Secondary School League Tables: The Top 50 Independent Schools at A-level*
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Your support makes all the difference.*The school point score is arrived at through the UCAS tariff, which gives 120 points for an A grade at A-level, 100 for a B, 80 for a C, 60 for a D and 40 for an E. The points are halved for AS-level grades. Students who take the vocational A-level double award get 240 points for a double A, 220 for an AB, 200 for a BB, 160 for a CC, 140 for a CD, 120 for a DD, 100 for a DE and 80 for an EE.
| 1 | King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham | 518.1 |
| 2 | St Swithun's School, Hampshire | 517.8 |
| 3 | Withington Girls' School, Manchester | 510.3 |
| 4 | Downe House Schoo, Berkshire | 509.7 |
| 5 | King Edward's School, Birmingham | 490.9 |
| 6 | Wycombe Abbey School, Buckinghamshire | 485.6 |
| 7 | Tormead School, Guildford | 479.3 |
| 8 | Nottingham High School for Girls, Nottinghamshire | 478.4 |
| 9 | Perse School for Girls, Cambridgeshire | 478.3 |
| 10 | The Lady Eleanor Holles School, Middlesex | 478.3 |
| 11 | St Catherine's School, Guildford | 478.2 |
| 12 | Westminster School, London | 477.6 |
| 13 | Sevenoaks Schoo, Kent | 473.3 |
| 14 | Leicester High School for Girls, Leicestershire | 471.8 |
| 15 | Loughborough High School, Leicestershire | 471.1 |
| 16 | Bootham School, York | 462.7 |
| 17 | Nottingham High School, Nottinghamshire | 460.3 |
| 18 | Peniel Academy, Essex | 458.9 |
| 19 | Hampton School, Middlesex | 458.2 |
| 20 | Casterton School, Lancashire | 453.8 |
| 21 | Magdalen College School, Oxford | 453.1 |
| 22 | Merchant Taylors' School, Middlesex | 453.0 |
| 23 | The Grange School, Cheshire | 452.5 |
| 24 | Norwich High School for Girls, Norfolk | 451.4 |
| 25 | City of London Freemens' School, Surrey | 450.6 |
| 26 | Alleyn's School, London | 450.0 |
| 27 | Hymers College, Hull | 449.1 |
| 28 | St Paul's Girls' School, London | 447.9 |
| 29 | Badminton School, Bristol | 446.1 |
| 30 | Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, West Yorkshire | 445.5 |
| 31 | St Paul's School, London | 444.7 |
| 32 | Merchant Taylors' School for Girls, Merseyside | 444.1 |
| 33 | Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle (British Section), London | 443.8 |
| 34 | Leicester Grammar School, Leicestershire | 443.2 |
| 35 | The Perse School, Cambridgeshire | 440.7 |
| 36 | The Queen's School, Cheshire | 440.5 |
| 37 | North London Collegiate School, Middlesex | 437.5 |
| 38 | Warwick School, Warwickshire | 437.5 |
| 39 | Bolton School Girls' Division, Lancashire | 436.6 |
| 40 | Holy Trinity School, Worcestershire | 435.5 |
| 41 | Newcastle-under-Lyme School, Staffordshire | 435.2 |
| 42 | Cheadle Hulme School, Cheshire | 435.1 |
| 43 | Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Merseyside | 434.3 |
| 44 | Bradford Girls' Grammar School, West Yorkshire | 430.6 |
| 45 | The Manchester Grammar School, Lancashire | 430.2 |
| 46 | Sir William Perkins's School, Surrey | 430.0 |
| 47 | St Albans School, Hertfordshire | 429.5 |
| 48 | City of London School for Girls, London | 429.4 |
| 49 | Loughborough Grammar School, Burton Walks, Leicestershire | 428.5 |
| 50 | Derby High School, Hillsway, Derbyshire | 427.7 |
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