Secondary School League Tables: The Top 50 Independent Schools at A-level*

*The school point score is arrived at through the UCAS tariff, which gives 120 points for an A grade at A-level, 100 for a B, 80 for a C, 60 for a D and 40 for an E. The points are halved for AS-level grades. Students who take the vocational A-level double award get 240 points for a double A, 220 for an AB, 200 for a BB, 160 for a CC, 140 for a CD, 120 for a DD, 100 for a DE and 80 for an EE.

1	King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham	518.1
2	St Swithun's School, Hampshire	517.8
3	Withington Girls' School, Manchester	510.3
4	Downe House Schoo, Berkshire	509.7
5	King Edward's School, Birmingham	490.9
6	Wycombe Abbey School, Buckinghamshire	485.6
7	Tormead School, Guildford	479.3
8	Nottingham High School for Girls, Nottinghamshire	478.4
9	Perse School for Girls, Cambridgeshire	478.3
10	The Lady Eleanor Holles School, Middlesex	478.3
11	St Catherine's School, Guildford	478.2
12	Westminster School, London	477.6
13	Sevenoaks Schoo, Kent	473.3
14	Leicester High School for Girls, Leicestershire	471.8
15	Loughborough High School, Leicestershire	471.1
16	Bootham School, York	462.7
17	Nottingham High School, Nottinghamshire	460.3
18	Peniel Academy, Essex	458.9
19	Hampton School, Middlesex	458.2
20	Casterton School, Lancashire	453.8
21	Magdalen College School, Oxford	453.1
22	Merchant Taylors' School, Middlesex	453.0
23	The Grange School, Cheshire	452.5
24	Norwich High School for Girls, Norfolk	451.4
25	City of London Freemens' School, Surrey	450.6
26	Alleyn's School, London	450.0
27	Hymers College, Hull	449.1
28	St Paul's Girls' School, London	447.9
29	Badminton School, Bristol	446.1
30	Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, West Yorkshire	445.5
31	St Paul's School, London	444.7
32	Merchant Taylors' School for Girls, Merseyside	444.1
33	Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle (British Section), London	443.8
34	Leicester Grammar School, Leicestershire	443.2
35	The Perse School, Cambridgeshire	440.7
36	The Queen's School, Cheshire	440.5
37	North London Collegiate School, Middlesex	437.5
38	Warwick School, Warwickshire	437.5
39	Bolton School Girls' Division, Lancashire	436.6
40	Holy Trinity School, Worcestershire	435.5
41	Newcastle-under-Lyme School, Staffordshire	435.2
42	Cheadle Hulme School, Cheshire	435.1
43	Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Merseyside	434.3
44	Bradford Girls' Grammar School, West Yorkshire	430.6
45	The Manchester Grammar School, Lancashire	430.2
46	Sir William Perkins's School, Surrey	430.0
47	St Albans School, Hertfordshire	429.5
48	City of London School for Girls, London	429.4
49	Loughborough Grammar School, Burton Walks, Leicestershire	428.5
50	Derby High School, Hillsway, Derbyshire	427.7