GCSE league tables 2017 London

St Paul’s Girls’ School

Following last week’s publication of A-Level results, which featured some surprising new comers, here is the new ranking of London secondary schools based on 2017 GCSE results. Unbeatable St Paul’s Girls’ School is Number 1 (as always?), closely followed by Westminster School. NLCS, Habs and City are strong as always. The co-educational schools keep edging up, led by Latymer Upper and Alleyn’s. Wimbledon High and South Hampstead High gave had a very strong year again.

A very interesting trend is the very strong academic performance of London Day Schools compared to schools in the rest of the country. In 2017, all top 5 schools in the country are London day schools. Only 3 out of the top 10 are based outside of London (King Edward VI High School for Girls, Magdalen College School and Guildford High School). Magdalen College School in Oxford is the only boarding school in the top 10, all others are day schools.

School  Type Gender % A* % A*-A
1 SPGS private Girls 91% 99%
2 Westminster private Boys 87% 98%
3 NLCS private Girls 86% 98%
4 King’s College Wimbledon private Boys 83% 96%
5 Godolphin & Latymer School private Girls 82% 97%
6 Henrietta Barnett School state Girls 80% 95%
7 City of London School for Girls private Girls 79% 96%
8 St Paul’s School private boys 78% 96%
9 South Hampstead High School (GDST) private Girls 77% 95%
10 Wimbledon High (GDST) private Girls 74% 93%
11 Hampton School private Boys 73% 93%
12 Lady Eleanor Holles private Girls 71% 95%
13 Habs Girls private Girls 71% 95%
14 Latymer Upper private co-ed 70% 91%
15 Queen Elizabeth School, Barnet state Boys 70% 91%
16 Habs private Boys 69% 91%
17 Tiffin Girls state Girls 69% 92%
18 City of London School private Boys 69% 89%
19 Alleyn’s, Dulwich private co-ed 67% 92%
20 Notting Hill & Ealing High (GDST) private Girls 66% 89%
21 JAGS, Dulwich private Girls 65% 93%
22 Highgate private Co-ed 64% 88%
23 UCS private Boys 63% 91%
24 Putney High School (GDST) private Girls 61% 93%
25 Channing School private Girls 58% 84%

1 thought on “GCSE league tables 2017 London”

  1. Very useful table. You may have got the South Hampstead High School results only slightly wrong. It’s 77.4% A* and 94.6% A* -A as per their website.

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