GCSE results 2018: ranking of the top London secondary schools

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Most schools have published their results by now, although some results are preliminary, but we are releasing the top 80 London secondary schools based on % of A* grades at GCSE already. It looks like the new tougher GCSE have benefitted the most academic schools in the country, as many of them report record results.

The top five schools are unlikely to change, but we will add further schools as more detailed results are released. St Paul’s Girls’ School takes the top spot again this week, following its top spot in the A-Level rankings last week. Only 732 pupils in the whole country managed a “clean sweep” of ten or more A* grades, but there were 77 such pupils are North London Collegiate School, 59 at the Westminster School, and 39 at the Latymer Upper School.

Despite the fact that the top spots are taken by the usual suspects, a few schools have done especially well this year. The Hampton School and Highgate have edged up in the rankings for GCSEs and A-Levels, and many GDST schools have had fantastic results, too! Follow this post for further updates. St Paul’s School will not release their results until November, but they have issued a press release that their percentage of A*’s and A*-A’s were highest in three years, from which we were able to estimate the school’s position.

School Type Gender % A* % A*-A
1 St Paul’s Girls’ School private Girls 92.6% 99.2%
2 North London Collegiate School private Girls 87.3% 97.2%
3 Godolphin & Latymer School private Girls 85.5% 97.5%
4 Westminster School private Boys 85.2% 97.1%
5 Henrietta Barnett School state Girls 82.3% 95.2%
7 King’s College Wimbledon private Boys 80.6% 95.9%
8 Tiffin Girls state Girls 79.4% 94.1%
9 City of London School for Girls private Girls 79.0% 95.0%
6 St Paul’s School private Boys 78.5% 96.1%
10 Habs Girls private Girls 78.0% 94.0%
11 Queen Elizabeth School, Barnet state Boys 76.5% 91.7%
12 Lady Eleanor Holles private Girls 76.0% 92.3%
13 JAGS private Girls 75.0% 92.0%
14 Hampton School private Boys 74.0% 93.0%
15 Notting Hill & Ealing High private Girls 74.0% 92.0%
16 Highgate private Co-ed 73.7% 92.2%
17 Putney High School private Girls 73.1% 92.1%
18 Alleyn’s Dulwich private Co-ed 73.0% 92.0%
19 Haberdasher Aske’s School for Boys private Boys 72.0% 93.4%
20 St Olave’s Grammar School, Bromley state Boys 71.4% 86.7%
21 South Hampstead High School private Girls 71.0% 89.0%
22 Wimbledon High private Girls 70.9% 92.1%
23 Latymer Upper private Co-ed 70.0% 90.0%
24 City of London private Boys 67.9% 90.5%
25 UCS, Hampstead private Boys 66.1% 87.5%
26 Wilson’s Grammar School, Sutton state Boys 65.5% 85.5%
27 Bancroft’s private Co-ed 64.2% 84.9%
28 Francis Holland SW1 private Girls 63.0% 83.0%
29 Newstead Wood School state Girls 62.1% 86.0%
30 Nonsuch High School, Sutton state Girls 61.7% 82.5%
31 St Michael’s Grammar state Girls 60.7% 82.0%
32 Sutton Grammar School state Boys 60.3% 80.5%
33 Channing School private Girls 59.9% 84.3%
34 Latymer School, Edmonton state co-ed 59.1% 83.3%
35 Kingston Grammar School private Co-ed 58.0% 85.0%
36 Trinity School, Croydon private Boys 58.0% 88.0%
37 Eltham College, Bromley private Co-ed 57.5% 84.2%
38 Tiffin School state Boys 57.3% 80.0%
39 Dulwich College private Boys 57.0% 84.0%
40 Ibstock Place private Co-ed 56.0% 83.0%
41 St Helen’s private Girls 54.8% 78.8%
42 Queen’s Gate private Girls 54.3% 80.5%
43 Forest School private Co-ed 54.1% 76.8%
44 Surbiton High School private Girls 50.5% 77.6%
45 Northbridge House, Canonbury private Co-ed 50.0% 70.0%
46 Croydon High School GDST private Girls 50.0%
47 Whitgift School, Croydon private Boys 49.0% 74.3%
48 Northwood College GDST private Girls 47.7% 70.8%
49 Wallington High School for Girls state Girls 47.0% 72.0%
50 Bromley High School GDST private Girls 44.0%
51 Francis Holland NW1 private Girls 43.3% 72.0%
52 St Augustine’s Priory, Ealing private Co-ed 42.2% 65.8%
53 Queen’s College private Girls 41.8% 70.4%
54 St James Girls’ School private Girls 41.3% 63.0%
55 Harrodian School private Co-ed 40.5% 66.7%
56 St Benedict’s School, Ealing private Co-ed 40.4% 66.0%
57 Lady Margaret School state Girls 39.8% 58.2%
58 Wetherby Senior School private Boys 38.8% 67.8%
59 Wallington County Grammar School state Boys 38.6% 63.2%
60 Emanuel School private Co-ed 38.0% 63.6%
61 Colfe’s School private Co-ed 37.8% 60.8%
62 Blackheath High School GDST private Girls 37.0%
63 Northbridge House, Hampstead private Co-ed 34.0% 56.0%
64 Sutton High School private Girls 33.5% 55.3%
65 Mill Hill School private Co-ed 32.4% 56.8%
66 Ashbourne College private Co-ed 32.4% 50.5%
67 Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School state Co-ed 28.7% 55.4%
68 Greycoat Hospital state Girls 28.4% 49.3%
69 The London Oratory School, Fulham state Boys 28.2% 47.8%
70 Camden School for Girls state Girls 28.1% 49.2%
71 Graveney state Co-ed 27.9% 48.2%
72 Bexley Grammar School state Co-ed 27.4% 51.0%
73 Alexandra Park School, Haringey state Co-ed 26.3% 43.8%
74 St Marylebone state Girls 26.0% 45.0%
75 Waldegrave School state Girls 25.9% 43.8%
76 Fortismere School state Co-ed 24.0% 42.0%
77 Mossbourne Academy state Co-ed 21.3% 36.0%
78 Grey Court School state Co-ed 20.3% 40.0%
79 Coombe Girls School, Kingston state Girls 20.0% 36.2%
80 West London Free School state Co-ed 19.8% 34.5%

33 thoughts on “GCSE results 2018: ranking of the top London secondary schools”

  10. Fedstar

    You haven’t included Streatham & Clapham High School results for 2018 – 38% A* and 66.2% A*-A. This is a London based school and part of the GDST group of schools

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  13. LMK

    Hi there please are you able to add comparable figures for Palmers Green High School, Ashmole Academy and At Anne’s Catholic High School?

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  17. Ola Iwanik

    Are these metrics showing the percentage of A* and A-A* grades among all grades achieved by pupils or the percentage of pupils who have achieved at least one A* or A-A* grade?

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    1. London Preprep

      They have been published by the school, not included here as DAO is located in Hertfordshire. Here is a summary of their 2018 results:
      “At Dame Alice Owen’s, we are thrilled that 30.6% of all new GCSE grades awarded were a grade 9, with a further 21.2% of examinations being graded 8 and 18.1% graded 7. With 20% of all legacy GCSEs (the old style ones) being awarded an A* and another 41.6% of these grades being awarded an A grade, that brings us to 69.4% of all grades achieved being 9-7(A*-A) compared to 67.5% last year.”

    1. London Preprep

      yes, for state schools or smaller schools it may be administrative / timing issues, for the well established ones it is mainly that they want to combat league table culture among parents, they want less schools to supply data so parents rely less on league tables and more on personal visits and a personal connection with the school.

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