Top School Rankings
Independent. Verified. Updated annually. Explore the top performing UK independent schools across key categories.
Academic Rankings weigh public-exam outcomes alongside the Houseroom academic index to surface the schools producing the strongest results, fairly compared.
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- 1Hammersmith and FulhamGirls' Day95.595.5
- 2GuildfordGirls' Day95.395.3
- 3WestminsterCo-ed Boarding94.094.0
- 4WinchesterCo-ed Day & Boarding93.793.7
- 5HarrowGirls' Day93.693.6
- 6OxfordCo-ed Day93.493.4
- 7MertonBoys' Day91.691.6
- 8CamdenGirls' Day90.790.7
- 9Windsor and MaidenheadBoys' Boarding90.190.1
- 10City of LondonBoys' Day88.988.9
- 11Tonbridge and MallingBoys' Day & Boarding87.987.9
- 12HaringeyCo-ed Day87.887.8
- 13ManchesterBoys' Day87.387.3
- 14BuckinghamshireGirls' Day & Boarding87.187.1
- 15MertonGirls' Day86.286.2
- 16Richmond upon ThamesBoys' Day & Boarding86.286.2
- 17Richmond upon ThamesBoys' Day86.086.0
- 18CambridgeshireCo-ed Day86.086.0
- 19CardiffCo-ed Day & Boarding85.885.8
- 20Richmond upon ThamesGirls' Day85.685.6
- 21Reigate and BansteadCo-ed Day85.385.3
- 22CamdenBoys' Day85.385.3
- 23Hammersmith and FulhamCo-ed Day85.285.2
- 24BirminghamGirls' Day85.085.0
- 25Kingston upon ThamesGirls' Day85.085.0
- 26HarrowBoys' Boarding84.184.1
- 27ShropshireCo-ed Day & Boarding83.783.7
- 28RedbridgeBoys' Day83.583.5
- 29NottinghamBoys' Day82.782.7
- 30ManchesterGirls' Day82.682.6
- 31SouthwarkCo-ed Day82.582.5
- 32GuildfordCo-ed Day82.482.4
- 33Brighton and HoveCo-ed Day & Boarding82.282.2
- 34SouthwarkGirls' Day82.082.0
- 35City of LondonGirls' Day81.481.4
- 36CroydonBoys' Day81.281.2
- 37Hammersmith and FulhamGirls' Day81.081.0
- 38SevenoaksCo-ed Day & Boarding80.380.3
- 39Bracknell ForestCo-ed Day & Boarding79.479.4
- 40BirminghamBoys' Day79.479.4
- 41TandridgeCo-ed Day & Boarding79.379.3
- 42WandsworthGirls' Day79.079.0
- 43Kingston upon ThamesBoys' Day78.878.8
- 44SouthwarkBoys' Day & Boarding78.278.2
- 45CheltenhamGirls' Day & Boarding77.177.1
- 46HertsmereBoys' Day75.975.9
- 47BromleyCo-ed Day74.074.0
- 48Vale of White HorseCo-ed Day & Boarding73.573.5
- 49Tunbridge WellsGirls' Boarding73.273.2
- 50OxfordGirls' Day71.171.1
- 51WandsworthCo-ed Day71.071.0
- 52BerkshireGirls' Day & Boarding70.470.4
- 53HaringeyGirls' Day70.170.1
- 54East HertfordshireCo-ed Day & Boarding70.070.0
- 55Brighton and HoveGirls' Day & Boarding69.569.5
- 56Vale of White HorseBoys' Boarding69.369.3
- 57North NorthamptonshireCo-ed Day & Boarding69.169.1
- 58GreenwichCo-ed Day68.768.7
- 59WaverleyGirls' Day & Boarding68.368.3
- 60WiltshireCo-ed Day & Boarding67.267.2
- 61West BerkshireGirls' Day & Boarding66.466.4
- 62EalingGirls' Day66.166.1
- 63Mid SussexCo-ed Day & Boarding66.166.1
- 64OxfordshireCo-ed Day & Boarding65.865.8
- 65HertfordshireBoys' Day64.664.6
- 66TandridgeGirls' Day & Boarding64.464.4
- 67Mid SussexCo-ed Day & Boarding64.264.2
- 68RugbyCo-ed Day & Boarding64.264.2
- 69SurreyCo-ed Day & Boarding62.462.4
- 70North YorkshireCo-ed Day & Boarding61.261.2
- 71DorsetGirls' Boarding61.161.1
- 72GloucestershireCo-ed Day & Boarding61.061.0
- 73HertfordshireCo-ed Day & Boarding60.660.6
- 74ShropshireCo-ed Day & Boarding60.660.6
- 75CanterburyBoys' Day & Boarding60.460.4
- 76WaverleyCo-ed Day & Boarding59.459.4
- 77DerbyshireCo-ed Day & Boarding59.059.0
- 78OxfordCo-ed Day & Boarding58.658.6
- 79HertsmereCo-ed Day & Boarding58.258.2
- 80West BerkshireCo-ed Day & Boarding58.058.0
- 81EastbourneCo-ed Day & Boarding57.657.6
- 82West SussexCo-ed Day & Boarding57.057.0
- 83UttlesfordCo-ed Day & Boarding56.056.0
- 84RutlandCo-ed Day & Boarding55.855.8
- 85HertfordshireCo-ed Day & Boarding54.454.4
- 86WorcestershireCo-ed Day & Boarding53.553.5
- 87DorsetBoys' Boarding53.253.2
- 88Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleCo-ed Day & Boarding53.053.0
- 89BuckinghamshireCo-ed Day & Boarding52.752.7
- 90BerkshireGirls' Day & Boarding52.052.0
- 91DorsetCo-ed Day & Boarding51.551.5
- 92Ribble ValleyCo-ed Day & Boarding51.151.1
- 93SomersetCo-ed Day & Boarding50.250.2
- 94North YorkshireCo-ed Day & Boarding49.849.8
- 95Mid SussexCo-ed Day & Boarding47.847.8
- 96Bracknell ForestCo-ed Day & Boarding45.745.7
- 97Windsor and MaidenheadGirls' Day & Boarding45.345.3
- 98West BerkshireBoys' Day & Boarding44.444.4
- 99SomersetCo-ed Day & Boarding42.342.3
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