Best-schools' League Tables: Information for Schools

British private schools are renowned for their academic achievement. Our website exists to provide interested parents with clear and impartial advice and information on British private schools.

We believe we publish the most accurate exam results and league tables of independent schools in the UK. Given that close to a million visitors view our league tables each year, we believe there is a huge public interest in publishing schools' results in a fair and transparent way.

Academic success is worth celebrating, and we present specially commissioned Crystal Awards to the top schools in each category, and certificates to the highest performing schools. We also try to ensure maximum PR for schools by publishing the award presentations on our websites and sending out press releases. We encourage all schools to do likewise on their websites and newsletters with a link to their position in the tables. Any school that appears in our League Tables is authorised to include our Best-schools logo in their PR materials.

Here a few of the principles we use when compiling the league tables:

1. As a general rule we do not try to combine scores for different curriculums because we believe the conversion ratios are flawed, particularly for the IBDP to A Levels. We are aware that an increasing number of schools are now offering Level 3 BTEC courses as an alternative to A Levels and will be taking this into account for future tables. 

2. We like to see a minimum of 20 in a cohort to make exam scores credible. However, in the IBDP sector there are a number of successful schools with very small cohorts – so we have divided the IB tables into large and small cohorts.

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If you would like to contact us about your school's academic results or reproducing our league tables in your marketing materials, then please do get in touch.