The Top 100 Co-Educational Senior Boarding Schools by A Levels

In this section we give you our own assessment of the Top 100 co-educational independent senior boarding schools in the UK for 2012. These positions are compiled from the % of A* and A grades scored at A levels. Note that this table EXCLUDES schools taking the International Baccalaureate, which are included in the separate table for IB schools.

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	A + A* %	Name	Day / Board	Boy / Girl	Day £	Board £
1	94.71	Cardiff Sixth Form College	Both	Co ed	12,000	27,000
2	77.44	Brighton College	Both	Co-ed	19,509	34,500
3	75.23	Concord College - Shrewsbury	Both	Co-ed	11,940	28,600
4	71.81	Abbey College - Cambridge	Both	Co-ed	21,000	NA
5	70.64	City of London Freemen's School - Ashtead	Both	Co-ed	14,814	23,589
6	70.35	Queen Ethelburga's College - York	Both	Co-ed	11,985	38,085
7	69.93	Caterham School	Both	Co-ed	15,030	28,044
8	67.77	Ruthin School	Both	Co-ed	11,750	22,500
9	63.64	Canford School - Wimborne	Both	Co-ed	22,275	28,500
10	63.46	King's School - Canterbury	Both	Co-ed	23,295	31,140
11	62.70	Hurtwood House - Dorking	Both	Co-ed	NA	35,175
12	61.52	Cambridge Tutors College - Croydon	Both	Co-ed	18,360	NA
13	60.11	Wellington College - Berkshire	Both	Co-ed	23,610	31,500
14	60.00	Denstone College - Staffordshire	Both	Co-ed	12,549	21,852
15	59.50	Bromsgrove School	Both	Co-ed	13,500	28,995
16	58.89	Repton School	Both	Co-ed	21,726	29,280
17	58.87	Bishop's Stortford College	Both	Co-ed	15,660	23,316
18	57.62	Rugby School	Both	Co-ed	18,900	30,099
19	56.60	Cranleigh School - Surrey	Both	Co-ed	25,005	30,690
20	56.55	Oundle School - Peterborough	Both	Co-ed	19,035	29,670
21	56.42	Dauntsey's School - Devizes	Both	Co-ed	16,050	30,675
22	56.27	St Peter's School - York	Both	Co-ed	14,916	24,015
23	56.11	Leys School - Cambridge	Both	Co-ed	17,940	26,970
24	56.00	Marlborough College	Both	Co-ed	26,640	31,350
25	55.94	Epsom College	Both	Co-ed	20,655	30,222
26	55.87	Clifton College - Bristol	Both	Co-ed	21,870	31,500
27	55.50	Uppingham School - Rutland	Both	Co-ed	21,300	30,429
28	54.69	Ashford School - Kent	Both	Co ed	15,198	29,805
29	54.00	Dean Close School - Cheltenham	Both	Co-ed	21,180	29,880
30	53.58	Strathallan School - Perth	Both	Co-ed	18,489	27,249
31	53.44	Cheltenham College	Both	Co-ed	23,958	31,671
32	52.86	Eastbourne College	Both	Co-ed	19,020	28,875
33	52.46	Kimbolton School - Huntingdon	Both (Boarding from 11)	Co-ed	13,020	21,555
34	51.69	Queen's College - Taunton	Both	Co-ed	15,300	24,690
35	51.48	Abbey College - London	Both	Co-ed	17,000	35,000
36	51.30	Kingswood School - Bath	Both	Co-ed	12,177	26,241
37	51.03	CATS Cambridge	Both	Co-ed	21,450	35,940
38	50.64	Ampleforth College - York	Both	Co-ed	19,110	29,241
39	50.54	Wells Cathedral School - Somerset	Both	Co-ed	15,207	25,542
40	49.75	Sidcot School - Winscombe	Both	Co-ed	14,700	26,400
41	49.31	Bradfield College - Reading	Both	Co-ed	24,708	30,885
42	49.19	Bootham School - York	Both	Co-ed	15,675	26,400
43	48.96	D'Overbroeck's College - Oxford	Both	Co-ed	19,260	29,115
44	48.95	Chetham's School of Music - Manchester	Both	Co-ed	23,988	30,987
45	48.94	Christ's Hospital - Horsham	Both	Co-ed	17,505	27,000
46	48.92	Fettes College - Edinburgh	Both	Co-ed	21,075	28,110
47	48.44	Berkhamsted School	Both	Co-ed	17,460	27,815
48	48.39	Battle Abbey School	Both	Co-ed	14,376	25,140
49	48.06	Bryanston School - Blandford Forum	Both	Co-ed	NA	29,970
50	48.01	New Hall School - Chelmsford	Both	Co-ed	16,182	24,843
51	47.55	Lancing College	Both	Co-ed	20,997	29,988
52	46.76	St Edmund's School - Canterbury	Both	Co-ed	17,571	27,342
53	46.70	Bosworth Independent College - Northamptonshire	Both	Co-ed	18,000	26,000
54	45.75	Wellington School - Somerset	Both	Co-ed	12,510	24,735
55	45.71	Brentwood School	Both	Co-ed	14,811	26,589
56	45.50	Ipswich School	Both	Co-ed	12,252	22,677
57	44.30	Padworth College - Reading	Both	Co-ed	12,525	26,100
58	44.00	St Edward's School - Oxford	Both	Co-ed	24,681	30,849
59	43.95	Ratcliffe College - Leicester	Both	Co-ed	13,938	24,129
60	43.90	St Bees School - Cumbria	Both	Co-ed	15,444	26,022
61	43.81	Christ College - Brecon	Both	Co-ed	15,480	23,910
62	43.52	King's Bruton - Somerset	Both	Co-ed	19,422	27,135
63	43.28	CATS Canterbury	Board	Co-ed	16,230	29,880
64	43.08	Kent College - Canterbury	Both	Co-ed	15,819	28,497
65	43.00	Royal School - Dungannon, NI	Both	Co-ed	NA	13,635
66	41.87	Truro School	Both	Co-ed	11,505	22,005
67	41.86	Mill Hill School - London	Both	Co-ed	17,366	27,365
68	41.21	Oakham School - Rutland	Both	Co-ed	17,100	28,500
69	40.81	West Buckland School - Barnstaple	Both	Co-ed	12,225	22,890
70	40.66	Leighton Park School - Reading	Both	Co-ed	18,552	28,314
71	40.46	Bede's Senior School - Hailsham	Both	Co-ed	17,010	28,185
72	40.27	Rochester Independent College	Both	Co-ed	15,000	27,258
73	40.15	Rydal Penrhos - Conwy	Both	Co-ed	14,055	28,020
74	40.07	Prior Park College - Bath	Both	Co-ed	14,103	25,434
75	40.00	Blundell's School - Tiverton	Both	Co-ed	18,195	28,200
75 =	40.00	Haileybury - Hertford	Both	Co-ed	21,285	28,341
75 =	40.00	Malvern College - Worcestershire	Both	Co-ed	21,105	32,952
75 =	40.00	Ashbourne Independent Sixth Form College - London	Both	Co-ed	18,900	27,000
79	39.40	Gresham's School - Norfolk	Both	Co-ed	21,720	28,320
80	39.10	David Game College - London	Both	Co-ed	13,700	NA
81	38.65	Glenalmond College - Perth	Both	Co-ed	19,170	28,110
82	38.60	Ryde School With Upper Chine - Isle of Wight	Both	Co-ed	10,515	21,525
83	38.19	Chelsea Independent College	Both	Co-ed	15,975	NA
84	37.78	Pocklington School - York	Both	Co-ed	11,970	21,624
85	37.70	Rendcomb College - Cirencester	Both	Co-ed	19,005	26,070
86	37.46	Taunton School	Both	Co-ed	15,960	26,760
87	37.16	Woodhouse Grove School - Apperley Bridge	Both	Co-ed	10,920	22,200
88	36.94	Ashville College - Harrogate	Both	Co-ed	11,769	18,384
89	36.30	Oswestry School - Shropshire	Both	Co-ed	13,140	23,385
90	36.22	Lord Wandsworth College - Hampshire	Both	Co-ed	19,200	27,090
91	35.26	Ackworth School - Pontefract	Both	Co-ed	12,102	28,038
92	34.86	Lincoln Minster School	Both	Co-ed	11,973	25,377
93	34.63	Plymouth College	Both	Co-ed	13,350	25,845
94	34.38	Kirkham Grammar School - Preston	Both	Co-ed	9,387	17,787
95	34.15	St Edmund's College - Ware	Both	Co-ed	14,955	24,990
96	33.98	Wycliffe College - Gloucs	Both	Co-ed	17,130	28,545
97	33.80	Trent College - Nottingham	Both	Co-ed	14,550	25,005
98	33.79	Welbeck - Loughborough	Boarding	Co-ed	NA	NA
99	33.47	Loretto School - Musselburgh	Both	Co-ed	18,870	27,750
100	33.19	Downside School - Bath	Both	Co-ed	15,069	27,414

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).

Note 2. Exam results are not the only criteria by which to judge a school (read our eGuide on selection factors click here). Indeed some 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.

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