SchoolScoresBest private 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.
Private schools aren't ranked on GCSEs. Many take IGCSEs, which DfE's figures don't count, so some of the strongest schools would show 0%. Schools that publish no results to DfE, or have fewer than 10 students sitting these exams, aren't listed.
| # | School | Points per entry |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Paul's Girls' School Hammersmith and Fulham · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 112 students a year | 54.6A+ average |
| 2 | St Paul's School Richmond upon Thames · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 216 students a year | 53.8A+ average |
| 3 | Westminster School Westminster · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 196 students a year | 53.5A+ average |
| 4 | Brighton College Brighton · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 234 students a year | 53.1A+ average |
| 5 | Guildford High School Guildford · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 96 students a year | 52.9A+ average |
| 6 | North London Collegiate School Middlesex · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 101 students a year | 52.9A+ average |
| 7 | King's College School Merton · Boys only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 222 students a year | 52.7A+ average |
| 8 | The National Mathematics and Science College Westwood Way · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 46 students a year | 52.4A+ average |
| 9 | City of London School for Girls City of London · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 98 students a year | 52.2A average |
| 10 | Magdalen College School Oxford · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 158 students a year | 51.9A average |
| 11 | The Perse School Cambridge · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 193 students a year | 51.9A average |
| 12 | The Godolphin and Latymer School Hammersmith and Fulham · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 101 students a year | 51.8A+ average |
| 13 | Highgate School Highgate · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 195 students a year | 51.7A average |
| 14 | Haberdashers' Boys' School Elstree · Boys only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 158 students a year | 51.5A average |
| 15 | King Edward VI High School for Girls Birmingham · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 94 students a year | 51.5A+ average |
| 16 | Latymer Upper School and Latymer Prep Hammersmith and Fulham · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 196 students a year | 51.3A+ average |
| 17 | Alleyn's School Southwark · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 168 students a year | 51.2A average |
| 18 | Eton College Windsor · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 271 students a year | 51.2A average |
| 19 | City of London School City of London · Boys only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 152 students a year | 51.2A average |
| 20 | James Allen's Girls' School Southwark · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 103 students a year | 51.1A average |
| 21 | Wimbledon High School GDST Merton · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 91 students a year | 51.0A average |
| 22 | South Hampstead High School GDST Camden · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 82 students a year | 50.9A+ average |
| 23 | Wycombe Abbey High Wycombe · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 95 students a year | 50.9A average |
| 24 | Haberdashers' Girls' School Borehamwood · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 107 students a year | 50.9A average |
| 25 | Withington Girls' School Manchester · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 79 students a year | 50.8A average |
| 26 | Concord College Shrewsbury · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 170 students a year | 50.7A+ average |
| 27 | Tonbridge School Tonbridge · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 164 students a year | 50.7A average |
| 28 | Royal Grammar School Guildford Guildford · Boys only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 143 students a year | 50.5A average |
| 29 | Oxford International College Oxford · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 162 students a year | 50.4A- average |
| 30 | Winchester College Winchester · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 151 students a year | 50.2A average |
| 31 | Putney High School GDST Wandsworth · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 97 students a year | 50.0A average |
| 32 | Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge Cambridge · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 35 students a year · 2 years of results | 49.7A average |
| 33 | Bancroft's School Woodford Green · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 118 students a year | 49.7A average |
| 34 | Kingston Grammar School Kingston upon Thames · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 137 students a year | 49.6A average |
| 35 | Hampton School Hampton · Boys only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 203 students a year | 49.5A average |
| 36 | Reigate Grammar School Reigate · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 140 students a year | 49.4A- average |
| 37 | Lady Eleanor Holles School Hampton · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 107 students a year | 49.4A average |
| 38 | Trinity School Croydon · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 166 students a year | 49.3A average |
| 39 | St Albans High School for Girls St Albans · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 89 students a year | 49.2A average |
| 40 | Sevenoaks School Sevenoaks · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 233 students a year | 49.1A average |
| 41 | Cheltenham Ladies' College Cheltenham · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 161 students a year | 49.1A average |
| 42 | The Manchester Grammar School Manchester · Boys only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 197 students a year | 49.0A average |
| 43 | Abingdon School Abingdon · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 178 students a year | 48.9A average |
| 44 | Harrow School Harrow-on-the-Hill · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 171 students a year | 48.8A- average |
| 45 | Eltham College Bromley · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 107 students a year | 48.7A average |
| 46 | Merchant Taylors' School Northwood · Boys only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 149 students a year | 48.7A average |
| 47 | St Mary's School Ascot Ascot · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 57 students a year | 48.7A- average |
| 48 | Notting Hill and Ealing High School GDST Ealing · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 69 students a year | 48.6A- average |
| 49 | University College School Camden · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 177 students a year | 48.5A average |
| 50 | Surbiton High School Kingston upon Thames · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 136 students a year | 48.5A average |
| 51 | Francis Holland School Westminster · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 70 students a year | 48.5A average |
| 52 | Royal Grammar School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 172 students a year | 48.3A- average |
| 53 | Nottingham High School Nottingham · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 131 students a year | 48.3A average |
| 54 | St Swithuns Winchester · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 69 students a year | 48.2A average |
| 55 | City of London Freemen's School Surrey · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 104 students a year | 48.1A average |
| 56 | St Helen and St Katharine Abingdon · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 92 students a year | 48.1A- average |
| 57 | Dulwich College Southwark · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 238 students a year | 48.1A average |
| 58 | Emanuel School Wandsworth · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 145 students a year | 47.8A average |
| 59 | Wellington College Crowthorne · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 239 students a year | 47.7A- average |
| 60 | Caterham School Caterham · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 163 students a year | 47.6A- average |
| 61 | Radley College Vale of White Horse · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 156 students a year | 47.5A- average |
| 62 | Channing School Highgate · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 64 students a year | 47.4A average |
| 63 | The Harrodian School Richmond upon Thames · Day · Ofsted: Good (2025) · about 89 students a year | 47.4A- average |
| 64 | St Catherine's School Guildford · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 83 students a year | 47.4A average |
| 65 | Colfe's School Greenwich · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 112 students a year | 47.3A average |
| 66 | Benenden School Cranbrook · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 97 students a year | 47.2A- average |
| 67 | St Helen's School Northwood · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 86 students a year | 47.2A- average |
| 68 | St Marys Calne and St Margarets Prep Calne · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 60 students a year | 47.1A- average |
| 69 | Redmaids' High School Bristol · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 66 students a year | 47.1A average |
| 70 | King Edward's School Bath · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 130 students a year | 47.0A- average |
| 71 | Leicester Grammar School Trust Leicester · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 115 students a year | 47.0A- average |
| 72 | Oxford High School GDST Oxford · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 77 students a year | 46.9A- average |
| 73 | Hurstpierpoint College Hassocks · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 168 students a year | 46.9A- average |
| 74 | Whitgift School Haling Park · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 195 students a year | 46.8A- average |
| 75 | Sheffield High School GDST Sheffield · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 79 students a year | 46.8A- average |
| 76 | St Albans School St Albans · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 165 students a year | 46.8A- average |
| 77 | The Maynard School Exeter · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 43 students a year | 46.7A- average |
| 78 | Churcher's College Petersfield · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 160 students a year | 46.7A- average |
| 79 | The Abbey School Reading Reading · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 94 students a year | 46.6A- average |
| 80 | Epsom College Epsom · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 188 students a year | 46.6A- average |
| 81 | St Dunstan's College Lewisham · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 69 students a year | 46.6A- average |
| 82 | Burgess Hill Girls Burgess Hill · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 30 students a year | 46.4A- average |
| 83 | Canford School Wimborne · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 139 students a year | 46.4A- average |
| 84 | Oundle School Northamptonshire · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 201 students a year | 46.3A- average |
| 85 | Royal Grammar School Worcester Worcester · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 120 students a year | 46.3A- average |
| 86 | Marlborough College Wiltshire · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 220 students a year | 46.3A- average |
| 87 | The Leys School Cambridge · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 102 students a year | 46.2A- average |
| 88 | Downe House Thatcham · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 86 students a year | 46.2A- average |
| 89 | Queen's College, London Westminster · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 47 students a year | 46.1A- average |
| 90 | Walthamstow Hall Sevenoaks · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 51 students a year | 46.1B+ average |
| 91 | Francis Holland School Westminster · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 66 students a year | 46.1A- average |
| 92 | Oneschool Global Uk, Northampton Campus Northampton · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 10 students a year · 1 year of results | 46.0A- average |
| 93 | St Francis College Letchworth Garden City · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 23 students a year · 2 years of results | 45.9A- average |
| 94 | Roedean School Brighton · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 88 students a year | 45.8B+ average |
| 95 | Norwich High School for Girls GDST Norwich · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 38 students a year | 45.7B+ average |
| 96 | Rugby School Rugby · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 179 students a year | 45.7A- average |
| 97 | Ardingly College Haywards Heath · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 133 students a year | 45.7A- average |
| 98 | Manchester High School for Girls Manchester · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 87 students a year | 45.6A- average |
| 99 | Headington School Oxford Oxford · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 113 students a year | 45.6A- average |
| 100 | The Grange School Northwich · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 78 students a year | 45.6A- 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.