Best State Secondary Schools in the UK – Rankings & League Table (Updated 2023)

Looking for the top secondary schools in the UK? Our league table will make the research easy for you. We have compiled our league table of the top state secondary schools in the UK based on published data on public examination results. We also have a league table of state secondary schools based on the latest GCSE and A-Levels results.

Last Update: March 2023

Top UK State Secondary Schools - Methodology

Our league table is based on Parent Power’s ranking of all state secondary schools in the UK. These rankings are determined based on the average performance of the schools in public examinations, which include A-Levels, GCSEs, International Baccalaureate, Pre-U, Advanced Higher, Higher, and National 5 outcomes. Junior schools are also included in the league table and are calculated differently based on Standard Assessment Tests.

Our league table includes different types of schools in the UK as specified below:

Academy – Government funded, run by an academy trust
Independent school – privately funded schools
Maintained school – Government funded, run by a local authority

The schools included in our rankings are selective with pupils to various extents – some are 100% selective with pupils, such as grammar schools; some are partially selective with only a certain percentage of its students; while some schools are comprehensive and do not select their students.

Top State Secondary Schools 2023 - League Table

Here is a comparison of all state secondary schools based on their latest overall performance in public examinations (GCSEs, A-Levels, and other exams). For more information about this league table, please see our section on Methodology.

Rank	School	Town	Type	A-level (% A*/A)	GCSE (% 9-7)
1	The Henrietta Barnett School	London	Selective (100%)	88.8	98.8
2	Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet	Barnet	Selective (100%)	92.8	95.7
3	Wilson's School	Wallington	Selective (100%)	87.5	95.4
4	The Tiffin Girls' School	Kingston upon Thames	Selective (100%)	87.5	94.9
5	Altrincham Grammar School for Girls	Altrincham	Selective (100%)	79.1	96.8
6	Pate's Grammar School	Cheltenham	Selective (100%)	81.3	95
7	St Olave's Grammar School	Orpington	Selective (100%)	87.1	91
8	King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford	Chelmsford	Selective (100%)	77.9	93.8
9	Colyton Grammar School	Colyton	Selective (100%)	76.5	90.1
10=	Colchester Royal Grammar School	Colchester	Selective (100%)	86.2	84
10=	King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon	Stratford-upon-Avon	Selective (100%)	77.2	91.2
12	Reading School	Reading	Selective (100%)	79.9	88.7
13	Stratford Girls' Grammar School	Stratford-upon-Avon	Selective (100%)	65.9	94.4
14	Kendrick School	Reading	Selective (100%)	74.8	94.2
15	Dartford Grammar School	Dartford	Selective (100%)	75.2	81.2
16	Altrincham Grammar School for Boys	Altrincham	Selective (100%)	76.3	87.5
17	Chelmsford County High School for Girls	Chelmsford	Selective (100%)	71.3	95.4
18	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys	Birmingham	Selective (100%)	68.2	92.3
19	Colchester County High School for Girls	Colchester	Selective (100%)	68.4	94
20	Tonbridge Grammar School	Tonbridge	Selective (100%)	72.1	88.6
21	Tiffin School	Kingston upon Thames	Selective (100%)	72.5	84.4
22	Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls	Sutton Coldfield	Selective (100%)	68.8	87.3
23	Dr Challoner's Grammar School	Amersham	Selective (100%)	76	77.1
24	The Latymer School	London	Selective (100%)	69.4	91.6
25	Newstead Wood School	Orpington	Selective (100%)	64.1	92.6
26	Wallington High School for Girls	Wallington	Selective (100%)	65	91.3
27	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls	Birmingham	Selective (100%)	66.8	90.3
28	Dr Challoner's High School	Little Chalfont	Selective (100%)	66	84.6
29	Dame Alice Owen's School	Potters Bar	Partially selective (38%)	76.5	76.1
30	Nonsuch High School for Girls	Cheam	Selective (100%)	64.9	87
31	Sutton Grammar School	Sutton	Selective (100%)	69.2	83.1
32	The Liverpool Blue Coat School	Liverpool	Selective (100%)	70.4	81.4
33	St Mary's Grammar School, Magherafelt	Magherafelt	Selective (100%)	74.1	72.1
34	Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School	Belfast	Selective (100%)	71.3	76.7
35	Our Lady and St Patrick's College, Knock	Belfast	Selective (100%)	70.7	73.5
36	Strathearn School	Belfast	Selective (100%)	68.1	77.9
37	Langley Grammar School	Langley	Selective (100%)	70.8	84.7
38=	Sir Thomas Rich's School	Gloucester	Selective (100%)	59	84.2
38=	Sir William Borlase's Grammar School	Marlow	Selective (100%)	63.7	79
40	Friends' School Lisburn	Lisburn	Selective (100%)	68.5	79.8
41	Sale Grammar School	Sale	Selective (100%)	67	80
42	Wycombe High School	High Wycombe	Selective (100%)	63	82.1
43=	King Edward VI Five Ways School	Birmingham	Selective (100%)	61	85
43=	Newport Girls' High School	Newport	Selective (100%)	53.9	90.2
45	St Peter's Catholic School, Guildford	Guildford	Comprehensive	60.8	77.4
46	The Skinners' School, Tunbridge Wells	Tunbridge Wells	Selective (100%)	61.2	83.2
47	St Dominic's School	Belfast	Selective (100%)	66.4	68.1
48	Beaconsfield High School	Beaconsfield	Selective (100%)	66.8	80.4
49	Lumen Christi College	Derry	Selective (100%)	61.5	77.8
50	St Michael's Catholic Grammar School, Finchley	London	Selective (100%)	59.7	85.4
51=	Bishop Vesey's Grammar School	Sutton Coldfield	Selective (100%)	69.3	75
51=	Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School	Tunbridge Wells	Selective (100%)	68.1	74.6
53	Westcliff High School for Boys	Westcliff-on-Sea	Selective (100%)	64.1	82.2
54	Lawrence Sheriff School	Rugby	Selective (100%)	62	76.8
55	Sullivan Upper School	Holywood	Selective (100%)	75.1	67.7
56	Wallington County Grammar School	Wallington	Selective (100%)	64.5	75.3
57	Aylesbury High School	Aylesbury	Selective (100%)	61	79.8
58	The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe	High Wycombe	Selective (100%)	61.8	75.9
59	St Andrew's Catholic School	Leatherhead	Comprehensive	70.1	59.5
60	Southend High School For Boys	Southend-on-Sea	Selective (100%)	57.2	77
61	Loreto Grammar School	Altrincham	Selective (100%)	56.2	75.4
62	Westcliff High School for Girls	Westcliff-on-Sea	Selective (100%)	52	81.9
63	Chesham Grammar School	Chesham	Selective (100%)	57.2	81.2
64	The Rochester Grammar School	Rochester	Selective (100%)	58.9	63.7
65	Bournemouth School for Girls	Bournemouth	Selective (100%)	63	71.8
66	Woodford County High School	Woodford Green	Selective (100%)	53	87
67	Bexley Grammar School	Welling	Selective (100%)	49.1	74.9
68	Rainey Endowed School	Magherafelt	Selective (100%)	56.1	66.9
69	Bishop Wordsworth's School	Salisbury	Selective (100%)	61.9	75.7
70	Lancaster Girls' Grammar School	Lancaster	Selective (100%)	56.3	76.6
71	The Judd School	Tonbridge	Selective (100%)	59.7	73.5
72	Ripon Grammar School	Ripon	Selective (100%)	59.4	69.9
73	Aylesbury Grammar School	Aylesbury	Selective (100%)	59.3	77.2
74	Southend High School for Girls	Southend-on-Sea	Selective (100%)	50.8	75.3
75	St Paul's School for Girls, Edgbaston	Birmingham	Comprehensive	55.1	55.2
76	Weald of Kent Grammar School	Tonbridge	Selective (100%)	48	73
77	The Coopers' Company and Coborn School	Upminster	Partially selective (10%)	52.5	72.6
78	Stroud High School	Stroud	Selective (100%)	58	74.4
79	Banbridge Academy	Banbridge	Selective (100%)	61.8	61.1
80	JFS	Harrow	Comprehensive	64.8	56
81	Wolverhampton Girls' High School	Wolverhampton	Selective (100%)	47.2	84.1
82	Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School	Sidcup	Selective (100%)	55.1	69.7
83	Omagh Academy	Omagh	Selective (100%)	63.1	62.7
84	Hasmonean High School for Girls	London	Comprehensive	63	63.2
85	St Ambrose College	Altrincham	Selective (100%)	49.1	65.8
86	Yavneh College	Borehamwood	Comprehensive	62	52.8
87	Ilford County High School	Ilford	Selective (100%)	54.6	76.7
88=	Hockerill Anglo-European College	Bishop's Stortford	Partially selective (10%)	64	52.5
88=	The London Oratory School	London	Comprehensive	62	53.5
90	Torquay Girls' Grammar School	Torquay	Selective (100%)	59	69.9
91=	Townley Grammar School	Bexleyheath	Selective (100%)	47.5	74
91=	Twyford C of E High School	London	Partially selective (10%)	58.8	57.8
93=	Alcester Grammar School	Alcester	Selective (100%)	44.7	73.6
93=	Ballymena Academy	Ballymena	Selective (100%)	58.2	59.6
93=	Wirral Grammar School for Girls	Bebington	Selective (100%)	44.9	75.2
96=	Queen Mary's High School, Walsall	Walsall	Selective (100%)	45.6	80.1
96=	Rugby High School	Rugby	Selective (100%)	46	81.4
98=	Devonport High School for Girls	Plymouth	Selective (100%)	47.2	78.7
98=	Highworth Grammar School	Ashford	Selective (100%)	-	69
100	Denmark Road High School	Gloucester	Selective (100%)	44.7	80.2
101	Methodist College Belfast	Belfast	Selective (100%)	61.2	60.1
102	Camden School for Girls	London	Partially selective (7%)	55.6	58.9
103	Parmiter's School	Watford	Partially selective (35%)	59	61.9
104	Stretford Grammar School	Manchester	Selective (100%)	47.3	79
105	Ysgol Bro Preseli	Crymych	Comprehensive	58.8	64.3
106	Herschel Grammar School	Slough	Selective (100%)	46	79
107	Sandringham School	St Albans	Comprehensive	58.8	54.2
108	South Wilts Grammar School	Salisbury	Selective (100%)	44.6	78.5
109	Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall	Walsall	Selective (100%)	49	77.4
110	The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School	London	Comprehensive	58.7	57.8
111	Haberdashers' Adams	Newport	Selective (100%)	51	73
112	St George's School	Harpenden	Comprehensive	57.2	57
113	Lady Margaret School	London	Comprehensive	51.9	53.8
114=	Ballyclare High School	Ballyclare	Selective (100%)	59.3	53.4
114=	Watford Grammar School for Girls	Watford	Partially selective (35%)	54.7	68.1
116	Dalriada School	Ballymoney	Selective (100%)	50.4	61.3
117	Limavady Grammar School	Limavady	Selective (100%)	50.6	61.9
118	Dane Court Grammar School	Broadstairs	Selective (100%)	53.5	53.5
119	The Wallace High School	Lisburn	Selective (100%)	52.2	59.7
120	Mossbourne Community Academy	London	Comprehensive	57	51
121=	Invicta Grammar School, Maidstone	Maidstone	Selective (100%)	-	54.8
121=	Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin	Caerfyrddin	Comprehensive	48.6	64.7
123	The Grey Coat Hospital	London	Partially selective (10%)	51.3	62.2
124	Clitheroe Royal Grammar School	Clitheroe	Selective (100%)	46.3	67.2
125	The King's School, Grantham	Grantham	Selective (100%)	53.9	62.7
126=	Lancaster Royal Grammar School	Lancaster	Selective (100%)	62.9	63.2
126=	The St Marylebone Church of England School	-	Partially selective (9%)	54.3	55
128	Royal School Armagh	Armagh	Selective (100%)	54	56.7
129	Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School	Rochester	Selective (100%)	58	56.2
130	Cowbridge Comprehensive School	Cowbridge	Comprehensive	60	53.5
131	Enniskillen Royal Grammar School	Enniskillen	Selective (100%)	54.7	56.3
132	St Clement Danes School	Rickmansworth	Partially selective (20%)	54.1	56.3
133	Parkstone Grammar School	Poole	Selective (100%)	45.8	62.4
134=	Heckmondwike Grammar School	Heckmondwike	Selective (100%)	39.9	83
134=	Y Pant Comprehensive School	Pontyclun	Comprehensive	43.9	67
136	Sacred Heart Catholic School, Camberwell	London	Comprehensive	45.3	51.6
137=	Caistor Grammar School	Caistor	Selective (100%)	48.8	68.7
137=	The King's (The Cathedral) School, Peterborough	Peterborough	Partially selective (11%)	53.2	54.5
139	Burnham Grammar School	Burnham	Selective (100%)	44.7	67.7
140	Glenthorne High School, Sutton	Sutton	Partially selective (10%)	44.3	50.9
141	St Albans Girls' School	St Albans	Comprehensive	49.8	56.5
142=	Bourne Grammar School	Bourne	Selective (100%)	47.3	62.6
142=	Upton Court Grammar School	Slough	Selective (100%)	-	67
144	John Hampden Grammar School	High Wycombe	Selective (100%)	46.7	71.3
145	Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School	Aylesbury	Selective (100%)	44.4	68.2
146	Marling School	Stroud	Selective (100%)	44	65
147=	Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School	Grantham	Selective (100%)	42.4	55.2
147=	Portadown College	Portadown	Selective (100%)	47.7	52.6
147=	Waldegrave School, Twickenham	Twickenham	Comprehensive	53.7	53.4
150	Hasmonean High School for Boys	London	Comprehensive	62.6	49.2
151	St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School, Slough	Slough	Selective (100%)	41.9	72.7
152	Beths Grammar School	Bexley	Selective (100%)	40.3	70
153	Kesteven and Sleaford High School	Sleaford	Selective (100%)	47.5	52.7
154	Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre	Birmingham	Comprehensive	61.3	39.6
155	Grey Court School	Richmond upon Thames	Comprehensive	51.2	45.5
156	Maidstone Grammar School for Girls	Maidstone	Selective (100%)	44.3	56.3
157	JCoss (Jewish Community Secondary School)	New Barnet	Comprehensive	52.5	49
158	St Paul's Catholic College	Burgess Hill	Comprehensive	-	45
159	The Hertfordshire and Essex High School and Science College	Bishop's Stortford	Partially selective (10%)	42.4	54.2
160	Antrim Grammar School	Antrim	Selective (100%)	45.1	59.6
161	Watford Grammar School for Boys	Watford	Partially selective (35%)	51.5	59.3
162=	Ashcroft Technology Academy	London	Partially selective (10%)	48	46
162=	Orleans Park	London	Comprehensive	46	50
164	Heathside School	Weybridge	Comprehensive	43.6	60.3
165	St John the Baptist School, Woking	Woking	Comprehensive	45.1	49
166	Beaumont School	St Albans	Comprehensive	44	53
167	Gordon's School	Woking	Comprehensive	48.2	48.1
168	Barton Court Grammar School	Canterbury	Selective (100%)	49.2	51.3
169	Bournemouth School	Bournemouth	Selective (100%)	49.1	60
170	Calday Grange Grammar School	West Kirby	Selective (100%)	43.6	56.6
171	Radyr Comprehensive School	Cardiff	Comprehensive	56.6	40.9
172	Roundwood Park School	Harpenden	Comprehensive	48.5	44.6
173	Devonport High School for Boys	Plymouth	Selective (100%)	44.2	57.5
174=	Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School	Rossendale	Selective (100%)	45	60.6
174=	North Halifax Grammar School	Halifax	Selective (100%)	42.9	57.2
176=	All Saints Roman Catholic School, York	York	Comprehensive	47.7	47.7
176=	The Cherwell School	Oxford	Comprehensive	52.8	52.4
178	Hinchley Wood School	Esher	Comprehensive	48	51
179	Cranbrook School	Cranbrook	Selective (100%)	41	62
180=	Cheadle Hulme High School	Stockport	Comprehensive	54.5	44.6
180=	Glenlola Collegiate School	Bangor	Selective (100%)	41.4	55.2
182	Ilkley Grammar School	Ilkley	Comprehensive	48.6	51.4
183	Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith	Penrith	Selective (100%)	49.7	49.5
184	Ribston Hall High School	Gloucester	Selective (100%)	41	58.2
185	Olchfa School	Swansea	Comprehensive	-	44
186	Coloma Convent Girls' School	Croydon	Comprehensive	43.2	43.3
187	Alexandra Park School	London	Comprehensive	42.2	57.1
188=	Fortismere School	London	Comprehensive	50	54
188=	Torquay Boys' Grammar School	Torquay	Selective (100%)	42.2	58.6
190	St Gregory's Catholic Science College	Harrow	Comprehensive	41.4	40
191	The Holt School	Wokingham	Comprehensive	45.4	53.8
192	Durham Johnston Comprehensive School	Durham	Comprehensive	52	43
193	West Kirby Grammar School	West Kirby	Selective (100%)	40	59.4
194	Saffron Walden County High School	Saffron Walden	Comprehensive	45.9	41.4
195=	Hitchin Girls' School	Hitchin	Comprehensive	48	52
195=	West London Free School	London	Partially selective (9%)	45.2	49.3
197	Silverdale School	Sheffield	Comprehensive	52.5	45.3
198=	Fulford School	York	Comprehensive	49.5	48.7
198=	The Crypt School	Gloucester	Selective (100%)	36.9	63.9
200	Mayfield Grammar School	Gravesend	Selective (100%)	39.7	54.2
201	The Cotswold School	Bourton-on-the-Water	Comprehensive	49.7	41.7
202	Rainham Mark Grammar School	Gillingham	Selective (100%)	40.8	55.3
203	Howard of Effingham School	Leatherhead	Comprehensive	47.3	44.6
204	Northampton School for Boys	Northampton	Comprehensive	52.2	43.2
205	Bohunt School	Liphook	Comprehensive	53.9	35
206	Gunnersbury Catholic School	London	Comprehensive	41.8	50.6
207	Arden Academy, Solihull	Solihull	Comprehensive	44.6	41
208	Rushcliffe Spencer Academy	Nottingham	Comprehensive	49.8	35.4
209	The Piggott School	Reading	Comprehensive	47	42.6
210	Kenilworth School	Kenilworth	Comprehensive	45.8	39
211	Kings Norton Girls' School and Sixth Form	Birmingham	Comprehensive	49.4	41
212	Malmesbury School	Malmesbury	Comprehensive	47.1	38.4
213	Urmston Grammar	Manchester	Selective (100%)	34.4	74.6
214	Horsforth School	Leeds	Comprehensive	43.5	44.3
215	Bristol Cathedral Choir School	Bristol	Partially selective (15%)	43.1	40.4
216=	Landau Forte College	Derby	Comprehensive	47.4	35.1
216=	Spalding High School	Spalding	Selective (100%)	46.4	52.2
216=	The Bishop's Stortford High School	Bishop's Stortford	Partially selective (10%)	40	42
219	Bartholomew School	Witney	Comprehensive	42.2	45
220	Katharine Lady Berkeley's School	Wotton-under-Edge	Comprehensive	50.8	37
221	Kensington Aldridge Academy	London	Partially selective (10%)	40.8	37.9
222	St Mark's Catholic School	London	Comprehensive	41.3	46
223	Archbishop Holgate's School	York	Comprehensive	43.7	31.1
224	Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College	Tarporley	Comprehensive	43.9	39
225	Maidstone Grammar School	Maidstone	Selective (100%)	40	46.4
226=	Bentley Wood High School	London	Comprehensive	-	47
226=	Plymouth High School for Girls	Plymouth	Selective (100%)	-	59
228	Nower Hill High School	Harrow	Comprehensive	44.9	45.9
229	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Ashbourne	Ashbourne	Comprehensive	50.2	30.5
230	Ralph Allen School	Bath	Partially selective (2%)	48.6	35.3
231	Ashmole Academy	London	Partially selective (8%)	39.9	44.9
232	King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys	Birmingham	Selective (100%)	36.3	57.8
233=	Christ's School	Richmond upon Thames	Comprehensive	40.8	43.1
233=	The King David High School, Manchester	Manchester	Comprehensive	49	41.3
235=	Comberton Village College	Cambridge	Comprehensive	40.4	47.4
235=	Rosebery School	Epsom	Comprehensive	43	50
237	The Ecclesbourne School	Belper	Comprehensive	39.1	41.7
238	Wirral Grammar School for Boys	Bebington	Selective (100%)	41	51.8
239	Tudor Grange Academy Solihull	Solihull	Comprehensive	44.2	37.9
240=	High Storrs School	Sheffield	Comprehensive	44.2	47
240=	Mill Hill County High School	London	Partially selective (25%)	41.1	47.4
242	Sacred Heart of Mary Girls’ School	Upminster	Comprehensive	31.7	55
243=	Cockermouth School	Cockermouth	Comprehensive	46	37.3
243=	King Edward VI Aston School	Birmingham	Selective (100%)	32	69.2
245	St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham	Durham	Comprehensive	39.3	37.6
246=	Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School	Brentwood	Partially selective (10%)	37.5	44
246=	Sir Roger Manwood's School	Sandwich	Selective (100%)	38.5	51.7
248=	St Angela's Ursuline School	London	Comprehensive	33.1	37.5
248=	Ysgol Eirias	Colwyn Bay	Comprehensive	49.7	30.1
250	The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School	Greenford	Comprehensive	36.9	44
251=	Balcarras School	Cheltenham	Comprehensive	44.8	38.5
251=	Crickhowell High School	Crickhowell	Comprehensive	39	61.1
251=	Spalding Grammar School	Spalding	Selective (100%)	38.7	45
254	Seven Kings School	Ilford	Comprehensive	40	47.5
255=	Bishop Vaughan Catholic School	Swansea	Comprehensive	52.3	26
255=	Kingsbridge Community College	Kingsbridge	Comprehensive	45.6	29.4
257	St Aidan's Church of England High School	Harrogate	Comprehensive	38.2	46.5
258	The Holy Cross School	New Malden	Comprehensive	33.5	49.3
259	Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham	Hexham	Comprehensive	47.1	32.8
260	Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough	Gainsborough	Selective (100%)	32.5	54
261	Prendergast School	London	Partially selective (10%)	42	43
262	Oakwood Park Grammar School	Maidstone	Selective (100%)	34.6	50.9
263	Rickmansworth School	Rickmansworth	Partially selective (35%)	37	43.5
264	Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley	Otley	Comprehensive	38.4	40.5
265=	Maiden Erlegh School	Reading	Comprehensive	34.4	49
265=	The Crossley Heath School	Halifax	Selective (100%)	36.7	62.4
267	Outwood Academy Easingwold	York	Comprehensive	41.3	42.9
268=	St Bede's School, Redhill	Redhill	Comprehensive	36.7	41.7
268=	St Philip Howard Catholic School	Bognor Regis	Comprehensive	40.6	37.7
270	Uckfield College	Uckfield	Comprehensive	38.4	37.2
271	St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls	Carshalton	Comprehensive	35.6	43
272	Beechen Cliff School	Bath	Partially selective (7%)	36.8	42.1
273=	Edgbarrow School	Crowthorne	Comprehensive	39.1	39
273=	Presdales School	Ware	Comprehensive	35.2	44.3
275	All Hallows Catholic School	Farnham	Comprehensive	42.4	35.9
276	Range High School	Liverpool	Comprehensive	45.5	38.3
277=	Gravesend Grammar School	Gravesend	Selective (100%)	33.1	52.3
277=	Hayesfield Girls' School and Mixed Sixth Form	Bath	Partially selective (5%)	34.7	47.7
279	Hardenhuish School	Chippenham	Comprehensive	45.3	34.8
280=	Carre's Grammar School	Sleaford	Selective (100%)	42.2	28.1
280=	Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr	Cardiff	Comprehensive	46.2	38.4
282	The St John Henry Newman Catholic School	Stevenage	Comprehensive	33.7	38.2
283	Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School, Barnet	Barnet	Comprehensive	36	42.7
284	Egglescliffe School	Stockton-on-Tees	Comprehensive	38	39.2
285	Tapton School	Sheffield	Comprehensive	38.2	44.6
286	Chipping Norton School	Chipping Norton	Comprehensive	39	36
287=	Beverley High School	Beverley	Comprehensive	37.4	35.4
287=	Bishop Luffa School	Chichester	Comprehensive	40.8	35
289	The Downs School	Newbury	Comprehensive	41	28
290	Christ's College Finchley	London	Comprehensive	34.7	36.8
291	The Queen Katherine School	Kendal	Comprehensive	42.1	32.7
292	Bishopshalt School	Uxbridge	Comprehensive	33.3	37.7
293	Langley Park School for Boys	Beckenham	Comprehensive	36.3	36
294	English Martyrs' Catholic School	Leicester	Comprehensive	35.3	26
295	Ranelagh School, Bracknell	Bracknell	Comprehensive	41.2	33
296	Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School	Dronfield	Comprehensive	40.1	31
297	Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith	London	Comprehensive	31.8	56.4
298	Llanidloes High School	Llanidloes	Comprehensive	45.3	27.8
299	Parliament Hill School	London	Comprehensive	25.3	54.6
300	Queens' School, Bushey	Bushey	Partially selective (45%)	31.9	43.8
301	Wimbledon College	London	Comprehensive	37	38
302	The Gryphon School	Sherborne	Comprehensive	37.8	32.1
303	Guildford County School	Guildford	Comprehensive	39	41.2
304	Lymm High School	Lymm	Comprehensive	35.6	38.1
305	Ringwood School	Ringwood	Comprehensive	34.7	28.5
306	Stokesley School	Stokesley	Comprehensive	37.5	29.6
307	The Castle School, Thornbury	Bristol	Comprehensive	36.2	36.4
308	The Campion School	Hornchurch	Comprehensive	35.1	25.2
309	St Joan of Arc Catholic School	Rickmansworth	Comprehensive	33.1	35.5
310	Davenant Foundation School	Loughton	Comprehensive	37.1	34.8
311	The Douay Martyrs Catholic Secondary School	London	Comprehensive	25	61
312	St Mary's Menston	Menston	Comprehensive	36.1	39.7
313	The Minster School	Southwell	Comprehensive	40	33.6
314	King David High School, Liverpool	Liverpool	Partially selective (15%)	42.1	33.7
315=	Hutton Church of England Grammar School	Preston	Comprehensive	39	27
315=	St Benedict's Catholic School	Bury St Edmunds	Comprehensive	44.6	28.9
317	The Broxbourne School	Broxbourne	Partially selective (10%)	31	31
318	Graveney School	London	Partially selective (25%)	36.9	35
319	The King Edward VI School, Morpeth	Morpeth	Comprehensive	33.4	35.3
320	Harrogate Grammar School	Harrogate	Comprehensive	32.1	44.4
321	South Bromsgrove High	Bromsgrove	Comprehensive	32	27.1
322	Norton Hill School	Radstock	Comprehensive	45.3	27.4
323	The Willink School	Reading	Comprehensive	38.4	35
324	Tytherington School	Macclesfield	Comprehensive	30	36.3
325	Wellsway School	Bristol	Comprehensive	28.1	30.5
326	Keswick School	Keswick	Comprehensive	35.3	34.5
327	Farmor's School	Fairford	Comprehensive	36	28
328=	Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School	Ramsgate	Selective (100%)	33.5	44.7
328=	Drayton Manor High School	London	Comprehensive	32.2	41.6
330	St Anne's Catholic School	Southampton	Partially selective (10%)	31.8	40.1
331	Thomas Tallis School	London	Comprehensive	31	28.5
332	The Blue Coat School, Oldham	Oldham	Comprehensive	31.8	42
333	St Mary's Catholic High School, Chesterfield	Chesterfield	Comprehensive	30.5	42.1
334	The Thomas Hardye School	Dorchester	Comprehensive	36.6	29.1
335	King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth	Louth	Selective (100%)	28.9	51.6
336=	Arthur Mellows Village College	Peterborough	Comprehensive	37.3	23.2
336=	Glyn School	Ewell	Comprehensive	26.9	40.5
338	Whitley Bay High School	Whitley Bay	Comprehensive	32.1	32.5
339=	Cheney School	Headington	Comprehensive	35	28
339=	St Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent	Stoke-on-Trent	Selective (100%)	34	34
341=	Littleover Community School	Derby	Comprehensive	34	32.8
341=	Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College	Sandbach	Comprehensive	28.5	37.1
343	Charters School	Ascot	Comprehensive	29.1	42.2
344	Wilmslow High School	Wilmslow	Comprehensive	36.2	35.4
345	Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College	Wakefield	Comprehensive	25	29
346	The South Wolds Academy and Sixth Form	Nottingham	Comprehensive	30.7	26.8
347=	St John's Marlborough	Marlborough	Comprehensive	33.8	30.2
347=	Waingels College	Reading	Comprehensive	35	30
349=	Notre Dame High School, Sheffield	Sheffield	Comprehensive	35.4	36.8
349=	Upton-by-Chester High School	Chester	Comprehensive	32.7	26.8
351=	Oldfield School	Bath	Comprehensive	30	28
351=	Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre	Sedbury	Comprehensive	34	24
353	Bishop Walsh Catholic School	Birmingham	Comprehensive	-	34.1
354	Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre	Reading	Comprehensive	32.5	32
355	Kingsbury High School	London	Comprehensive	36.4	29.1
356	West Hatch High School	Chigwell	Comprehensive	27.6	24.9
357	Gordano School	Bristol	Comprehensive	36.5	29.9
358=	Pershore High School	Pershore	Comprehensive	36	22
358=	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham	Faversham	Selective (100%)	30.3	39
360	Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form	Surbiton	Comprehensive	27.8	34.9
361	Conyers School	Stockton-on-Tees	Comprehensive	29.8	31.1
362	Borden Grammar School	Sittingbourne	Selective (100%)	-	43
363	Pencoed Comprehensive School	Pencoed	Comprehensive	34	37.7
364=	Abbey Grange Church of England Academy	Leeds	Comprehensive	26.3	38.4
364=	Backwell School	Bristol	Comprehensive	33	30.1
366=	Knutsford Academy	Knutsford	Comprehensive	28.8	33.4
366=	The Green School for Girls	London	Comprehensive	29.1	39.5
368=	Collingwood College	Camberley	Comprehensive	27	28.6
368=	William Farr School	Lincoln	Comprehensive	32.6	25
370=	South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College	North Ferriby	Comprehensive	28.5	32.6
370=	Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green	Woodford Green	Comprehensive	26.9	39.1
372	St Edward's College, Liverpool	Liverpool	Partially selective (20%)	31.2	28.7
373	St Augustine's Catholic College, Trowbridge	Trowbridge	Comprehensive	35.4	29.4
374	Imberhorne School	East Grinstead	Comprehensive	45	25
375	The Burgate School and Sixth Form	Fordingbridge	Comprehensive	32.1	26.7
376	Higham Lane School	Nuneaton	Comprehensive	33	27.7
377=	All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy, Mansfield	Mansfield	Comprehensive	28.6	28.1
377=	The Arthur Terry School	Sutton Coldfield	Comprehensive	-	28
379	Guiseley School	Leeds	Comprehensive	-	29
380	Walthamstow Academy	London	Comprehensive	21.6	32.8
381	The Nelson Thomlinson School	Wigton	Comprehensive	24.4	31.7
382	Titus Salt School	Shipley	Comprehensive	42	15.1
383	The Hemel Hempstead School	Hemel Hempstead	Comprehensive	25.6	24.7
384	St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy	Sunderland	Comprehensive	26.3	36.2
385	St John Payne Catholic School	Chelmsford	Comprehensive	32.5	33.5
386	St Gregory's Bath	Bath	Comprehensive	33.3	26.5
387	Ravens Wood School	Bromley	Comprehensive	24.7	30.2
388	Bishop Challoner Catholic College	Birmingham	Comprehensive	22.6	33
389	St Bede's Catholic College	Bristol	Comprehensive	26.4	37.6
390	St Anselm's College	Birkenhead	Selective (100%)	-	37
391	St Christopher's Church of England High School	Accrington	Comprehensive	28.9	21
392	Lutterworth College	Lutterworth	Comprehensive	-	25.5
393	St Martin's School, Brentwood	Brentwood	Comprehensive	29.6	27.4
394=	Hazelwick School	Crawley	Comprehensive	35	27
394=	St Cuthbert's Catholic High School	Newcastle upon Tyne	Comprehensive	31	31
396	The Heathland School	Hounslow	Comprehensive	29.4	32.4
397	Kennet School	Thatcham	Comprehensive	25.4	26
398=	Nailsea School	Bristol	Comprehensive	37	29
398=	The Palmer Catholic Academy	Ilford	Comprehensive	25	49
400	Fullbrook School	New Haw	Comprehensive	32.1	24.9

Top A-Level State Secondary Schools 2023 - League Table

Here is a comparison of all UK state secondary schools based on their latest A-Level results.

Rank	School	Town	Type	A-level (% A*)	A-level (% A*/A)
1	Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet	Barnet	Selective (100%)	70.7	92.8
2	Wilson's School	Wallington	Selective (100%)	58.4	87.5
3	The Henrietta Barnett School	London	Selective (100%)	59.6	88.8
4	The Tiffin Girls' School	Kingston upon Thames	Selective (100%)	56.6	87.5
5	St Olave's Grammar School	Orpington	Selective (100%)	58.8	87.1
6	Dartford Grammar School	Dartford	Selective (100%)	33.2	75.2
7	Colchester Royal Grammar School	Colchester	Selective (100%)	54.2	86.2
8	Pate's Grammar School	Cheltenham	Selective (100%)	43.5	81.3
9	Altrincham Grammar School for Girls	Altrincham	Selective (100%)	47.7	79.1
10	Colyton Grammar School	Colyton	Selective (100%)	45.6	76.5
11	Dr Challoner's Grammar School	Amersham	Selective (100%)	41.7	76
14	St Andrew's Catholic School	Leatherhead	Comprehensive	30.2	70.1
15	St Mary's Grammar School, Magherafelt	Magherafelt	Selective (100%)	28.8	74.1
16	King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon	Stratford-upon-Avon	Selective (100%)	41.7	77.2
21	Our Lady and St Patrick's College, Knock	Belfast	Selective (100%)	28.4	70.7
22	Stratford Girls' Grammar School	Stratford-upon-Avon	Selective (100%)	29.9	65.9
23	The Rochester Grammar School	Rochester	Selective (100%)	17.8	58.9
24	Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls	Sutton Coldfield	Selective (100%)	35.5	68.8
25	Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School	Belfast	Selective (100%)	28.7	71.3
28	Tonbridge Grammar School	Tonbridge	Selective (100%)	36.5	72.1
29	St Paul's School for Girls, Edgbaston	Birmingham	Comprehensive	17.4	55.1
30	Strathearn School	Belfast	Selective (100%)	22.6	68.1
31	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys	Birmingham	Selective (100%)	38.6	68.2
32	The Liverpool Blue Coat School	Liverpool	Selective (100%)	40.3	70.4
37	Dr Challoner's High School	Little Chalfont	Selective (100%)	31.3	66
38	Friends' School Lisburn	Lisburn	Selective (100%)	28.6	68.5
41	St Peter's Catholic School, Guildford	Guildford	Comprehensive	29.8	60.8
44	Sale Grammar School	Sale	Selective (100%)	34	67
45	Bishop Vesey's Grammar School	Sutton Coldfield	Selective (100%)	29.6	69.3
46	Colchester County High School for Girls	Colchester	Selective (100%)	31.6	68.4
47	Lumen Christi College	Derry	Selective (100%)	26.8	61.5
48	Rainey Endowed School	Magherafelt	Selective (100%)	15.2	56.1
51	Bournemouth School for Girls	Bournemouth	Selective (100%)	28.9	63
58	Lawrence Sheriff School	Rugby	Selective (100%)	30.6	62
63	Loreto Grammar School	Altrincham	Selective (100%)	21.9	56.2
66	Twyford C of E High School	London	Partially selective (10%)	28.1	58.8
70	Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre	Birmingham	Comprehensive	16.1	61.3
71	Omagh Academy	Omagh	Selective (100%)	23	63.1
74	Ballyclare High School	Ballyclare	Selective (100%)	21.2	59.3
77	Ballymena Academy	Ballymena	Selective (100%)	21.9	58.2
78	Dane Court Grammar School	Broadstairs	Selective (100%)	12.9	53.5
79	Ripon Grammar School	Ripon	Selective (100%)	25.5	59.4
80	Camden School for Girls	London	Partially selective (7%)	28.3	55.6
88	Chesham Grammar School	Chesham	Selective (100%)	27.5	57.2
89	Newport Girls' High School	Newport	Selective (100%)	21	53.9
96	The St Marylebone Church of England School	-	Partially selective (9%)	25.9	54.3
97	Parmiter's School	Watford	Partially selective (35%)	26.9	59
101	Lancaster Girls' Grammar School	Lancaster	Selective (100%)	27	56.3
102	The Coopers' Company and Coborn School	Upminster	Partially selective (10%)	19.5	52.5
103	Radyr Comprehensive School	Cardiff	Comprehensive	27.4	56.6
104	Weald of Kent Grammar School	Tonbridge	Selective (100%)	18.6	48
113	Waldegrave School, Twickenham	Twickenham	Comprehensive	24.6	53.7
117	Dalriada School	Ballymoney	Selective (100%)	15	50.4
123	Torquay Girls' Grammar School	Torquay	Selective (100%)	30.3	59
124	Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School	Grantham	Selective (100%)	14.3	42.4
127	St Albans Girls' School	St Albans	Comprehensive	20.1	49.8
138	The King's School, Grantham	Grantham	Selective (100%)	26.1	53.9
151	Malmesbury School	Malmesbury	Comprehensive	21.3	47.1
154	Ysgol Eirias	Colwyn Bay	Comprehensive	20.1	49.7
155	Alcester Grammar School	Alcester	Selective (100%)	15.7	44.7
165	Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith	Penrith	Selective (100%)	22.2	49.7
171	Kensington Aldridge Academy	London	Partially selective (10%)	10.5	40.8
177	Maidstone Grammar School for Girls	Maidstone	Selective (100%)	17.2	44.3
178	Ilkley Grammar School	Ilkley	Comprehensive	24.2	48.6
185	Wolverhampton Girls' High School	Wolverhampton	Selective (100%)	14.7	47.2
188	West London Free School	London	Partially selective (9%)	15.9	45.2
191	Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham	Hexham	Comprehensive	19.8	47.1
192	Devonport High School for Girls	Plymouth	Selective (100%)	19.1	47.2
197	Calday Grange Grammar School	West Kirby	Selective (100%)	-	43.6
209	Denmark Road High School	Gloucester	Selective (100%)	19.9	44.7
220	South Wilts Grammar School	Salisbury	Selective (100%)	17.6	44.6
221	The Ecclesbourne School	Belper	Comprehensive	13	39.1
222	Balcarras School	Cheltenham	Comprehensive	17.7	44.8
226	Ribston Hall High School	Gloucester	Selective (100%)	-	41
227	St Mark's Catholic School	London	Comprehensive	15.3	41.3
230	The Campion School	Hornchurch	Comprehensive	10	35.1
238	All Hallows Catholic School	Farnham	Comprehensive	19.1	42.4
249	Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School	Brentwood	Partially selective (10%)	9.4	37.5
258	Comberton Village College	Cambridge	Comprehensive	13.9	40.4
263	West Kirby Grammar School	West Kirby	Selective (100%)	17.1	40
268	Hutton Church of England Grammar School	Preston	Comprehensive	10.8	39
269	Prendergast School	London	Partially selective (10%)	-	42
270	The Gryphon School	Sherborne	Comprehensive	13.6	37.8
271	St Bede's School, Redhill	Redhill	Comprehensive	11.2	36.7
274	Rosebery School	Epsom	Comprehensive	19.8	43
275	Langley Park School for Boys	Beckenham	Comprehensive	13.4	36.3
280	St Benedict's Catholic School	Bury St Edmunds	Comprehensive	23.5	44.6
281	Norton Hill School	Radstock	Comprehensive	-	45.3
284	Bishopshalt School	Uxbridge	Comprehensive	11.9	33.3
287	Wirral Grammar School for Boys	Bebington	Selective (100%)	15.5	41
293	Heckmondwike Grammar School	Heckmondwike	Selective (100%)	17.2	39.9
296	Davenant Foundation School	Loughton	Comprehensive	12.4	37.1
306	Wellsway School	Bristol	Comprehensive	8.7	28.1
307	Tapton School	Sheffield	Comprehensive	15.6	38.2
308	Maiden Erlegh School	Reading	Comprehensive	12.9	34.4
309	Lymm High School	Lymm	Comprehensive	11.4	35.6
310	Sacred Heart of Mary Girls’ School	Upminster	Comprehensive	12.3	31.7
311	Hayesfield Girls' School and Mixed Sixth Form	Bath	Partially selective (5%)	17.1	34.7
320	Upton-by-Chester High School	Chester	Comprehensive	11	32.7
321	The King Edward VI School, Morpeth	Morpeth	Comprehensive	10.9	33.4
322	The Willink School	Reading	Comprehensive	12.2	38.4
326	Keswick School	Keswick	Comprehensive	12.9	35.3
327	William Farr School	Lincoln	Comprehensive	12	32.6
328	St Mary's Menston	Menston	Comprehensive	13.4	36.1
329	Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough	Gainsborough	Selective (100%)	9.3	32.5
330	Tytherington School	Macclesfield	Comprehensive	10.5	30
331	Queens' School, Bushey	Bushey	Partially selective (45%)	9.7	31.9
332	Waingels College	Reading	Comprehensive	-	35
335	Kingsbury High School	London	Comprehensive	-	36.4
338	Littleover Community School	Derby	Comprehensive	11	34
339	Gordano School	Bristol	Comprehensive	13.9	36.5
340	The Burgate School and Sixth Form	Fordingbridge	Comprehensive	12.5	32.1
341	St Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent	Stoke-on-Trent	Selective (100%)	-	34
342	Collingwood College	Camberley	Comprehensive	8.7	27
343	Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre	Reading	Comprehensive	11.5	32.5
344	St Christopher's Church of England High School	Accrington	Comprehensive	9	28.9
345	Higham Lane School	Nuneaton	Comprehensive	10.8	33
346	St Edward's College, Liverpool	Liverpool	Partially selective (20%)	13.8	31.2
347	Crickhowell High School	Crickhowell	Comprehensive	17.7	39
348	Backwell School	Bristol	Comprehensive	14.2	33
349	The Hemel Hempstead School	Hemel Hempstead	Comprehensive	9.8	25.6
355	Bishop Walsh Catholic School	Birmingham	Comprehensive	-	-
356	St Anne's Catholic School	Southampton	Partially selective (10%)	14.2	31.8
357	Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College	Sandbach	Comprehensive	14.6	28.5
358	Guiseley School	Leeds	Comprehensive	-	-
359	St Gregory's Bath	Bath	Comprehensive	13	33.3
363	Notre Dame High School, Sheffield	Sheffield	Comprehensive	11.6	35.4
364	Knutsford Academy	Knutsford	Comprehensive	5.2	28.8
365	Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form	Surbiton	Comprehensive	8.8	27.8
366	Urmston Grammar	Manchester	Selective (100%)	14.9	34.4
369	Glyn School	Ewell	Comprehensive	7.7	26.9
370	The Blue Coat School, Oldham	Oldham	Comprehensive	13.3	31.8
371	St Mary's Catholic High School, Chesterfield	Chesterfield	Comprehensive	9.3	30.5
372	Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School	Ramsgate	Selective (100%)	14.1	33.5
377	St Martin's School, Brentwood	Brentwood	Comprehensive	10.5	29.6
386	Abbey Grange Church of England Academy	Leeds	Comprehensive	11	26.3
390	Bishop Challoner Catholic College	Birmingham	Comprehensive	6.8	22.6
395	Borden Grammar School	Sittingbourne	Selective (100%)	-	-
396	St Anselm's College	Birkenhead	Selective (100%)	-	-
397	St Bede's Catholic College	Bristol	Comprehensive	8.3	26.4
398	King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth	Louth	Selective (100%)	9.6	28.9
399	The Douay Martyrs Catholic Secondary School	London	Comprehensive	-	25
400	The Palmer Catholic Academy	Ilford	Comprehensive	-	25
105=	Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School	Rochester	Selective (100%)	-	58
105=	St Paul's Catholic College	Burgess Hill	Comprehensive	-	-
107=	Royal School Armagh	Armagh	Selective (100%)	15.1	54
107=	Portadown College	Portadown	Selective (100%)	14.4	47.7
109=	The Wallace High School	Lisburn	Selective (100%)	18.2	52.2
109=	The King's (The Cathedral) School, Peterborough	Peterborough	Partially selective (11%)	25.8	53.2
111=	Southend High School for Girls	Southend-on-Sea	Selective (100%)	16.7	50.8
111=	Bohunt School	Liphook	Comprehensive	22.7	53.9
114=	Ysgol Bro Preseli	Crymych	Comprehensive	22.1	58.8
114=	Enniskillen Royal Grammar School	Enniskillen	Selective (100%)	16.2	54.7
114=	St Clement Danes School	Rickmansworth	Partially selective (20%)	25.6	54.1
118=	Stroud High School	Stroud	Selective (100%)	29.1	58
118=	Ashcroft Technology Academy	London	Partially selective (10%)	-	48
12=	King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford	Chelmsford	Selective (100%)	44.3	77.9
12=	Reading School	Reading	Selective (100%)	50.3	79.9
120=	Aylesbury Grammar School	Aylesbury	Selective (100%)	31.7	59.3
120=	Limavady Grammar School	Limavady	Selective (100%)	24.7	50.6
120=	St Gregory's Catholic Science College	Harrow	Comprehensive	12.3	41.4
125=	Roundwood Park School	Harpenden	Comprehensive	22.1	48.5
125=	Rushcliffe Spencer Academy	Nottingham	Comprehensive	19.5	49.8
128=	JCoss (Jewish Community Secondary School)	New Barnet	Comprehensive	22.3	52.5
128=	Archbishop Holgate's School	York	Comprehensive	19	43.7
130=	The Grey Coat Hospital	London	Partially selective (10%)	24.2	51.3
130=	Cheadle Hulme High School	Stockport	Comprehensive	21.7	54.5
130=	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Ashbourne	Ashbourne	Comprehensive	21.3	50.2
133=	Highworth Grammar School	Ashford	Selective (100%)	-	-
133=	Olchfa School	Swansea	Comprehensive	-	-
135=	Woodford County High School	Woodford Green	Selective (100%)	19.7	53
135=	Kesteven and Sleaford High School	Sleaford	Selective (100%)	13.3	47.5
135=	Coloma Convent Girls' School	Croydon	Comprehensive	21.5	43.2
139=	Gordon's School	Woking	Comprehensive	19.3	48.2
139=	Saffron Walden County High School	Saffron Walden	Comprehensive	20.5	45.9
139=	Landau Forte College	Derby	Comprehensive	18	47.4
142=	St John the Baptist School, Woking	Woking	Comprehensive	19.4	45.1
142=	Bishop Vaughan Catholic School	Swansea	Comprehensive	21.2	52.3
144=	Orleans Park	London	Comprehensive	15	46
144=	Durham Johnston Comprehensive School	Durham	Comprehensive	24	52
146=	Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin	Caerfyrddin	Comprehensive	22.4	48.6
146=	Lancaster Royal Grammar School	Lancaster	Selective (100%)	32.8	62.9
148=	All Saints Roman Catholic School, York	York	Comprehensive	20	47.7
148=	The Cotswold School	Bourton-on-the-Water	Comprehensive	20.8	49.7
148=	Kenilworth School	Kenilworth	Comprehensive	16.9	45.8
152=	Townley Grammar School	Bexleyheath	Selective (100%)	19.2	47.5
152=	Parkstone Grammar School	Poole	Selective (100%)	18.8	45.8
156=	Watford Grammar School for Girls	Watford	Partially selective (35%)	22	54.7
156=	Arden Academy, Solihull	Solihull	Comprehensive	17.7	44.6
158=	Ilford County High School	Ilford	Selective (100%)	20.8	54.6
158=	Katharine Lady Berkeley's School	Wotton-under-Edge	Comprehensive	20.9	50.8
160=	Barton Court Grammar School	Canterbury	Selective (100%)	17.3	49.2
160=	Ralph Allen School	Bath	Partially selective (2%)	20	48.6
162=	Clitheroe Royal Grammar School	Clitheroe	Selective (100%)	19.3	46.3
162=	Northampton School for Boys	Northampton	Comprehensive	22.8	52.2
162=	Kingsbridge Community College	Kingsbridge	Comprehensive	19.5	45.6
166=	The Hertfordshire and Essex High School and Science College	Bishop's Stortford	Partially selective (10%)	15.5	42.4
166=	Silverdale School	Sheffield	Comprehensive	24.7	52.5
166=	Kings Norton Girls' School and Sixth Form	Birmingham	Comprehensive	-	49.4
169=	Wirral Grammar School for Girls	Bebington	Selective (100%)	19.5	44.9
169=	Bourne Grammar School	Bourne	Selective (100%)	20.6	47.3
17=	Dame Alice Owen's School	Potters Bar	Partially selective (38%)	44.8	76.5
17=	St Dominic's School	Belfast	Selective (100%)	27.8	66.4
172=	Beaumont School	St Albans	Comprehensive	-	44
172=	Hinchley Wood School	Esher	Comprehensive	21.2	48
172=	Howard of Effingham School	Leatherhead	Comprehensive	20.2	47.3
175=	The Piggott School	Reading	Comprehensive	17.3	47
175=	Bristol Cathedral Choir School	Bristol	Partially selective (15%)	13.8	43.1
179=	The Cherwell School	Oxford	Comprehensive	26.4	52.8
179=	Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College	Tarporley	Comprehensive	-	43.9
181=	Haberdashers' Adams	Newport	Selective (100%)	-	51
181=	The Bishop's Stortford High School	Bishop's Stortford	Partially selective (10%)	-	40
183=	Y Pant Comprehensive School	Pontyclun	Comprehensive	13.8	43.9
183=	Marling School	Stroud	Selective (100%)	17.5	44
186=	Fulford School	York	Comprehensive	20	49.5
186=	Carre's Grammar School	Sleaford	Selective (100%)	16.3	42.2
189=	Horsforth School	Leeds	Comprehensive	22.3	43.5
189=	Tudor Grange Academy Solihull	Solihull	Comprehensive	15.6	44.2
19=	Altrincham Grammar School for Boys	Altrincham	Selective (100%)	41.7	76.3
19=	Tiffin School	Kingston upon Thames	Selective (100%)	34.6	72.5
193=	Burnham Grammar School	Burnham	Selective (100%)	16.7	44.7
193=	Upton Court Grammar School	Slough	Selective (100%)	-	-
195=	Glenlola Collegiate School	Bangor	Selective (100%)	14.7	41.4
195=	Cockermouth School	Cockermouth	Comprehensive	17.6	46
198=	Caistor Grammar School	Caistor	Selective (100%)	18.5	48.8
198=	The Downs School	Newbury	Comprehensive	13	41
200=	Queen Mary's High School, Walsall	Walsall	Selective (100%)	17	45.6
200=	Watford Grammar School for Boys	Watford	Partially selective (35%)	26.2	51.5
200=	St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham	Durham	Comprehensive	12.1	39.3
203=	Antrim Grammar School	Antrim	Selective (100%)	16.2	45.1
203=	Bartholomew School	Witney	Comprehensive	-	42.2
203=	St Angela's Ursuline School	London	Comprehensive	10.5	33.1
206=	Stretford Grammar School	Manchester	Selective (100%)	22.3	47.3
206=	Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School	Aylesbury	Selective (100%)	17.1	44.4
206=	English Martyrs' Catholic School	Leicester	Comprehensive	-	35.3
210=	Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall	Walsall	Selective (100%)	20.3	49
210=	The King David High School, Manchester	Manchester	Comprehensive	26.6	49
212=	Herschel Grammar School	Slough	Selective (100%)	19	46
212=	North Halifax Grammar School	Halifax	Selective (100%)	19.5	42.9
212=	Fortismere School	London	Comprehensive	20	50
212=	Hitchin Girls' School	Hitchin	Comprehensive	20.5	48
216=	Devonport High School for Boys	Plymouth	Selective (100%)	-	44.2
216=	The Holt School	Wokingham	Comprehensive	17	45.4
218=	Rugby High School	Rugby	Selective (100%)	17.9	46
218=	Heathside School	Weybridge	Comprehensive	16.4	43.6
223=	Bournemouth School	Bournemouth	Selective (100%)	21	49.1
223=	Gunnersbury Catholic School	London	Comprehensive	18.6	41.8
223=	Christ's School	Richmond upon Thames	Comprehensive	16.3	40.8
228=	John Hampden Grammar School	High Wycombe	Selective (100%)	20.7	46.7
228=	Llanidloes High School	Llanidloes	Comprehensive	21.2	45.3
231=	Alexandra Park School	London	Comprehensive	16.6	42.2
231=	Mayfield Grammar School	Gravesend	Selective (100%)	12.6	39.7
231=	Nower Hill High School	Harrow	Comprehensive	18.2	44.9
231=	Ashmole Academy	London	Partially selective (8%)	16.1	39.9
235=	Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School	Rossendale	Selective (100%)	-	45
235=	Maidstone Grammar School	Maidstone	Selective (100%)	13.3	40
235=	Hardenhuish School	Chippenham	Comprehensive	20.6	45.3
239=	Beths Grammar School	Bexley	Selective (100%)	13.8	40.3
239=	Bentley Wood High School	London	Comprehensive	-	-
241=	Rainham Mark Grammar School	Gillingham	Selective (100%)	14.2	40.8
241=	Uckfield College	Uckfield	Comprehensive	18.5	38.4
243=	Torquay Boys' Grammar School	Torquay	Selective (100%)	16.4	42.2
243=	St Philip Howard Catholic School	Bognor Regis	Comprehensive	15.8	40.6
245=	Cranbrook School	Cranbrook	Selective (100%)	16.4	41
245=	Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School	Dronfield	Comprehensive	16.1	40.1
247=	Bishop Luffa School	Chichester	Comprehensive	12.3	40.8
247=	The Queen Katherine School	Kendal	Comprehensive	12.7	42.1
250=	The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School	Greenford	Comprehensive	11.3	36.9
250=	Beverley High School	Beverley	Comprehensive	13.8	37.4
250=	Ringwood School	Ringwood	Comprehensive	10.1	34.7
253=	Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley	Otley	Comprehensive	12.5	38.4
253=	Chipping Norton School	Chipping Norton	Comprehensive	-	39
255=	St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School, Slough	Slough	Selective (100%)	16.8	41.9
255=	Spalding High School	Spalding	Selective (100%)	16.1	46.4
255=	Range High School	Liverpool	Comprehensive	20.5	45.5
259=	Edgbarrow School	Crowthorne	Comprehensive	16.3	39.1
259=	Ranelagh School, Bracknell	Bracknell	Comprehensive	14.1	41.2
26=	Kendrick School	Reading	Selective (100%)	40.8	74.8
26=	Sullivan Upper School	Holywood	Selective (100%)	36.1	75.1
261=	High Storrs School	Sheffield	Comprehensive	16.2	44.2
261=	Stokesley School	Stokesley	Comprehensive	6.5	37.5
264=	Mill Hill County High School	London	Partially selective (25%)	14.5	41.1
264=	Spalding Grammar School	Spalding	Selective (100%)	18.6	38.7
264=	Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr	Cardiff	Comprehensive	16.6	46.2
264=	The St John Henry Newman Catholic School	Stevenage	Comprehensive	10.6	33.7
272=	Rickmansworth School	Rickmansworth	Partially selective (35%)	14.6	37
272=	Egglescliffe School	Stockton-on-Tees	Comprehensive	13.4	38
276=	Outwood Academy Easingwold	York	Comprehensive	25	41.3
276=	Beechen Cliff School	Bath	Partially selective (7%)	13.5	36.8
276=	Christ's College Finchley	London	Comprehensive	12.7	34.7
276=	South Bromsgrove High	Bromsgrove	Comprehensive	11.8	32
282=	St Aidan's Church of England High School	Harrogate	Comprehensive	14.8	38.2
282=	St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls	Carshalton	Comprehensive	16.1	35.6
285=	Seven Kings School	Ilford	Comprehensive	11.6	40
285=	Arthur Mellows Village College	Peterborough	Comprehensive	12.8	37.3
288=	The Crypt School	Gloucester	Selective (100%)	12.7	36.9
288=	Presdales School	Ware	Comprehensive	14.6	35.2
288=	Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School, Barnet	Barnet	Comprehensive	12	36
288=	The Broxbourne School	Broxbourne	Partially selective (10%)	-	31
288=	Farmor's School	Fairford	Comprehensive	-	36
294=	Sir Roger Manwood's School	Sandwich	Selective (100%)	14.2	38.5
294=	The Holy Cross School	New Malden	Comprehensive	16.2	33.5
297=	St Joan of Arc Catholic School	Rickmansworth	Comprehensive	8.1	33.1
297=	The Minster School	Southwell	Comprehensive	18.1	40
299=	Wimbledon College	London	Comprehensive	-	37
299=	The Castle School, Thornbury	Bristol	Comprehensive	15.9	36.2
299=	King David High School, Liverpool	Liverpool	Partially selective (15%)	14.2	42.1
299=	Thomas Tallis School	London	Comprehensive	8	31
299=	Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre	Sedbury	Comprehensive	-	34
299=	Pershore High School	Pershore	Comprehensive	-	36
299=	Titus Salt School	Shipley	Comprehensive	18.5	42
312=	Plymouth High School for Girls	Plymouth	Selective (100%)	-	-
312=	Cheney School	Headington	Comprehensive	-	35
314=	King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys	Birmingham	Selective (100%)	11.1	36.3
314=	Oakwood Park Grammar School	Maidstone	Selective (100%)	12.8	34.6
314=	Graveney School	London	Partially selective (25%)	16.7	36.9
314=	The South Wolds Academy and Sixth Form	Nottingham	Comprehensive	12.7	30.7
318=	The Thomas Hardye School	Dorchester	Comprehensive	13.7	36.6
318=	West Hatch High School	Chigwell	Comprehensive	11.3	27.6
323=	Guildford County School	Guildford	Comprehensive	-	39
323=	Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College	Wakefield	Comprehensive	-	25
323=	Oldfield School	Bath	Comprehensive	-	30
33=	Sir William Borlase's Grammar School	Marlow	Selective (100%)	29.5	63.7
33=	Yavneh College	Borehamwood	Comprehensive	30.6	62
333=	St John's Marlborough	Marlborough	Comprehensive	13.4	33.8
333=	Imberhorne School	East Grinstead	Comprehensive	-	45
336=	Gravesend Grammar School	Gravesend	Selective (100%)	9.1	33.1
336=	Whitley Bay High School	Whitley Bay	Comprehensive	10.1	32.1
35=	Sutton Grammar School	Sutton	Selective (100%)	37.4	69.2
35=	JFS	Harrow	Comprehensive	33.5	64.8
350=	Wilmslow High School	Wilmslow	Comprehensive	13.4	36.2
350=	Conyers School	Stockton-on-Tees	Comprehensive	13.3	29.8
350=	The Arthur Terry School	Sutton Coldfield	Comprehensive	-	-
353=	St Augustine's Catholic College, Trowbridge	Trowbridge	Comprehensive	12	35.4
353=	All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy, Mansfield	Mansfield	Comprehensive	13.2	28.6
360=	Harrogate Grammar School	Harrogate	Comprehensive	11.8	32.1
360=	Drayton Manor High School	London	Comprehensive	9.6	32.2
360=	South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College	North Ferriby	Comprehensive	11.8	28.5
367=	The Crossley Heath School	Halifax	Selective (100%)	14.6	36.7
367=	Lutterworth College	Lutterworth	Comprehensive	-	-
373=	Parliament Hill School	London	Comprehensive	8.2	25.3
373=	Hazelwick School	Crawley	Comprehensive	-	35
373=	Kennet School	Thatcham	Comprehensive	-	25.4
373=	Fullbrook School	New Haw	Comprehensive	14.3	32.1
378=	King Edward VI Aston School	Birmingham	Selective (100%)	9.1	32
378=	The Nelson Thomlinson School	Wigton	Comprehensive	7	24.4
380=	Charters School	Ascot	Comprehensive	8.5	29.1
380=	Walthamstow Academy	London	Comprehensive	-	21.6
380=	Ravens Wood School	Bromley	Comprehensive	7.7	24.7
383=	Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith	London	Comprehensive	15.4	31.8
383=	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham	Faversham	Selective (100%)	9.2	30.3
383=	Pencoed Comprehensive School	Pencoed	Comprehensive	10.9	34
387=	The Green School for Girls	London	Comprehensive	9.5	29.1
387=	Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green	Woodford Green	Comprehensive	8.6	26.9
387=	St John Payne Catholic School	Chelmsford	Comprehensive	12.9	32.5
39=	Chelmsford County High School for Girls	Chelmsford	Selective (100%)	38.2	71.3
39=	Hockerill Anglo-European College	Bishop's Stortford	Partially selective (10%)	30.7	64
391=	St Cuthbert's Catholic High School	Newcastle upon Tyne	Comprehensive	-	31
391=	Nailsea School	Bristol	Comprehensive	-	37
393=	St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy	Sunderland	Comprehensive	5.3	26.3
393=	The Heathland School	Hounslow	Comprehensive	11.8	29.4
42=	Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School	Tunbridge Wells	Selective (100%)	34.3	68.1
42=	The London Oratory School	London	Comprehensive	27.1	62
49=	The Latymer School	London	Selective (100%)	35	69.4
49=	Nonsuch High School for Girls	Cheam	Selective (100%)	34.5	64.9
52=	Wycombe High School	High Wycombe	Selective (100%)	27.4	63
52=	Wallington County Grammar School	Wallington	Selective (100%)	27.3	64.5
54=	Langley Grammar School	Langley	Selective (100%)	34.4	70.8
54=	Banbridge Academy	Banbridge	Selective (100%)	29.2	61.8
56=	Sir Thomas Rich's School	Gloucester	Selective (100%)	23.8	59
56=	Beaconsfield High School	Beaconsfield	Selective (100%)	28.2	66.8
59=	Newstead Wood School	Orpington	Selective (100%)	35	64.1
59=	Wallington High School for Girls	Wallington	Selective (100%)	33.3	65
59=	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls	Birmingham	Selective (100%)	36	66.8
59=	The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe	High Wycombe	Selective (100%)	30.1	61.8
64=	The Skinners' School, Tunbridge Wells	Tunbridge Wells	Selective (100%)	30.3	61.2
64=	Sandringham School	St Albans	Comprehensive	26.2	58.8
67=	King Edward VI Five Ways School	Birmingham	Selective (100%)	30	61
67=	Southend High School For Boys	Southend-on-Sea	Selective (100%)	22.7	57.2
67=	Mossbourne Community Academy	London	Comprehensive	27	57
72=	Aylesbury High School	Aylesbury	Selective (100%)	28.7	61
72=	Lady Margaret School	London	Comprehensive	23.9	51.9
75=	Westcliff High School for Boys	Westcliff-on-Sea	Selective (100%)	28.5	64.1
75=	Hasmonean High School for Girls	London	Comprehensive	26.5	63
81=	Bexley Grammar School	Welling	Selective (100%)	18.1	49.1
81=	Methodist College Belfast	Belfast	Selective (100%)	26.2	61.2
83=	St Michael's Catholic Grammar School, Finchley	London	Selective (100%)	27.6	59.7
83=	Invicta Grammar School, Maidstone	Maidstone	Selective (100%)	20.3	-
85=	St Ambrose College	Altrincham	Selective (100%)	19.8	49.1
85=	The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School	London	Comprehensive	25.2	58.7
85=	St George's School	Harpenden	Comprehensive	27.8	57.2
90=	Bishop Wordsworth's School	Salisbury	Selective (100%)	30.5	61.9
90=	Glenthorne High School, Sutton	Sutton	Partially selective (10%)	17.9	44.3
92=	The Judd School	Tonbridge	Selective (100%)	28	59.7
92=	Sacred Heart Catholic School, Camberwell	London	Comprehensive	16.1	45.3
94=	Westcliff High School for Girls	Westcliff-on-Sea	Selective (100%)	22.8	52
94=	Cowbridge Comprehensive School	Cowbridge	Comprehensive	28.9	60
98=	Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School	Sidcup	Selective (100%)	22.7	55.1
98=	Hasmonean High School for Boys	London	Comprehensive	29.7	62.6
98=	Grey Court School	Richmond upon Thames	Comprehensive	21	51.2

Top GCSE State Secondary Schools 2023 - League Table

Here is a comparison of all UK state secondary schools based on their latest GCSE results.

Rank	School	Town	Type	GCSE (% 9-7)
1	The Henrietta Barnett School	London	Selective (100%)	98.8
2	Altrincham Grammar School for Girls	Altrincham	Selective (100%)	96.8
3	Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet	Barnet	Selective (100%)	95.7
6	Pate's Grammar School	Cheltenham	Selective (100%)	95
7	The Tiffin Girls' School	Kingston upon Thames	Selective (100%)	94.9
8	Stratford Girls' Grammar School	Stratford-upon-Avon	Selective (100%)	94.4
9	Kendrick School	Reading	Selective (100%)	94.2
10	Colchester County High School for Girls	Colchester	Selective (100%)	94
11	King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford	Chelmsford	Selective (100%)	93.8
12	Newstead Wood School	Orpington	Selective (100%)	92.6
13	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys	Birmingham	Selective (100%)	92.3
14	The Latymer School	London	Selective (100%)	91.6
15	Wallington High School for Girls	Wallington	Selective (100%)	91.3
16	King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon	Stratford-upon-Avon	Selective (100%)	91.2
17	St Olave's Grammar School	Orpington	Selective (100%)	91
18	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls	Birmingham	Selective (100%)	90.3
19	Newport Girls' High School	Newport	Selective (100%)	90.2
20	Colyton Grammar School	Colyton	Selective (100%)	90.1
21	Reading School	Reading	Selective (100%)	88.7
22	Tonbridge Grammar School	Tonbridge	Selective (100%)	88.6
23	Altrincham Grammar School for Boys	Altrincham	Selective (100%)	87.5
24	Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls	Sutton Coldfield	Selective (100%)	87.3
27	St Michael's Catholic Grammar School, Finchley	London	Selective (100%)	85.4
28	King Edward VI Five Ways School	Birmingham	Selective (100%)	85
29	Langley Grammar School	Langley	Selective (100%)	84.7
30	Dr Challoner's High School	Little Chalfont	Selective (100%)	84.6
31	Tiffin School	Kingston upon Thames	Selective (100%)	84.4
32	Sir Thomas Rich's School	Gloucester	Selective (100%)	84.2
33	Wolverhampton Girls' High School	Wolverhampton	Selective (100%)	84.1
34	Colchester Royal Grammar School	Colchester	Selective (100%)	84
35	The Skinners' School, Tunbridge Wells	Tunbridge Wells	Selective (100%)	83.2
36	Sutton Grammar School	Sutton	Selective (100%)	83.1
37	Heckmondwike Grammar School	Heckmondwike	Selective (100%)	83
38	Westcliff High School for Boys	Westcliff-on-Sea	Selective (100%)	82.2
39	Wycombe High School	High Wycombe	Selective (100%)	82.1
40	Westcliff High School for Girls	Westcliff-on-Sea	Selective (100%)	81.9
45	Beaconsfield High School	Beaconsfield	Selective (100%)	80.4
46	Denmark Road High School	Gloucester	Selective (100%)	80.2
47	Queen Mary's High School, Walsall	Walsall	Selective (100%)	80.1
48	Sale Grammar School	Sale	Selective (100%)	80
54	Devonport High School for Girls	Plymouth	Selective (100%)	78.7
55	South Wilts Grammar School	Salisbury	Selective (100%)	78.5
56	Strathearn School	Belfast	Selective (100%)	77.9
57	Lumen Christi College	Derry	Selective (100%)	77.8
60	Aylesbury Grammar School	Aylesbury	Selective (100%)	77.2
61	Dr Challoner's Grammar School	Amersham	Selective (100%)	77.1
62	Southend High School For Boys	Southend-on-Sea	Selective (100%)	77
63	Lawrence Sheriff School	Rugby	Selective (100%)	76.8
66	Lancaster Girls' Grammar School	Lancaster	Selective (100%)	76.6
67	Dame Alice Owen's School	Potters Bar	Partially selective (38%)	76.1
68	The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe	High Wycombe	Selective (100%)	75.9
69	Bishop Wordsworth's School	Salisbury	Selective (100%)	75.7
70	Loreto Grammar School	Altrincham	Selective (100%)	75.4
73	Wirral Grammar School for Girls	Bebington	Selective (100%)	75.2
74	Bishop Vesey's Grammar School	Sutton Coldfield	Selective (100%)	75
75	Bexley Grammar School	Welling	Selective (100%)	74.9
78	Stroud High School	Stroud	Selective (100%)	74.4
79	Townley Grammar School	Bexleyheath	Selective (100%)	74
80	Alcester Grammar School	Alcester	Selective (100%)	73.6
85	St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School, Slough	Slough	Selective (100%)	72.7
86	The Coopers' Company and Coborn School	Upminster	Partially selective (10%)	72.6
87	St Mary's Grammar School, Magherafelt	Magherafelt	Selective (100%)	72.1
88	Bournemouth School for Girls	Bournemouth	Selective (100%)	71.8
89	John Hampden Grammar School	High Wycombe	Selective (100%)	71.3
90	Beths Grammar School	Bexley	Selective (100%)	70
93	Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School	Sidcup	Selective (100%)	69.7
94	King Edward VI Aston School	Birmingham	Selective (100%)	69.2
95	Highworth Grammar School	Ashford	Selective (100%)	69
96	Caistor Grammar School	Caistor	Selective (100%)	68.7
97	Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School	Aylesbury	Selective (100%)	68.2
102	Clitheroe Royal Grammar School	Clitheroe	Selective (100%)	67.2
105	Rainey Endowed School	Magherafelt	Selective (100%)	66.9
106	St Ambrose College	Altrincham	Selective (100%)	65.8
107	Marling School	Stroud	Selective (100%)	65
108	Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin	Caerfyrddin	Comprehensive	64.7
109	Ysgol Bro Preseli	Crymych	Comprehensive	64.3
110	The Crypt School	Gloucester	Selective (100%)	63.9
111	The Rochester Grammar School	Rochester	Selective (100%)	63.7
116	Bourne Grammar School	Bourne	Selective (100%)	62.6
119	The Grey Coat Hospital	London	Partially selective (10%)	62.2
120	Cranbrook School	Cranbrook	Selective (100%)	62
123	Dalriada School	Ballymoney	Selective (100%)	61.3
126	The Douay Martyrs Catholic Secondary School	London	Comprehensive	61
127	Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School	Rossendale	Selective (100%)	60.6
128	Heathside School	Weybridge	Comprehensive	60.3
129	Methodist College Belfast	Belfast	Selective (100%)	60.1
130	Bournemouth School	Bournemouth	Selective (100%)	60
131	The Wallace High School	Lisburn	Selective (100%)	59.7
134	St Andrew's Catholic School	Leatherhead	Comprehensive	59.5
135	West Kirby Grammar School	West Kirby	Selective (100%)	59.4
136	Watford Grammar School for Boys	Watford	Partially selective (35%)	59.3
137	Plymouth High School for Girls	Plymouth	Selective (100%)	59
138	Camden School for Girls	London	Partially selective (7%)	58.9
139	Torquay Boys' Grammar School	Torquay	Selective (100%)	58.6
140	Ribston Hall High School	Gloucester	Selective (100%)	58.2
144	Devonport High School for Boys	Plymouth	Selective (100%)	57.5
145	North Halifax Grammar School	Halifax	Selective (100%)	57.2
146	Alexandra Park School	London	Comprehensive	57.1
147	St George's School	Harpenden	Comprehensive	57
148	Royal School Armagh	Armagh	Selective (100%)	56.7
149	Calday Grange Grammar School	West Kirby	Selective (100%)	56.6
150	St Albans Girls' School	St Albans	Comprehensive	56.5
151	Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith	London	Comprehensive	56.4
155	Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School	Rochester	Selective (100%)	56.2
156	JFS	Harrow	Comprehensive	56
157	Rainham Mark Grammar School	Gillingham	Selective (100%)	55.3
163	Invicta Grammar School, Maidstone	Maidstone	Selective (100%)	54.8
164	Parliament Hill School	London	Comprehensive	54.6
165	The King's (The Cathedral) School, Peterborough	Peterborough	Partially selective (11%)	54.5
178	Beaumont School	St Albans	Comprehensive	53
179	Yavneh College	Borehamwood	Comprehensive	52.8
180	Kesteven and Sleaford High School	Sleaford	Selective (100%)	52.7
181	Portadown College	Portadown	Selective (100%)	52.6
182	Hockerill Anglo-European College	Bishop's Stortford	Partially selective (10%)	52.5
183	The Cherwell School	Oxford	Comprehensive	52.4
184	Gravesend Grammar School	Gravesend	Selective (100%)	52.3
185	Spalding High School	Spalding	Selective (100%)	52.2
186	Hitchin Girls' School	Hitchin	Comprehensive	52
187	Wirral Grammar School for Boys	Bebington	Selective (100%)	51.8
188	Sir Roger Manwood's School	Sandwich	Selective (100%)	51.7
191	Ilkley Grammar School	Ilkley	Comprehensive	51.4
192	Barton Court Grammar School	Canterbury	Selective (100%)	51.3
197	Gunnersbury Catholic School	London	Comprehensive	50.6
200	Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith	Penrith	Selective (100%)	49.5
203	Hasmonean High School for Boys	London	Comprehensive	49.2
208	Fulford School	York	Comprehensive	48.7
209	Gordon's School	Woking	Comprehensive	48.1
212	Seven Kings School	Ilford	Comprehensive	47.5
217	St Aidan's Church of England High School	Harrogate	Comprehensive	46.5
218	Maidstone Grammar School	Maidstone	Selective (100%)	46.4
221	Nower Hill High School	Harrow	Comprehensive	45.9
222	Grey Court School	Richmond upon Thames	Comprehensive	45.5
223	Silverdale School	Sheffield	Comprehensive	45.3
227	Ashmole Academy	London	Partially selective (8%)	44.9
228	Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School	Ramsgate	Selective (100%)	44.7
233	Harrogate Grammar School	Harrogate	Comprehensive	44.4
239	Queens' School, Bushey	Bushey	Partially selective (45%)	43.8
240	Rickmansworth School	Rickmansworth	Partially selective (35%)	43.5
241	Coloma Convent Girls' School	Croydon	Comprehensive	43.3
242	Northampton School for Boys	Northampton	Comprehensive	43.2
243	Christ's School	Richmond upon Thames	Comprehensive	43.1
248	Outwood Academy Easingwold	York	Comprehensive	42.9
249	Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School, Barnet	Barnet	Comprehensive	42.7
250	The Piggott School	Reading	Comprehensive	42.6
251	Charters School	Ascot	Comprehensive	42.2
259	Drayton Manor High School	London	Comprehensive	41.6
260	Saffron Walden County High School	Saffron Walden	Comprehensive	41.4
261	The King David High School, Manchester	Manchester	Comprehensive	41.3
262	Guildford County School	Guildford	Comprehensive	41.2
265	Radyr Comprehensive School	Cardiff	Comprehensive	40.9
268	Bristol Cathedral Choir School	Bristol	Partially selective (15%)	40.4
269	St Anne's Catholic School	Southampton	Partially selective (10%)	40.1
270	St Gregory's Catholic Science College	Harrow	Comprehensive	40
271	St Mary's Menston	Menston	Comprehensive	39.7
272	Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre	Birmingham	Comprehensive	39.6
273	The Green School for Girls	London	Comprehensive	39.5
274	Egglescliffe School	Stockton-on-Tees	Comprehensive	39.2
275	Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green	Woodford Green	Comprehensive	39.1
280	Balcarras School	Cheltenham	Comprehensive	38.5
284	Range High School	Liverpool	Comprehensive	38.3
285	The St John Henry Newman Catholic School	Stevenage	Comprehensive	38.2
286	Lymm High School	Lymm	Comprehensive	38.1
287	Wimbledon College	London	Comprehensive	38
295	St Angela's Ursuline School	London	Comprehensive	37.5
296	Cockermouth School	Cockermouth	Comprehensive	37.3
297	Uckfield College	Uckfield	Comprehensive	37.2
298	Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College	Sandbach	Comprehensive	37.1
303	The Castle School, Thornbury	Bristol	Comprehensive	36.4
304	Tytherington School	Macclesfield	Comprehensive	36.3
305	St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy	Sunderland	Comprehensive	36.2
308	All Hallows Catholic School	Farnham	Comprehensive	35.9
309	St Joan of Arc Catholic School	Rickmansworth	Comprehensive	35.5
315	Landau Forte College	Derby	Comprehensive	35.1
320	Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form	Surbiton	Comprehensive	34.9
323	Keswick School	Keswick	Comprehensive	34.5
324	Bishop Walsh Catholic School	Birmingham	Comprehensive	34.1
325	St Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent	Stoke-on-Trent	Selective (100%)	34
326	King David High School, Liverpool	Liverpool	Partially selective (15%)	33.7
327	The Minster School	Southwell	Comprehensive	33.6
328	St John Payne Catholic School	Chelmsford	Comprehensive	33.5
329	Knutsford Academy	Knutsford	Comprehensive	33.4
335	The Queen Katherine School	Kendal	Comprehensive	32.7
336	South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College	North Ferriby	Comprehensive	32.6
337	Whitley Bay High School	Whitley Bay	Comprehensive	32.5
338	The Heathland School	Hounslow	Comprehensive	32.4
339	The Gryphon School	Sherborne	Comprehensive	32.1
340	Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre	Reading	Comprehensive	32
341	The Nelson Thomlinson School	Wigton	Comprehensive	31.7
353	Waingels College	Reading	Comprehensive	30
354	Gordano School	Bristol	Comprehensive	29.9
355	Stokesley School	Stokesley	Comprehensive	29.6
363	St Benedict's Catholic School	Bury St Edmunds	Comprehensive	28.9
364	St Edward's College, Liverpool	Liverpool	Partially selective (20%)	28.7
365	Collingwood College	Camberley	Comprehensive	28.6
375	Llanidloes High School	Llanidloes	Comprehensive	27.8
376	Higham Lane School	Nuneaton	Comprehensive	27.7
379	South Bromsgrove High	Bromsgrove	Comprehensive	27.1
384	The Burgate School and Sixth Form	Fordingbridge	Comprehensive	26.7
385	St Gregory's Bath	Bath	Comprehensive	26.5
389	Lutterworth College	Lutterworth	Comprehensive	25.5
390	The Campion School	Hornchurch	Comprehensive	25.2
395	The Hemel Hempstead School	Hemel Hempstead	Comprehensive	24.7
396	Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre	Sedbury	Comprehensive	24
397	Arthur Mellows Village College	Peterborough	Comprehensive	23.2
398	Pershore High School	Pershore	Comprehensive	22
399	St Christopher's Church of England High School	Accrington	Comprehensive	21
400	Titus Salt School	Shipley	Comprehensive	15.1
100=	Sullivan Upper School	Holywood	Selective (100%)	67.7
100=	Burnham Grammar School	Burnham	Selective (100%)	67.7
103=	Y Pant Comprehensive School	Pontyclun	Comprehensive	67
103=	Upton Court Grammar School	Slough	Selective (100%)	67
112=	Hasmonean High School for Girls	London	Comprehensive	63.2
112=	Lancaster Royal Grammar School	Lancaster	Selective (100%)	63.2
114=	Omagh Academy	Omagh	Selective (100%)	62.7
114=	The King's School, Grantham	Grantham	Selective (100%)	62.7
117=	Parkstone Grammar School	Poole	Selective (100%)	62.4
117=	The Crossley Heath School	Halifax	Selective (100%)	62.4
121=	Parmiter's School	Watford	Partially selective (35%)	61.9
121=	Limavady Grammar School	Limavady	Selective (100%)	61.9
124=	Banbridge Academy	Banbridge	Selective (100%)	61.1
124=	Crickhowell High School	Crickhowell	Comprehensive	61.1
132=	Ballymena Academy	Ballymena	Selective (100%)	59.6
132=	Antrim Grammar School	Antrim	Selective (100%)	59.6
141=	Twyford C of E High School	London	Partially selective (10%)	57.8
141=	The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School	London	Comprehensive	57.8
141=	King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys	Birmingham	Selective (100%)	57.8
152=	Enniskillen Royal Grammar School	Enniskillen	Selective (100%)	56.3
152=	St Clement Danes School	Rickmansworth	Partially selective (20%)	56.3
152=	Maidstone Grammar School for Girls	Maidstone	Selective (100%)	56.3
158=	St Paul's School for Girls, Edgbaston	Birmingham	Comprehensive	55.2
158=	Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School	Grantham	Selective (100%)	55.2
158=	Glenlola Collegiate School	Bangor	Selective (100%)	55.2
161=	The St Marylebone Church of England School	-	Partially selective (9%)	55
161=	Sacred Heart of Mary Girls’ School	Upminster	Comprehensive	55
166=	Sandringham School	St Albans	Comprehensive	54.2
166=	The Hertfordshire and Essex High School and Science College	Bishop's Stortford	Partially selective (10%)	54.2
166=	Mayfield Grammar School	Gravesend	Selective (100%)	54.2
169=	Fortismere School	London	Comprehensive	54
169=	Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough	Gainsborough	Selective (100%)	54
171=	Lady Margaret School	London	Comprehensive	53.8
171=	The Holt School	Wokingham	Comprehensive	53.8
173=	The London Oratory School	London	Comprehensive	53.5
173=	Dane Court Grammar School	Broadstairs	Selective (100%)	53.5
173=	Cowbridge Comprehensive School	Cowbridge	Comprehensive	53.5
176=	Ballyclare High School	Ballyclare	Selective (100%)	53.4
176=	Waldegrave School, Twickenham	Twickenham	Comprehensive	53.4
189=	Sacred Heart Catholic School, Camberwell	London	Comprehensive	51.6
189=	King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth	Louth	Selective (100%)	51.6
193=	Mossbourne Community Academy	London	Comprehensive	51
193=	Hinchley Wood School	Esher	Comprehensive	51
195=	Glenthorne High School, Sutton	Sutton	Partially selective (10%)	50.9
195=	Oakwood Park Grammar School	Maidstone	Selective (100%)	50.9
198=	Orleans Park	London	Comprehensive	50
198=	Rosebery School	Epsom	Comprehensive	50
201=	West London Free School	London	Partially selective (9%)	49.3
201=	The Holy Cross School	New Malden	Comprehensive	49.3
204=	JCoss (Jewish Community Secondary School)	New Barnet	Comprehensive	49
204=	St John the Baptist School, Woking	Woking	Comprehensive	49
204=	Maiden Erlegh School	Reading	Comprehensive	49
204=	The Palmer Catholic Academy	Ilford	Comprehensive	49
210=	All Saints Roman Catholic School, York	York	Comprehensive	47.7
210=	Hayesfield Girls' School and Mixed Sixth Form	Bath	Partially selective (5%)	47.7
213=	Comberton Village College	Cambridge	Comprehensive	47.4
213=	Mill Hill County High School	London	Partially selective (25%)	47.4
215=	Bentley Wood High School	London	Comprehensive	47
215=	High Storrs School	Sheffield	Comprehensive	47
219=	Ashcroft Technology Academy	London	Partially selective (10%)	46
219=	St Mark's Catholic School	London	Comprehensive	46
224=	St Paul's Catholic College	Burgess Hill	Comprehensive	45
224=	Bartholomew School	Witney	Comprehensive	45
224=	Spalding Grammar School	Spalding	Selective (100%)	45
229=	Roundwood Park School	Harpenden	Comprehensive	44.6
229=	Cheadle Hulme High School	Stockport	Comprehensive	44.6
229=	Howard of Effingham School	Leatherhead	Comprehensive	44.6
229=	Tapton School	Sheffield	Comprehensive	44.6
234=	Horsforth School	Leeds	Comprehensive	44.3
234=	Presdales School	Ware	Comprehensive	44.3
236=	Olchfa School	Swansea	Comprehensive	44
236=	Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School	Brentwood	Partially selective (10%)	44
236=	The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School	Greenford	Comprehensive	44
244=	Durham Johnston Comprehensive School	Durham	Comprehensive	43
244=	Prendergast School	London	Partially selective (10%)	43
244=	St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls	Carshalton	Comprehensive	43
244=	Borden Grammar School	Sittingbourne	Selective (100%)	43
25=	Nonsuch High School for Girls	Cheam	Selective (100%)	87
25=	Woodford County High School	Woodford Green	Selective (100%)	87
252=	Beechen Cliff School	Bath	Partially selective (7%)	42.1
252=	St Mary's Catholic High School, Chesterfield	Chesterfield	Comprehensive	42.1
254=	The Bishop's Stortford High School	Bishop's Stortford	Partially selective (10%)	42
254=	The Blue Coat School, Oldham	Oldham	Comprehensive	42
256=	The Cotswold School	Bourton-on-the-Water	Comprehensive	41.7
256=	The Ecclesbourne School	Belper	Comprehensive	41.7
256=	St Bede's School, Redhill	Redhill	Comprehensive	41.7
263=	Arden Academy, Solihull	Solihull	Comprehensive	41
263=	Kings Norton Girls' School and Sixth Form	Birmingham	Comprehensive	41
266=	Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley	Otley	Comprehensive	40.5
266=	Glyn School	Ewell	Comprehensive	40.5
276=	Kenilworth School	Kenilworth	Comprehensive	39
276=	Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College	Tarporley	Comprehensive	39
276=	Edgbarrow School	Crowthorne	Comprehensive	39
276=	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham	Faversham	Selective (100%)	39
281=	Malmesbury School	Malmesbury	Comprehensive	38.4
281=	Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr	Cardiff	Comprehensive	38.4
281=	Abbey Grange Church of England Academy	Leeds	Comprehensive	38.4
288=	Kensington Aldridge Academy	London	Partially selective (10%)	37.9
288=	Tudor Grange Academy Solihull	Solihull	Comprehensive	37.9
290=	St Philip Howard Catholic School	Bognor Regis	Comprehensive	37.7
290=	Bishopshalt School	Uxbridge	Comprehensive	37.7
290=	Pencoed Comprehensive School	Pencoed	Comprehensive	37.7
293=	St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham	Durham	Comprehensive	37.6
293=	St Bede's Catholic College	Bristol	Comprehensive	37.6
299=	Katharine Lady Berkeley's School	Wotton-under-Edge	Comprehensive	37
299=	St Anselm's College	Birkenhead	Selective (100%)	37
301=	Christ's College Finchley	London	Comprehensive	36.8
301=	Notre Dame High School, Sheffield	Sheffield	Comprehensive	36.8
306=	Chipping Norton School	Chipping Norton	Comprehensive	36
306=	Langley Park School for Boys	Beckenham	Comprehensive	36
310=	Rushcliffe Spencer Academy	Nottingham	Comprehensive	35.4
310=	Beverley High School	Beverley	Comprehensive	35.4
310=	Wilmslow High School	Wilmslow	Comprehensive	35.4
313=	Ralph Allen School	Bath	Partially selective (2%)	35.3
313=	The King Edward VI School, Morpeth	Morpeth	Comprehensive	35.3
316=	Bohunt School	Liphook	Comprehensive	35
316=	Bishop Luffa School	Chichester	Comprehensive	35
316=	Graveney School	London	Partially selective (25%)	35
316=	The Willink School	Reading	Comprehensive	35
321=	Hardenhuish School	Chippenham	Comprehensive	34.8
321=	Davenant Foundation School	Loughton	Comprehensive	34.8
330=	Ranelagh School, Bracknell	Bracknell	Comprehensive	33
330=	Bishop Challoner Catholic College	Birmingham	Comprehensive	33
332=	Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham	Hexham	Comprehensive	32.8
332=	Littleover Community School	Derby	Comprehensive	32.8
332=	Walthamstow Academy	London	Comprehensive	32.8
342=	Archbishop Holgate's School	York	Comprehensive	31.1
342=	Conyers School	Stockton-on-Tees	Comprehensive	31.1
344=	Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School	Dronfield	Comprehensive	31
344=	The Broxbourne School	Broxbourne	Partially selective (10%)	31
344=	St Cuthbert's Catholic High School	Newcastle upon Tyne	Comprehensive	31
347=	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Ashbourne	Ashbourne	Comprehensive	30.5
347=	Wellsway School	Bristol	Comprehensive	30.5
349=	St John's Marlborough	Marlborough	Comprehensive	30.2
349=	Ravens Wood School	Bromley	Comprehensive	30.2
351=	Ysgol Eirias	Colwyn Bay	Comprehensive	30.1
351=	Backwell School	Bristol	Comprehensive	30.1
356=	Kingsbridge Community College	Kingsbridge	Comprehensive	29.4
356=	St Augustine's Catholic College, Trowbridge	Trowbridge	Comprehensive	29.4
358=	The Thomas Hardye School	Dorchester	Comprehensive	29.1
358=	Kingsbury High School	London	Comprehensive	29.1
360=	Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College	Wakefield	Comprehensive	29
360=	Guiseley School	Leeds	Comprehensive	29
360=	Nailsea School	Bristol	Comprehensive	29
366=	Ringwood School	Ringwood	Comprehensive	28.5
366=	Thomas Tallis School	London	Comprehensive	28.5
368=	Carre's Grammar School	Sleaford	Selective (100%)	28.1
368=	All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy, Mansfield	Mansfield	Comprehensive	28.1
370=	The Downs School	Newbury	Comprehensive	28
370=	Farmor's School	Fairford	Comprehensive	28
370=	Cheney School	Headington	Comprehensive	28
370=	Oldfield School	Bath	Comprehensive	28
370=	The Arthur Terry School	Sutton Coldfield	Comprehensive	28
377=	Norton Hill School	Radstock	Comprehensive	27.4
377=	St Martin's School, Brentwood	Brentwood	Comprehensive	27.4
380=	Hutton Church of England Grammar School	Preston	Comprehensive	27
380=	Hazelwick School	Crawley	Comprehensive	27
382=	The South Wolds Academy and Sixth Form	Nottingham	Comprehensive	26.8
382=	Upton-by-Chester High School	Chester	Comprehensive	26.8
386=	Bishop Vaughan Catholic School	Swansea	Comprehensive	26
386=	English Martyrs' Catholic School	Leicester	Comprehensive	26
386=	Kennet School	Thatcham	Comprehensive	26
391=	William Farr School	Lincoln	Comprehensive	25
391=	Imberhorne School	East Grinstead	Comprehensive	25
393=	West Hatch High School	Chigwell	Comprehensive	24.9
393=	Fullbrook School	New Haw	Comprehensive	24.9
4=	Wilson's School	Wallington	Selective (100%)	95.4
4=	Chelmsford County High School for Girls	Chelmsford	Selective (100%)	95.4
41=	The Liverpool Blue Coat School	Liverpool	Selective (100%)	81.4
41=	Rugby High School	Rugby	Selective (100%)	81.4
43=	Dartford Grammar School	Dartford	Selective (100%)	81.2
43=	Chesham Grammar School	Chesham	Selective (100%)	81.2
49=	Friends' School Lisburn	Lisburn	Selective (100%)	79.8
49=	Aylesbury High School	Aylesbury	Selective (100%)	79.8
51=	Sir William Borlase's Grammar School	Marlow	Selective (100%)	79
51=	Stretford Grammar School	Manchester	Selective (100%)	79
51=	Herschel Grammar School	Slough	Selective (100%)	79
58=	St Peter's Catholic School, Guildford	Guildford	Comprehensive	77.4
58=	Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall	Walsall	Selective (100%)	77.4
64=	Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School	Belfast	Selective (100%)	76.7
64=	Ilford County High School	Ilford	Selective (100%)	76.7
71=	Wallington County Grammar School	Wallington	Selective (100%)	75.3
71=	Southend High School for Girls	Southend-on-Sea	Selective (100%)	75.3
76=	Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School	Tunbridge Wells	Selective (100%)	74.6
76=	Urmston Grammar	Manchester	Selective (100%)	74.6
81=	Our Lady and St Patrick's College, Knock	Belfast	Selective (100%)	73.5
81=	The Judd School	Tonbridge	Selective (100%)	73.5
83=	Weald of Kent Grammar School	Tonbridge	Selective (100%)	73
83=	Haberdashers' Adams	Newport	Selective (100%)	73
91=	Ripon Grammar School	Ripon	Selective (100%)	69.9
91=	Torquay Girls' Grammar School	Torquay	Selective (100%)	69.9
98=	St Dominic's School	Belfast	Selective (100%)	68.1
98=	Watford Grammar School for Girls	Watford	Partially selective (35%)	68.1

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Top State Secondary Schools in England 2022 - League Table

Looking for the 2022 rankings? Here is a comparison of all 396 UK state secondary schools based on their average performance in public examinations (GCSEs, A-Levels, and other exams) in 2022. For more information about this league table, please see our section on Methodology below.

Rank	School	Location
1	Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet	Barnet
2	The Henrietta Barnett School	London
3	Wilson's School, Wallington	Wallington
4	The Tiffin Girls' School	Kingston upon Thames
5	St Olave's Grammar School	Orpington
6	Pate's Grammar School	Cheltenham
7	Reading School	Reading
8	Altrincham Grammar School for Girls	Altrincham
9	Colchester Royal Grammar School	Colchester
10	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys	Birmingham
11=	King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford	Chelmsford
11=	Tonbridge Grammar School	Tonbridge
13	Colchester County High School for Girls	Colchester
14	Colyton Grammar School	Colyton
15	Kendrick School	Reading
16	The Latymer School, Edmonton	London
17	Dartford Grammar School	Dartford
18	The Judd School	Tonbridge
19	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls	Birmingham
20	St Michael's RC Grammar School, Finchley	London
21	Tiffin School	Kingston upon Thames
22	King Edward VI School, Stratford	Stratford-upon-Avon
23	Lumen Christi College	Derry
24	Nonsuch High School for Girls	Cheam
25	Chelmsford County High School for Girls	Chelmsford
26	The Blue Coat School, Liverpool	Liverpool
27	Sutton Grammar School	Sutton
28	Altrincham Grammar School for Boys	Altrincham
29	Dame Alice Owen's School	Potters Bar
30	Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls	Sutton Coldfield
31	Our Lady and St Patrick's College, Knock	Belfast
32	Stratford Girls' Grammar School	Stratford-upon-Avon
33	Westcliff High School for Boys	Westcliff-on-Sea
34	Wallington High School for Girls	Wallington
35	Bishop Vesey's Grammar School	Sutton Coldfield
36	Friends' School Lisburn	Lisburn
37	Hockerill Anglo-European College	Bishop's Stortford
38	Strathearn School	Belfast
39	Lancaster Girls' Grammar School	Lancaster
40	Dr Challoner's Grammar School	Amersham
41	Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School	Tunbridge Wells
42	Rathmore Grammar School	Belfast
43	Woodford County High School	Woodford Green
44	Sir William Borlase's Grammar School	Marlow
45	Stroud High School	Stroud
46	Westcliff High School for Girls	Westcliff-on-Sea
47=	Beaconsfield High School	Beaconsfield
47=	Southend High School For Boys	Southend-on-Sea
49	The Skinners' School	Tunbridge Wells
50	Wallington County Grammar School	Wallington
51	Torquay Girls' Grammar School	Torquay
52	Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School	Belfast
53	Ripon Grammar School	Ripon
54	Rainey Endowed School	Magherafelt
55	Loreto Grammar School, Altrincham	Altrincham
56	Wolverhampton Girls' High School	Wolverhampton
57	South Wilts Grammar School	Salisbury
58	Wycombe High School	High Wycombe
59	Bishop Wordsworth's School	Salisbury
60	Watford Grammar School for Girls	Watford
61=	The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe	High Wycombe
61=	Torquay Boys' Grammar School	Torquay
63=	Chesham Grammar School	Chesham
63=	King Edward VI Five Ways School	Birmingham
65	Yavneh College	Borehamwood
66	Southend High School for Girls	Southend-on-Sea
67	Newport Girls' High School	Newport
68	Sir Thomas Rich's School	Gloucester
69	Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School	Aylesbury
70	Aylesbury High School	Aylesbury
71	Aylesbury Grammar School	Aylesbury
72	Wirral Grammar School for Girls	Bebington
73	Bournemouth School for Girls	Bournemouth
74	Dalriada School	Ballymoney
75	Langley Grammar School	Langley
76	Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall	Walsall
77	Rugby High School	Rugby
78=	JFS	Harrow
78=	The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School	London
80	Methodist College Belfast	Belfast
81	Lancaster Royal Grammar School	Lancaster
82	Banbridge Academy	Banbridge
83	King Edward VI Handsworth School	Birmingham
84	Camden School for Girls	London
85	The Wallace High School	Lisburn
86	Sullivan Upper School	Holywood
87	The Rochester Grammar School	Rochester
88	Skipton Girls' High School	Skipton
89	Invicta Grammar School	Maidstone
90	Denmark Road High School	Gloucester
91	Parkstone Grammar School	Poole
92	Sale Grammar School	Sale
93	Lawrence Sheriff School	Rugby
94	St Andrew's RC School	Leatherhead
95	Hasmonean High School for Boys	London
96	Dane Court Grammar School	Broadstairs
97	Caistor Grammar School	Caistor
98	Parmiter's School	Watford
99	West Kirby Grammar School	West Kirby
100	St Ambrose College	Altrincham
101	Alcester Grammar School	Alcester
102	Townley Grammar School	Bexleyheath
103=	Dartford Grammar School for Girls	Dartford
103=	Hasmonean High School for Girls	London
105	St George's School	Harpenden
106	Regent House School	Newtownards
107	The King David High School, Manchester	Manchester
108	Weald of Kent Grammar School	Tonbridge
109	Haberdashers' Adams	Newport
110	St John the Baptist School	Woking
111	Poole Grammar School	Poole
112=	Antrim Grammar School	Antrim
112=	Bournemouth School	Bournemouth
114	Watford Grammar School for Boys	Watford
115=	Enniskillen Royal Grammar School	Enniskillen
115=	The London Oratory School	London
117=	Ermysted's Grammar School	Skipton
117=	Waldegrave School	Twickenham
119	Devonport High School for Girls	Plymouth
120	Ilford County High School	Ilford
121	Highworth Grammar School	Ashford
122	Urmston Grammar School	Manchester
123	Clitheroe Royal Grammar School	Clitheroe
124	Gordon's School	Woking
125	Bexley Grammar School	Welling
126=	Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School	Grantham
126=	Twyford C of E High School	London
128=	Cranbrook School	Cranbrook
128=	Durham Johnston Comprehensive School	Durham
130=	Fortismere School	London
130=	Lady Margaret School	London
132	Portadown College	Portadown
133	John Hampden Grammar School	High Wycombe
134	Omagh Academy	Omagh
135	JCoSS (Jewish Community Secondary School)	New Barnet
136	Burnham Grammar School	Burnham
137	Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School	Rossendale
138	Herschel Grammar School	Slough
139=	Bourne Grammar School	Bourne
139=	Marling School	Stroud
139=	The Charter School	London
142	The St Marylebone C of E School	London
143	Fulford School	York
144	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Alford	Alford
145	The King's (The Cathedral) School, Peterborough	Peterborough
146	Cheadle Hulme High School	Stockport
147	Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School	Canterbury
148	Sandringham School	St Albans
149=	Royal School Dungannon	Dungannon
149=	The Hertfordshire and Essex High School and Science College	Bishop's Stortford
151	Beaumont School	St Albans
152	King Edward VI Aston School	Birmingham
153	Salesian School	Chertsey
154	Churston Ferrers Grammar School	Brixham
155	St Bernard's RC Grammar School, Slough	Slough
156=	Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School	Rochester
156=	The Crossley Heath School	Halifax
158	Saffron Walden County High School	Saffron Walden
159	The Crypt School	Gloucester
160	Balcarras School	Cheltenham
161=	Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham	Hexham
161=	The Grey Coat Hospital	London
163	Alexandra Park School	London
164=	Maidstone Grammar School for Girls	Maidstone
164=	St Clement Danes School	Chorleywood
166=	Highsted Grammar School	Sittingbourne
166=	The King's School, Grantham	Grantham
168	Silverdale School	Sheffield
169	St Albans Girls' School	St Albans
170	Queen Mary's High School, Walsall	Walsall
171	Ilkley Grammar School	Ilkley
172	Lurgan College	Craigavon
173	Calday Grange Grammar School	West Kirby
174	The North Halifax Grammar School	Halifax
175	St Mark's RC School	London
176	Devonport High School for Boys	Plymouth
177	Cowbridge Comprehensive School	Cowbridge
178	Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School	Sidcup
179	St Benedict's RC High School, Alcester	Alcester
180	Heathside School	Weybridge
181	Tapton School	Sheffield
182	Coloma Convent Girls' School	Croydon
183	Rainham Mark Grammar School	Gillingham
184	Mossbourne Community Academy	Hackney
185	Grey Court School	Ham
186	The Cotswold School	Cheltenham
187=	Comberton Village College	Cambridge
187=	Heckmondwike Grammar School	Heckmondwike
189	Presdales School	Ware
190	The Cherwell School	Oxford
191=	Graveney School	London
191=	Upton Court Grammar School	Slough
193	Tudor Grange Academy Solihull	Solihull
194	Archbishop Holgate's School	York
195	The Broxbourne School	Broxbourne
196	Bristol Cathedral Choir School	Bristol
197	Ashmole Academy	London
198	Malmesbury School	Malmesbury
199=	The Fallibroome Academy	Macclesfield
199=	The Holt School	Wokingham
201	Kenilworth School and Sixth Form	Kenilworth
202	The Coopers' Company and Coborn School	Upminster
203=	Ralph Allen School	Bath
203=	Spalding High School	Spalding
205=	Roundwood Park School	Harpenden
205=	Sir Roger Manwood's School	Sandwich
207	Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin	Carmarthen
208	Guildford County School	Guildford
209	All Hallows RC School, Farnham	Farnham
210	Mill Hill County High School	London
211	Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr	Cardiff
212	Stretford Grammar School	Manchester
213=	Hitchin Girls' School	Hitchin
213=	Ysgol Y Preseli	Crymych
215	Howard of Effingham School	Effingham
216	Charters School	Ascot
217	George Abbot School	Guildford
218	All Saints RC School, York	York
219	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham	Faversham
220	Bishop Luffa School	Chichester
221	Gravesend Grammar School	Gravesend
222	Ursuline High School, Wimbledon	London
223	Sacred Heart RC School, Camberwell	London
224	Spalding Grammar School	Spalding
225	St Laurence School	Bradford-on-Avon
226	Tadcaster Grammar School	Tadcaster
227	Gunnersbury RC School	London
228	Sexey's School	Bruton
229	Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith	Penrith
230	Bay House School and Sixth Form	Gosport
231	Beverley High School	Beverley
232	St Aidan's C of E High School	Harrogate
233	The Becket School	Nottingham
234	Olchfa School	Swansea
235	The Ecclesbourne School	Belper
236=	Huntington School	York
236=	St Paul's RC College, Burgess Hill	Burgess Hill
238	Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough	Gainsborough
239	Bishop Heber High School	Malpas
240	Harrogate Grammar School	Harrogate
241	Barton Court Grammar School	Canterbury
242	Nower Hill High School	Harrow
243	Penglais School	Aberystwyth
244	Crickhowell High School	Crickhowell
245	Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys	Tunbridge Wells
246	The Downs School	Newbury
247	The Blue Coat School, Oldham	Oldham
248	The St John Henry Newman RC School	Stevenage
249	Ranelagh School	Bracknell
250	Dover Grammar School for Girls	Dover
251	Matthew Arnold School	Oxford
252=	Newlands Girls' School	Maidenhead
252=	The Belvedere Academy	Liverpool
252=	Ysgol Eirias	Colwyn Bay
255	Bentley Wood High School	Stanmore
256	The Woodroffe School	Lyme Regis
257	Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley	Otley
258	St Leonard's RC School	Durham
259	The Castle School	Bristol
260	St Bede's School, Redhill	Redhill
261	The King Edward VI School, Morpeth	Morpeth
262=	Cockermouth School	Cockermouth
262=	St Mary's RC High School, Chesterfield	Chesterfield
264=	All Hallows RC College, Macclesfield	Macclesfield
264=	Knutsford Academy	Knutsford
266=	Hayesfield Girls' School and Mixed Sixth Form	Bath
266=	Royal Wootton Bassett Academy	Royal Wootton Bassett
268=	Langley Park School for Girls	Beckenham
268=	The Bishop's Stortford High School	Bishop's Stortford
270	Egglescliffe School	Stockton-on-Tees
271=	Carmel College	Darlington
271=	Lymm High School	Lymm
273	Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School	Dronfield
274=	Loreto College, St Albans	St Albans
274=	Sacred Heart RC High School, Newcastle	Newcastle upon Tyne
276	Whitley Bay High School	Whitley Bay
277	Beechen Cliff School	Bath
278	Stokesley School	Stokesley
279=	Richard Challoner School	New Malden
279=	Wirral Grammar School for Boys	Bebington
279=	Wymondham College	Wymondham
282	Uckfield College	Uckfield
283	Brooke Weston Academy	Corby
284	The Heathland School	Hounslow
285	Glyn School	Ewell
286	Oakwood Park Grammar School	Maidstone
287	St Mary's Menston	Menston
288	St Augustine's RC College, Trowbridge	Trowbridge
289	Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College	Sandbach
290	Queen Elizabeth School, Kirkby Lonsdale	Carnforth
291	Parliament Hill School	London
292	Edgbarrow School	Crowthorne
293	Lady Manners School and Sixth Form	Bakewell
294	South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College	North Ferriby
295	St Benedict's RC School, Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds
296	The Queen Katherine School	Kendal
297	Llanidloes High School	Llanidloes
298	Notre Dame High School	Sheffield
299=	Arden Academy	Solihull
299=	Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School	Brentwood
301=	Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre	Reading
301=	St Martin's School	Brentwood
303	Maiden Erlegh School	Reading
304	Farlingaye High School	Woodbridge
305	Hardenhuish School	Chippenham
306	Rickmansworth School	Rickmansworth
307	King David High School, Liverpool	Liverpool
308	Davenant Foundation School	Loughton
309=	Plymouth High School for Girls	Plymouth
309=	Range High School	Liverpool
309=	Waddesdon C of E School	Waddesdon
312	Tytherington School	Macclesfield
313	Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School	Ramsgate
314	Gordano School	Bristol
315	Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School, Barnet	Barnet
316	Kennet School	Thatcham
317	Seven Kings School	Ilford
318	Thomas Mills High School	Framlingham
319	Chipping Norton School	Chipping Norton
320	Painsley RC College	Stoke-on-Trent
321	Brine Leas School	Nantwich
322	Alsager School	Alsager
323	Burford School	Burford
324	St Philip Howard RC High School	Bognor Regis
325	St John Payne RC School	Chelmsford
326	Bishop Ramsey C of E School	Ruislip
327	Ringwood School	Ringwood
328	William Farr C of E Comprehensive School	Lincoln
329	Collingwood College	Camberley
330	King James's School, Knaresborough	Knaresborough
331	Montpelier High School	Bristol
332	The Kings of Wessex Academy	Cheddar
333	Cotham School	Bristol
334	Framwellgate School Durham	Durham
335	The Campion School	Hornchurch
336	Prince Henry's High School, Evesham	Evesham
337=	Bennett Memorial Diocesan School	Tunbridge Wells
337=	Ysgol Calun Cymru	Builth Wells
339=	Arthur Mellows Village College	Peterborough
339=	King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds
339=	The Green School for Girls	Isleworth
342	Langley Park School for Boys	Beckenham
343	Imberhorne School	East Grinstead
344	The Hemel Hempstead School	Hemel Hempstead
345	St Anne's RC School & Sixth Form College	Southampton
346=	Glenthorne High School	Sutton
346=	The Gryphon School	Sherborne
346=	Trinity RC High School	Woodford Green
349	Mayfield Grammar School	Gravesend
350	Hazelwick School	Crawley
351	The Hollyfield School	Surbiton
352	Greenford High School	Southall
353	Queens' School	Bushey
354	Beckfoot School	Bingley
355=	Cleeve School	Cheltenham
355=	St Gregory's Bath	Bath
357	Steyning Grammar School	Steyning
358	The Willink School	Reading
359	The McAuley RC High School	Doncaster
360=	St Anthony's Girls' RC Academy	Sunderland
360=	The Ridgeway School and Sixth Form College	Swindon
362	Christleton High School	Chester
363=	City of Norwich School	Norwich
363=	Wellsway School	Bristol
365	St Angela's Ursuline School	London
366=	Kingdown School	Warminster
366=	The Burgate School and Sixth Form	Fordingbridge
368	Thomas Tallis School	London
369	Ripley St Thomas C of E Academy	Lancaster
370	Leventhorpe	Sawbridgeworth
371	St Augustine's RC High School and Sixth Form, Redditch	Redditch
372	Bradley Stoke Community School	Bristol
373	Cheney School	Headington
374	Yateley School	Yateley
375	St Edward's College, Liverpool	Liverpool
376	Copthall School	London
377	Lord Williams's School	Thame
378	St Ivo Academy	St Ives
379=	Richmond School and Sixth Form College	Richmond
379=	St Joan of Arc RC School	Rickmansworth
381	Dixons City Academy	Bradford
382=	The Billericay School	Billericay
382=	William Hulme's Grammar School	Manchester
384	Oxted School	Oxted
385	Blenheim High School	Epsom
386=	Brookfield Community School	Chesterfield
386=	St Wilfrid's C of E Academy	Blackburn
388	Haydon School	Pinner
389	St Michael's RC College, Bermondsey	London
390	The Corsham School	Corsham
391	Chew Valley School	Bristol
392	Park High School	Stanmore
393	All Saints' RC Voluntary Academy, Mansfield	Mansfield
394	Norbury High School for Girls	Thornton Heath
395	The Douay Martyrs RC Secondary School	Ickenham
396	Archbishop Tenison's C of E High School	Croydon

Top GCSE State Secondary Schools in the UK 2022 - League Table

Here is a comparison of all 396 UK state secondary schools based on their latest GCSE results.

GCSE Rank	School	Location	Latest Results (%A*/A/9/8/7)	Overall Rank
1	The Henrietta Barnett School	London	95.3	2
2	The Tiffin Girls' School	Kingston upon Thames	93.8	4
3	Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet	Barnet	91.5	1
4	Colchester County High School for Girls	Colchester	89.8	13
5	St Olave's Grammar School	Orpington	88.6	5
6	Wilson's School, Wallington	Wallington	87.5	3
7	King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford	Chelmsford	87.1	11=
8	Kendrick School	Reading	87	15
9	Pate's Grammar School	Cheltenham	86.5	6
10	Reading School	Reading	86.3	7
11	Chelmsford County High School for Girls	Chelmsford	86.1	25
12	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys	Birmingham	86	10
13	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls	Birmingham	85.9	19
14	Colyton Grammar School	Colyton	84.4	14
15	Nonsuch High School for Girls	Cheam	84.2	24
16	Altrincham Grammar School for Girls	Altrincham	83.6	8
17	The Latymer School, Edmonton	London	83.4	16
18	Stratford Girls' Grammar School	Stratford-upon-Avon	81.6	32
19	Newport Girls' High School	Newport	81.3	67
20	St Michael's RC Grammar School, Finchley	London	80.8	20
21	Tonbridge Grammar School	Tonbridge	79.6	11=
22	Sutton Grammar School	Sutton	78.8	27
23	Colchester Royal Grammar School	Colchester	78.3	9
24	The Blue Coat School, Liverpool	Liverpool	78.2	26
25	Tiffin School	Kingston upon Thames	78.1	21
26=	King Edward VI School, Stratford	Stratford-upon-Avon	77.4	22
26=	Lancaster Girls' Grammar School	Lancaster	77.4	39
28	Woodford County High School	Woodford Green	77.1	43
29=	The Judd School	Tonbridge	76.4	18
29=	Altrincham Grammar School for Boys	Altrincham	76.4	28
31=	Wallington High School for Girls	Wallington	76.1	34
31=	Stroud High School	Stroud	76.1	45
33	Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls	Sutton Coldfield	75.6	30
34=	Wolverhampton Girls' High School	Wolverhampton	75.2	56
34=	Denmark Road High School	Gloucester	75.2	90
36	Westcliff High School for Boys	Westcliff-on-Sea	73.9	33
37	Lumen Christi College	Derry	73.7	23
38	King Edward VI Five Ways School	Birmingham	72.2	63=
39=	Westcliff High School for Girls	Westcliff-on-Sea	72.1	46
39=	Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall	Walsall	72.1	76
41=	Friends' School Lisburn	Lisburn	71.2	36
41=	South Wilts Grammar School	Salisbury	71.2	57
43=	Strathearn School	Belfast	71	38
43=	Rugby High School	Rugby	71	77
45	Aylesbury High School	Aylesbury	70.8	70
46=	Sir William Borlase's Grammar School	Marlow	70.6	44
46=	King Edward VI Handsworth School	Birmingham	70.6	83
48=	Bishop Vesey's Grammar School	Sutton Coldfield	70.3	35
48=	Wycombe High School	High Wycombe	70.3	58
50	Beaconsfield High School	Beaconsfield	69.7	47=
51	Southend High School for Girls	Southend-on-Sea	69.6	66
52=	Dr Challoner's Grammar School	Amersham	69.3	40
52=	Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School	Tunbridge Wells	69.3	41
54=	Loreto Grammar School, Altrincham	Altrincham	69.1	55
54=	Bishop Wordsworth's School	Salisbury	69.1	59
56	Dame Alice Owen's School	Potters Bar	68.9	29
57	The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe	High Wycombe	68.8	61=
58	Our Lady and St Patrick's College, Knock	Belfast	68.3	31
59	Watford Grammar School for Girls	Watford	67.7	60
60	Chesham Grammar School	Chesham	67.6	63=
61	Dartford Grammar School	Dartford	67.2	17
62	Clitheroe Royal Grammar School	Clitheroe	67.1	123
63	Wallington County Grammar School	Wallington	67	50
64	Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School	Aylesbury	66.9	69
65=	Torquay Girls' Grammar School	Torquay	66.4	51
65=	Sir Thomas Rich's School	Gloucester	66.4	68
67	Dartford Grammar School for Girls	Dartford	66.2	103=
68=	The Skinners' School	Tunbridge Wells	66.1	49
68=	Ilford County High School	Ilford	66.1	120
70	Devonport High School for Girls	Plymouth	65.6	119
71=	Aylesbury Grammar School	Aylesbury	65.4	71
71=	Townley Grammar School	Bexleyheath	65.4	102
73	Bournemouth School for Girls	Bournemouth	65	73
74	Southend High School For Boys	Southend-on-Sea	64.3	47=
75	Langley Grammar School	Langley	64	75
76	Ripon Grammar School	Ripon	63.8	53
77	Alcester Grammar School	Alcester	63.7	101
78	Queen Mary's High School, Walsall	Walsall	62.9	170
79	Torquay Boys' Grammar School	Torquay	62.8	61=
80	Sale Grammar School	Sale	62.5	92
81	Caistor Grammar School	Caistor	62.4	97
82	Lawrence Sheriff School	Rugby	62	93
83	Rainey Endowed School	Magherafelt	61.7	54
84	Rathmore Grammar School	Belfast	61.6	42
85	Invicta Grammar School	Maidstone	61.5	89
86	Lancaster Royal Grammar School	Lancaster	61.3	81
87	Urmston Grammar School	Manchester	61.2	122
88	Heckmondwike Grammar School	Heckmondwike	61	187=
89	The Crossley Heath School	Halifax	60.9	156=
90	Bournemouth School	Bournemouth	60.8	112=
91	Ermysted's Grammar School	Skipton	60.5	117=
92	Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School	Belfast	60.3	52
93	Methodist College Belfast	Belfast	59.9	80
94=	Wirral Grammar School for Girls	Bebington	59.8	72
94=	St Bernard's RC Grammar School, Slough	Slough	59.8	155
96	Sullivan Upper School	Holywood	59.4	86
97	Highworth Grammar School	Ashford	59.3	121
98=	Haberdashers' Adams	Newport	59.1	109
98=	Poole Grammar School	Poole	59.1	111
100	Skipton Girls' High School	Skipton	59	88
101	King Edward VI Aston School	Birmingham	58.7	152
102	West Kirby Grammar School	West Kirby	58.6	99
103	Parkstone Grammar School	Poole	58.1	91
104	Weald of Kent Grammar School	Tonbridge	57.1	108
105	Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School	Rossendale	57	137
106=	Herschel Grammar School	Slough	56.7	138
106=	Calday Grange Grammar School	West Kirby	56.7	173
108=	Banbridge Academy	Banbridge	56.6	82
108=	The Rochester Grammar School	Rochester	56.6	87
110=	Hasmonean High School for Boys	London	56.3	95
110=	Bourne Grammar School	Bourne	56.3	139=
112	Burnham Grammar School	Burnham	56.1	136
113	St Ambrose College	Altrincham	55.7	100
114=	Hasmonean High School for Girls	London	55.5	103=
114=	Marling School	Stroud	55.5	139=
114=	Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School	Sidcup	55.5	178
117=	Dalriada School	Ballymoney	55.3	74
117=	The Crypt School	Gloucester	55.3	159
117=	The King's School, Grantham	Grantham	55.3	166=
120	John Hampden Grammar School	High Wycombe	55.2	133
121	Upton Court Grammar School	Slough	54.7	191=
122	Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School	Canterbury	54.5	147
123=	Hockerill Anglo-European College	Bishop's Stortford	54.3	37
123=	Watford Grammar School for Boys	Watford	54.3	114
125=	Bexley Grammar School	Welling	53.9	125
125=	Maidstone Grammar School for Girls	Maidstone	53.9	164=
127	Churston Ferrers Grammar School	Brixham	53.4	154
128	Stretford Grammar School	Manchester	53.1	212
129	Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School	Grantham	52.9	126=
130	St George's School	Harpenden	52.7	105
131	Lady Margaret School	London	52.2	130=
132	Cranbrook School	Cranbrook	52	128=
133	Omagh Academy	Omagh	51.9	134
134=	JFS	Harrow	51.6	78=
134=	The Wallace High School	Lisburn	51.6	85
136	Devonport High School for Boys	Plymouth	51.4	176
137	Sir Roger Manwood's School	Sandwich	50.9	205=
138	Regent House School	Newtownards	50.8	106
139	Antrim Grammar School	Antrim	50.2	112=
140	The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School	London	50	78=
141	Parmiter's School	Watford	49.1	98
142	The North Halifax Grammar School	Halifax	48.7	174
143	Highsted Grammar School	Sittingbourne	48.2	166=
144	Camden School for Girls	London	48	84
145=	The King David High School, Manchester	Manchester	47.9	107
145=	Gravesend Grammar School	Gravesend	47.9	221
147	Waldegrave School	Twickenham	47.7	117=
148	The London Oratory School	London	47.6	115=
149	Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School	Rochester	47.4	156=
150	Rainham Mark Grammar School	Gillingham	47.3	183
151	Enniskillen Royal Grammar School	Enniskillen	47.1	115=
152	St John the Baptist School	Woking	46.2	110
153	Mayfield Grammar School	Gravesend	45.9	349
154	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Alford	Alford	45.8	144
155	The King's (The Cathedral) School, Peterborough	Peterborough	45.7	145
156	The St Marylebone C of E School	London	45.5	142
157	Spalding High School	Spalding	45.2	203=
158=	Yavneh College	Borehamwood	44.9	65
158=	St Albans Girls' School	St Albans	44.9	169
160	Portadown College	Portadown	44.8	132
161	Cowbridge Comprehensive School	Cowbridge	44.5	177
162	Graveney School	London	44.3	191=
163	Sandringham School	St Albans	44.2	148
164	Royal School Dungannon	Dungannon	43.9	149=
165	JCoSS (Jewish Community Secondary School)	New Barnet	43.6	135
166	The Grey Coat Hospital	London	43	161=
167	Twyford C of E High School	London	42.9	126=
168	Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith	Penrith	42.6	229
169	Barton Court Grammar School	Canterbury	42.5	241
170	Fortismere School	London	42.2	130=
171=	Ashmole Academy	London	42	197
171=	Mill Hill County High School	London	42	210
173=	Dane Court Grammar School	Broadstairs	41.9	96
173=	The Holt School	Wokingham	41.9	199=
173=	St Aidan's C of E High School	Harrogate	41.9	232
176	The Cherwell School	Oxford	41.8	190
177=	St Clement Danes School	Chorleywood	41.7	164=
177=	Langley Park School for Girls	Beckenham	41.7	268=
179=	Comberton Village College	Cambridge	41.6	187=
179=	The Belvedere Academy	Liverpool	41.6	252=
181=	Gordon's School	Woking	41.5	124
181=	The Hertfordshire and Essex High School and Science College	Bishop's Stortford	41.5	149=
181=	Dover Grammar School for Girls	Dover	41.5	250
184=	Salesian School	Chertsey	41.4	153
184=	Presdales School	Ware	41.4	189
186	The Charter School	London	41.1	139=
187	St Andrew's RC School	Leatherhead	41	94
188=	Alexandra Park School	London	40.7	163
188=	St Mark's RC School	London	40.7	175
188=	Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough	Gainsborough	40.7	238
191=	Coloma Convent Girls' School	Croydon	40.5	182
191=	Plymouth High School for Girls	Plymouth	40.5	309=
193=	Grey Court School	Ham	40.4	185
193=	Hitchin Girls' School	Hitchin	40.4	213=
195	Beaumont School	St Albans	40.2	151
196	Spalding Grammar School	Spalding	39.7	224
197	Ursuline High School, Wimbledon	London	39.3	222
198	St Bede's School, Redhill	Redhill	39.2	260
199	Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School	Ramsgate	39.1	313
200	Lurgan College	Craigavon	38.9	172
201	Howard of Effingham School	Effingham	38.7	215
202=	Mossbourne Community Academy	Hackney	38.6	184
202=	Hayesfield Girls' School and Mixed Sixth Form	Bath	38.6	266=
202=	Wirral Grammar School for Boys	Bebington	38.6	279=
205	Ilkley Grammar School	Ilkley	38.4	171
206	Guildford County School	Guildford	38	208
207	Roundwood Park School	Harpenden	37.9	205=
208=	Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys	Tunbridge Wells	37.8	245
208=	Parliament Hill School	London	37.8	291
210	Heathside School	Weybridge	37.7	180
211	Bristol Cathedral Choir School	Bristol	37.3	196
212=	The Becket School	Nottingham	37	233
212=	Maiden Erlegh School	Reading	37	303
214=	Balcarras School	Cheltenham	36.9	160
214=	Seven Kings School	Ilford	36.9	317
216	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham	Faversham	36.7	219
217	Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School, Barnet	Barnet	36.6	315
218=	George Abbot School	Guildford	36.5	217
218=	Olchfa School	Swansea	36.5	234
220=	Tudor Grange Academy Solihull	Solihull	36.2	193
220=	Loreto College, St Albans	St Albans	36.2	274=
220=	Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School	Brentwood	36.2	299=
223=	Fulford School	York	36.1	143
223=	Saffron Walden County High School	Saffron Walden	36.1	158
225	Beechen Cliff School	Bath	36	277
226	Durham Johnston Comprehensive School	Durham	35.9	128=
227=	The Coopers' Company and Coborn School	Upminster	35.8	202
227=	Glyn School	Ewell	35.8	285
229=	Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham	Hexham	35.6	161=
229=	Charters School	Ascot	35.6	216
231	Ranelagh School	Bracknell	35.5	249
232	Notre Dame High School	Sheffield	35.4	298
233=	Silverdale School	Sheffield	35.2	168
233=	Rickmansworth School	Rickmansworth	35.2	306
235=	Tapton School	Sheffield	35	181
235=	Trinity RC High School	Woodford Green	35	346=
237	The Cotswold School	Cheltenham	34.5	186
238	King David High School, Liverpool	Liverpool	34.4	307
239=	Matthew Arnold School	Oxford	34.3	251
239=	Newlands Girls' School	Maidenhead	34.3	252=
241	Cheadle Hulme High School	Stockport	34.2	146
242	Montpelier High School	Bristol	34	331
243	Gunnersbury RC School	London	33.9	227
244	Queens' School	Bushey	33.7	353
245=	Painsley RC College	Stoke-on-Trent	33.6	320
245=	The Green School for Girls	Isleworth	33.6	339=
247=	The Broxbourne School	Broxbourne	33.5	195
247=	All Hallows RC School, Farnham	Farnham	33.5	209
247=	The Campion School	Hornchurch	33.5	335
250	Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin	Carmarthen	33.4	207
251	St Mary's RC High School, Chesterfield	Chesterfield	33.3	262=
252=	The Bishop's Stortford High School	Bishop's Stortford	33.2	268=
252=	St Mary's Menston	Menston	33.2	287
254	Beverley High School	Beverley	32.9	231
255=	The Fallibroome Academy	Macclesfield	32.8	199=
255=	Kenilworth School and Sixth Form	Kenilworth	32.8	201
257=	The Ecclesbourne School	Belper	32.6	235
257=	The St John Henry Newman RC School	Stevenage	32.6	248
257=	Richard Challoner School	New Malden	32.6	279=
260	The Woodroffe School	Lyme Regis	32.5	256
261=	Bishop Luffa School	Chichester	32.2	220
261=	Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College	Sandbach	32.2	289
261=	Arden Academy	Solihull	32.2	299=
261=	St Anne's RC School & Sixth Form College	Southampton	32.2	345
261=	The Ridgeway School and Sixth Form College	Swindon	32.2	360=
266	St Paul's RC College, Burgess Hill	Burgess Hill	32.1	236=
267	Bishop Heber High School	Malpas	32	239
268=	Nower Hill High School	Harrow	31.9	242
268=	The King Edward VI School, Morpeth	Morpeth	31.9	261
268=	Oakwood Park Grammar School	Maidstone	31.9	286
271	Huntington School	York	31.7	236=
272	St Laurence School	Bradford-on-Avon	31.4	225
273=	Harrogate Grammar School	Harrogate	31.3	240
273=	The Blue Coat School, Oldham	Oldham	31.3	247
273=	Sacred Heart RC High School, Newcastle	Newcastle upon Tyne	31.3	274=
273=	Greenford High School	Southall	31.3	352
277=	Sacred Heart RC School, Camberwell	London	30.8	223
277=	Brooke Weston Academy	Corby	30.8	283
277=	William Farr C of E Comprehensive School	Lincoln	30.8	328
280=	Bentley Wood High School	Stanmore	30.7	255
280=	Davenant Foundation School	Loughton	30.7	308
280=	Gordano School	Bristol	30.7	314
280=	Copthall School	London	30.7	376
284=	Penglais School	Aberystwyth	30.6	243
284=	St Augustine's RC College, Trowbridge	Trowbridge	30.6	288
284=	St Gregory's Bath	Bath	30.6	355=
287	St Edward's College, Liverpool	Liverpool	30.4	375
288=	Ralph Allen School	Bath	30.3	203=
288=	Lymm High School	Lymm	30.3	271=
288=	Waddesdon C of E School	Waddesdon	30.3	309=
288=	St Augustine's RC High School and Sixth Form, Redditch	Redditch	30.3	371
292	Christleton High School	Chester	30.1	362
293	Carmel College	Darlington	29.9	271=
294=	Ysgol Y Preseli	Crymych	29.7	213=
294=	Edgbarrow School	Crowthorne	29.7	292
294=	Dixons City Academy	Bradford	29.7	381
297=	The Heathland School	Hounslow	29.5	284
297=	Bennett Memorial Diocesan School	Tunbridge Wells	29.5	337=
299=	Cockermouth School	Cockermouth	29.4	262=
299=	St Michael's RC College, Bermondsey	London	29.4	389
301=	Tadcaster Grammar School	Tadcaster	29.3	226
301=	Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley	Otley	29.3	257
303=	All Saints RC School, York	York	29.2	218
303=	Egglescliffe School	Stockton-on-Tees	29.2	270
305	Malmesbury School	Malmesbury	29.1	198
306	Whitley Bay High School	Whitley Bay	28.9	276
307=	Archbishop Holgate's School	York	28.8	194
307=	Lady Manners School and Sixth Form	Bakewell	28.8	293
309	Thomas Mills High School	Framlingham	28.6	318
310	The Willink School	Reading	28.5	358
311	Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr	Cardiff	28.4	211
312	Royal Wootton Bassett Academy	Royal Wootton Bassett	28.3	266=
313=	Stokesley School	Stokesley	28.2	278
313=	City of Norwich School	Norwich	28.2	363=
315	Glenthorne High School	Sutton	28.1	346=
316=	Wymondham College	Wymondham	28	279=
316=	Range High School	Liverpool	28	309=
318	William Hulme's Grammar School	Manchester	27.6	382=
319=	The Downs School	Newbury	27.4	246
319=	The Castle School	Bristol	27.4	259
319=	The Queen Katherine School	Kendal	27.4	296
319=	Chipping Norton School	Chipping Norton	27.4	319
319=	Bishop Ramsey C of E School	Ruislip	27.4	326
324	Brine Leas School	Nantwich	27.3	321
325=	South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College	North Ferriby	27.2	294
325=	St Angela's Ursuline School	London	27.2	365
327	Tytherington School	Macclesfield	27.1	312
328	St Philip Howard RC High School	Bognor Regis	27	324
329	King James's School, Knaresborough	Knaresborough	26.9	330
330	The Hemel Hempstead School	Hemel Hempstead	26.8	344
331	St Joan of Arc RC School	Rickmansworth	26.7	379=
332=	Hardenhuish School	Chippenham	26.5	305
332=	St Wilfrid's C of E Academy	Blackburn	26.5	386=
334=	St Leonard's RC School	Durham	26.2	258
334=	St Benedict's RC School, Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	26.2	295
336=	Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre	Reading	26.1	301=
336=	Norbury High School for Girls	Thornton Heath	26.1	394
338=	Knutsford Academy	Knutsford	25.6	264=
338=	Collingwood College	Camberley	25.6	329
340	All Hallows RC College, Macclesfield	Macclesfield	25.4	264=
341	Cheney School	Headington	25.3	373
342	Sexey's School	Bruton	25.2	228
343=	Crickhowell High School	Crickhowell	25.1	244
343=	St Anthony's Girls' RC Academy	Sunderland	25.1	360=
343=	Leventhorpe	Sawbridgeworth	25.1	370
346=	The Kings of Wessex Academy	Cheddar	24.9	332
346=	Ripley St Thomas C of E Academy	Lancaster	24.9	369
348	Burford School	Burford	24.8	323
349	Wellsway School	Bristol	24.7	363=
350=	St John Payne RC School	Chelmsford	24.4	325
350=	The Hollyfield School	Surbiton	24.4	351
352	Uckfield College	Uckfield	24.2	282
353	Park High School	Stanmore	24	392
354	Haydon School	Pinner	23.8	388
355=	Beckfoot School	Bingley	23.7	354
355=	Lord Williams's School	Thame	23.7	377
357	Brookfield Community School	Chesterfield	23.6	386=
358	St Martin's School	Brentwood	23.5	301=
359=	Farlingaye High School	Woodbridge	23.4	304
359=	The Burgate School and Sixth Form	Fordingbridge	23.4	366=
361	Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School	Dronfield	23.2	273
362=	Alsager School	Alsager	23	322
362=	Imberhorne School	East Grinstead	23	343
364=	Queen Elizabeth School, Kirkby Lonsdale	Carnforth	22.8	290
364=	Prince Henry's High School, Evesham	Evesham	22.8	336
366	Hazelwick School	Crawley	22.7	350
367	Cotham School	Bristol	22.6	333
368=	Langley Park School for Boys	Beckenham	22.4	342
368=	Steyning Grammar School	Steyning	22.4	357
370	Ysgol Calun Cymru	Builth Wells	21.9	337=
371	The Douay Martyrs RC Secondary School	Ickenham	21.8	395
372	Framwellgate School Durham	Durham	21.7	334
373	Ringwood School	Ringwood	21.5	327
374	The Gryphon School	Sherborne	21.4	346=
375=	St Benedict's RC High School, Alcester	Alcester	21.3	179
375=	Kennet School	Thatcham	21.3	316
375=	Bradley Stoke Community School	Bristol	21.3	372
378=	King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	21.2	339=
378=	Kingdown School	Warminster	21.2	366=
378=	Chew Valley School	Bristol	21.2	391
381	Llanidloes High School	Llanidloes	20.7	297
382	Cleeve School	Cheltenham	20.4	355=
383	Ysgol Eirias	Colwyn Bay	20.2	252=
384	The Corsham School	Corsham	20	390
385=	Arthur Mellows Village College	Peterborough	19.9	339=
385=	St Ivo Academy	St Ives	19.9	378
387	Blenheim High School	Epsom	19.7	385
388	The Billericay School	Billericay	19.6	382=
389	Oxted School	Oxted	19.5	384
390	Yateley School	Yateley	19.2	374
391=	Richmond School and Sixth Form College	Richmond	19	379=
391=	All Saints' RC Voluntary Academy, Mansfield	Mansfield	19	393
393	Archbishop Tenison's C of E High School	Croydon	18.5	396
394	The McAuley RC High School	Doncaster	17.4	359
395	Bay House School and Sixth Form	Gosport	17.3	230
396	Thomas Tallis School	London	16.5	368

Top A-Levels State Secondary Schools in the UK 2022 - League Table

Here is a comparison of all 396 UK state secondary schools based on their latest A-Level results.

A-Level Rank	School	Location	Latest Results (% A*/A)	Overall Rank
1	Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet	Barnet	84.3	1
2	Wilson's School, Wallington	Wallington	77.1	3
3	St Olave's Grammar School	Orpington	73.3	5
4	The Henrietta Barnett School	London	74.5	2
5	Pate's Grammar School	Cheltenham	73.2	6
6	The Tiffin Girls' School	Kingston upon Thames	74.1	4
7	Dartford Grammar School	Dartford	67.3	17
8	Reading School	Reading	73	7
9=	Altrincham Grammar School for Girls	Altrincham	67.7	8
9=	Colchester Royal Grammar School	Colchester	69.8	9
11	Tonbridge Grammar School	Tonbridge	65.5	11=
12	Hockerill Anglo-European College	Bishop's Stortford	59.9	37
13	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys	Birmingham	66.4	10
14	The Judd School	Tonbridge	63.1	18
15	Lumen Christi College	Derry	58.4	23
16=	Tiffin School	Kingston upon Thames	61.6	21
16=	King Edward VI School, Stratford	Stratford-upon-Avon	61.2	22
18	Yavneh College	Borehamwood	53.6	65
19	King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford	Chelmsford	63.5	11=
20	Colyton Grammar School	Colyton	64.9	14
21	The Latymer School, Edmonton	London	58.4	16
22	St Michael's RC Grammar School, Finchley	London	53.7	20
23	Dame Alice Owen's School	Potters Bar	60.1	29
24	Our Lady and St Patrick's College, Knock	Belfast	54.6	31
25	Colchester County High School for Girls	Colchester	56.6	13
26	Kendrick School	Reading	59.1	15
27	The Blue Coat School, Liverpool	Liverpool	57.8	26
28	Rathmore Grammar School	Belfast	51	42
29	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls	Birmingham	52.5	19
30	Altrincham Grammar School for Boys	Altrincham	58.1	28
31	Sutton Grammar School	Sutton	55.6	27
32	Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls	Sutton Coldfield	48.7	30
33	Nonsuch High School for Girls	Cheam	56	24
34	Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School	Belfast	48.2	52
35	Bishop Vesey's Grammar School	Sutton Coldfield	51.1	35
36=	Chelmsford County High School for Girls	Chelmsford	51	25
36=	Dr Challoner's Grammar School	Amersham	54.3	40
38	Friends' School Lisburn	Lisburn	47.8	36
39=	Strathearn School	Belfast	46.3	38
39=	Rainey Endowed School	Magherafelt	46.4	54
41=	Southend High School For Boys	Southend-on-Sea	48.2	47=
41=	St Andrew's RC School	Leatherhead	42.7	94
43=	Westcliff High School for Boys	Westcliff-on-Sea	48.6	33
43=	Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School	Tunbridge Wells	47.7	41
43=	The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School	London	50.4	78=
43=	Camden School for Girls	London	48.6	84
47=	Ripon Grammar School	Ripon	52.1	53
47=	Dane Court Grammar School	Broadstairs	-	96
49	The Skinners' School	Tunbridge Wells	47.5	49
50	JFS	Harrow	-	78=
51=	Wallington High School for Girls	Wallington	50.8	34
51=	Wallington County Grammar School	Wallington	49.4	50
53=	Sir William Borlase's Grammar School	Marlow	-	44
53=	Torquay Girls' Grammar School	Torquay	45.8	51
53=	Dalriada School	Ballymoney	40.2	74
56=	Stratford Girls' Grammar School	Stratford-upon-Avon	47.4	32
56=	Torquay Boys' Grammar School	Torquay	48.9	61=
58=	Beaconsfield High School	Beaconsfield	47.2	47=
58=	The Wallace High School	Lisburn	41.7	85
60	Westcliff High School for Girls	Westcliff-on-Sea	38.7	46
61=	Lancaster Girls' Grammar School	Lancaster	48	39
61=	Durham Johnston Comprehensive School	Durham	47	128=
63=	Loreto Grammar School, Altrincham	Altrincham	42.4	55
63=	Wirral Grammar School for Girls	Bebington	46.6	72
65	Banbridge Academy	Banbridge	44.3	82
66	Watford Grammar School for Girls	Watford	42.8	60
67=	Woodford County High School	Woodford Green	46.1	43
67=	Parmiter's School	Watford	-	98
69	Chesham Grammar School	Chesham	39.7	63=
70	St John the Baptist School	Woking	38.4	110
71=	South Wilts Grammar School	Salisbury	45.6	57
71=	The King David High School, Manchester	Manchester	46.4	107
73=	Stroud High School	Stroud	43.7	45
73=	Bishop Wordsworth's School	Salisbury	46.8	59
75	Wycombe High School	High Wycombe	41.3	58
76=	The Rochester Grammar School	Rochester	-	87
76=	Gordon's School	Woking	40.3	124
78	The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe	High Wycombe	-	61=
79	Methodist College Belfast	Belfast	41.8	80
80	Cheadle Hulme High School	Stockport	40.7	146
81	Enniskillen Royal Grammar School	Enniskillen	37.3	115=
82=	The London Oratory School	London	42.4	115=
82=	St Benedict's RC High School, Alcester	Alcester	34.5	179
84	Fulford School	York	44	143
85	Sir Thomas Rich's School	Gloucester	40.3	68
86=	Aylesbury Grammar School	Aylesbury	47.2	71
86=	Lancaster Royal Grammar School	Lancaster	49.1	81
88=	Bournemouth School for Girls	Bournemouth	41.2	73
88=	Regent House School	Newtownards	40	106
90=	Southend High School for Girls	Southend-on-Sea	38.6	66
90=	Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School	Aylesbury	39.7	69
92	Twyford C of E High School	London	41.6	126=
93=	Sullivan Upper School	Holywood	43.7	86
93=	Waldegrave School	Twickenham	40.2	117=
93=	Fortismere School	London	40.5	130=
96	Langley Grammar School	Langley	41	75
97=	Wolverhampton Girls' High School	Wolverhampton	45.6	56
97=	Skipton Girls' High School	Skipton	42.5	88
99	Antrim Grammar School	Antrim	39.7	112=
100	King Edward VI Five Ways School	Birmingham	-	63=
101	St George's School	Harpenden	44.1	105
102	Parkstone Grammar School	Poole	41.7	91
103	Hasmonean High School for Boys	London	45.9	95
104	JCoSS (Jewish Community Secondary School)	New Barnet	41.1	135
105	Portadown College	Portadown	33.9	132
106=	St Ambrose College	Altrincham	-	100
106=	The Charter School	London	-	139=
108	Hasmonean High School for Girls	London	44.6	103=
109	Aylesbury High School	Aylesbury	41.6	70
110	Invicta Grammar School	Maidstone	35.4	89
111	Watford Grammar School for Boys	Watford	40.9	114
112=	West Kirby Grammar School	West Kirby	35.3	99
112=	Saffron Walden County High School	Saffron Walden	-	158
112=	Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham	Hexham	37.9	161=
115	Beaumont School	St Albans	-	151
116=	Weald of Kent Grammar School	Tonbridge	33.9	108
116=	The Hertfordshire and Essex High School and Science College	Bishop's Stortford	36.6	149=
118=	Lawrence Sheriff School	Rugby	42.6	93
118=	Balcarras School	Cheltenham	36.7	160
120	Sale Grammar School	Sale	38.3	92
121	Rugby High School	Rugby	-	77
122	Silverdale School	Sheffield	38.8	168
123	The St Marylebone C of E School	London	34.3	142
124	Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall	Walsall	38.6	76
125	Bay House School and Sixth Form	Gosport	34.1	230
126	Caistor Grammar School	Caistor	42.4	97
127=	Haberdashers' Adams	Newport	-	109
127=	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Alford	Alford	34.4	144
127=	Royal School Dungannon	Dungannon	38.9	149=
127=	Archbishop Holgate's School	York	-	194
131=	King Edward VI Handsworth School	Birmingham	37.7	83
131=	Poole Grammar School	Poole	37.5	111
131=	The King's (The Cathedral) School, Peterborough	Peterborough	37.6	145
131=	Sandringham School	St Albans	36.7	148
135=	Cranbrook School	Cranbrook	35.4	128=
135=	Salesian School	Chertsey	-	153
137=	Bexley Grammar School	Welling	41.9	125
137=	Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School	Grantham	34.9	126=
139	Lady Margaret School	London	37.6	130=
140	Omagh Academy	Omagh	39.1	134
141=	Alcester Grammar School	Alcester	34.5	101
141=	Bournemouth School	Bournemouth	-	112=
143=	Alexandra Park School	London	33.9	163
143=	Malmesbury School	Malmesbury	35.8	198
145	Ilkley Grammar School	Ilkley	36.6	171
146	Tapton School	Sheffield	36.9	181
147	Ermysted's Grammar School	Skipton	40.2	117=
148	Townley Grammar School	Bexleyheath	35	102
149=	The Grey Coat Hospital	London	36.5	161=
149=	Lurgan College	Craigavon	32.4	172
149=	The Cotswold School	Cheltenham	38.1	186
152=	John Hampden Grammar School	High Wycombe	-	133
152=	St Clement Danes School	Chorleywood	35.8	164=
154=	Highworth Grammar School	Ashford	33.7	121
154=	The Broxbourne School	Broxbourne	33.3	195
156	Newport Girls' High School	Newport	36.4	67
157	Dartford Grammar School for Girls	Dartford	33.8	103=
158	Ralph Allen School	Bath	-	203=
159	Heathside School	Weybridge	34.5	180
160	Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr	Cardiff	37.1	211
161=	The Fallibroome Academy	Macclesfield	33.2	199=
161=	Kenilworth School and Sixth Form	Kenilworth	33.3	201
163	St Mark's RC School	London	31.2	175
164	Sexey's School	Bruton	29	228
165=	Burnham Grammar School	Burnham	32.6	136
165=	Tudor Grange Academy Solihull	Solihull	31.7	193
167=	Urmston Grammar School	Manchester	33.5	122
167=	Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School	Rochester	-	156=
169	Mossbourne Community Academy	Hackney	34.4	184
170=	Marling School	Stroud	35.8	139=
170=	St Albans Girls' School	St Albans	30.4	169
170=	Ysgol Y Preseli	Crymych	33.4	213=
170=	Ysgol Eirias	Colwyn Bay	36.4	252=
174	Bristol Cathedral Choir School	Bristol	-	196
175=	Coloma Convent Girls' School	Croydon	27.4	182
175=	Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin	Carmarthen	34.1	207
177=	Herschel Grammar School	Slough	32.8	138
177=	Bourne Grammar School	Bourne	33	139=
177=	All Saints RC School, York	York	33.6	218
180=	Denmark Road High School	Gloucester	31.3	90
180=	Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School	Rossendale	-	137
182	Devonport High School for Girls	Plymouth	-	119
183=	Grey Court School	Ham	-	185
183=	All Hallows RC School, Farnham	Farnham	-	209
185	Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School	Canterbury	33.7	147
186	The Coopers' Company and Coborn School	Upminster	30.4	202
187	Tadcaster Grammar School	Tadcaster	36.7	226
188	Cowbridge Comprehensive School	Cowbridge	34.5	177
189=	Ilford County High School	Ilford	38	120
189=	Highsted Grammar School	Sittingbourne	-	166=
189=	Crickhowell High School	Crickhowell	-	244
192=	Comberton Village College	Cambridge	28.7	187=
192=	Presdales School	Ware	31.7	189
192=	Sacred Heart RC School, Camberwell	London	29.9	223
195	The Cherwell School	Oxford	35.3	190
196=	Churston Ferrers Grammar School	Brixham	31.2	154
196=	Bishop Luffa School	Chichester	30.2	220
198	St Laurence School	Bradford-on-Avon	33.5	225
199	Roundwood Park School	Harpenden	33.4	205=
200	Clitheroe Royal Grammar School	Clitheroe	30.7	123
201	Guildford County School	Guildford	33.5	208
202	The North Halifax Grammar School	Halifax	30	174
203=	The Downs School	Newbury	30.3	246
203=	Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School	Dronfield	30.1	273
205	Ashmole Academy	London	29	197
206=	Graveney School	London	31.5	191=
206=	Charters School	Ascot	29.7	216
208=	The Holt School	Wokingham	30	199=
208=	St Leonard's RC School	Durham	30.3	258
210	Gunnersbury RC School	London	29.2	227
211=	Beverley High School	Beverley	28.9	231
211=	Huntington School	York	27	236=
211=	All Hallows RC College, Macclesfield	Macclesfield	32.3	264=
214	Knutsford Academy	Knutsford	25.8	264=
215=	The Crypt School	Gloucester	29.6	159
215=	St Paul's RC College, Burgess Hill	Burgess Hill	-	236=
215=	Bishop Heber High School	Malpas	-	239
218=	Rainham Mark Grammar School	Gillingham	31.2	183
218=	George Abbot School	Guildford	32.9	217
218=	The Ecclesbourne School	Belper	-	235
218=	Harrogate Grammar School	Harrogate	30.4	240
222	Maidstone Grammar School for Girls	Maidstone	27.3	164=
223=	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham	Faversham	31.7	219
223=	The Castle School	Bristol	29.5	259
225	Penglais School	Aberystwyth	28.8	243
226=	King Edward VI Aston School	Birmingham	32.7	152
226=	Nower Hill High School	Harrow	27.4	242
228	Devonport High School for Boys	Plymouth	-	176
229=	Howard of Effingham School	Effingham	31.3	215
229=	Llanidloes High School	Llanidloes	26.4	297
231	Uckfield College	Uckfield	27.8	282
232	Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley	Otley	26.8	257
233=	The King's School, Grantham	Grantham	32.9	166=
233=	Hitchin Girls' School	Hitchin	30.6	213=
235=	Mill Hill County High School	London	29.9	210
235=	Royal Wootton Bassett Academy	Royal Wootton Bassett	30.1	266=
237=	The Blue Coat School, Oldham	Oldham	28.5	247
237=	Queen Elizabeth School, Kirkby Lonsdale	Carnforth	-	290
239	St Bernard's RC Grammar School, Slough	Slough	27.9	155
240=	Bentley Wood High School	Stanmore	-	255
240=	Cockermouth School	Cockermouth	33.1	262=
242	Olchfa School	Swansea	32.1	234
243=	Spalding High School	Spalding	29.1	203=
243=	Ursuline High School, Wimbledon	London	25.4	222
245=	The Becket School	Nottingham	-	233
245=	The St John Henry Newman RC School	Stevenage	29.6	248
245=	Egglescliffe School	Stockton-on-Tees	26.6	270
248=	The Crossley Heath School	Halifax	31.5	156=
248=	Spalding Grammar School	Spalding	28.3	224
248=	Whitley Bay High School	Whitley Bay	26.9	276
251	Carmel College	Darlington	30.1	271=
252=	The Woodroffe School	Lyme Regis	25.9	256
252=	Lymm High School	Lymm	27.7	271=
252=	St Martin's School	Brentwood	26.1	301=
255=	Stokesley School	Stokesley	-	278
255=	Wymondham College	Wymondham	31.7	279=
257	Farlingaye High School	Woodbridge	31.3	304
258	The King Edward VI School, Morpeth	Morpeth	29.7	261
259	Calday Grange Grammar School	West Kirby	30.1	173
260=	Matthew Arnold School	Oxford	29.6	251
260=	Newlands Girls' School	Maidenhead	26.3	252=
260=	Kennet School	Thatcham	26.6	316
263	Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School	Sidcup	26.6	178
264=	Sacred Heart RC High School, Newcastle	Newcastle upon Tyne	26	274=
264=	St Benedict's RC School, Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	29.2	295
266=	Ranelagh School	Bracknell	25.1	249
266=	St Mary's RC High School, Chesterfield	Chesterfield	28.6	262=
268=	The Bishop's Stortford High School	Bishop's Stortford	25.7	268=
268=	South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College	North Ferriby	26.8	294
268=	Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre	Reading	27.3	301=
271	The Heathland School	Hounslow	26.8	284
272=	Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith	Penrith	30.8	229
272=	Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys	Tunbridge Wells	24	245
272=	The Queen Katherine School	Kendal	25.8	296
275	Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough	Gainsborough	28.2	238
276=	St Aidan's C of E High School	Harrogate	29.5	232
276=	Brooke Weston Academy	Corby	24.8	283
276=	Hardenhuish School	Chippenham	28.4	305
279	Lady Manners School and Sixth Form	Bakewell	29.1	293
280	Upton Court Grammar School	Slough	28.3	191=
281	Sir Roger Manwood's School	Sandwich	27.9	205=
282=	Richard Challoner School	New Malden	27	279=
282=	Edgbarrow School	Crowthorne	27.9	292
284	St Augustine's RC College, Trowbridge	Trowbridge	23.9	288
285=	Alsager School	Alsager	25.8	322
285=	Ringwood School	Ringwood	28.1	327
287	Oakwood Park Grammar School	Maidstone	28.8	286
288	Arthur Mellows Village College	Peterborough	-	339=
289=	Queen Mary's High School, Walsall	Walsall	28.1	170
289=	Tytherington School	Macclesfield	25.4	312
291	Barton Court Grammar School	Canterbury	26.8	241
292	Range High School	Liverpool	25.4	309=
293=	Loreto College, St Albans	St Albans	22.6	274=
293=	Beechen Cliff School	Bath	28.5	277
293=	Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College	Sandbach	27.8	289
293=	Framwellgate School Durham	Durham	-	334
297=	Gravesend Grammar School	Gravesend	26.3	221
297=	King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds	23.4	339=
299=	St Mary's Menston	Menston	-	287
299=	Burford School	Burford	26.6	323
299=	The McAuley RC High School	Doncaster	-	359
302=	St Bede's School, Redhill	Redhill	27.4	260
302=	St John Payne RC School	Chelmsford	23.7	325
302=	Cotham School	Bristol	25.7	333
305=	Hayesfield Girls' School and Mixed Sixth Form	Bath	25.5	266=
305=	Ysgol Calun Cymru	Builth Wells	24.3	337=
307=	Dover Grammar School for Girls	Dover	24.5	250
307=	Prince Henry's High School, Evesham	Evesham	23.4	336
307=	Langley Park School for Boys	Beckenham	25.7	342
310=	The Belvedere Academy	Liverpool	25.6	252=
310=	Arden Academy	Solihull	-	299=
310=	Chipping Norton School	Chipping Norton	-	319
313	The Gryphon School	Sherborne	27.5	346=
314=	Davenant Foundation School	Loughton	24.3	308
314=	Waddesdon C of E School	Waddesdon	-	309=
314=	Brine Leas School	Nantwich	27.2	321
314=	Thomas Tallis School	London	21.8	368
318=	The Kings of Wessex Academy	Cheddar	23.6	332
318=	Cleeve School	Cheltenham	-	355=
320=	Glyn School	Ewell	22.2	285
320=	Thomas Mills High School	Framlingham	-	318
322=	Collingwood College	Camberley	23	329
322=	Imberhorne School	East Grinstead	25.1	343
324=	Heckmondwike Grammar School	Heckmondwike	24.9	187=
324=	St Philip Howard RC High School	Bognor Regis	-	324
326=	Stretford Grammar School	Manchester	26.3	212
326=	Gordano School	Bristol	26	314
328	Hazelwick School	Crawley	-	350
329	Wirral Grammar School for Boys	Bebington	25.2	279=
330	Bishop Ramsey C of E School	Ruislip	23.5	326
331=	Langley Park School for Girls	Beckenham	20.4	268=
331=	King James's School, Knaresborough	Knaresborough	25.7	330
333	Notre Dame High School	Sheffield	24	298
334	Steyning Grammar School	Steyning	24.3	357
335	Beckfoot School	Bingley	-	354
336=	King David High School, Liverpool	Liverpool	21.6	307
336=	The Hollyfield School	Surbiton	23.4	351
338=	Parliament Hill School	London	-	291
338=	Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School	Brentwood	23.3	299=
340	Rickmansworth School	Rickmansworth	22.9	306
341	Kingdown School	Warminster	21.3	366=
342	The Hemel Hempstead School	Hemel Hempstead	23.6	344
343	Maiden Erlegh School	Reading	22.2	303
344	William Farr C of E Comprehensive School	Lincoln	24.3	328
345	Painsley RC College	Stoke-on-Trent	22.1	320
346=	Bennett Memorial Diocesan School	Tunbridge Wells	24	337=
346=	St Anthony's Girls' RC Academy	Sunderland	19.7	360=
348=	Glenthorne High School	Sutton	19.9	346=
348=	The Burgate School and Sixth Form	Fordingbridge	24.1	366=
350	Yateley School	Yateley	23.5	374
351	Wellsway School	Bristol	20.5	363=
352	Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School, Barnet	Barnet	-	315
353	Bradley Stoke Community School	Bristol	22.3	372
354	Seven Kings School	Ilford	18.7	317
355	The Willink School	Reading	20.8	358
356	Montpelier High School	Bristol	-	331
357=	Ripley St Thomas C of E Academy	Lancaster	17.7	369
357=	Richmond School and Sixth Form College	Richmond	-	379=
359=	Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School	Ramsgate	-	313
359=	St Angela's Ursuline School	London	16.7	365
359=	St Ivo Academy	St Ives	-	378
362=	Plymouth High School for Girls	Plymouth	22.6	309=
362=	The Campion School	Hornchurch	18.8	335
362=	St Anne's RC School & Sixth Form College	Southampton	24	345
365=	The Green School for Girls	Isleworth	24	339=
365=	St Gregory's Bath	Bath	23.7	355=
365=	City of Norwich School	Norwich	21.8	363=
368	Greenford High School	Southall	-	352
369=	Leventhorpe	Sawbridgeworth	23.9	370
369=	The Billericay School	Billericay	18.9	382=
371=	Christleton High School	Chester	23.1	362
371=	Oxted School	Oxted	-	384
373	Blenheim High School	Epsom	-	385
374=	Cheney School	Headington	24.7	373
374=	Lord Williams's School	Thame	20.1	377
376	Queens' School	Bushey	18.7	353
377=	Trinity RC High School	Woodford Green	19.7	346=
377=	The Ridgeway School and Sixth Form College	Swindon	18.8	360=
379	The Corsham School	Corsham	18.6	390
380=	St Augustine's RC High School and Sixth Form, Redditch	Redditch	21.3	371
380=	Brookfield Community School	Chesterfield	19.1	386=
382	Chew Valley School	Bristol	-	391
383=	St Joan of Arc RC School	Rickmansworth	17.7	379=
383=	Haydon School	Pinner	19.6	388
385	St Edward's College, Liverpool	Liverpool	20	375
386	William Hulme's Grammar School	Manchester	15.9	382=
387	St Wilfrid's C of E Academy	Blackburn	14	386=
388	Copthall School	London	15.3	376
389	All Saints' RC Voluntary Academy, Mansfield	Mansfield	18	393
390	Dixons City Academy	Bradford	17.2	381
391	St Michael's RC College, Bermondsey	London	-	389
392	The Douay Martyrs RC Secondary School	Ickenham	-	395
393	Mayfield Grammar School	Gravesend	14.9	349
394	Park High School	Stanmore	-	392
395	Archbishop Tenison's C of E High School	Croydon	15.4	396
396	Norbury High School for Girls	Thornton Heath	-	394

Top State Secondary Schools in England 2021 - League Table

Looking for the 2021 league table of UK state secondary schools? Here is a comparison of the top 100 secondary schools in England based on their Attainment 8 scores.

Rank	School	Type of School	Attainment 8
1	The Henrietta Barnett School	Academy	85.2
2	The Tiffin Girls' School	Academy	85.1
3	Kendrick School	Academy	84.7
4	Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet	Academy	84.6
5	Reading School	Academy	83.9
6	St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School	Maintained school	83
7	Wilson's School	Academy	82.9
8	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys	Academy	82.8
9	Brighton College	Independent school	82.6
10	Colchester County High School for Girls	Academy	82.2
11	King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford	Academy	82
12	Colyton Grammar School	Academy	81.7
13	Pate's Grammar School	Academy	81.4
14	Sutton Grammar School	Academy	81.2
15	Nonsuch High School for Girls	Academy	80.7
16	Newstead Wood School	Academy	80.2
17	Chelmsford County High School for Girls	Academy	80.1
18	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls	Academy	79.9
19	The Latymer School	Maintained school	79.9
20	Colchester Royal Grammar School	Academy	79.7
21	Wallington High School for Girls	Academy	79.4
22	Woodford County High School	Maintained school	78.8
23	Dr Challoner's High School	Academy	78.7
24	King Edward VI School	Academy	78.7
25	Altrincham Grammar School for Girls	Academy	78.6
26	Stratford Girls' Grammar School	Academy	78.5
27	The Blue Coat School	Academy	78.4
28	Newport Girls' High School Academy	Academy	78.3
29	Altrincham Grammar School for Boys	Academy	78
30	Tiffin School	Academy	77.7
31	St Michael's Catholic Grammar School	Maintained school	77.6
32	Wallington County Grammar School	Academy	77.4
33	Westcliff High School for Boys Academy	Academy	77.3
34	Al-Burhan Grammar School	Independent school	76.9
35	King Edward VI Five Ways School	Academy	76.9
36	Bishop Vesey's Grammar School	Academy	76.4
37	Queen Mary's Grammar School	Academy	76.4
38	South Wilts Grammar School	Academy	76.3
39	Tonbridge Grammar School	Academy	76.3
40	Wycombe High School	Academy	76.3
41	The Judd School	Maintained school	76
42	Westcliff High School for Girls	Academy	76
43	Denmark Road High School	Academy	75.9
44	Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls	Academy	75.8
45	Stroud High School	Academy	75.7
46	Ilford County High School	Maintained school	75.5
47	Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School	Academy	75.4
48	Dartford Grammar School for Girls	Academy	75.3
49	The Harrodian School	Independent school	75.3
50	Beaconsfield High School	Academy	75.2
51	Dr Challoner's Grammar School	Academy	75.2
52	Lancaster Girls' Grammar School	Academy	75.2
53	The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe	Academy	75.2
54	Aylesbury High School	Academy	75
55	King Edward VI Handsworth School	Academy	75
56	Sir Thomas Rich's School	Academy	75
57	Clitheroe Royal Grammar School	Academy	74.9
58	Royal Latin School	Academy	74.9
59	Lawrence Sheriff School	Academy	74.7
60	Dartford Grammar School	Academy	74.3
61	Sir William Borlase's Grammar School	Academy	74.3
62	Wolverhampton Girls' High School	Academy	74.3
63	The Maynard School	Independent school	74.2
64	Nottingham Girls' High School	Independent school	74.2
65	Devonport High School for Girls	Academy	74.1
66	St. Francis' College	Independent school	74.1
67	Herschel Grammar School	Academy	74
68	Aylesbury Grammar School	Academy	73.9
69	Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School	Maintained school	73.8
70	Chesham Grammar School	Academy	73.6
71	Islamia School for Girls'	Independent school	73.6
72	Langley Grammar School	Academy	73.5
73	Alcester Grammar School	Academy	73.3
74	Loreto Grammar School	Academy	73.3
75	Manchester High School for Girls	Independent school	73.2
76	Townley Grammar School	Academy	73.2
77	Highworth Grammar School	Academy	73.1
78	Southend High School for Boys	Academy	73.1
79	Torquay Girls Grammar School	Academy	73
80	Caistor Grammar School	Academy	72.9
81	The Crossley Heath School	Academy	72.9
82	Heckmondwike Grammar School	Academy	72.9
83	St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School	Maintained school	72.7
84	Rugby High School	Academy	72.6
85	Southend High School for Girls	Academy	72.6
86	Ripon Grammar School	Maintained school	72.5
87	Weald of Kent Grammar School	Academy	72.5
88	Invicta Grammar School	Academy	72.2
89	Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School	Academy	72.1
90	The Skinners' School	Academy	72.1
91	The Swaminarayan School	Independent school	72.1
92	Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School	Academy	72
93	Dame Alice Owen's School	Academy	72
94	Poole Grammar School	Academy	72
95	Sale Grammar School	Academy	72
96	Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School	Academy	72
97	Bournemouth School	Academy	71.9
98	St Nicholas' School	Independent school	71.9
99	Upton Court Grammar School	Academy	71.9
100	Haberdashers' Adams	Academy	71.8
	England - Average of all schools		44.7

Top 10 State Secondary Schools in England

10=. King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon

Also known as the King Edward VI Shakespeare’s School, this school is a selective all-boys’ school that is co-educational at the Sixth Form. It has an excellent track record in academics and outstanding extracurricular programmes that include drama productions, a rugby tradition, other competitive sports, music groups, and more.

10=. Colchester Royal Grammar School

Located in Essex, the Colchester Royal Grammar School is a state-funded grammar school. The selective school has earned its number 10 equal spot on our list as it has consistently produced top results in both the GCSEs and A-Levels.

9. Colyton Grammar School

Colyton Grammar School was founded in 1546 “for the goodly and virtuous education of children forever”. Holding true to this motto, Colyton is a high-performing school that is a non-fee-paying school. Its graduates get accepted at some of the most selective universities including Oxbridge and the Royal College of Music.

8. King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford

Established in 1551 under a royal warrant by King Edward VI, this grammar school was established for the education of the Anglican religion and classical languages. The King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford has a great reputation for excellent academic results and the school is committed to an ethos of equality and openness.

7. St Olave's Grammar School

Founded in 1571, St Olave’s Grammar School is a boys’ grammar school located in Greater London. St Olave’s was once named as the State Secondary School of the Year on Sunday Times in 2008, one of the most prestigious awards for schools in the country.

6. Pate's Grammar School

Pate’s Grammar School was named as the State Secondary School of the Year on two separate occasions by The Sunday Times’ Good Schools Guide which is a rare accolade. The school has also earned the prestigious Outstanding rating by Ofsted, a mark of the school’s high standards in education.

5. Altrincham Grammar School for Girls

The Altrincham Grammar School for Girls has earned its spot as the fifth-best school on our league table this year, an improvement from its 8th place last year. Located in Greater Manchester, Altrincham Grammar School for Girls is the biggest all-girl’s school in England, with over 1200 students.

4. The Tiffin Girls' School

The Tiffin Girls’ School admits approximately 1200 students, including 300 or so students in the Sixth Form. In 2022, the school achieved 87.5% A*-As at the A-Levels and 94.9% Grades 9-7 at the GCSEs. The school has won numerous accolades in the past decade for outstanding academic achievements.

3. Wilson's School, Wallington

Wilson’s School was named as The Times’ London State Secondary School of the Decade in 2020. The school has a total of 1250 pupils and admits 180 pupils every year through a rigorous, two-stage entrance examination.

2. The Henrietta Barnett School

Dubbed as one of the “magnificent seven”, the school was founded by Dame Henrietta Barnett in 1911 to improve girls’ education. It has since been recognised year after year as one of the best schools in the country, with high acceptance rates at Oxbridge and top achievements at GCSEs and A-Levels.

1. Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet

The Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet, has been consistently ranked among the top schools in the UK. Queen Elizabeth’s School topped the A-Level league tables for five years in a row and it is consistently ranked among the top 5 schools in the UK.

Best State Secondary Schools in London 2023

This league table lists all state secondary schools in the London area based on their overall 2023 ranking.

Rank	School	Town	Type	A-level (% A*/A)	GCSE (% 9-7)
1	The Henrietta Barnett School	London	Selective (100%)	88.8	98.8
24	The Latymer School	London	Selective (100%)	69.4	91.6
50	St Michael's Catholic Grammar School, Finchley	London	Selective (100%)	59.7	85.4
84	Hasmonean High School for Girls	London	Comprehensive	63	63.2
88=	The London Oratory School	London	Comprehensive	62	53.5
91=	Twyford C of E High School	London	Partially selective (10%)	58.8	57.8
102	Camden School for Girls	London	Partially selective (7%)	55.6	58.9
110	The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School	London	Comprehensive	58.7	57.8
113	Lady Margaret School	London	Comprehensive	51.9	53.8
120	Mossbourne Community Academy	London	Comprehensive	57	51
123	The Grey Coat Hospital	London	Partially selective (10%)	51.3	62.2
136	Sacred Heart Catholic School, Camberwell	London	Comprehensive	45.3	51.6
150	Hasmonean High School for Boys	London	Comprehensive	62.6	49.2
162=	Ashcroft Technology Academy	London	Partially selective (10%)	48	46
162=	Orleans Park	London	Comprehensive	46	50
187	Alexandra Park School	London	Comprehensive	42.2	57.1
188=	Fortismere School	London	Comprehensive	50	54
195=	West London Free School	London	Partially selective (9%)	45.2	49.3
206	Gunnersbury Catholic School	London	Comprehensive	41.8	50.6
221	Kensington Aldridge Academy	London	Partially selective (10%)	40.8	37.9
222	St Mark's Catholic School	London	Comprehensive	41.3	46
226=	Bentley Wood High School	London	Comprehensive	-	47
231	Ashmole Academy	London	Partially selective (8%)	39.9	44.9
240=	Mill Hill County High School	London	Partially selective (25%)	41.1	47.4
248=	St Angela's Ursuline School	London	Comprehensive	33.1	37.5
261	Prendergast School	London	Partially selective (10%)	42	43
290	Christ's College Finchley	London	Comprehensive	34.7	36.8
297	Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith	London	Comprehensive	31.8	56.4
299	Parliament Hill School	London	Comprehensive	25.3	54.6
301	Wimbledon College	London	Comprehensive	37	38
311	The Douay Martyrs Catholic Secondary School	London	Comprehensive	25	61
318	Graveney School	London	Partially selective (25%)	36.9	35
328=	Drayton Manor High School	London	Comprehensive	32.2	41.6
331	Thomas Tallis School	London	Comprehensive	31	28.5
355	Kingsbury High School	London	Comprehensive	36.4	29.1
366=	The Green School for Girls	London	Comprehensive	29.1	39.5
380	Walthamstow Academy	London	Comprehensive	21.6	32.8

Best State Secondary Schools in Bristol 2023

This league table lists all state secondary schools in the Bristol area based on their overall 2023 ranking.

Rank	School	Town	Type	A-level (% A*/A)	GCSE (% 9-7)
215	Bristol Cathedral Choir School	Bristol	Partially selective (15%)	43.1	40.4
307	The Castle School, Thornbury	Bristol	Comprehensive	36.2	36.4
325	Wellsway School	Bristol	Comprehensive	28.1	30.5
357	Gordano School	Bristol	Comprehensive	36.5	29.9
364=	Backwell School	Bristol	Comprehensive	33	30.1
389	St Bede's Catholic College	Bristol	Comprehensive	26.4	37.6
398=	Nailsea School	Bristol	Comprehensive	37	29

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best state secondary school in England?

Based on 2023 league tables, the number one state secondary school in England is Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet.

What are the top state schools in London?

The top state school in London is the Henrietta Barnett School, followed by the Latymer School and St. Michael’s Catholic Grammar School in second and third place respectively.

What are the top state schools in Bristol?

The top state school in Bristol is the Bristol Cathedral Choir School.

How do I apply to a UK secondary school?

First, you will have to submit application forms and other relevant documents. Depending on the school of choice, you may have to take entrance exams. The school will make its decision based on its admissions criteria.

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