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Which sixth forms reach selective universities

The performance tables stop at A level grades. This measure follows students two years further, to whether they actually started a degree at a top-third university.

Sixth forms measured: 1,956
Median share reaching a top-third university: 18.5%

Highest progression to a top-third university

Sixth form	Area	To top third	Cohort
King's College London Maths SchoolLondon	Lambeth	89.7%	78
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet	Barnet	88.0%	167
Brampton Manor AcademyLondon	Newham	86.9%	496
The Henrietta Barnett SchoolLondon	Barnet	85.7%	133
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar SchoolOrpington	Bromley	85.3%	225
Wilson's SchoolWallington	Sutton	84.7%	170
Altrincham Grammar School for GirlsAltrincham	Trafford	82.2%	174
Reading School	Reading	81.8%	181
The Tiffin Girls' School	Kingston upon Thames	80.7%	161
King Edward VI Grammar School, ChelmsfordChelmsford	Essex	80.3%	178
Tiffin School	Kingston upon Thames	80.0%	250
Pate's Grammar SchoolCheltenham	Gloucestershire	78.0%	223
Sutton Grammar School	Sutton	77.6%	174
Dartford Grammar SchoolDartford	Kent	77.3%	322
Dr Challoner's Grammar SchoolAmersham	Buckinghamshire	77.3%	220
The Blue Coat School	Liverpool	77.3%	172
Dame Alice Owen's SchoolPotters Bar	Hertfordshire	76.4%	212
St Michael's Catholic Grammar SchoolLondon	Barnet	76.3%	135
Altrincham Grammar School for BoysAltrincham	Trafford	76.1%	201
Bishop Vesey's Grammar SchoolSutton Coldfield	Birmingham	75.5%	204
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls	Birmingham	74.9%	171
The London Oratory SchoolLondon	Hammersmith and Fulham	74.6%	185
The Latymer SchoolLondon	Enfield	73.7%	209
Tonbridge Grammar SchoolTonbridge	Kent	73.4%	139
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys	Birmingham	73.1%	156
Colyton Grammar SchoolColyton	Devon	72.8%	125
Kendrick School	Reading	71.7%	138
Beaconsfield High SchoolBeaconsfield	Buckinghamshire	71.4%	154
London Academy of ExcellenceLondon	Newham	71.2%	233
Michaela Community SchoolLondon	Brent	71.1%	45

Doing it from the most deprived areas

Sixth form	Area	To top third	Deprivation decile
Brampton Manor AcademyLondon	Newham	86.9%	3/10
Pate's Grammar SchoolCheltenham	Gloucestershire	78.0%	2/10
The Blue Coat SchoolLiverpool	Liverpool	77.3%	2/10
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for GirlsBirmingham	Birmingham	74.9%	2/10
The Latymer SchoolLondon	Enfield	73.7%	2/10
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for BoysBirmingham	Birmingham	73.1%	2/10
King Edward VI Five Ways SchoolBirmingham	Birmingham	69.7%	2/10
Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, City of London AcademyLondon	Newham	67.3%	3/10
Langley Grammar SchoolLangley	Slough	66.3%	3/10
Chelmsford County High School for GirlsChelmsford	Essex	66.2%	3/10
Westcliff High School for Boys AcademyWestcliff-on-Sea	Southend-on-Sea	64.5%	2/10
King Edward VI Handsworth SchoolBirmingham	Birmingham	64.1%	1/10
Mossbourne Community AcademyLondon	Hackney	60.3%	2/10
Queen Mary's Grammar SchoolWalsall	Walsall	59.9%	3/10
JFSHarrow	Brent	59.5%	2/10
St Paul's School for GirlsBirmingham	Birmingham	59.0%	3/10
Nishkam High SchoolBirmingham	Birmingham	57.4%	1/10
The King's School, GranthamGrantham	Lincolnshire	55.6%	3/10
Lancaster Royal Grammar SchoolLancaster	Lancashire	53.9%	3/10
Westcliff High School for GirlsWestcliff-on-Sea	Southend-on-Sea	53.8%	2/10

“Top third” is the Department for Education's own grouping of higher education providers by the average attainment of their entrants. It is a blunt instrument and not a ranking of course quality, but it is the only public measure of where school leavers actually end up.

These figures follow the 2021/22 leavers, because a destination only counts once it has been sustained. Selective and highly academic sixth forms dominate the first table, which is what you would expect — the second table is the more interesting one.

Computed from the same data the rest of this site serves — the DfE performance tables, the school census, Ofsted inspection outcomes, the Indices of Deprivation 2019, HM Land Registry price paid data and Census 2021. How each figure is calculated.