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2023 Results

# A + A* % Name Day/Board Boy/Girl Day £ Board £
1 97.50 Wycombe Abbey School Boarding Girls 38,700 50,925
2 96.30 Westminster School Both Co-ed (Boys Only 13 - 16) 39,735 52,488
3 96.19 St Paul's School Both Boys 31,170 46,908
4 94.00 Brighton College Both Co-ed 30,930 67,410
5 93.73 Eton College Boarding Boys   52,749
6 93.56 Tonbridge School Both Boys 39,606 52,791
7 92.01 Dulwich College Both Boys 26,421 55,155
8 90.00 Concord College Both Co-ed    
= 90.00 Caterham School Both Co-ed 24,825 51,825
10 88.29 Cheltenham Ladies' College Both Girls 35,700 54,000
11 88.10 Whitgift School Both Boys 26,055 51,120
= 88.10 Winchester College Boarding Boys 38,367 51,855
13 88.00 St Catherine's School Both Girls 23,295 39,470
14 87.40 Oxford International College Both Co-ed 29,250 58,780
15 87.00 St Mary's School Ascot Both Girls    
= 87.00 St Michael's School - Llanelli Both Co-ed 15,225 44,970
17 86.40 Wellington College Both Co-ed 38,100 52,110
18 86.00 Sevenoaks School Both Co-ed 34,896 53,550
19 84.10 Cardiff Sixth Form College Both Co-ed 24,100 57,600
20 84.00 City of London Freemen's School Both Co-ed 26,490 46,611
21 83.40 Epsom College Both Co-ed 33,303 50,373
22 82.00 Benenden School Boarding Girls 36,282 50,214
23 81.00 Haileybury Both Co-ed 34,620 47,835
= 81.00 St Francis' College Both Girls 21,138 39,858
= 81.00 Downe House School Both Girls 37,830 50,865
26 80.70 Abingdon School Both Boys 24,420 49,800
27 79.81 St Swithun's School Both Girls 27,003 45,636
28 77.45 Radley College Boarding Boys   51,150
29 75.76 Headington Rye Oxford Both Girls 24,540 49,398
30 75.54 Rugby School Both Co-ed 31,200 49,200
31 74.30 Roedean School Both Girls 28,230 56,790
32 74.00 Oundle School Both Co-ed 31,425 49,015
= 74.00 The King's School Canterbury - Senior School Both Co-ed 32,760 47,160
34 72.87 Canford School Both Co-ed 35,871 47,340
35 72.00 Bishop's Stortford College Both Co-ed 25,464 46,524
= 72.00 Charterhouse School Both Co-ed 40,017 50,148
37 71.00 Marlborough College Both Co-ed   50,985
= 71.00 St Mary's Calne Both Girls 36,600 49,065
39 69.00 Badminton School Both Girls 20,550 51,375
= 69.00 Bedford School Both Boys 25,695 44,238
41 68.60 Uppingham School Both Co-ed 29,370 47,979
42 68.10 St Peter's School Both Co-ed 23,205 42,825
43 68.02 Ardingly College Both Co-ed 30,318 46,422
44 66.38 Woldingham School Both Girls 30,330 51,555
45 66.00 Dauntsey's School Both Co-ed 23,730 45,330
= 66.00 Fettes College Both Co-ed 39,450 46,980
47 65.56 Warwick School Both Boys 17,358 43,410
48 65.40 Royal High School Both Girls 17,658 40,374
49 65.10 Berkhamsted School Both Co-ed 26,520 43,740
50 65.00 St Mary's School Cambridge Both Girls 21,330 45,840
51 64.80 Burgess Hill Girls Both Girls 25,095 44,595
52 63.00 Ipswich School Both Co-ed 20,985 44,787
53 62.00 Kingswood School Both Co-ed 19,341 41,886
= 62.00 Mayfield School Both Girls 29,250 44,925
55 61.00 Clifton College Both Co-ed 31,680 49,185
= 61.00 St George's School - Ascot Both Girls 28,560 45,435
= 61.00 Repton School Both Co-ed 34,350 46,320
58 60.00 Queen Anne's School Both Girls 28,095 50,214
59 59.00 Shrewsbury School Both Co-ed 33,831 51,084
= 59.00 Christ's Hospital Both Co-ed 29,178 44,844
= 59.00 Loughborough Grammar School Both Boys 17,460 44,040
62 58.70 Monmouth School for Girls Both Girls (Co-ed 6th form) 21,576 45,192
63 58.00 Cheltenham College Both Co-ed 37,425 49,425
= 58.00 Sherborne Girls Both Girls 30,330 47,190
65 57.79 Mill Hill School Both Co-ed 27,075 46,500
66 57.00 Brentwood School Both Co-ed 24,411 46,835
= 57.00 Harrogate Ladies' College Both Girls 20,400 43,230
= 57.00 Kimbolton School Both Co-ed 21,105 35,790
= 57.00 Eastbourne College Both Co-ed 31,080 47,175
70 56.00 Bradfield College Both Co-ed 39,096 48,870
= 56.00 Royal Masonic School for Girls Both Girls 24,045 43,755
= 56.00 Lancing College Both Co-ed 31,965 46,770
73 55.00 Moreton Hall School Both Girls (Co-ed 11 - 13) 26,919 40,233
74 54.90 Chetham's School of Music Both Co-ed 27,480 42,093
75 54.00 d'Overbroeck's Both Co-ed 29,700 53,880
= 54.00 Farlington School Both Co-ed 21,840 39,000
77 53.00 The Mount School York Both Girls 22,248 38,166
= 53.00 St Margaret's School - Bushey Both Co-ed 21,834 41,526
= 53.00 Culford School Both Co-ed 25,545 43,305
80 52.90 Adcote School for Girls Both Girls    
81 52.70 Ashford School Both Co-ed 21,795 44,685
82 52.00 Bootham Senior School Both Co-ed 21,660 39,450
= 52.00 Malvern College Both Co-ed 33,390 51,180
84 51.71 Wells Cathedral School Both Co-ed 26,277 42,987
85 51.40 Monkton Senior School Both Co-ed 27,855 44,430
86 51.00 Kent College Pembury Both Girls 28,740 42,930
87 50.50 Truro School Both Co-ed 17,850 39,225
88 50.30 Queenswood School Both Girls 31,020 47,535
89 50.00 Stowe School Both Co-ed 28,464 46,701
= 50.00 Leighton Park School Both Co-ed 29,910 48,105
91 49.00 Oakham School Both Co-ed 27,660 46,545
= 49.00 Blundell's School Both Co-ed 27,990 47,775
93 48.50 Royal Russell School Both Co-ed 23,913 47,268
94 47.97 Rendcomb College Both Co-ed 22,860 46,575
95 47.10 Gresham's School Both Co-ed 30,570 43,800
96 47.00 Windermere School - Browhead Campus Both Co-ed 22,470 40,815
= 47.00 St Edmund's College Both Co-ed 23,148 40,962
98 46.92 Lord Wandsworth College Both Co-ed 31,110 44,100
99 46.00 Stonyhurst College Both Co-ed 25,000 46,350
100 45.80 Sherborne School Both Boys 38,550 48,750

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This table lists the Top 100 boarding schools in the UK based on 2023 GCSE results. Rankings are based on the percentage of GCSE or IGCSE entries awarded 9-7 and A* and A grades. To qualify for inclusion there must be a minimum of 20 students in the cohort.

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