26 January 2012 Last updated at 04:33 ET

Secondary league tables: Best A/AS level results

This table lists the 200 schools in England with the highest attainment at A-level, AS-level and other Key Stage 5 (16-18) qualifications.

Pupils are awarded points for each qualification gained and the schools are ranked on the average number of points per pupil.

Schools marked IND are independent, those marked SEL select their pupils on the basis of academic activity. Schools marked AC are academies. Schools with fewer than 30 pupils are not included.

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School name	Local authority	What does this mean? Number of students on roll	What does this mean? A/AS points per pupil
Colchester Royal Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Essex	154	1477.1
Sevenoaks School (IND)	Kent	208	1352.3
King's College School (IND, SEL)	Merton	145	1300.4
Altrincham Grammar School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Trafford	146	1283.6
The Lady Eleanor Holles School (IND)	Richmond upon Thames	89	1281.2
Invicta Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Kent	112	1272.9
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (FD, SEL)	Essex	163	1269.8
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys (VA, SEL)	Birmingham	116	1268.9
King Edward VI High School for Girls (IND)	Birmingham	78	1262.1
Colyton Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Devon	102	1261.6
St Swithun's School (IND)	Hampshire	63	1253
The Tiffin Girls' School (FD, SEL)	Kingston upon Thames	144	1249.9
Loughborough High School (IND)	Leicestershire	68	1238.9
Withington Girls' School (IND)	Manchester	79	1231.4
Hampton School (IND)	Richmond upon Thames	161	1218.2
King Edward VI Five Ways School (VA, SEL)	Birmingham	189	1206.4
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Lancashire	148	1204.9
Pate's Grammar School (VA, SEL)	Gloucestershire	175	1183.3
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (VA, SEL)	Birmingham	128	1179
Heckmondwike Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Kirklees	234	1178.3
King Edward's School (IND)	Birmingham	112	1177.7
St Clare's, Oxford (IND, SEL)	Oxfordshire	94	1176.1
Hockerill Anglo-European College (FD)	Hertfordshire	111	1172.8
Nottingham High School (IND)	Nottingham	108	1171.2
North London Collegiate School (IND)	Harrow	112	1171
Nonsuch High School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Sutton	163	1168.6
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Lancashire	260	1168.5
Dartford Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Kent	222	1168.5
Wycombe Abbey School (IND, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	87	1163.3
The Blue Coat School (VA, SEL)	Liverpool	155	1162.3
Adcote School for Girls (IND)	Shropshire	10	1158
Cardinal Newman College (Sixth Form College)	Lancashire	1053	1156.9
Norwich High School for Girls GDST (IND)	Norfolk	55	1155.7
Chelmsford County High School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Essex	142	1150.7
Dover Grammar School for Girls (CY, SEL)	Kent	81	1141.9
Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls (CY, SEL)	Warwickshire	119	1139.7
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet (ACC, SEL)	Barnet	134	1139.5
Wilson's School (VA, SEL)	Sutton	149	1138.7
Tiffin School (VA, SEL)	Kingston upon Thames	166	1137.7
The Stephen Perse Foundation (IND)	Cambridgeshire	44	1137.5
Dr Challoner's Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	187	1136.1
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (CY, SEL)	Birmingham	133	1136.1
Chase Academy (IND)	Staffordshire	7	1135.7
Westminster School (IND)	Westminster	189	1135.6
Concord College (IND)	Shropshire	118	1132.9
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School (VA, SEL)	Bromley	173	1131.9
St Catherine's School (IND)	Surrey	69	1131.1
Ripon Grammar School (CY, SEL)	North Yorkshire	121	1128.8
Ermysted's Grammar School (VA, SEL)	North Yorkshire	117	1127.5
Southend High School for Boys (FD, SEL)	Southend-on-Sea	144	1127.3
Yarm School (IND)	Stockton-on-Tees	93	1125.2
Wolverhampton Girls' High School (FD, SEL)	Wolverhampton	109	1124.9
Magdalen College School (IND)	Oxfordshire	91	1123.2
The Blue Coat CofE School (VA)	Oldham	145	1117.7
St Michael's Catholic Grammar School (VA, SEL)	Barnet	130	1116.8
St Paul's School (IND)	Richmond upon Thames	166	1116.6
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys (FD, SEL)	Trafford	142	1112.1
Southend High School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Southend-on-Sea	133	1111.3
Southbank International School (IND)	Kensington and Chelsea	48	1109.6
The Cheltenham Ladies' College (IND)	Gloucestershire	139	1106.9
Lancaster Royal Grammar School (VA, SEL)	Lancashire	159	1099.8
Hymers College (IND)	Kingston Upon Hull, City of	103	1098.5
City of London Freemen's School (IND)	Surrey	99	1097.7
The Henrietta Barnett School (VA, SEL)	Barnet	114	1097.6
King Edward VI Handsworth School (VA, SEL)	Birmingham	125	1095.9
Wakefield Girls' High School (IND)	Wakefield	81	1095.7
Derby High School (IND)	Derby	41	1093.9
Westcliff High School for Boys Academy (ACC, SEL)	Southend-on-Sea	135	1092.7
Newport Girls' High School (CY, SEL)	Telford and Wrekin	60	1089.4
Marymount International School (IND)	Kingston upon Thames	48	1089
Sir William Perkins's School (IND)	Surrey	68	1087.4
The Grange School (IND)	Cheshire West and Chester	94	1085.4
Queen Mary's Grammar School (VA, SEL)	Walsall	120	1085.3
Caistor Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Lincolnshire	84	1083.8
Radley College (IND)	Oxfordshire	135	1083.2
Greenhead College (Sixth Form College)	Kirklees	884	1082.9
Sir Thomas Rich's School (CY, SEL)	Gloucestershire	112	1081
Colchester County High School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Essex	109	1081
Malvern College (IND)	Worcestershire	153	1080.7
The Judd School (VA, SEL)	Kent	160	1077.7
ACS Egham International School (IND)	Surrey	34	1077.1
Headington School (IND, SEL)	Oxfordshire	127	1075.2
Harrow School (IND)	Harrow	162	1075
King Edward VI Aston School (VA, SEL)	Birmingham	108	1074.4
South Hampstead High School (IND)	Camden	50	1074
St Dominic's Priory School (IND)	Staffordshire	13	1071.7
King Edward VI College Stourbridge (Sixth Form College)	Dudley	728	1069.9
St Mary's Catholic College (VA)	Blackpool	78	1069.2
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (IND)	Wakefield	79	1068.5
The Royal School (IND)	Surrey	22	1066.4
Stanborough Secondary School (IND)	Hertfordshire	7	1065.4
St Albans School (IND)	Hertfordshire	131	1065.3
St Paul's Girls' School (IND)	Hammersmith and Fulham	112	1064.2
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Lancashire	338	1063.7
James Allen's Girls' School (IND)	Southwark	87	1062.8
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Cumbria	107	1062.7
Tonbridge Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Kent	134	1060.6
Bootham School (IND)	York	73	1060
Winstanley College (Sixth Form College)	Wigan	867	1059.6
St Benedict's Catholic School (VA)	Suffolk	74	1058.5
Downe House (IND)	West Berkshire	69	1058.2
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School (VC, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	167	1055.5
Guildford High School (IND)	Surrey	83	1055.4
Ockbrook School (IND)	Derbyshire	32	1055.3
West Kirby Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Wirral	137	1054.2
Bolton School Girls' Division (IND)	Bolton	97	1052.6
Barton Court Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Kent	101	1050.6
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School (CY, SEL)	Lincolnshire	142	1049.9
Sir John Lawes School (FD)	Hertfordshire	114	1049.1
Westcliff High School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Southend-on-Sea	133	1048.6
High School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Gloucestershire	104	1048.3
Kendrick School (FD, SEL)	Reading	115	1047.7
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (VA, SEL)	Birmingham	148	1045.6
Wallington County Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Sutton	131	1044.6
The King's School, Grantham (FD, SEL)	Lincolnshire	129	1044.2
Warwick School (IND)	Warwickshire	118	1042.9
Alton Convent School (IND)	Hampshire	12	1042.5
Loughborough Grammar School (IND)	Leicestershire	139	1042.1
Peter Symonds College (Sixth Form College)	Hampshire	1483	1041.9
Fort Pitt Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Medway	60	1041.6
Bolton School Boys' Division (IND)	Bolton	103	1041.1
Wirral Grammar School for Girls (CY, SEL)	Wirral	131	1039.5
St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School (VA, SEL)	Slough	100	1038.9
City of London School for Girls (IND)	City of London	80	1038.9
Oxford High School GDST (IND)	Oxfordshire	67	1038.1
Wirral Grammar School for Boys (FD, SEL)	Wirral	125	1038
Twycross House School (IND, SEL)	Leicestershire	20	1037.3
Windermere School & Windermere Preparatory School (IND)	Cumbria	32	1037.1
Reading School (FD, SEL)	Reading	146	1035.3
The Becket School (VA)	Nottinghamshire	104	1034.9
The Queen's School (IND)	Cheshire West and Chester	45	1034.7
The Portsmouth Grammar School (IND)	Portsmouth	137	1033.3
The Sixth Form College Farnborough (Sixth Form College)	Hampshire	1355	1033
Bellerbys College (IND)	Brighton and Hove	86	1032.8
The King's School (the Cathedral School) (VA)	Peterborough	165	1032
T A S I S (IND)	Surrey	39	1032
Newstead Wood School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Bromley	151	1031
Putney High School (IND)	Wandsworth	59	1030.8
Fulford School (CY)	York	139	1029.1
Borden Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Kent	95	1029
Scarborough College (IND)	North Yorkshire	43	1028.9
Badminton School (IND)	Bristol, City of	50	1028.7
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Kent	112	1027.2
Sale Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Trafford	170	1026.1
Whitgift School (IND)	Croydon	160	1026
Channing School (IND, SEL)	Haringey	37	1024.8
The Manchester Grammar School (IND)	Manchester	188	1024.4
Bourne Grammar School (VC, SEL)	Lincolnshire	109	1023.9
Aylesbury Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	177	1023.4
The Mount School (IND)	York	32	1023.3
The Godolphin and Latymer School (IND)	Hammersmith and Fulham	99	1023.2
St Mary Magdalene Academy (AC)	Islington	15	1022.9
St Teresa's School (IND)	Surrey	29	1022.6
Pitsford School (IND)	Northamptonshire	21	1022.3
St Dominic's Sixth Form College (Sixth Form College)	Harrow	461	1021.7
Luckley-Oakfield School (IND)	Wokingham	29	1021
Bellerby's College (IND)	Oxfordshire	15	1021
The Crossley Heath School (FD, SEL)	Calderdale	137	1020.6
The Perse School (IND)	Cambridgeshire	138	1019.7
Winchester College (IND, SEL)	Hampshire	132	1019.6
Tonbridge School (IND)	Kent	163	1019.2
Dartford Grammar School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Kent	117	1018.8
Merchant Taylors' School (IND, SEL)	Hertfordshire	141	1018
Royal Grammar School (IND, SEL)	Surrey	134	1017.4
Sir Roger Manwood's School (FD, SEL)	Kent	128	1017.4
Brighton College (IND, SEL)	Brighton and Hove	182	1016.1
Latymer Upper School (IND)	Hammersmith and Fulham	177	1015.7
Thetford Grammar School (IND)	Norfolk	22	1015.2
The Nelson Thomlinson School (VC)	Cumbria	122	1014.2
Upton Hall School FCJ (VA, SEL)	Wirral	99	1014.2
The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough (CY, SEL)	Lincolnshire	124	1013.6
Eton College (IND)	Windsor and Maidenhead	263	1013
Bancrofts School (IND)	Redbridge	112	1012.4
Devonport High School for Boys (FD, SEL)	Plymouth	140	1012.2
Sheffield High School (IND)	Sheffield	102	1012.1
Birkdale School (IND)	Sheffield	99	1012.1
Queen Ethelburga's College (IND)	North Yorkshire	47	1011.3
Torquay Boys' Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Torbay	150	1010.8
Poole Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Poole	145	1010.6
Bury Grammar School Girls (IND)	Bury	76	1008.4
Urmston Grammar Academy (ACC, SEL)	Trafford	109	1007.6
The Abbey School Reading (IND)	Reading	79	1007.4
Highsted Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Kent	98	1004.5
Fulneck School (IND)	Leeds	28	1003.8
Wimbledon High School (IND)	Merton	73	1002.7
Wellington College (IND, SEL)	Bracknell Forest	222	1002.6
Bedford School (IND)	Bedford Borough	139	1002.5
The West Bridgford School (FD)	Nottinghamshire	124	1002.1
Dr Challoner's High School (VC, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	136	1001.7
Hills Road Sixth Form College (Sixth Form College)	Cambridgeshire	897	999.9
Wallington High School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Sutton	184	999
South Wilts Grammar School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Wiltshire	176	998.4
Bury Grammar School Boys (IND)	Bury	58	997.8
Haileybury and Imperial Service College (IND)	Hertfordshire	147	997.1
Stretford Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Trafford	61	997.1
Moira House Girls' School (IND)	East Sussex	42	996.4
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (VC)	Derbyshire	92	995
The Crypt School (FD, SEL)	Gloucestershire	100	994.9
Devonport High School for Girls (CY, SEL)	Plymouth	98	994.4
Lancing College (IND)	West Sussex	125	993.7

What do the table headers mean?

Number of students on roll

This shows the number of pupils attending the institution

A/AS points per pupil

The average number of points netted per pupil at the institution taking AS/A-level or equivalent qualifications