GCSE results 2025: top 100 London secondary schools

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St Paul’s Girls’ School claims the top spot yet again! Below are London’s top 100 secondary schools ranked by GCSE results 2025. The highest rank co-educational school is Latymer Upper School in #10, followed by Highgate (#14), Alleyn’s (#15), Emanuel (#26) and Kingston Grammar School (#27).

RankSchool% 9-8% 9-7TypeGender
1St Paul’s Girls’ School96.6%99.4%privateGirls
2North London Collegiate School95.4%99.1%privateGirls
3Westminster School92.0%97.0%privateBoys
4Henrietta Barnett School91.0%97.0%stateGirls
5King’s College School Wimbledon90.6%97.7%privateBoys
6Godolphin & Latymer School90.4%96.9%privateGirls
7St Paul’s School88.0%privateBoys
8Wilson’s School87.8%97.7%stateBoys
9Queen Elizabeth School, Barnet86.5%95.7%stateBoys
10Latymer Upper86.0%96.0%privateCo-ed
11City of London85.0%96.0%privateBoys
12City of London School for Girls85.0%95.0%privateGirls
13Tiffin Girls84.4%95.7%stateGirls
14Highgate School84.3%95.5%privateCo-ed
15Alleyn’s, Dulwich84.0%95.0%privateCo-ed
16Hampton School83.2%96.0%privateBoys
17Lady Eleanor Holles83.0%94.0%privateGirls
18South Hampstead High School82.6%92.6%privateGirls
19Notting Hill & Ealing High82.0%93.0%privategirls
20Dulwich College80.0%93.0%privateBoys
21Putney High School79.0%92.0%privateGirls
22Haberdasher Aske’s School for Girls78.0%92.0%privateGirls
23St Olave’s Grammar School77.0%90.0%stateBoys
24JAGS77.0%privateGirls
25UCS, Hampstead75.0%91.0%privateBoys
26Emanuel School75.0%91.0%privateCo-ed
27Kingston Grammar School75.0%90.0%privateCo-ed
28Haberdasher Aske’s School for Boys73.0%88.0%privateBoys
29Wimbledon High73.0%86.0%privateGirls
30Merchant Taylor’s School71.0%88.0%privateBoys
31Eltham College70.0%88.0%privateCo-ed
32Bancroft’s70.0%87.0%privateCo-ed
33Francis Holland SW170.0%86.0%privateGirls
34Whitgift School, Croydon69.0%87.0%privateBoys
35Surbiton High School68.4%85.2%privateGirls
36Trinity School, Croydon68.0%86.0%privateBoys
37Latymer School, Edmonton65.0%84.5%stateCo-ed
38Nonsuch High School, Sutton63.1%82.6%stateGirls
39Ibstock Place63.0%83.0%privateCo-ed
40Channing School63.0%81.2%privateGirls
41Queen’s College62.0%80.5%privateGirls
42Sutton Grammar School60.6%81.1%stateBoys
43Colfe’s School60.0%80.0%privateCo-ed
44Tiffin School60.0%79.0%stateBoys
45Harrodian School59.5%83.3%privateCo-ed
46Forest School58.0%78.0%privateCo-ed
47Croydon High School57.0%77.0%privategirls
48Blackheath High, GDST57.0%76.0%privateGirls
49St Helen’s, Northwood55.0%80.0%privateGirls
50Mill Hill School55.0%75.0%privateCo-ed
51St Dunstan’s College54.0%76.0%privateCo-ed
52Streatham & Clapham High GDST54.0%76.0%privateGirls
53Francis Holland NW153.0%78.0%privateGirls
54Wallington County Grammar School51.0%73.0%stateBoys
55Bromley High, GDST51.0%71.0%privateGirls
56Northwood College GDST50.0%70.0%privateGirls
57Chislehurst & Sidcup Grammar49.0%71.5%stateCo-ed
58St Benedict’s School, Ealing49.0%70.0%privateCo-ed
59Sutton High GDST49.0%67.0%privateGirls
60Sydenham High GDST49.0%privateGirls
61Townley Grammar School47.0%70.0%stateGirls
62Bexley Grammar School44.0%68.0%stateCo-ed
63Radnor House School67.0%privateCo-ed
64St Augustine’s Priory42.0%66.0%privateGirls
65John Lyon School41.0%privateBoys
66West London Free School63.0%stateCo-ed
67St Catherine’s School Twickenham39.0%62.0%privateGirls
68Hampton Court House40.0%61.0%privateCo-ed
69Beths Grammar School40.0%stateCo-ed
70Lycee Charles de Gaulle – British section39.2%60.5%privateCo-ed
71Royal Russell School37.9%58.6%privateCo-ed
72Northbridge House, Canonbury57.0%privateCo-ed
73Yavneh College39.0%56.0%stateCo-ed
74Lady Margaret School33.7%56.0%stateGirls
75Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School37.0%55.4%stateBoys
76St James Girls’ School34.0%55.0%privateGirls
77Kew House33.0%privateCo-ed
78Twyford Church of England School55.0%stateCo-ed
79Greycoat Hospital School54.0%stateGirls
80Waldegrave School53.0%stateGirls
81JFS, Brent53.0%stateCo-ed
82Graveney51.9%stateCo-ed
83Orleans Park School51.0%stateCo-ed
84Queen’s Gate29.0%50.0%privateGirls
85Grey Court School27.0%50.0%stateCo-ed
86Mossbourne Academy50.0%stateCo-ed
87Camden School for Girls50.0%stateCo-ed
88Ark Bolingbroke Academy50.0%stateCo-ed
89Kingston Academy49.0%stateCo-ed
90JCoss28.0%48.0%stateCo-ed
91St Marylebone46.0%stateGirls
92St Mary Magdalene Academy45.0%stateCo-ed
93King Alfred School, Golders Green33.0%44.0%privateCo-ed
94Northbridge House, Hampstead44.0%privateCo-ed
95Knightsbridge School44.0%privateCo-ed
96Ursuline High School43.0%stateGirls
97Fulham Boys’ School42.4%stateBoys
98Parliament Hill School28%41%%stateGirls
99London Oratory School41%%stateBoys
100Ruitlish School41.0%stateBoys

8 thoughts on “GCSE results 2025: top 100 London secondary schools”

  3. Rinx

    Thank you so much for your league table – it has been very useful for our 11 plus options. Could you kindly confirm why the league tables in the news publications like Times, Financial Times, Guardian are all so different compared to your list? Thanks a lot in advance

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    1. London Preprep

      The main difference is that the other league tables are based on “% of A-A*” which is not a good measure of the top performing schools, as nationally 20% or more in a given subject can achieve an A-grade. Ranking by the percentage of A*s only, particularly at GCSE level, does a better job of distinguishing among the most competitive schools and seeing if they push the students to a high level, rather than just aiming for an A-grade (of course what the social implication of pushing children academically are is a separate discussion). The other published league tables are also based on a mix of GCSE and A-Level results, whereas our league tables are separate for GCSEs and A-Level (because they are also based on separate cohorts).

  4. winnie

    Hello, thanks for the league table, very useful information. FYI, Wimbledon High website shows GCSE result 8-9 at 73% not 71%. Where is the Henrietta Barnett School ranking please?

    Thanks

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