Best Independent Schools in the UK

The table below features the GCSE league table results of the top 100 UK independent schools published by The Telegraph. The rankings are based on the percentage of A*-A or 9-7 grades achieved by students who took GCSEs in 2018.

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– Schools have been ranked by their rate for A*-A or 9-7 grades, for both GCSE and iGCSE results combined.
– All schools in this table had a minimum of 20 candidates taking the exams.
– The school data shown is correct at the time of posting. Please contact us for the most up-to-date information.
– The data below is ordered by GCSE rank. Click on a heading title to order the data by that attribute.
– Use the search box (top right of the table) to search for a particular school, location, region or school type.

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Rank	School	Location	Region	Day/Boarding	Gender	School Size	A*-A or 9-7 entries	Candidates
1	St Mary's School Ascot	Ascot	South East	Day & Full Boarding	Girls	386	97.49%	55
2	Guildford High School for Girls	Guildford	South East	Day	Girls	1000	97.22%	96
3	North London Collegiate School	Edgware	London	Day	Girls	1099	97.21%	105
4	Westminster School	Westminster	London	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Boys (co-ed sixth form)	743	97.1%	118
5	King's College School (KCS)	Wimbledon	London	Day	Boys (co-ed sixth form)	967	95.95%	147
6	City of London School For Girls	London	London	Day	Girls	732	95.3%	92
7	Magdalen College School	Oxford	South East	Day	Boys (co-ed sixth form)	897	95.15%	95
8	The Perse School	Cambridge	Eastern	Day	Co-educational	1611	94.01%	180
9	Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls	Borehamwood	London	Day	Girls	1168	93.97%	120
10	Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School	Elstree	London	Day	Boys	1127	93.37%	170
11	Hampton School	Hampton	London	Day	Boys	1313	92.97%	204
12	James Allen's Girls' School	London	London	Day	Girls	1081	92.4%	114
13	King Edward VI High School for Girls	Birmingham	Midlands	Day	Girls	590	92.34%	74
14	Highgate School	Highgate	London	Day	Co-educational	1724	92.16%	166
15	Wimbledon High School GDST	Wimbledon	London	Day	Girls	970	92.15%	90
16	Putney High School GDST	Putney	London	Day	Girls	1020	92.06%	84
17	Alleyn's School	Dulwich	London	Day	Co-educational	1013	91.81%	145
18	Notting Hill and Ealing High School GDST	Ealing	London	Day	Girls	894	91.59%	86
19	The Manchester Grammar School	Manchester	Northern	Day	Boys	1542	90.56%	163
20	Brighton College	Brighton	South East	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Co-educational	1099	89.96%	189
21	Oxford High School GDST	Oxford	South East	Day	Girls	854	89.38%	83
22	Withington Girls' School	Manchester	Northern	Day	Girls	718	89.12%	79
23	South Hampstead High School GDST	Hampstead	London	Day	Girls	883	89.04%	97
24	Royal Grammar School	Guildford	South East	Day	Boys	955	88.42%	139
25	Trinity School	Croydon	London	Day	Boys (co-ed sixth form)	1013	88.41%	134
26	Merchant Taylors' School	Northwood	London	Day	Boys	911	88.01%	157
27	The Abbey School	Reading	South East	Day	Girls	1066	87.78%	107
28	University College School	Hampstead	London	Day	Boys (co-ed sixth form)	876	87.59%	123
29	Concord College	Shrewsbury	Midlands	Day & Full Boarding	Co-educational	577	87.14%	75
30	Badminton School	Bristol	South West	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Girls	448	86.82%	43
31	Royal Grammar School	Newcastle upon Tyne	Northern	Day	Co-educational	1318	85.69%	145
32	Bancroft's School	Woodford Green	London	Day	Co-educational	1143	84.92%	125
33	St Catherine's	Guildford	South East	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Girls	649	84.59%	100
34	Channing School	London	London	Day	Girls	915	84.31%	83
35	Eltham College	Mottingham	South East	Day	Boys (co-ed sixth form)	975	84.17%	71
36	King Edward's School	Birmingham	Midlands	Day	Boys	880	84.04%	138
37	St Albans High School for Girls	St Albans	Eastern	Day	Girls	1038	84.02%	112
38	Dulwich College	Dulwich	London	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Boys	1821	83.73%	209
39	Headington School	Oxford	South East	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Girls	1084	83.72%	112
40	Kingston Grammar School	Kingston upon Thames	London	Day	Co-educational	829	83.36%	123
41	Ibstock Place School	Roehampton	London	Day	Co-educational	945	83.13%	86
42	City of London Freemen's School	Ashtead	London	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Co-educational	910	82.62%	104
43	St Albans School	St Albans	Eastern	Day	Boys (co-ed sixth form)	848	82.1%	131
44	Oundle School	Peterborough	Midlands	Day & Full Boarding	Co-educational	1104	81.68%	189
45	Sir William Perkins's School	Chertsey	London	Day	Girls	601	81.48%	82
46	The Stephen Perse Foundation	Cambridge	Eastern	Day	Co-educational	1225	80.99%	73
47	St Swithun's School	Winchester	South East	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Girls	522	80.44%	69
48	Queen's Gate School	London	London	Day	Girls	536	80.36%	53
49	Caterham School	Caterham	London	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Co-educational	926	80.35%	135
50	Palmers Green High School	Winchmore Hill	London	Day	Girls	277	79.47%	26
51	Reigate Grammar School	Reigate	South East	Day	Co-educational	1006	79.27%	147
52	Loughborough High School	Loughborough	Midlands	Day	Girls	581	79.04%	82
53	St Helen's School	Northwood	London	Day	Girls	1164	78.84%	99
54	King Edward's School	Bath	South West	Day	Co-educational	1087	78.07%	97
55	Warwick School	Warwick	Midlands	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Boys	1231	77.83%	130
56	Surbiton High School	Kingston upon Thames	London	Day	Girls	854	77.57%	151
57	Forest School	London	London	Day	Co-educational	1366	76.79%	161
58	Croydon High School GDST	South Croydon	London	Day	Girls	561	76.6%	42
59	Epsom College	Epsom	London	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Co-educational	900	76.43%	138
60	Bablake School	Coventry	Midlands	Day	Co-educational	746	76.1%	103
61	Leicester Grammar School	Great Glen	Midlands	Day	Co-educational	1209	76.03%	117
62	Bradford Grammar School	Bradford	Northern	Day	Co-educational	1043	75.71%	126
63	Burgess Hill Girls	Burgess Hill	South East	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Girls	524	74.74%	42
64	Howell's School Llandaff GDST	Cardiff	Wales	Day	Girls (co-ed sixth form)	778	74.71%	64
65	St George's College Weybridge	Addlestone	London	Day	Co-educational	920	74.57%	140
66	Exeter School	Exeter	South West	Day	Co-educational	922	74.55%	110
67	Ardingly College	Haywards Heath	South East	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Co-educational	989	74.48%	109
68	St John's School	Leatherhead	London	Day and Weekly Boarding	Co-educational	763	73.72%	121
69	Wolverhampton Grammar School	Wolverhampton	Midlands	Day	Co-educational	738	73.58%	73
70	Chigwell School	Chigwell	London	Day & Full Boarding	Co-educational	924	73.45%	89
71	King's High School	Warwick	Midlands	Day	Girls	617	73.2%	77
72	The King's School	Worcester	Midlands	Day	Co-educational	915	72.8%	129
73	The King's School	Canterbury	South East	Day & Full Boarding	Co-educational	819	72.28%	149
74	Marlborough College	Marlborough	South West	Full Boarding	Co-educational	962	72.18%	173
75	The Grange School	Northwich	Northern	Day	Co-educational	1164	72.12%	106
76	Francis Holland School	Regent's Park	London	Day	Girls	497	71.86%	74
77	Nottingham High School	Nottingham	Midlands	Day	Co-educational	1030	71.82%	110
78	The Grammar School at Leeds	Leeds	Northern	Day	Co-educational	2100	71.32%	183
79	Walthamstow Hall	Sevenoaks	South East	Day	Girls	610	71.2%	59
80	Queen's College London	Marylebone	London	Day	Girls	587	70.92%	54
81	Norwich School	Norwich	Eastern	Day	Co-educational	1151	70.77%	128
82	Northwood College GDST	Northwood	London	Day	Girls	848	70.73%	85
82	Queen Ethelburga's College	York	Northern	Day & Full Boarding	Co-educational	1063	70.73%	56
84	Uppingham School	Uppingham	Midlands	Day & Full Boarding	Co-educational	785	70.27%	145
85	Mayfield School	Mayfield	South East	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Girls	366	70.14%	56
86	St Peter's School	York	Northern	Day & Full Boarding	Co-educational	569	70.03%	101
87	Canford School	Wimborne	South West	Day & Full Boarding	Co-educational	653	69.89%	133
88	St James Senior Girls' School	London	London	Day	Girls	266	69.58%	44
89	The Cathedral School Llandaff	Cardiff	Wales	Day	Co-educational	799	69.41%	75
90	The King's School	Cheshire	Northern	Day	Co-educational	1103	69.36%	96
91	Bolton School Girls' Division	Bolton	Northern	Day	Girls	1263	69.29%	112
92	Monmouth School for Girls	Monmouth	Wales	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Girls	640	69.25%	69
93	Wetherby Senior School	London	London	Day	Boys	224	69.19%	42
94	St Michael's School	Llanelli	Wales	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Co-educational	502	69.06%	46
95	Reading Blue Coat School	Reading	South East	Day	Boys (co-ed sixth form)	754	69.05%	96
96	Roedean School	Brighton	South East	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Girls	618	68.97%	73
97	The Royal High School Bath GDST	Bath	South West	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Girls	610	68.5%	70
98	The Ladies' College	Guernsey	N/A	Day	Girls	571	68.47%	57
99	Bedford School	Bedford	Eastern	Day, Weekly & Full Boarding	Boys	1097	68.25%	141
100	Redmaids' High School	Bristol	South West	Day	Girls	646	68.11%	120

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