League Tables

The top 50 independent secondary schools (no/small sixth form)

2011 Rank	2010 Rank	Name	Town	GCSE (%A*/A)	GCSE (%A*)	GCSE (%A)	GCSE rank	Entry gender
1	1	Palmers Green High School	London	81.4	37.1	44.3	1	Girls
2	10	The Cathedral School Llandaff	Cardiff	78.1	46	32.1	2	Mixed
3	-	Yehudi Menuhin School	Cobham	67.8	36.8	31	3	Mixed
4	9	Peterborough & St Margaret's School	Stanmore	67.4	23.2	44.2	4	Girls
5	7	Cranford House School	Wallingford	64	38	26	5	Girls
6	6	St Margaret's School, Hampstead	London	63.9	33.2	30.7	6	Girls
7=	14	Manor House School	Leatherhead	63.5	26	37.5	7=	Girls
7=	36	Dodderhill School	Droitwich Spa	63.5	27.7	35.8	7=	Girls
9	12	Hawley Place School	Camberley	61.9	28	33.9	9	Girls
10	11	Wykeham House School	Fareham	60.9	21.4	39.5	10	Girls
11	19	Park School for Girls, Ilford	Ilford	60.4	25.5	34.9	11	Girls
12	2	Abbot's Hill School	Hemel Hempstead	58.6	29.3	29.3	12	Girls
13	21=	Queen Mary's School, Thirsk	Thirsk	57			13	Girls
14	3	Red House School	Stockton-on-Tees	56.4	23.1	33.3	14	Mixed
15	-	St Joseph's School, Launceston	Launceston	55.3	24.8	30.5	15	Mixed
16	-	Trinity School, Brentwood (formerly Peniel Academy)	Brentwood	54.8	22.2	32.6	16	Mixed
17	33	Thornton College	Milton Keynes	54.5	21.9	32.6	17	Girls
18	5	St Nicholas' School, Fleet	Fleet	54.3	26.9	27.4	18	Girls
19	-	Kings Monkton School	Cardiff	53.7	29.5	24.2	19	Mixed
20	18	Sancton Wood School	Cambridge	53.3	22.9	30.4	20	Mixed
21	-	St Mary's Girls' School, Worcester	Worcester	52.7	20.3	32.4	21
22	8	Tower College	Rainhill	49.8	16.4	33.4	22	Mixed
23	27	Sylvia Young Theatre School	London	49	14.5	34.5	23	Mixed
24	37	Hurst Lodge School	Ascot	48.5	20.1	28.4	24	Mixed
25	-	Hemdean House School	Caversham	47.9	18.8	29.1	25	Girls
26	15	The Royal School, Hampstead	London	47.6	20.6	27	26	Girls
27	-	Manor House School, Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Ashby de la Zouch	47.5	19.8	27.7	27	Mixed
28	25	Hill House School, Doncaster	Doncaster	47.2	13.6	33.6	28	Mixed
29	16	Ditcham Park School	Petersfield	44.1	13.8	30.3	29	Mixed
30	32	Rookwood School	Andover	43.5	11	32.6	30	Mixed
31=	40	The Towers Convent School	Steyning	43.4	15.9	27.5	31=	Girls
31=	20	St Catherine's School, Twickenham	Twickenham	43.4	11.6	31.8	31=	Girls
33	-	Raphael Independent School	Hornchurch	40	3.5	36.5	33	Mixed
34	4	Babington House School	Chislehurst	39.8	16.3	23.5	34	Girls
35	28=	Braeside School For Girls	Buckhurst Hill	38.7	10.2	28.6	35	Girls
36	30	St Mary's School, Colchester	Colchester	38.5	8.3	30.2	36	Girls
37	-	Leehurst Swan School (formerly La Retraite Swan)	Salisbury	37.5	10	27.5	37	Mixed
38	-	St Andrew's School, Bedford	Bedford	37.4	7.8	29.6	38	Girls
39	34	Mayville High School	Southsea	37.1	6.5	30.6	39	Mixed
40	23	Sacred Heart School, Swaffham	Swaffham	36	16.5	19.5	40	Mixed
41	26	Hollygirt School	Nottingham	35.9	9.8	26.1	41	Girls
42	44	Colchester High School	Colchester	35.4	8.8	26.5	42	Mixed
43	43	Cransley School	Northwich	35	10	25	43	Girls
44	45	Thorpe House School	Gerrards Cross	34.4	11.4	23.1	44	Boys
45	24	Heathfield School, Kidderminster	Kidderminster	33.6	9.4	24.2	45	Mixed
46	-	St George's School - Edgbaston	Birmingham	32.6	10	22.6	46	Mixed
47	-	St John's School, Billericay	Billericay	31.7	8.5	23.2	47	Mixed
48	-	Arnold Lodge School	Leamington Spa	30.7	7.3	23.3	48	Mixed
49	-	Stanborough Secondary School	Watford	29.7	4.5	25.2	49	Mixed
50	-	Saint Nicholas School, Old Harlow	Old Harlow	28.5	7.4	21.1	50	Mixed