The Top 100 Senior Schools A*, A and B Grade at A Level

In this section we give you our own assessment of the Top 100 independent senior schools in the UK for 2011. These positions are compiled from the % of A*, A and 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.

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A*, A
and B %
NameDay / BoardBoy / GirlDay £Board £
199.20St Paul's Girls' School - HammersmithDayGirls18,840NA
298.69Wycombe Abbey School - BuckinghamshireBoardingGirlsNA30,600
398.42North London Collegiate School - EdgwareDayGirls14,523NA
498.30St Paul's School - LondonBothBoys18,82527,891
598.21Westminster School - LondonBothBoys (Co-ed 6th Form)22,85430,438
698.19Magdalen College SchoolDayBoys (Co-ed sixth form)NANA
798.06Cardiff Sixth Form CollegeBothCo ed12,00021,000
897.80Lady Eleanor Holles School - RichmondDayGirls14,700NA
997.29Oxford High School GDSTDayGirls (Co-ed 3-6)10,701NA
1097.25South Hampstead High SchoolDayGirls13,029NA
1197.20Withington Girls School - ManchesterDayGirls10,122NA
1297.08Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls - ElstreeDayGirls11,949NA
1396.88Haberdasher's Aske's Boys School - ElstreeDayBoys14,667NA
1496.85Royal Grammar School - GuildfordDayBoys13,620NA
1596.80St Albans High School for GirlsDayGirls12,285NA
1696.54Eton CollegeBoardingBoysNA30,981
1796.31Loughborough High SchoolDayGirls9,417NA
1896.20City of London School for GirlsDayGirls13,131NA
1996.02St Swithun's School - WinchesterBothGirls15,72025,920
2095.66Brighton CollegeBothCo-ed18,58531,284
2195.51Guildford High School for GirlsDayGirls13,484NA
2295.05St John's College - CardiffDayCo-ed12,231NA
2394.90Perse Upper School - CambridgeDayCo-ed13,647NA
2494.87Merchant Taylors' School - NorthwoodDayBoys16,020NA
2594.55Latymer Upper School - HammersmithDayCo-ed14,995NA
2694.32St Albans SchoolDayBoys (Co-ed 6th form)13,794NA
2794.00Manchester Grammar SchoolDayBoys9,996NA
2893.67Hampton School - MiddlesexDayBoys14,610NA
2993.65St Mary's School - AscotBoth Girls20,79029,220
3093.53Tonbridge School - KentBothBoys23,34031,263
3193.22Alleyn's School - DulwichDayCo-ed14,601NA
3293.20Cheltenham Ladies' CollegeBothGirls22,02032,493
3393.10Harrow SchoolBoardingBoysNA30,930
3493.02University College School - HampsteadDayBoys (Co-ed sixth form)16,005NA
3592.98James Allen's Girls' School - DulwichDayGirls13,560NA
3692.41Manchester High School for GirlsDayGirls9,642NA
3792.29Concord College - ShrewsburyBothCo-ed11,70026,550
3892.24Caterham SchoolBothCo-ed14,45126,964
3992.23St Helen's - NorthwoodDayGirls13,329NA
4092.22School of St Helen and St Katharine - AbingdonDayGirlsNANA
4192.21Wimbledon High School GDSTDayGirls13,029NA
4292.03Central Newcastle High School GDSTDayGirls10,110NA
4391.92Radley College - AbingdonBoardingBoysNA29,625
4491.79Notting Hill & Ealing High SchoolDayGirls13,029NA
4591.63Dulwich CollegeBothBoys 14,89230,639
4691.60St Catherine's School - GuildfordBothGirls15,09024,825
4791.58Godolphin & Latymer School - HammersmithDayGirls15,835NA
4891.41St Mary's School - CalneBothGirls21,69029,694
4991.26Royal Grammar School - NewcastleDayCo-ed9,747NA
5091.25Nottingham High SchoolDayBoys11,172NA
5191.23Nottingham High School for GirlsDay Girls10,110NA
5291.16Badminton School - BristolBothGirls15,81029,640
5390.74Bancroft's School - Woodford GreenDayCo-ed13,188NA
5490.73Queen's School - ChesterDayGirls10,650NA
5590.56Downe House School - BerksBothGirlsNANA
5690.54Highgate School - LondonDayCo-ed15,870NA
5790.53Putney High SchoolDayGirlsNANA
57 =90.53City of London School for BoysDayBoys13,050NA
5990.50Trinity School - CroydonDayBoys12,462NA
6090.48King Edward's School (Boys) - BirminghamDayBoys10,395NA
6190.39City of London Freemen's School - AshteadBoth Co-ed14,59823,238
6290.35Ipswich High School GDSTDayGirls10,206NA
6390.31Headington School - OxfordBothGirls14,40327,885
6490.07Maynard School - DevonDayGirls10,698NA
6589.88Wellington College - BerkshireBothCo-ed22,54530,075
6689.53King Edward VI High - Girls/ BirminghamDayGirls10,215NA
6789.20Abingdon SchoolBothBoys14,50529,745
6888.89Luckley-Oakfield School - WokinghamBothGirls13,47623,586
6988.81Moreton Hall School - OswestryBothGirlsNANA
7088.78Talbot Heath School - BournemouthBothGirls (Co-ed 3-7)10,66517,763
7188.65King Edward VI School - SouthamptonDayCo-ed11,610NA
7288.54Queen's Gate School - KensingtonDayGirls15,300NA
7388.14Channing School - HighgateDayGirls14,040NA
7488.08Tormead School - GuildfordDayGirls12,030NA
7587.91Sir William Perkins's SchoolDayGirls12,360NA
7687.87Bishop's Stortford CollegeBothCo-ed14,99722,218
7787.74Sutton High School GDSTDayGirls12,549NA
7887.53Oundle School - PeterboroughBothCo-ed18,48028,590
7987.38King's School - CheshireDayCo-ed10,632NA
8087.36Our Lady's AbingdonDayCo-edNANA
8187.27Ladies' College - GuernseyDayGirlsNANA
8287.20Albemarle Independent College - LondonDayCo-ed15,990NA
8387.18St George's School for Girls - EdinburghBothGirls11,13022,590
8487.04St Peter's School - YorkBothCo-ed14,51723,373
8587.01Uppingham School - RutlandBothCo-edNANA
8687.00Twycross House School - AtherstoneDayCo-edNANA
8786.41Shrewsbury High School GDSTDayGirls10,302NA
8886.36Norwich SchoolDayCo-ed12,174NA
8986.06Bromsgrove SchoolBothCo-ed12,85528,155
9085.98Stockport Grammar SchoolDayCo-ed9,270NA
9185.94Eltham CollegeDayBoys (Co-ed 6th form)12,780NA
9285.93Royal Masonic School for Girls - RickmansworthBothGirls14,19023,190
9385.88Queen Margaret's School - YorkBothGirls16,53926,100
9485.81Surbiton High SchoolDayGirls (Co-ed 4-11)12,915NA
9585.71Exeter SchoolDayCo-edNANA
9685.65Bedford Girls' SchoolDayGirls10,683NA
9785.60Warwick SchoolBothBoys10,35921,748
9885.44Croydon High School GDSTDayGirlsNANA
9985.40Hurtwood House - DorkingBothCo-edNA33,600
10085.31Haileybury - HertfordBothCo-ed20,56527,384

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 60 schools have boycotted league tables by refusing to publish exam results in 2011, 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 school likely to be missing from the top 30 would be Eton College.

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.

Note 3. We do not include schools which have less than 20 pupils taking A Levels.