Top 100 Independent Schools by GCSE Results

Below are the top 100 privately funded schools in the UK by GCSE results. This table is based on 2022-2023 exam data and is updated each year as soon as new GCSE result data is made public by the ISC (Independent Schools Council)

School Type

Gender

GCSE Rank	A*/ A%	School	Gender	Day / Boarding	Day Fees	Boarding Fees
1	99.6	St Paul's Girls School	Girls	Day	£28,389
2	98.0	Westminster School	Boys (Co-ed Sixth Form)	Day & Boarding	£32,751	£43,272
3	96.4	Wycombe Abbey School	Girls	Day & Boarding	£33,150	£44,100
4	97.2	Guildford High School for Girls	Girls	Day	£18,300
5	98.9	St Paul's School	Boys	Day & Boarding	£26,556	£39,966
6	96.3	North London Collegiate School	Girls	Day	£21,144
7	91.6	Godolphin & Latymer School	Girls	Day	£23,754
8	97.1	King's College School (Wimbledon)	Boys (Co-ed Sixth Form)	Day	£24,255
9	94.7	St Mary's School (Ascot)	Girls	Day & Boarding	£30,465	£42,780
10	99.0	City of London School	Boys	Day	£19,995
11	98.7	City of London School For Girls	Girls	Day	£20,664
12	93.8	Brighton College	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£26,700	£43,650
13	93.0	The Perse School	Co-ed	Day	£18,525
14	93.0	Eton College	Boys	Boarding	N/A	N/A
15	93.0	Magdalen College School	Boys (Co-ed Sixth Form)	Day	£19,800
16	94.9	King Edward VI High School for Girls	Girls	Day	£14,277
17	97.0	Tonbridge School	Boys	Day & Boarding	£33,636	£44,835
18	94.3	South Hampstead High School	Girls	Day	£21,174
19	91.0	Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls	Girls	Day	£20,070
20	95.0	Latymer Upper School	Co-ed	Day	£21,459
21	81.0	University College School	Boys (Co-ed Sixth Form)	Day	£21,891
22	91.5	James Allen's Girls' School	Girls	Day	£19,845
23	92.0	Wimbledon High School	Girls	Day	£20,316
24	73.0	Hampton Court House	Co-ed	Day	£20,895
25	95.0	Hampton School	Boys	Day	£21,900
26	90.3	Withington Girls' School	Girls	Day	£13,326
27	92.2	Cheltenham Ladies' College	Girls	Day & Boarding	£30,390	£44,790
28	95.7	Highgate School	Co-ed	Day	£22,080
29	89.4	St Albans High School for Girls	Girls	Day	£20,745
30	95.0	Lady Eleanor Holles School	Girls	Day	£21,738
31	89.8	Royal Grammar School (Guildford)	Boys	Day	£19,560
32	93.0	Trinity School (Surrey)	Boys (Co-ed Sixth Form)	Day	N/A	N/A
33	92.2	Notting Hill and Ealing High School	Girls	Day	£19,779
34	95.0	Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School	Boys	Day	£21,477
35	88.3	Manchester Grammar School	Boys	Day	£13,380
36	88.4	Oxford High School	Girls	Day	£16,563
37	88.1	Merchant Taylors' School	Boys	Day	£22,281
38	87.3	Kingston Grammar School	Co-ed	Day	£21,135
39	92.7	Alleyn's School	Co-ed	Day	£21,375
40	87.0	Winchester College	Boys	Boarding	£41,166	£43,335
41	86.4	Abingdon School	Boys	Day & Boarding	£21,600	£44,070
42	85.3	Eltham College	Boys (Co-ed Sixth Form)	Day	£18,486
43	89.4	King Edward’s School (Birmingham)	Boys	Day	£14,655
44	89.0	St Helen's School	Girls	Day	£19,971
45	78.9	Stephen Perse Foundation School	Co-ed (Diamond)	Day	£21,330	£41,850
46	87.7	Channing School	Girls	Day	£21,720
47	88.1	Concord College	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£15,600	£47,499
48	89.0	St Helen and St Katharine	Girls	Day	£17,985
49	92.9	Dulwich College	Boys	Day & Boarding	£21,672	£45,234
50	88.8	Cardiff Sixth Form College	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£22,500	£51,000
51	76.5	Bancroft's School	Co-ed	Day	£19,761
52	88.0	Downe House School	Girls	Day & Boarding	£31,305	£42,090
53	70.7	Royal Grammar School (Newcastle)	Co-ed	Day	£14,499
54	90.4	St Catherine’s School (Surrey)	Girls	Day & Boarding	£19,755	£32,865
55	85.4	Francis Holland School (Regent's Park)	Girls	Day	£21,450
56	82.5	Radley College	Boys	Boarding	£41,700	£41,700
57	90.0	Putney High School	Girls	Day	£20,412
58	81.0	St Mary Calne School	Girls	Day & Boarding	£30,795	£41,280
59	86.0	City of London Freemen's School	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£21,525	£36,993
60	91.3	Whitgift School	Boys	Day & Boarding	£21,240	£41,550
61	92.7	St Albans School	Boys (Co-ed Sixth Form)	Day	£21,282
62	85.3	Palmers Green High School	Girls	Day	£17,100
63	80.9	St Swithun's School	Girls	Day & Boarding	£21,918	£36,339
64	87.4	St John's College (Cardiff)	Co-ed	Day	£14,280
65	83.0	Queen Ethelburga's College	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£18,507	£42,036
66	90.2	The Abbey School	Girls	Day	£18,885
67	83.4	St George's College (Weybridge)	Co-ed	Day	£21,750
68	84.6	Oundle School	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£25,185	£39,315
69	77.4	Chigwell School	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£18,885	£32,985
70	85.5	Walthamstow Hall School	Girls	Day	£21,210
71	79.7	Loughborough High School	Girls	Day	£14,205
72	77.9	Caterham School	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£20,625	£41,130
73	77.7	Benenden School	Girls	Boarding	£30,657	£40,848
74	79.9	Badminton School	Girls	Day & Boarding	£17,430	£34,695
75	39.6	Rugby School	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£24,126	£38,454
76	81.0	Queen's College London	Girls	Day	£20,685
77	76.8	King Edward VI School (Hampshire)	Co-ed	Day	£18,645
78	71.6	Headington School	Girls	Day & Boarding	£20,280	£40,965
79	71.2	Burgess Hill Girls	Girls	Day & Boarding	£20,850	£36,750
80	82.0	St John's School (Surrey)	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£25,560	£33,693
81	76.0	Old Palace of John Whitgift School	Girls	Day	£16,578
82	80.8	Leicester Grammar School	Co-ed	Day	£14,130
83	76.0	Bishop's Stortford College	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£21,096	£35,838
84	74.7	St James Senior Girls' School	Girls	Day	£21,480
85	86.3	Forest School	Co-ed	Day	£20,940
86	74.5	Epsom College	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£27,450	£40,479
87	80.3	Sheffield High School for Girls	Girls	Day	£13,626
88	88.3	Ibstock Place School	Co-ed	Day	£22,350
89	81.5	Exeter School	Co-ed	Day	£14,700
90	87.7	St Michael's School	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£13,416	£26,775
91	73.0	Howell's School Llandaff	Girls	Day	£14,820
92	73.0	Northwood College for Girls	Girls	Day	£18,720
93	75.0	St Francis' College	Girls	Day & Boarding	£18,450	£34,770
94	72.8	The Ladies' College	Girls	Day	£12,075
95	78.0	Croydon High School	Girls	Day	£17,802
96	73.0	Manchester High School for Girls	Girls	Day	£12,600
97	80.1	The Maynard School	Girls	Day	£14,730
98	81.2	Streatham and Clapham High School	Girls	Day	£18,780
99	74.6	Nottingham Girls’ High School	Girls	Day	£14,298
100	73.8	Bablake School	Co-ed	Day	£12,600