The Top International Baccalaureate Schools
by average points per pupil

In this section we give you our own assessment of the Top IB Schools in the UK for 2012. These positions are compiled from the average points of sixth formers taking the Diploma Programme of the IB. Note that the IB is still a relatively new qualification for UK schools and many have not been offering it sufficiently long to publish results. The International Baccalaureate Organisation refuses to publish results and we have had to collect these statistics by asking each school individually. We show two league tables – the first for schools with cohort of IB DP students of 15 or more and the second with cohorts of 14 or less. Relatively few schools offer the IB DP exclusively. Most of the smaller IB cohort schools are also offering A levels as an alternative, in which case the IB cohort is often in the minority.

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IB Schools with 15 or more pupil cohorts

	Avg. Points	Name	Day / Board	Boy / Girl	Day £	Board £	Cohort Size
1	41.0	Cheltenham Ladies' College	Both	Girls	22,461	33,144	18
2	40.9	North London Collegiate School - Edgware	Day	Girls	15,540	NA	24
3	40.1	King's College - Wimbledon	Day	Boys	18,210	NA	175
4	39.7	Stephen Perse Foundation (formerly Perse Girls) - Cambridge	Day	Girls (Co-ed sixth form)	14,100	NA	17
5	39.5	Godolphin & Latymer School - Hammersmith	Day	Girls	15,990	NA	25
6	39.4	Sevenoaks School	Both	Co-ed	20,970	32,121	209
7	39.3	Haileybury - Hertford	Both	Co-ed	21,285	28,341	39
8	39.2	Whitgift School - South Croydon	Both	Boys	15,291	31,500	19
9	37.8	Bedford School	Both	Boys	16,227	27,051	24
9 =	37.8	Oakham School - Rutland	Both	Co-ed	17,100	28,500	44
11	37.7	Wellington College - Berkshire	Both	Co-ed	23,610	31,500	38
11 =	37.7	Malvern College - Worcestershire	Both	Co-ed	21,105	32,952	96
13	37.1	Fettes College - Edinburgh	Both	Co-ed	21,075	28,110	36
14	36.7	King Edward's School (Boys) - Birmingham	Day	Boys	10,926	NA	113
15	36.5	Worth School - Crawley	Both	Co-ed	20,235	27,849	27
16	36.1	Marymount International School - Kingston Upon Thames	Both	Girls	19,480	32,770	35
17	36.0	United World College of the Atlantic	Both	Co-ed	declined	declined	0
17 =	36.0	St Edward's School - Oxford	Both	Co-ed	24,681	30,849	0
19	35.9	King William's College - Castletown	Both	Co-ed	18,996	27,663	40
20	35.5	Gresham's School - Norfolk	Both	Co-ed	21,720	28,320	21
21	35.2	Marlborough College	Both	Co-ed	26,640	31,350	21
22	35.1	St Clare's - Oxford	Both	Co-ed	16,838	31,216	95
22 =	35.1	Bromsgrove School	Both	Co-ed	13,500	28,995	41
24	35.0	Ardingly College - Haywards Heath	Both	Co-ed	21,315	28,200	39
24 =	35.0	Portsmouth Grammar School	Day	Co-ed	12,666	NA	16
26	34.6	Southbank International School - Westminster Annexe	Day	Co-ed	24,150	NA	43
27	34.4	Felsted School - Essex	Both	Co-ed	19,710	26,385	30
28	34.0	ACS Egham International School	Day	Co-ed	20,890	NA	46
28 =	34.0	ACS Cobham International School	Both	Co-ed	21,860	38,260	64
28 =	34.0	St Leonards School - Fife	Both	Co-ed	11,388	27,114	61
28 =	34.0	Windermere School	Both	Co-ed	NA	NA	0
28 =	34.0	TASIS - The American School in England	Both	Co-ed	19,810	33,760	42
33	33.9	Taunton School	Both	Co-ed	15,960	26,760	29
34	33.8	St Dunstan's College - Catford	Day	Co-ed	14,061	NA	24
35	33.0	Scarborough College - N. Yorks	Both	Co-ed	11,902	21,591	34
35 =	33.0	ACS Hillingdon International School	Day	Co-ed	20,370	NA	33
37	32.5	CATS Canterbury	Board	Co-ed	16,230	29,880	25
38	32.3	Warminster School - Wiltshire	Both	Co-ed	13,350	24,600	25
39	31.9	King Edward's School - Witley	Both	Co-ed	18,990	27,150	58
40	31.7	Rydal Penrhos - Conwy	Both	Co-ed	14,055	28,020	25
41	31.0	Plymouth College	Both	Co-ed	13,350	25,845	16
42	30.9	Cobham Hall - Gravesend	Both	Girls	18,474	27,789	19
43	30.7	Sidcot School - Winscombe	Both	Co-ed	14,700	26,400	17
44	29.6	Box Hill School - Dorking	Both	Co-ed	16,050	27,690	47
45	29.5	Ellesmere College - Shropshire	Both	Co-ed	15,975	26,995	23
46	28.4	Rossall School - Lancashire	Both	Co-ed	11,700	29,880	26

IB Schools with up to 14 pupil cohorts

	Avg. Points	Name	Day / Board	Boy / Girl	Day £	Board £	Cohort Size
1	40.0	Royal High School - Bath	Both	Girls	11,130	22,530	9
2	39.6	Manchester High School for Girls	Day	Girls	9,900	NA	8
3	39.3	St Helen's - Northwood	Day	Girls	13,830	NA	9
4	38.4	Abbey School - Reading	Day	Girls	13,290	NA	14
5	38.3	Headington School - Oxford	Both	Girls	15,084	29,205	13
6	37.8	Red Maids School - Bristol	Day	Girls	11,100	NA	13
7	37.4	Kent College - Canterbury	Both	Co-ed	15,819	28,497	7
8	36.3	Manchester Grammar School	Day	Boys	10,515	NA	3
9	36.1	Leighton Park School - Reading	Both	Co-ed	18,552	28,314	11
10	35.3	Sherborne School	Both	Boys	24,525	30,300	0
11	33.0	Ryde School With Upper Chine - Isle of Wight	Both	Co-ed	10,515	21,525	12
11 =	33.0	Sherborne School for Girls	Both	Girls	21,210	29,205	10
13	32.9	Brentwood School	Both	Co-ed	14,811	26,589	10
14	29.4	Pangbourne College - Berkshire	Both	Co-ed	NA	NA	9

Note.1. There are a few gaps in our data, because the information is not freely available or a school will not supply it or it has not offered the IB for long enough to have DP results. For those schools who refuse to supply data, we have to assume they are lower graded schools.

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 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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The Top International Baccalaureate Schools by average points per pupil

The Top International Baccalaureate Schools
by average points per pupil