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It’s official: England’s best private school is in London

Ivy Education’s 2024 ranking of the nation’s top private schools features five from the capital

Ed Cunningham
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Ed Cunningham
News Editor, Time Out UK and Time Out London
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The UK has lots of private schools – and plenty of them are among the finest on the planet. In fact, several of the best private schools are right here in London. In one recent ranking of the world’s best schools covered on Time Out, eight were in the capital, while in the Telegraph’s latest ranking of UK private schools based on A-level results, seven were in London.

And now another ranking of the UK’s best private schools has been published, and the top school is in London. The list is by Ivy Education, an education company focusing on tuition, and it ranks schools based not just on A-level results but GCSEs, too. In other words, this is a list focused on results and results alone.

Top of Ivy Education’s list is Westminster School. Surrounded by Westminster Abbey, Westminster School alumni include the likes of Louis Theroux, Helena Bonham Carter and Nick Clegg. According to Ivy Education, 57.7 percent of students received A*s and 29.3 percent received As.

The price of such a high-quality education? For 13+ pupils it’s £36,873 per year for day students and £52,488 per year for boarders.

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But Westminster isn’t the only school in the capital to make the cut. Also featuring in Ivy League education’s top 10 is Dulwich College (third), King’s College School Wimbledon (fifth), Alleyn’s School (eighth) and City of London School (ninth). Not a bad showing from London schools, eh?

You can read more about Ivy Education’s list on the official website here.

Did you see that this London state school has been nominated for ‘World’s Best School 2024’?

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