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	18,600	48,500	95.00
3	83.54	Westminster School	Both	Co-ed (Boys Only 13 - 16)	31,491	41,607
4	83.52	Concord College	Both	Co-ed	15,090	45,000	85.20
5	82.00	Ruthin School	Both	Co-ed	14,500	40,500	81.00
6	80.93	Brighton College	Both	Co-ed	25,770	50,880	85.00
7	73.46	St Michael's School - Llanelli	Both	Co-ed	12,963	29,900	77.10
8	71.23	Abbey College Cambridge	Both	Co-ed	24,440	53,650	83.00
9	66.92	Epsom College	Both	Co-ed	26,151	38,568
10	64.96	Charterhouse School	Both	Co-ed	33,630	40,695	61.00
11	63.85	Rugby School	Both	Co-ed	23,088	36,798	70.50
12	63.34	City of London Freemen's School	Both	Co-ed	19,194	32,985	79.00
13	62.80	Caterham School	Both	Co-ed	19,620	38,760	70.00
14	58.59	St Peter's School	Both	Co-ed	18,075	33,405	67.00
15	57.00	Wellington College	Both	Co-ed	30,375	41,580
=	57.00	Bromsgrove School	Both	Co-ed	17,085	38,220	59.00
17	54.83	Ardingly College	Both	Co-ed	23,985	37,800
18	54.02	Hurtwood House	Both	Co-ed	39,000	44,622	62.00
19	53.47	King's School - Canterbury	Both	Co-ed	27,495	38,955	57.80
20	52.16	Oundle School	Both	Co-ed	24,270	37,890	62.00
21	51.83	Chetham's School of Music	Both	Co-ed	25,821	35,697
22	51.66	The Leys School	Both	Co-ed	22,920	34,245
23	51.35	Marlborough College	Both	Co-ed	33,120	38,955	60.00
24	51.00	Kingsley School	Both	Co-ed	13,650	29,985	55.00
25	50.55	Shrewsbury School	Both	Co-ed	27,165	40,500	64.30
26	50.00	d'Overbroeck's	Both	Co-ed	24,300	44,400	65.00
27	48.68	Bishop's Stortford College	Both	Co-ed	20,908	34,552	60.00
28	48.33	The Purcell School	Both	Co-ed	24,093	32,184	63.00
29	48.01	New Hall School	Both	Co-ed	19,791	30,699	65.00
30	47.49	Canford School	Both	Co-ed	28,971	38,058
31	46.61	Clifton College	Both	Co-ed	26,355	40,575
32	45.75	Chigwell School	Both	Co-ed	18,885	32,985	59.00
33	45.34	St Edward's School - Oxford	Both	Co-ed	31,590	39,480	58.00
34	45.00	Uppingham School	Both	Co-ed	23,970	38,718	69.00
=	45.00	Strathallan School	Both	Co-ed	23,532	34,650	51.00
36	44.95	King's College Taunton	Both	Co-ed	23,070	34,170	43.50
37	44.43	Berkhamsted School	Both	Co-ed	21,420	34,275	53.50
38	44.30	Ipswich School	Both	Co-ed	16,326	32,625	61.00
39	44.05	Bellerbys College Brighton	Both	Co-ed	27,501	45,156
40	43.82	West Buckland School	Both	Co-ed	15,510	35,340	63.60
41	42.54	Truro School	Both	Co-ed	14,685	31,845	61.00
42	42.10	Monkton Senior School	Both	Co-ed	21,510	34,320	47.20
43	41.95	Bede's Senior School	Both	Co-ed	22,950	36,540	40.00
44	41.61	Royal Russell School	Both	Co-ed	19,311	38,169	41.90
45	41.40	Dauntsey's School	Both	Co-ed	19,650	37,575	50.70
46	40.38	Queen's College - Taunton	Both	Co-ed	19,095	39,345
47	39.63	Blundell's School	Both	Co-ed	23,085	36,960
48	39.47	Oakham School	Both	Co-ed	21,895	36,195	56.50
49	39.00	Cranleigh School	Both	Co-ed	32,370	39,330
50	38.82	Christ College	Both	Co-ed	19,389	32,166
51	37.50	Brentwood School	Both	Co-ed	20,097	39,381	45.50
52	37.34	Ashford School	Both	Co-ed	17,400	36,900	50.00
53	36.73	Taunton School	Both	Co-ed	20,070	37,380	36.00
54	36.34	Kimbolton School	Both	Co-ed	16,575	27,555
55	36.18	Ampleforth College	Both	Co-ed	25,374	36,486	48.00
56	36.00	Downside School	Both	Co-ed	19,926	35,046	58.00
57	35.53	Kent College - Canterbury	Both	Co-ed	18,864	35,628	52.00
58	35.21	Haileybury	Both	Co-ed	26,646	36,144	48.50
59	35.17	Mill Hill School	Both	Co-ed	21,987	35,067	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	15,985	33,555	50.00
62	35.01	Denstone College	Both	Co-ed	16,434	30,867	52.00
63	34.67	St Edmund's College	Both	Co-ed	18,345	32,460	49.00
64	34.04	Repton School	Both	Co-ed	27,288	36,783	54.80
65	33.99	King's Bruton	Both	Co-ed	23,304	33,531	48.30
66	33.97	Wells Cathedral School	Both	Co-ed	19,458	32,565
67	33.92	Ratcliffe College	Both	Co-ed	16,614	32,004
68	33.90	King's Ely	Both	Co-ed	22,305	40,980	54.00
69	33.86	The Royal School - Dungannon	Both	Co-ed
70	33.67	Prior Park College	Both	Co-ed	17,250	33,495	44.00
71	33.66	Stowe School	Both	Co-ed	20,892	38,091	43.90
72	33.00	Cheltenham College	Both	Co-ed	29,580	39,090	59.00
=	33.00	Kingswood School	Both	Co-ed	15,884	33,955	55.00
=	33.00	Bradfield College	Both	Co-ed	31,080	38,850
75	32.00	Sutton Valence School	Both	Co-ed	22,155	34,815
76	31.51	Woodhouse Grove School	Both	Co-ed	13,995	29,250
77	31.47	Bedales School	Both	Co-ed	29,235	37,200
78	31.15	Durham School	Both	Co-ed			40.00
79	31.08	Mount Kelly	Both	Co-ed	18,000	32,490	44.00
80	31.03	Kingham Hill School	Both	Co-ed	20,385	34,350
81	31.01	Leighton Park School	Both	Co-ed	22,860	38,295
82	31.00	Lord Wandsworth College	Both	Co-ed	24,975	35,520	51.00
83	30.98	Pocklington School	Both	Co-ed	15,057	29,346	49.60
84	30.71	King's School - Rochester	Both	Co-ed	20,190	33,015	34.00
85	30.49	Reddam House	Both	Co-ed	18,330	33,789	67.00
86	30.30	Bosworth Independent College	Both	Co-ed	13,500	31,920	53.00
87	29.63	Glenalmond College	Both	Co-ed	24,000	39,000
88	29.50	Trent College	Both	Co-ed	18,252	34,638	49.00
89	29.41	St Edmund's School	Both	Co-ed	21,660	37,599	45.00
90	29.37	Ipswich High School	Both	Co-ed (Diamond model 11 - 16)	15,750	34,650	47.80
91	29.33	Bethany School	Both	Co-ed	19,110	32,610	38.00
92	29.27	Rochester Independent College	Both	Co-ed	18,600	39,000
93	29.00	Gresham's School	Both	Co-ed	27,000	37,890	39.70
94	28.57	Malvern College	Both	Co-ed	26,553	41,142	45.00
95	28.18	Ashville College	Both	Co-ed
96	28.00	St Joseph's College	Both	Co-ed	16,110	36,975	47.00
97	27.27	Plymouth College	Both	Co-ed	16,695	32,235
98	26.70	Royal Hospital School	Both	Co-ed	18,330	35,640	41.90
99	26.52	Oxford Sixth Form College (formerly Oxford Tutorial College)	Both	Co-ed
100	26.00	Stonyhurst College	Both	Co-ed	20,550	37,350	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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