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.

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

	A*, A and B %	Name	Day / Board	Boy / Girl	Day £	Board £
1	99.20	St Paul's Girls' School - Hammersmith	Day	Girls	18,840	NA
2	98.69	Wycombe Abbey School - Buckinghamshire	Boarding	Girls	NA	30,600
3	98.42	North London Collegiate School - Edgware	Day	Girls	14,523	NA
4	98.30	St Paul's School - London	Both	Boys	18,825	27,891
5	98.21	Westminster School - London	Both	Boys (Co-ed 6th Form)	22,854	30,438
6	98.19	Magdalen College School	Day	Boys (Co-ed sixth form)	NA	NA
7	98.06	Cardiff Sixth Form College	Both	Co ed	12,000	21,000
8	97.80	Lady Eleanor Holles School - Richmond	Day	Girls	14,700	NA
9	97.29	Oxford High School GDST	Day	Girls (Co-ed 3-6)	10,701	NA
10	97.25	South Hampstead High School	Day	Girls	13,029	NA
11	97.20	Withington Girls School - Manchester	Day	Girls	10,122	NA
12	97.08	Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls - Elstree	Day	Girls	11,949	NA
13	96.88	Haberdasher's Aske's Boys School - Elstree	Day	Boys	14,667	NA
14	96.85	Royal Grammar School - Guildford	Day	Boys	13,620	NA
15	96.80	St Albans High School for Girls	Day	Girls	12,285	NA
16	96.54	Eton College	Boarding	Boys	NA	30,981
17	96.31	Loughborough High School	Day	Girls	9,417	NA
18	96.20	City of London School for Girls	Day	Girls	13,131	NA
19	96.02	St Swithun's School - Winchester	Both	Girls	15,720	25,920
20	95.66	Brighton College	Both	Co-ed	18,585	31,284
21	95.51	Guildford High School for Girls	Day	Girls	13,484	NA
22	95.05	St John's College - Cardiff	Day	Co-ed	12,231	NA
23	94.90	Perse Upper School - Cambridge	Day	Co-ed	13,647	NA
24	94.87	Merchant Taylors' School - Northwood	Day	Boys	16,020	NA
25	94.55	Latymer Upper School - Hammersmith	Day	Co-ed	14,995	NA
26	94.32	St Albans School	Day	Boys (Co-ed 6th form)	13,794	NA
27	94.00	Manchester Grammar School	Day	Boys	9,996	NA
28	93.67	Hampton School - Middlesex	Day	Boys	14,610	NA
29	93.65	St Mary's School - Ascot	Both	Girls	20,790	29,220
30	93.53	Tonbridge School - Kent	Both	Boys	23,340	31,263
31	93.22	Alleyn's School - Dulwich	Day	Co-ed	14,601	NA
32	93.20	Cheltenham Ladies' College	Both	Girls	22,020	32,493
33	93.10	Harrow School	Boarding	Boys	NA	30,930
34	93.02	University College School - Hampstead	Day	Boys (Co-ed sixth form)	16,005	NA
35	92.98	James Allen's Girls' School - Dulwich	Day	Girls	13,560	NA
36	92.41	Manchester High School for Girls	Day	Girls	9,642	NA
37	92.29	Concord College - Shrewsbury	Both	Co-ed	11,700	26,550
38	92.24	Caterham School	Both	Co-ed	14,451	26,964
39	92.23	St Helen's - Northwood	Day	Girls	13,329	NA
40	92.22	School of St Helen and St Katharine - Abingdon	Day	Girls	NA	NA
41	92.21	Wimbledon High School GDST	Day	Girls	13,029	NA
42	92.03	Central Newcastle High School GDST	Day	Girls	10,110	NA
43	91.92	Radley College - Abingdon	Boarding	Boys	NA	29,625
44	91.79	Notting Hill & Ealing High School	Day	Girls	13,029	NA
45	91.63	Dulwich College	Both	Boys	14,892	30,639
46	91.60	St Catherine's School - Guildford	Both	Girls	15,090	24,825
47	91.58	Godolphin & Latymer School - Hammersmith	Day	Girls	15,835	NA
48	91.41	St Mary's School - Calne	Both	Girls	21,690	29,694
49	91.26	Royal Grammar School - Newcastle	Day	Co-ed	9,747	NA
50	91.25	Nottingham High School	Day	Boys	11,172	NA
51	91.23	Nottingham High School for Girls	Day	Girls	10,110	NA
52	91.16	Badminton School - Bristol	Both	Girls	15,810	29,640
53	90.74	Bancroft's School - Woodford Green	Day	Co-ed	13,188	NA
54	90.73	Queen's School - Chester	Day	Girls	10,650	NA
55	90.56	Downe House School - Berks	Both	Girls	NA	NA
56	90.54	Highgate School - London	Day	Co-ed	15,870	NA
57	90.53	Putney High School	Day	Girls	NA	NA
57 =	90.53	City of London School for Boys	Day	Boys	13,050	NA
59	90.50	Trinity School - Croydon	Day	Boys	12,462	NA
60	90.48	King Edward's School (Boys) - Birmingham	Day	Boys	10,395	NA
61	90.39	City of London Freemen's School - Ashtead	Both	Co-ed	14,598	23,238
62	90.35	Ipswich High School GDST	Day	Girls	10,206	NA
63	90.31	Headington School - Oxford	Both	Girls	14,403	27,885
64	90.07	Maynard School - Devon	Day	Girls	10,698	NA
65	89.88	Wellington College - Berkshire	Both	Co-ed	22,545	30,075
66	89.53	King Edward VI High - Girls/ Birmingham	Day	Girls	10,215	NA
67	89.20	Abingdon School	Both	Boys	14,505	29,745
68	88.89	Luckley-Oakfield School - Wokingham	Both	Girls	13,476	23,586
69	88.81	Moreton Hall School - Oswestry	Both	Girls	NA	NA
70	88.78	Talbot Heath School - Bournemouth	Both	Girls (Co-ed 3-7)	10,665	17,763
71	88.65	King Edward VI School - Southampton	Day	Co-ed	11,610	NA
72	88.54	Queen's Gate School - Kensington	Day	Girls	15,300	NA
73	88.14	Channing School - Highgate	Day	Girls	14,040	NA
74	88.08	Tormead School - Guildford	Day	Girls	12,030	NA
75	87.91	Sir William Perkins's School	Day	Girls	12,360	NA
76	87.87	Bishop's Stortford College	Both	Co-ed	14,997	22,218
77	87.74	Sutton High School GDST	Day	Girls	12,549	NA
78	87.53	Oundle School - Peterborough	Both	Co-ed	18,480	28,590
79	87.38	King's School - Cheshire	Day	Co-ed	10,632	NA
80	87.36	Our Lady's Abingdon	Day	Co-ed	NA	NA
81	87.27	Ladies' College - Guernsey	Day	Girls	NA	NA
82	87.20	Albemarle Independent College - London	Day	Co-ed	15,990	NA
83	87.18	St George's School for Girls - Edinburgh	Both	Girls	11,130	22,590
84	87.04	St Peter's School - York	Both	Co-ed	14,517	23,373
85	87.01	Uppingham School - Rutland	Both	Co-ed	NA	NA
86	87.00	Twycross House School - Atherstone	Day	Co-ed	NA	NA
87	86.41	Shrewsbury High School GDST	Day	Girls	10,302	NA
88	86.36	Norwich School	Day	Co-ed	12,174	NA
89	86.06	Bromsgrove School	Both	Co-ed	12,855	28,155
90	85.98	Stockport Grammar School	Day	Co-ed	9,270	NA
91	85.94	Eltham College	Day	Boys (Co-ed 6th form)	12,780	NA
92	85.93	Royal Masonic School for Girls - Rickmansworth	Both	Girls	14,190	23,190
93	85.88	Queen Margaret's School - York	Both	Girls	16,539	26,100
94	85.81	Surbiton High School	Day	Girls (Co-ed 4-11)	12,915	NA
95	85.71	Exeter School	Day	Co-ed	NA	NA
96	85.65	Bedford Girls' School	Day	Girls	10,683	NA
97	85.60	Warwick School	Both	Boys	10,359	21,748
98	85.44	Croydon High School GDST	Day	Girls	NA	NA
99	85.40	Hurtwood House - Dorking	Both	Co-ed	NA	33,600
100	85.31	Haileybury - Hertford	Both	Co-ed	20,565	27,384

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.