UK Boarding Schools Ranking

2022 UK Boarding Schools Ranking Table by A-level

Ranking School  Gender A-level A*-A% Candidates Location
1 St Paul's School Boys 95.5 206 London
2 Cardiff Sixth Form College Coed 94.7 157 Cardiff
3 Westminster School Boys (co-ed sixth form) 90.7 189 Greater London
4 Oxford International College Coed 90.6 121 Oxfordshire
5 Wycombe Abbey School Girls 89.9 98 Buckinghamshire
6 Brighton College Coed 89.6 207 East Sussex
7 Tonbridge School Boys 84 162 Kent
8 Dulwich College Boys 81.8 251 Greater London
9 Concord College Coed 81.2 186 Shropshire
10 Queen Ethelburga's College Coed 80.9 100 North Yorkshire
11 St Michael's School - Llanelli Coed 80.2 51 Carmarthenshire (Wales)
12 St Mary's School Ascot Girls 78.2 59 Berkshire
13 Abingdon School Boys 78 83 Oxfordshire
14 Cheltenham Ladies' College Girls  77 122 Gloucestershire
15 St Catherine's, Bramley Girls 76.8 83 Surrey
16 St Swithun's School Girls  75 73 Hampshire
17 The National Mathematics and Science College Coed 75 25 Warwickshire
18 Wellington College Coed 74.5 243 Berkshire
19 City of London Freemen's School Coed 74 98 Surrey
20 Downe House School Girls  74 81 Berkshire
21 Badminton School Girls 73.7 45 Bristol
22 Canford School Coed 73.7 146 Dorset
23 Charterhouse School Coed 71 260 Surrey
24 Headington School Girls  71 105 Oxford
25 St George's School - Ascot Girls  71 37 Berkshire
26 Roedean School Girls 70.1 62 East Sussex
27 Caterham School Coed 70 156 Surrey
28 Truro High School for Girls Girls 69 30 Cornwall
29 Berkhamsted School Coed
(Diamond Structure)		 68.5 211 Hertfordshire
30 Bootham Senior School Coed 68.5 71 York
31 Oundle School Coed 67.1 185 Northamptonshire
32 Kingswood School Coed 67 118 Bath
33 Whitgift School Boys 67 168 Greater London
34 Royal High School Bath, GDST Girls 65.8 49 Somerset
35 Hurtwood House Coed 65.1 167 Surrey
36 Norwich School (6th form homestay) Coed 65.6 150 Norfolk
37 St John's School, Leatherhead Coed 65.1 128 Surrey
38 St Peter's, York Coed 65.1 122 North Yorkshire
39 d'Overbroeck's Coed 64.9 174 Oxfordshire
40 Warwick School Boys 64.9 145 Warwick
41 Godolphin Girls  64 45 Salisbury
42 Chigwell School Coed 63.2 85 Essex
43 Marlborough College Coed 63 219 Wiltshire
44 Truro School Coed 63 92 Truro
45 Haileybury Coed 62.9 230 Hertfordshire
46 Uppingham School Coed 62.5 184 Rutland
47 Bishop's Stortford College Coed 62 116 Bishops Stortford
48 Epsom College Coed 61.5 168 Surrey
49 Moreton Hall School Girls
(Coed in Y7-Y8)		 60.4 54 Shropshire
50 Ruthin School Coed 60.3 63 Denbighshire
51 Abbey College Cambridge Coed 60 160 Cambridge
52 Heathfield School - Ascot Girls  60 17 Berkshire
53 Sherborne Girls Girls  60 99 Dorset
54 Sherborne School Boys 60 114 Sherborne
55 St Edward's School - Oxford Coed 60 166 Oxford
56 The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's Coed 60 60 North Yorkshire
57 Ardingly College Coed 59.4 90 West Sussex
58 The King's School, Canterbury Coed 59.2 173 Kent
59 The Yehudi Menuhin School Coed 59 17 Surrey
60 Stephen Perse Foundation Coed 58.8 62 Cambridgeshire
61 Shrewsbury School Coed 58.2 174 Shropshire
62 Burgess Hill Girls Girls 58 31 West Sussex
63 Clifton College Coed 58 167 Bristol
64 Fettes College Coed 58 133 Edinburgh
65 Ipswich School Coed 57.8 126 Suffolk
66 Bosworth Independent College Coed 57 41 Northampton
67 Wells Cathedral School Coed 56.9 88 Somerset
68 Jersey College for Girls Girls 56.5 91 Channel Islands
69 Royal Russell School Coed 56.3 129 Surrey
70 Benenden School Girls  56 96 Kent
71 St Francis' College Girls  56 18 Hertfordshire
72 Monmouth School for Boys Boys 55.6 78 Monmouth
73 Monmouth School for Girls Girls  55.6 52 Monmouth
74 Brentwood School Coed 55.2 142 Essex
75 Cranleigh School Coed 55 127 Surrey
76 Loughborough Grammar School Boys 54.5 95 Leicestershire
77 Saint Felix School Coed 54.2 24 Suffolk
78 Bedales School Coed 54 96 Petersfield
79 Malvern St James Girls' School Girls  54 33 Worcestershire
80 St David's College Coed 53.5 23 Conwy
81 Bromsgrove School Coed 53 88 Worcestershire
82 Christ's Hospital Coed 53 139 West Sussex
83 New Hall School Coed 52.9 116 Essex
84 Dauntsey's School Coed 52.7 139 Wiltshire
85 Bedford School Boys 52.4 116 Bedfordshire
86 Cheltenham College Coed 52.4 149 Gloucestershire
87 Ashville College Coed 52.3 60 North Yorkshire
88 Blundell's School Coed 52 101 Devon
89 Royal Masonic School for Girls Girls  52 77 Hertfordshire
90 The Leys School Coed 51.3 99 Cambridgeshire
91 Thetford Grammar School Coed 51.2 13 Norfolk
92 Dean Close School Coed 51 97 Gloucestershire
93 Trent College Coed 51 100 Nottingham
94 Oakham School Coed 50.8 122 Rutland
95 Battle Abbey School Coed 50.3 56 East Sussex
96 Bethany School Coed 50 35 Kent
97 Mill Hill School Coed 50 173 London
98 Queenswood Girls 50 48 Hertfordshire
99 Repton School Coed 50 144 Derbyshire
100 The Ladies' College Girls 46.9 50 Channel Islands
101 Mander Portman Woodward (MPW) Coed 46.9 199 Greater London
102 Rossall School Coed 50 78 Lancashire
103 Stonyhurst College Coed 50 73 Lancashire
104 Tudor Hall School Girls  50 46 Oxfordshire
105 Prior Park College Coed 49 101 Bath
106 Queen Margaret's School - York Girls  49 36 York
107 The Royal School Dungannon Coed 48.8 81 County Tyrone
108 Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation Coed 48.7 54 Durham
109 Gresham's School Coed 48 55 North Norfolk
110 Stowe School Coed 48 195 Buckingham
111 Taunton School Coed 48 148 Somerset
112 St Margaret's School Coed 47.3 29 Hertfordshire
113 Giggleswick School Coed 47 56 North Yorkshire 
114 Oswestry School Coed 46.2 30 Shropshire
115 King's College Taunton Coed 46 95 Somerset
116 King's Ely Coed 46 94 Cambridgeshire
117 Kingham Hill School - Chipping Norton Coed 46 54 Oxfordshire
118 Tring Park School for the Performing Arts Coed 46 74 Hertfordshire
119 Felsted School Coed 45.6 86 Essex
120 Christ College Coed 45.1 56 Powys
121 Ryde School With Upper Chine Coed 45.1 77 Isle of Wight
122 Farlington School Coed 45 15 West Sussex
123 Monkton Senior School Coed 45 85 Bath
124 Queen Anne's School Girls  45 50 Berkshire
125 Denstone College and The Prep at Denstone College Coed 44.6 94 Staffordshire
126 St George's School, Edinburgh Girls 44.4 9 Midlothian
127 Talbot Heath School Girls 44.1 38 Dorset
128 Ampleforth College Coed 44 107 York
129 Mount Kelly Coed 43.5 55 Devon
130 Kimbolton School Coed 43.2 104 Cambridgeshire
131 St Mary's School - Cambridge Girls  43 52 Cambridge
132 Ryde School Coed 42.8 51 Isle of Wight
133 Rendcomb College Coed 42.4 31 Gloucestershire
134 Framlingham College Coed 42 76 Suffolk
135 Harrogate Ladies' College Girls  42 45 Harrogate
136 Royal Hospital School Coed 41.3 56 Suffolk
137 Kirkham Grammar School Coed 41.2 89 Lancashire
138 Rye St Antony School Girls  41 17 Oxford
139 Shiplake College Boys 41 101 Henley on Thames
140 Loretto School Coed 40.6 55 East Lothian
141 Frensham Heights School Coed 40.2 40 Surrey
142 DLD College London Coed 40 137 London
143 The John Lyon School Coed 32.2 78 Greater London
144 Mander Portman Woodward Birmingham Coed 32.1 68 West Midlands
145 Kent College Canterbury Coed 40 70 Kent
146 Reddam House Berkshire Coed 40 48 Surrey
147 Lime House School Coed 39.7 21 Cumbria
148 Cambridge Tutors College Coed 39.4 24 Surrey
149 The Oratory School Coed 39 48 South Oxfordshire
150 Wellington School Coed 39 82 Somerset
151 Wychwood School Girls 38.7 11 Oxfordshire
152 Abbey College Manchester Coed 38 78 Manchester
153 Sidcot School Coed 38 52 Somerset
154 Downside School Coed 38 64 Somerset
155 The Mount School York Girls 37 17 North Yorkshire
156 St Edmund's School Canterbury Coed 36.8 46 Kent
157 St Edmund's College Coed 36 88 Ware
158 Bath Academy Coed 35.5 26 Somerset
159 Ipswich High School Coed 35.2 29 Suffolk
160 Glenalmond College Coed 34.4 61 Perthshire and Kinross
161 Kingham Hill School Coed 34.2 37 Oxfordshire
162 Ashford School Coed 34 62 Kent
163 Lord Wandsworth College Coed 34 87 Hampshire
164 Brockwood Park School and Inwoods Small School Coed 33.3 10 Hampshire
165 The Hammond Coed 33.3 16 Cheshire
166 Read School Coed 31.6 10 North Yorkshire
167 Kensington Park School Coed 31.3 42 Greater London
168 Leighton Park School Coed 31 77 Berkshire
169 Langley Coed 30.5 61 Norfolk
170 David Game College Coed 30 100 London
171 Worth School Coed 30 96 West Sussex
172 Rochester Independent College Coed 29.4 118 Kent
173 Trinity School, Teignmouth Coed 29.2 11 Devon
174 Stover School Coed 27.9 21 Devon
175 Lincoln Minster School Coed 26.5 40 Lincolnshire
176 St John's College, Southsea Coed 25.5 19 Hampshire
177 Ratcliffe College Coed 25 73 Leicestershire
178 Beechwood School Coed 23 20 Kent
179 Stoke College Coed 22.2 3 Suffolk
180 Bournemouth Collegiate School Coed 22 41 Dorset
181 Bede's Senior School Coed 21 170 Hailsham
182 Bedstone College Coed 20 15 Shrewsbury
183 Abbey College in Malvern Coed 16.7 2 Worcestershire
184 St Lawrence College Coed 16.4 59 Kent
185 West Buckland School Coed 13.2 83 Devon
186 Elmhurst Ballet School Coed 10 10 West Midlands

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