Best Independent Schools in the UK

The table below features the A-level league table results of the top UK independent schools published by The Telegraph. The rankings are based on the percentage of A and A* grades achieved by students who took A-levels in 2022.

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– Data provided by the Independent Schools Council (ISC).
– Not all independent schools in the UK either submit their data to the ISC or are represented by the ISC.
– 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 A-level rank. Click on a heading title to order the data by that attribute.
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– *Diamond structure: boys and girls are taught separately.

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	School	A*/A	Candidates	Location	Day/Boarding	Gender	School Size
1	Cardiff Sixth Form College	94.7	157	Cardiff, Wales	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	373
2	King's College School (KCS)	93.8	137	Greater London	Day	Boys (coed sixth form)	1194
3	Guildford High School	92.9	91	Surrey	Day	Girls	1002
4	Westminster School	90.7	189	Greater London	Day & Boarding	Boys (coed sixth form)	776
5	Oxford International College	90.6	121	Oxfordshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	356
6	King Edward VI High School for Girls	90.6	92	West Midlands	Day	Girls	661
7	City of London School	90.5	142	Greater London	Day	Boys	1040
8	Wycombe Abbey	89.9	98	Buckinghamshire	Day & Boarding	Girls	653
9	Brighton College	89.6	207	East Sussex	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	1136
10	Magdalen College School	87.3	166	Oxfordshire	Day	Boys (coed sixth form)	979
11	Hampton School	86.1	194	Greater London	Day	Boys	1343
12	City of London School For Girls	83.6	91	Greater London	Day	Girls	738
13	St John's College, Cardiff	82.2	37	Cardiff, Wales	Day	Coeducational	549
14	Highgate School	81.9	181	Greater London	Day	Coeducational	1880
15	Dulwich College	81.8	251	Greater London	Day & Boarding	Boys (some girls)	1870
16	Concord College	81.2	186	Shropshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	605
17	Alleyn's School	81.1	153	Greater London	Day	Coeducational	1073
18	Queen Ethelburga's College	80.9	100	North Yorkshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	822
19	Royal Grammar School	80.9	129	Surrey	Day	Boys	969
20	South Hampstead High School GDST	80.7	80	Greater London	Day	Girls	948
21	Notting Hill and Ealing High School GDST	80.4	68	Greater London	Day	Girls	905
22	St Michael's School	80.1	51	Carmarthenshire, Wales	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	419
23	Sheffield High School for Girls	79.4	59	South Yorkshire	Day	Girls	784
24	Surbiton High School	79.2	109	Surrey	Day	Girls	1122
25	Reigate Grammar School	78.8	139	Surrey	Day	Coeducational	1094
26	Rougemont School	78.6	33	Newport, Wales	Day	Coeducational	658
27	Nottingham High School	78.5	109	Nottinghamshire	Day	Coeducational	1177
28	University College School, Hampstead	78.2	179	Greater London	Day	Boys (coed sixth form)	950
29	St Mary's School Ascot	78.2	59	Berkshire	Day & Boarding	Girls	398
30	St Helen's School	78.1	74	Greater London	Day	Girls	1201
31	St Catherine's, Bramley	76.8	83	Surrey	Day & Boarding	Girls	627
32	St Albans School	76	156	Hertfordshire	Day	Boys (coed sixth form)	906
33	Merchant Taylors' School	75.2	148	Hertfordshire	Day	Boys	946
34	The National Mathematics and Science College	75	25	Warwickshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	107
35	Badminton School	73.7	45	Bristol	Day & Boarding	Girls	550
36	Bradford Grammar School	73.4	94	West Yorkshire	Day	Coeducational	1052
37	King Edward's School	72.7	124	Somerset	Day	Coeducational	1169
38	The Abbey School	72.3	55	Berkshire	Day	Girls	1012
39	Churcher's College	72	150	Hampshire	Day	Coeducational	974
40	Leicester Grammar School	71.6	100	Leicestershire	Day	Coeducational	1294
41	The Grange School	71.2	84	Cheshire	Day	Coeducational	1206
42	The Cathedral School Llandaff	70.9	49	Cardiff, Wales	Day	Coeducational	786
43	Royal Grammar School	70.7	129	Tyne and Wear	Day	Coeducational	1346
44	Colfe's School	70.6	92	Greater London	Day	Coeducational	811
45	Hampton Court House	70.5	14	Surrey	Day	Coeducational	299
46	Francis Holland School, Regent's Park	70.3	63	Greater London	Day	Girls	534
47	Roedean School	70.1	62	East Sussex	Day & Boarding	Girls	705
48	Farnborough Hill	69.8	35	Hampshire	Day	Girls	565
49	Emanuel School	69.6	118	Greater London	Day	Coeducational	1085
50	Sir William Perkins's School	69.4	59	Surrey	Day	Girls	585
51	Bedford Modern School	68.8	147	Bedfordshire	Day	Coeducational	1291
52	The Maynard School	68.8	41	Devon	Day	Girls	470
53	Durham High School for Girls	68.5	23	Durham	Day	Girls	351
54	Leicester High School for Girls	68.1	24	Leicestershire	Day	Girls	317
55	Oundle School	67.1	185	Northamptonshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	1109
56	Whitgift School	67	168	Greater London	Day & Boarding	Boys	1548
57	The Manchester Grammar School	66.7	181	Greater Manchester	Day	Boys	1668
58	Alderley Edge School for Girls	66.2	23	Cheshire	Day	Girls	439
59	Royal High School Bath, GDST	65.8	49	Somerset	Day & Boarding	Girls	570
60	Norwich School	65.6	150	Norfolk	Day	Coeducational	898
61	St John's School	65.1	128	Surrey	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	843
62	Hurtwood House	65.1	167	Surrey	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	356
63	St Peter's 13-18	65.1	122	North Yorkshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	582
64	d'Overbroeck's	64.9	174	Oxfordshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	744
65	Bromley High School GDST	64.4	54	Greater London	Day	Girls	877
66	Bristol Grammar School	64	139	Bristol	Day	Coeducational	1006
67	Exeter School	63.5	102	Devon	Day	Coeducational	945
68	Chigwell School	63.2	85	Essex	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	1041
69	Haileybury	62.9	97	Hertfordshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	903
70	Nottingham Girls’ High School GDST	62	65	Nottinghamshire	Day	Girls	665
71	Yarm School	61.7	94	North Yorkshire	Day	Coeducational	1164
72	Epsom College	61.5	168	Surrey	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	1067
73	St Benedict's School	61.4	90	Greater London	Day	Coeducational	1052
74	St George's College Weybridge	61.4	137	Surrey	Day	Coeducational	1025
75	Walthamstow Hall	61.2	55	Kent	Day	Girls	537
76	Immanuel College	61.1	60	Hertfordshire	Day	Coeducational	684
77	Brighton Girls GDST	61	19	East Sussex	Day	Girls	411
78	Newcastle-under-Lyme School	60.7	71	Staffordshire	Day	Coeducational	821
79	Claremont Fan Court School	60.5	53	Surrey	Day	Coeducational	1004
80	St Dunstan's College	60.4	71	Greater London	Day	Coeducational	1039
81	Ruthin School	60.3	63	Denbighshire, Wales	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	257
82	Streatham and Clapham High School GDST	60	55	Greater London	Day	Girls	889
82	The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's	60	60	North Yorkshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	369
84	Ardingly College	59.4	90	West Sussex	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	1071
85	The Grammar School at Leeds	59.4	199	West Yorkshire	Day	Diamond structure*	2114
86	The King's School, Canterbury	59.2	173	Kent	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	925
87	The Yehudi Menuhin School	59	17	Surrey	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	78
88	Stephen Perse Foundation	58.8	80	Cambridgeshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	1592
89	Queen Elizabeth's Hospital	58.8	120	Bristol	Day	Boys (coed sixth form)	776
90	Shrewsbury School	58.2	174	Shropshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	832
91	Burgess Hill Girls	58	31	West Sussex	Day & Boarding	Girls (some boys)	610
92	Ipswich School	57.8	126	Suffolk	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	885
93	Loughborough High School	57.7	68	Leicestershire	Day	Girls	518
94	Reading Blue Coat School	57	151	Berkshire	Day	Coeducational	795
95	Stockport Grammar School	56.9	127	Cheshire	Day	Coeducational	1132
96	Wells Cathedral School	56.9	88	Somerset	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	768
97	Jersey College for Girls	56.5	91	Jersey	Day & Boarding	Girls	722
98	Dame Allan's Senior Schools	55.3	115	Tyne and Wear	Day	Diamond structure*	946
99	Loughborough Grammar School	54.5	95	Leicestershire	Day & Boarding	Boys	870
100	Saint Felix School	54.2	24	Suffolk	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	299
101	St David's College	53.5	23	Conwy, Wales	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	261
102	Lingfield College	53.4	70	Surrey	Day	Coeducational	892
103	New Hall School	52.9	116	Essex	Day & Boarding	Diamond structure*	1330
104	Bedford School	52.4	116	Bedfordshire	Day & Boarding	Boys	1111
105	Cheltenham College	52.4	149	Gloucestershire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	728
106	Ashville College	52.3	60	North Yorkshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	788
107	Hymers College	51.8	114	East Yorkshire	Day	Coeducational	978
108	RGS Worcester	51.4	112	Worcestershire	Day	Coeducational	943
109	The Leys School	51.3	99	Cambridgeshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	570
110	Thetford Grammar School	51.2	13	Norfolk	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	211
111	Hill House School	51.1	44	South Yorkshire	Day	Coeducational	736
112	Oakham School	50.8	137	Rutland	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	1016
113	St Gabriel's School	50.8	22	Berkshire	Day	Girls (some boys)	453
114	King Henry VIII School	50.7	92	West Midlands	Day	Coeducational	608
115	Battle Abbey School	50.3	56	East Sussex	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	579
116	The King's School	50	101	Cheshire	Day	Coeducational	1081
116	Queenswood	50	48	Hertfordshire	Day & Boarding	Girls	463
116	Newcastle School for Boys	50	28	Tyne and Wear	Day	Boys	365
119	Bablake School	49.3	109	West Midlands	Day	Coeducational	747
120	The Royal School Dungannon	48.8	81	County Tyrone, Northern Ireland	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	674
121	Abbey Gate College	48.8	27	Cheshire	Day	Coeducational	501
122	Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation	48.7	54	Durham	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	684
123	Wolverhampton Grammar School	48.4	65	West Midlands	Day	Coeducational	639
124	Cokethorpe School	47.8	59	Oxfordshire	Day	Coeducational	613
125	Shrewsbury High School GDST	47.5	44	Shropshire	Day	Girls	340
126	St Margaret's School	47.3	29	Hertfordshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	653
127	The Ladies' College	46.9	50	Guernsey	Day	Girls	525
128	Mander Portman Woodward (MPW)	46.9	199	Greater London	Day	Coeducational	429
129	Westholme School	46.3	19	Lancashire	Day	Coeducational	653
130	Oswestry School	46.2	30	Shropshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	452
131	Tring Park School for the Performing Arts	46	74	Hertfordshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	361
132	Clifton High School	45.8	40	Bristol	Day	Coeducational	724
133	The Laurels School	45.7	11	Greater London	Day	Girls	120
134	Felsted School	45.6	101	Essex	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	562
135	Christ College	45.1	56	Powys, Wales	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	393
136	Denstone College and The Prep at Denstone College	44.6	94	Staffordshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	772
137	Hampstead Fine Arts College	44.5	71	Greater London	Day	Coeducational	209
138	St George's School, Edinburgh	44.4	9	Midlothian, Scotland	Day & Boarding	Girls (some boys)	727
139	Salesian College	44.3	49	Hampshire	Day	Boys (coed sixth form)	629
140	Talbot Heath School	44.1	38	Dorset	Day & Boarding	Girls	597
141	St Columba's College	43.9	62	Hertfordshire	Day	Coeducational	786
142	Alton School	43.8	16	Hampshire	Day	Coeducational	362
142	The Edinburgh Academy	43.8	14	Midlothian, Scotland	Day	Coeducational	1165
144	Mount Kelly	43.5	55	Devon	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	628
145	Victoria College	43.3	101	Jersey	Day	Boys	673
146	AKS Lytham	43.2	44	Lancashire	Day	Coeducational	742
147	Kimbolton School	43.2	104	Cambridgeshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	1078
148	Ryde School	42.8	51	Isle of Wight	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	567
149	Silcoates School	42.7	32	West Yorkshire	Day	Coeducational	499
150	Rendcomb College	42.4	31	Gloucestershire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	396
151	Cranford House School	42.3	24	Oxfordshire	Day	Coeducational	495
152	Kirkham Grammar School	41.2	89	Lancashire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	899
153	Lewes Old Grammar School	40.9	30	East Sussex	Day	Coeducational	684
154	Loretto School	40.6	55	East Lothian, Scotland	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	509
155	Lime House School	39.7	21	Cumbria	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	157
156	St James Senior Boys' School	39.7	42	Surrey	Day	Boys	399
157	Cambridge Tutors College	39.4	24	Surrey	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	60
158	Elizabeth College	38.8	60	Guernsey	Day	Coeducational	867
159	Lichfield Cathedral School	38.8	27	Staffordshire	Day	Coeducational	521
160	Wychwood School	38.7	11	Oxfordshire	Day & Boarding	Girls	108
161	The Mount School York	37	17	North Yorkshire	Day & Boarding	Girls	224
162	St Edmund's School Canterbury	36.8	46	Kent	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	637
163	Oldham Hulme Grammar School	35.7	70	Greater Manchester	Day	Diamond structure*	767
164	Bath Academy	35.5	26	Somerset	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	83
165	Ipswich High School	35.2	29	Suffolk	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	446
166	Blanchelande College	35.1	14	Guernsey	Day	Coeducational	458
167	Glenalmond College	34.4	61	Perthshire and Kinross, Scotland	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	311
168	Kingham Hill School	34.2	37	Oxfordshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	363
169	The Hammond	33.3	16	Cheshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	224
169	Brockwood Park School and Inwoods Small School	33.3	10	Hampshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	85
171	The John Lyon School	32.2	78	Greater London	Day	Coeducational	837
172	Mander Portman Woodward Birmingham	32.1	68	West Midlands	Day	Coeducational	195
173	Read School	31.6	10	North Yorkshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	245
173	Our Lady of Sion School	31.6	13	West Sussex	Day	Coeducational	359
175	Kensington Park School	31.3	42	Greater London	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	244
176	Langley	30.5	61	Norfolk	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	446
177	Hurst Lodge School	30	5	Hampshire	Day	Coeducational	134
178	St Mary's College	29.8	54	Merseyside	Day	Coeducational	800
179	Rochester Independent College	29.4	118	Kent	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	360
180	Trinity School	29.2	11	Devon	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	253
181	The Moat School	28.6	10	Greater London	Day	Coeducational	111
182	Claires Court	28	52	Berkshire	Day	Diamond structure*	922
182	St Edward's Preparatory School	28	25	Gloucestershire	Day	Coeducational	262
184	Stover School	27.9	21	Devon	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	529
184	Highclare School	27.9	22	West Midlands	Day	Coeducational	524
186	Lincoln Minster School	26.5	40	Lincolnshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	484
187	St John's College	25.5	19	Hampshire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	Closed
188	Sherrardswood School	25	30	Hertfordshire	Day	Coeducational	488
189	Beechwood School	23	20	Kent	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	287
190	Stoke College	22.2	3	Suffolk	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	136
191	St Dominic’s Grammar School, Brewood	17.1	12	Staffordshire	Day	Coeducational	253
192	Abbey College in Malvern	16.7	2	Worcestershire	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	31
193	Elmhurst Ballet School	10	10	West Midlands	Day & Boarding	Coeducational	176
194	Sackville School	2.9	14	Kent	Day	Coeducational	196

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