Top 100 Schools for GCSEs
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Top 100 Schools for GCSEs
The Best 2025 Private School GCSE League Table
This table lists the top 100 independent schools in the UK based on 2025 GCSE and iGCSE results. Rankings are determined by each school’s percentage of exam entries awarded A*/A or 9, 8 & 7 grades.
The national average in 2025 was 21.8%, with the independent school average being 48.1%.
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| Rank | GCSE A*/A% | School | Gender | Region | Boarding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GCSE A*/A%: 99.50% | School: St Paul’s Girls’ School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 2 | GCSE A*/A%: 99.20% | School: North London Collegiate School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day |
| 3 | GCSE A*/A%: 98.26% | School: King’s College School Wimbledon | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day |
| 4 | GCSE A*/A%: 97.95% | School: Brighton College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 5 | GCSE A*/A%: 97.90% | School: St Paul’s School | Gender: Boys | Region: London | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 6 | GCSE A*/A%: 97.60% | School: Westminster School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 7 | GCSE A*/A%: 96.90% | School: The Godolphin and Latymer School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day |
| 8 | GCSE A*/A%: 96.73% | School: Wycombe Abbey School | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 9 | GCSE A*/A%: 96.41% | School: Guildford High School for Girls | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, |
| 10 | GCSE A*/A%: 96.34% | School: King Edward VI High School for Girls | Gender: Girls | Region: West Midlands | Boarding: Day, |
| 11 | GCSE A*/A%: 96.20% | School: Latymer Upper School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day |
| 12 | GCSE A*/A%: 96.00% | School: Hampton School | Gender: Boys | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 13 | GCSE A*/A%: 96.00% | School: City of London School | Gender: Boys | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 14 | GCSE A*/A%: 95.47% | School: Highgate School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 15 | GCSE A*/A%: 94.72% | School: Alleyn’s School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 16 | GCSE A*/A%: 94.64% | School: City of London School For Girls | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 17 | GCSE A*/A%: 94.08% | School: St Mary’s School Ascot | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 18 | GCSE A*/A%: 94.05% | School: Magdalen College School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day |
| 19 | GCSE A*/A%: 94.00% | School: Eton College | Gender: Boys | Region: South East | Boarding: , Boarding |
| 20 | GCSE A*/A%: 94.00% | School: Lady Eleanor Holles School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 21 | GCSE A*/A%: 93.59% | School: Oxford High School | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day |
| 22 | GCSE A*/A%: 93.20% | School: Dulwich College | Gender: Boys | Region: London | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 23 | GCSE A*/A%: 93.00% | School: Winchester College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 24 | GCSE A*/A%: 92.84% | School: Notting Hill and Ealing High School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 25 | GCSE A*/A%: 92.76% | School: Withington Girls’ School | Gender: Girls | Region: North West | Boarding: Day, |
| 26 | GCSE A*/A%: 92.58% | School: Haberdashers’ Girls’ School | Gender: Girls | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day |
| 27 | GCSE A*/A%: 92.14% | School: South Hampstead High School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 28 | GCSE A*/A%: 92.10% | School: St Helen and St Katharine | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day |
| 29 | GCSE A*/A%: 92.00% | School: Tonbridge School | Gender: Boys | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 30 | GCSE A*/A%: 91.61% | School: Putney High School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 31 | GCSE A*/A%: 91.35% | School: Caterham School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 32 | GCSE A*/A%: 91.26% | School: University College School, Hampstead | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 33 | GCSE A*/A%: 90.90% | School: Emanuel School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 34 | GCSE A*/A%: 90.30% | School: Kingston Grammar School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 35 | GCSE A*/A%: 90.01% | School: The Perse School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day, |
| 36 | GCSE A*/A%: 90.00% | School: Sevenoaks School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 37 | GCSE A*/A%: 90.00% | School: Reigate Grammar School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, |
| 38 | GCSE A*/A%: 89.94% | School: James Allen’s Girls’ School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 39 | GCSE A*/A%: 88.66% | School: Royal Grammar School Guildford | Gender: Boys | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, |
| 40 | GCSE A*/A%: 88.00% | School: Haberdashers’ Boys’ School | Gender: Boys | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day |
| 41 | GCSE A*/A%: 87.91% | School: Merchant Taylors’ School | Gender: Boys | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day, |
| 42 | GCSE A*/A%: 87.70% | School: Eltham College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 43 | GCSE A*/A%: 87.46% | School: The Manchester Grammar School | Gender: Boys | Region: North West | Boarding: Day, |
| 44 | GCSE A*/A%: 87.30% | School: Abingdon School | Gender: Boys | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 45 | GCSE A*/A%: 87.07% | School: Bancroft’s School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day, |
| 46 | GCSE A*/A%: 86.70% | School: Wellington College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 47 | GCSE A*/A%: 86.34% | School: Whitgift School | Gender: Boys | Region: London | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 48 | GCSE A*/A%: 86.23% | School: Cheltenham Ladies’ College | Gender: Girls | Region: South West | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 49 | GCSE A*/A%: 86.20% | School: Concord College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: West Midlands | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 50 | GCSE A*/A%: 86.17% | School: Epsom College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 51 | GCSE A*/A%: 86.00% | School: Radley College | Gender: Boys | Region: South East | Boarding: Boarding |
| 52 | GCSE A*/A%: 85.76% | School: The Leys School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 53 | GCSE A*/A%: 85.27% | School: Wimbledon High School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 54 | GCSE A*/A%: 85.19% | School: Surbiton High School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day |
| 55 | GCSE A*/A%: 85.00% | School: St Albans High School for Girls | Gender: Girls | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day, |
| 56 | GCSE A*/A%: 84.73% | School: Nottingham High School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: East Midlands | Boarding: Day, |
| 57 | GCSE A*/A%: 84.50% | School: Sir William Perkins’s School | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, |
| 58 | GCSE A*/A%: 83.80% | School: King Edward’s School, Birmingham | Gender: Boys | Region: West Midlands | Boarding: Day |
| 59 | GCSE A*/A%: 83.43% | School: The King’s School, Chester | Gender: Co-ed | Region: North West | Boarding: Day, |
| 60 | GCSE A*/A%: 82.70% | School: Ibstock Place School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 61 | GCSE A*/A%: 82.05% | School: Haileybury | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 62 | GCSE A*/A%: 81.91% | School: Reading Blue Coat School | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, |
| 63 | GCSE A*/A%: 81.70% | School: Channing School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 64 | GCSE A*/A%: 81.54% | School: City of London Freemen’s School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 65 | GCSE A*/A%: 81.00% | School: Downe House | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 66 | GCSE A*/A%: 80.94% | School: Royal Grammar School Newcastle | Gender: Co-ed | Region: North East | Boarding: Day, |
| 67 | GCSE A*/A%: 80.77% | School: Queen’s College London | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 68 | GCSE A*/A%: 80.11% | School: The Abbey School Reading | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, |
| 69 | GCSE A*/A%: 80.08% | School: St Catherine’s, Bramley | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 70 | GCSE A*/A%: 80.00% | School: St Helen’s School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 71 | GCSE A*/A%: 79.89% | School: St George’s College Weybridge | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, |
| 72 | GCSE A*/A%: 79.87% | School: Sheffield High School for Girls | Gender: Girls | Region: Yorks/Humber | Boarding: Day, |
| 73 | GCSE A*/A%: 79.83% | School: St John’s College, Cardiff | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Wales | Boarding: Day, |
| 74 | GCSE A*/A%: 79.59% | School: Colfe’s School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 75 | GCSE A*/A%: 79.30% | School: Headington Rye Oxford | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 76 | GCSE A*/A%: 79.00% | School: Hurstpierpoint College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 77 | GCSE A*/A%: 79.00% | School: The Harrodian School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 78 | GCSE A*/A%: 79.00% | School: Francis Holland School, Regent’s Park | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 79 | GCSE A*/A%: 78.62% | School: Solihull School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: West Midlands | Boarding: Day, |
| 80 | GCSE A*/A%: 78.46% | School: Kingswood School, Bath | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South West | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 81 | GCSE A*/A%: 78.22% | School: St Michael’s School Llanelli | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Wales | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 82 | GCSE A*/A%: 78.20% | School: Rugby School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: West Midlands | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 83 | GCSE A*/A%: 78.00% | School: King’s High School | Gender: Girls | Region: West Midlands | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 84 | GCSE A*/A%: 78.00% | School: Benenden School | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 85 | GCSE A*/A%: 77.75% | School: Forest School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 86 | GCSE A*/A%: 77.71% | School: Bishop’s Stortford College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 87 | GCSE A*/A%: 77.60% | School: Oundle School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: East Midlands | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 88 | GCSE A*/A%: 77.59% | School: St John’s School, Leatherhead | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 89 | GCSE A*/A%: 77.40% | School: St Swithun’s School | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 90 | GCSE A*/A%: 77.00% | School: Croydon High School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 91 | GCSE A*/A%: 76.91% | School: Manchester High School for Girls | Gender: Girls | Region: North West | Boarding: Day, |
| 92 | GCSE A*/A%: 76.00% | School: Roedean School | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 93 | GCSE A*/A%: 76.00% | School: Streatham and Clapham High School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 94 | GCSE A*/A%: 76.00% | School: Blackheath High School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 95 | GCSE A*/A%: 75.71% | School: St Dunstan’s College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | Boarding: Day, |
| 96 | GCSE A*/A%: 75.70% | School: Ardingly College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 97 | GCSE A*/A%: 75.68% | School: King Edward’s School, Bath | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South West | Boarding: Day, |
| 98 | GCSE A*/A%: 75.60% | School: Berkhamsted Senior School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 99 | GCSE A*/A%: 75.60% | School: Warwick School | Gender: Boys | Region: West Midlands | Boarding: Day, Boarding |
| 100 | GCSE A*/A%: 75.15% | School: The Maynard School | Gender: Girls | Region: South West | Boarding: Day, |
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