	NA
28	93.28	St Albans High School for Girls	Day	Girls	11,115	NA
29	93.00	James Allen's Girls' School - Dulwich	Day	Girls	11,700	NA
30	92.95	Notting Hill & Ealing High School	Day	Girls	11,100	NA
31	92.92	Royal Grammar School - Guildford	Day	Boys	12,099	NA
32	92.84	Haberdasher's Aske's Boys School - Elstree	Day	Boys	11,724	NA
33	92.79	Harrow School	Boarding	Boys	NA	28,005
34	92.70	Hampton School - Middlesex	Day	Boys	12,870	NA
35	92.46	South Hampstead High School	Day	Girls	10,470	NA
36	92.40	Albemarle Independent College - London	Day	Co-ed	12,450	NA
37	92.18	Wimbledon High School GDST	Day	Girls	11,100	NA
38	92.04	St Swithun's School - Winchester	Both	Girls	13,920	22,950
39	91.76	City of London School for Boys	Day	Boys	12,267	NA
40	91.67	Oxford High School GDST	Day	Girls (Boys 3-6)	8,898	NA
41	91.61	Eltham College	Day	Boys but co-ed 6th	11,625	NA
42	91.57	Maynard School - Devon	Day	Girls	9,465	NA
43	91.56	Nottingham High School for Girls	Day	Girls	8,394	NA
44	91.55	Concord College - Shrewsbury	Both	Co-ed	9,969	20,979
45	91.47	Merchant Taylors' School - Northwood	Day	Boys	14,280	NA
46	91.43	Casterton School - Cumbria	Both (Boys - Day)	Girls/Boys 3-11	12,945	21,633
47	91.40	Downe House School - Berks	Both	Girls	18,801	25,968
48	91.28	School Of St Helen And St Katharine - Abingdon	Day	Girls	10,185	NA
49	91.25	Loughborough High School	Day	Girls	7,890	NA
50	90.71	Reigate Grammar School	Day	Co-ed	12,858	NA
51	90.54	Headington School - Oxford	Both	Girls	12,150	23,325
52	90.53	Hurtwood House - Dorking	Both	Co-ed	17,220	25,830
53	90.42	Highgate School - London	Day	Co-ed	14,190	NA
54	90.37	Putney High School	Day	Girls	11,100	NA
55	90.25	Dulwich College	Both	Boys	13,176	26,532
56	90.10	Whitgift School - South Croydon	Day	Boys	12,354	NA
57	89.89	Benenden School - Kent	Boarding	Girls	NA	27,540
58	89.64	Queenswood School - Hatfield	Both	Girls	19,860	25,485
59	89.53	St George's School for Girls - Edinburgh	Both	Girls	10,110	20,130
59 =	89.53	Ockbrook School - Derby	Day	Girls (Boys 3-11)	NA	NA
61	89.29	St Helens - Northwood	Day	Girls	11,955	22,170
62	89.20	Farnborough Hill	Day	Girls	9,840	NA
63	89.01	Francis Holland School - Graham Terrace	Day	Girls	NA	NA
64	88.92	Alleyn's School - Dulwich	Day	Co-ed	12,996	NA
65	88.63	Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls	Both	Girls	11,028	19,515
66	88.52	Rugby School	Both	Co-ed	15,750	24,915
67	88.46	Leicester High School for Girls	Day	Girls	8,400	NA
68	88.40	Tonbridge School - Kent	Both	Boys	20,910	28,140
69	88.24	Oundle School - Peterborough	Both	Co-ed	15,600	23,940
69 =	88.24	St James Independent School For Senior Girls - London W14	Day	Girls	11,100	NA
71	88.15	Sir William Perkins's School	Day	Girls	10,956	NA
72	88.08	Grange School - Cheshire	Day	Co-ed	8,085	NA
73	87.85	Bishops Stortford College	Both	Co-ed	13,551	18,843
74	87.80	Tudor Hall School - Banbury	Boarding	Girls	15,336	23,595
75	87.79	Caterham School	Both	Co-ed	12,894	24,054
76	87.75	Charterhouse School - Godalming	Both	Boys (Co-ed 6th Form)	22,716	27,480
77	87.70	Abbey College - Cambridge	Both	Co-ed	NA	NA
78	87.56	Tormead School - Guildford	Day	Girls	11,235	NA
79	87.26	Bancroft's School - Woodford Green	Day	Co-ed	11,550	NA
80	87.15	Uppingham School - Rutland	Both	Co-ed	18,438	26,340
81	87.05	Royal Grammar School - Newcastle	Day	Co-ed	8,799	NA
82	86.96	Bromsgrove School	Both	Co-ed	11,850	25,425
83	86.86	Abingdon School	Both	Boys	11,940	22,770
84	86.83	King's School - Canterbury	Both	Co-ed	20,415	27,630
85	86.65	Canford School - Wimborne	Both	Co-ed	20,025	25,680
86	86.55	King Edward VI School - Southampton	Day	Co-ed	10,485	NA
87	86.54	St Albans School	Day	Boys but co-ed 6th	11,826	NA
88	86.52	Ipswich High School GDST	Day	Girls	NA	NA
89	86.17	Surbiton High School	Day	Girls (Boys 4-11)	11,163	NA
90	86.16	Central Newcastle High School GDST	Day	Girls	8,898	NA
91	86.04	Norwich School	Day	Co-ed	10,518	NA
92	86.01	City of London Freemen's School - Ashtead	Both	Co-ed	13,680	21,771
93	85.95	St Mary's School - Shaftesbury	Both	Girls	14,970	21,780
94	85.89	Shrewsbury School (Boys)	Both	Boys	18,330	26,115
95	85.71	St George's School - Ascot	Both	Girls	15,510	23,850
96	85.68	Portsmouth Grammar School	Day	Co-ed	11,226	NA
97	85.52	Fettes College - Edinburgh	Both	Co-ed	17,838	24,498
98	85.47	Loughborough Grammar School	Both	Boys	9,378	17,112
99	85.24	King Edward's School - Bath	Day	Co-ed	10,260	NA
100	85.17	Kingston Grammar School	Day	Co-ed	13,029	NA

Note.1. Sometimes there are a few gaps in our data, because the information is not freely available or a school will not supply it. In general this applies to lower graded schools in the TOP 100. Sometimes grades improve as a result of appeals on exam results and we will update the data periodically. We encourage all schools to supply corrections or additions (click here). Approximately 50 schools have boycotted league tables by refusing to publish exam results in 2008, mainly because they do not want to be compared to state schools offering soft option subjects or through failure of the Government to acknowledge the more stretching IGCSEs. Notwithstanding this we have recorded most of their exam results in our tables. The only two schools which are missing from the top 30 would be Eton College and St Paul's School.

Note 2. Exam results are not the only criteria by which to judge a school (read our eGuide on selection factors click here) Indeed most of the schools in this TOP 100 table are quite selective on their admissions. Be aware your child may not necessarily thrive in a high pressure academic environment – take advice.