A-level top grades were higher this year with almost one in ten awarded an A*.
Students at St Paul's School receivedresults with 91.5% A*-A.
A-level top grades were higher this year with almost one in ten awarded an A*.
9.6 %of all A-levels in the UK were awarded an A*, higher than the 9.3 per cent last year and 7.7 per cent in 2019, the last year before Covid-19.
Private schools did particularly well, with 48.9 per cent of results at A or above.
Most popular subjects
Mathematics remains the most popular A-level subject, taken by the most pupils, with more than 100,000 entries.
The top ten subjects remained stable, maths was followed in popularity by psychology, with a rise in entries by 4.3% compared with last year, while sociology — the ninth most popular — was down by 0.9 per cent.
Subject
Mathematics
Psychology
Biology
Chemistry
History
Economics
Business Studies
Physics
Sociology
Art & Design subjects
The top 20 highest-performing private schools in the UK
1. St Paul’s School, Barnes
2. Brighton College
3. North London Collegiate School
4. The Godolphin and Laytmer School
5. Guildford High School for Girls
6. St Paul's Girls' School, Hammersmith
7. King’s College School (KCS), Wimbledon
8. Westminster School
9. City of London School For Girls
10. Latymer Upper School
11. King Edward VI High School for Girls
12. Lady Eleanor Holles
13. Alleyn's School
14. Eton College
15. Sevenoaks School
16. South Hampstead High School GDST
17. City of London School
18. Wycombe Abbey
19. Highgate School
20. Magdalen College Shool
Based on The Times 19/08/2026.
