Top 100 Secondary Schools in the UK

Explore the UK's highest-achieving secondary schools ranked by our comprehensive scoring system that includes GCSE results, Progress 8 scores, A-level performance, and Ofsted ratings.

Top 100 Secondary Schools

Showing 100 schools ranked by final rating

Rank	School Name	Location	Type	Ofsted Rating	Final Rating
1	Altrincham Grammar School for Girls	Altrincham•Cheshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
2	Aylesbury Grammar School	Aylesbury•Buckinghamshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
3	Bexley Grammar School	Welling•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
4	Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School	Sidcup•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
5	Clitheroe Royal Grammar School	Clitheroe•Lancashire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
6	Colyton Grammar School	Colyton•Devon	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
7	Dane Court Grammar School	Broadstairs•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
8	Dartford Grammar School	Dartford•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
9	Fort Pitt Grammar School	Chatham•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
10	Kendrick School	Reading•Berkshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
11	King Edward VI School	Stratford-upon-Avon•Warwickshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
12	Loreto Grammar School	Altrincham•Cheshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
13	Newport Girls' High School Academy	Newport•Shropshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
14	Parmiter's School	Watford•Hertfordshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
15	Reading School	Reading•Berkshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
16	Richard Challoner School	New Malden•Surrey	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
17	Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School	Blackburn•Lancashire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
18	The Blue Coat CofE School	Oldham•Lancashire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
19	The Grey Coat Hospital	London	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
20	The London Oratory School	London	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
21	Torquay Girls' Grammar School	Torquay•Devon	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
22	Upton Court Grammar School	Slough•Berkshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
23	Wembley High Technology College	North Wembley•Middlesex	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
24	West London Free School	London	Free schools	Not rated	5.0
25	Wilmington Grammar School for Girls	Dartford•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
26	Wilson's School	Wallington•Surrey	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
27	Wirral Grammar School for Girls	Wirral•Merseyside	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
28	Alcester Grammar School	Alcester•Warwickshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
29	Altrincham Grammar School for Boys	Altrincham•Cheshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
30	Broughton High School	Preston•Lancashire	Community school	Not rated	4.9
31	St Michael's Catholic Grammar School	London	Voluntary aided school	Not rated	4.9
32	Stratford Girls' Grammar School	Stratford-upon-Avon•Warwickshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
33	Graveney School	London	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
34	St Mark's Catholic School	Hounslow	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
35	Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School	Salisbury•Wiltshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
36	Haberdashers' Adams	Newport•Shropshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
37	Orleans Park School	Twickenham	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
38	The Harvey Grammar School	Folkestone•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
39	Wallington County Grammar School	Wallington•Surrey	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
40	Eden Girls' School, Coventry	Coventry•West Midlands	Free schools	Not rated	4.8
41	Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet	Barnet•Hertfordshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
42	Dr Challoner's High School	Amersham•Buckinghamshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
43	Gunnersbury Catholic School	Brentford	Voluntary aided school	Not rated	4.8
44	Mercia School	Sheffield	Free schools	Not rated	4.8
45	Bishop Vesey's Grammar School	Sutton Coldfield•West Midlands	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
46	Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East	Birmingham•West Midlands	Free schools	Outstanding	4.8
47	Sale Grammar School	Sale•Cheshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
48	Southend High School for Boys	Southend-on-Sea•Essex	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
49	St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School	Orpington•Kent	Voluntary aided school	Not rated	4.8
50	Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School	Blackburn	Free schools	Not rated	4.8
51	The High School Leckhampton	Cheltenham	Free schools	Not rated	4.8
52	Dame Alice Owen's School	Potters Bar•Hertfordshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
53	Sir John Lawes School	Harpenden•Hertfordshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
54	Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School	Rochester•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
55	St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School	Slough•Berkshire	Voluntary aided school	Not rated	4.8
56	The Crypt School	Gloucester•Gloucestershire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
57	Twyford Church of England High School	London	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
58	Chelmsford County High School for Girls	Chelmsford•Essex	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
59	Colchester County High School for Girls	Colchester•Essex	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
60	Chesham Grammar School	Chesham•Buckinghamshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
61	Salesian School, Chertsey	Chertsey•Surrey	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
62	Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School	Tunbridge Wells•Kent	Foundation school	Not rated	4.8
63	Herschel Grammar School	Slough•Berkshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
64	Invicta Grammar School	Maidstone•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
65	Pate's Grammar School	Cheltenham•Gloucestershire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
66	Rickmansworth School	Rickmansworth•Hertfordshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
67	The Holt School	Wokingham•Berkshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
68	Beaumont School	St Albans•Hertfordshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
69	Gordon's School	Woking•Surrey	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
70	Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School	Grantham•Lincolnshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
71	Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School	Upminster•Essex	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
72	Spalding High School	Spalding•Lincolnshire	Community school	Not rated	4.8
73	Wycombe High School	High Wycombe•Buckinghamshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
74	Ada Lovelace Church of England High School	London	Free schools	Not rated	4.8
75	Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School	Rossendale	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
76	Grey Court School	Richmond•Surrey	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
77	John Hampden Grammar School	High Wycombe•Buckinghamshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
78	St Clement Danes School	Rickmansworth•Hertfordshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
79	Avanti House School	Stanmore•Middlesex	Free schools	Not rated	4.8
80	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys	Birmingham•West Midlands	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
81	Menorah High School for Girls	London	Voluntary aided school	Not rated	4.8
82	Tonbridge Grammar School	Tonbridge•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
83	Ark Greenwich Free School	London	Free schools	Not rated	4.7
84	Aylesbury High School	Aylesbury•Buckinghamshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.7
85	Colchester Royal Grammar School	Colchester	Academy converter	Not rated	4.7
86	Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham	Birmingham	Free schools	Not rated	4.7
87	Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester	Manchester•Greater Manchester	Free schools	Not rated	4.7
88	JFS	Harrow•Middlesex	Voluntary aided school	Not rated	4.7
89	Oakwood Park Grammar School	Maidstone•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	4.7
90	Stroud High School	Stroud•Gloucestershire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.7
91	Burnham Grammar School	Slough•Buckinghamshire	Academy converter	Good	4.7
92	Lady Margaret School	London	Academy converter	Not rated	4.7
93	Langley Grammar School	Langley•Berkshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.7
94	St George's School	Harpenden•Hertfordshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.7
95	The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College	Bishop's Stortford•Hertfordshire	Academy converter	Outstanding	4.7
96	The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe	High Wycombe•Buckinghamshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.7
97	The Tiffin Girls' School	Kingston upon Thames•Surrey	Academy converter	Not rated	4.7
98	Watford Grammar School for Girls	Watford•Hertfordshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.7
99	Ark Soane Academy	London	Free schools	Not rated	4.7
100	Bournemouth School	Bournemouth•Dorset	Academy converter	Not rated	4.7

Showing top 100 schools. Rankings are based on our comprehensive scoring system that includes academic performance, Ofsted ratings, and other key metrics.