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The best of the best

A guide to the highest-performing independent schools

issue 26 March 2011
Top boys’ boarding schools by A-level results


Rank % A/B School Day fees Board fees No. pupils
1 99.4 St Paul’s School, London £17,928 £26,562 1,291
2 98 Westminster School £20,364 £29,406 747
3 96.2 Eton College – £29,862 1,314
4 96.2 Tonbridge School, Kent £22,335 £29,913 764
5 93.3 Harrow School – £29,670 810
6 91.5 Abingdon School £13,905 £28,515 1,119
7 90 Dulwich College £14,184 £28,971 1,743
8 88.4 Warwick School £10,107 £21,567 1,141
9 86.6 Loughborough Grammar School £9,960 £17,994 1,031
10 82 Monmouth School £12,345 £21,498 589
11= 81 Shrewsbury School £19,125 £27,300 722
11= 81 Charterhouse School, Godalming £24,330 £29,430 742
Top girls’ boarding schools by A-level results


Rank % A/B School Day fees Board fees No. pupils
1 99.3 Wycombe Abbey School, Buckinghamshire £21,930 £29,250 562
2 95.6 St Catherine’s School, Guildford £14,340 £23,595 861
3 94.8 Cheltenham Ladies’ College £18,621 £27,735 872
4 92.7 Headington School, Oxford £12,885 £24,945 1,018
5 92.5 Queen Margaret’s School, York £15,456 £24,393 296
6 91.2 St Mary’s School Ascot £20,100 £28,230 377
7 91.1 St Mary’s School, Calne £20,370 £28,080 532
8 90.2 Downe House School, Berkshire £20,895 £28,875 571
9 89.1 St Swithun’s School, Winchester £14,970 £24,690 649
10 88.6 Badminton School, Bristol £15,360 £27,330 425
11 87.9 Benenden School, Kent – £29,070 529
12 87 Tudor Hall School, Banbury £16,539 £25,500 330
Top sixth-form colleges by A-level results


Rank % A/B School Day fees Board fees No. Pupils
1 100 Cardiff Sixth Form College £12,000 £21,000 72
2 92.8 Concord College, Shrewsbury £11,500 £24,900 403
3 92 Duff Miller College, London £15,950 – 273
4 90.7 Albemarle Independent College, London £15,990 – 137
5 90.6 Chelsea Independent College £14,970 – 123
6 88.3 Brampton College, Hendon £13,535 – 269
7 88 Hurtwood House, Dorking – £32,100 327
8 82.3 Abbey College, Cambridge £18,100 £28,050 180
9 81.4 D’Overbroeck’s College, Oxford £17,955 £27,150 430
10 79.3 Cambridge Tutors College, Croydon £16,650 £23,250 257
11 78.2 Bosworth Independent College, Northamptonshire £10,200 £17,100 294
12 73.4 Mander Portman Woodward, Cambridge £16,225 – 151


 
Top independent schools by GCSE results


Rank % A*/A School Day fees Board fees No. Pupils
1 99.3 Wycombe Abbey School, Buckinghamshire £21,930 £29,250 562
2 99.1 St Paul’s Girls’ School, London £16,302 – 719
3 98.3 Lady Eleanor Holles School, Hampton £13,800 – 874
4 98 St Paul’s School, London £17,928 £26,562 1,291
5 97.7 City of London School for Girls £13,131 – 707
6 97.3 Magdalen College School £13,068 – 752
7 96.6 North London Collegiate School £11,472 – 1,077
8 96.5 Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls, London £13,572 – 1,129
9 96.4 Withington Girls’ School, Manchester £9,810 – 652
10 96.2 Westminster School £20,364 £29,406 747
11 94.1 Royal Grammar School, Guildford £13,305 – 897
12 93.5 James Allen’s Girls’ School, Dulwich £12,975 – 1,073
Top prep schools by Key Stage 2 results


Rank Av. KS2 score School Day fees No. pupils
1 864 City of London School for Girls £13,131 104
2 856 Guildford High School for Girls £10,314 260
3 839 Bromley High School (Girls’ Day School Trust) £8,637 312
4 836 Bute House Preparatory School for Girls, Hammersmith £11,505 306
5 827 Putney High School (Girls’ Day School Trust) £9,387 315

 
 
 

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