Top GCSE results

These are the 195 top schools in England on the basis of their pupils' performances in the 2004 GCSE-level exams.

The results are the proportion getting the equivalent of at least five grades A* to C. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 pupils eligible to take the exams, are not ranked.

Click the name of a school for a page detailing its performance.

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School, LEA	GCSE	points
Thomas Telford School, Telford and Wrekin	100%	760.3
Brooke Weston CTC, Northamptonshire	100%	651.7
Wolverhampton Girls' High School, Wolverhampton	100%	625.9
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, Birmingham	100%	607.3
Perse School for Girls, Cambridgeshire	100%	606.2
St Paul's School, Richmond upon Thames	100%	605.9
Colyton Grammar School, Devon	100%	605.7
Reading School, Reading	100%	602.5
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, Birmingham	100%	595.3
Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall	100%	593.2
Whitgift School, Croydon	100%	586.3
St Michael's Catholic Grammar School, Barnet	100%	583.1
King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham	100%	580.8
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, Essex	100%	574.3
Newport Girls' High School, Telford and Wrekin	100%	571.3
South Wilts Grammar School for Girls, Wiltshire	100%	571.3
Wimbledon High School, Merton	100%	570.0
Magdalen College School, Oxfordshire	100%	568.5
Tiffin School, Kingston upon Thames	100%	563.2
Kendrick Girls' Grammar School, Reading	100%	562.9
Colchester County High School for Girls, Essex	100%	562.0
The Abbey School Reading, Reading	100%	560.9
The Lady Eleanor Holles School, Richmond upon Thames	100%	559.2
Oxford High School GDST, Oxfordshire	100%	556.5
Caistor Grammar School, Lincolnshire	100%	555.2
Adams' Grammar School, Telford and Wrekin	100%	552.2
Sutton Grammar School for Boys, Sutton	100%	552.0
Nonsuch High School for Girls, Sutton	100%	551.7
King Edward VI Five Ways School, Birmingham	100%	543.9
Manchester High School for Girls, Manchester	100%	541.4
Poole Grammar School, Poole	100%	541.2
James Allen's Girls' School, Southwark	100%	539.9
Eltham College, Bromley	100%	537.3
Rugby High School, Warwickshire	100%	534.9
Wycombe High School, Buckinghamshire	100%	534.7
City of London School, City of London	100%	530.1
Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith and Fulham	100%	528.5
Pate's Grammar School, Gloucestershire	100%	527.1
King Edward VI Handsworth School, Birmingham	100%	525.4
King Edward's School, Birmingham	100%	525.4
Merchant Taylors' School, Hertfordshire	100%	525.0
Old Palace School of John Whitgift, Croydon	100%	524.3
St Augustine's Priory, Ealing	100%	524.3
Wycombe Abbey School, Buckinghamshire	100%	524.1
Sir Thomas Rich's School, Gloucestershire	100%	521.4
Queen Mary's High School, Walsall	100%	518.3
Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, Hertfordshire	100%	516.2
Clifton High School, Bristol	100%	511.8
Bromley High School, Bromley	100%	510.0
Warwick School, Warwickshire	100%	510.0
Reigate Grammar School, Surrey	100%	509.7
Stroud High School, Gloucestershire	100%	508.5
Norwich School, Norfolk	100%	508.3
Casterton School, Cumbria	100%	507.5
Notting Hill and Ealing High School, Ealing	100%	507.0
Guildford High School, Surrey	100%	506.5
The Maynard School, Devon	100%	505.2
Reading Blue Coat School, Wokingham	100%	503.9
Alton Convent School, Hampshire	100%	503.2
Norwich High School for Girls GDST, Norfolk	100%	502.6
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School, Bromley	100%	502.2
Croydon High School, Croydon	100%	501.7
The King's High School for Girls, Warwickshire	100%	499.0
Townley Grammar School for Girls, Bexley	100%	498.3
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield	100%	497.9
The Latymer School, Enfield	100%	497.3
Alleyn's School, Southwark	100%	496.2
Marist Senior School, Windsor and Maidenhead	100%	493.3
Croham Hurst School, Croydon	100%	492.6
Royal Grammar School, Surrey	100%	491.2
Gravesend Grammar School for Girls, Kent	100%	490.3
Highsted Grammar School, Kent	100%	489.1
Bablake School, Coventry	100%	488.4
Putney High School, Wandsworth	100%	488.3
Nottingham High School for Girls GDST, Nottingham	100%	485.4
Bancrofts School, Redbridge	100%	485.3
Forest School, Waltham Forest	100%	484.8
Heathfield School Pinner, Harrow	100%	483.2
Loughborough High School, Leicestershire	100%	483.0
Colstons Girls' School, Bristol	100%	480.2
Weald of Kent Grammar School, Kent	100%	479.9
Dame Allan's Girls' School, Newcastle upon Tyne	100%	479.3
Ipswich High School, Suffolk	100%	476.5
Stafford Grammar School, Staffordshire	100%	476.1
Bedford High School, Bedfordshire	100%	475.3
Beaconsfield High School, Buckinghamshire	100%	473.3
Dr Challoner's High School, Buckinghamshire	100%	472.6
Heathfield School, Bracknell Forest	100%	471.4
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School, Medway	100%	470.4
St Nicholas' School, Hampshire	100%	468.5
Teesside Preparatory and High School, Stockton-on-Tees	100%	466.4
St Catherine's School, Richmond upon Thames	100%	466.3
The Rochester Grammar School for Girls, Medway	100%	465.5
Derby High School, Derby	100%	465.1
Saint Martin's School, Solihull	100%	463.1
The John Lyon School, Harrow	100%	462.8
St Albans School, Hertfordshire	100%	462.4
Churcher's College, Hampshire	100%	458.3
Trent College, Derbyshire	100%	439.9
Ibstock Place School, Wandsworth	100%	432.3
Ockbrook School, Derbyshire	100%	419.4
St John's Preparatory and Senior School, Enfield	100%	417.7
Chelmsford County High School for Girls, Essex	99%	627.4
Westminster School, Westminster	99%	607.1
Newstead Wood School for Girls, Bromley	99%	591.7
King Edward VI School, Southampton	99%	574.0
King Edward VI School, Warwickshire	99%	563.7
Alcester Grammar School, Warwickshire	99%	563.1
Haberdashers' Aske's School for Boys, Hertfordshire	99%	549.9
Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls A Specialist Language College, Warwickshire	99%	545.9
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Lincolnshire	99%	543.9
Bolton School Boys' Division, Bolton	99%	543.4
Christ's Hospital, West Sussex	99%	543.0
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet, Barnet	99%	541.3
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Trafford	99%	537.9
The Perse School, Cambridgeshire	99%	537.9
Wallington High School for Girls, Sutton	99%	535.2
Royal Latin School, Buckinghamshire	99%	532.4
St Helen's School, Hillingdon	99%	529.6
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, Birmingham	99%	529.2
Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Buckinghamshire	99%	528.9
Calday Grange Grammar School, Wirral	99%	528.2
University College School, Camden	99%	527.2
Wilson's School, Sutton	99%	526.9
Colchester Royal Grammar School, Essex	99%	525.8
Torquay Boys' Grammar School, Torbay	99%	524.8
Bournemouth School, Bournemouth	99%	524.3
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School, Kent	99%	524.1
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School, Lancashire	99%	523.1
Nottingham High School, Nottingham	99%	522.1
Invicta Grammar School, Kent	99%	521.9
Dartford Grammar School for Girls, Kent	99%	521.8
St Paul's Girls' School, Hammersmith and Fulham	99%	519.9
Bournemouth School for Girls, Bournemouth	99%	519.3
Parkstone Grammar School, Poole	99%	519.3
Kesteven and Sleaford High School, Lincolnshire	99%	518.1
The Queen's School, Cheshire	99%	516.6
The Tiffin Girls' School, Kingston upon Thames	99%	514.2
Central Newcastle High School, Newcastle upon Tyne	99%	513.5
Bourne Grammar School, Lincolnshire	99%	513.1
Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Lancashire	99%	511.1
The Manchester Grammar School, Manchester	99%	510.6
King's College School, Merton	99%	510.5
City of London School for Girls, City of London	99%	510.3
The Leys School, Cambridgeshire	99%	510.2
St Catherine's School, Surrey	99%	509.8
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, Lancashire	99%	509.2
Rugby School, Warwickshire	99%	508.0
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Lancashire	99%	506.9
Aylesbury High School, Buckinghamshire	99%	506.8
Hymers College, Kingston Upon Hull	99%	506.7
Bolton School Girls' Division, Bolton	99%	506.6
Sutton High School, Sutton	99%	506.3
Woodford County High School, Redbridge	99%	506.1
Hampton School, Richmond upon Thames	99%	504.3
Bristol Grammar School, Bristol	99%	502.5
Wallington County Grammar School, Sutton	99%	502.1
Heckmondwike Grammar School, Kirklees	99%	499.7
Dover Grammar School for Girls, Kent	99%	497.9
Shrewsbury High School, Shropshire	99%	497.3
Leeds Girls' High School, Leeds	99%	495.9
Ripon Grammar School, North Yorkshire	99%	494.0
Westholme School, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen	99%	490.1
Ribston Hall High School, Gloucestershire	99%	488.9
The Godolphin and Latymer School, Hammersmith and Fulham	99%	487.7
Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School, Kent	99%	486.4
Marlborough College, Wiltshire	99%	485.9
Brighton and Hove High School, Brighton and Hove	99%	485.5
Southend High School for Girls, Southend-on-Sea	99%	485.3
St Bernard's Convent School, Slough	99%	485.2
Solihull School, Solihull	99%	485.1
The Coopers' Company and Coborn School, Havering	99%	481.6
Spalding Grammar School, Lincolnshire	99%	480.4
Chesham High School, Buckinghamshire	99%	479.4
Fort Pitt Grammar School, Medway	99%	477.7
Spalding High School, Lincolnshire	99%	476.8
Leicester Grammar School, Leicester	99%	476.4
Highgate School, Haringey	99%	476.3
St Swithun's School, Hampshire	99%	475.9
The Crossley Heath School, Calderdale	99%	474.6
Portsmouth High School, Portsmouth	99%	474.3
King Edward's School, Bath and North East Somerset	99%	471.7
King Henry VIII School, Coventry	99%	468.7
The Grange School, Cheshire	99%	467.8
Edgbaston High School for Girls, Birmingham	99%	467.6
Hulme Grammar School for Girls, Oldham	99%	465.8
Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, Bristol	99%	465.2
Wakefield Girls' High School, Wakefield	99%	464.5
Urmston Grammar School, Trafford	99%	464.3
Northampton High School, Northamptonshire	99%	463.4
Sydenham High School GDST, Lewisham	99%	456.6
Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Sefton	99%	454.8
Chigwell School, Essex	99%	453.0
Merchant Taylors' School for Girls, Sefton	99%	450.9
Hull Grammar School, Kingston Upon Hull	99%	435.6