Thursday 24 August was GCSE results day and here are the top 100 London secondary schools based on results released so far. Many more exciting stories are coming in so the below table will be updated frequently over the next days.
St Paul’s Girl’s School is #1 as every year, but NLCS is a VERY close second this time. Highgate and Latymer Upper School are the top ranked co-educational schools, followed by Alleyn’s in Dulwich and Kingston Grammar School.
While we usually like to rank schools by the percentage of grades at A*, the below are currently ranked by percentage of grades at A-A* as many schools have not yet released their full data. Below are the top 100 London secondary schools based on GCSE results 2023:
| School | % 8-9 | % 7-9 | Type | Gender | |
| 1 | St Paul’s Girls’ School | 94.8% | 99.0% | private | Girls |
| 2 | North London Collegiate School | 93.0% | 99.0% | private | Girls |
| 3 | King’s College School Wimbledon | 89.8% | 98.1% | private | Boys |
| 4 | Henrietta Barnett School | 89.0% | 97.0% | state | Girls |
| 5 | Godolphin & Latymer School | 87.3% | 96.7% | private | Girls |
| 6 | Westminster School | 90.0% | 96.0% | private | Boys |
| 7 | St Paul’s School | 87.0% | 96.0% | private | Boys |
| 8 | City of London School for Girls | 83.0% | 95.0% | private | Girls |
| 9 | Wilson’s School | 85.1% | 94.9% | state | Boys |
| 10 | Tiffin Girls | 81.4% | 94.6% | state | Girls |
| 11 | Lady Eleanor Holles | 82.5% | 94.3% | private | Girls |
| 12 | South Hampstead High School | 82.6% | 94.0% | private | Girls |
| 13 | Latymer Upper | 79.3% | 93.0% | private | Co-ed |
| 14 | Highgate School | 79.0% | 93.0% | private | Co-ed |
| 15 | Queen Elizabeth School, Barnet | 81.8% | 92.8% | state | Boys |
| 16 | City of London | 79.0% | 92.4% | private | Boys |
| 17 | Dulwich College | 74.9% | 92.0% | private | Boys |
| 18 | Wimbledon High | 75.6% | 92.0% | private | Girls |
| 19 | Hampton School | 75.0% | 91.0% | private | Boys |
| 20 | Haberdasher Aske’s School for Boys | 91.0% | private | Boys | |
| 21 | St Olave’s Grammar School | 76.0% | 90.9% | state | Boys |
| 22 | Alleyn’s, Dulwich | 75.0% | 90.0% | private | Co-ed |
| 23 | Putney High School | 75.0% | 90.0% | private | Girls |
| 24 | UCS, Hampstead | 73.0% | 90.0% | private | Boys |
| 25 | Kingston Grammar School | 90.0% | private | Co-Ed | |
| 26 | JAGS | 76.0% | 90.0% | private | Girls |
| 27 | Francis Holland SW1 | 75.0% | 89.0% | private | Girls |
| 28 | Bancroft’s | 74.0% | 89.0% | private | Co-ed |
| 29 | Notting Hill & Ealing High | 74.0% | 88.2% | private | girls |
| 30 | Whitgift School, Croydon | 67.1% | 88.1% | private | Boys |
| 31 | Trinity School, Croydon | 70.0% | 88.0% | private | Boys |
| 32 | Surbiton High School | 67.9% | 87.7% | private | Girls |
| 33 | Emanuel School | 68.0% | 87.0% | private | Co-ed |
| 34 | Latymer School, Edmonton | 69.3% | 86.5% | state | Co-ed |
| 35 | Channing School | 63.7% | 86.2% | private | Girls |
| 36 | Nonsuch High School, Sutton | 68.7% | 86.1% | state | Girls |
| 37 | Haberdasher Aske’s School for Girls | 86.0% | private | Girls | |
| 38 | Merchant Taylor’s School | 67.3% | 85.4% | private | Boys |
| 39 | Newstead Wood School | 66.6% | 85.0% | state | Girls |
| 40 | St Helen’s, Northwood | 63.0% | 84.0% | private | Girls |
| 41 | St Michael’s Grammar | 63.0% | 83.3% | state | girls |
| 42 | Tiffin School | 63.3% | 82.4% | state | Boys |
| 43 | Wallington High School for Girls | 62.6% | state | Girls | |
| 44 | Eltham College | 56.0% | 81.0% | private | co-ed |
| 45 | Woodford Country High School | 80.0% | state | Girls | |
| 46 | Colfe’s School | 59.0% | 79.0% | private | Co-ed |
| 47 | Francis Holland NW1 | 56.0% | 77.0% | private | Girls |
| 48 | Queen’s College | 56.0% | 77.0% | private | Girls |
| 49 | Croydon High School | 55.0% | 77.0% | private | girls |
| 50 | Sutton Grammar School | 54.8% | 76.4% | state | Boys |
| 51 | Harrodian School | 52.0% | 75.0% | private | Co-ed |
| 52 | Sutton High GDST | 50.0% | 75.0% | private | Girls |
| 53 | Ibstock Place | 74.0% | private | Co-ed | |
| 54 | Blackheath High, GDST | 52.0% | 73.0% | private | Girls |
| 55 | Forest School | 50.0% | 73.0% | private | Co-ed |
| 56 | Bromley High, GDST | 53.0% | 72.0% | private | Girls |
| 57 | Streatham & Clapham High GDST | 48.1% | 68.7% | private | Girls |
| 58 | Hampton Court House | 40.0% | 70.0% | private | Co-ed |
| 59 | Wallington County Grammar School | 70.0% | state | Boys | |
| 60 | Thames Christian School | 70.0% | private | Co-ed | |
| 61 | St Benedict’s School, Ealing | 42.8% | 69.3% | private | Co-ed |
| 62 | Dame Alice Owen | 48.0% | 68.0% | state | Co-ed |
| 63 | Townley Grammar School | 45.0% | 68.0% | state | Girls |
| 64 | St Dunstan’s College | 45.0% | 67.0% | private | Co-ed |
| 65 | Wetherby Senior School | 45.0% | private | Boys | |
| 66 | Queen’s Gate | 44.0% | 66.7% | private | Girls |
| 67 | Bexley Grammar School | 42.8% | 65.8% | state | Co-ed |
| 68 | Old Palace of John Whitgift | 65.5% | private | Girls | |
| 69 | Chislehurst & Sidcup Grammar | 40.8% | 65.3% | state | Co-ed |
| 70 | Beths Grammar School | 39.6% | 63.0% | state | Co-ed |
| 71 | Sydenham High, GDST | 40.0% | 62.0% | private | Girls |
| 72 | St Augustine’s Priory | 37.0% | 60.0% | private | Girls |
| 73 | St James Girls’ School | 58.0% | private | Girls | |
| 74 | Radnor House Twickenham | 58.0% | private | Co-ed | |
| 75 | The Laurel’s School | 39.6% | 57.9% | private | girls |
| 76 | John Lyon School | 33.0% | 57.0% | private | Boys |
| 77 | JFS, Brent | 57.0% | state | Co-ed | |
| 78 | Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School | 37.1% | 55.4% | state | boys |
| 79 | Twyford Church of England School | 55.0% | state | Co-ed | |
| 80 | St Catherine’s School Twickenham | 35.0% | 54.0% | private | Girls |
| 81 | Fortismere School | 34.0% | 54.0% | state | Co-ed |
| 82 | Hasmonean High School for Girls | 54.0% | state | Girls | |
| 83 | Greycoat Hospital School | 53.6% | state | Girls | |
| 84 | Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy | 53.0% | state | Co-ed | |
| 85 | Kew House | 53.0% | private | Co-ed | |
| 86 | Mossbourne Community Academy | 52.0% | state | Co-ed | |
| 87 | St Marylebone | 51.0% | state | Girls | |
| 88 | Camden School for Girls | 51.0% | state | Co-ed | |
| 89 | Mill Hill School | 51.0% | private | Co-ed | |
| 90 | Lady Margaret School | 30.0% | 50.6% | state | Girls |
| 91 | Grey Court School | 30.0% | 50.0% | state | Co-ed |
| 92 | Orleans Park School | 50.0% | state | Co-ed | |
| 93 | Alexandra Park School | 50.0% | state | Co-ed | |
| 94 | Royal Russell School | 28.7% | 48.5% | private | Co-ed |
| 95 | West London Free School | 48.0% | state | Co-ed | |
| 96 | Waldegrave School | 47.0% | state | Girls | |
| 97 | Graveney | 46.0% | state | Co-ed | |
| 98 | JCoss | 28.0% | 45.0% | state | Co-ed |
| 99 | Hasmonean High School for Boys | 45.0% | state | Boys | |
| 100 | Wren Academy Finchley | 45.0% | state | Co-ed | |
| 100 | Parliament Hill School | 45.0% | state | Girls |
Can you please also include the average number of GCSE subjects the student took? Some schools took average 8-9 subject some took nore than 10 subjects that makes a difference.
very true, unfortunately some schools do not publish this information and only publish summaries. Overall it tends to be the girls’ schools that let pupils drop GCSE subjects to boost results (with the exception of the most academic girls’ schools).
SPGS only put average 9.4 subjects per pupil for their GCSE results, and HBS has nearly 11 subjects per pupil, sounds like a huge difference.
Hi, did you include St Mary Magdalene in the comparison? They are Co-ed, State, in Islington.
Hi, the St Mary Magdalene Academy reported 40% at grade 9-7 which would put them just outside the top 100.
Hamptons in their website % 8-9 is 75% and 7-9 91% (not 74.3% for 8-9) , LEH 83% and 94% respectively
Putney’s % 8-9 is 76.3% and 7-9 90.8% (not 75% and 90%) based on table in website
Alleyns % 8-9 is 75.1% and 7-9 90.7% (not 75% and 90%) based on table in website
JAGS 76% and 90% (NOT 75% and 89%)
some schools round numbers in news articles, if you go into the granular results you can see the exact percentages, see here for LEH:
https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1699619636/lehsorguk/dvobjgvqrjsgl4igm0od/GCSEResults2023bysubject.pdf
Just saying the percentages in the table look to be too much rounded off, looking at Putney, JAGS or Alleyns
that is because the schools often report rounded results in their initial press releases and only publish detailed numbers once remarks etc are in – some schools (such as Habs) still only have the 2022 on their website and only report 2023 results via press releases with rounded / incomplete data at this stage
Where is Kew House? And Thomas’s?
Kew House will now be included (#84)- they published their data very late.
Thomas’s senior is fairly new and have not gotten to the point of GCSE results yet.
Dame Alice Owen is not in London – it’s in Hertfordshire. Actually, quite a few of these schools are not (technically) in London – NLCS is in Edgware and has a Harrow postcode, Harrow is in Harrow.
Harrow and Edgware are both in Greater London. Hertfordshire is indeed not in London but DAO admits a considerable number of Norh zLondon children via their grammar stream, hence it is included for comparison purposes.
Radnor House Twickenham (Private)
GCSE Results 2023 % Achieved
% Grades 9-7 (A*/A) 58%
North London Collegiate School
Year 11 students achieved 94% grade 8/9, with 99% of all grades awarded 7/8/9
https://www.nlcs.org.uk/about/results-destinations/
Tiffin girls 81.4% 8-9 94.6% 7-9
City of London Freemans School 83% 7,8,9 66% 8,9
NLCS – 75% 9, 8-9 93%, 7-9 99%
where are these published?
Not publish but the result is communicates to the school parents this week.
It is published now 94% 8-9 and 99% 7-9. so guessing new no1
https://www.nlcs.org.uk/about/results-destinations/
Final results for SPGS look different from what you have above.
81.9% at 9, 94.8% at 8-9 and 99% at 7-9.
From the school website.
thanks – this must be after remarks, will update shortly!
NLCS 94% 8-9 not 93%
Nonsuch 9-7 86.1% 9-8 68.7%
Camden school for girls is a girl school
Lady Margaret is 50.6% for 9-7
https://ladymargaret.lbhf.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/GCSE-2023-Subject-Results-25.08.2023-for-website.pdf
Lady margaret is 50.6% and not 51%
Lady margaret is 50.6% for 9-7
https://ladymargaret.lbhf.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/GCSE-2023-Subject-Results-25.08.2023-for-website.pdf
wycome abbey 97.1% of all examinations were awarded a level 7, 8 or 9 with 89.9% achieving a level 8 or 9.
Hi, Wycombe Abbey is not included as it is not in London. Great numbers to have for reference though!
Old Palace of John Whitgift is a private school
Woodford Country High for Girls – 80% 9-7
Archer academy 41% 7+
Alexandra park school 50% 7+
Fortismere 54% 7+ and 34% 8+
Grey Coat Hospital 9-4 % is 54%
thanks – this ranking is based on % of 7-9 and % of 8-9, have they published this?
sorry I meant 9-7% is 54%
sorry I meant 9-7% is 54%
thank you, they are included now
thank you, they are included now
Can’t find anywhere imbeldon High announce their 7-9 is 92% for 2023? It seems to be 2022 result
Wren Academy Finchley 45% 9-7
thanks this has been included!
Newstead wood is a girls grammar not coed
thanks this has been updated
QE boys 7-9% this year is 92.7% should rank behind LEH
Harrow School reported 70% 9-8 this year