And the top secondary school in London is…. the St Paul’s Girls’ School (again)! The second place goes to Westminster School, followed by the North London Collegiate School. The data is based on the Telegraph’s 2014 independent school league table for all of England, but I included only London schools and 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). Only the Henrietta Barnett School and Tiffin Girls’ in Kingston made it into the top 20 from the state sector.
Top 20 London schools ranked by % of A*’s in 2014 GCSEs
| Rank | School | % A* | Gender |
| 1 | St Paul’s Girls’ School | 94.0 | Girls |
| 2 | Westminster School | 88.0 | Boys |
| 3 | North London Collegiate School | 86.1 | Girls |
| 4 | St Paul’s School | 84.3 | Boys |
| 5 | James Allen’s Girls’ School | 80.8 | Girls |
| 6 | Godolphin and Latymer School | 74.7 | Girls |
| 7 | King’s College School, Wimbledon | 74.0 | Boys |
| 8 | City of London School For Girls | 73.7 | Girls |
| 9 | Lady Eleanor Holles School | 73.3 | Girls |
| 10 | Haberdasher Aske’s Girls’ | 71.1 | Girls |
| 11 | Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys | 69.4 | Boys |
| 12 | Notting Hill and Ealing GDST | 64.1 | Girls |
| 13 | Latymer Upper School | 63.8 | Co-ed |
| 14 | City of London School | 63.1 | Boys |
| 15 | Tiffin Girls’ School | 62.0 | Girls |
| 16 | South Hampstead High School | 61.2 | Girls |
| 17 | Henrietta Barnett School | 61.0 | Girls |
| 18 | University College School | 60.3 | Boys |
| 19 | Alleyn’s School, Dulwich | 58.5 | Co-ed |
| 20 | Wimbledon High School GDST | 57.4 | Girls |
I like these tables especially to interpret exit results of prep schools, all of which say their pupils go on to the top London senior schools. This table shows you there is still a big difference between schools in the top 5 and those in the 10-20 range.