The Top 100 Senior Schools by A + A* Grades at GCSE Level

In this section we give you our own assessment of the Top 100 independent senior schools in England and Wales for 2007. These positions are compiled from the % of A & A* grades at GCSE 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* %	Name	Day / Board	Boy / Girl	Day £	Board £
1	99.01	St Paul's Girls' School - Hammersmith	Day	Girls	13,623	NA
2	97.62	Withington Girls School - Manchester	Day	Girls	8,040	NA
3	97.43	North London Collegiate School - Edgware	Day	Girls	11,145	NA
4	96.67	Wycombe Abbey School - Buckinghamshire	Boarding	Girls	NA	25,800
5	96.57	St Paul's School - London	Both	Boys	15,369	22,872
6	95.84	City of London School for Girls	Day	Girls	11,565	NA
7	93.74	Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls - Elstree	Day	Girls	10,032	NA
8	92.96	Perse School for Girls - Cambridge	Day	Girls	11,745	NA
9	92.86	Royal Grammar School - Guildford	Day	Boys	11,256	NA
10	92.41	Westminster School - London	Both	Boys (Co-ed 6th Form)	19,497	25,956
11	92.19	Oxford High School GDST	Day	Girls (Boys 3-6)	8,394	NA
12	91.67	Sevenoaks School	Both	Co-ed	15,141	24,279
13	91.34	Lady Eleanor Holles School - Richmond	Day	Girls	11,700	NA
14	91.20	Godolphin & Latymer School - Hammersmith	Day	Girls	13,470	NA
15	90.75	King Edward VI High - Girls/ Birmingham	Day	Girls	7,995	NA
16	90.71	Magdalen College School	Day	Boys	11,184	NA
17	90.50	Guildford High School for Girls	Day	Girls	10,716	NA
18	90.47	South Hampstead High School	Day	Girls	10,470	NA
19	89.54	Eton College	Boarding	Boys	NA	26,490
20	89.44	King's College - Wimbledon	Day	Boys	14,325	NA
21	89.03	Merchant Taylors' School - Northwood	Day	Boys	13,410	NA
22	88.94	Haberdasher's Aske's Boys School - Elstree	Day	Boys	11,724	NA
23	88.69	King Edward's School (Boys) - Birmingham	Day	Boys	8,550	NA
24	87.81	James Allen's Girls' School - Dulwich	Day	Girls	11,700	NA
25	87.78	Cheltenham Ladies' College	Both	Girls	18,723	27,630
26	87.53	King's High School for Girls - Warwick	Day	Girls	8,700	NA
27	87.41	Hampton School - Middlesex	Day	Boys	12,120	NA
28	87.16	Manchester Grammar School	Day	boys	8,352	NA
29	86.67	St Swithun's School - Winchester	Both	Girls	13,275	21,870
30	86.55	School Of St Helen And St Katharine - Abingdon	Day	Girls	9,066	NA
31	86.05	St Mary's School - Ascot	Both	Girls	17,775	24,975
32	85.71	Badminton School - Bristol	Both	Girls	13,740	24,390
33	84.54	Leicester High School for Girls	Day	Girls	7,920	NA
34	84.40	Harrow School	Boarding	Boys	NA	26,445
35	84.35	Tormead School - Guildford	Day	Girls	10,605	NA
36	84.33	Grange School - Cheshire	Day	Co-ed	7,545	NA
37	83.93	Bancroft's School - Woodford Green	Day	Co-ed	10,995	NA
38	83.92	Manchester High School for Girls	Day	Girls	8,160	NA
39	83.91	Oundle School - Peterborough	Both	Co-ed	15,600	23,940
40	83.55	Tonbridge School - Kent	Both	Boys	19,725	26,826
41	83.04	St Albans High School for Girls	Day	Girls	10,335	NA
42	81.33	St Mary's School - Calne	Both	Girls	17,550	25,050
43	81.32	Channing School - Highgate	Day	Girls	11,070	NA
44	81.29	Downe House School - Berks	Both	Girls	18,801	25,968
45	81.26	Putney High School	Day	Girls	10,470	NA
46	80.54	Radley College - Abingdon	Boarding	Boys	NA	24,990
47	80.30	Alleyn's School - Dulwich	Day	Co-ed	12,285	NA
48	80.22	Notting Hill & Ealing High School	Day	Girls	10,470	NA
49	80.07	Perse School for Boys - Cambridge	Day	Boys (Co-ed 6th Form)	11,724	NA
50	79.54	City of London School for Boys	Day	Boys	12,024	NA
51	79.43	Queen's Gate School - Kensington	Day	Girls	NA	NA
52	79.40	Highgate School - London	Day	Co-ed	13,636	NA
53	79.03	Bromley High School GDST	Day	Girls	10,470	NA
54	78.79	Bolton School (Girls' Division)	Day	Girls	7,950	NA
55	78.58	King Edward VI School - Southampton	Day	Co-ed	9,945	NA
56	78.06	Headington School - Oxford	Both	Girls	11,250	21,600
57	77.51	Rugby School	Both	Co-ed	15,750	24,915
58	77.46	Portsmouth High School	Day	Girls	NA	NA
59	77.35	University College School - Hampstead	Day	Boys	13,860	NA
60	77.16	Central Newcastle High School GDST	Day	Girls	8,394	NA
61	76.79	Charterhouse School - Godalming	both	Boys but co-ed 6th	21,576	26,100
62	76.48	Ipswich High School GDST	Day	Girls	NA	NA
63	76.43	Sutton High School GDST	Day	Girls	9,810	NA
64	76.31	Nottingham High School for Girls	Day	Girls	8,394	NA
65	76.07	Francis Holland School - Clarence Gate	Day	Girls	12,195	NA
66	75.96	Benenden School - Kent	Boarding	Girls	NA	26,100
67	75.75	Latymer Upper School - Hammersmith	Day	Co-ed	12,840	NA
68	75.73	Manor House School - Leatherhead	Day	Girls	NA	NA
69	75.67	Abingdon School	Both	Boys	11,940	22,770
69 =	75.67	Burgess Hill School for Girls	Both	Girls (boys pre-prep only)	11,400	19,785
71	75.50	Norwich School	Day	Boys but co-ed 6th	9,852	NA
72	75.28	Portsmouth Grammar School	Day	Co-ed	10,400	NA
73	75.25	Leeds Girls' High School	Day	Girls	NA	NA
74	75.19	Wimbledon High School GDST	Day	Girls	NA	NA
75	75.04	Royal Grammar School - Newcastle	Day	Boys but co-ed 6th	8,379	NA
76	74.83	Dulwich College	Both	Boys	12,579	NA
77	74.65	Dauntsey's School - Devizes	Both	co-ed	13,395	22,605
78	74.48	City of London Freemen's School - Ashtead	Both	Co-ed	12,870	20,466
79	74.47	St Michael's School - Llanelli	Day	Co-ed	NA	NA
80	74.07	Sir William Perkins's School	Day	Girls	10,362	NA
81	73.93	Saint Martin's School - Solihull	Day	Girls	NA	NA
82	73.58	Canford School - Wimborne	Both	Co-ed	18,918	24,570
83	73.52	Whitgift School - South Croydon	Day	Boys	12,354	NA
84	73.49	St Catherine's School - Guildford	Both	Girls	12,465	20,520
85	73.43	Nottingham High School	Day	Boys	9,513	NA
86	73.33	Maynard School - Devon	Day	Girls	9,030	NA
87	73.22	St Helens - Northwood	Day	Girls	11,385	21,114
88	73.13	Norwich High School for Girls GDST	Day	Girls	7,863	NA
89	73.03	Queen's School - Chester	day	Girls	8,895	NA
90	72.95	King Edward's School - Bath	Day	Co-ed	9,357	NA
91	72.80	Forest School - London E17	Day	Co-ed	11,814	NA
92	72.73	Eltham College	Day	Boys but co-ed 6th	11,088	NA
93	72.69	King's School - Canterbury	Both	Co-ed	19,530	26,310
94	72.55	Churcher's College - Petersfield	Day	Co-ed	9,810	NA
95	72.40	King's School - Cheshire	Day	Boys but co-ed 6th	8,925	NA
96	72.04	Wakefield Girls' High School	Day	Girls	8,685	NA
97	71.92	St Peter's School - York	Both	Co-ed	11,994	20,280
98	71.76	Sheffield High School GDST	Day	Girls	NA	NA
99	71.61	Talbot Heath School - Bournemouth	Both	Girls (Boys 3-7)	9,693	16,143
100	71.60	St Margaret's School - Watford	Both	Girls	NA	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).

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.