Top A-level results

This page shows the top institutions ranked on the basis of their pupils' A/AS-level and equivalent results in 2007.

All had average points per student of more than 1000. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 exam entrants, are not ranked.

We have included information on admissions policy and any specialism.

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INSTITUTION	TYPE				APS
Colchester Royal Grammar School, Essex	FD	Sc	M	SEL	1323.5
Colyton Grammar School, Devon	FD	Sc	M	SEL	1271.9
King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham	IND		G	NA	1228
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, Essex	FD	Sc	M	SEL	1220.9
St Swithun's School, Hampshire	IND		G	NA	1208.3
Withington Girls' School, Manchester	IND		G	NA	1205.4
Sevenoaks School, Kent	IND		M	NA	1196.5
Hampton School, Richmond-upon-Thames	IND		B	NA	1195.8
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, Birmingham	VA	Sc, H	B	SEL	1179.9
Perse School for Girls, Cambridgeshire	IND		G	NA	1166.6
Pate's Grammar School, Gloucestershire	VA	L, Sc	M	SEL	1165.1
Warwick School, Warwickshire	IND		B	NA	1159.2
Wycombe Abbey School, Buckinghamshire	IND		G	NA	1153.6
St Catherine's School, Surrey	IND		G	NA	1151.5
Norwich High School for Girls GDST, Norfolk	IND		G	NA	1148.4
Chelmsford County High School for Girls, Essex	FD	T, Mu	G	SEL	1147.8
James Allen's Girls' School, Southwark	IND		G	NA	1143.8
King Edward's School, Birmingham	IND		B	NA	1142.9
The Lady Eleanor Holles School, Richmond-upon-Thames	IND		G	NA	1140.8
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School, Lancashire	FD	T, L, LePP	G	SEL	1137.5
Merchant Taylors' School, Hertfordshire	IND		B	NA	1136.1
City of London Freemen's School, Surrey	IND		M	NA	1132.3
Colchester County High School for Girls, Essex	FD	Sc, L, LePP	G	SEL	1130.5
Wilson's School, Sutton	VA	A	B	SEL	1126.4
Nottingham High School, Nottingham, City of	IND		B	NA	1126
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, Birmingham	VA	M&C	G	SEL	1124.9
King Edward VI Handsworth School, Birmingham	VA	A	G	SEL	1124.6
Westminster School, Westminster	IND		B	NA	1119.9
Nottingham Girls' High School GDST, Nottingham, City of	IND		G	NA	1115.4
Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Lancashire	VA	T, L	B	SEL	1113.7
Alleyn's School, Southwark	IND		M	NA	1111.6
Tormead School, Surrey	IND		G	NA	1111.3
King Edward VI School, Warwickshire	VA	H	B	SEL	1109.9
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, Birmingham	CY	Sc	G	SEL	1108.8
Wallington County Grammar School, Sutton	FD	Sc	M	SEL	1108
Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle, Kensington and Chelsea	IND		M	NA	1107.6
Wolverhampton Girls' High School, Wolverhampton	FD	L	G	SEL	1104.9
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet, Barnet	FD	Mu	B	SEL	1103.5
Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Trafford	FD	L, Ts	G	SEL	1101.2
Downe House School, West Berkshire	IND		G	NA	1101.1
Loughborough High School, Leicestershire	IND		G	NA	1096.3
King Edward VI Five Ways School, Birmingham	VA	H	M	SEL	1096.2
The Grange School, Cheshire	IND		M	NA	1094.5
St Mary's School Ascot, Windsor and Maidenhead	IND		G	NA	1093.8
St Michael's Catholic Grammar School, Barnet	VA	L	G	SEL	1093.4
Bootham School, York, City of	IND		M	NA	1092.9
Fort Pitt Grammar School, Medway Towns	CY	Sc	G	SEL	1092.5
Nonsuch High School for Girls, Sutton	FD	Sc	G	SEL	1088.7
Ermysted's Grammar School, North Yorkshire	VA	Sc	B	SEL	1088.6
The Blue Coat School, Liverpool	VA	Sc	M	SEL	1087.4
Eton College, Windsor and Maidenhead	IND		B	NA	1085.8
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Trafford	FD	L	B	SEL	1080.4
North London Collegiate School, Harrow	IND		G	NA	1080.1
Winchester College, Hampshire	IND		B	NA	1078.6
King's College School, Merton	IND		B	NA	1075.2
The Tiffin Girls' School, Kingston-upon-Thames	CY	M&C, L	G	SEL	1074.3
Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Buckinghamshire	VC	Sc, L	B	SEL	1074.1
Southend High School for Boys, Southend-on-Sea	FD	L, LePP	M	SEL	1073.7
Loughborough Grammar School, Leicestershire	IND		B	NA	1071.8
Poole Grammar School, Poole	FD	M&C	B	SEL	1071.4
Wakefield Girls' High School, Wakefield	IND		G	NA	1069.4
Dover Grammar School for Girls, Kent	CY	H	G	SEL	1069.4
Greenhead College, Kirklees	Sixth Form College		M	NA	1067.4
Wirral Grammar School for Girls, Wirral	CY	L, H	G	SEL	1066.2
Cheadle Hulme School, Stockport	IND		M	NA	1066.1
Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall	VA	L	B	SEL	1066
Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls, a Specialist College for Language and Science, Warwickshire	CY	L, Sc	G	SEL	1064.2
Birkdale School, Sheffield	IND		M	NA	1064.2
Oxford High School GDST, Oxfordshire	IND		G	NA	1058.4
Southend High School for Girls, Southend-on-Sea	FD	L, RATL	M	SEL	1057.7
Caistor Grammar School, Lincolnshire	FD	Sp	M	SEL	1055.1
Bolton School Girls' Division, Bolton	IND		G	NA	1054.8
St Albans School, Hertfordshire	IND		M	NA	1054.3
Birkenhead High School, Wirral	IND		G	NA	1050.8
Hockerill Anglo-European College, Hertfordshire	FD	L, Mu, LePP, Ts	M	COMP	1050.4
Torquay Boys' Grammar School, Torbay	FD	L, B&E	B	SEL	1049.8
Leicester Grammar School, Leicester, City of	IND		M	NA	1048.2
Kendrick Girls' Grammar School, Reading	FD	Sc	G	SEL	1046.5
The Cheltenham Ladies' College, Gloucestershire	IND		G	NA	1045.2
Hymers College, Kingston-upon-Hull, City of	IND		M	NA	1044.6
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, Birmingham	VA	L, Ts	M	SEL	1043.8
Manchester High School for Girls, Manchester	IND		G	NA	1043.8
Roedean School, Brighton and Hove	IND		G	NA	1043.4
St Paul's Girls' School, Hammersmith and Fulham	IND		G	NA	1039.3
Magdalen College School, Oxfordshire	IND		B	NA	1039.2
Derby High School, Derby, City of	IND		G	NA	1037.9
King Edward VI College Stourbridge, Dudley	Sixth Form College		M	NA	1037.1
St Paul's School, Richmond-upon-Thames	IND		B	NA	1037.1
Whitgift School, Croydon	IND		B	NA	1037
Sixth Form College Farnborough, Hampshire	Sixth Form College		M	NA	1036.4
Yarm School, Stockton-on-Tees	IND		M	NA	1036.3
Adams' Grammar School, Telford and Wrekin	VA	T, L, Ts	M	SEL	1036.2
Northampton High School, Northamptonshire	IND		G	NA	1035.8
Lancing College, West Sussex	IND		M	NA	1033.6
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield	IND		B	NA	1033.6
Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridgeshire	Sixth Form College		M	NA	1031.9
Badminton School, Bristol, City of	IND		G	NA	1029.5
Winstanley College, Wigan	Sixth Form College		M	NA	1025.7
Channing School, Haringey	IND		G	NA	1025.2
Bourne Grammar School, Lincolnshire	VC	A	M	SEL	1024.1
Concord College, Shropshire	IND		M	NA	1022.1
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Lancashire	FD	L	M	SEL	1022
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, Lancashire	FD	T	M	SEL	1019.7
Parkstone Grammar School, Poole	FD	Sc	G	SEL	1017.9
Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Sefton	IND		B	NA	1017.6
King Edward VI Aston School, Birmingham	VA	Sp	B	SEL	1016.8
The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire	CY		M	SEL	1016.7
The Judd School, Kent	VA	Mu	M	SEL	1016.3
Peter Symonds College, Hampshire	Sixth Form College		M	NA	1016.1
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School, Buckinghamshire	VC	A	M	SEL	1015.2
Hulme Grammar School for Girls, Oldham	IND		G	NA	1015.2
Northampton School for Boys, Northamptonshire	FD	T	M	COMP	1014.5
Radley College, Oxfordshire	IND		B	NA	1014.4
Sutton Grammar School for Boys, Sutton	FD	Sc	B	SEL	1014.3
High School for Girls, Gloucestershire	CY	L	M	SEL	1014.3
Merchant Taylors' Girls' School, Sefton	IND		G	NA	1013.4
Westcliff High School for Boys, Southend-on-Sea	FD	H	B	SEL	1012.2
Sir Thomas Rich's School, Gloucestershire	CY	L, Sc	M	SEL	1010.5
Leicester High School for Girls, Leicester, City of	IND		G	NA	1008.3
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School, Medway Towns	VC	M&C, H	M	SEL	1008
Highsted Grammar School, Kent	CY	Sc	M	SEL	1007.4
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School, Bromley	VA	M&C	M	SEL	1005.9
Guildford High School, Surrey	IND		G	NA	1005.7
Bablake School, Coventry	IND		M	NA	1005.4
Sale Grammar School, Trafford	CY	A	M	SEL	1004.3
Dulwich College, Southwark	IND		B	NA	1003.7
Harrow School, Harrow	IND		B	NA	1003.1
Devonport High School for Boys, Plymouth, City of	FD	E, L	M	SEL	1002.9
Woldingham School, Surrey	IND		G	NA	1001.5
Aylesbury Grammar School, Buckinghamshire	VC	T, L	B	SEL	1001.2
City of London School, London, City of	IND		B	NA	1001.2
Townley Grammar School for Girls, Bexley	CY	A	M	SEL	1000.5
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Derbyshire	VC	T	M	COMP	1000