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	Ada Lovelace Church of England High School	London	Free schools	Not rated	5.0
2	Alcester Grammar School	Alcester•Warwickshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
3	Altrincham Grammar School for Boys	Altrincham•Cheshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
4	Altrincham Grammar School for Girls	Altrincham•Cheshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
5	Ark Bolingbroke Academy	London	Free schools	Good	5.0
6	Aylesbury Grammar School	Aylesbury•Buckinghamshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
7	Beaconsfield High School	Beaconsfield•Buckinghamshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
8	Chesham Grammar School	Chesham•Buckinghamshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
9	Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School	Sidcup•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
10	Clitheroe Royal Grammar School	Clitheroe•Lancashire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
11	Colchester Royal Grammar School	Colchester	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
12	Colyton Grammar School	Colyton•Devon	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
13	Dane Court Grammar School	Broadstairs•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
14	Dartford Grammar School	Dartford•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
15	Dartford Grammar School for Girls	Dartford•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
16	Devonport High School for Girls	Plymouth•Devon	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
17	Dr Challoner's Grammar School	Amersham•Buckinghamshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
18	Eden Boys' School, Birmingham	Birmingham•West Midlands	Free schools	Not rated	5.0
19	Fort Pitt Grammar School	Chatham•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
20	Gunnersbury Catholic School	Brentford	Voluntary aided school	Not rated	5.0
21	Highworth Grammar School	Ashford•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
22	John Hampden Grammar School	High Wycombe•Buckinghamshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
23	Kendrick School	Reading•Berkshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
24	Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy	Sleaford•Lincolnshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
25	King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls	Birmingham•West Midlands	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
26	King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford	Chelmsford•Essex	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
27	King Edward VI Handsworth School	Birmingham•West Midlands	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
28	King Edward VI School	Stratford-upon-Avon•Warwickshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
29	Kingsdale Foundation School	London	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
30	Langley Grammar School	Langley•Berkshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
31	Lawrence Sheriff School	Rugby•Warwickshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
32	Loreto Grammar School	Altrincham•Cheshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
33	Maidstone Grammar School	Maidstone•Kent	Foundation school	Not rated	5.0
34	Maidstone Grammar School for Girls	Maidstone•Kent	Foundation school	Not rated	5.0
35	Menorah High School for Girls	London	Voluntary aided school	Not rated	5.0
36	Mercia School	Sheffield	Free schools	Outstanding	5.0
37	Michaela Community School	London	Free schools	Not rated	5.0
38	Newstead Wood School	Orpington•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
39	Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet	Barnet•Hertfordshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
40	Queen Mary's Grammar School	Walsall•West Midlands	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
41	Queen Mary's High School	Walsall•West Midlands	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
42	Richard Challoner School	New Malden•Surrey	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
43	Sale Grammar School	Sale•Cheshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
44	School of Science and Technology Maidstone	Maidstone•Kent	Free schools	Not rated	5.0
45	Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School	Rochester•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
46	South Wilts Grammar School	Salisbury•Wiltshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
47	St Joseph's College	Stoke-on-Trent•Staffordshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
48	St Michael's Catholic Grammar School	London	Voluntary aided school	Not rated	5.0
49	St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School	Orpington•Kent	Voluntary aided school	Not rated	5.0
50	Stratford Girls' Grammar School	Stratford-upon-Avon•Warwickshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
51	Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School	Blackburn•Lancashire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
52	The Grey Coat Hospital	London	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
53	The Judd School	Tonbridge•Kent	Voluntary aided school	Not rated	5.0
54	The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe	High Wycombe•Buckinghamshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
55	The Tiffin Girls' School	Kingston upon Thames•Surrey	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
56	Tonbridge Grammar School	Tonbridge•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
57	Townley Grammar School	Bexleyheath•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
58	Upton Court Grammar School	Slough•Berkshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
59	Upton Hall School FCJ	Wirral•Merseyside	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
60	Wallington County Grammar School	Wallington•Surrey	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
61	Wallington High School for Girls	Wallington•Surrey	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
62	Watford Grammar School for Boys	Watford•Hertfordshire	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
63	Watling Academy	Milton Keynes	Free schools	Not rated	5.0
64	Weald of Kent Grammar School	Tonbridge•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
65	Wembley High Technology College	North Wembley•Middlesex	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
66	Wilmington Grammar School for Boys	Dartford•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
67	Wilmington Grammar School for Girls	Dartford•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
68	Wilson's School	Wallington•Surrey	Academy converter	Not rated	5.0
69	Ark Greenwich Free School	London	Free schools	Not rated	4.9
70	Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School	Salisbury•Wiltshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
71	Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East	Birmingham•West Midlands	Free schools	Outstanding	4.9
72	Graveney School	London	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
73	Harris Academy Sutton	Sutton	Free schools	Not rated	4.9
74	Mossbourne Community Academy	London	Academy sponsor led	Not rated	4.9
75	Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy	London	Academy sponsor led	Not rated	4.9
76	Paddington Academy	London	Academy sponsor led	Not rated	4.9
77	St Mark's Catholic School	Hounslow	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
78	The Charter School North Dulwich	London	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
79	The Holt School	Wokingham•Berkshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
80	The London Oratory School	London	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
81	Balcarras School	Cheltenham•Gloucestershire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
82	Burnham Grammar School	Slough•Buckinghamshire	Academy converter	Good	4.9
83	St Paul's School for Girls	Birmingham•West Midlands	Voluntary aided school	Not rated	4.9
84	Bexley Grammar School	Welling•Kent	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
85	Newport Girls' High School Academy	Newport•Shropshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
86	Wirral Grammar School for Girls	Wirral•Merseyside	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
87	Alexandra Park School	London	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
88	Sir John Lawes School	Harpenden•Hertfordshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
89	The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School	London	Academy converter	Not rated	4.9
90	Ashcroft Technology Academy	London	Academy sponsor led	Not rated	4.9
91	Broughton High School	Preston•Lancashire	Community school	Not rated	4.8
92	Gillotts School	Henley-on-Thames•Oxfordshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
93	St Paul's Catholic College	Burgess Hill•West Sussex	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
94	Swanlea School	London	Community school	Not rated	4.8
95	Abbey Grange Church of England Academy	Leeds•West Yorkshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
96	Allerton High School	Leeds•West Yorkshire	Community school	Not rated	4.8
97	Bishopshalt School	Uxbridge•Middlesex	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
98	Bishop Stopford School	Kettering•Northamptonshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8
99	Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School	London	Voluntary aided school	Not rated	4.8
100	Cheadle Hulme High School	Cheadle•Cheshire	Academy converter	Not rated	4.8

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