Top Private Secondary Schools in UK - 2025 The Sunday Times Parent Power League Tables
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Oxbridge Offers / Admissions - Top 100 Schools
We have tried to compiled the list of top 100 schools that got most offers from Oxbridge (Oxform and Cambridge Universities). It shows how well state grammars and sixth-form colleges now compete with UK's top independent schools.
Of the 100 schools below, 48 are independent, 23 are grammar, 19 are sixth-form colleges, 7 are comprehensives or academies and 3 are further education colleges.
| Rating | School | Type | Applied | Offers |
| 1 | Westminster School, London | Independent | 186 | 93 |
| 2 | Hills Road College, Cambridge | State (sixth form) | 250 | 71 |
| 3 | Eton College, Windsor | Independent | 208 | 69 |
| 4 | Peter Symonds College, Winchester | State (sixth form) | 201 | 62 |
| 5 | St Paul’s School, London | Independent | 150 | 59 |
| 6 | Magdalen College School, Oxford | Independent | 129 | 47 |
| 7 | King’s College, Wimbledon | Independent | 142 | 46 |
| 8 | Brighton Hove and Sussex College | State (sixth form) | 185 | 46 |
| 9 | Greenhead College, Huddersfield | State (sixth form) | 114 | 44 |
| 10 | St Paul’s Girls’ School, London | Independent | 96 | 42 |
| 11 | City of London School | Independent | 86 | 41 |
| 12 | Brampton Manor Academy, London | State (academy) | 146 | 41 |
| 13 | The Perse School, Cambridge | Independent | 119 | 39 |
| 14 | Colchester Royal Grammar School | State (grammar) | 102 | 38 |
| 15 | Harris Westminster Sixth Form, London | State (sixth form) | 110 | 38 |
| 16 | Brighton College | Independent | 106 | 37 |
| 17 | The Tiffin Girls’ School, Kingston | State (grammar) | 97 | 34 |
| 18 | Henrietta Barnett School, London | State (grammar) | 83 | 33 |
| 19 | Sevenoaks School, Kent | Independent | 114 | 33 |
| 20 | Manchester Grammar School | Independent | 88 | 31 |
| 21 | Hampton School, Middlesex | Independent | 91 | 31 |
| 22 | King Edward VI, Chelmsford | State (grammar) | 72 | 30 |
| 23 | Woodhouse College, Finchley | State (sixth form) | 121 | 30 |
| 24 | Dulwich College, London | Independent | 99 | 29 |
| 25 | Royal Grammar School, Guildford | Independent | 74 | 28 |
| 26 | Dame Alice Owen’s School, Hertfordshire | State (academy) | 82 | 28 |
| 27 | North London Collegiate School | Independent | 87 | 28 |
| 28 | Winchester College | Independent | 90 | 28 |
| 29 | Highgate School, London | Independent | 92 | 28 |
| 30 | The Sixth Form College, Farnborough | State (sixth form) | 104 | 28 |
| 31 | St Olave’s and St Saviour’s School, London | State (grammar) | 115 | 28 |
| 32 | Wycombe Abbey School, Buckinghamshire | Independent | 74 | 27 |
| 33 | Pate’s Grammar School, Cheltenham | State (grammar) | 82 | 27 |
| 34 | Tonbridge School, Kent | Independent | 74 | 26 |
| 35 | Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School, Elstree | Independent | 75 | 26 |
| 36 | London Academy of Excellence | State (sixth form) | 76 | 26 |
| 37 | Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet | State (grammar) | 80 | 25 |
| 38 | Runshaw College, Lancashire | State (FE college) | 93 | 25 |
| 39 | The Judd School, Tonbridge, Kent | State (grammar) | 66 | 23 |
| 40 | Cheltenham Ladies’ College | Independent | 92 | 23 |
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