The Top International Baccalaureate Schools
by average points per pupil

In this section we give you our own assessment of the Top IB Schools in the UK for 2011. These positions are compiled from the average points of sixth formers taking the Diploma Programme of the IB. Note that the IB is still a relatively new qualification for UK schools and many have not been offering it sufficiently long to publish results. The International Baccalaureate Organisation refuses to publish results and we have had to collect these statistics by asking each school individually. We show two league tables – the first for schools with cohort of IB DP students of 15 or more and the second with cohorts of 14 or less. Relatively few schools offer the IB DP exclusively. Most of the smaller IB cohort schools are also offering A levels as an alternative, in which case the IB cohort is often in the minority.

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IB Schools with 15 or more pupil cohorts

	Avg. Points	Name	Day / Board	Boy / Girl	Day £	Board £	Cohort Size
1	40.6	North London Collegiate School - Edgware	Day	Girls	14,523	NA	25
2	39.9	Cheltenham Ladies' College	Both	Girls	22,020	32,493	20
2 =	39.9	Sevenoaks School	Both	Co-ed	20,265	31,038	208
4	39.0	Abbey School - Reading	Day	Girls	12,600	NA	15
4 =	39.0	King's College - Wimbledon	Day	Boys	17,520	NA	145
6	38.5	Godolphin & Latymer School - Hammersmith	Day	Girls	15,835	NA	16
7	37.7	Manchester Grammar School	Day	Boys	9,996	NA	29
8	37.0	St Edward's School - Oxford	Both	Co-ed	23,844	29,805	25
9	36.5	Oakham School - Rutland	Both	Co-ed	16,350	27,240	51
9 =	36.5	Bedford Girls' School	Day	Girls	10,683	NA	19
11	36.2	Fettes College - Edinburgh	Both	Co-ed	20,235	27,150	39
12	36.0	Haileybury - Hertford	Both	Co-ed	20,565	27,384	50
12 =	36.0	Bedford School	Both	Boys	15,792	25,947	34
14	35.9	St Clare's - Oxford	Both	Co-ed	17,846	30,161	95
14 =	35.9	Royal High School - Bath	Both	Girls	10,257	20,481	20
16	35.7	United World College of the Atlantic	Both	Co-ed	declined	declined	173
17	35.5	Ardingly College - Haywards Heath	Both	Co-ed	20,640	27,315	35
18	35.4	Malvern College - Worcestershire	Both	Co-ed	20,313	31,716	106
18 =	35.4	St Dunstan's College - Catford	Day	Co-ed	13,521	NA	18
20	35.3	Worth School - Crawley	Both	Co-ed	19,551	26,649	32
21	35.0	Portsmouth Grammar School	Day	Co-ed	12,180	NA	31
21 =	35.0	Marlborough College	Both	Co-ed	24,450	30,300	28
23	34.5	Marymount International School - Kingston Upon Thames	Both	Girls	18,960	31,830	50
24	34.0	Gresham's School - Norfolk	Both	Co-ed	20,925	27,300	16
24 =	34.0	Windermere School	Both	Co-ed	14,454	25,875	38
24 =	34.0	St Leonards School - Fife	Both	Co-ed	10,950	26,070	45
24 =	34.0	ACS Egham International School	Day	Co-ed	19,990	NA	31
28	33.6	Taunton School	Both	Co-ed	15,450	25,605	22
29	33.5	Sidcot School - Winscombe	Both	Co-ed	14,250	25,650	16
30	33.2	Liverpool College	Day	Co-ed	9,675	NA	28
31	33.1	Southbank International School - Westminster Annexe	Day	Co-ed	22,560	NA	47
32	33.0	King Edward's School - Witley	Both	Co-ed	18,180	25,980	37
32 =	33.0	Warminster School - Wiltshire	Both	Co-ed	13,020	23,430	21
32 =	33.0	TASIS - The American School in England	Both	Co-ed	19,210	32,130	35
32 =	33.0	ACS Cobham International School	Both	Co-ed	20,820	36,440	60
36	32.8	Felsted School - Essex	Both	Co-ed	19,410	25,935	22
37	32.0	ACS Hillingdon International School	Day	Co-ed	19,490	NA	29
37 =	32.0	Bromsgrove School	Both	Co-ed	12,855	28,155	37
39	31.4	Rydal Penrhos - Conwy	Both	Co-ed	13,500	26,940	28
40	31.2	Scarborough College - N. Yorks	Both	Co-ed	11,229	19,629	40
41	31.1	King William's College - Castletown	Both	Co-ed	18,309	26,664	62
42	30.2	CATS Canterbury	Board	Co-ed	15,810	27,750	19
43	29.8	Ellesmere College - Shropshire	Both	Co-ed	15,435	26,037	22
44	29.3	Bolitho School - Penzance	Both	Co-ed	13,860	24,594	17
45	28.4	Box Hill School - Dorking	Both	Co-ed	15,600	26,250	39

IB Schools with up to 14 pupil cohorts

	Avg. Points	Name	Day / Board	Boy / Girl	Day £	Board £	Cohort Size
1	38.80	Stephen Perse Foundation (formerly Perse Girls) - Cambridge	Day	Girls (Co-ed sixth form)	13,470	NA	10
2	38.50	Headington School - Oxford	Both	Girls	14,403	27,885	13
3	36.90	St Helen's - Northwood	Day	Girls	13,329	NA	9
4	36.60	Red Maids School - Bristol	Day	Girls	10,440	NA	8
5	36.00	Brentwood School	Both	Co-ed	14,172	25,443	10
6	35.90	Sherborne School for Girls	Both	Girls	20,595	28,350	13
7	35.00	Leighton Park School - Reading	Both	Co-ed	17,994	27,462	8
8	34.00	Plymouth College	Both	Co-ed	12,855	25,155	4
9	33.70	Sherborne School	Both	Boys	23,625	29,175	13
10	32.00	Rossall School - Lancashire	Both	Co-ed	11,700	29,220	14
11	30.80	Stanborough School - Watford	Both	Co-ed	NA	NA	8
12	30.20	Queen Ethelburga's College - York	Both	Co-ed	10,575	29,955	6

Note.1. There are a few gaps in our data, because the information is not freely available or a school will not supply it or it has not offered the IB for long enough to have DP results. For those schools who refuse to supply data, we have to assume they are lower graded schools.

Note 2. Exam results are not the only criteria by which to judge a school (read our eGuide on selection factors click here). Indeed some of the schools in this TOP table are quite selective on their admissions. Be aware your child may not necessarily thrive in a high pressure academic environment – take advice.

The Top International Baccalaureate Schools by average points per pupil

The Top International Baccalaureate Schools
by average points per pupil