SchoolScoresBest boarding schools in England
How this list works. Ranked by average points per entry across A levels, the IB Diploma, Pre-U and other academic qualifications, on DfE's scale where an A level A* is 60, an A is 50 and a B is 40, averaged over up to the last three years and weighted by the number of students each year. Years with fewer than 10 students don't count. Inspection outcomes are shown but aren't part of the ranking. Full methodology.
Boarding schools are those DfE's register lists as taking boarders; most also take day pupils. State boarding schools charge for boarding but not for teaching.
| # | School | Points per entry |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Paul's School Richmond upon Thames · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 216 students a year | 53.8A+ average |
| 2 | Westminster School Westminster · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 196 students a year | 53.5A+ average |
| 3 | Brighton College Brighton · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 234 students a year | 53.1A+ average |
| 4 | The National Mathematics and Science College Westwood Way · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 46 students a year | 52.4A+ average |
| 5 | Eton College Windsor · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 271 students a year | 51.2A average |
| 6 | Wycombe Abbey High Wycombe · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 95 students a year | 50.9A average |
| 7 | Concord College Shrewsbury · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 170 students a year | 50.7A+ average |
| 8 | Tonbridge School Tonbridge · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 164 students a year | 50.7A average |
| 9 | Colchester Royal Grammar School Colchester · Boys only · Boarding · Grammar school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 4 exceptional, 3 strong · about 189 students a year | 50.5A average |
| 10 | Oxford International College Oxford · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 162 students a year | 50.4A- average |
| 11 | Winchester College Winchester · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 151 students a year | 50.2A average |
| 12 | Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge Cambridge · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 35 students a year · 2 years of results | 49.7A average |
| 13 | Reading School Reading · Boys only · Boarding · Grammar school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 184 students a year | 49.2A average |
| 14 | Sevenoaks School Sevenoaks · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 233 students a year | 49.1A average |
| 15 | Cheltenham Ladies' College Cheltenham · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 161 students a year | 49.1A average |
| 16 | Abingdon School Abingdon · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 178 students a year | 48.9A average |
| 17 | Harrow School Harrow-on-the-Hill · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 171 students a year | 48.8A- average |
| 18 | St Mary's School Ascot Ascot · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 57 students a year | 48.7A- average |
| 19 | St Swithuns Winchester · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 69 students a year | 48.2A average |
| 20 | City of London Freemen's School Surrey · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 104 students a year | 48.1A average |
| 21 | Dulwich College Southwark · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 238 students a year | 48.1A average |
| 22 | Wellington College Crowthorne · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 239 students a year | 47.7A- average |
| 23 | Caterham School Caterham · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 163 students a year | 47.6A- average |
| 24 | Radley College Vale of White Horse · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 156 students a year | 47.5A- average |
| 25 | St Catherine's School Guildford · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 83 students a year | 47.4A average |
| 26 | Benenden School Cranbrook · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 97 students a year | 47.2A- average |
| 27 | St Marys Calne and St Margarets Prep Calne · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 60 students a year | 47.1A- average |
| 28 | Exeter Mathematics School Exeter · Boarding · about 61 students a year | 47.1A- average |
| 29 | Hurstpierpoint College Hassocks · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 168 students a year | 46.9A- average |
| 30 | Whitgift School Haling Park · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 195 students a year | 46.8A- average |
| 31 | Epsom College Epsom · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 188 students a year | 46.6A- average |
| 32 | Burgess Hill Girls Burgess Hill · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 30 students a year | 46.4A- average |
| 33 | Canford School Wimborne · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 139 students a year | 46.4A- average |
| 34 | Oundle School Northamptonshire · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 201 students a year | 46.3A- average |
| 35 | Marlborough College Wiltshire · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 220 students a year | 46.3A- average |
| 36 | The Leys School Cambridge · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 102 students a year | 46.2A- average |
| 37 | Downe House Thatcham · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 86 students a year | 46.2A- average |
| 38 | St Francis College Letchworth Garden City · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 23 students a year · 2 years of results | 45.9A- average |
| 39 | Roedean School Brighton · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 88 students a year | 45.8B+ average |
| 40 | Rugby School Rugby · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 179 students a year | 45.7A- average |
| 41 | Ardingly College Haywards Heath · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 133 students a year | 45.7A- average |
| 42 | Headington School Oxford Oxford · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 113 students a year | 45.6A- average |
| 43 | Reed's School Cobham · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 153 students a year | 45.4B+ average |
| 44 | d'Overbroeck's Oxford · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 200 students a year | 45.3A- average |
| 45 | Haileybury College Hertford · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 178 students a year | 44.9B+ average |
| 46 | St John's School Leatherhead · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 127 students a year | 44.8B+ average |
| 47 | Uppingham School Rutland · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 182 students a year | 44.8B+ average |
| 48 | The King's School Canterbury Canterbury · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 191 students a year | 44.8A- average |
| 49 | Ipswich School Ipswich · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 144 students a year | 44.7B+ average |
| 50 | Loughborough High School Loughborough · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 71 students a year | 44.7A- average |
| 51 | Kingswood School Bath · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 121 students a year | 44.6B+ average |
| 52 | Bromsgrove School Bromsgrove · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 215 students a year | 44.6A- average |
| 53 | Abbey College Cambridge Cambridgeshire · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 107 students a year | 44.6B+ average |
| 54 | The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe High Wycombe · Boys only · Boarding · Grammar school · Ofsted: Good (2019), improved significantly 2025 · about 206 students a year | 44.5A- average |
| 55 | Hurtwood House School Dorking · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 162 students a year | 44.4B+ average |
| 56 | The Stephen Perse Foundation Cambridge · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 104 students a year | 44.4A- average |
| 57 | Charterhouse Godalming · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 199 students a year | 44.3B+ average |
| 58 | Warwick School Warwick · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 144 students a year | 44.3A- average |
| 59 | Badminton School Bristol · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 60 students a year | 44.2B+ average |
| 60 | Mayfield School Mayfield · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 61 students a year | 44.2B+ average |
| 61 | Berkhamsted School Berkhamsted · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 203 students a year | 44.0A- average |
| 62 | Chigwell School Chigwell · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 94 students a year | 44.0B+ average |
| 63 | Cranleigh School Cranleigh · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 137 students a year | 44.0B+ average |
| 64 | Bishop's Stortford College Bishop's Stortford · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 121 students a year | 43.6B+ average |
| 65 | Ripon Grammar School Ripon · Boarding · Grammar school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · about 149 students a year | 43.4B+ average |
| 66 | St Peter's School 2-18 York · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 128 students a year | 43.4B+ average |
| 67 | Woldingham School Caterham · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 78 students a year | 43.2B+ average |
| 68 | Bedford School Bedford · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 134 students a year | 43.2B+ average |
| 69 | St Mary's School cambridge · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 50 students a year | 43.0B+ average |
| 70 | King's High School Warwickshire · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 97 students a year | 43.0B+ average |
| 71 | Royal Masonic School for Girls Rickmansworth · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 83 students a year | 43.0B average |
| 72 | Clifton College Bristol · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 160 students a year | 42.9B+ average |
| 73 | Cheltenham College Cheltenham · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 152 students a year | 42.9B+ average |
| 74 | Truro School Truro · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 82 students a year | 42.9B+ average |
| 75 | Mill Hill Schools Barnet · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 165 students a year | 42.8B+ average |
| 76 | Gresham's School Holt · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 108 students a year | 42.7B+ average |
| 77 | Chafyn-Godolphin Salisbury · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 43 students a year | 42.7B average |
| 78 | Brentwood School Brentwood · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 198 students a year | 42.6B+ average |
| 79 | King's Ely Ely · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 103 students a year | 42.5B+ average |
| 80 | Shrewsbury School Shrewsbury · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 188 students a year | 42.5B+ average |
| 81 | Moreton Hall School Oswestry · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 47 students a year | 42.4B+ average |
| 82 | Eastbourne College Eastbourne · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 131 students a year | 42.4B+ average |
| 83 | Blundell's School Tiverton · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 95 students a year | 42.3B average |
| 84 | Lancing College Lancing · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 130 students a year | 42.3B+ average |
| 85 | St George's School Harpenden · Boarding · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · about 197 students a year | 42.2B+ average |
| 86 | Bradfield College Bradfield · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 172 students a year | 42.1B+ average |
| 87 | Royal High School GDST Lansdown Road · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 59 students a year | 41.9B+ average |
| 88 | The Yehudi Menuhin School Cobham · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 13 students a year | 41.9B+ average |
| 89 | Lancaster Royal Grammar School Lancaster · Boarding · Grammar school · Ofsted: Good (2021) · about 203 students a year | 41.9B+ average |
| 90 | Dauntsey's School Devizes · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 142 students a year | 41.8B+ average |
| 91 | New Hall School Chelmsford · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 113 students a year | 41.7B average |
| 92 | Lord Wandsworth College Hook · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 86 students a year | 41.6B+ average |
| 93 | Woodbridge School Woodbridge · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 67 students a year | 41.5B+ average |
| 94 | Kimbolton School Huntingdon · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 104 students a year | 41.5B average |
| 95 | Bede's Senior School Hailsham · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 113 students a year | 41.5B+ average |
| 96 | Queen Anne's School Reading · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 57 students a year | 41.5B+ average |
| 97 | Sherborne School for Girls Sherborne · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 93 students a year | 41.5B average |
| 98 | Repton School Derby · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 133 students a year | 41.4B+ average |
| 99 | Loughborough Grammar School Loughborough · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 119 students a year | 41.4B+ average |
| 100 | St Clare's, Oxford Oxford · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 103 students a year | 41.3B average |
Source: DfE school performance tables to 2025; DfE Get Information about Schools for school details and boarding; Ofsted inspection data. All England lists.
Page updated 26 September 2026.