GCSE results 2016: Independent schools table Rank Name Town % at % at A and A* above
1 North London Collegiate Edgware 85.26 98.06 School
2 Westminster School Westminster 86.41 97.86
3 Wycombe Abbey School High Wycombe 79.59 97.39
4 City of London School For The City 77.3 96.6 Girls
5 Guildford High School for Guildford 76.78 96.31 Girls
6 Royal Grammar School Guildford 79.36 96.26
7 King's College School Wimbledon 76.46 95.7 (KCS)
8 Withington Girls' School Manchester 72.15 95.49
9 Haberdashers' Aske's Elstree 72.71 95.36 Boys' School
10 The Perse School Cambridge 76.39 94.06
11 St Helen and St Katharine Abingdon 76.05 94.01
12 Magdalen College School Oxford 71.21 93.64
13 The Haberdashers' Aske's Borehamwood 63.04 93.4 School for Girls
14 City of London School London 72.17 92.54
15 Wimbledon High School Wimbledon 72.37 92.48 GDST
16 St Albans High School for St Albans 67.59 92.17 Girls
17 Alleyn's School Dulwich 66.9 92.15 18 King Edward VI High Birmingham 73.82 91.95 School for Girls
19 James Allen's Girls' School London 70.17 91.86
20 Oxford High School GDST Oxford 67.99 91.22
21 Brighton College Brighton 53.55 91.07
22 South Hampstead High Hampstead 63.41 90.91 School GDST
23 Hampton School Hampton 67.24 90.76
24 Notting Hill and Ealing Ealing 65.82 90.58 High School GDST
25 St Catherine's, Bramley Guildford 58.37 89.4
26 Bancroft's School Woodford Green 57.7 89.31
27 Oundle School Peterborough 59.55 89.14
28 University College School, Hampstead 60.91 88.38 Hampstead
29 The Manchester Grammar Manchester 64.4 88.32 School
30 Highgate School Highgate 64.33 88.24
31 St Helen's School Northwood 58.99 87.75
32 St Mary's School, Ascot Ascot 61.87 87.18
33 King Edward's School, Birmingham 60.72 87.15 Birmingham
34 Merchant Taylors' School Northwood 62.18 87.13
35 Francis Holland School, Westminster 53.93 86.52 Sloane Square
36 Putney High School GDST Putney 48.65 85.78 37 The Stephen Perse Cambridge 61.1 85.63 Foundation
38 St Swithun's School Winchester 57.52 84.97
39 The Abbey School Reading 53.8 84.11
40 Channing School London 52.69 83.23
41 City of London Freemen's Ashtead 52.18 82.43 School
42 Sir William Perkins's Chertsey 54.5 82.21 School
43 Kingston Grammar School Kingston-upon- 54.1 82 Thames
44 Reigate Grammar School Reigate 54.26 81.81
45 Exeter School Exeter 49.62 81.75
46 Eltham College Mottingham 43.35 81.69
47 Concord College Shrewsbury 46.94 81.65
48 Rugby School Rugby 50.16 81.6
49 Royal Grammar School Newcastle-upon-Tyne 52.91 81.59
50 Manchester High School Manchester 47.89 81.16 for Girls
51 King's High School Warwick 45.92 80.24
52 Headington School Oxford 51.06 79.7
53 Ibstock Place School Roehampton 49.18 79.29
54 Warwick School Warwick 47.57 78.67
55 Caterham School Caterham 46.29 78.59
56 Solihull School Solihull 41.2 78.53
57 Dauntsey's School Devizes 48.53 78.17 58 St James Senior Girls' West Kensington 44.59 77.97 School
59 Leicester Grammar School Great Glen 43.95 77.6
60 Queen's College London London 44.74 76.88
61 St Albans School St Albans 45.75 76.7
62 Loughborough High School Loughborough 47.24 76.54
63 Badminton School Bristol 48.31 76.22
64 St Peter's School York 42.67 76.11
65 The Grange School Northwich 39.94 75.61
66 The Royal High School Bath 42.45 75.59 Bath GDST
67 King's School Canterbury 46.44 75.49
68 Wakefield Girls' High Wakefield 36.25 74.92 School
69 Leicester High School for Leicester 47.92 74.83 Girls
70 Bristol Grammar School Bristol 45.6 74.74
71 Howell's School Llandaff Cardiff 43.16 74.54 GDST
72 Roedean School Brighton 45.24 74.45
73 Queen's Gate School London 47.43 73.91
74 Woldingham School Caterham 45.74 73.31
75 The King's School, Chester 44.8 72.76 Cheshire
76 Francis Holland School, London 33.48 72.29 Regent's Park
77 Norwich School Norwich 44.29 72.18 78 Ipswich High School GDST Ipswich 44.6 71.81
79 King Edward's School Bath 44.15 71.43
80 Nottingham High School Nottingham 42.94 71.37
81 Bolton School Girls' Bolton 34.74 71.12 Division
82 Bradford Grammar School Bradford 46.1 71.07
83 Nottingham Girls’ High Nottingham 40.05 70.84 School GDST
84 Walthamstow Hall Sevenoaks 38.83 70.33
85 Moreton Hall Oswestry 40.94 70.11
86 Epsom College Epsom 37.71 70.07
87 The Portsmouth Grammar Portsmouth 40.97 69.67 School
88 The Red Maids' School Bristol 39.91 69.65
89 The Queen's School, Chester 37.77 69.27 Chester
90 St John's College, Cardiff Cardiff 34.5 69.27
91 St Michael's School Llanelli 38.5 69.25
92 The King's School Worcester 42.14 69.18
93 Cheadle Hulme School Cheadle 37.37 69.18
94 Streatham and Clapham Streatham 36.09 69.01 High School GDST
95 Monkton Combe School Bath 41.92 68.8
96 Clifton College Bristol 35.27 68.72
97 Chigwell School Chigwell 35.55 68.66
98 Monmouth School Monmouth 42.99 68.6 99 The Ladies' College Guernsey 36.16 68.55
100 Reading Blue Coat School Reading 33.56 68.49
101 Chetham's School of Music Manchester 38.6 68.42
102 Forest School London 34.54 68.4
103 Portsmouth High School Southsea 37.84 68.38 GDST
104 Canford School Wimborne 38.35 68.37
105 Sheffield High School Sheffield 36.53 68.36 GDST
106 The Godolphin School Salisbury 36.18 68.09
107 Queen Ethelburga's York 31.36 67.86 College
108 Haberdashers' Monmouth Monmouth 41.88 67.73 School for Girls
109 Bishop's Stortford College Bishop's Stortford 37.08 67.71
110 Bruton School for Girls Bruton 25.59 67.64
111 Mayfield School Mayfield 29.3 67.59
112 Birkenhead School Wirral 35.9 67.57
113 St George's College Addlestone 40.31 67.46 Weybridge
114 St Mary's School, Cambridge 35.15 67.42 Cambridge
115 Stafford Grammar School Stafford 35.04 67.34
116 The Leys School Cambridge 30.91 66.92
117 Sherborne School Sherborne 32.88 66.78
118 Merchant Taylors' Girls' Liverpool 29.3 66.31 School 119 Uppingham School Uppingham 34.53 66.3
120 Burgess Hill Girls Burgess Hill 32.58 66.29
121 Yarm School Yarm 36.99 66.08
122 St Augustine's Priory Ealing 36.96 66.01
123 Hymers College Hull 35.64 65.94
124 Bedford Modern School Bedford 34.94 65.91
125 Derby High School Derby 32.81 65.89
126 Dame Allan's Senior Newcastle Upon Tyne 29.53 65.81 Schools
127 Ipswich School Ipswich 30.52 65.64
128 The Princess Helena Hitchin 36.59 65.4 College
129 St John's School Leatherhead 28.58 65.4
130 The Grammar School at Leeds 35.57 65.36 Leeds
131 Haileybury Hertford 39.42 65.24
132 Northwood College GDST Northwood 32.57 64.83
133 Wells Cathedral School Wells 32.93 64.67
134 Kingswood School Bath 30.86 64.58
135 Churcher's College Petersfield 30.82 64.53
136 Queen Elizabeth Grammar Wakefield 33.74 64.5 School
137 Northampton High School Northampton 34.25 64.07 GDST
138 Queenswood Hatfield 30.14 63.71
139 Bablake School Coventry 31.75 63.6 140 Bromsgrove School Bromsgrove 31.62 63.55
141 Norwich High School Norwich 30.46 63.31 GDST
142 Sydenham High School Sydenham 32.09 63.22 GDST
143 Redland High School for Bristol 32.64 63.2 Girls
144 Immanuel College Bushey 34.15 63.1
145 The Cathedral School Cardiff 34.32 62.64 Llandaff
146 Ampleforth College York 33.03 62.6
147 Oakham School Oakham 31.32 62.49
148 Croydon High School South Croydon 27.37 62.23 GDST
149 Ardingly College Haywards Heath 29.24 61.96
150 St Dunstan's College Catford 31.36 61.83
151 Reed's School Cobham 25.43 61.49
152 Stockport Grammar School Stockport 34.21 61.48
153 Colfe's School Lee 25.6 61.3
154 Cranford House School Wallingford 28.4 61.24
155 Saint Martin's Solihull 23.88 61.19
156 Brighton and Hove High Brighton 30.36 61.06 School GDST
157 Queen Margaret's School York 29.33 61.02 (York)
158 Gateways School Leeds 27.92 60.87 159 St Francis' College Letchworth Garden 27.4 60.66 City
160 The John Lyon School Harrow 27.56 60.53
161 The Marist Senior School Ascot 33.14 60.44
162 Bromley High School Bromley 25.95 60.2 GDST
163 Pocklington School York 28.87 60.13
164 Durham High School for Durham 24.95 60.12 Girls
165 King Henry VIII Coventry 25.85 59.83
166 AKS Lytham St Annes 30.13 59.81
167 Dixie Grammar School Market Bosworth 27.03 59.71
168 St Margaret's School Bushey 25.45 59.46
169 Loughborough Grammar Loughborough 34.43 58.88 School
170 Mill Hill School Mill Hill 22.32 58.87
171 The King's School Macclesfield 23.68 58.84
172 Bury Grammar School Bury 24.1 58.68 Girls
173 Bradfield College Bradfield 26.21 58.39
174 Brentwood School Brentwood 24.98 58.25
175 Farnborough Hill Farnborough 25.16 58.24
176 Hereford Cathedral School Hereford 30.08 57.87
177 Newcastle High School for Newcastle-upon-Tyne 28.4 57.4 Girls GDST
178 Stamford High School Stamford 28.3 57.35 179 Birkdale School Sheffield 26.6 57.27
180 d'Overbroeck's College Oxford 27.15 57.26
181 Merchiston Castle School Edinburgh 27.66 57.25
182 ACS Egham International Egham 10.71 57.14 School
183 Bedford School Bedford 23.87 56.87
184 RGS Worcester Worcester 29.5 56.81
185 Truro High School for Girls Truro 27.2 56.48
186 Lingfield Notre Dame Lingfield 24.24 56.31
187 Methodist College Belfast 22.6 56.28
188 Wolverhampton Grammar Wolverhampton 24.25 56.24 School
189 Merchant Taylors' Boys' Liverpool 32.56 56.01 School
190 Kimbolton School Huntingdon 21.5 55.72
191 St Catherine's School, Twickenham 26.77 55.53 Twickenham
192 St Mary's School, Shaftesbury 25.68 55.36 Shaftesbury
193 King's Ely Ely 25.95 55.11
194 Sutton High School GDST Sutton 20.79 55.06
195 Farlington School Horsham 18.24 54.9
196 Ockbrook School Derby 29.25 54.42
197 Alton Convent School Alton 28.01 54.15
198 Truro School Truro 23.75 54.14
199 The Swaminarayan School Neasden 29.52 54.05 200 Oldham Hulme Grammar Oldham 18.09 53.78 Schools
201 Salesian College Farnborough 24.55 53.5
202 Talbot Heath School Bournemouth 21.87 53.3
203 Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle-under- 25.88 53.18 School Lyme
204 Bolton School Boys' Bolton 25.15 53.13 Division
205 The King Alfred School Golders Green 19.24 53.02
206 West Buckland School Barnstaple 22.83 52.33
207 Ruthin School Ruthin 25.31 52.19
208 The Purcell School Watford 27.43 51.87
209 Stamford School Stamford 27.31 51.8
210 Elizabeth College Guernsey 21.87 51.01
211 Hill House School Doncaster 20.93 50.72
212 Bury Grammar School Bury 23.08 50.5 Boys
213 Harrogate Ladies' College Harrogate 26.01 50.36
214 Gresham's School Holt 20.95 50.22
215 St George's School, Ascot Ascot 20.29 49.76
216 Our Lady's Abingdon Abingdon 17.44 49.43 School
217 Claremont Fan Court Esher 17.41 49.15 School
218 Notre Dame Senior School Cobham 19.01 49.12
219 Glenalmond College Perth 22.88 49.03 220 Stonyhurst College Clitheroe 22.29 49.02
221 Moira House Girls' School Eastbourne 23.14 48.97
222 Clifton High School Bristol 21.6 48.8
223 The Towers Convent Steyning 14.26 48.76 School
224 Ryde School Ryde 21.49 48.68
225 St Nicholas' School Fleet 17.39 48.45
226 Bootham School York 24.33 48.3
227 St Mary's College Liverpool 16.35 47.99
228 Wisbech Grammar School Wisbech 25.72 47.87
229 Ratcliffe College Leicester 21.43 47.87
230 The Royal School Dungannon 19.7 47.58 Dungannon
231 Derby Grammar School Derby 23.42 47.47
232 King William's College Castletown 20.12 47.14
233 Scarborough College Scarborough 22.01 47.05
234 Rendcomb College Cirencester 23.07 46.82
235 Rydal Penrhos School Colwyn Bay 18.6 46.77
236 New Hall School Chelmsford 19.74 46.64
237 Queen's College Taunton 22.82 46.63
238 Heathfield School Ascot 16.82 46.55
239 The Royal School, Haslemere 15.2 46.5 Haslemere
240 Durham School Durham 16.57 46.49
241 St Bede's College Manchester 22.06 46.37 242 Edgbaston High School for Birmingham 17.94 45.76 Girls
243 St Benedict's School Ealing 17.42 45.61
244 Felsted School Dunmow 16.46 45.28
245 Westholme School Blackburn 15.69 45.24
246 Leighton Park School Reading 18.41 45.13
247 Victoria College St Helier 14.53 44.87
248 Alderley Edge School Alderley Edge 21.6 44.8
249 The Mount School (York) York 18.02 44.74
250 Luckley House School Wokingham 16.85 44.69
251 Culford School Bury St Edmunds 20.99 44.6
252 Teesside High School Eaglescliffe 13.94 44.55
253 Colston's School Bristol 17.56 44.28
254 Christ College Brecon 14.29 44.26
255 Bede's Senior School Hailsham 18.61 43.96
256 St James Senior Boys' Ashford 12.17 43.92 School
257 Lewes Old Grammar Lewes 13.15 43.84 School
258 Greenacre School for Girls Banstead 16.03 43.73
259 Lord Wandsworth College Hook 16.11 43.44
260 Loretto School Musselburgh 18.29 43.32
261 The Edinburgh Academy Edinburgh 15.85 43.25
262 Ashville College Harrogate 14.63 42.81
263 Thetford Grammar School Thetford 18.69 42.73 264 King's School Gloucester 14.36 42.73
265 Trent College Nottingham 16.63 42.35
266 Sedbergh School Sedbergh 19.63 41.94
267 Kirkham Grammar School Preston 16.35 41.93
268 Shrewsbury High School Shrewsbury 12.05 41.37 GDST
269 St Michael's College Tenbury Wells 15.6 41.28
270 St George's School for Edinburgh 13.07 41.2 Girls, Edinburgh
271 Plymouth College Plymouth 18.03 40.75
272 St Mary's School, Colchester 13.84 40.7 Colchester
273 The Oratory School Nr Reading 20.65 40.48
274 Langley School Norwich 14.25 40.13
275 Tower College Rainhill 10.66 40.11
276 Royal Russell School Croydon 17.55 39.81
277 Lichfield Cathedral School Lichfield 14.47 39.8
278 Hull Collegiate School Hull 18.9 39.66
279 Manor House School Little Bookham 13.72 39.38
280 Silcoates School Wakefield 10.97 38.96
281 Hipperholme Grammar Halifax 10.97 38.24 School
282 Pangbourne College Reading 12.18 37.89
283 Abbots Bromley School Rugeley 22.91 37.44
284 Our Lady of Sion School Worthing 11.71 37.29 285 St Edward's School Cheltenham 16.24 36.55
286 Rookwood School Andover 13.04 36.41
287 Longridge Towers School Berwick-upon-Tweed 11.76 36.41
288 More House School Knightsbridge 14.96 36.13
289 St Edmund's College Ware 16.29 35.61
290 Bishop Challoner School Bromley 8.48 35.38
291 Our Lady's Convent School Loughborough 9.3 34.88
292 Woodhouse Grove School Apperley Bridge 14.45 34.54
293 Oswestry School Oswestry 14.57 34.29
294 Kingham Hill School Chipping Norton 12.23 34.17
295 Ditcham Park School Petersfield 15.83 33.72
296 Hawley Place School Camberley 8.33 33.6
297 St Leonards St Andrews 14.27 32.8
298 The Arts Educational Chiswick 7.17 32.49 School London
299 Reddam House Bearwood Wokingham 7.55 32.45 School
300 Sutton Valence School Maidstone 9.53 32.12
301 Highclare School Birmingham 5.09 32.06
302 Lincoln Minster School Lincoln 12.41 31.83
303 Mayville High School Southsea 10.93 31.47
304 Mander Portman South Kensington 14.23 30.96 Woodward (MPW)
305 Tring Park School for the Tring 8.73 29.76 Performing Arts 306 Battle Abbey School Battle 11.48 29.51
307 Claires Court Schools Maidenhead 10.41 29.5
308 St Edmund's School, Canterbury 7.98 28.39 Canterbury
309 Rye St Antony School Oxford 12.44 28.07
310 St John's College Southsea 7.82 27.93
311 Bowbrook House School Pershore 5.44 27.22
312 Abbey Gate College Chester 7.95 26.55
313 Farringtons School Chislehurst 5.54 26.39
314 Bournemouth Collegiate Bournemouth 10.04 26.23 School
315 The Gregg School Southampton 6 26.06
316 LVS Ascot (Licensed Ascot 4.92 26 Victuallers' School)
317 Colchester High School Colchester 5.82 24.64
318 More House School Farnham 6.51 24.51
319 St George's School - Birmingham 3.79 23.61 Edgbaston
320 Shoreham College Shoreham-by-Sea 6.4 22.09
321 Bedstone College Bucknell 5.35 21.4
322 Finborough School Stowmarket 7.11 21.34
323 Bellerbys College Brighton Brighton 10.45 18.74
324 Rockport Holywood 4.98 16.42
325 Sibford School Banbury 5.43 15.78
326 Gad's Hill School Rochester 2.01 12.78 327 St John's School Billericay 1.44 11.54
328 DLD College London Marylebone 3.23 10.32
329 Shapwick School Bridgwater 0.72 5.73