The Top 100 Prep Schools by Key Stage 2 Tests

In this section we give you an assessment of the Top 100 independent preparatory schools in England and Wales for 2006. These positions are compiled from the average scores from Key Stage 2 tests for the 3 years from 2002 to 2004. Submission of these results is voluntary and only about one third of independent prep schools chose to submit their results. Thus this table does indicate top performing schools, but it does not mean that a missing school is necessarily a poor performer.

Click on the name of a school to find out its type and contact details.

ScoreNameDay / BoardBoy / Girl
1864City of London School for GirlsDayGirls
2856Guildford High School for GirlsDayGirls
3839Bromley High School GDSTDayGirls
4836Bute House Preparatory School - HammersmithDayGirls
5827Putney High SchoolDayGirls
6824James Allen's Girls' School - DulwichDayGirls
7822Oxford High School GDSTDayGirls (Boys 3-6)
7 =822Manchester High School for GirlsDayGirls
9821Notting Hill & Ealing High SchoolDayGirls
10820South Hampstead High SchoolDayGirls
11810Lady Eleanor Holles School - RichmondDayGirls
12795St Albans High School for GirlsDayGirls
12 =795Kensington Preparatory SchoolDayGirls
14792Alleyn's School - DulwichDayCo-ed
15789Hale Preparatory School - CheshireDayCo-ed
16775Old Palace School of John Whitgift - CroydonDayGirls
17774King Edward's School - BathDayCo-ed
18772St Mary's School - HampsteadDayGirls (Boys 2-7)
19771Nottingham High SchoolDayBoys
20767Nottingham High School for GirlsDay Girls
21761Holy Cross Preparatory School - Kingston-upon-ThamesDayGirls
22760Perse School for Boys - CambridgeDayBoys (Co-ed 6th Form)
23758Eltham CollegeDayBoys but co-ed 6th
23 =758Edgbaston High School for GirlsDayGirls
25754Sutton High School GDSTDayGirls
25 =754Royal Grammar School - NewcastleDayBoys but co-ed 6th
27751St Christina's School - LondonDayGirls (Boys 3-7)
28750Unicorn School - RichmondDayCo-ed
29742Cheadle Hulme SchoolDayCo-ed
30739St Catherine's School - GuildfordBothGirls
30 =739Newbridge Preparatory School - WolverhamptonDayGirls
32735Streatham & Clapham School GDSTDayGirls (Boys 3-5)
32 =735Elm Green Preparatory School - ChelmsfordDayCo-ed
34734St Anne's School - ChelmsfordDayCo-ed
35733Croydon High School GDSTDayGirls
36732Blackheath High School - LondonDayGirls
37726Bolton School (Girls' Division)DayGirls
38724Heatherton House School - AmershamDayGirls (boys 2-5)
39723Sarum Hall School - LondonDayGirls
40722Queen's School - ChesterdayGirls
41716Forest Preparatory School - London E17DayCo-ed
41 =716Abbey School - ReadingDayGirls
43713Headington School - OxfordBothGirls
44711St Swithun's School - WinchesterBothGirls
45705Heathfield School - Pinner GDSTDayGirls
46704Berkhamsted Collegiate SchoolBothCo-ed
47703Cliff School - WakefieldDayCo-ed
48702Merchant Taylors' Boys' School - LiverpoolDayBoys
49701Eton End SchoolDayGirls (Boys 3-7)
50696Bury Grammar School (Girls)DayGirls (Boys 4-7)
51695King Henry VIII School - CoventryDayCo-ed
52693Sydenham High School GDSTDayGirls
53692Frobelian School - LeedsDayCo-ed
54685Highgate School - LondonDayCo-ed
54 =685Arundale Preparatory School - PulboroughDayCo-ed
56684Rupert House School - Henley on ThamesDayGirls (Boys 4-7)
57683Abercorn School - LondonDayCo-ed
58682Stockport Grammar SchoolDayCo-ed
59681Old Vicarage School - RichmondDayGirls
60680Gidea Park College - RomfordDayCo-ed
61678St Helen's College - HillingdonDayCo-ed
62677Central Newcastle High School GDSTDayGirls
63676Portsmouth Grammar SchoolDayCo-ed
64674Rydes Hill Preparatory School - GuildfordDayGirls (Boys 3-7)
65669Russell House School - SevenoaksDayCo-ed
65 =669City of London Freemen's School - AshteadBoth Co-ed
65 =669Norfolk House School - BirminghamDayCo-ed
68668Stamford Junior SchoolBothCo-ed
68 =668Durston House School - LondonDayBoys
70667Copthill School - StamfordDayCo-ed
71664Highfield Priory School - PrestonDayCo-ed
71 =664Maltmans Green School - Gerrards CrossDayGirls
73659Green Hill School - EveshamDayCo-ed
73 =659Sussex House School - LondonDayBoys
75658Sheffield High School GDSTDayGirls
76656New Beacon School - SevenoaksDayBoys
77655Rowan Preparatory School - EsherDayGirls
77 =655Rose Hill School - Tunbridge WellsDayCo-ed
77 =655St John's Priory School - BanburyDayCo-ed
80654St Dunstan's College - CatfordDayCo-ed
81653Wilmslow Preparatory SchoolDayGirls
81 =653Beechwood Park School - St AlbansBothCo-ed
83651Westville House School - West YorkshireDayCo-ed
83 =651Derwent Lodge School - TonbridgeDayGirls
85647Ipswich Preparatory SchoolDayCo-ed
86646Pilgrims School - WinchesterBothBoys
87642Dolphin School - ReadingDayCo-ed
88641Loughborough Grammar SchoolBothBoys
89639Mayfield Preparatory School - WalsallDayCo-ed
90638Warminster School - WiltshireBothCo-ed
91637Surbiton High SchoolDayGirls (Boys 4-11)
92635Stroud School - RomseyDayCo-ed
93634Kent College - PemburyBothGirls
94633Carleton House Preparatory School - LiverpoolDayCo-ed
94 =633Ipswich High School GDSTDayGirls
96632Seaton House School - SuttonDayGirls
97630St Hilary's School - GodalmingDayCo-ed (Boys 2-7)
97 =630Royal Grammar School Worcester and Alice Ottley SchoolDayCo-ed
97 =630Abbotsford Preparatory School - ManchesterDayCo-ed

Note.1. There are a lot of gaps in our data, because the information is not freely available or a school will not supply it. If your target school is not in the above table we suggest you ask it for its track record in KS2 tests.

Note 2. KS tests are not the only criteria by which to judge a school (read our eGuide on selection factors click here). Be aware your child may not necessarily thrive in a high pressure academic environment – take advice.

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