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The Top 100 Senior Schools A* and A Grade at A Level

In this section we give you our own assessment of the Top 100 independent senior schools in the UK for 2012. These positions are compiled from the % of A* and A at A levels.

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A + A* % Name Day / Board Boy / Girl Day £ Board £
1 94.71 Cardiff Sixth Form College Both Co ed 12,000 27,000
2 92.81 Wycombe Abbey School - Buckinghamshire Boarding Girls NA 31,950
3 91.67 St Paul's Girls' School - Hammersmith Day Girls 20,160 NA
4 88.04 St Paul's School - London Both Boys 19,674 29,466
5 86.00 Westminster School - London Both Boys (Co-ed 6th Form) 23,538 31,350
6 84.92 Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls - Elstree Day Girls 12,666 NA
7 84.74 Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School - Elstree Day Boys 15,255 NA
8 84.52 Magdalen College School Day Boys (Co-ed 6th form) 13,932 NA
9 82.02 Eton College Boarding Boys NA 32,067
10 81.73 Cheltenham Ladies' College Both Girls 22,461 33,144
11 80.82 North London Collegiate School - Edgware Day Girls 15,540 NA
12 80.77 Guildford High School for Girls Day Girls 13,890 NA
13 80.63 Withington Girls School - Manchester Day Girls 10,548 NA
14 80.24 Oxford High School GDST Day Girls (Co-ed 3-6) 11,601 NA
15 80.13 Lady Eleanor Holles School - Richmond Day Girls 15,450 NA
16 79.70 Perse Upper School - Cambridge Day Co-ed 14,043 NA
17 78.87 Royal Grammar School - Guildford Day Boys 14,070 NA
18 78.17 City of London School for Girls Day Girls 13,527 NA
19 77.61 Alleyn's School - Dulwich Day Co-ed 15,255 NA
20 77.60 City of London School for Boys Day Boys 13,401 NA
21 77.55 South Hampstead High School Day Girls 13,680 NA
22 77.44 Brighton College Both Co-ed 19,509 34,500
23 77.30 Merchant Taylors' School - Northwood Day Boys 16,660 NA
24 77.06 James Allen's Girls' School - Dulwich Day Girls 14,103 NA
25 75.62 Manchester Grammar School Day Boys 10,515 NA
26 75.45 St Swithun's School - Winchester Both Girls (Co-ed 3-7) 16,815 27,210
27 75.33 Headington School - Oxford Both Girls 15,084 29,205
28 75.23 Concord College - Shrewsbury Both Co-ed 11,940 28,600
29 74.90 Manchester High School for Girls Day Girls 9,900 NA
30 74.74 Tonbridge School - Kent Both Boys 24,618 32,823
31 74.12 Benenden School - Kent Boarding Girls NA 31,410
32 74.10 Channing School - Highgate Day Girls 14,670 NA
33 74.08 Abingdon School Both Boys 15,141 31,050
34 74.07 Notting Hill & Ealing High School Day Girls 14,004 NA
35 73.78 St Albans High School for Girls Day Girls 12,930 NA
36 73.68 Leicester High School for Girls Day Girls 10,125 NA
37 73.36 Hampton School - Middlesex Day Boys 15,255 NA
38 73.28 Harrow School Boarding Boys NA 32,160
39 73.22 Latymer Upper School - Hammersmith Day Co-ed 15,705 NA
40 73.13 Nottingham High School Day Boys 11,607 NA
41 72.94 St Catherine's School - Guildford Both Girls 15,660 25,770
42 72.50 St John's College - Cardiff Day Co-ed 12,573 NA
43 72.22 King Edward VI High - Girls/ Birmingham Day Girls 10,620 NA
44 72.06 Queen's Gate School - Kensington Day Girls 15,900 NA
45 71.88 St Mary's School - Ascot Both Girls 21,510 30,240
46 71.81 Abbey College - Cambridge Both Co-ed 21,000 NA
47 71.62 Norwich School Day Co-ed 12,660 NA
48 71.27 Highgate School - London Day Co-ed 16,815 NA
49 70.93 Godolphin & Latymer School - Hammersmith Day Girls 15,990 NA
50 70.80 Queen's School - Chester Day Girls 10,995 NA
51 70.64 City of London Freemen's School - Ashtead Both Co-ed 14,814 23,589
52 70.45 School of St Helen and St Katharine - Abingdon Day Girls 12,420 NA
53 70.35 Queen Ethelburga's College - York Both Co-ed 11,985 38,085
54 70.11 St Albans School Day Boys (Co-ed 6th form) 14,733 NA
55 69.93 Caterham School Both Co-ed 15,030 28,044
56 69.44 Radley College - Abingdon Boarding Boys NA 30,900
57 69.23 Grange School - Cheshire Day Co-ed 9,480 NA
58 68.93 Bancroft's School - Woodford Green Day Co-ed 13,584 NA
59 68.79 Royal Grammar School - Newcastle Day Co-ed 10,296 NA
60 67.77 Ruthin School Both Co-ed 11,750 22,500
61 67.44 Badminton School - Bristol Both Girls 16,440 30,840
62 67.17 Wimbledon High School GDST Day Girls 14,004 NA
63 66.46 St Mary's School - Cambridge Boarding from age 13 Girls 13,065 28,140
64 65.90 Eltham College Day Boys (Co-ed 6th form) 13,506 NA
65 65.85 University College School - Hampstead Day Boys (Co-ed sixth form) 16,575 NA
66 65.44 St Michael's School - Llanelli Both Co-ed 10,770 23,500
67 65.04 Trinity School - Croydon Day Boys 13,044 NA
68 65.03 St Mary's School - Calne Both Girls 23,001 31,500
69 64.87 Nottingham High School for Girls Day Girls 10,665 NA
70 64.84 King Edward VI School - Southampton Day Co-ed 12,135 NA
71 64.45 Putney High School Day Girls 14,076 NA
72 63.96 Tormead School - Guildford Day Girls 12,630 NA
73 63.88 Kingston Grammar School Day Co-ed 15,465 NA
74 63.64 Canford School - Wimborne Both Co-ed 22,275 28,500
75 63.46 King's School - Canterbury Both Co-ed 23,295 31,140
76 63.31 Derby High School Day Co-ed (Boys 3-11) 10,620 NA
77 63.16 Chigwell School Day (6th form boarding only) Co-ed 14,805 23,760
78 62.96 Surbiton High School Day Girls (Co-ed 4-11) 13,368 NA
79 62.70 Hurtwood House - Dorking Both Co-ed NA 35,175
80 62.64 Burgess Hill School for Girls Both Girls (Co-ed 2 - 7) 14,250 25,200
81 62.58 Bromley High School GDST Day Girls 13,356 NA
82 62.44 Dulwich College Both Boys 15,711 32,481
83 62.35 Portsmouth Grammar School Day Co-ed 12,666 NA
84 62.34 Merchant Taylors' Boys' School - Liverpool Day Boys 9,816 NA
85 61.52 Cambridge Tutors College - Croydon Both Co-ed 18,360 NA
86 60.99 Monmouth School Both Boys 13,116 23,112
87 60.77 Abbey School - Reading Day Girls 13,290 NA
88 60.59 Loughborough Grammar School Both Boys 10,413 19,656
89 60.58 Malvern St James Both Girls 15,645 33,075
90 60.34 Queen Elizabeths Hospital - Bristol Day Boys 11,766 NA
91 60.23 Leicester Grammar School Day Co-ed 10,860 NA
92 60.11 Wellington College - Berkshire Both Co-ed 23,610 31,500
93 60.00 Denstone College - Staffordshire Both Co-ed 12,549 21,852
94 59.60 King's School - Cheshire Day Co-ed 11,058 NA
95 59.50 Bromsgrove School Both Co-ed 13,500 28,995
96 59.40 Reigate Grammar School Day Co-ed 14,952 NA
97 59.38 Sir William Perkins's School Day Girls 12,846 NA
98 59.00 Croydon High School GDST Day Girls 13,239 NA
99 58.95 King's High School for Girls - Warwick Day Girls 10,098 NA
100 58.89 Repton School Both Co-ed 21,726 29,280

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). Approximately 60 schools have boycotted league tables by refusing to publish exam results in 2011, mainly because they do not want to be compared to state schools offering soft option subjects or through failure of the Government to acknowledge the more stretching IGCSEs. Notwithstanding this we have recorded most of their exam results in our tables. The only school likely to be missing from the top 30 would be Eton College.

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.

Note 3. We do not include schools which have less than 20 pupils taking A Levels.

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