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Top 50 Secondary schools in England by Key Stage 5 (A-Level and equivalent) Average Point Score : 2023 vs 2022

Information regarding KS2 results: Most independent schools don't measure Key Stage 2 performance. Thus there is no direct comparison between state and independent primary schools available.
Information regarding GCSE results: There is a lot of controversy regarding league tables that show GCSE results. The Department for Education changed performance tables in 2014 to exclude re-sits, IGCSEs and a range of vocational qualifications. As a result some schools, particularly independent schools which often sit IGCSEs, appear to be performing far worse than they actually are. In fact a lot of independent schools have now dropped to the very bottom of the GCSE league tables. Here is a BBC article on the resulting controversy.
Information regarding gender filter: Where results are filtered by gender, the rank displayed remains the rank amongst all schools, not just schools of that gender.
Schools marked with a are schools that are ranked within the top 10% of all schools (England only) for at least one measure (i.e. Key Stage 2 performance, GCSE Attainment 8 or A-Level Average Point Score).
Rank School Summary School Type Performance
1 King's College London Maths School
80 Kennington Road, London, SE11 6NJ
  Last year ranked 1
Academy school
Unknown
Avg Point Score: 55.06
2 St Paul's Girls' School
Brook Green, London, W6 7BS
  Last year ranked 2
Independent school
Girls
Avg Point Score: 54.01
3 Guildford High School
London Road, Guildford, GU1 1SJ
  Last year ranked 17
Independent school
Girls
Avg Point Score: 53.33
4 Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
Queen's Road, Barnet, EN5 4DQ
  Last year ranked 4
Academy school (Grammar)
Boys
Avg Point Score: 53.22
5 St Paul's School
Lonsdale Road, Barnes, London, SW13 9JT
  Last year ranked 3
Independent school
Boys
Avg Point Score: 53.09
6 Oxford International College
1-5 London Place, Oxford, OX4 1BD
  Last year ranked 28
Independent school
Coeducational
Avg Point Score: 52.88
6 Westminster School
Little Dean''s Yard, London, SW1P 3PF
  Last year ranked 10
Independent school
Coeducational
Avg Point Score: 52.88
8 City of London School For Girls
St Giles'' Terrace, Barbican, London, EC2Y 8BB
  Last year ranked 22
Independent school
Girls
Avg Point Score: 52.6
9 Brighton College
Eastern Road, Brighton, BN2 0AL
  Last year ranked 9
Independent school
Coeducational
Avg Point Score: 52.55
10 James Allen's Girls' School
East Dulwich Grove, London, SE22 8TE
  Last year ranked 93
Independent school
Girls
Avg Point Score: 52.51
11 Haberdashers' Boys' School
Butterfly Lane, Elstree, WD6 3AF
  Last year ranked 25
Independent school
Boys
Avg Point Score: 52.3
12 Magdalen College School
Cowley Place, Oxford, OX4 1DZ
  Last year ranked 20
Independent school
Coeducational
Avg Point Score: 52.18
13 Highgate School
North Road, Highgate, N6 4AY
  Last year ranked 27
Independent school
Coeducational
Avg Point Score: 52.11
14 The Perse School
Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8QF
  Last year ranked 26
Independent school
Coeducational
Avg Point Score: 52.08
15 King's College School, Wimbledon
Southside, Wimbledon Common, London, SW19 4TT
  Last year ranked 8
Independent school
Coeducational
Avg Point Score: 52.03
16 Eton College
Eton, Windsor, SL4 6DW
  Last year ranked 23
Independent school
Boys
Avg Point Score: 52
17 Tonbridge School
Tonbridge, TN9 1JP
  Last year ranked 31
Independent school
Boys
Avg Point Score: 51.83
18 North London Collegiate School
Canons, Canons Drive, Middlesex, HA8 7RJ
  Last year ranked 34
Independent school
Girls
Avg Point Score: 51.56
19 King Edward VI High School for Girls
Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2UB
  Last year ranked 5
Independent school
Girls
Avg Point Score: 51.44
20 Wilson's School
Mollison Drive, Wallington, SM6 9JW
  Last year ranked 13
Academy school (Grammar)
Boys
Avg Point Score: 51.35
21 City of London School
107 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 3AL
  Last year ranked 16
Independent school
Boys
Avg Point Score: 51.26
22 Godolphin and Latymer School
Iffley Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 0PG
  Last year ranked 7
Independent school
Girls
Avg Point Score: 51.16
22 Winchester College
College Street, Winchester, SO23 9NA
  Last year ranked 75
Independent school
Unknown
Avg Point Score: 51.16
24 Alleyn's School
Townley Road, Dulwich, London, SE22 8SU
  Last year ranked 24
Independent school
Coeducational
Avg Point Score: 50.85
25 Haberdashers' Girls' School
Aldenham Road, Elstree, Borehamwood, WD6 3BT
  Last year ranked 21
Independent school
Girls
Avg Point Score: 50.74
26 Royal Grammar School Guildford
High Street, Guildford, GU1 3BB
  Last year ranked 38
Independent school
Boys
Avg Point Score: 50.67
27 Latymer Upper School and Latymer Prep School
237 King Street, Hammersmith, London, W6 9LR
  Last year ranked 42
Independent school
Coeducational
Avg Point Score: 50.63
28 Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, City of London Academy
326 Barking Road, East Ham, London, E6 2BB
  Last year ranked 47
Academy school
Unknown
Avg Point Score: 50.37
29 Withington Girls' School
Wellington Road, Fallowfield, Manchester, M14 6BL
  Last year ranked 19
Independent school
Girls
Avg Point Score: 50.27
30 St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School
Goddington Lane, Orpington, BR6 9SH
  Last year ranked 14
Secondary school (Grammar)
Unknown
Avg Point Score: 50.02
31 The Henrietta Barnett School
Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, NW11 7BN
  Last year ranked 10
Academy school (Grammar)
Girls
Avg Point Score: 50.01
32 Wycombe Abbey
Frances Dove Way, High Wycombe, HP11 1PE
  Last year ranked 6
Independent school
Girls
Avg Point Score: 49.96
33 South Hampstead High School GDST
3 Maresfield Gardens, London, NW3 5SS
  Last year ranked 35
Independent school
Girls
Avg Point Score: 49.79
34 St Helen and St Katharine
Faringdon Road, Abingdon, OX14 1BE
  Last year ranked 59
Independent school
Girls
Avg Point Score: 49.75
35 Reading School
Erleigh Road, Reading, RG1 5LW
  Last year ranked 41
Academy school (Grammar)
Unknown
Avg Point Score: 49.62
36 Cheltenham Ladies' College
Bayshill Road, Cheltenham, GL50 3EP
  Last year ranked 39
Independent school
Girls
Avg Point Score: 49.61
37 Wimbledon High School GDST
Mansel Road, London, SW19 4AB
  Last year ranked 37
Independent school
Girls
Avg Point Score: 49.49
38 Eltham College
Grove Park Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4QF
  Last year ranked 135
Independent school
Coeducational
Avg Point Score: 49.4
39 Harrow School
5 High Street, Harrow-on-the-Hill, HA1 3HP
  Last year ranked 61
Independent school
Boys
Avg Point Score: 49.22
40 St Albans High School for Girls
Townsend Avenue, St Albans, AL1 3SJ
  Last year ranked 56
Independent school
Girls
Avg Point Score: 49.14
41 Reigate Grammar School
Reigate Road, Reigate, RH2 0QS
  Last year ranked 49
Independent school
Coeducational
Avg Point Score: 49.13
42 King Edward VI School
Chapel Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6BE
  Last year ranked 65
Academy school (Grammar)
Unknown
Avg Point Score: 49.05
42 The Tiffin Girls' School
Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5PL
  Last year ranked 15
Academy school (Grammar)
Girls
Avg Point Score: 49.05
44 Brampton Manor Academy
Roman Road, London, E6 3SQ
  Last year ranked 12
Academy school
Unknown
Avg Point Score: 48.98
45 Abingdon School
Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE
  Last year ranked 63
Independent school
Boys
Avg Point Score: 48.92
46 Queen Ethelburga's College
Thorpe Underwood Hall, Thorpe Underwood Estate, York, YO26 9SS
  Last year ranked 82
Independent school
Coeducational
Avg Point Score: 48.9
47 Pate's Grammar School
Princess Elizabeth Way, Cheltenham, GL51 0HG
  Last year ranked 40
Academy school (Grammar)
Unknown
Avg Point Score: 48.86
48 Bancroft's School
611-627 High Road, Woodford Green, IG8 0RF
  Last year ranked 50
Independent school
Coeducational
Avg Point Score: 48.76
48 Leicester Grammar School
London Road, Great Glen, Leicester, LE8 9FL
  Last year ranked 106
Independent school
Coeducational
Avg Point Score: 48.76
50 Royal Grammar School
Eskdale Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE2 4DX
  Last year ranked 98
Independent school
Coeducational
Avg Point Score: 48.7