League Table: A-Level Results 2019

Here are the 2019 league table results for UK boarding schools

When searching for an independent (or private) school to send your child to, it is important to consider many factors, such as the school’s location, size, facilities, gender profile etc. If you are specifically looking for an academically excellent school, it is also a good idea to consider the A-level league table.

Here is the list of the top 200+ UK private schools published by The Telegraph. The rankings are based on the percentage of A*-A grades achieved by students who took A-levels in 2019.

List Of A-Level Results By Boarding School

Rank School A*/A or equivalent (%) Candidates
1 Oxford International College, Oxford 91.84 43
2 Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cardiff 89.88 133
3 King’s College School (KCS), Wimbledon 84.25 206
4 Westminster School, Westminster 83.54 195
5 Concord College, Shrewsbury 83.52 179
6 Magdalen College School, Oxford 82.4 155
7 Ruthin School, Ruthin 82 84
8 City of London School, London 81.2 125
9 Brighton College, Brighton 80.93 214
10 Queen Ethelburga’s College, York 80.05 136
11 The Perse School, Cambridge 79.15 179
12 Hampton School, Hampton 78.41 185
13 Guildford High School for Girls, Guildford 77.67 94
14 Oxford High School GDST, Oxford 77.65 56
15 St Mary’s School Ascot, Ascot 77.49 61
16 City of London School For Girls, The City 77.14 74
17 South Hampstead High School GDST, Hampstead 76.15 73
18 The Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School, Elstree 75.84 148
19 Highgate School, Highgate 75.82 181
20 King Edward’s School, Birmingham, Birmingham 75.73 103
21 Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood 75.28 140
22 King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham 75.21 76
23 North London Collegiate School, Edgware 75 120
24 University College School, Hampstead, Hampstead 74.89 144
25 The Manchester Grammar School, Manchester 74.61 161
26 Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls, Borehamwood 74.18 107
27 St Michael’s School, Llanelli 73.46 49
28 James Allen’s Girls’ School, London 73.4 99
29 Withington Girls’ School, Manchester 71.17 73
30 St Clare’s, Oxford 70.59 102
31 The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga’s, York 70.09 105
32 Wimbledon High School GDST, Wimbledon 69.62 83
33 Stephen Perse Foundation, Cambridge 69.5 61
34 Manchester High School for Girls, Manchester 69.1 76
35 Eltham College, Mottingham 68.45 118
36 Alleyn’s School, Dulwich 68.06 151
37 Putney High School GDST, Putney 67.77 98
38 St Albans High School for Girls, St Albans 67.68 84
39 Marymount International School, Kingston upon Thames 67.59 36
40 Channing School, London 67.54 62
41 Royal Grammar School, Guildford 67.12 138
42 St Gabriel’s School, Newbury 67.09 26
43 Epsom College, Epsom 66.92 173
44 Whitgift School, South Croydon 66.73 177
45 Kingston Grammar School, Kingston upon Thames 66.3 117
46 St Helen and St Katharine, Abingdon 65.81 96
47 Bancroft’s School, Woodford Green 65.77 116
48 The King’s School, Cheshire, Chester 65.28 110
49 Ardingly College, Haywards Heath 64.74 125
50 St Catherine’s, Bramley, Guildford 64.17 83
51 Dulwich College, Dulwich 63.85 234
52 City of London Freemen’s School, Ashtead 63.34 112
53 Caterham School, Caterham 62.8 155
54 St John’s College, Cardiff, Cardiff 62.4 39
55 Immanuel College, Bushey 62.33 47
56 The Grange School, Northwich 61.76 77
57 Charterhouse, Godalming 61.7 216
58 Churcher’s College, Petersfield 61.4 113
59 King Edward’s School, Bath 60.61 132
60 The Maynard School, Exeter 60.28 47
61 The Abbey School, Reading 60.23 85
62 Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne 59.45 174
63 Norwich School, Norwich 59.3 163
64 St Peter’s School, York 58.59 126
65 Surbiton High School, Kingston upon Thames 58.39 106
66 Farnborough Hill, Farnborough 58.21 45
67 Ibstock Place School, Roehampton 58.12 74
68 St Albans School, St Albans 58.05 152
69 Headington School, Oxford 56.82 129
70 Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital, Bristol 56.19 95
71 Notting Hill and Ealing High School GDST, Ealing 55.73 83
72 Nottingham High School, Nottingham 55.22 118
73 Yarm School, Yarm 55.18 105
74 Mayfield School, Mayfield 55.03 53
75 Roedean School, Brighton 54.8 86
76 The Queen’s School, Chester, Chester 54.07 45
77 Badminton School, Bristol 54.04 51
78 Hurtwood House, Dorking 54.02 155
79 Francis Holland School, Regent’s Park, London 53.8 60
80 Walthamstow Hall, Sevenoaks 53.57 55
81 The King’s School, Canterbury, Canterbury 53.47 179
82 Exeter School, Exeter 53.08 110
83 St George’s College Weybridge, Addlestone 52.97 124
84 Windermere School, Windermere 52.27 36
85 Rougemont School, Newport 52.21 44
86 Oundle School, Peterborough 52.16 200
87 Queen’s Gate School, London 52.08 47
88 Howell’s School Llandaff GDST, Cardiff 51.98 99
89 Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester 51.83 58
90 Nottingham Girls’ High School GDST, Nottingham 51.81 89
91 The Leys School, Cambridge 51.66 103
92 Sir William Perkins’s School, Chertsey 51.65 61
93 Newcastle High School for Girls GDST, Newcastle upon Tyne 51.21 83
94 Bolton School Girls’ Division, Bolton 51.13 87
95 St Mary’s School, Cambridge, Cambridge 50.83 39
96 Cheadle Hulme School, Cheadle 50.78 127
97 King’s High School, Warwick 50.44 73
98 Colfe’s School, Lee 50.21 77
99 Bedford Modern School, Bedford 50 135
100 d’Overbroeck’s, Oxford 49.9 149
101 Leicester Grammar School, Great Glen 49.7 108
102 Bellerbys College Cambridge, Cambridge 49.38 28
103 Oakham School, Oakham 49.34 184
104 Birkenhead School, Wirral 49.24 45
105 Bromley High School GDST, Bromley 49.19 61
106 The Grammar School at Leeds, Leeds 49.1 216
107 Bishop’s Stortford College, Bishop’s Stortford 48.68 120
108 The Purcell School for Young Musicians, Watford 48.33 44
109 New Hall School, Chelmsford 48.01 97
110 Croydon High School GDST, South Croydon 47.78 29
111 Warwick School, Warwick 47.77 150
112 Talbot Heath School, Bournemouth 47.73 35
113 Canford School, Wimborne 47.49 137
114 Loughborough High School, Loughborough 47.33 84
115 Farlington School, Horsham 46.88 30
116 Durham High School for Girls, Durham 46.81 30
117 Shrewsbury High School GDST, Shrewsbury 46.5 51
118 The Portsmouth Grammar School, Portsmouth 46.28 189
119 Haileybury, Hertford 46.27 138
120 Jersey College for Girls, Jersey 46.13 100
121 Brampton College, Hendon 46.01 142
122 Chigwell School, Chigwell 45.75 78
123 Woldingham School, Caterham 45.54 64
124 St John’s School, Leatherhead 45.52 128
125 The Royal High School Bath GDST, Bath 44.96 75
126 Notre Dame Senior School, Cobham 44.94 30
127 Alderley Edge School for Girls, Alderley Edge 44.68 33
128 ACS Cobham International School, Cobham 44.4 78
129 Ipswich School, Ipswich 44.3 123
130 St Helen’s School, Northwood 44.24 70
131 West Buckland School, Barnstaple 43.82 59
132 Queen’s College London, London 43.57 47
133 Stockport Grammar School, Stockport 43.52 96
134 Bolton School Boys’ Division, Bolton 43.29 108
135 Burgess Hill Girls, Burgess Hill 43.24 36
136 Edgbaston High School for Girls, Birmingham 43.2 56
137 Bristol Grammar School, Bristol 43.13 154
138 King William’s College, Castletown 43.03 55
139 Wakefield Girls’ High School, Wakefield 42.74 77
140 Leicester High School for Girls, Leicester 42.67 25
141 Bradford Grammar School, Bradford 42.59 121
142 Truro School, Truro 42.54 73
143 Kent College, Canterbury 42.41 69
144 Queen Margaret’s School, York 42.31 48
145 St Benedict’s School, Ealing 42.22 109
146 Bede’s Senior School, Hailsham 41.95 140
147 Sheffield High School for Girls, Sheffield 41.79 107
148 Malvern St James Girls’ School, Great Malvern 41.61 50
148 Royal Russell School, Croydon 41.61 116
150 St Francis’ College, Letchworth Garden City 41.18 25
150 The Cathedral School Llandaff, Cardiff 41.18 60
152 Birkdale School, Sheffield 40.91 114
153 Queen’s College, Taunton 40.38 69
154 The King’s School, Worcester 40.34 133
155 Moreton Hall, Oswestry 40.12 59
156 Elizabeth College, Guernsey 40 62
156 Clifton High School, Bristol 40 28
158 St Leonards, St Andrews 39.89 61
159 Brighton Girls GDST, Brighton 39.33 30
160 Monmouth School for Girls, Monmouth 39.25 68
161 Reading Blue Coat School, Reading 39.13 114
161 Northwood College for Girls GDST, Northwood 39.13 60
163 Christ College, Brecon 38.82 55
164 Bury Grammar School, Bury 38.68 71
165 Monmouth School for Boys, Monmouth 38.5 73
166 Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ School, Liverpool 38.49 91
166 The King’s School, Macclesfield 38.49 108
166 Taunton Senior School, Taunton 38.49 120
169 Streatham and Clapham High School GDST, Streatham 38.26 49
170 Newcastle-under-Lyme School, Newcastle-under-Lyme 38.21 81
171 RGS Worcester, Worcester 38.01 106
172 Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh 37.95 73
173 Hymers College, Hull 37.93 93
174 Northampton High School GDST, Northampton 37.75 50
175 King Henry VIII School, Coventry 37.62 105
176 Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School, Liverpool 37.43 58
177 Ashford School, Ashford 37.34 73
178 Our Lady’s Abingdon School, Abingdon 37.23 31
179 TASIS The American School in England, Egham 37.21 43
180 Bablake School, Coventry 36.76 89
181 Lingfield College, Lingfield 36.71 86
182 Kimbolton School, Huntingdon 36.34 100
183 Derby High School, Derby 36.11 36
184 Hill House School, Doncaster 36.03 44
185 Norwich High School GDST, Norwich 35.82 44
186 Mander Portman Woodward (MPW), South Kensington 35.25 362
187 Mill Hill School, Mill Hill 35.17 137
188 Wellington School, Wellington 35.04 74
189 Wellingborough School, Wellingborough 34.74 63
190 St Dunstan’s College, Catford 34.73 54
191 St Edmund’s College, Ware 34.67 70
192 The Royal School, Armagh 34.53 98
193 Oldham Hulme Grammar Schools, Oldham 34.38 54
194 Tudor Hall School, Banbury 34.31 46
195 St George’s School, Ascot, Ascot 34.18 25
196 Leighton Park School, Reading 34.09 58
197 Cambridge Tutors College, Croydon 34.04 30
198 Forest School, London 34.01 144
199 The Royal School Dungannon, Dungannon 33.86 64
199 Claremont Fan Court School, Esher 33.86 41
201 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield 33.65 105
202 Godolphin School, Salisbury 32.87 50
203 Wolverhampton Grammar School, Wolverhampton 32.77 77
204 Sutton High School GDST, Sutton 32 25
205 Welbeck – The Defence Sixth Form College, Loughborough 31.99 148
206 The John Lyon School, Harrow on the Hill 31.96 72
207 Felsted School, Dunmow 31.55 121
208 Woodhouse Grove School, Apperley Bridge 31.51 90
209 Derby Grammar School, Derby 31.25 32
210 Durham School, Durham 31.15 76
211 Hereford Cathedral School, Hereford 31.11 45
212 Mount Kelly, Tavistock 31.08 48
213 Kingham Hill School, Chipping Norton 31.03 42
214 Pocklington School, York 30.98 83
215 Reddam House, Berkshire, Wokingham 30.49 34
216 Bosworth Independent College, Northampton 30.3 91
217 Glenalmond College, Perth 29.63 79
218 The Ladies’ College, Guernsey 29.53 50
219 St Edmund’s School Canterbury, Canterbury 29.41 61
220 Ipswich High School, Ipswich 29.37 43
221 Ryde School, Ryde 29.27 72
222 Rochester Independent College, Rochester 29.1 150
223 Blackheath High School GDST, Blackheath 28.57 31
224 Ashville College, Harrogate 28.18 79
225 Salesian College, Farnborough 28 67
226 Plymouth College, Plymouth 27.27 75
227 Stafford Grammar School, Stafford 26.85 36
228 Oxford Sixth Form College, Oxford 26.52 98
229 Culford School, Bury St Edmunds 25.74 75
230 St Columba’s College, St Albans 25.39 63
231 Queenswood, Hatfield 25.2 50
232 DLD College London, London 25 123
233 Shebbear College, Beaworthy 24.71 32
233 The Mount School York, York 24.71 25
235 Saint Felix School, Southwold 24.66 26
236 St James Senior Boys’ School, Ashford 24.24 33
237 Harrogate Ladies’ College, Harrogate 24 38
238 Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, Tring 23.89 68
239 Loretto School, Musselburgh 23.27 53
240 Lincoln Minster School, Lincoln 23.2 41
241 Abbey Gate College, Chester 23.14 41
242 St John’s College, Southsea 22.61 38
243 St Edward’s Senior & Sixth Form, Cheltenham 22.12 38
244 AKS, Lytham St Annes 21.28 50
245 Rye St Antony School, Oxford 21.05 26
246 Our Lady of Sion School, Worthing 20 28
247 Buckswood School, Hastings 19.77 62
248 Scarborough College, Scarborough 19.64 38
249 St Bede’s College, Manchester 18.79 47
250 Farringtons School, Chislehurst 18.25 56
251 Akeley Wood, Buckingham 17.76 36
252 Bournemouth Collegiate School, Bournemouth 17.7 37
253 Oswestry School, Oswestry 16.1 40
254 Fine Arts College, London 16.06 84
255 Wisbech Grammar School, Wisbech 15.97 40
256 Ackworth School, Pontefract 15 33
257 Westholme School, Blackburn 12.84 46
258 More House School, Farnham 9.52 29
259 Claires Court Schools, Maidenhead 7.32 66
260 St David’s College, Llandudno 5.26 34
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