UK League Table: A-Level Results For 2026

In the context of education in the United Kingdom, the “A-Levels League Table” refers to a ranking system that displays the performance of schools or colleges based on their students’ A-Level examination results. The A-Levels League Table is published annually and provide a means to compare the academic performance of schools or colleges across the country. These tables rank institutions based on various criteria, such as the percentage of students achieving specific grades or the average grades obtained in A-Level subjects. They can be valuable for students, parents, and educators in evaluating the relative academic success of different schools or colleges.

A-Level League Table Grading

A-Level League Tables are based on the percentage of A and A* grades achieved by the candidates in a particular sitting.

A* – 90+%
A – 80+%
B – 70+%
C – 60+%
D – 50+%
E – 40+%
Ungraded – 39% or lower

It is also important to rely only on official sources for accurate and up-to-date A-Level data. Here are a few of the sources where we get the latest A-Level results:

Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ)
Department for Education (DfE)
Independent Schools Council (ISC)
Examination Boards’ Websites
School and College Websites

Not all league tables are made equal. Here are some of the common types:

Overall A-Level League Tables
Subject-Specific A-Level League Tables
Regional A-Level League Tables

A-Level Results: A-Level League Table 2026

The A-Level results for 2026 are scheduled to be released on Thursday, August 13th. Stay tuned for a comprehensive 2026 A-Level League Table and the latest school performance data, which will be available here as soon as the official results are published.

A-Level Results: A-Level League Table 2025

Rank	A-level (% A*/A)	Name	County	Gender	Candidates
1	94.10%	Cardiff Sixth Form College	Cardiff	Mixed	122
2	87.00%	Westminster School	Greater London	Mixed	196
3	86.20%	The National Mathematics and Science College	Warwickshire	Mixed	69
4	85.30%	King's College School, Wimbledon	Greater London	Mixed	183
5	84.70%	Guildford High School	Surrey	Girls	90
6	84.40%	Brighton College	East Sussex	Mixed	240
7	82.60%	Queen Ethelburga's College	North Yorkshire	Mixed	83
8	82.40%	Concord College	Shropshire	Mixed	154
9	80.30%	Alleyn's School	Greater London	Mixed	181
10	80.10%	City of London School For Girls	Greater London	Girls	96
11	80.00%	St Michael's School	Carmarthenshire	Mixed	55
12	79.10%	The Perse School	Cambridgeshire	Mixed	185
13	79.10%	Highgate School	Greater London	Mixed	192
14	78.60%	Magdalen College School	Oxfordshire	Mixed	156
14	78.60%	Wimbledon High School GDST	Greater London	Girls	90
16	78.50%	South Hampstead High School GDST	Greater London	Girls	95
17	78.20%	King Edward VI High School for Girls	West Midlands	Girls	89
18	77.60%	Putney High School GDST	Greater London	Girls	93
19	76.20%	Wycombe Abbey	Buckinghamshire	Girls	97
20	76.20%	James Allen's Girls' School	Greater London	Girls	108
21	74.40%	Withington Girls' School	Greater Manchester	Girls	91
22	73.90%	Royal Grammar School Guildford	Surrey	Boys	147
23	73.70%	The Manchester Grammar School	Greater Manchester	Boys	203
24	73.60%	Trinity School	Surrey	Mixed	160
25	72.20%	The Cathedral School Llandaff	Cardiff	Mixed	63
26	72.20%	St John's College, Cardiff	Cardiff	Mixed	49
27	71.30%	City of London Freemen's School	Surrey	Mixed	113
28	70.90%	Bancroft's School	Essex	Mixed	110
29	70.70%	St Catherine's, Bramley	Surrey	Girls	86
30	70.60%	University College School, Hampstead	Greater London	Mixed	183
31	69.80%	Emanuel School	Greater London	Mixed	141
32	69.10%	Merchant Taylors' School	Hertfordshire	Boys	155
33	68.90%	Cheltenham Ladies' College	Gloucestershire	Girls	136
34	68.70%	Redmaids' High School	Bristol	Girls	53
35	68.60%	Nottingham High School	Nottinghamshire	Mixed	133
36	67.50%	Dulwich College	Greater London	Boys	249
37	67.40%	Surbiton High School	Surrey	Girls	138
38	65.60%	Sheffield High School for Girls	South Yorkshire	Girls	75
39	65.30%	St John's Preparatory and Senior School	Hertfordshire	Mixed	39
40	64.70%	Eltham College	Greater London	Mixed	99
41	64.40%	Bristol Grammar School	Bristol	Mixed	144
42	64.00%	Colfe's School	Greater London	Mixed	121
43	63.90%	St. Francis' College	Hertfordshire	Girls	11
44	63.90%	St Helen's School	Greater London	Girls	82
45	63.90%	Loughborough High School	Leicestershire	Girls	66
46	63.60%	Notting Hill and Ealing High School GDST	Greater London	Girls	71
47	63.40%	Sir William Perkins's School	Surrey	Girls	54
48	62.90%	The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's	North Yorkshire	Mixed	64
49	62.90%	The Yehudi Menuhin School	Surrey	Mixed	16
50	62.70%	St Augustine's Priory	Greater London	Girls	15
51	62.10%	The Grammar School at Leeds	West Yorkshire	Mixed	190
52	62.10%	Oxford High School GDST	Oxfordshire	Girls	61
53	62.00%	St Mary's School Ascot	Berkshire	Girls	52
54	61.40%	The Leys School	Cambridgeshire	Mixed	98
55	61.40%	St Dunstan's College	Greater London	Mixed	71
56	61.20%	Royal Grammar School	Tyne and Wear	Mixed	164
57	60.90%	King Edward's School	Somerset	Mixed	141
58	60.50%	Immanuel College	Hertfordshire	Mixed	50
58	60.50%	RGS Worcester	Worcestershire	Mixed	116
60	60.20%	The Maynard School	Devon	Girls	34
61	60.10%	St Mary's Calne	Wiltshire	Girls	63
62	60.10%	Oundle School	Northamptonshire	Mixed	204
63	60.10%	Churcher's College	Hampshire	Mixed	169
64	59.80%	The King's School, Chester	Cheshire	Mixed	108
65	59.80%	Leicester Grammar School	Leicestershire	Mixed	123
66	58.60%	The Queen's School, Chester	Cheshire	Girls	37
67	58.50%	d'Overbroeck's	Oxfordshire	Mixed	214
68	58.30%	Epsom College	Surrey	Mixed	183
69	58.20%	Whitgift School	Greater London	Boys	158
70	57.90%	Bromley High School GDST	Greater London	Girls	71
71	57.60%	Solihull School	West Midlands	Mixed	148
72	56.90%	Adcote School for Girls	Shropshire	Girls	16
73	56.80%	St Albans School	Hertfordshire	Mixed	169
74	56.70%	Bradford Grammar School	West Yorkshire	Mixed	98
75	56.50%	Wellington College	Berkshire	Mixed	116
76	56.50%	Manchester High School for Girls	Greater Manchester	Girls	83
77	56.50%	Sutton High School GDST	Surrey	Girls	48
78	55.90%	Bishop's Stortford College	Hertfordshire	Mixed	126
79	55.40%	Canford School	Dorset	Mixed	131
80	53.00%	Queen Elizabeth's Hospital	Bristol	Mixed	116
81	52.70%	The King's School in Macclesfield	Cheshire	Mixed	78
81	52.70%	The Grange School	Cheshire	Mixed	77
83	52.60%	Abbey College Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	Mixed	104
84	52.40%	Ibstock Place School	Greater London	Mixed	98
85	52.30%	Queen's College London	Greater London	Girls	43
86	52.10%	Queen's Gate School	Greater London	Girls	40
87	52.10%	Haileybury	Hertfordshire	Mixed	126
88	52.00%	The King's School, Canterbury	Kent	Mixed	199
89	51.80%	St Mary's School, Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	Girls	44
90	51.60%	Norwich School	Norfolk	Mixed	177
91	51.50%	Hymers College	East Yorkshire	Mixed	108
92	51.20%	Ruthin School	Denbighshire	Mixed	46
93	50.90%	Hurtwood House	Surrey	Mixed	162
94	50.70%	Charterhouse	Surrey	Mixed	188
95	50.50%	Woodbridge School	Suffolk	Mixed	65
96	50.50%	Howell's School, Llandaff GDST	Cardiff	Mixed	67
97	50.30%	Reading Blue Coat School	Berkshire	Mixed	142
98	50.30%	Mayfield School	East Sussex	Girls	61
99	50.20%	Ipswich School	Suffolk	Mixed	139
100	50.00%	Bedford School	Bedfordshire	Boys	125
101	49.80%	Truro School	Cornwall	Mixed	87
102	49.80%	Birkdale School	South Yorkshire	Mixed	76
103	49.80%	Claremont Fan Court School	Surrey	Mixed	79
104	49.80%	Badminton School	Bristol	Girls	68
105	49.60%	Moreton Hall	Shropshire	Girls	40
106	49.50%	Burgess Hill Girls	West Sussex	Girls	31
107	49.40%	The Abbey School	Berkshire	Girls	78
108	49.10%	Farnborough Hill	Hampshire	Girls	37
109	49.10%	St John's School	Surrey	Mixed	141
110	48.70%	St George's College Weybridge	Surrey	Mixed	141
111	48.70%	Kingswood School	Somerset	Mixed	135
112	48.50%	Forest School	Greater London	Mixed	122
113	48.50%	Redhill High School	Pembrokeshire	Mixed	11
114	48.30%	St Benedict's School	Greater London	Mixed	97
115	48.10%	Dame Allan's Schools	Tyne and Wear	Mixed	134
116	47.80%	Cheltenham College	Gloucestershire	Mixed	152
117	47.50%	Nottingham Girls’ High School GDST	Nottinghamshire	Girls	52
118	46.60%	St Bede's College	Greater Manchester	Mixed	37
119	46.50%	Yarm School	North Yorkshire	Mixed	109
120	46.20%	Loughborough Grammar School	Leicestershire	Boys	117
121	45.50%	Walthamstow Hall	Kent	Girls	48
122	44.50%	Ardingly College	West Sussex	Mixed	88
123	44.30%	Bedford Modern School	Bedfordshire	Mixed	142
124	43.80%	AKS Lytham	Lancashire	Mixed	46
125	43.80%	Fettes College	Midlothian	Mixed	87
126	43.50%	Wolverhampton Grammar School	West Midlands	Mixed	71
127	43.00%	Brampton College	Greater London	Mixed	131
128	42.80%	Chigwell School	Essex	Mixed	89
129	42.40%	Victoria College	Channel Islands	Boys	69
130	42.20%	Rydal Penrhos School	Conwy	Mixed	31
131	42.20%	Rossall School	Lancashire	Mixed	67
132	41.70%	St Columba's College	Hertfordshire	Mixed	77
133	41.30%	Mander Portman Woodward Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	Mixed	94
134	40.90%	Wetherby Senior School	Greater London	Boys	64
135	40.70%	The Ladies' College	Channel Islands	Girls	47
136	40.40%	Oakham School	Rutland	Mixed	145
137	39.90%	Cheadle Hulme School	Cheshire	Mixed	118
138	39.80%	The Royal School Dungannon	County Tyrone	Mixed	73
139	39.70%	King Henry VIII School	West Midlands	Mixed	81
140	39.30%	Tudor Hall School	Oxfordshire	Girls	42
141	39.20%	Stockport Grammar School	Cheshire	Mixed	101
142	38.70%	Royal High School Bath, GDST	Somerset	Girls	45
143	38.50%	Bolton School Girls' Division	Greater Manchester	Girls	97
144	38.00%	Newcastle-under-Lyme School	Staffordshire	Mixed	70
145	37.80%	Bablake School	West Midlands	Mixed	81
146	37.70%	Hampstead Fine Arts College	Greater London	Mixed	78
147	37.60%	St Joseph's College	Berkshire	Mixed	42
148	37.50%	Ashford School	Kent	Mixed	74
149	36.80%	St Edward's School	Gloucestershire	Mixed	35
149	36.80%	Talbot Heath School	Dorset	Girls	32
151	36.70%	Leighton Park School	Berkshire	Mixed	80
152	36.60%	Ashville College	North Yorkshire	Mixed	69
153	36.50%	Ryde School	Isle of Wight	Mixed	51
154	35.60%	Jersey College for Girls	Channel Islands	Girls	88
155	35.60%	Battle Abbey School	East Sussex	Mixed	42
156	35.20%	Merchant Taylors' Girls' School	Merseyside	Girls	36
157	35.10%	Kensington Park School	Greater London	Mixed	37
158	34.80%	Pangbourne College	Berkshire	Mixed	53
159	34.80%	Kimbolton School	Cambridgeshire	Mixed	121
160	34.60%	Hill House School	South Yorkshire	Mixed	66
161	34.10%	Hulme Grammar School	Greater Manchester	Mixed	45
162	33.90%	Thetford Grammar School	Norfolk	Mixed	19
163	33.80%	Bosworth Independent School	Northamptonshire	Mixed	24
164	33.30%	Abbey College in Malvern	Worcestershire	Mixed	10
164	33.30%	Myddelton College	Denbighshire	Mixed	31
164	33.30%	Rookwood School	Hampshire	Mixed	4
164	33.30%	St Gerard's School Trust	Gwynedd	Girls	2
164	33.30%	St Joseph's College	Suffolk	Mixed	51
169	33.20%	Elizabeth College	Channel Islands	Mixed	85
170	33.10%	Mander Portman Woodward (MPW)	Greater London	Mixed	259
170	33.10%	St Margaret's School	Hertfordshire	Girls	44
172	32.90%	Christ College	Powys	Mixed	56
173	32.70%	Plymouth College	Devon	Mixed	51
174	32.20%	Stamford School	Lincolnshire	Mixed	187
175	31.40%	Ewell Castle School	Surrey	Mixed	42
176	31.30%	Westholme School	Lancashire	Mixed	61
177	31.20%	Clifton High School	Bristol	Mixed	55
178	30.90%	Lewes Old Grammar School	East Sussex	Mixed	29
179	28.60%	St Dominic’s Grammar School, Brewood	Staffordshire	Girls	11
180	28.20%	Brockwood Park School and Inwoods Small School	Hampshire	Mixed	18
181	28.20%	Earlscliffe	Kent	Mixed	37
182	27.60%	Merchant Taylors' Boys' School	Merseyside	Boys	50
183	27.50%	Alderley Edge School for Girls	Cheshire	Girls	26
183	27.50%	The Mount School York	North Yorkshire	Girls	13
185	27.40%	Lichfield Cathedral School	Staffordshire	Mixed	40
186	27.30%	Mander Portman Woodward Birmingham	West Midlands	Mixed	71
187	26.70%	Birkenhead School	Merseyside	Mixed	64
188	25.90%	Rochester Independent College	Kent	Mixed	115
189	25.80%	Oxford Sixth Form College	Oxfordshire	Mixed	63
190	25.80%	Leicester High School for Girls	Leicestershire	Girls	19
191	24.40%	Shiplake College	Oxfordshire	Mixed	90
192	23.80%	Loretto School	East Lothian	Mixed	66
193	23.40%	Silcoates School	West Yorkshire	Mixed	31
194	23.30%	Shebbear College	Devon	Mixed	21
195	23.10%	Teesside High School	Durham	Mixed	22
196	21.80%	Mount Kelly	Devon	Mixed	70
197	21.70%	Elmhurst Ballet School	West Midlands	Mixed	14
198	21.60%	St James Senior Boys' School	Surrey	Boys	37
199	19.20%	Saint Felix School	Suffolk	Mixed	17
200	19.10%	St Mary's College	Merseyside	Mixed	45
201	18.70%	Shrewsbury High School GDST	Shropshire	Girls	36
202	17.50%	Loughborough Amherst School	Leicestershire	Mixed	21
203	16.10%	Burlington House School	Greater London	Mixed	17
204	12.20%	Sackville School	Kent	Mixed	21
205	9.10%	Hollygirt School	Nottinghamshire	Mixed	4

Best A-Level Schools in UK

Location Comparison in England

A-Level Results — A comparison over the years. Credit: The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation

The UK A-Level league tables play a significant role in assessing the performance of schools and colleges across the country. However, it is crucial to recognise that league tables should not be the sole determining factor in selecting a school or college. They should be used as a starting point, complemented by other considerations such as teaching quality, extracurricular activities, facilities, and individual aspirations. It is important to examine the available information, visit institutions, and engage in discussions with teachers, students, and alumni to gain a comprehensive understanding.

Ultimately, the league tables serve as a useful tool in the educational landscape, empowering individuals to make informed decisions. By combining league table rankings with broader considerations and personal preferences, students can find schools or colleges that align with their academic aspirations and provide a nurturing environment for their personal growth and success.

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