Top State Secondary Schools - Selective / Grammar in the UK (2025 Parent Power League Tables)

1    The Henrietta Barnett School    London
2    Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet    London
3    Wilson’s School    Wallington
4    St Olave’s Grammar School    Orpington
5    Pate’s Grammar School    Cheltenham
6    The Tiffin Girls’ School    Kingston upon Thames
7    Colchester Royal Grammar School    Colchester
8    Altrincham Grammar School for Girls    Altrincham
9    King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford    Chelmsford
10    King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls    Birmingham
11    King Edward VI School, Stratford    Stratford-upon-Avon
12    Reading School    Reading
13    Tiffin School    Kingston upon Thames
14=    Dartford Grammar School    Dartford
14=    Tonbridge Grammar School    Tonbridge
16    St Michael’s RC Grammar School, Finchley    London
17    The Latymer School    London
18    Stratford Girls’ Grammar School    Stratford-upon-Avon
19    Colyton Grammar School    Colyton
20    Chelmsford County High School for Girls    Chelmsford
21    King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys    Birmingham
22    Newstead Wood School    Orpington
23    Loreto Grammar School    Altrincham
24    Altrincham Grammar School for Boys    Altrincham
25    The Judd School    Tonbridge
26    Wallington County Grammar School    Wallington
27    Kendrick School    Reading
28    Chesham Grammar School    Chesham
29    Sutton Grammar School    Sutton
30    Langley Grammar School    Langley
31    Friends’ School Lisburn    Lisburn
32    Dr Challoner’s Grammar School    Amersham
33=    Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School    Belfast
33=    Strathearn School    Belfast
35    King Edward VI Five Ways School    Birmingham
36    The Liverpool Blue Coat School    Liverpool
37=    Dr Challoner’s High School    Little Chalfont
37=    Wallington High School for Girls    Wallington
39    Westcliff High School for Boys    Westcliff-on-Sea
40    Our Lady and St Patrick’s College, Knock    Belfast
41=    Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School    Sutton Coldfield
41=    Nonsuch High School for Girls    Cheam
43    Sir Thomas Rich’s School    Gloucester
44    Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls    Sutton Coldfield
45    Bexley Grammar School    Welling
46    The Skinners’ School, Tunbridge Wells    Tunbridge Wells
47    Sale Grammar School    Sale
48    The Rochester Grammar School    Rochester
49    St Dominic’s Grammar School for Girls    Belfast
50    St Louis Grammar School    Ballymena
51    Rathmore Grammar School    Belfast
52    St Mary’s Grammar School, Magherafelt    Magherafelt
53    Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School    Marlow
54    Southend High School For Boys    Southend-on-Sea
55    Lumen Christi College    Derry
56    Beaconsfield High School    Beaconsfield
57    Southend High School for Girls    Southend-on-Sea
58    The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe    High Wycombe
59    Newport Girls’ High School    Newport
60    Lawrence Sheriff School    Rugby
61    Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School    Tunbridge Wells
62    Woodford County High School    Woodford Green
63    Sullivan Upper School    Holywood
64    Wolverhampton Girls’ High School    Wolverhampton
65    Stroud High School    Stroud
66    Westcliff High School for Girls    Westcliff-on-Sea
67    Aylesbury Grammar School    Aylesbury
68    Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School    Sidcup
69    Dartford Grammar School for Girls    Dartford
70    King Edward VI Handsworth School    Birmingham
71    Denmark Road High School    Gloucester
72    Townley Grammar School    Bexleyheath
73    Ballymena Academy    Ballymena
74    Heckmondwike Grammar School    Heckmondwike
75    Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School    Lancaster
76    Wycombe High School    High Wycombe
77    Devonport High School for Girls    Plymouth
78    Bishop Wordsworth’s School    Salisbury
79    Alcester Grammar School    Alcester
80    Bournemouth School for Girls    Bournemouth
81    Aylesbury High School    Aylesbury
82    John Hampden Grammar School    High Wycombe
83    St Ambrose College    Altrincham
84    The King’s School, Grantham    Grantham
85    Haberdashers’ Adams    Newport
86    South Wilts Grammar School    Salisbury
87=    Belfast Royal Academy    Belfast
87=    Colchester County High School for Girls    Colchester
89    Torquay Girls’ Grammar School    Torquay
90    Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School    Rochester
91    Urmston Grammar    Manchester
92    St Bernard’s RC Grammar School    Slough
93    Caistor Grammar School    Caistor
94    Carrickfergus Grammar School    Carrickfergus
95    Rainey Endowed School, Magherafelt    Magherafelt
96    Rugby High School    Rugby
97    Invicta Grammar School    Maidstone
98    Omagh Academy    Omagh
99    Herschel Grammar School    Slough
100    Lancaster Royal Grammar School    Lancaster
101    Dalriada School    Ballymoney
102    Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School    Aylesbury
103    Burnham Grammar School    Burnham
104    Queen Mary’s High School, Walsall    Walsall
105    Upton Court Grammar School    Slough
106    Dane Court Grammar School    Broadstairs
107    Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Walsall    Walsall
108    Ballyclare High School    Ballyclare
109    The Royal School Dungannon    Dungannon
110    Marling School    Stroud
111    Kesteven and Sleaford High School    Sleaford
112    Parkstone Grammar School    Poole
113    Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School    Grantham
114    Enniskillen Royal Grammar School    Enniskillen
115    Ilford County High School    Ilford
116    Methodist College Belfast    Belfast
117    Limavady Grammar School    Limavady
118    Ripon Grammar School    Ripon
119    Bournemouth School    Bournemouth
120    Portadown College    Portadown
121    The Wallace High School    Lisburn
122    Weald of Kent Grammar School    Tonbridge
123    Cranbrook School    Cranbrook
124    The Crypt School    Gloucester
125    Lurgan College    Craigavon
126    Poole Grammar School    Poole
127    Highworth Grammar School    Ashford
128    Clitheroe Royal Grammar School    Clitheroe
129    Bourne Grammar School    Bourne
130    Royal School Armagh    Armagh
131    Calday Grange Grammar School    West Kirby
132    King Edward VI Aston School    Birmingham
133    The Langton Grammar School for Boys    Canterbury
134    Glenlola Collegiate School    Bangor
135    Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys    Tunbridge Wells
136    Skipton Girls’ High School    Skipton
137    West Kirby Grammar School    West Kirby
138    Beths Grammar School    Bexley
139    Rainham Mark Grammar School    Gillingham
140    Devonport High School for Boys    Plymouth
141    North Halifax Grammar School    Halifax
142    Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Faversham    Faversham
143    Churston Ferrers Grammar School    Brixham
144    Torquay Boys’ Grammar School    Torquay
145    Barton Court Grammar School    Canterbury
146    Maidstone Grammar School    Maidstone
147    Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School    Ramsgate
148    Wirral Grammar School for Boys    Bebington
149    Queen Elizabeth’s High School, Gainsborough    Gainsborough
150    Maidstone Grammar School for Girls    Maidstone
151    Spalding High School    Spalding
152    Plymouth High School for Girls    Plymouth
153    Oakwood Park Grammar School    Maidstone
154    Borden Grammar School    Sittingbourne
155    Mayfield Grammar School    Gravesend
156    Gravesend Grammar School    Gravesend
157    St Joseph’s College, Stoke-on-Trent    Stoke-on-Trent
158    St Anselm’s College    Birkenhead
159    Carre’s Grammar School    Sleaford

Top Secondary Schools - State 

• 2025 Parent Power - Best State Secondary Schools - Selective / Grammar
• 2025 Parent Power - Best State Secondary Schools - Greater London
• 2025 Parent Power - Best State Secondary Schools - South East   (also check this list as some of the London schools are categorised under Southeast region)
• 2025 Parent Power - Best State Secondary Schools - East Anglia
• 2025 Parent Power - Best State Secondary Schools - East Midlands
• 2025 Parent Power - Best State Secondary Schools - North of England
• 2025 Parent Power - Best State Secondary Schools - North East
• 2025 Parent Power - Best State Secondary Schools - South West
• 2025 Parent Power - Best State Secondary Schools - West Midlands
• 2025 Parent Power - Best State Secondary Schools - Wales
• 2025 Parent Power - Best State Secondary Schools - Northern Ireland

Top Secondary Schools - Independent

• 2025 Parent Power - Best Independent Secondary Schools - Greater London
• 2025 Parent Power - Best Independent Secondary Schools - South East  (also check this list as some of the London schools are categorised under Southeast region)
• 2025 Parent Power - Best Independent Secondary Schools - East Anglia
• 2025 Parent Power - Best Independent Secondary Schools - East Midlands
• 2025 Parent Power - Best Independent Secondary Schools - North
• 2025 Parent Power - Best Independent Secondary Schools - North East
• 2025 Parent Power - Best Independent Secondary Schools - North West
• 2025 Parent Power - Best Independent Secondary Schools - South West
• 2025 Parent Power - Best Independent Secondary Schools - Wales