Best boys' secondary schools in England (2026)
England has 142 ranked boys' secondary schools with published results. The top-ranked is Wilson's School, in the top 1% in England. The average Attainment 8 here in 2025 was 58.7, against 46.1 for England. 67 are in England's top 10%, and 30 are rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
| Rank | School | Attainment 8 (2023–2025 average) | Attainment 8 2025 | Trend | Grade 5+ Eng & maths | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Top 1% in England |
Wilson's School Sutton · Grammar · Boys · Church of England |
86.3 | 86.9 | 100% | Outstanding | |
2 Top 1% in England |
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet Barnet · Grammar · Boys |
85.9 | 85.6 | 99% | Outstanding | |
3 Top 1% in England |
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School Bromley · Grammar · Boys · Church of England |
84.6 | 83.6 | 100% | Not judged | |
4 Top 1% in England |
Colchester Royal Grammar School Colchester · Grammar · Boys · Christian |
82.8 | 82.1 | 100% | Report card | |
5 Top 1% in England |
Reading School Reading · Grammar · Boys |
82.1 | 83.0 | 100% | Outstanding | |
6 Top 1% in England |
King Edward VI School Stratford-upon-Avon · Grammar · Boys |
81.8 | 83.3 | 100% | Outstanding | |
7 Top 1% in England |
Sutton Grammar School Sutton · Grammar · Boys |
80.7 | 80.3 | 99% | Good | |
8 Top 1% in England |
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys Birmingham · Grammar · Boys |
80.8 | 75.7 | 97% | Outstanding | |
9 Top 1% in England |
Tiffin School Kingston upon Thames · Grammar · Boys · Christian |
79.6 | 79.1 | 98% | Good | |
10 Top 1% in England |
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys Bowdon · Grammar · Boys |
79.5 | 78.5 | 98% | Outstanding | |
11 Top 1% in England |
Dartford Grammar School Dartford · Grammar · Boys |
78.8 | 79.9 | 99% | Outstanding | |
12 Top 2% in England |
Westcliff High School for Boys Academy Southend-on-Sea · Grammar · Boys |
77.7 | 77.6 | 98% | Outstanding | |
13 Top 2% in England |
The Judd School Tonbridge · Grammar · Boys |
77.7 | 78.4 | 98% | Not judged | |
14 Top 2% in England |
Wallington County Grammar School Sutton · Grammar · Boys |
77.2 | 77.7 | 99% | No rating | |
15 Top 2% in England |
Ilford County High School Redbridge · Grammar · Boys |
76.8 | 75.7 | 97% | Report card | |
16 Top 2% in England |
Sir Thomas Rich's School Gloucester · Grammar · Boys |
76.5 | 77.2 | 99% | Report card | |
17 Top 2% in England |
Dr Challoner's Grammar School Amersham · Grammar · Boys |
76.3 | 73.9 | 96% | Outstanding | |
18 Top 2% in England |
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School Royal Sutton Coldfield · Grammar · Boys |
76.0 | 77.1 | 97% | Outstanding | |
19 Top 2% in England |
Lawrence Sheriff School Rugby · Grammar · Boys |
75.3 | 75.1 | 96% | Outstanding | |
20 Top 2% in England |
The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe High Wycombe · Grammar · Boys |
75.0 | 73.9 | 98% | Good | |
21 Top 3% in England |
Aylesbury Grammar School Aylesbury · Grammar · Boys |
75.1 | 74.5 | 95% | Outstanding | |
22 Top 3% in England |
Southend High School for Boys Southend-on-Sea · Grammar · Boys |
74.3 | 73.8 | 97% | Outstanding | |
23 Top 3% in England |
Queen Mary's Grammar School Walsall · Grammar · Boys |
74.3 | 74.2 | 97% | Outstanding | |
24 Top 3% in England |
Saint Ambrose College Hale (Trafford) · Grammar · Boys · Roman Catholic |
74.2 | 76.2 | 98% | Report card | |
25 Top 3% in England |
John Hampden Grammar School High Wycombe · Grammar · Boys |
72.8 | 72.3 | 98% | Outstanding | |
26 Top 3% in England |
Beths Grammar School Bexley · Grammar · Boys |
72.2 | 71.6 | 98% | Good | |
27 Top 3% in England |
The Skinners' School Royal Tunbridge Wells · Grammar · Boys |
72.5 | 70.8 | 93% | Report card | |
28 Top 3% in England |
Bournemouth School Bournemouth · Grammar · Boys |
72.8 | 74.2 | 96% | Outstanding | |
29 Top 3% in England |
Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School Salisbury · Grammar · Boys · Church of England |
72.4 | 73.1 | 97% | Outstanding | |
30 Top 3% in England |
King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys Birmingham · Grammar · Boys |
71.8 | 72.0 | 97% | Good | |
31 Top 3% in England |
Marling School Stroud · Grammar · Boys |
71.2 | 73.9 | 98% | Not judged | |
32 Top 4% in England |
The King's School, Grantham Grantham · Grammar · Boys |
71.0 | 72.7 | 95% | Good | |
33 Top 4% in England |
King Edward VI Aston School Birmingham · Grammar · Boys |
70.5 | 71.2 | 97% | Outstanding | |
34 Top 4% in England |
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School Rochester · Grammar · Boys |
70.1 | 69.5 | 94% | Outstanding | |
35 Top 4% in England |
Poole Grammar School Poole · Grammar · Boys |
70.5 | 70.2 | 96% | Not judged | |
36 Top 4% in England |
Devonport High School for Boys Plymouth · Grammar · Boys |
69.1 | 69.3 | 94% | Good | |
37 Top 4% in England |
Torquay Boys' Grammar School Paignton · Grammar · Boys |
68.0 | 70.8 | 93% | Report card | |
38 Top 4% in England |
Oakwood Park Grammar School Maidstone · Grammar · Boys |
66.8 | 68.9 | 93% | No rating | |
39 Top 4% in England |
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys Canterbury · Grammar · Boys |
67.1 | 66.8 | 89% | Not judged | |
40 Top 4% in England |
Watford Grammar School for Boys Watford · Boys · Church of England |
68.1 | 68.9 | 83% | Report card | |
41 Top 4% in England |
Calday Grange Grammar School West Kirby · Grammar · Boys |
66.3 | 68.1 | 93% | No rating | |
42 Top 5% in England |
Wilmington Grammar School for Boys Dartford · Grammar · Boys |
66.1 | 64.6 | 90% | No rating | |
43 Top 5% in England |
Maidstone Grammar School Maidstone · Grammar · Boys |
66.6 | 68.4 | 92% | No rating | |
44 Top 5% in England |
Wirral Grammar School for Boys Bebington · Grammar · Boys |
65.4 | 65.4 | 91% | Good | |
45 Top 5% in England |
Ermysted's Grammar School Skipton · Grammar · Boys |
66.0 | 67.3 | 87% | Good | |
46 Top 5% in England |
Gravesend Grammar School Gravesend · Grammar · Boys |
64.6 | 65.3 | 92% | Not judged | |
47 Top 5% in England |
The Norton Knatchbull School Ashford · Grammar · Boys |
64.9 | 67.3 | 91% | Good | |
48 Top 5% in England |
The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School Kensington and Chelsea · Boys · Roman Catholic |
66.6 | 67.2 | 80% | Report card | |
49 Top 6% in England |
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys Royal Tunbridge Wells · Grammar · Boys |
62.9 | 63.7 | 91% | Report card | |
50 Top 6% in England |
Borden Grammar School Sittingbourne · Grammar · Boys |
63.0 | 63.2 | 83% | Report card | |
51 Top 6% in England |
Gunnersbury Catholic School Hounslow · Boys · Roman Catholic |
63.9 | 63.5 | 81% | Outstanding | |
52 Top 6% in England |
The Harvey Grammar School Folkestone · Grammar · Boys |
62.4 | 61.8 | 86% | No rating | |
53 Top 6% in England |
The London Oratory School Hammersmith and Fulham · Boys · Roman Catholic |
63.8 | 62.3 | 78% | Outstanding | |
54 Top 6% in England |
Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen) · Boys · Muslim |
62.3 | 62.5 | 81% | Outstanding | |
55 Top 6% in England |
Dover Grammar School for Boys Dover · Grammar · Boys |
61.6 | 65.4 | 93% | Not judged | |
56 Top 6% in England |
Eden Boys' School, Birmingham Birmingham · Boys · Muslim |
62.9 | 61.3 | 76% | No rating | |
57 Top 7% in England |
Finchley Catholic High School Barnet · Boys · Roman Catholic |
62.6 | 62.3 | 79% | No rating | |
58 Top 7% in England |
Holcombe Grammar School Chatham · Grammar · Boys |
60.1 | 62.4 | 85% | No rating | |
59 Top 7% in England |
The St Thomas the Apostle College Southwark · Boys · Roman Catholic |
62.0 | 61.7 | 72% | No rating | |
60 Top 8% in England |
Spalding Grammar School Spalding · Grammar · Boys |
59.8 | 58.8 | 75% | Good | |
61 Top 8% in England |
Northampton School for Boys Northampton · Boys |
59.6 | 58.2 | 72% | Not judged | |
62 Top 8% in England |
The Fulham Boys School Hammersmith and Fulham · Boys · Church of England |
60.9 | 61.4 | 70% | Good | |
63 Top 9% in England |
Richard Challoner School Kingston upon Thames · Boys · Roman Catholic |
58.5 | 59.4 | 75% | Outstanding | |
64 Top 9% in England |
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East Birmingham · Boys · Muslim |
58.9 | 60.8 | 75% | Outstanding | |
65 Top 9% in England |
Hasmonean High School for Boys Barnet · Boys · Jewish |
58.1 | 56.5 | 74% | Good | |
66 Top 10% in England |
St Anselm's College Birkenhead · Grammar · Boys · Roman Catholic |
57.0 | 57.2 | 76% | No rating | |
67 Top 10% in England |
The Bishop's Stortford High School East Hertfordshire · Boys |
58.5 | 60.2 | 69% | No rating | |
68 Top 11% in England |
Rutlish School Merton · Boys |
58.2 | 60.5 | 67% | Not judged | |
69 Top 11% in England |
Winton Academy Bournemouth · Boys |
55.7 | 55.4 | 73% | No rating | |
70 Top 11% in England |
Wimbledon College Merton · Boys · Roman Catholic |
57.3 | 57.0 | 69% | No rating | |
71 Top 12% in England |
Hitchin Boys' School Hitchin · Boys |
56.8 | 57.1 | 67% | Report card | |
72 Top 13% in England |
Beechen Cliff School Bath · Boys |
56.0 | 55.0 | 65% | Good | |
73 Top 14% in England |
Central Foundation Boys' School Islington · Boys |
55.9 | 55.2 | 69% | Not judged | |
74 Top 14% in England |
St Ignatius College Enfield · Boys · Roman Catholic |
55.7 | 54.8 | 63% | Not judged | |
75 Top 14% in England |
Glyn School Ewell · Boys |
55.5 | 56.0 | 66% | Outstanding | |
76 Top 14% in England |
Richard Hale School Hertford · Boys |
55.1 | 56.3 | 66% | Good | |
77 Top 14% in England |
Langley Park School for Boys Bromley · Boys |
55.1 | 54.4 | 60% | No rating | |
78 Top 15% in England |
Salvatorian Roman Catholic College Harrow · Boys · Roman Catholic |
54.9 | 54.1 | 58% | No rating | |
79 Top 15% in England |
The Campion School Havering · Boys · Roman Catholic |
54.4 | 52.8 | 62% | Report card | |
80 Top 16% in England |
The John Fisher School Sutton · Boys · Roman Catholic |
54.2 | 55.6 | 65% | No rating | |
81 Top 17% in England |
Coombe Boys' School Kingston upon Thames · Boys |
53.7 | 54.8 | 67% | No rating | |
82 Top 18% in England |
Eden Boys' School, Preston Preston · Boys · Muslim |
52.5 | 49.8 | 68% | No rating | |
83 Top 19% in England |
Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich Southwark · Boys |
54.8 | 55.5 | 55% | Outstanding | |
84 Top 20% in England |
Verulam School St Albans · Boys |
53.2 | 52.5 | 55% | No rating | |
85 Top 20% in England |
St Thomas More High School Southend-on-Sea · Boys · Roman Catholic |
52.2 | 52.3 | 64% | No rating | |
86 Top 20% in England |
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester Manchester · Boys · Muslim |
52.3 | 53.1 | 67% | Report card | |
87 Top 20% in England |
St Bonaventure's RC School Newham · Boys · Roman Catholic |
52.5 | 47.3 | 47% | Outstanding | |
88 Top 21% in England |
Madani Boys School Leicester · Boys · Muslim |
52.1 | 52.2 | 61% | No rating | |
89 Top 22% in England |
St Aidan's Catholic Academy Sunderland · Boys · Roman Catholic |
51.9 | 51.2 | 63% | Not judged | |
90 Top 23% in England |
Eden Boys' School, Bolton Bolton · Boys · Muslim |
51.3 | 53.0 | 58% | No rating | |
91 Top 23% in England |
Hutton Church of England Grammar School Hutton (South Ribble) · Boys · Church of England |
51.6 | 50.1 | 52% | Report card | |
92 Top 24% in England |
Norlington School and 6th Form Waltham Forest · Boys |
50.9 | 48.6 | 52% | No rating | |
93 Top 25% in England |
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford Bradford · Boys · Muslim |
50.2 | 49.1 | 57% | Outstanding | |
94 Top 25% in England |
Westminster City School City of Westminster · Boys · Christian |
51.8 | 52.1 | 50% | Report card | |
95 Top 25% in England |
Birkdale High School Southport · Boys |
50.8 | 51.9 | 57% | Report card | |
96 Top 26% in England |
The Royal Liberty School Havering · Boys |
49.7 | 51.0 | 65% | No rating | |
97 Top 26% in England |
St Margaret's Church of England Academy Liverpool · Boys · Church of England |
50.5 | 49.6 | 54% | Good | |
98 Top 26% in England |
The Boston Grammar School Boston · Grammar · Boys |
51.1 | 53.1 | 54% | Report card | |
99 Top 27% in England |
Forest Hill School Lewisham · Boys |
50.7 | 52.3 | 59% | Good | |
100 Top 27% in England |
Marylebone Academy City of Westminster · Boys |
50.2 | 48.6 | 59% | No rating |
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What is the best boys' secondary school in England?
On exam results over the last three years, Wilson's School is the top-ranked boys' secondary school in England, in the top 1% of schools in England.
How are the schools ranked?
By published Department for Education exam results averaged over three years: for secondary schools, Attainment 8 plus a quarter of the share getting grade 5+ in English and maths; for primary schools, the share reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths plus half the share reaching the higher standard. The order uses the three-year average, so a school can rank above one with a higher single-year result. Schools with fewer than 10 pupils taking the tests are not ranked. Exam results are only part of the picture: visit, read the Ofsted report and check admissions rules, as living nearby does not guarantee a place.