Top 100 UK Maintained Schools
Top 100 UK Maintained Schools 2025
Drawing on an analysis of over 3,000 schools, this table ranks schools by combined Oxford and Cambridge offers in the 2025 cycle (high to low), then by combined applications. To protect privacy, only percentile ranks are shown — not actual counts.
Percentiles range 0–100, where 100 is the highest. Offers and Applications are ranked relative to all schools; Offer Rate shows the actual percentage.
100 schools
| Rank | School | Region | Sector | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hills Road Sixth Form College | Maintained | 99.9 | 99.9 | 25.4% | |
| 2 | Tiffin School | Maintained | 99.6 | 98.4 | 37.8% | |
| 3 | Peter Symonds College | Maintained | 99.4 | 99.5 | 25.7% | |
| 4 | Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet | Maintained | 98.9 | 97.4 | 41.9% | |
| 5 | Brampton Manor Academy | Maintained | 98.7 | 100.0 | 16.4% | |
| 6 | Harris Westminster Sixth Form | Maintained | 98.7 | 98.5 | 30.8% | |
| 7 | Woodhouse College, Finchley | Maintained | 98.7 | 98.1 | 33.3% | |
| 8 | Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | Maintained | 98.2 | 99.3 | 22.8% | |
| 9 | Colchester Royal Grammar School | Maintained | 98.0 | 95.9 | 43.0% | |
| 10 | King's College London Mathematics School | Maintained | 97.4 | 91.9 | 55.9% | |
| 11 | Wilson's School | Maintained | 97.2 | 97.3 | 32.2% | |
| 12 | The Latymer School | Maintained | 97.0 | 96.8 | 31.5% | |
| 13 | Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, City of London Academy | Maintained | 96.5 | 98.7 | 21.7% | |
| 14 | The Henrietta Barnett School | Maintained | 96.5 | 94.8 | 37.0% | |
| 15 | Colyton Grammar School | Maintained | 96.5 | 90.0 | 54.8% | |
| 16 | Pate's Grammar School | Maintained | 96.2 | 97.9 | 25.4% | |
| 17 | St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School | Maintained | 96.2 | 96.2 | 30.8% | |
| 18 | The Sixth Form College Farnborough | Maintained | 95.7 | 96.8 | 27.9% | |
| 19 | Loreto College, Manchester | Maintained | 95.7 | 93.9 | 37.8% | |
| 20 | The Judd School, Tonbridge | Maintained | 95.7 | 93.4 | 39.7% | |
| 21 | London Academy of Excellence Tottenham | Maintained | 95.2 | 95.2 | 29.0% | |
| 22 | The Camden School for Girls | Maintained | 95.2 | 91.3 | 40.3% | |
| 23 | King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford | Maintained | 94.8 | 90.4 | 40.6% | |
| 24 | London Academy of Excellence | Maintained | 94.5 | 94.8 | 27.2% | |
| 25 | Reading School | Maintained | 94.5 | 93.3 | 32.5% | |
| 26 | Greenhead College, Huddersfield | Maintained | 94.2 | 95.2 | 25.8% | |
| 27 | Godalming College | Maintained | 93.8 | 95.4 | 23.7% | |
| 28 | Xaverian College | Maintained | 93.8 | 90.4 | 35.9% | |
| 29 | Barton Peveril Sixth Form College | Maintained | 93.4 | 97.1 | 19.3% | |
| 30 | King Edward VI School, Warwickshire | Maintained | 93.4 | 94.2 | 26.5% | |
| 31 | Hereford Sixth Form College | Maintained | 93.4 | 86.3 | 44.0% | |
| 32 | King Edward VI College, Stourbridge | Maintained | 92.1 | 97.0 | 17.0% | |
| 33 | Winstanley College | Maintained | 92.1 | 95.4 | 19.6% | |
| 34 | The Tiffin Girls' School | Maintained | 92.1 | 94.3 | 22.6% | |
| 35 | Sir John Deane's College | Maintained | 92.1 | 93.7 | 23.5% | |
| 36 | The Cherwell School | Maintained | 92.1 | 91.3 | 28.4% | |
| 37 | The College of Richard Collyer In Horsham | Maintained | 91.5 | 91.9 | 26.5% | |
| 38 | Reigate College | Maintained | 91.0 | 90.8 | 26.2% | |
| 39 | King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls | Maintained | 91.0 | 88.9 | 29.8% | |
| 40 | Chelmsford County High School, Chelmsford | Maintained | 91.0 | 82.2 | 42.5% | |
| 41 | Exeter College, Hele Road Centre | Maintained | 90.3 | 89.5 | 26.7% | |
| 42 | Dr Challoner's Grammar School | Maintained | 90.3 | 87.6 | 30.8% | |
| 43 | Twyford Church of England High School | Maintained | 90.3 | 85.5 | 32.7% | |
| 44 | King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys | Maintained | 89.5 | 87.6 | 28.8% | |
| 45 | Dame Alice Owen's School | Maintained | 89.5 | 86.3 | 30.0% | |
| 46 | The Blue Coat School, Liverpool | Maintained | 89.5 | 84.2 | 33.3% | |
| 47 | King Edward VI Five Ways School | Maintained | 89.5 | 82.2 | 37.5% | |
| 48 | Truro and Penwith College | Maintained | 88.4 | 89.5 | 23.3% | |
| 48 | Sutton Grammar School | Maintained | 88.4 | 89.5 | 23.3% | |
| 50 | The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School | Maintained | 88.4 | 88.6 | 25.0% | |
| 51 | Aylesbury Grammar School | Maintained | 88.4 | 86.3 | 28.0% | |
| 51 | Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College | Maintained | 88.4 | 86.3 | 28.0% | |
| 53 | West London Free School | Maintained | 88.4 | 80.6 | 37.8% | |
| 54 | Cardinal Newman College, Preston | Maintained | 87.1 | 91.9 | 19.1% | |
| 55 | Nonsuch High School for Girls | Maintained | 87.1 | 88.3 | 23.6% | |
| 56 | Gower College Swansea | Maintained | 87.1 | 88.1 | 24.1% | |
| 57 | Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School | Maintained | 87.1 | 84.8 | 28.3% | |
| 58 | Kendrick School | Maintained | 87.1 | 84.2 | 28.9% | |
| 59 | Royal Latin School | Maintained | 87.1 | 83.7 | 30.2% | |
| 60 | Tonbridge Grammar School | Maintained | 87.1 | 78.8 | 38.2% | |
| 61 | Esher Sixth Form College | Maintained | 85.1 | 91.9 | 17.6% | |
| 62 | The London Oratory School | Maintained | 85.1 | 88.3 | 21.8% | |
| 63 | Watford Grammar School for Boys | Maintained | 85.1 | 88.0 | 22.6% | |
| 64 | Newstead Wood School | Maintained | 85.1 | 86.3 | 24.0% | |
| 65 | Dr Challoner's High School for Girls | Maintained | 85.1 | 84.2 | 26.7% | |
| 66 | Carmel College, Merseyside | Maintained | 85.1 | 82.7 | 29.3% | |
| 67 | The Sixth Form College Colchester | Maintained | 85.1 | 82.2 | 30.0% | |
| 68 | Durham Johnston Comprehensive School | Maintained | 85.1 | 80.6 | 32.4% | |
| 69 | Rochdale Sixth Form College | Maintained | 85.1 | 80.1 | 33.3% | |
| 70 | Altrincham Grammar School for Girls | Maintained | 85.1 | 78.8 | 35.3% | |
| 70 | Sir William Borlase's Grammar School | Maintained | 85.1 | 78.8 | 35.3% | |
| 72 | Sandringham School, St Albans | Maintained | 85.1 | 77.6 | 36.4% | |
| 73 | Clitheroe Royal Grammar School | Maintained | 85.1 | 76.1 | 38.7% | |
| 73 | Bristol Cathedral Choir School | Maintained | 85.1 | 76.1 | 38.7% | |
| 73 | Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys | Maintained | 85.1 | 76.1 | 38.7% | |
| 76 | St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School | Maintained | 85.1 | 70.7 | 46.2% | |
| 77 | Bexley Grammar School, Welling | Maintained | 85.1 | 68.1 | 50.0% | |
| 77 | Saffron Walden County High School | Maintained | 85.1 | 68.1 | 50.0% | |
| 79 | Runshaw College | Maintained | 82.3 | 90.4 | 17.2% | |
| 80 | Mossbourne Community Academy | Maintained | 82.3 | 81.5 | 28.2% | |
| 81 | Exeter Mathematics School | Maintained | 82.3 | 76.1 | 35.5% | |
| 82 | St Aidans & St John Fisher Associated Sixth Fo... | Maintained | 82.3 | 74.8 | 36.7% | |
| 82 | Colchester County High School for Girls | Maintained | 82.3 | 74.8 | 36.7% | |
| 84 | Newman College, Hove | Maintained | 82.3 | 70.7 | 42.3% | |
| 84 | St Mary's Catholic High School, Chesterfield | Maintained | 82.3 | 70.7 | 42.3% | |
| 86 | Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College | Maintained | 82.3 | 68.1 | 45.8% | |
| 87 | St Dominic's Sixth Form College | Maintained | 78.7 | 92.9 | 13.7% | |
| 88 | Altrincham Grammar School for Boys | Maintained | 78.7 | 88.6 | 17.9% | |
| 89 | Chesham Grammar School | Maintained | 78.7 | 87.1 | 19.6% | |
| 90 | Wyke Sixth Form College | Maintained | 78.7 | 85.5 | 20.4% | |
| 91 | Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form Free School | Maintained | 78.7 | 82.7 | 24.4% | |
| 92 | Bilborough College | Maintained | 78.7 | 81.5 | 25.6% | |
| 93 | Wycombe High School, High Wycombe | Maintained | 78.7 | 80.1 | 27.8% | |
| 94 | Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School, Aylesbury | Maintained | 78.7 | 79.6 | 28.6% | |
| 95 | Ripon Grammar School | Maintained | 78.7 | 77.6 | 30.3% | |
| 96 | Thomas Tallis School | Maintained | 78.7 | 76.9 | 31.3% | |
| 97 | Luton Sixth Form College | Maintained | 78.7 | 76.1 | 32.3% | |
| 98 | Sale Grammar School | Maintained | 78.7 | 73.7 | 34.5% | |
| 98 | Lancaster Royal Grammar School | Maintained | 78.7 | 73.7 | 34.5% | |
| 100 | Westcliff High School for Boys | Maintained | 78.7 | 72.9 | 35.7% |