Top 100 Schools for A-Levels
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Top 100 Schools for A-Levels
The Best 2025 Private School A-level League Table
This table lists the top 100 independent schools in the UK based on 2025 A-Level results. Rankings are determined by each school’s percentage of A-Level entries awarded A* or A grades.
The National Average in 2025 was 28.2%, with the independent school average being 48.4%.
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| Rank | A-Level A*/A% | School | Gender | Region | Boarding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A-Level A*/A%: 94.09% | School: Cardiff Sixth Form College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Wales | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 2 | A-Level A*/A%: 93.00% | School: St Paul’s School | Gender: Boys | Region: London | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 3 | A-Level A*/A%: 88.70% | School: St Paul’s Girls’ School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 4 | A-Level A*/A%: 88.10% | School: Westminster School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 5 | A-Level A*/A%: 86.17% | School: The National Mathematics and Science College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: West Midlands | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 6 | A-Level A*/A%: 86.10% | School: North London Collegiate School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day |
| 7 | A-Level A*/A%: 86.10% | School: King’s College School Wimbledon | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day |
| 8 | A-Level A*/A%: 84.67% | School: Guildford High School for Girls | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, |
| 9 | A-Level A*/A%: 84.37% | School: Brighton College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 10 | A-Level A*/A%: 82.90% | School: The Godolphin and Latymer School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day |
| 11 | A-Level A*/A%: 82.40% | School: Concord College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: West Midlands | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 12 | A-Level A*/A%: 81.10% | School: Latymer Upper School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day |
| 13 | A-Level A*/A%: 80.34% | School: Alleyn’s School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 14 | A-Level A*/A%: 80.12% | School: City of London School For Girls | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 15 | A-Level A*/A%: 80.00% | School: St Michael’s School Llanelli | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Wales | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 16 | A-Level A*/A%: 79.11% | School: The Perse School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day, |
| 17 | A-Level A*/A%: 79.10% | School: Highgate School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 18 | A-Level A*/A%: 79.00% | School: Haberdashers’ Boys’ School | Gender: Boys | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day |
| 19 | A-Level A*/A%: 78.57% | School: Wimbledon High School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 20 | A-Level A*/A%: 78.57% | School: Magdalen College School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day |
| 21 | A-Level A*/A%: 78.46% | School: South Hampstead High School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 22 | A-Level A*/A%: 78.20% | School: Eton College | Gender: Boys | Region: South East | Boarding: , Boarding |
| 23 | A-Level A*/A%: 78.16% | School: King Edward VI High School for Girls | Gender: Girls | Region: West Midlands | Boarding: Day, |
| 24 | A-Level A*/A%: 77.59% | School: Putney High School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 25 | A-Level A*/A%: 77.20% | School: Haberdashers’ Girls’ School | Gender: Girls | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day |
| 26 | A-Level A*/A%: 77.00% | School: Lady Eleanor Holles School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 27 | A-Level A*/A%: 77.00% | School: Queen Ethelburga’s College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Yorks/Humber | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 28 | A-Level A*/A%: 76.25% | School: Wycombe Abbey School | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 29 | A-Level A*/A%: 76.16% | School: James Allen’s Girls’ School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 30 | A-Level A*/A%: 75.00% | School: City of London School | Gender: Boys | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 31 | A-Level A*/A%: 75.00% | School: Winchester College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 32 | A-Level A*/A%: 74.90% | School: Kingston Grammar School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 33 | A-Level A*/A%: 74.39% | School: Withington Girls’ School | Gender: Girls | Region: North West | Boarding: Day, |
| 34 | A-Level A*/A%: 73.90% | School: Royal Grammar School Guildford | Gender: Boys | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, |
| 35 | A-Level A*/A%: 73.70% | School: The Manchester Grammar School | Gender: Boys | Region: North West | Boarding: Day, |
| 36 | A-Level A*/A%: 73.00% | School: Tonbridge School | Gender: Boys | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 37 | A-Level A*/A%: 72.20% | School: The Cathedral School Llandaff | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Wales | Boarding: Day, |
| 38 | A-Level A*/A%: 72.15% | School: St John’s College, Cardiff | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Wales | Boarding: Day, |
| 39 | A-Level A*/A%: 72.10% | School: Abingdon School | Gender: Boys | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 40 | A-Level A*/A%: 72.00% | School: St Albans High School for Girls | Gender: Girls | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day, |
| 41 | A-Level A*/A%: 72.00% | School: Hampton School | Gender: Boys | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 42 | A-Level A*/A%: 71.70% | School: St Swithun’s School | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 43 | A-Level A*/A%: 71.31% | School: City of London Freemen’s School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 44 | A-Level A*/A%: 70.95% | School: Bancroft’s School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day, |
| 45 | A-Level A*/A%: 70.70% | School: St Catherine’s, Bramley | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 46 | A-Level A*/A%: 70.60% | School: Reigate Grammar School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, |
| 47 | A-Level A*/A%: 70.56% | School: University College School, Hampstead | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 48 | A-Level A*/A%: 69.80% | School: Emanuel School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 49 | A-Level A*/A%: 69.07% | School: Merchant Taylors’ School | Gender: Boys | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day, |
| 50 | A-Level A*/A%: 69.00% | School: Benenden School | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 51 | A-Level A*/A%: 68.86% | School: Cheltenham Ladies’ College | Gender: Girls | Region: South West | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 52 | A-Level A*/A%: 68.67% | School: Redmaids’ High School | Gender: Girls | Region: South West | Boarding: Day, |
| 53 | A-Level A*/A%: 68.56% | School: Nottingham High School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: East Midlands | Boarding: Day, |
| 54 | A-Level A*/A%: 68.00% | School: Oxford International College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Boarding |
| 55 | A-Level A*/A%: 68.00% | School: The Harrodian School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 56 | A-Level A*/A%: 67.54% | School: Dulwich College | Gender: Boys | Region: London | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 57 | A-Level A*/A%: 67.37% | School: Surbiton High School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day |
| 58 | A-Level A*/A%: 67.30% | School: Channing School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 59 | A-Level A*/A%: 66.00% | School: Caterham School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 60 | A-Level A*/A%: 65.63% | School: Sheffield High School for Girls | Gender: Girls | Region: Yorks/Humber | Boarding: Day, |
| 61 | A-Level A*/A%: 65.31% | School: St John’s Preparatory and Senior School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 62 | A-Level A*/A%: 65.00% | School: Harrow School | Gender: Boys | Region: London | Boarding: Boarding |
| 63 | A-Level A*/A%: 64.69% | School: Eltham College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 64 | A-Level A*/A%: 64.44% | School: Bristol Grammar School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South West | Boarding: Day, |
| 65 | A-Level A*/A%: 64.31% | School: Rugby School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: West Midlands | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 66 | A-Level A*/A%: 64.10% | School: Oxford High School | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day |
| 67 | A-Level A*/A%: 63.99% | School: Colfe’s School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 68 | A-Level A*/A%: 63.89% | School: St Francis’ College | Gender: Girls | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 69 | A-Level A*/A%: 63.88% | School: St Helen’s School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 70 | A-Level A*/A%: 63.86% | School: Loughborough High School | Gender: Girls | Region: East Midlands | Boarding: Day, |
| 71 | A-Level A*/A%: 63.64% | School: Notting Hill and Ealing High School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 72 | A-Level A*/A%: 63.41% | School: Sir William Perkins’s School | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, |
| 73 | A-Level A*/A%: 62.86% | School: The Yehudi Menuhin School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 74 | A-Level A*/A%: 62.75% | School: St Augustine’s Priory | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day |
| 75 | A-Level A*/A%: 62.07% | School: The Grammar School at Leeds | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Yorks/Humber | Boarding: Day |
| 76 | A-Level A*/A%: 61.96% | School: St Mary’s School Ascot | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 77 | A-Level A*/A%: 61.44% | School: The Leys School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 78 | A-Level A*/A%: 61.43% | School: St Dunstan’s College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 79 | A-Level A*/A%: 61.20% | School: Headington Rye Oxford | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 80 | A-Level A*/A%: 61.15% | School: Royal Grammar School Newcastle | Gender: Co-ed | Region: North East | Boarding: Day, |
| 81 | A-Level A*/A%: 61.00% | School: Radley College | Gender: Boys | Region: South East | Boarding: Boarding |
| 82 | A-Level A*/A%: 60.88% | School: King Edward’s School, Bath | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South West | Boarding: Day, |
| 83 | A-Level A*/A%: 60.80% | School: St Helen and St Katharine | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day |
| 84 | A-Level A*/A%: 60.54% | School: Immanuel College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day, |
| 85 | A-Level A*/A%: 60.54% | School: RGS Worcester | Gender: Co-ed | Region: West Midlands | Boarding: Day, |
| 86 | A-Level A*/A%: 60.50% | School: The Portsmouth Grammar School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day |
| 87 | A-Level A*/A%: 60.19% | School: The Maynard School | Gender: Girls | Region: South West | Boarding: Day, |
| 88 | A-Level A*/A%: 60.10% | School: St Mary’s Calne | Gender: Girls | Region: South West | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 89 | A-Level A*/A%: 60.09% | School: Oundle School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: East Midlands | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 90 | A-Level A*/A%: 60.08% | School: Churcher’s College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, |
| 91 | A-Level A*/A%: 60.00% | School: Hurstpierpoint College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 92 | A-Level A*/A%: 59.82% | School: The King’s School, Chester | Gender: Co-ed | Region: North West | Boarding: Day, |
| 93 | A-Level A*/A%: 59.79% | School: Leicester Grammar School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: East Midlands | Boarding: Day, |
| 94 | A-Level A*/A%: 58.70% | School: Wellington College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 95 | A-Level A*/A%: 58.56% | School: The Queen’s School, Chester | Gender: Girls | Region: North West | Boarding: Day, |
| 96 | A-Level A*/A%: 58.48% | School: d’Overbroeck’s | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 97 | A-Level A*/A%: 58.27% | School: Epsom College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 98 | A-Level A*/A%: 58.22% | School: Whitgift School | Gender: Boys | Region: London | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 99 | A-Level A*/A%: 57.92% | School: Bromley High School | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, |
| 100 | A-Level A*/A%: 57.58% | School: Solihull School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: West Midlands | Boarding: Day, |
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