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 the UK for 2009. 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	98.14	Westminster School - London	Both	Boys (Co-ed 6th Form)	21,282	28,344
2	97.85	Magdalen College School	Day	Boys	NA	NA
3	97.50	St Paul's School - London	Both	Boys	17,388	25,773
4	97.26	St Paul's Girls' School - Hammersmith	Day	Girls	14,523	NA
5	97.18	Withington Girls School - Manchester	Day	Girls	9,018	NA
6	96.79	Lady Eleanor Holles School - Richmond	Day	Girls	12,540	NA
7	96.62	Eton College	Boarding	Boys	NA	28,851
8	96.60	Wycombe Abbey School - Buckinghamshire	Boarding	Girls	NA	28,200
9	96.12	North London Collegiate School - Edgware	Day	Girls	12,924	NA
10	94.93	Royal Grammar School - Guildford	Day	Boys	12,099	NA
11	94.36	City of London School for Girls	Day	Girls	12,375	NA
12	94.02	King's College - Wimbledon	Day	Boys	15,900	NA
13	94.00	Perse School for Girls - Cambridge	Day	Girls (Co-ed sixth form)	12,600	NA
14	93.94	Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls - Elstree	Day	Girls	10,995	NA
15	92.54	Guildford High School for Girls	Day	Girls	12,282	NA
16	91.90	Haberdasher's Aske's Boys School - Elstree	Day	Boys	13,496	NA
17	90.81	Oxford High School GDST	Day	Girls (Boys 3-6)	8,898	NA
18	89.69	Loughborough High School	Day	Girls	7,890	NA
19	89.62	Cheltenham Ladies' College	Both	Girls	20,253	29,883
20	88.95	Perse School for Boys - Cambridge	Day	Boys (Co-ed 6th Form)	NA	NA
21	88.71	Merchant Taylors' School - Northwood	Day	Boys	14,280	NA
22	88.50	St Swithun's School - Winchester	Both	Girls	14,400	23,745
23	87.90	South Hampstead High School	Day	Girls	NA	NA
24	87.84	School Of St Helen And St Katharine - Abingdon	Day	Girls	10,185	NA
25	87.67	St Albans School	Day	Boys but co-ed 6th	NA	NA
26	87.37	Alleyn's School - Dulwich	Day	Co-ed	13,437	NA
27	87.13	Putney High School	Day	Girls	11,100	NA
28	86.80	Godolphin & Latymer School - Hammersmith	Day	Girls	14,346	NA
29	86.51	Harrow School	Boarding	Boys	NA	28,545
30	86.38	King Edward VI High - Girls/ Birmingham	Day	Girls	8,430	NA
31	85.50	Downe House School - Berks	Both	Girls	NA	NA
32	85.24	Maynard School - Devon	Day	Girls	9,465	NA
33	85.16	St Albans High School for Girls	Day	Girls	11,460	NA
34	85.07	St Mary's School - Ascot	Both	Girls	19,500	27,420
35	85.00	Manchester Grammar School	Day	Boys	9,240	NA
36	84.70	Manchester High School for Girls	Day	Girls	8,634	NA
37	84.69	Grange School - Cheshire	Day	Co-ed	8,490	NA
38	84.56	Oundle School - Peterborough	Both	Co-ed	16,935	25,980
38 =	84.56	James Allen's Girls' School - Dulwich	Day	Girls	NA	NA
40	84.48	Sir William Perkins's School	Day	Girls	10,956	NA
41	84.38	Central Newcastle High School GDST	Day	Girls	8,898	NA
42	84.34	University College School - Hampstead	Day	Boys	NA	NA
43	84.30	Tonbridge School - Kent	Both	Boys	21,537	28,986
44	84.28	Channing School - Highgate	Day	Girls	12,390	NA
45	84.24	Hampton School - Middlesex	Day	Boys	13,410	NA
46	84.20	Tormead School - Guildford	Day	Girls	11,235	NA
47	84.15	Queen's School - Chester	Day	Girls	9,420	NA
48	83.46	King Edward's School (Boys) - Birmingham	Day	Boys	8,970	NA
49	82.29	Headington School - Oxford	Both	Girls	12,510	23,985
50	82.27	Kingston Grammar School	Day	Co-ed	13,029	NA
51	82.10	City of London School for Boys	Day	Boys	12,267	NA
52	82.03	Latymer Upper School - Hammersmith	Day	Co-ed	13,470	NA
53	82.00	Charterhouse School - Godalming	Both	Boys (Co-ed 6th Form)	22,716	27,480
54	81.86	Sheffield High School GDST	Day	Girls	8,898	NA
55	81.48	Notting Hill & Ealing High School	Day	Girls	11,100	NA
56	81.45	Highgate School - London	Day	Co-ed	14,190	NA
57	81.30	King's School - Cheshire	Day	Co-ed	9,462	NA
58	81.21	Shrewsbury High School GDST	Day	Girls	NA	NA
59	81.09	City of London Freemen's School - Ashtead	Both	Co-ed	13,680	21,771
60	80.72	Bancroft's School - Woodford Green	Day	Co-ed	11,955	NA
61	80.67	Wimbledon High School GDST	Day	Girls	NA	NA
62	80.47	Royal Grammar School - Newcastle	Day	Co-ed	8,799	NA
63	80.26	St Catherine's School - Guildford	Both	Girls	13,176	21,690
64	80.21	St Helens - Northwood	Day	Girls	12,171	NA
65	80.03	Queenswood School - Hatfield	Both	Girls	20,175	26,115
66	79.94	Christ's Hospital - Horsham	Boarding	Co-ed	NA	NA
67	79.92	Dulwich College	Both	Boys	13,572	27,330
68	79.62	King's High School for Girls - Warwick	Day	Girls	9,126	NA
69	78.93	Howell's School Llandaff GDST - Cardiff	Day	Girls (Boys 16-18)	8,955	NA
70	77.99	Trinity School - Croydon	Day	Boys	11,274	NA
71	77.69	Leicester High School for Girls	Day	Girls	8,400	NA
71 =	77.69	Abingdon School	Both	Boys	13,380	27,450
73	77.57	Croydon High School GDST	Day	Girls	11,100	NA
74	77.55	Abbey School - Reading	Day	Girls	11,520	NA
75	77.21	Nottingham High School for Girls	Day	Girls	NA	NA
75 =	77.21	King Edward VI School - Southampton	Day	Co-ed	10,485	NA
77	77.10	Canford School - Wimborne	Both	Co-ed	20,025	25,680
78	76.76	Nottingham High School	Day	Boys	10,074	NA
79	76.74	Badminton School - Bristol	Both	Girls	14,910	26,520
80	76.53	Queen's Gate School - Kensington	Day	Girls	NA	NA
81	76.51	Brighton College	Both	Co-ed	17,184	29,184
82	76.49	Rugby School	Both	Co-ed	NA	NA
83	76.33	Moreton Hall School - Oswestry	Both	Girls	20,580	25,530
84	75.80	Dauntsey's School - Devizes	Both	Co-ed	14,550	24,525
85	75.64	Wakefield Girls' High School	Day	Girls	9,099	NA
86	75.22	Francis Holland School - Graham Terrace	Day	Girls	NA	NA
87	75.21	Twycross House School - Atherstone	Day	Co-ed	NA	NA
88	74.25	Burgess Hill School for Girls	Both	Girls (boys pre-prep only)	12,450	21,630
89	74.11	King Edward's School - Bath	Day	Co-ed	10,260	NA
89 =	74.11	Surbiton High School	Day	Girls (Boys 4-11)	11,163	NA
91	73.58	Hymers College - Hull	Day	Co-ed	NA	NA
92	73.36	Whitgift School - South Croydon	Day	Boys	13,266	NA
93	73.32	Bolton School (Girls' Division)	Day	Girls	8,706	NA
94	73.25	Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls	Both	Girls	10,902	19,995
95	72.73	King's School - Canterbury	Both	Co-ed	20,730	28,050
96	72.40	Warwick School	Both	Boys	9,933	21,195
97	72.08	Cheadle Hulme School	Day	Co-ed	8,628	NA
98	71.89	Edgbaston High School for Girls	Day	Girls	8,724	NA
99	71.79	Concord College - Shrewsbury	Both	Co-ed	NA	23,400
100	71.78	Chigwell School	Day (6th form boarding only)	Co-ed	12,903	19,611

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.