Top A-level results

This page shows the top institutions ranked on the basis of their pupils' A/AS-level and equivalent results.

All had average points per student of more than 1000. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 exam entrants, are not ranked.

We have included information on admissions policy and any specialism.

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Name, area	Type				APS
Colchester Royal Grammar School, Essex	FD	Sc	SEL	M	1257.6
Colyton Grammar School, Devon	FD	Sc	SEL	M	1250.9
King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham	IND		SEL	G	1241.4
Wycombe Abbey School, Buckinghamshire	IND		SEL	G	1240.5
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, Essex	FD	Sc	SEL	M	1195.7
Hampton School, Richmond-upon-Thames	IND		SEL	B	1184.2
Tormead School, Surrey	IND		SEL	G	1182.4
Withington Girls' School, Manchester	IND		SEL	G	1181.7
Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Trafford	FD	L	SEL	G	1179.4
Pate's Grammar School, Gloucestershire	VA	L,Sc	SEL	M	1170.2
St Catherine's School, Surrey	IND		SEL	G	1166.1
Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall	VA	L	SEL	B	1158.4
Chelmsford County High School for Girls, Essex	FD	T,Mu	SEL	G	1153.6
Sevenoaks School, Kent	IND		SEL	M	1149.4
King Edward's School, Birmingham	IND		SEL	B	1146.3
St Swithun's School, Hampshire	IND		SEL	G	1146.3
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, Birmingham	VA	Sc,H	SEL	B	1141.3
King Edward VI School, Warwickshire	VA	H	SEL	B	1131.3
Wilson's School, Sutton	VA	M	SEL	B	1129.9
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, Birmingham	VA	M	SEL	G	1129.6
Ermysted's Grammar School, North Yorkshire	VA	Sc	SEL	B	1125.9
Westminster School, Westminster	IND		SEL	M	1125.7
Nottingham High School, Nottingham, City of	IND		SEL	B	1122.8
Winchester College, Hampshire	IND		SEL	B	1113.4
Warwick School, Warwickshire	IND		SEL	B	1111
The Lady Eleanor Holles School, Richmond-upon-Thames	IND		SEL	G	1109.5
Colchester County High School for Girls, Essex	FD	Sc	SEL	G	1109.2
James Allen's Girls' School, Southwark	IND		SEL	G	1109.2
Merchant Taylors' School, Hertfordshire	IND		SEL	B	1109.1
Nottingham High School for Girls GDST, Nottingham, City of	IND		SEL	G	1100.1
Hymers College, Kingston-upon-Hull, City of	IND		SEL	M	1098.7
Loughborough High School, Leicestershire	IND		SEL	G	1097.9
Wakefield Girls' High School, Wakefield	IND		SEL	G	1095.3
Southend High School for Girls, Southend-on-Sea	FD	L	SEL	M	1094.4
Wolverhampton Girls' High School, Wolverhampton	FD	L	SEL	G	1093.8
King Edward VI Handsworth School, Birmingham	VA	A	SEL	G	1090.5
Perse School for Girls, Cambridgeshire	IND		SEL	G	1088.5
North London Collegiate School, Harrow	IND		SEL	G	1086
Wallington County Grammar School, Sutton	FD	Sc	SEL	M	1086
Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls A Specialist Language College, Warwickshire	CY	L	SEL	G	1082.7
Nonsuch High School for Girls, Sutton	FD	Sc	SEL	G	1082.3
Alleyn's School, Southwark	IND		SEL	M	1082.1
Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle (British Section), Kensington and Chelsea	IND		SEL	M	1082
Bootham School, York, City of	IND		SEL	M	1080.7
The Grange School, Cheshire	IND		SEL	M	1078.3
The Belvedere School GDST, Liverpool	IND		SEL	G	1076.9
King Edward VI Five Ways School, Birmingham	VA	H	SEL	M	1075.1
Greenhead College, Kirklees	Sixth Form College		NA	M	1072.4
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Trafford	FD	L	SEL	B	1071.7
Sir Thomas Rich's School, Gloucestershire	CY	L,Sc	SEL	M	1070.1
The Tiffin Girls' School, Kingston-upon-Thames	CY	M	SEL	G	1066.5
Loughborough Grammar School, Leicestershire	IND		SEL	B	1066
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, Birmingham	CY	Sc	SEL	G	1065.8
Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Buckinghamshire	VC	Sc	SEL	B	1064
Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Lancashire	VA	T,L	SEL	B	1063.7
Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Sefton	IND		SEL	B	1062.9
Magdalen College School, Oxfordshire	IND		SEL	B	1062.6
Westcliff High School for Boys, Southend-on-Sea	FD	H	SEL	B	1061.8
Downe House School, West Berkshire	IND		SEL	G	1061.8
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School, Bromley	VA	M	SEL	M	1061.2
City of London Freemen's School, Surrey	IND		SEL	M	1060.9
Torquay Boys' Grammar School, Torbay	FD	L	SEL	B	1060.4
Ripon Grammar School, North Yorkshire	CY	E	SEL	M	1059.8
St Albans School, Hertfordshire	IND		SEL	M	1059.3
Skipton Girls' High School, North Yorkshire	VC	E	SEL	G	1058.1
Kendrick Girls' Grammar School, Reading	FD	Sc	SEL	G	1054.9
High School for Girls, Gloucestershire	CY	L	SEL	M	1050
Dixie Grammar School, Leicestershire	IND		SEL	M	1049.6
King's College School, Merton	IND		SEL	B	1049.3
Norwich High School for Girls GDST, Norfolk	IND		SEL	G	1048.6
Aylesbury Grammar School, Buckinghamshire	VC	T,L	SEL	B	1047.3
Cheadle Hulme School, Stockport	IND		SEL	M	1045.7
Manchester High School for Girls, Manchester	IND		SEL	G	1045
Newport Girls' High School, Telford and Wrekin	CY	M	SEL	G	1044.8
Merchant Taylors' School for Girls, Sefton	IND		SEL	G	1044
Northampton High School, Northamptonshire	IND		SEL	G	1043.9
Birkdale School, Sheffield	IND		SEL	M	1042.9
Leeds Girls' High School, Leeds	IND		SEL	G	1042.1
Wymondham High School, Norfolk	CY	A	COMP	M	1038.8
The Judd School, Kent	VA	Mu	SEL	M	1038.7
Concord College, Shropshire	IND		SEL	M	1038.3
Derby High School, Derby, City of	IND		SEL	G	1037.9
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School, Lancashire	FD	T,L	SEL	G	1036.9
Southend High School for Boys, Southend-on-Sea	FD	L	SEL	M	1036.5
Newcastle-under-Lyme School, Staffordshire	IND		SEL	M	1036.4
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield	IND		SEL	B	1035.2
Yarm School, Stockton-on-Tees	IND		SEL	M	1032.3
Parkstone Grammar School, Poole	FD	Sc	SEL	G	1031.1
Roedean School, Brighton and Hove	IND		SEL	G	1030.5
Bury Grammar School (Girls), Bury	IND		SEL	G	1029.8
St Michael's Catholic Grammar School, Barnet	VA	L	SEL	G	1026.6
St Paul's School, Richmond-upon-Thames	IND		SEL	B	1026.5
Queen Mary's High School, Walsall	VA	L	SEL	M	1025.3
Barton Court Grammar School, Kent	FD	L	SEL	M	1025.2
Badminton School, Bristol, City of	IND		SEL	G	1025.2
Bolton School Girls' Division, Bolton	IND		SEL	G	1022.8
Caistor Grammar School, Lincolnshire	FD	S	SEL	M	1021.5
Leicester Grammar School, Leicester, City of	IND		SEL	M	1020.5
Bablake School, Coventry	IND		SEL	M	1018.6
St Mary's School Ascot, Windsor and Maidenhead	IND		SEL	G	1018.5
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, Lancashire	FD	T	SEL	M	1017.1
Birkenhead High School, Wirral	IND		SEL	G	1016.4
Eton College, Windsor and Maidenhead	IND		SEL	B	1016.2
Oxford High School GDST, Oxfordshire	IND		SEL	G	1014.6
Bourne Grammar School, Lincolnshire	VC		SEL	M	1014.5
King Edward VI Aston School, Birmingham	VA	S	SEL	B	1013.2
The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire	FD	L	SEL	B	1012.9
Westcliff High School for Girls, Southend-on-Sea	FD	E,Sc	SEL	G	1012.3
Newstead Wood School for Girls, Bromley	FD	E	SEL	G	1010.9
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet, Barnet	FD	Mu	SEL	B	1009.8
King Edward VI College Stourbridge, Dudley	Sixth Form College		NA	M	1009.7
Dover Grammar School for Girls, Kent	CY		SEL	G	1009.5
Rugby School, Warwickshire	IND		SEL	M	1009.2
St Paul's Girls' School, Hammersmith and Fulham	IND		SEL	G	1009.2
Highsted Grammar School, Kent	CY	Sc	SEL	M	1009.1
Sutton Grammar School for Boys, Sutton	FD	Sc	SEL	B	1008.6
Woldingham School, Surrey	IND		SEL	G	1008.2
Winstanley College, Wigan	Sixth Form College		NA	M	1008
The Manchester Grammar School, Manchester	IND		SEL	B	1006.6
The Perse School, Cambridgeshire	IND		SEL	M	1006
Casterton School, Cumbria	IND		SEL	G	1004.9
Devonport High School for Boys, Plymouth, City of	FD	E	SEL	B	1004.3
St Clare's, Oxford, Oxfordshire	IND		SEL	M	1002.5
Sixth Form College Farnborough, Hampshire	Sixth Form College		NA	M	1002.1
Tonbridge Grammar School, Kent	FD	M	SEL	M	1002
The King's School, Cheshire	IND		SEL	M	1001.9
Spalding High School, Lincolnshire	CY	S	SEL	M	1001.5
The Crossley Heath School, Calderdale	FD	L	SEL	M	1001.4
Abingdon School, Oxfordshire	IND		SEL	B	1001.3
Tonbridge School, Kent	IND		SEL	B	1001.2
The Cheltenham Ladies' College, Gloucestershire	IND		SEL	G	1000.8
Hockerill Anglo-European College, Hertfordshire	FD	L,Mu	COMP	M	1000.5
The Blue Coat School, Liverpool	VA		SEL	M	1000.4
Arnold School, Blackpool	IND		SEL	M	1000.4