2012 GCSE league tables for London

And the top school in London is….  the St Paul’s Girls’ School! The second place, well, it’s a tie between Westminster School and the North London Collegiate School, really. Westminster School has the second highest percentage of A*’s (85%), while NLCS tops the table of the highest share of A*’s – A’s. So I will provide rankings based on both criteria, although you will see they will look quite similar. The data is based on the Telegraph’s 2012 independent school league table for all of England, but I have added a few more schools individually that were not included in that table (for example, St Paul’s School for Girls and also the Henrietta Barnett School, which is a state grammar school but can easily compete with the top independent schools). The St Paul’s School for boys doesn’t seem to have published their results yet – I assume they would be among the top 5 in the table as well. I will add them once published.

Top 20 London schools ranked by % of A*’s

Rank School % A*
1 St Paul’s Girls’ School 89.16
2 Westminster School 85.06
3 North London Collegiate School 78.71
4 City of London School For Girls 70.2
5 Latymer Upper School 63.01
6 King’s College School (KCS) 62.58
7 The Godolphin and Latymer School 60.91
8 Henrietta Barnett School 60.82
9 Highgate School 60.3
10 James Allen’s Girls’ School 56.48
11 The Lady Eleanor Holles School 55.82
12 City of London School 55.64
13 Alleyn’s School 54.97
14 South Hampstead High School GDST 52.53
15 Notting Hill and Ealing GDST 50.8
16 University College School 47.19
17 Dulwich College 47.05
18 Channing School 45.32
19 Francis Holland School, Regent’s Park 43.27
20 Wimbledon High School GDST 41.44

Top 20 London schools ranked by % of A*’s- A’s

Rank School % A*-A
1 St Paul’s Girls’ School 99.14
2 North London Collegiate School 97.1
3 Westminster School 96.96
4 City of London School For Girls 95.58
5 Highgate School 91.33
6 Henrietta Barnett School 91.13
7 The Godolphin and Latymer School 90.39
8 Latymer Upper School 90.21
9 James Allen’s Girls’ School 89.94
10 King’s College School (KCS) 89.82
11 Alleyn’s School 89.63
12 The Lady Eleanor Holles School 89.15
13 South Hampstead High School GDST 88.99
14 Notting Hill and Ealing GDST 85.45
15 City of London School 84.27
16 Dulwich College 82.82
17 Channing School 82.74
18 Putney High School GDST 82.3
19 University College School 81.09
20 Wimbledon High School GDST 80.86

2 thoughts on “2012 GCSE league tables for London”

  1. I think you’ll find the A*-A statistic for Henrietta Barnett is for A-levels. The percentage of A*-A at GCSE is higher and would change their place in the rankings significantly.

    1. you are very right, thank you for spotting this! I have updated the numbers for the Henrietta Barnett School and it has indeed moved further to the top of the table. Thanks again!

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