Top 100 Schools for A-level value-added
Where students achieved the highest grade improvement
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Top 100 Schools for A-level value-added
The best schools by A-level value-added measure
Value-added scores measure student progress as opposed to pure exam achievement.
Traditional exam result league tables usually rank schools by the percentage of exam entries achieving A*-A grades. Naturally, the more academically selective schools tend to top the tables, this feeds demand, and the cycle continues.
Value-added scores are calculated by the UK government. Based on students’ exam results at the start of A-levels (and decades of historical data) an expected level of progress is predicted. Final A-level results can then be compared with the predictions.
A value-added score of 0 (zero) means the school’s average student has exactly matched their prediction. A score of 0.5 means they have achieved half a grade higher than predicted. 1.0 is a whole grade higher than expected, and so on.
Please note that the data used in this table was first published by the UK government in 2019. Covid exam disruption has led to the suspension of this measurement until 2024 at the earliest. However, the data is still relevant: schools with high value-added scores have usually made it their niche, in the same way the academically selective hothouses have. We can therefore be confident that schools which added a lot of value in 2019 are still doing so today.
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| Rank | A-Level Value Added Score | School | Gender | Region | A-Level A*/A% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A-Level Value Added Score: 1.76 | School: Abbey College in Malvern | Gender: Co-ed | Region: West Midlands | A-Level A*/A%: 33.33% |
| 2 | A-Level Value Added Score: 1.55 | School: The National Mathematics and Science College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: West Midlands | A-Level A*/A%: 86.17% |
| 3 | A-Level Value Added Score: 1.01 | School: Brooke House College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: East Midlands | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 4 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.93 | School: Abbey College Cambridge | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | A-Level A*/A%: 52.65% |
| 5 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.83 | School: Kingsley School Devon | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South West | A-Level A*/A%: 35.20% |
| 6 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.83 | School: Scarisbrick Hall School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: North West | A-Level A*/A%: 43.00% |
| 7 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.75 | School: Hampton Court House | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | A-Level A*/A%: 35.00% |
| 8 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.68 | School: Westminster Tutors | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 9 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.67 | School: Mander Portman Woodward (MPW) Cambridge | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | A-Level A*/A%: 41.34% |
| 10 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.65 | School: Churcher’s College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 60.08% |
| 11 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.64 | School: Bredon School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South West | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 12 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.63 | School: Bethany School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 41.00% |
| 13 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.63 | School: Saint Felix School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | A-Level A*/A%: 19.23% |
| 14 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.61 | School: Hurtwood House | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 50.89% |
| 15 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.60 | School: Leighton Park School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 36.71% |
| 16 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.60 | School: Gosfield School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 17 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.59 | School: Ardingly College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 44.53% |
| 18 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.57 | School: d’Overbroeck’s | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 58.48% |
| 19 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.57 | School: The Marist School | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 54.00% |
| 20 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.56 | School: Embley | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 36.00% |
| 21 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.55 | School: Farlington School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 26.00% |
| 22 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.54 | School: Sherborne School | Gender: Boys | Region: South West | A-Level A*/A%: 33.00% |
| 23 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.54 | School: Ackworth School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Yorks/Humber | A-Level A*/A%: 25.00% |
| 24 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.51 | School: Colfe’s School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | A-Level A*/A%: 63.99% |
| 25 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.50 | School: Brampton College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | A-Level A*/A%: 43.02% |
| 26 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.50 | School: Clifton High School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South West | A-Level A*/A%: 31.18% |
| 27 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.50 | School: Sherfield School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 28 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.47 | School: Austin Friars | Gender: Co-ed | Region: North West | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 29 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.47 | School: Loughborough Grammar School | Gender: Boys | Region: East Midlands | A-Level A*/A%: 46.19% |
| 30 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.47 | School: St Jospeh’s College Reading | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 37.60% |
| 31 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.47 | School: New Hall School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | A-Level A*/A%: 42.00% |
| 32 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.46 | School: Babington House School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 33 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.46 | School: Claremont Fan Court School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 49.78% |
| 34 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.45 | School: Bolton School Boys’ Division | Gender: Boys | Region: North West | A-Level A*/A%: 41.70% |
| 35 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.45 | School: Thetford Grammar School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | A-Level A*/A%: 33.90% |
| 36 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.45 | School: King’s College Taunton | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South West | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 37 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.45 | School: Ratcliffe College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: East Midlands | A-Level A*/A%: 45.00% |
| 38 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.44 | School: Dean Close School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South West | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 39 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.44 | School: Sherrardswood School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | A-Level A*/A%: 34.00% |
| 40 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.44 | School: Eastbourne College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 41 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.44 | School: Merchant Taylors’ Schools | Gender: Boys | Region: North West | A-Level A*/A%: 27.63% |
| 42 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.43 | School: The Portsmouth Grammar School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 60.50% |
| 43 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.43 | School: Chetham’s School of Music | Gender: Co-ed | Region: North West | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 44 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.43 | School: Sydenham High School | Gender: Girls | Region: London | A-Level A*/A%: 51.00% |
| 45 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.43 | School: Adcote School for Girls | Gender: Girls | Region: West Midlands | A-Level A*/A%: 56.90% |
| 46 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.42 | School: Downside School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South West | A-Level A*/A%: 31.00% |
| 47 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.42 | School: Brighton College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 84.37% |
| 48 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.42 | School: Rochester Independent College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 25.85% |
| 49 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.42 | School: St Edward’s School Oxford | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 41.00% |
| 50 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.41 | School: Bede’s Senior School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 51 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.41 | School: Seaford College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 52 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.41 | School: St Gabriel’s School | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 23.00% |
| 53 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.41 | School: The King’s School in Macclesfield | Gender: Co-ed | Region: North West | A-Level A*/A%: 52.70% |
| 54 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.41 | School: Lucton School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: West Midlands | A-Level A*/A%: 33.00% |
| 55 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.40 | School: The King’s School, Chester | Gender: Co-ed | Region: North West | A-Level A*/A%: 59.82% |
| 56 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.40 | School: The Newcastle School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: North East | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 57 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.40 | School: Wells Cathedral School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South West | A-Level A*/A%: 32.95% |
| 58 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.39 | School: Durham School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: North East | A-Level A*/A%: 38.00% |
| 59 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.39 | School: Bournemouth Collegiate School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South West | A-Level A*/A%: 26.00% |
| 60 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.39 | School: St Peter’s School, York | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Yorks/Humber | A-Level A*/A%: 49.00% |
| 61 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.38 | School: St George’s School, Ascot | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 41.00% |
| 62 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.38 | School: Epsom College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 58.27% |
| 63 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.38 | School: Hurstpierpoint College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 60.00% |
| 64 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.38 | School: Concord College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: West Midlands | A-Level A*/A%: 82.40% |
| 65 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.38 | School: King Edward VI School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 51.50% |
| 66 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.37 | School: St George’s College Weybridge | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 48.74% |
| 67 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.37 | School: Pipers Corner School | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 32.00% |
| 68 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.36 | School: Whitgift School | Gender: Boys | Region: London | A-Level A*/A%: 58.22% |
| 69 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.36 | School: Royal Hospital School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | A-Level A*/A%: 40.00% |
| 70 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.36 | School: Mander Portman Woodward (MPW) Birmingham | Gender: Co-ed | Region: West Midlands | A-Level A*/A%: 27.27% |
| 71 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.36 | School: St Edmund’s College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 72 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.36 | School: Oxford High School | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 64.10% |
| 73 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.35 | School: Culford School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 74 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.35 | School: Kent College Canterbury | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 31.00% |
| 75 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.35 | School: Bolton School Girls’ Division | Gender: Girls | Region: North West | A-Level A*/A%: 38.49% |
| 76 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.35 | School: Latymer Upper School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | A-Level A*/A%: 81.10% |
| 77 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.35 | School: St Edmund’s School Canterbury | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 30.00% |
| 78 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.34 | School: Pocklington School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Yorks/Humber | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 79 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.34 | School: Lancing College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 52.00% |
| 80 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.34 | School: Taunton School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South West | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 81 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.33 | School: St Teresa’s Effingham | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 52.00% |
| 82 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.33 | School: Newcastle-under-Lyme School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: West Midlands | A-Level A*/A%: 37.96% |
| 83 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.33 | School: Oldham Hulme Grammar School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: North West | A-Level A*/A%: 34.07% |
| 84 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.33 | School: Reigate Grammar School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 70.60% |
| 85 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.33 | School: Haileybury | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | A-Level A*/A%: 52.08% |
| 86 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.33 | School: King’s Ely | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 87 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.33 | School: Bishop’s Stortford College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | A-Level A*/A%: 55.90% |
| 88 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.32 | School: Immanuel College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | A-Level A*/A%: 60.54% |
| 89 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.32 | School: Queen Ethelburga’s College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Yorks/Humber | A-Level A*/A%: 77.00% |
| 90 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.32 | School: The Leys School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | A-Level A*/A%: 61.44% |
| 91 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.32 | School: Canford School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South West | A-Level A*/A%: 55.42% |
| 92 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.32 | School: Lord Wandsworth College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: 50.20% |
| 93 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.32 | School: Mount House School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 94 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.32 | School: St Mary’s School, Gerrard’s Cross | Gender: Girls | Region: South East | A-Level A*/A%: U/A |
| 95 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.32 | School: St Benedict’s School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | A-Level A*/A%: 48.33% |
| 96 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.31 | School: Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital | Gender: Co-ed | Region: South West | A-Level A*/A%: 53.04% |
| 97 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.31 | School: Bedford Modern School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Anglia | A-Level A*/A%: 44.27% |
| 98 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.31 | School: Yarm School | Gender: Co-ed | Region: Yorks/Humber | A-Level A*/A%: 46.49% |
| 99 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.31 | School: Moreton Hall | Gender: Girls | Region: West Midlands | A-Level A*/A%: 49.59% |
| 100 | A-Level Value Added Score: 0.31 | School: Ashbourne College | Gender: Co-ed | Region: London | A-Level A*/A%: 52.00% |
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