Here you'll see the top 100 independent schools ranked in order. Use the table to compare schools against one another and click on a school name for more information. Schools are ranked according to the combined percentage of A and B grades scored in A-levels or vocational equivalent.
HOW TO READ THE TABLE
Type of school is I - Independent and b - boys, g - girls and m - mixed, so I/m denotes mixed independent school.
Pupils is the number of candidates taking A-levels this year.
The A% and B% columns show the percentage of exams awarded those grades.
UCAS is the average university points score per pupil using the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service tariff, where an A at A-level equals 120, a B is 100, a C 80, a D 60, an E 40 and an A at AS-level equals 60 points, a B 50, a C 40, a D 30 and an E 20. The figure takes into account upper sixth-formers' achievement in AS-levels which were not carried forward to full A-level.
The A+B% figure, used to rank schools, is the percentage of exams awarded either A or B grades. If there is a tie, the school with the higher percentage of A grades ranks first.
* means the figure reflects achievement in the International Baccalaureate (IB), which is taken alongside A-levels or on its own.
If any columns are blank, the school did not provide the information.
| Position | School | Type | Pupils | A% | B% | UCAS | A+B% |
| 1 | *North London Collegiate School | I/ g | 110 | 91.9 | 7.5 | 500.5 | 99.4 |
| 2 | St Paul's Girls' School | I/ g | 94 | 91.5 | 7.3 | 454.6 | 98.8 |
| 3 | Wycombe Abbey School | I/ g | 81 | 92.4 | 6.1 | 489.1 | 98.5 |
| 4 | Withington Girls' School | I/ g | 84 | 81.8 | 16.7 | 424.4 | 98.5 |
| 5 | Westminster School | I/ m | 193 | 85.7 | 12.5 | 490.8 | 98.2 |
| 6 | St Paul's School | I/ b | 163 | 86.5 | 11.4 | 453.2 | 97.9 |
| 7 | *Sevenoaks School | I/ m | 202 | 80.0 | 17.5 | 619.7 | 97.5 |
| 8 | Eton College | I/ b | 256 | 80.8 | 16.2 | 492.0 | 97 |
| 9 | Perse School for Girls | I/ g | 53 | 79.3 | 17.4 | 451.9 | 96.7 |
| 10 | Manchester High School for Girls | I/ g | 94 | 74.3 | 21.7 | 444.5 | 96 |
| 11 | James Allen's Girls' School | I/ g | 106 | 79.7 | 15.9 | 488.4 | 95.6 |
| 12 | Royal Grammar School, Guildford | I/ b | 137 | 78.8 | 16.4 | 409.5 | 95.2 |
| 13 | Guildford High School | I/ g | 77 | 85.3 | 9.8 | 428.4 | 95.1 |
| 14 | Merchant Taylors' School | I/ b | 118 | 75.6 | 19.5 | 420.3 | 95.1 |
| 15 | St Swithun's School | I/ g | 56 | 68.8 | 26.3 | 422.1 | 95.1 |
| 16 | King Edward VI High School for Girls | I/ g | 77 | 74.3 | 20.5 | 424.8 | 94.8 |
| 17 | Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls | I/ g | 117 | 81.5 | 13.0 | 428.7 | 94.5 |
| 18 | Oxford High School GDST | I/ m | 89 | 80.3 | 14.2 | 450.3 | 94.5 |
| 19 | The Cheltenham Ladies' College | I/ g | 139 | 77.1 | 17.4 | 450.6 | 94.5 |
| 20 | Putney High School | I/ g | 61 | 78.4 | 16.0 | 429.7 | 94.4 |
| 21 | City of London School for Girls | I/ g | 78 | 78.3 | 15.8 | 428.1 | 94.1 |
| 22 | City of London School | I/ b | 105 | 74.9 | 19.1 | 435.8 | 94 |
| 23 | Harrow School | I/ b | 163 | 71.6 | 22.2 | 450.5 | 93.8 |
| 24 | The Lady Eleanor Holles School | I/ g | 78 | 69.2 | 24.6 | 388.5 | 93.8 |
| 25 | St Catherine's School | I/ g | 52 | 66.7 | 27.1 | 415.6 | 93.8 |
| 26 | Leeds Girls' High School | I/ m | 71 | 72.9 | 20.2 | 397.0 | 93.1 |
| 27 | Channing School | I/ g | 49 | 72.0 | 21.0 | 416.9 | 93 |
| 28 | The School of St Helen and St Katharine | I/ g | 84 | 73.6 | 19.3 | 406.5 | 92.9 |
| 29 | Magdalen College School | I/ b | 81 | 72.4 | 20.3 | 436.5 | 92.7 |
| 30 | South Hampstead High School | I/ g | 85 | 63.1 | 29.6 | 400.0 | 92.7 |
| 31 | Abingdon School | I/ m | 111 | 72.7 | 19.8 | 437.5 | 92.5 |
| 32 | *The Godolphin and Latymer School | I/ g | 107 | 74.3 | 18.1 | 449.2 | 92.4 |
| 33 | Tonbridge School | I/ b | 149 | 72.5 | 19.4 | 432.6 | 91.9 |
| 34 | King Edward VI School | I/ m | 113 | 73.4 | 18.4 | 396.1 | 91.8 |
| 35 | Haberdashers' Aske's School for Boys | I/ b | 155 | 72.2 | 19.2 | 405.9 | 91.4 |
| 36 | Downe House School | I/ g | 92 | 67.2 | 23.8 | 415.1 | 91 |
| 37 | Oundle School | I/ m | 194 | 62.9 | 28.1 | 413.2 | 91 |
| 38 | Charterhouse | I/ b | 188 | 69.9 | 20.9 | 421.0 | 90.8 |
| 39 | Sutton High School | I/ g | 45 | 62.9 | 27.9 | 381.3 | 90.8 |
| 40 | Queenswood School | I/ g | 56 | 58.6 | 32.0 | 391.6 | 90.6 |
| 41 | Royal Grammar School, Jesmond | I/ b | 179 | 73.8 | 16.7 | 393.4 | 90.5 |
| 42 | St Mary's School, Calne | I/ g | 48 | 74.8 | 15.6 | 401.0 | 90.4 |
| 43 | *Whitgift School | I/ b | 124 | 65.1 | 25.3 | 471.3 | 90.4 |
| 44 | Headington School | I/ m | 103 | 72.0 | 18.3 | 424.6 | 90.3 |
| 45 | Sherborne School for Girls | I/ g | 66 | 58.7 | 31.6 | 380.5 | 90.3 |
| 46 | *King's College School | I/ b | 154 | 66.2 | 24.0 | 529.1 | 90.2 |
| 47 | St Albans School | I/ m | 105 | 62.4 | 27.8 | 394.2 | 90.2 |
| 48 | Badminton School | I/ g | 38 | 78.4 | 11.5 | 447.9 | 89.9 |
| 49 | St Mary's School, Ascot | I/ g | 45 | 74.0 | 15.8 | 442.9 | 89.8 |
| 50 | Wimbledon High School | I/ g | 71 | 65.9 | 23.7 | 398.3 | 89.6 |
| 51 | Queen's Gate School | I/ g | 25 | 57.1 | 32.5 | 371.6 | 89.6 |
| 52 | Croydon High School | I/ g | 64 | 69.0 | 20.5 | 406.9 | 89.5 |
| 53 | Norwich School | I/ m | 130 | 66.0 | 23.3 | 403.0 | 89.3 |
| 54 | Eltham College | I/ b | 109 | 61.8 | 27.5 | 388.6 | 89.3 |
| 55 | Farnborough Hill | I/ g | 23 | 71.6 | 17.6 | 411.3 | 89.2 |
| 56 | St John's College Cardiff | I/ m | 30 | 60.2 | 29.0 | 390.7 | 89.2 |
| 57 | Radley College | I/ b | 126 | 57.2 | 32.0 | 434.0 | 89.2 |
| 58 | University College School | I/ b | 103 | 67.6 | 21.5 | 390.9 | 89.1 |
| 59 | Dulwich College | I/ b | 188 | 63.1 | 25.9 | 403.4 | 89 |
| 60 | Nottingham High School for Girls GDST | I/ g | 102 | 68.8 | 19.9 | 409.6 | 88.7 |
| 61 | Marlborough College | I/ m | 184 | 61.7 | 27.0 | 404.5 | 88.7 |
| 62 | The Perse School | I/ m | 106 | 68.5 | 19.5 | 410.4 | 88 |
| 63 | Bolton School Girls' Division | I/ g | 104 | 60.9 | 27.0 | 388.9 | 87.9 |
| 64 | Alleyn's School | I/ m | 141 | 65.0 | 22.8 | 399.5 | 87.8 |
| 65 | Bradford Grammar School | I/ m | 133 | 61.8 | 26.0 | 405.6 | 87.8 |
| 66 | The Abbey School Reading | I/ g | 76 | 66.0 | 21.7 | 392.0 | 87.7 |
| 67 | Ockbrook School | I/ m | 21 | 63.1 | 24.6 | 372.4 | 87.7 |
| 68 | Woldingham School | I/ g | 75 | 61.1 | 26.6 | 424.5 | 87.7 |
| 69 | Latymer Upper School | I/ m | 171 | 58.5 | 29.1 | 413.5 | 87.6 |
| 70 | Brighton College | I/ m | 148 | 59.0 | 28.5 | 385.7 | 87.5 |
| 71 | St Mary's School, Cambridge | I/ g | 47 | 62.7 | 24.7 | 398.7 | 87.4 |
| 72 | King Edward's School, Edgbaston | I/ b | 121 | 63.0 | 24.3 | 379.3 | 87.3 |
| 73 | Talbot Heath School | I/ g | 50 | 57.1 | 30.1 | 386.4 | 87.2 |
| 74 | Bancrofts School | I/ m | 109 | 66.1 | 21.0 | 399.1 | 87.1 |
| 75 | Reigate Grammar School | I/ m | 103 | 55.4 | 31.6 | 382.2 | 87 |
| 76 | *St Helen's School | I/ g | 65 | 53.9 | 33.0 | 422.2 | 86.9 |
| 77 | Canford School | I/ m | 130 | 62.2 | 24.6 | 387.5 | 86.8 |
| 78 | Heathfield School | I/ g | 41 | 60.2 | 26.6 | 380.7 | 86.8 |
| 79 | Hurtwood House School | I/ m | 146 | 57.8 | 29.0 | 355.0 | 86.8 |
| 80 | Notting Hill and Ealing High School | I/ g | 64 | 57.1 | 29.6 | 383.3 | 86.7 |
| 81 | St Albans High School for Girls | I/ g | 77 | 63.8 | 22.4 | 386.5 | 86.2 |
| 82 | The Queen's School | I/ g | 51 | 58.5 | 27.7 | 411.2 | 86.2 |
| 83 | King Edward's School, Bath | I/ m | 98 | 58.3 | 27.8 | 369.3 | 86.1 |
| 84 | King's School, Canterbury | I/ m | 181 | 58.8 | 27.2 | 406.1 | 86 |
| 85 | Kingston Grammar School | I/ m | 87 | 56.8 | 29.2 | 390.7 | 86 |
| 86 | Repton School | I/ m | 110 | 57.2 | 28.7 | 401.8 | 85.9 |
| 87 | Wellington College | I/ m | 158 | 56.1 | 29.8 | 367.0 | 85.9 |
| 88 | Trinity School, Croydon | I/ b | 112 | 53.9 | 31.9 | 397.4 | 85.8 |
| 89 | Bristol Grammar School | I/ m | 160 | 59.0 | 26.7 | 384.1 | 85.7 |
| 90 | Lancing College | I/ m | 98 | 63.9 | 21.7 | 439.1 | 85.6 |
| 91 | Hampton School | I/ b | 150 | 55.9 | 29.7 | 412.5 | 85.6 |
| 92 | Loughborough High School | I/ g | 67 | 56.0 | 29.5 | 385.2 | 85.5 |
| 93 | The Portsmouth Grammar School | I/ m | 119 | 58.2 | 27.2 | 382.3 | 85.4 |
| 94 | Norwich High School for Girls GDST | I/ g | 61 | ,60.0 | 25.3 | 389.7 | 85.3 |
| 95 | St Peter's School | I/ m | 107 | 59.1 | 26.2 | 385.3 | 85.3 |
| 96 | Rugby School | I/ m | 180 | 62.4 | 22.8 | 420.4 | 85.2 |
| 97 | Concord College | I/ m | 134 | 71.3 | 13.8 | 85.1 | |
| 98 | Tormead School | I/ g | 58 | 63.7 | 21.4 | 388.1 | 85.1 |
| 99 | Queen Margaret's School | I/ g | 57 | 54.6 | 30.5 | 377.9 | 85.1 |
| 100 | Clifton High School | I/ m | 40 | 53.7 | 31.4 | 360.5 | 85.1 |
