League Table: GCSE Results 2019

The Telegraph newspaper has recently released the GCSE results of over 300 schools in the UK. It shows the percentage of students that scored between A*-A grades in their exams.

It is important for parents to consider how a school’s GCSE results may determine the success of their child. At Britannia StudyLink, we assist parents in choosing the right secondary schools for their children to attend based on their academic performance.

Listed below are the Telegraph GCSE Results Table 2019. The schools listed here can give you a slight benchmark on how to choose the right school, but that should not be the only factors to consider. The September 2019 intake will be the first opportunity for students to apply to these schools, followed by the second cohort under January 2019. 

For more information, see our guide on Britannia StudyLink’s UK boarding school application process.
The following are Telegraph’s UK GCSE Results Table 2019:

Rank School A*-A or 9-7 entries (%) Candidates
1 Westminster School, Westminster 98.61 120
2 Guildford High School for Girls, Guildford 97.27 111
3 North London Collegiate School, Edgware 96.29 112
4 King’s College School (KCS), Wimbledon 95.88 153
5 St Mary’s School Ascot, Ascot 94.97 59
6 City of London School, London 94.62 137
7 City of London School For Girls, The City 94.16 107
8 Brighton College, Brighton 93.93 199
8 The Perse School, Cambridge 93.93 176
10 Magdalen College School, Oxford 93.45 95
11 King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham 92.97 94
12 South Hampstead High School GDST, Hampstead 92.17 101
13 Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls, Borehamwood 92.13 113
14 University College School, Hampstead, Hampstead 91.61 129
15 James Allen’s Girls’ School, London 91.53 123
16 Wimbledon High School GDST, Wimbledon 91.29 86
17 Hampton School, Hampton 90.6 208
18 Withington Girls’ School, Manchester 90.3 81
19 Highgate School, Highgate 90.21 167
20 St Albans High School for Girls, St Albans 90.18 93
21 Royal Grammar School, Guildford 89.75 148
22 Notting Hill and Ealing High School GDST, Ealing 89.47 90
23 Trinity School, Croydon 89.23 123
24 The Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School, Elstree 88.94 176
25 The Manchester Grammar School, Manchester 88.87 195
26 Oxford High School GDST, Oxford 88.41 79
27 Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood 88.1 159
28 Kingston Grammar School, Kingston upon Thames 87.34 117
29 Alleyn’s School, Dulwich 87.07 141
30 Eltham College, Mottingham 85.3 98
31 King Edward’s School, Birmingham, Birmingham 85.29 121
32 St Helen’s School, Northwood 85.24 112
33 Stephen Perse Foundation, Cambridge 84.95 97
34 Channing School, London 84.81 92
35 Concord College, Shrewsbury 84.38 80
36 St Helen and St Katharine, Abingdon 84.18 101
37 Dulwich College, Dulwich 83.94 215
38 Bancroft’s School, Woodford Green 83.77 128
39 Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne 83.38 142
40 St Catherine’s, Bramley, Guildford 83.05 97
41 Francis Holland School, Regent’s Park, London 83.04 75
42 Putney High School GDST, Putney 82.18 96
43 City of London Freemen’s School, Ashtead 81.93 99
44 Whitgift School, South Croydon 81.71 205
45 St Albans School, St Albans 81.3 134
46 Palmers Green High School, Winchmore Hill 81.03 25
47 St John’s College, Cardiff, Cardiff 80.33 47
48 Queen Ethelburga’s College, York 80.12 66
49 The Abbey School, Reading 79.66 104
50 St George’s College Weybridge, Addlestone 79.51 143
51 Oundle School, Peterborough 79.42 189
52 Chigwell School, Chigwell 79.35 80
53 Walthamstow Hall, Sevenoaks 78.14 64
54 Loughborough High School, Loughborough 78.06 84
55 Caterham School, Caterham 77.89 153
56 Badminton School, Bristol 77.35 49
57 Queen’s College London, London 77.04 59
58 Headington School, Oxford 76.7 123
59 Burgess Hill Girls, Burgess Hill 76.56 43
60 St John’s School, Leatherhead 76.03 141
61 Leicester Grammar School, Great Glen 75.85 139
62 Bishop’s Stortford College, Bishop’s Stortford 74.8 115
63 St James Senior Girls’ School, London 74.7 37
64 Forest School, London 74.13 158
65 Epsom College, Epsom 73.84 133
66 Sheffield High School for Girls, Sheffield 73.72 84
67 Ibstock Place School, Roehampton 73.69 109
68 Exeter School, Exeter 73.62 118
69 St Michael’s School, Llanelli 73.47 47
70 Howell’s School Llandaff GDST, Cardiff 73.46 63
71 Northwood College for Girls GDST, Northwood 73.37 61
72 St Francis’ College, Letchworth Garden City 73.33 40
73 The Ladies’ College, Guernsey 73.21 54
74 Croydon High School GDST, South Croydon 73.19 41
75 Manchester High School for Girls, Manchester 72.95 98
76 The Maynard School, Exeter 72.92 50
77 Bablake School, Coventry 72.73 100
78 Sir William Perkins’s School, Chertsey 72.62 95
79 Nottingham Girls’ High School GDST, Nottingham 72.53 82
80 Derby High School, Derby 72.07 50
81 Streatham and Clapham High School GDST, Streatham 72.06 77
82 King’s High School, Warwick 71.9 107
83 Norwich School, Norwich 71.58 126
84 Nottingham High School, Nottingham 71.23 96
85 Bradford Grammar School, Bradford 71.13 134
86 Churcher’s College, Petersfield 70.79 125
87 Ruthin School, Ruthin 70.6 41
88 Charterhouse, Godalming 70.58 132
89 Immanuel College, Bushey 70.06 87
90 Leicester High School for Girls, Leicester 69.69 38
91 Surbiton High School, Kingston upon Thames 69.59 177
92 Queen’s Gate School, London 69.54 61
93 The King’s School, Canterbury, Canterbury 69.36 173
94 King Edward’s School, Bath 69.23 128
95 St Augustine’s Priory, Ealing 68.84 37
96 St Peter’s School, York 68.69 110
97 The King’s School, Cheshire, Chester 68.47 107
98 Canford School, Wimborne 68.38 123
99 Blackheath High School GDST, Blackheath 67.95 52
100 The Royal High School Bath GDST, Bath 67.91 74
101 Bolton School Girls’ Division, Bolton 67.82 99
102 Mayfield School, Mayfield 67.36 61
103 Bromley High School GDST, Bromley 67.3 96
103 The Cathedral School Llandaff, Cardiff 67.3 71
105 Sutton High School GDST, Sutton 66.67 69
106 Roedean School, Brighton 66.52 97
107 Reading Blue Coat School, Reading 66.24 98
108 Warwick School, Warwick 66.11 138
109 Bedford Modern School, Bedford 66.07 145
110 The King’s School, Worcester 65.76 129
111 The Towers Convent School, Steyning 65.53 27
112 Monmouth School for Girls, Monmouth 65.41 80
113 The Leys School, Cambridge 65.21 106
114 Jersey College for Girls, Jersey 65.15 103
115 Haileybury, Hertford 65.06 127
116 The Grange School, Northwich 64.55 96
117 Ardingly College, Haywards Heath 64.46 111
117 Redmaids’ High School, Bristol 64.46 84
119 Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital, Bristol 64.2 95
120 Yarm School, Yarm 64.12 109
121 Ipswich School, Ipswich 63.97 108
122 Norwich High School GDST, Norwich 63.8 54
123 Woldingham School, Caterham 63.67 72
124 Cheadle Hulme School, Cheadle 63.42 150
125 Wakefield Girls’ High School, Wakefield 63.22 99
126 Ipswich High School, Ipswich 62.94 41
126 St Nicholas’ School, Fleet 62.94 32
128 Newcastle-under-Lyme School, Newcastle-under-Lyme 62.85 102
129 Hymers College, Hull 62.7 108
130 Brentwood School, Brentwood 62.64 158
131 Cranford House School, Wallingford 62.59 33
132 The John Lyon School, Harrow on the Hill 62.38 89
133 The Queen’s School, Chester, Chester 62.32 58
134 Bristol Grammar School, Bristol 62.31 141
135 St Margaret’s School, Bushey 62.26 53
136 Lingfield College, Lingfield 62.15 100
137 Newcastle High School for Girls GDST, Newcastle upon Tyne 61.55 69
138 Tudor Hall School, Banbury 61.48 56
139 St Mary’s School, Cambridge, Cambridge 61.1 79
140 North Bridge House Senior Canonbury, London 61.02 31
141 The Portsmouth Grammar School, Portsmouth 60.88 163
142 d’Overbroeck’s*, Oxford 60.56 37
143 Bruton School for Girls, Bruton 60.42 27
144 Stockport Grammar School, Stockport 59.57 164
145 RGS Worcester, Worcester 59.55 95
146 The King’s School, Macclesfield 58.76 124
147 Northampton High School GDST, Northampton 58.33 79
148 St Benedict’s School, Ealing 58.29 121
149 Queen Margaret’s School, York 58.07 39
150 King Henry VIII School, Coventry 57.43 102
151 Kimbolton School, Huntingdon 57.19 102
152 Mill Hill School, Mill Hill 56.98 146
153 St Dunstan’s College, Catford 56.96 85
154 Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh 56.74 84
155 Farnborough Hill, Farnborough 56.62 101
156 Truro School, Truro 56.35 125
157 Birkenhead School, Wirral 56.12 64
158 Brighton Girls GDST, Brighton 56 60
159 St Columba’s College, St Albans 55.95 104
160 St Gabriel’s School, Newbury 55.88 45
161 Monmouth School for Boys, Monmouth 55.69 80
162 King’s Ely, Ely 55.68 102
163 Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester 55.56 42
164 St Catherine’s School, Twickenham, Twickenham 55.48 44
165 Leighton Park School, Reading 55.44 84
166 Birkdale School, Sheffield 55.18 64
167 Edgbaston High School for Girls, Birmingham 55.15 65
168 Harrogate Ladies’ College, Harrogate 55.11 52
169 Rougemont School, Newport 55.06 38
170 Bolton School Boys’ Division, Bolton 54.98 130
171 Malvern St James Girls’ School, Great Malvern 54.89 66
172 Bosworth Independent College, Northampton 54.7 31
173 Oldham Hulme Grammar Schools, Oldham 54.52 85
174 Shrewsbury High School GDST, Shrewsbury 54.36 49
175 Bury Grammar School, Bury 53.93 117
176 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield 53.51 104
177 Royal Russell School, Croydon 53.27 110
178 Stafford Grammar School, Stafford 52.73 41
179 Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School, Liverpool 52.52 61
180 Saint Martin’s, Solihull 52.17 36
181 Colfe’s School, Lee 52.11 97
182 Ashville College, Harrogate 51.98 87
183 Talbot Heath School, Bournemouth 51.91 47
184 Oakham School, Oakham 51.88 155
185 Ackworth School, Pontefract 51.62 49
186 Wolverhampton Grammar School, Wolverhampton 51.52 83
187 AKS, Lytham St Annes 51.26 70
188 Salesian College, Farnborough 50.99 102
189 St George’s School for Girls, Edinburgh, Edinburgh 50.57 65
189 Kingham Hill School, Chipping Norton 50.57 45
191 Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ School, Liverpool 50.54 91
192 Glenalmond College, Perth 50.42 57
193 Derby Grammar School, Derby 50.22 26
194 Wellingborough School, Wellingborough 50.17 93
195 Abbot’s Hill School, Hemel Hempstead 49.95 53
196 Godolphin School, Salisbury 49.81 60
197 Moreton Hall, Oswestry 49.65 63
198 New Hall School, Chelmsford 49.51 128
199 Hereford Cathedral School, Hereford 49.44 83
200 West Buckland School, Barnstaple 49.35 73
201 The Marist School, Ascot 49.25 56
202 Sancton Wood School, Cambridge 48.46 29
203 Notre Dame Senior School, Cobham 48.07 49
204 St Mary’s School, Shaftesbury, Shaftesbury 48.02 28
205 Bellerbys College Brighton, Brighton 47.69 67
206 Red House School, Stockton-on-Tees 47.64 29
207 Our Lady’s Abingdon School, Abingdon 46.8 39
208 The Royal School, Armagh 46.49 107
209 Mander Portman Woodward (MPW), South Kensington 46.26 46
210 Wellington School, Wellington 45.98 100
211 Our Lady of Sion School, Worthing 45.65 60
212 Durham High School for Girls, Durham 45.47 48
213 Thetford Grammar School, Thetford 45.45 29
214 Loretto School, Musselburgh 45.42 63
215 The Royal School Dungannon, Dungannon 45.3 94
216 Claremont Fan Court School, Esher 45.19 70
216 Blanchelande College, Guernsey 45.19 32
218 Queenswood, Hatfield 45.17 64
219 Alderley Edge School for Girls, Alderley Edge 44.54 56
220 Culford School, Bury St Edmunds 44.44 89
221 Windermere School, Windermere 44.15 50
222 The Royal School, Haslemere, Haslemere 44.12 44
223 St George’s School, Ascot, Ascot 43.86 43
224 Queen’s College, Taunton 43.77 87
225 St Leonards, St Andrews 43.57 73
226 Hill House School, Doncaster 43.48 59
227 Taunton Senior School, Taunton 43.09 108
228 Park School for Girls, Ilford 42.97 28
229 St Bede’s College, Manchester 42.11 80
230 Westholme School, Blackburn 42.02 71
231 Christ College, Brecon 41.02 61
232 Mount Kelly, Tavistock 40.96 67
233 Durham School, Durham 40.95 77
234 St Edward’s Senior & Sixth Form, Cheltenham 40.27 66
235 Reddam House, Berkshire, Wokingham 39.95 46
236 Pocklington School, York 39.89 74
237 Rye St Antony School, Oxford 39.71 33
238 Elizabeth College, Guernsey 39.64 78
239 Princess Helena College, Hitchin 39.43 33
240 Bede’s Senior School, Hailsham 38.62 141
241 Saint Felix School, Southwold 38.52 30
242 Scarborough College, Scarborough 38.34 45
243 King William’s College, Castletown 37.79 46
244 Lewes Old Grammar School, Lewes 37.76 97
245 St Edmund’s College, Ware 37.67 79
246 Plymouth College, Plymouth 37.29 88
247 St Mary’s School, Colchester, Colchester 37.26 46
248 Akeley Wood, Buckingham 37.14 85
249 Ditcham Park School, Petersfield 36.14 41
250 Clifton High School, Bristol 36.08 47
251 St Edmund’s School Canterbury, Canterbury 35.99 62
252 Kent College, Canterbury 35.57 78
253 Ryde School, Ryde 35.29 59
254 Woodhouse Grove School, Apperley Bridge 34.68 101
255 Scarisbrick Hall School, Ormskirk 34.38 46
256 The King’s School, Eastleigh 34.27 26
257 Abbey Gate College, Chester 34 62
258 Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, Tring 33.71 50
259 Rookwood School, Andover 33.54 53
260 Colchester High School, Colchester 33.33 54
260 Bournemouth Collegiate School, Bournemouth 33.33 51
262 Teesside High School, Eaglescliffe 33.09 32
263 St John’s College, Southsea 32.64 59
264 The Gregg School, Southampton 32.58 62
265 More House School, Knightsbridge 32.16 30
266 Thorpe Hall School, Southend-on-Sea 31.7 36
267 Meoncross School, Fareham 30.99 32
268 Ashford School, Ashford 30.84 78
269 Lincoln Minster School, Lincoln 30.66 59
270 Claires Court Schools, Maidenhead 29.42 110
271 DLD College London, London 28.07 48
272 Wisbech Grammar School, Wisbech 28.02 60
273 Longridge Towers School, Berwick-upon-Tweed 27.76 35
274 St James Senior Boys’ School, Ashford 27.42 73
275 Mount House School, Barnet 27.34 27
276 Rochester Independent College, Rochester 25.88 41
277 Shoreham College, Shoreham-by-Sea 25.34 42
278 Leehurst Swan Limited, Salisbury 25 28
279 Oswestry School, Oswestry 24.8 51
280 Gosfield School, Halstead 24.54 31
281 Beech House School, Rochdale 24.22 27
282 Saint Nicholas School, Old Harlow 23.42 30
283 Bowbrook House School, Pershore 23.05 31
284 Tettenhall College, Wolverhampton 20.45 27
285 The Hammond, Chester 20.08 29
286 Abbotsholme School, Uttoxeter 20 36
287 Tower College, Rainhill 19.92 25
288 Adcote School for Girls, Shrewsbury 19.38 25
289 Thorpe House School, Gerrards Cross 19.16 36
290 St David’s College, Llandudno 18.58 33
291 Hipperholme Grammar School, Halifax 18.26 27
292 Stover School, Newton Abbot 17.96 34
293 Buckswood School, Hastings 16.18 41
294 More House School, Farnham 13.75 63
295 Trinity School, Teignmouth 8.3 32
296 Bredon School, Tewkesbury 5.04 29
297 The Alternative School, Padiham 0 48

Secondary School League Table 2019

The Secondary School education journey begins from year 7 to year 13. At year 11 (Age 15+), students will sit for their first major examination which is GCSE / Pre-A-Levels. In year 12 and year 13, also known as the Sixth Form, typically, a pupil prepares to sit for the A-Levels examination.

You can find the performance of all the top independent schools in the UK by referring to the GCSE results above. The GCSE results table ranks the top 300 secondary schools in the UK by percentage of students obtaining A*-A or 9-7 entries in their respective schools.

For year 12 and 13 or A-level results, please refer to our A-Level League Table Results 2019 writeup.