Education Supplements

The best of the best

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