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

In this section we give you our own assessment of the Top 100 independent senior schools in the UK for 2012. These positions are compiled from the % of A* and A 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* and A Grade at A Level.

	A + A* %	Name	Day / Board	Boy / Girl	Day £	Board £
1	94.71	Cardiff Sixth Form College	Both	Co ed	12,000	27,000
2	92.81	Wycombe Abbey School - Buckinghamshire	Boarding	Girls	NA	31,950
3	91.67	St Paul's Girls' School - Hammersmith	Day	Girls	20,160	NA
4	88.04	St Paul's School - London	Both	Boys	19,674	29,466
5	86.00	Westminster School - London	Both	Boys (Co-ed 6th Form)	23,538	31,350
6	84.92	Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls - Elstree	Day	Girls	12,666	NA
7	84.74	Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School - Elstree	Day	Boys	15,255	NA
8	84.52	Magdalen College School	Day	Boys (Co-ed 6th form)	13,932	NA
9	82.02	Eton College	Boarding	Boys	NA	32,067
10	81.73	Cheltenham Ladies' College	Both	Girls	22,461	33,144
11	80.82	North London Collegiate School - Edgware	Day	Girls	15,540	NA
12	80.77	Guildford High School for Girls	Day	Girls	13,890	NA
13	80.63	Withington Girls School - Manchester	Day	Girls	10,548	NA
14	80.24	Oxford High School GDST	Day	Girls (Co-ed 3-6)	11,601	NA
15	80.13	Lady Eleanor Holles School - Richmond	Day	Girls	15,450	NA
16	79.70	Perse Upper School - Cambridge	Day	Co-ed	14,043	NA
17	78.87	Royal Grammar School - Guildford	Day	Boys	14,070	NA
18	78.17	City of London School for Girls	Day	Girls	13,527	NA
19	77.61	Alleyn's School - Dulwich	Day	Co-ed	15,255	NA
20	77.60	City of London School for Boys	Day	Boys	13,401	NA
21	77.55	South Hampstead High School	Day	Girls	13,680	NA
22	77.44	Brighton College	Both	Co-ed	19,509	34,500
23	77.30	Merchant Taylors' School - Northwood	Day	Boys	16,660	NA
24	77.06	James Allen's Girls' School - Dulwich	Day	Girls	14,103	NA
25	75.62	Manchester Grammar School	Day	Boys	10,515	NA
26	75.45	St Swithun's School - Winchester	Both	Girls (Co-ed 3-7)	16,815	27,210
27	75.33	Headington School - Oxford	Both	Girls	15,084	29,205
28	75.23	Concord College - Shrewsbury	Both	Co-ed	11,940	28,600
29	74.90	Manchester High School for Girls	Day	Girls	9,900	NA
30	74.74	Tonbridge School - Kent	Both	Boys	24,618	32,823
31	74.12	Benenden School - Kent	Boarding	Girls	NA	31,410
32	74.10	Channing School - Highgate	Day	Girls	14,670	NA
33	74.08	Abingdon School	Both	Boys	15,141	31,050
34	74.07	Notting Hill & Ealing High School	Day	Girls	14,004	NA
35	73.78	St Albans High School for Girls	Day	Girls	12,930	NA
36	73.68	Leicester High School for Girls	Day	Girls	10,125	NA
37	73.36	Hampton School - Middlesex	Day	Boys	15,255	NA
38	73.28	Harrow School	Boarding	Boys	NA	32,160
39	73.22	Latymer Upper School - Hammersmith	Day	Co-ed	15,705	NA
40	73.13	Nottingham High School	Day	Boys	11,607	NA
41	72.94	St Catherine's School - Guildford	Both	Girls	15,660	25,770
42	72.50	St John's College - Cardiff	Day	Co-ed	12,573	NA
43	72.22	King Edward VI High - Girls/ Birmingham	Day	Girls	10,620	NA
44	72.06	Queen's Gate School - Kensington	Day	Girls	15,900	NA
45	71.88	St Mary's School - Ascot	Both	Girls	21,510	30,240
46	71.81	Abbey College - Cambridge	Both	Co-ed	21,000	NA
47	71.62	Norwich School	Day	Co-ed	12,660	NA
48	71.27	Highgate School - London	Day	Co-ed	16,815	NA
49	70.93	Godolphin & Latymer School - Hammersmith	Day	Girls	15,990	NA
50	70.80	Queen's School - Chester	Day	Girls	10,995	NA
51	70.64	City of London Freemen's School - Ashtead	Both	Co-ed	14,814	23,589
52	70.45	School of St Helen and St Katharine - Abingdon	Day	Girls	12,420	NA
53	70.35	Queen Ethelburga's College - York	Both	Co-ed	11,985	38,085
54	70.11	St Albans School	Day	Boys (Co-ed 6th form)	14,733	NA
55	69.93	Caterham School	Both	Co-ed	15,030	28,044
56	69.44	Radley College - Abingdon	Boarding	Boys	NA	30,900
57	69.23	Grange School - Cheshire	Day	Co-ed	9,480	NA
58	68.93	Bancroft's School - Woodford Green	Day	Co-ed	13,584	NA
59	68.79	Royal Grammar School - Newcastle	Day	Co-ed	10,296	NA
60	67.77	Ruthin School	Both	Co-ed	11,750	22,500
61	67.44	Badminton School - Bristol	Both	Girls	16,440	30,840
62	67.17	Wimbledon High School GDST	Day	Girls	14,004	NA
63	66.46	St Mary's School - Cambridge	Boarding from age 13	Girls	13,065	28,140
64	65.90	Eltham College	Day	Boys (Co-ed 6th form)	13,506	NA
65	65.85	University College School - Hampstead	Day	Boys (Co-ed sixth form)	16,575	NA
66	65.44	St Michael's School - Llanelli	Both	Co-ed	10,770	23,500
67	65.04	Trinity School - Croydon	Day	Boys	13,044	NA
68	65.03	St Mary's School - Calne	Both	Girls	23,001	31,500
69	64.87	Nottingham High School for Girls	Day	Girls	10,665	NA
70	64.84	King Edward VI School - Southampton	Day	Co-ed	12,135	NA
71	64.45	Putney High School	Day	Girls	14,076	NA
72	63.96	Tormead School - Guildford	Day	Girls	12,630	NA
73	63.88	Kingston Grammar School	Day	Co-ed	15,465	NA
74	63.64	Canford School - Wimborne	Both	Co-ed	22,275	28,500
75	63.46	King's School - Canterbury	Both	Co-ed	23,295	31,140
76	63.31	Derby High School	Day	Co-ed (Boys 3-11)	10,620	NA
77	63.16	Chigwell School	Day (6th form boarding only)	Co-ed	14,805	23,760
78	62.96	Surbiton High School	Day	Girls (Co-ed 4-11)	13,368	NA
79	62.70	Hurtwood House - Dorking	Both	Co-ed	NA	35,175
80	62.64	Burgess Hill School for Girls	Both	Girls (Co-ed 2 - 7)	14,250	25,200
81	62.58	Bromley High School GDST	Day	Girls	13,356	NA
82	62.44	Dulwich College	Both	Boys	15,711	32,481
83	62.35	Portsmouth Grammar School	Day	Co-ed	12,666	NA
84	62.34	Merchant Taylors' Boys' School - Liverpool	Day	Boys	9,816	NA
85	61.52	Cambridge Tutors College - Croydon	Both	Co-ed	18,360	NA
86	60.99	Monmouth School	Both	Boys	13,116	23,112
87	60.77	Abbey School - Reading	Day	Girls	13,290	NA
88	60.59	Loughborough Grammar School	Both	Boys	10,413	19,656
89	60.58	Malvern St James	Both	Girls	15,645	33,075
90	60.34	Queen Elizabeths Hospital - Bristol	Day	Boys	11,766	NA
91	60.23	Leicester Grammar School	Day	Co-ed	10,860	NA
92	60.11	Wellington College - Berkshire	Both	Co-ed	23,610	31,500
93	60.00	Denstone College - Staffordshire	Both	Co-ed	12,549	21,852
94	59.60	King's School - Cheshire	Day	Co-ed	11,058	NA
95	59.50	Bromsgrove School	Both	Co-ed	13,500	28,995
96	59.40	Reigate Grammar School	Day	Co-ed	14,952	NA
97	59.38	Sir William Perkins's School	Day	Girls	12,846	NA
98	59.00	Croydon High School GDST	Day	Girls	13,239	NA
99	58.95	King's High School for Girls - Warwick	Day	Girls	10,098	NA
100	58.89	Repton School	Both	Co-ed	21,726	29,280

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.

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