Top 100 Co-ed Boarding Schools by A Levels and Pre U

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2019 vs 2020 results

2020 pupil grades were derived from Centre Assessed Grades rather than examinations. As a result, significant GCSE and A-level grade inflation has been widely noted in private schools. Thus, we felt it would be extremely unfair to produce new 2020 league tables.

Instead, we have gathered 2020's scores and simply recorded them on the right-hand side of the table, retaining 2019’s league table positions and scores on the left. Further historical results are made available to our consultancy clients.

2019 Results

#	*A + A % (2019)**	Name	Day/Board	Boy/Girl	Day £	Board £	*A + A % (2020)**
1	92.11	Oxford International College	Both	Co-ed	23,970	48,180	98.03
2	90.28	Cardiff Sixth Form College	Both	Co-ed	19,600	46,900	95.00
3	83.54	Westminster School	Both	Co-ed (Boys Only 13 - 16)
4	83.52	Concord College	Both	Co-ed	15,600	47,500	85.20
5	82.00	Ruthin School	Both	Co-ed	15,000	38,700	81.00
6	80.93	Brighton College	Both	Co-ed	26,310	52,050	85.00
7	73.46	St Michael's School - Llanelli	Both	Co-ed	13,416	32,400	77.10
8	71.23	Abbey College Cambridge	Both	Co-ed	25,175	55,285	83.00
9	66.92	Epsom College	Both	Co-ed	27,450	40,479
10	64.96	Charterhouse School	Both	Co-ed	34,218	41,406	61.00
11	63.85	Rugby School	Both	Co-ed	24,126	38,454	70.50
12	63.34	City of London Freemen's School	Both	Co-ed	21,525	36,993	79.00
13	62.80	Caterham School	Both	Co-ed	20,625	41,130	70.00
14	58.59	St Peter's School	Both	Co-ed	19,380	34,500	67.00
15	57.00	Wellington College	Both	Co-ed	31,146	42,630
=	57.00	Bromsgrove School	Both	Co-ed	17,940	40,155	59.00
17	54.83	Ardingly College	Both	Co-ed	25,185	39,312
18	54.02	Hurtwood House	Both	Co-ed	30,339	45,513	62.00
19	53.47	King's School - Canterbury	Both	Co-ed	27,900	39,855	57.80
20	52.16	Oundle School	Both	Co-ed	25,185	39,315	62.00
21	51.83	Chetham's School of Music	Both	Co-ed
22	51.66	The Leys School	Both	Co-ed	23,835	35,610
23	51.35	Marlborough College	Both	Co-ed	33,950	39,930	60.00
24	51.00	Kingsley School	Both	Co-ed	13,860	32,280	55.00
25	50.55	Shrewsbury School	Both	Co-ed	27,840	41,520	64.30
26	50.00	d'Overbroeck's	Both	Co-ed	24,900	45,300	65.00
27	48.68	Bishop's Stortford College	Both	Co-ed	21,096	35,835	60.00
28	48.33	The Purcell School	Both	Co-ed	26,748	34,152	63.00
29	48.01	New Hall School	Both	Co-ed	20,502	32,472	65.00
30	47.49	Canford School	Both	Co-ed	29,985	39,390
31	46.61	Clifton College	Both	Co-ed	27,285	42,195
32	45.75	Chigwell School	Both	Co-ed	19,485	33,975	59.00
33	45.34	St Edward's School - Oxford	Both	Co-ed	32,382	40,467	58.00
34	45.00	Uppingham School	Both	Co-ed	24,450	39,492	69.00
=	45.00	Strathallan School	Both	Co-ed	24,474	36,036	51.00
36	44.95	King's College Taunton	Both	Co-ed	23,880	38,475	43.50
37	44.43	Berkhamsted School	Both	Co-ed	22,170	35,610	53.50
38	44.30	Ipswich School	Both	Co-ed	16,923	34,257	61.00
39	44.05	Bellerbys College Brighton	Both	Co-ed	24,750	42,405
40	43.82	West Buckland School	Both	Co-ed	16,455	37,500	63.60
41	42.54	Truro School	Both	Co-ed	14,985	32,475	61.00
42	42.10	Monkton Senior School	Both	Co-ed	22,315	35,600	47.20
43	41.95	Bede's Senior School	Both	Co-ed	23,565	37,515	40.00
44	41.61	Royal Russell School	Both	Co-ed	19,986	39,504	41.90
45	41.40	Dauntsey's School	Both	Co-ed	20,295	38,790	50.70
46	40.38	Queen's College - Taunton	Both	Co-ed	19,695	40,485
47	39.63	Blundell's School	Both	Co-ed	24,015	38,985
48	39.47	Oakham School	Both	Co-ed	22,830	37,800	56.50
49	39.00	Cranleigh School	Both	Co-ed	33,510	40,710
50	38.82	Christ College	Both	Co-ed	19,584	34,419
51	37.50	Brentwood School	Both	Co-ed	20,598	40,365	45.50
52	37.34	Ashford School	Both	Co-ed	18,294	38,778	50.00
53	36.73	Taunton School	Both	Co-ed	20,880	38,880	36.00
54	36.34	Kimbolton School	Both	Co-ed	17,175	28,560
55	36.18	Ampleforth College	Both	Co-ed	26,370	37,905	48.00
56	36.00	Downside School	Both	Co-ed	20,724	36,096	58.00
57	35.53	Kent College - Canterbury	Both	Co-ed	19,995	37,017	52.00
58	35.21	Haileybury	Both	Co-ed	27,435	37,215	48.50
59	35.17	Mill Hill School	Both	Co-ed	22,830	36,900	49.30
60	35.11	Cambridge Tutors College	Both	Co-ed	15,900	39,990	56.00
61	35.04	Wellington School	Both	Co-ed	16,785	35,355	50.00
62	35.01	Denstone College	Both	Co-ed	17,253	32,409	52.00
63	34.67	St Edmund's College	Both	Co-ed	18,990	33,606	49.00
64	34.04	Repton School	Both	Co-ed	28,311	38,163	54.80
65	33.99	King's Bruton	Both	Co-ed	23,772	34,200	48.30
66	33.97	Wells Cathedral School	Both	Co-ed	20,442	34,212
67	33.92	Ratcliffe College	Both	Co-ed	17,345	33,412
68	33.90	King's Ely	Both	Co-ed	23,664	43,476	54.00
69	33.86	The Royal School - Dungannon	Both	Co-ed
70	33.67	Prior Park College	Both	Co-ed	17,595	35,001	44.00
71	33.66	Stowe School	Both	Co-ed	21,903	38,853	43.90
72	33.00	Kingswood School	Both	Co-ed	16,413	35,376	55.00
=	33.00	Bradfield College	Both	Co-ed	32,280	40,350
=	33.00	Cheltenham College	Both	Co-ed	30,690	40,560	59.00
75	32.00	Sutton Valence School	Both	Co-ed	22,650	35,625
76	31.51	Woodhouse Grove School	Both	Co-ed	14,694	30,720
77	31.47	Bedales School	Both	Co-ed	29,970	38,130
78	31.15	Durham School	Both	Co-ed			40.00
79	31.08	Mount Kelly	Both	Co-ed	18,540	34,110	44.00
80	31.03	Kingham Hill School	Both	Co-ed	21,090	35,550
81	31.01	Leighton Park School	Both	Co-ed	24,660	40,455
82	31.00	Lord Wandsworth College	Both	Co-ed	25,890	36,840	51.00
83	30.98	Pocklington School	Both	Co-ed	16,389	30,081	49.60
84	30.71	King's School - Rochester	Both	Co-ed	20,700	33,840	34.00
85	30.49	Reddam House	Both	Co-ed			67.00
86	30.30	Bosworth Independent College	Both	Co-ed	13,500	35,500	53.00
87	29.63	Glenalmond College	Both	Co-ed	23,400	38,100
88	29.50	Trent College	Both	Co-ed	18,789	36,369	49.00
89	29.41	St Edmund's School	Both	Co-ed	22,200	38,538	45.00
90	29.37	Ipswich High School	Both	Co-ed (Diamond model 11 - 16)	16,285	36,380	47.80
91	29.33	Bethany School	Both	Co-ed	19,785	33,750	38.00
92	29.27	Rochester Independent College	Both	Co-ed	19,500	41,500
93	29.00	Gresham's School	Both	Co-ed	27,810	39,030	39.70
94	28.57	Malvern College	Both	Co-ed	27,084	41,145	45.00
95	28.18	Ashville College	Both	Co-ed
96	28.00	St Joseph's College	Both	Co-ed	16,725	38,370	47.00
97	27.27	Plymouth College	Both	Co-ed	17,028	32,880
98	26.70	Royal Hospital School	Both	Co-ed	19,017	36,978	41.90
99	26.52	Oxford Sixth Form College (formerly Oxford Tutorial College)	Both	Co-ed	25,575
100	26.00	Stonyhurst College	Both	Co-ed	21,750	39,300	48.20

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This table lists the Top 100 co-educational boarding schools in the UK based on 2019 A Level results. Rankings are based on the percentage of A Level entries awarded A* and A grades. Where students have been entered for Pre-U exams the tables include the percentage of Pre-U grades from D1-M1. To qualify for inclusion there must be a minimum of 20 students in the cohort and a minimum number of boarders.

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Notes

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