Independent schools are shown as Selective here because they set their own admissions criteria; this site convention does not confirm academic entrance tests. School sectors and other admissions labels follow the GIAS register snapshot of 18 October 2026, not necessarily the exam year. Non-Selective refers to the main school intake and does not rule out partial selection or sixth-form entry requirements. Classification sources.

Top 100 GCSE schools and providers in our England dataset, 2026
Rank	School	Admissions	School sector	Area	Entries	Grade 7+	Grade 8+	Grade 9
1	St Paul's School	Selective	Independent	Richmond upon Thames	694	98.8%	92.6%	67.7%
2	The Godolphin and Latymer School	Selective	Independent	Hammersmith and Fulham	449	98.6%	91.4%	72.8%
3	St Paul's Girls' School	Selective	Independent	Hammersmith and Fulham	213	98.6%	95.7%	71.2%
4	Westminster School	Selective	Independent	Westminster	374	98.3%	93.1%	76.3%
5	The Henrietta Barnett School	Selective	State-funded	Barnet	1,161	97.1%	87.9%	68.5%
6	Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet	Selective	State-funded	Barnet	1,891	97.1%	87.9%	68.8%
7	North London Collegiate School	Selective	Independent	Harrow	315	97.0%	93.4%	78.5%
8	Highgate School	Selective	Independent	Haringey	589	96.9%	87.6%	60.1%
9	Brighton College	Selective	Independent	Brighton and Hove	1,625	96.8%	87.8%	63.3%
10	City of London School for Girls	Selective	Independent	City of London	391	96.6%	83.4%	55.7%
11	Wilson's School	Selective	State-funded	Sutton	2,067	96.4%	86.5%	65.0%
12	Guildford High School	Selective	Independent	Surrey	284	96.0%	88.4%	62.1%
13	City of London School	Selective	Independent	City of London	414	95.9%	85.1%	57.8%
14	King's College School	Selective	Independent	Merton	246	95.8%	85.8%	60.3%
15	Tonbridge School	Selective	Independent	Kent	135	95.3%	84.4%	54.7%
16	The Tiffin Girls' School	Selective	State-funded	Kingston upon Thames	1,779	95.1%	87.2%	61.7%
17	Hampton School	Selective	Independent	Richmond upon Thames	507	94.9%	82.6%	57.9%
18	The Perse School	Selective	Independent	Cambridgeshire	1,959	94.6%	83.7%	58.8%
19	Latymer Upper School and Latymer Prep	Selective	Independent	Hammersmith and Fulham	312	94.0%	85.0%	59.7%
20	Eton College	Selective	Independent	Windsor and Maidenhead	716	93.9%	82.4%	55.6%
21	Winchester College	Selective	Independent	Hampshire	549	93.6%	82.5%	57.3%
22	St Mary's School Ascot	Selective	Independent	Windsor and Maidenhead	232	93.6%	80.3%	59.6%
23	Lady Eleanor Holles School	Selective	Independent	Richmond upon Thames	632	93.2%	81.8%	57.5%
24	Wimbledon High School GDST	Selective	Independent	Merton	835	93.2%	81.5%	53.0%
25	South Hampstead High School GDST	Selective	Independent	Camden	594	92.8%	80.9%	56.5%
26	Dulwich College	Selective	Independent	Southwark	709	92.3%	77.9%	43.7%
27	King Edward's School	Selective	Independent	Birmingham	193	92.0%	80.2%	56.7%
28	Withington Girls' School	Selective	Independent	Manchester	488	91.9%	79.1%	53.9%
29	Magdalen College School	Selective	Independent	Oxfordshire	306	91.6%	78.6%	53.5%
30	St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School	Selective	State-funded	Bromley	1,285	91.6%	79.1%	54.1%
31	James Allen's Girls' School	Selective	Independent	Southwark	1,089	91.4%	75.8%	49.1%
32	Wycombe Abbey	Selective	Independent	Buckinghamshire	211	91.3%	82.1%	63.8%
33	Alleyn's School	Selective	Independent	Southwark	931	91.1%	77.5%	49.7%
34	Bancroft's School	Selective	Independent	Redbridge	689	91.0%	71.8%	44.0%
35	University College School	Selective	Independent	Camden	351	90.7%	79.3%	57.4%
36	Kingston Grammar School	Selective	Independent	Kingston upon Thames	480	90.3%	71.4%	44.2%
37	Royal Grammar School Guildford	Selective	Independent	Surrey	718	90.3%	76.2%	54.4%
38	St Dunstan's College	Selective	Independent	Lewisham	268	89.7%	63.0%	28.6%
39	Reigate Grammar School	Selective	Independent	Surrey	739	89.7%	74.2%	47.1%
40	Notting Hill & Ealing High School GDST	Selective	Independent	Ealing	196	89.5%	76.3%	45.8%
41	St Helen and St Katharine	Selective	Independent	Oxfordshire	838	89.3%	73.3%	44.2%
42	Putney High School GDST	Selective	Independent	Wandsworth	664	89.3%	76.2%	50.8%
43	Haberdashers' Girls' School	Selective	Independent	Hertfordshire	571	89.0%	68.3%	41.3%
44	Eltham College	Selective	Independent	Bromley	219	88.9%	75.5%	54.8%
45	Haberdashers' Boys' School	Selective	Independent	Hertfordshire	874	88.7%	72.0%	45.6%
46	Stratford Girls' Grammar School	Selective	State-funded	Warwickshire	1,193	88.6%	71.6%	40.9%
47	Tiffin School	Selective	State-funded	Kingston upon Thames	1,833	88.6%	73.1%	45.2%
48	Kendrick School	Selective	State-funded	Reading	1,397	88.4%	73.0%	46.3%
49	King Edward VI High School for Girls	Selective	Independent	Birmingham	514	88.4%	77.6%	53.0%
50	King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford	Selective	State-funded	Essex	1,885	87.9%	70.3%	40.6%
51	Pate's Grammar School	Selective	State-funded	Gloucestershire	1,490	87.8%	75.1%	49.3%
52	Sutton Grammar School	Selective	State-funded	Sutton	1,301	87.7%	73.1%	45.6%
53	St Albans High School for Girls	Selective	Independent	Hertfordshire	655	87.6%	72.3%	44.2%
54	Wallington County Grammar School	Selective	State-funded	Sutton	1,638	87.4%	67.6%	35.7%
55	Chelmsford County High School for Girls	Selective	State-funded	Essex	1,811	87.2%	71.8%	44.1%
56	Cheltenham Ladies' College	Selective	Independent	Gloucestershire	1,209	87.1%	71.2%	45.8%
57	King Edward VI School	Selective	State-funded	Warwickshire	896	86.7%	71.4%	41.2%
58	Merchant Taylors' School	Selective	Independent	Hertfordshire	407	86.7%	68.2%	36.6%
59	Caterham School	Selective	Independent	Surrey	291	86.7%	70.2%	43.5%
60	Woodford County High School	Selective	State-funded	Redbridge	1,795	86.6%	68.6%	40.9%
61	Royal Grammar School	Selective	Independent	Newcastle upon Tyne	233	86.6%	64.7%	42.9%
62	Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls	Selective	State-funded	Birmingham	1,789	86.3%	67.2%	36.3%
63	Nottingham High School	Selective	Independent	Nottingham	663	86.3%	66.9%	39.2%
64	Oxford High School GDST	Selective	Independent	Oxfordshire	233	86.0%	69.9%	51.5%
65	Emanuel School	Selective	Independent	Wandsworth	486	85.7%	66.6%	41.4%
66	Reading School	Selective	State-funded	Reading	1,538	85.7%	68.0%	45.7%
67	St Swithuns	Selective	Independent	Hampshire	298	85.7%	69.2%	40.9%
68	Colchester Royal Grammar School	Selective	State-funded	Essex	1,259	85.3%	67.9%	41.9%
69	Hurstpierpoint College	Selective	Independent	West Sussex	402	85.1%	62.2%	35.8%
70	Surbiton High School	Selective	Independent	Kingston upon Thames	754	84.9%	65.9%	38.1%
71	Nonsuch High School for Girls	Selective	State-funded	Sutton	2,049	84.8%	69.1%	40.3%
72	Benenden School	Selective	Independent	Kent	224	84.8%	71.9%	50.4%
73	The Latymer School	Selective	State-funded	Enfield	1,916	84.6%	65.5%	35.5%
74	Colchester County High School for Girls	Selective	State-funded	Essex	1,871	84.5%	65.6%	36.0%
75	Downe House	Selective	Independent	West Berkshire	167	84.4%	68.8%	48.1%
76	Epsom College	Selective	Independent	Surrey	402	84.4%	62.7%	35.0%
77	Trinity School	Selective	Independent	Croydon	289	84.0%	66.0%	36.1%
78	Abingdon School	Selective	Independent	Oxfordshire	349	83.9%	64.9%	42.4%
79	Wallington High School for Girls	Selective	State-funded	Sutton	2,099	83.9%	64.0%	34.0%
80	Bishop Vesey's Grammar School	Selective	State-funded	Birmingham	1,870	83.7%	62.9%	32.7%
81	Altrincham Grammar School for Girls	Selective	State-funded	Trafford	1,772	83.7%	63.9%	34.0%
82	King Edward VI Five Ways School	Selective	State-funded	Birmingham	1,764	83.3%	65.1%	35.7%
83	Channing School	Selective	Independent	Haringey	234	83.0%	61.1%	33.6%
84	Wellington College	Selective	Independent	Bracknell Forest	525	82.8%	66.3%	41.5%
85	Michaela Community School	Non-Selective	State-funded	Brent	902	82.8%	69.3%	49.5%
86	Redmaids' High School	Selective	Independent	Bristol, City of	366	82.6%	66.4%	40.6%
87	The Abbey School Reading	Selective	Independent	Reading	408	82.2%	58.3%	34.3%
88	St Catherine's School	Selective	Independent	Surrey	230	82.0%	60.8%	25.2%
89	Reading Blue Coat School	Selective	Independent	Wokingham	289	81.9%	61.6%	29.5%
90	Francis Holland School	Selective	Independent	Westminster	464	81.7%	62.8%	32.4%
91	Newstead Wood School	Selective	State-funded	Bromley	1,718	81.5%	62.9%	33.7%
92	Whitgift School	Selective	Independent	Croydon	298	81.1%	60.1%	34.3%
93	King's High School	Selective	Independent	Warwickshire	226	81.1%	63.5%	33.8%
94	The Judd School	Selective	State-funded	Kent	1,965	80.8%	58.1%	29.0%
95	Heckmondwike Grammar School	Selective	State-funded	Kirklees	2,078	80.7%	59.7%	30.8%
96	The Manchester Grammar School	Selective	Independent	Manchester	472	80.4%	66.5%	43.7%
97	Rugby High School	Selective	State-funded	Warwickshire	1,023	80.4%	55.2%	27.5%
98	The King's School Canterbury	Selective	Independent	Kent	429	80.2%	63.3%	42.5%
99	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls	Selective	State-funded	Birmingham	1,485	80.1%	62.8%	37.6%
100	Altrincham Grammar School for Boys	Selective	State-funded	Trafford	1,834	80.1%	62.8%	35.6%

What these rankings show

Results cover schools and sixth-form providers in our imported England dataset. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are not covered. This is a ranking of published exam entry rates, rather than an official school quality rating.

We use the latest imported GCSE year (2025/26). Eligible schools need at least 100 known course entries, 90% published coverage, no unknown entry totals and a calculable Grade 7+ rate. 1,355 providers do not meet these criteria; their available results remain accessible through the school directory and local rankings.

Ordering uses Grade 7+, then Grade 8+, then Grade 9 at full precision. Identical results share a rank; school name and URN provide a stable order, including at the 100-school cutoff. Entries count courses, not individual pupils. GCSE rates count both grades of Combined Science. Subject mix, selection and cohort sizes affect results.

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