SchoolScoresBest schools in England for A levels and IB
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.
| # | School | Points per entry |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imperial College London Mathematics School Barnet · about 43 students a year · 1 year of results | 55.4A*- average |
| 2 | King's College London Maths School Lambeth · about 75 students a year | 55.1A+ average |
| 3 | St Paul's Girls' School Hammersmith and Fulham · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 112 students a year | 54.6A+ average |
| 4 | St Paul's School Richmond upon Thames · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 216 students a year | 53.8A+ average |
| 5 | Westminster School Westminster · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 196 students a year | 53.5A+ average |
| 6 | Cambridge Maths School Cambridge · about 43 students a year · 1 year of results | 53.1A+ average |
| 7 | Brighton College Brighton · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 234 students a year | 53.1A+ average |
| 8 | Guildford High School Guildford · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 96 students a year | 52.9A+ average |
| 9 | North London Collegiate School Middlesex · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 101 students a year | 52.9A+ average |
| 10 | Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet Barnet · Boys only · Grammar school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · about 171 students a year | 52.8A+ average |
| 11 | King's College School Merton · Boys only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 222 students a year | 52.7A+ average |
| 12 | The National Mathematics and Science College Westwood Way · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 46 students a year | 52.4A+ average |
| 13 | City of London School for Girls City of London · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 98 students a year | 52.2A average |
| 14 | Magdalen College School Oxford · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 158 students a year | 51.9A average |
| 15 | The Perse School Cambridge · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 193 students a year | 51.9A average |
| 16 | The Godolphin and Latymer School Hammersmith and Fulham · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 101 students a year | 51.8A+ average |
| 17 | Highgate School Highgate · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 195 students a year | 51.7A average |
| 18 | Haberdashers' Boys' School Elstree · Boys only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 158 students a year | 51.5A average |
| 19 | King Edward VI High School for Girls Birmingham · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 94 students a year | 51.5A+ average |
| 20 | Latymer Upper School and Latymer Prep Hammersmith and Fulham · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 196 students a year | 51.3A+ average |
| 21 | Alleyn's School Southwark · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 168 students a year | 51.2A average |
| 22 | Eton College Windsor · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 271 students a year | 51.2A average |
| 23 | City of London School City of London · Boys only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 152 students a year | 51.2A average |
| 24 | James Allen's Girls' School Southwark · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 103 students a year | 51.1A average |
| 25 | Wimbledon High School GDST Merton · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 91 students a year | 51.0A average |
| 26 | South Hampstead High School GDST Camden · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 82 students a year | 50.9A+ average |
| 27 | Wycombe Abbey High Wycombe · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 95 students a year | 50.9A average |
| 28 | Haberdashers' Girls' School Borehamwood · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 107 students a year | 50.9A average |
| 29 | Withington Girls' School Manchester · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 79 students a year | 50.8A average |
| 30 | Concord College Shrewsbury · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 170 students a year | 50.7A+ average |
| 31 | Tonbridge School Tonbridge · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 164 students a year | 50.7A average |
| 32 | 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 |
| 33 | Royal Grammar School Guildford Guildford · Boys only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 143 students a year | 50.5A average |
| 34 | Oxford International College Oxford · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 162 students a year | 50.4A- average |
| 35 | Wilson's School Wallington · Boys only · Grammar school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · about 178 students a year | 50.4A average |
| 36 | Winchester College Winchester · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 151 students a year | 50.2A average |
| 37 | The Henrietta Barnett School Barnet · Girls only · Grammar school · Ofsted: Good (2022) · about 138 students a year | 50.1A average |
| 38 | Putney High School GDST Wandsworth · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 97 students a year | 50.0A average |
| 39 | Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, City of London Academy Newham · about 324 students a year | 50.0A average |
| 40 | St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School Orpington · Boys only · Grammar school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · about 226 students a year | 49.9A average |
| 41 | Brampton Manor Academy Newham · Ofsted: Outstanding (2018), confirmed 2024 · about 399 students a year | 49.8A average |
| 42 | Pate's Grammar School Cheltenham · Grammar school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · about 247 students a year | 49.8A average |
| 43 | Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge Cambridge · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 35 students a year · 2 years of results | 49.7A average |
| 44 | Bancroft's School Woodford Green · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 118 students a year | 49.7A average |
| 45 | Kingston Grammar School Kingston upon Thames · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 137 students a year | 49.6A average |
| 46 | The Tiffin Girls' School Kingston upon Thames · Girls only · Grammar school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 6 exceptional, 1 strong · about 171 students a year | 49.5A average |
| 47 | Hampton School Hampton · Boys only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 203 students a year | 49.5A average |
| 48 | Reigate Grammar School Reigate · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 140 students a year | 49.4A- average |
| 49 | Lady Eleanor Holles School Hampton · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 107 students a year | 49.4A average |
| 50 | Trinity School Croydon · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 166 students a year | 49.3A average |
| 51 | St Albans High School for Girls St Albans · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 89 students a year | 49.2A average |
| 52 | Reading School Reading · Boys only · Boarding · Grammar school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 184 students a year | 49.2A average |
| 53 | Sevenoaks School Sevenoaks · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 233 students a year | 49.1A average |
| 54 | Cheltenham Ladies' College Cheltenham · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 161 students a year | 49.1A average |
| 55 | The Manchester Grammar School Manchester · Boys only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 197 students a year | 49.0A average |
| 56 | Abingdon School Abingdon · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 178 students a year | 48.9A average |
| 57 | Harrow School Harrow-on-the-Hill · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 171 students a year | 48.8A- average |
| 58 | Eltham College Bromley · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 107 students a year | 48.7A average |
| 59 | Merchant Taylors' School Northwood · Boys only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 149 students a year | 48.7A average |
| 60 | St Mary's School Ascot Ascot · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 57 students a year | 48.7A- average |
| 61 | Notting Hill and Ealing High School GDST Ealing · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 69 students a year | 48.6A- average |
| 62 | Tiffin School Kingston upon Thames · Boys only · Grammar school · Ofsted: Good (2022) · about 260 students a year | 48.5A average |
| 63 | University College School Camden · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 177 students a year | 48.5A average |
| 64 | Surbiton High School Kingston upon Thames · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 136 students a year | 48.5A average |
| 65 | King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford Chelmsford · Grammar school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 2 exceptional, 5 strong · about 192 students a year | 48.5A average |
| 66 | Michaela Community School Brent · Ofsted: Outstanding (2017), confirmed 2023 · about 50 students a year | 48.5A- average |
| 67 | Francis Holland School Westminster · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 70 students a year | 48.5A average |
| 68 | London Academy of Excellence Newham · about 232 students a year | 48.4A- average |
| 69 | Royal Grammar School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 172 students a year | 48.3A- average |
| 70 | Nottingham High School Nottingham · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 131 students a year | 48.3A average |
| 71 | St Swithuns Winchester · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 69 students a year | 48.2A average |
| 72 | City of London Freemen's School Surrey · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 104 students a year | 48.1A average |
| 73 | St Helen and St Katharine Abingdon · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 92 students a year | 48.1A- average |
| 74 | Dulwich College Southwark · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 238 students a year | 48.1A average |
| 75 | Altrincham Grammar School for Girls Altrincham · Girls only · Grammar school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · about 180 students a year | 47.9A average |
| 76 | Emanuel School Wandsworth · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 145 students a year | 47.8A average |
| 77 | King Edward VI School Stratford-upon-Avon · Boys only · Grammar school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2021) · about 184 students a year | 47.7A- average |
| 78 | Wellington College Crowthorne · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 239 students a year | 47.7A- average |
| 79 | Caterham School Caterham · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 163 students a year | 47.6A- average |
| 80 | Colyton Grammar School Colyton · Grammar school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · about 136 students a year | 47.5A- average |
| 81 | Radley College Vale of White Horse · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 156 students a year | 47.5A- average |
| 82 | Channing School Highgate · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 64 students a year | 47.4A average |
| 83 | The Harrodian School Richmond upon Thames · Day · Ofsted: Good (2025) · about 89 students a year | 47.4A- average |
| 84 | St Catherine's School Guildford · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 83 students a year | 47.4A average |
| 85 | Colfe's School Greenwich · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 112 students a year | 47.3A average |
| 86 | University of Liverpool Mathematics School Liverpool · about 41 students a year | 47.3A- average |
| 87 | Benenden School Cranbrook · Girls only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 97 students a year | 47.2A- average |
| 88 | Leeds Mathematics School Leeds · about 61 students a year · 1 year of results | 47.2A- average |
| 89 | King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls Birmingham · Girls only · Grammar school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2021) · about 175 students a year | 47.2A- average |
| 90 | St Helen's School Northwood · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 86 students a year | 47.2A- average |
| 91 | St Marys Calne and St Margarets Prep Calne · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 60 students a year | 47.1A- average |
| 92 | Exeter Mathematics School Exeter · Boarding · about 61 students a year | 47.1A- average |
| 93 | Redmaids' High School Bristol · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 66 students a year | 47.1A average |
| 94 | Dame Alice Owen's School Potters Bar · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · about 221 students a year | 47.1A- average |
| 95 | King Edward's School Bath · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 130 students a year | 47.0A- average |
| 96 | Dr Challoner's Grammar School Amersham · Boys only · Grammar school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2019), confirmed 2024 · about 222 students a year | 47.0A- average |
| 97 | Leicester Grammar School Trust Leicester · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 115 students a year | 47.0A- average |
| 98 | Oxford High School GDST Oxford · Girls only · Day · Inspected by ISI · about 77 students a year | 46.9A- average |
| 99 | Hurstpierpoint College Hassocks · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 168 students a year | 46.9A- average |
| 100 | Whitgift School Haling Park · Boys only · Boarding · Inspected by ISI · about 195 students a year | 46.8A- 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.