24 January 2013 Last updated at 04:55 ET

Secondary league tables: Best A/AS level results 2012

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 10 pupils are not included.

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School name	Local authority	What does this mean? A/AS points per pupil
Colchester Royal Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Essex	1434
King's College School (IND)	Merton	1349
Sevenoaks School (IND)	Kent	1335.6
Adcote School for Girls (IND)	Shropshire	1318.5
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (ACC, SEL)	Essex	1307.6
Pate's Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Gloucestershire	1255.6
Altrincham Grammar School for Girls (ACC, SEL)	Trafford	1253.9
The Lady Eleanor Holles School (IND)	Richmond upon Thames	1247.8
King Edward VI High School for Girls (IND)	Birmingham	1246.6
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys (ACC, SEL)	Birmingham	1239.9
Invicta Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Kent	1233
Colyton Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Devon	1230.4
Hockerill Anglo-European College (ACC)	Hertfordshire	1229.9
King Edward's School (IND)	Birmingham	1228.2
The Tiffin Girls' School (ACC, SEL)	Kingston upon Thames	1210.9
Chelmsford County High School for Girls (ACC, SEL)	Essex	1202.9
Withington Girls' School (IND)	Manchester	1196.3
Heckmondwike Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Kirklees	1195.1
St Clare's, Oxford (IND)	Oxfordshire	1190.4
Colchester County High School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Essex	1183.4
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet (ACC, SEL)	Barnet	1181.2
Wycombe Abbey School (IND)	Buckinghamshire	1179.1
King Edward VI Handsworth School (ACC, SEL)	Birmingham	1173.3
North London Collegiate School (IND)	Harrow	1172
Wolverhampton Girls' High School (FD, SEL)	Wolverhampton	1169.5
Tiffin School (ACC, SEL)	Kingston upon Thames	1167.5
Dartford Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Kent	1167.3
Queen Mary's Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Walsall	1166.6
Dr Challoner's Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	1166.4
The Blue Coat CofE School (ACC)	Oldham	1163.7
Loughborough High School (IND)	Leicestershire	1163.4
Hampton School (IND)	Richmond upon Thames	1154.9
Derby High School (IND)	Derby	1154.1
The Stephen Perse Foundation (IND)	Cambridgeshire	1151.2
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School (VA, SEL)	Bromley	1147.6
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Lancashire	1142.9
Nottingham High School (IND)	Nottingham	1142.7
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (ACC, SEL)	Birmingham	1141.2
Concord College (IND)	Shropshire	1140.7
The Blue Coat School (VA, SEL)	Liverpool	1134.4
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Lancashire	1133.4
St Swithun's School (IND)	Hampshire	1128.8
Chase Academy (IND)	Staffordshire	1128.8
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys (ACC, SEL)	Trafford	1127.6
Wilson's School (ACC, SEL)	Sutton	1126.7
Nonsuch High School for Girls (ACC, SEL)	Sutton	1126.4
The Cheltenham Ladies' College (IND)	Gloucestershire	1124.9
Westminster School (IND)	Westminster	1124.4
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (IND)	Wakefield	1119.7
Norwich High School for Girls GDST (IND)	Norfolk	1119.2
Malvern College (IND)	Worcestershire	1118.5
St Paul's School (IND)	Richmond upon Thames	1115.2
Stratford-Upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls (ACC, SEL)	Warwickshire	1111.2
The Godolphin and Latymer School (IND)	Hammersmith and Fulham	1110.6
Lancaster Royal Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Lancashire	1110.1
Oxford High School GDST (IND)	Oxfordshire	1108.9
Yarm School (IND)	Stockton-on-Tees	1108.8
Wakefield Girls' High School (IND)	Wakefield	1105
St Michael's Catholic Grammar School (VA, SEL)	Barnet	1102.9
The Judd School (VA, SEL)	Kent	1102.5
Southend High School for Boys (ACC, SEL)	Southend-on-Sea	1101.9
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (ACC, SEL)	Birmingham	1100.3
Barton Court Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Kent	1100.1
Hymers College (IND)	Kingston Upon Hull, City of	1099.1
Ermysted's Grammar School (VA, SEL)	North Yorkshire	1097.6
King Edward VI Five Ways School (ACC, SEL)	Birmingham	1094.9
St Catherine's School (IND)	Surrey	1094.8
Dover Grammar School for Girls (CY, SEL)	Kent	1094
Magdalen College School (IND)	Oxfordshire	1092.3
Queen Ethelburga's College (IND)	North Yorkshire	1091.8
Cardinal Newman College (Sixth Form College)	Lancashire	1091.7
St Benedict's Catholic School (VA)	Suffolk	1091.5
Southend High School for Girls (ACC, SEL)	Southend-on-Sea	1090.6
Scarborough College (IND)	North Yorkshire	1090.3
Westcliff High School for Girls (ACC, SEL)	Southend-on-Sea	1089.8
Wolverhampton Grammar School (IND)	Wolverhampton	1088.2
The Henrietta Barnett School (VA, SEL)	Barnet	1087
James Allen's Girls' School (IND)	Southwark	1084.6
Wirral Grammar School for Boys (ACC, SEL)	Wirral	1084
The Grange School (IND)	Cheshire West and Chester	1081.5
Sir Roger Manwood's School (ACC, SEL)	Kent	1081.1
Headington School (IND)	Oxfordshire	1079.8
Tonbridge Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Kent	1076.7
Devonport High School for Boys (ACC, SEL)	Plymouth	1074.2
St Albans School (IND)	Hertfordshire	1072.7
Downe House (IND)	West Berkshire	1071.5
St Paul's Girls' School (IND)	Hammersmith and Fulham	1071.3
The Royal School (IND)	Surrey	1071
City of London School for Girls (IND)	City of London	1069.9
Caistor Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Lincolnshire	1069.8
The King's (the Cathedral) School (ACC)	Peterborough	1066.3
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (VA, SEL)	Birmingham	1066
West Kirby Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Wirral	1064.9
King Edward VI College Stourbridge (Sixth Form College)	Dudley	1063.9
Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle (IND)	Kensington and Chelsea	1063.1
Kendrick School (ACC, SEL)	Reading	1062.3
King Edward's School (IND)	Surrey	1061.7
Winstanley College (Sixth Form College)	Wigan	1059.2
Radley College (IND)	Oxfordshire	1056.5
Harrow School (IND)	Harrow	1056.5
Newport Girls' High School (ACC, SEL)	Telford and Wrekin	1056.5
Wirral Grammar School for Girls (ACC, SEL)	Wirral	1054.5
Reading School (ACC, SEL)	Reading	1054.3
Bootham School (IND)	York	1051
Carmel RC College (VA)	Darlington	1050.8
Casterton School (IND)	Cumbria	1045.1
Highsted Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Kent	1045.1
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Lancashire	1044.9
Sir William Perkins's School (IND)	Surrey	1044.3
Loughborough Grammar School (IND)	Leicestershire	1044.2
South Hampstead High School (IND)	Camden	1044
The Crossley Heath School (FD, SEL)	Calderdale	1044
High School for Girls (ACC, SEL)	Gloucestershire	1042.6
King Edward VI Aston School (ACC, SEL)	Birmingham	1041.6
Latymer Upper School (IND)	Hammersmith and Fulham	1041.3
Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School (ACC)	Havering	1040.5
Bellerbys College (IND)	Brighton and Hove	1040.3
The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough (CY, SEL)	Lincolnshire	1040
Tonbridge School (IND)	Kent	1038.3
Greenhead College (Sixth Form College)	Kirklees	1038.1
Sir Thomas Rich's School (ACC, SEL)	Gloucestershire	1037.8
The Rochester Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Medway	1037.8
The Becket School (ACC)	Nottinghamshire	1036.9
Ilford County High School (CY, SEL)	Redbridge	1036.4
Merchant Taylors' School (IND)	Hertfordshire	1035.6
Sir John Lawes School (ACC)	Hertfordshire	1034.5
Thetford Grammar School (IND)	Norfolk	1032.6
St Mary's Catholic College (VA)	Blackpool	1030.6
The Sixth Form College Farnborough (Sixth Form College)	Hampshire	1030.3
The Perse School (IND)	Cambridgeshire	1030.1
Badminton School (IND)	Bristol, City of	1027.3
Skipton Girls' High School (ACC, SEL)	North Yorkshire	1026.9
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys (FD, SEL)	Kent	1025.9
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	1025.8
Sale Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Trafford	1024.8
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Cumbria	1024.5
Birkdale School (IND)	Sheffield	1024.1
Kesteven and Sleaford High School (CY, SEL)	Lincolnshire	1023.9
St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School (VA, SEL)	Slough	1022.6
Guildford High School (IND)	Surrey	1021.5
Manchester High School for Girls (IND)	Manchester	1021.3
St Mary Magdalene Academy (AC)	Islington	1021.2
Devonport High School for Girls (ACC, SEL)	Plymouth	1020.8
Derby Grammar School (IND)	Derby	1020.2
Brighton College (IND)	Brighton and Hove	1019.8
Torquay Girls Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Torbay	1019.7
Fort Pitt Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Medway	1018.9
Westcliff High School for Boys Academy (ACC, SEL)	Southend-on-Sea	1018.4
Fulford School (CY)	York	1018.3
Dartford Grammar School for Girls (FD, SEL)	Kent	1018
Bancrofts School (IND)	Redbridge	1017.9
The Queen's School (IND)	Cheshire West and Chester	1017.4
City of London School (IND)	City of London	1016.5
St Mary's School (IND)	Cambridgeshire	1015.8
Abingdon School (IND)	Oxfordshire	1015.3
Whitgift School (IND)	Croydon	1014.8
Dover College (IND)	Kent	1013.7
Westholme School (IND)	Blackburn with Darwen	1013.6
Bolton School Girls' Division (IND)	Bolton	1013.2
Warwick School (IND)	Warwickshire	1012.8
Canon Slade CofE School (VA)	Bolton	1011.1
City of London Freemen's School (IND)	Surrey	1010.8
Sutton Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Sutton	1010.2
Aylesbury Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	1010.2
Ripon Grammar School (CY, SEL)	North Yorkshire	1009.4
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School (CY, SEL)	Lincolnshire	1009
Friesland School (FD)	Derbyshire	1008.8
Poole Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Poole	1008.4
Ashford School (IND)	Kent	1007.1
South Wilts Grammar School for Girls (ACC, SEL)	Wiltshire	1006.9
St Mary's School Ascot (IND)	Windsor and Maidenhead	1006.8
The King's School, Grantham (ACC, SEL)	Lincolnshire	1006.5
The Abbey School Reading (IND)	Reading	1006
The Portsmouth Grammar School (IND)	Portsmouth	1004.5
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys (CY, SEL)	Kent	1004.3
Wallington High School for Girls (ACC, SEL)	Sutton	1003.5
The Manchester Grammar School (IND)	Manchester	1003.2
Roedean School (IND)	Brighton and Hove	1002.3
Urmston Grammar Academy (ACC, SEL)	Trafford	1002.1
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (ACC)	Derbyshire	1002
St Francis College (IND)	Hertfordshire	1001.8
Rainham Mark Grammar School (ACC, SEL)	Medway	1000.4
Malvern St James (IND)	Worcestershire	1000.3
Leicester Grammar School Trust (IND)	Leicestershire	1000.2
Bury Grammar School Girls (IND)	Bury	999.7
Royal Grammar School (IND)	Surrey	999
Queen's Gate School (IND)	Kensington and Chelsea	998.2
Bolton School Boys' Division (IND)	Bolton	995.9
Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School (IND)	Hertfordshire	993.9
St Mary's Convent School (IND)	Worcestershire	992.8
Wimbledon High School (IND)	Merton	992.7
Eton College (IND)	Windsor and Maidenhead	992.5
Borden Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Kent	991.8
Stretford Grammar School (FD, SEL)	Trafford	991.4
Abbey College Cambridge (IND)	Cambridgeshire	990.1
Channing School (IND)	Haringey	989.3
Peter Symonds College (Sixth Form College)	Hampshire	989
Aylesbury High School (ACC, SEL)	Buckinghamshire	988.5
Spalding High School (CY, SEL)	Lincolnshire	986.9
The West Bridgford School (ACC)	Nottinghamshire	986.1

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

A/AS level points per entry

This is the average number of points achieved per A/AS Level per entry