East of England largest schools league table 2025: top 100
Schools with the most pupils on roll. Ordered by the measure shown, with the Success Index (England) for context; 100 schools shown.
- 125Thomas Deacon AcademyPeterborough · Academy All-throughPupils: 2,256
- 269Hinchingbrooke SchoolHuntingdon · Academy SecondaryPupils: 2,173
- 390Saffron Walden County High SchoolSaffron Walden · Academy SecondaryPupils: 2,157
- 474The King John SchoolBenfleet · Academy SecondaryPupils: 2,098
- 561Springwood High SchoolKing's Lynn · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,988
- 683Comberton Village CollegeCambridge · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,981
- 739Jack Hunt AcademyPeterborough · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,939
- 860Copleston High SchoolIpswich · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,930
- 942Philip Morant School and CollegeColchester · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,888
- 1024Clacton County High SchoolClacton-on-Sea · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,886
- 1168Kesgrave High SchoolIpswich · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,875
- 1252Farlingaye High SchoolWoodbridge · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,861
- 1347Brentwood SchoolBrentwood · Independent All-throughPupils: 1,853
- 1468Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth FormNorwich · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,830
- 1561St Martin's School BrentwoodBrentwood · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,794
- 1643Plume SchoolMaldon · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,789
- 1794Sandringham SchoolSt Albans · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,777
- 1899The Perse SchoolCambridge · Independent All-throughPupils: 1,774
- 1959The FitzWimarc SchoolRayleigh · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,770
- 2086The Beaulieu Park SchoolChelmsford · Academy All-throughPupils: 1,763
- 2168Northgate High SchoolIpswich · Local authority SecondaryPupils: 1,750
- 2270Harris Academy BillericayBillericay · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,729
- 2393Beaumont SchoolSt Albans · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,722
- 2425Shoeburyness High SchoolSouthend-on-Sea · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,713
- 2549Sprowston Community AcademyNorwich · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,702
- 2689Queens' SchoolBushey · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,697
- 2775Wymondham High AcademyWymondham · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,686
- 2865City of Norwich School, An Ormiston AcademyNorwich · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,685
- 2974Sharnbrook AcademyBedford · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,684
- 3061Arthur Mellows Village CollegePeterborough · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,672
- 3187Moulsham High SchoolChelmsford · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,662
- 3261Redborne Upper School and Community CollegeBedford · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,657
- 3367Samuel Whitbread AcademyShefford · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,657
- 3468Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science CollegeLuton · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,655
- 3547Stanground AcademyPeterborough · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,654
- 3645The Chalk Hills AcademyLuton · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,644
- 3764Ely CollegeEly · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,635
- 3877Cambourne Village CollegeCambridge · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,626
- 3987The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic SchoolStevenage · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,620
- 4012Queen Katharine AcademyPeterborough · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,619
- 4190Simon Balle All-Through SchoolHertford · Academy All-throughPupils: 1,617
- 4266Mayflower High SchoolBillericay · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,616
- 4386Notre Dame High School, NorwichNorwich · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,613
- 4433Hampton CollegePeterborough · Academy All-throughPupils: 1,608
- 4573Lift GreenswardHockley · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,605
- 4660Thomas Gainsborough SchoolSudbury · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,603
- 4775Tring SchoolTring · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,599
- 4842Harris Academy BenfleetBenfleet · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,597
- 4994Watford Grammar School for BoysWatford · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,590
- 5081The Gilberd SchoolColchester · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,588
- 5195St Clement Danes SchoolRickmansworth · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,585
- 5284Samuel Ryder AcademySt Albans · Academy All-throughPupils: 1,577
- 5391Rickmansworth SchoolRickmansworth · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,575
- 5467Goffs AcademyWaltham Cross · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,574
- 5570West Hatch High SchoolChigwell · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,573
- 5688Ashlyns SchoolBerkhamsted · Local authority SecondaryPupils: 1,561
- 5748Belfairs AcademyLeigh-on-Sea · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,558
- 5841Cromwell Community CollegeChatteris · Academy All-throughPupils: 1,539
- 5984Anglo European SchoolIngatestone · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,533
- 6057Shenfield High SchoolBrentwood · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,528
- 6146Ormiston Victory AcademyNorwich · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,517
- 6267Vandyke Upper SchoolLeighton Buzzard · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,517
- 6373Great Baddow High SchoolChelmsford · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,516
- 6468The Chauncy SchoolWare · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,515
- 6537Harris Academy KingswoodBasildon · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,513
- 6661Thurston Community CollegeBury St Edmunds · Local authority SecondaryPupils: 1,512
- 6794The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science CollegeBishop's Stortford · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,508
- 6827St Peter's SchoolHuntingdon · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,506
- 6994Parmiter's SchoolWatford · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,496
- 7067Beauchamps High SchoolWickford · Local authority SecondaryPupils: 1,486
- 7157The Stephen Perse FoundationCambridge · Independent All-throughPupils: 1,482
- 7237Bedford AcademyBedford · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,480
- 7349Nene Park AcademyPeterborough · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,478
- 7435Hellesdon High SchoolNorwich · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,476
- 7565The Nobel SchoolStevenage · Local authority SecondaryPupils: 1,475
- 7665Roding Valley High SchoolLoughton · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,473
- 7797Dame Alice Owen's SchoolPotters Bar · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,467
- 7811Lift ClactonClacton on Sea · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,466
- 7924Lift TendringFrinton-on-Sea · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,464
- 8067LeventhorpeSawbridgeworth · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,463
- 8143St Clere's SchoolStanford-le-Hope · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,460
- 8267Icknield High SchoolLuton · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,452
- 8389Impington Village CollegeCambridge · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,446
- 8486The Broxbourne SchoolBroxbourne · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,442
- 8573Monk's Walk SchoolWelwyn Garden City · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,440
- 8656Harris Academy OckendonSouth Ockendon · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,440
- 8720Berkhamsted SchoolBerkhamsted · Independent SecondaryPupils: 1,439
- 8819The Stockwood Park AcademyLuton · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,438
- 8973Soham Village CollegeEly · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,436
- 9039Longdean SchoolHemel Hempstead · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,436
- 9180Harris Academy Chafford HundredGrays · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,435
- 9237Haberdashers' Boys' SchoolElstree · Independent All-throughPupils: 1,429
- 9352The Sweyne Park SchoolRayleigh · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,429
- 9494Watford Grammar School for GirlsWatford · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,427
- 9586Wymondham CollegeWymondham · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,427
- 9689St Albans Girls' SchoolSt Albans · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,423
- 9769The Boswells SchoolChelmsford · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,423
- 9833Biddenham International School and Sports CollegeBedford · Local authority SecondaryPupils: 1,422
- 9991Roundwood Park SchoolHarpenden · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,421
- 10056Birchwood High SchoolBishop's Stortford · Academy SecondaryPupils: 1,417
| # | School | Sector | Pupils | Success Index (England) | Key result | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Deacon Academy Peterborough · All-through · Ages 7–19 | Academy | 2,256 | 25.3 Lower 50% | 39.1 Attainment 8 | 2,256 |
| 2 | Hinchingbrooke School Huntingdon · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 2,173 | 68.6 Top 50% | 50.3 Attainment 8 | 2,173 |
| 3 | Saffron Walden County High School Saffron Walden · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 2,157 | 89.8 Top 10% | 59.7 Attainment 8 | 2,157 |
| 4 | The King John School Benfleet · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 2,098 | 73.6 Top 25% | 49.6 Attainment 8 | 2,098 |
| 5 | Springwood High School King's Lynn · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,988 | 60.9 Top 50% | 46.9 Attainment 8 | 1,988 |
| 6 | Comberton Village College Cambridge · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,981 | 82.7 Top 25% | 55.7 Attainment 8 | 1,981 |
| 7 | Jack Hunt Academy Peterborough · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,939 | 39.4 Lower 50% | 44.2 Attainment 8 | 1,939 |
| 8 | Copleston High School Ipswich · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,930 | 59.7 Top 50% | 46.9 Attainment 8 | 1,930 |
| 9 | Philip Morant School and College Colchester · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,888 | 41.6 Lower 50% | 44.5 Attainment 8 | 1,888 |
| 10 | Clacton County High School Clacton-on-Sea · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,886 | 24.3 Lower 50% | 38.6 Attainment 8 | 1,886 |
| 11 | Kesgrave High School Ipswich · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,875 | 68.4 Top 50% | 49.7 Attainment 8 | 1,875 |
| 12 | Farlingaye High School Woodbridge · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,861 | 52.4 Top 50% | 43.8 Attainment 8 | 1,861 |
| 13 | Brentwood School Brentwood · All-through · Ages 3–19 | Independent | 1,853 | 47.1 Lower 50% | 30.8 Attainment 8 | 1,853 |
| 14 | Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form Norwich · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,830 | 68.4 Top 50% | 49.2 Attainment 8 | 1,830 |
| 15 | St Martin's School Brentwood Brentwood · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,794 | 61.1 Top 50% | 45.9 Attainment 8 | 1,794 |
| 16 | Plume School Maldon · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,789 | 42.8 Lower 50% | 42.9 Attainment 8 | 1,789 |
| 17 | Sandringham School St Albans · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,777 | 94.4 Top 5% | 65.1 Attainment 8 | 1,777 |
| 18 | The Perse School Cambridge · All-through · Ages 3–18 | Independent | 1,774 | 99.4 Top 5% | 82.9 Attainment 8 | 1,774 |
| 19 | The FitzWimarc School Rayleigh · Secondary · Ages 11–19 | Academy | 1,770 | 59.3 Top 50% | 45.2 Attainment 8 | 1,770 |
| 20 | The Beaulieu Park School Chelmsford · All-through · Ages 4–19 | Academy | 1,763 | 85.9 Top 10% | 57.1 Attainment 8 | 1,763 |
| 21 | Northgate High School Ipswich · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Local authority | 1,750 | 68.4 Top 50% | 50.6 Attainment 8 | 1,750 |
| 22 | Harris Academy Billericay Billericay · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,729 | 70.1 Top 25% | 50.0 Attainment 8 | 1,729 |
| 23 | Beaumont School St Albans · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,722 | 93.1 Top 5% | 62.6 Attainment 8 | 1,722 |
| 24 | Shoeburyness High School Southend-on-Sea · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,713 | 24.6 Lower 50% | 37.6 Attainment 8 | 1,713 |
| 25 | Sprowston Community Academy Norwich · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,702 | 49.3 Top 50% | 45.0 Attainment 8 | 1,702 |
| 26 | Queens' School Bushey · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,697 | 88.9 Top 10% | 57.5 Attainment 8 | 1,697 |
| 27 | Wymondham High Academy Wymondham · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,686 | 75.0 Top 25% | 52.6 Attainment 8 | 1,686 |
| 28 | City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy Norwich · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,685 | 64.7 Top 50% | 50.4 Attainment 8 | 1,685 |
| 29 | Sharnbrook Academy Bedford · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,684 | 74.4 Top 25% | 51.6 Attainment 8 | 1,684 |
| 30 | Arthur Mellows Village College Peterborough · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,672 | 60.8 Top 50% | 46.5 Attainment 8 | 1,672 |
| 31 | Moulsham High School Chelmsford · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,662 | 86.6 Top 10% | 58.3 Attainment 8 | 1,662 |
| 32 | Redborne Upper School and Community College Bedford · Secondary · Ages 13–18 | Academy | 1,657 | 60.9 Top 50% | 46.6 Attainment 8 | 1,657 |
| 33 | Samuel Whitbread Academy Shefford · Secondary · Ages 13–18 | Academy | 1,657 | 66.6 Top 50% | 46.7 Attainment 8 | 1,657 |
| 34 | Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College Luton · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,655 | 68.4 Top 50% | 50.0 Attainment 8 | 1,655 |
| 35 | Stanground Academy Peterborough · Secondary · Ages 11–19 | Academy | 1,654 | 47.1 Lower 50% | 46.7 Attainment 8 | 1,654 |
| 36 | The Chalk Hills Academy Luton · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,644 | 45.2 Lower 50% | 45.7 Attainment 8 | 1,644 |
| 37 | Ely College Ely · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,635 | 64.3 Top 50% | 49.7 Attainment 8 | 1,635 |
| 38 | Cambourne Village College Cambridge · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,626 | 76.8 Top 25% | 51.7 Attainment 8 | 1,626 |
| 39 | The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School Stevenage · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,620 | 86.8 Top 10% | 57.9 Attainment 8 | 1,620 |
| 40 | Queen Katharine Academy Peterborough · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,619 | 12.1 Lower 50% | 32.5 Attainment 8 | 1,619 |
| 41 | Simon Balle All-Through School Hertford · All-through · Ages 4–18 | Academy | 1,617 | 90.3 Top 10% | 55.4 Attainment 8 | 1,617 |
| 42 | Mayflower High School Billericay · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,616 | 66.0 Top 50% | 47.6 Attainment 8 | 1,616 |
| 43 | Notre Dame High School, Norwich Norwich · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,613 | 86.0 Top 10% | 61.3 Attainment 8 | 1,613 |
| 44 | Hampton College Peterborough · All-through · Ages 4–19 | Academy | 1,608 | 32.8 Lower 50% | 44.5 Attainment 8 | 1,608 |
| 45 | Lift Greensward Hockley · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,605 | 73.4 Top 25% | 49.4 Attainment 8 | 1,605 |
| 46 | Thomas Gainsborough School Sudbury · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,603 | 60.0 Top 50% | 46.1 Attainment 8 | 1,603 |
| 47 | Tring School Tring · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,599 | 75.2 Top 25% | 50.5 Attainment 8 | 1,599 |
| 48 | Harris Academy Benfleet Benfleet · Secondary · Ages 11–19 | Academy | 1,597 | 42.3 Lower 50% | 39.6 Attainment 8 | 1,597 |
| 49 | Watford Grammar School for Boys Watford · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,590 | 94.3 Top 5% | 68.9 Attainment 8 | 1,590 |
| 50 | The Gilberd School Colchester · Secondary · Ages 11–16 | Academy | 1,588 | 81.3 Top 25% | 53.4 Attainment 8 | 1,588 |
| 51 | St Clement Danes School Rickmansworth · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,585 | 95.1 Top 5% | 65.1 Attainment 8 | 1,585 |
| 52 | Samuel Ryder Academy St Albans · All-through · Ages 4–19 | Academy | 1,577 | 84.3 Top 25% | 56.5 Attainment 8 | 1,577 |
| 53 | Rickmansworth School Rickmansworth · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,575 | 90.5 Top 10% | 61.2 Attainment 8 | 1,575 |
| 54 | Goffs Academy Waltham Cross · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,574 | 66.7 Top 50% | 49.1 Attainment 8 | 1,574 |
| 55 | West Hatch High School Chigwell · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,573 | 69.7 Top 25% | 49.5 Attainment 8 | 1,573 |
| 56 | Ashlyns School Berkhamsted · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Local authority | 1,561 | 87.5 Top 10% | 57.9 Attainment 8 | 1,561 |
| 57 | Belfairs Academy Leigh-on-Sea · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,558 | 48.2 Top 50% | 45.5 Attainment 8 | 1,558 |
| 58 | Cromwell Community College Chatteris · All-through · Ages 4–18 | Academy | 1,539 | 41.2 Lower 50% | 40.8 Attainment 8 | 1,539 |
| 59 | Anglo European School Ingatestone · Secondary · Ages 11–19 | Academy | 1,533 | 84.0 Top 25% | 55.6 Attainment 8 | 1,533 |
| 60 | Shenfield High School Brentwood · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,528 | 57.0 Top 50% | 45.3 Attainment 8 | 1,528 |
| 61 | Ormiston Victory Academy Norwich · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,517 | 46.1 Lower 50% | 45.3 Attainment 8 | 1,517 |
| 62 | Vandyke Upper School Leighton Buzzard · Secondary · Ages 13–18 | Academy | 1,517 | 66.5 Top 50% | 48.2 Attainment 8 | 1,517 |
| 63 | Great Baddow High School Chelmsford · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,516 | 73.4 Top 25% | 50.0 Attainment 8 | 1,516 |
| 64 | The Chauncy School Ware · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,515 | 68.0 Top 50% | 49.5 Attainment 8 | 1,515 |
| 65 | Harris Academy Kingswood Basildon · Secondary · Ages 11–16 | Academy | 1,513 | 37.0 Lower 50% | 42.1 Attainment 8 | 1,513 |
| 66 | Thurston Community College Bury St Edmunds · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Local authority | 1,512 | 61.4 Top 50% | 46.9 Attainment 8 | 1,512 |
| 67 | The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College Bishop's Stortford · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,508 | 93.5 Top 5% | 63.6 Attainment 8 | 1,508 |
| 68 | St Peter's School Huntingdon · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,506 | 26.6 Lower 50% | 39.6 Attainment 8 | 1,506 |
| 69 | Parmiter's School Watford · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,496 | 94.2 Top 5% | 66.5 Attainment 8 | 1,496 |
| 70 | Beauchamps High School Wickford · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Local authority | 1,486 | 66.7 Top 50% | 48.1 Attainment 8 | 1,486 |
| 71 | The Stephen Perse Foundation Cambridge · All-through · Ages 2–21 | Independent | 1,482 | 57.4 Top 50% | 49.9 Attainment 8 | 1,482 |
| 72 | Bedford Academy Bedford · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,480 | 37.2 Lower 50% | 42.8 Attainment 8 | 1,480 |
| 73 | Nene Park Academy Peterborough · Secondary · Ages 11–19 | Academy | 1,478 | 48.9 Top 50% | 45.6 Attainment 8 | 1,478 |
| 74 | Hellesdon High School Norwich · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,476 | 34.8 Lower 50% | 40.3 Attainment 8 | 1,476 |
| 75 | The Nobel School Stevenage · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Local authority | 1,475 | 65.3 Top 50% | 50.2 Attainment 8 | 1,475 |
| 76 | Roding Valley High School Loughton · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,473 | 65.1 Top 50% | 47.1 Attainment 8 | 1,473 |
| 77 | Dame Alice Owen's School Potters Bar · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,467 | 97.4 Top 5% | 72.9 Attainment 8 | 1,467 |
| 78 | Lift Clacton Clacton on Sea · Secondary · Ages 11–19 | Academy | 1,466 | 10.9 Lower 50% | 30.0 Attainment 8 | 1,466 |
| 79 | Lift Tendring Frinton-on-Sea · Secondary · Ages 11–19 | Academy | 1,464 | 24.2 Lower 50% | 36.9 Attainment 8 | 1,464 |
| 80 | Leventhorpe Sawbridgeworth · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,463 | 67.4 Top 50% | 49.6 Attainment 8 | 1,463 |
| 81 | St Clere's School Stanford-le-Hope · Secondary · Ages 11–19 | Academy | 1,460 | 42.5 Lower 50% | 43.2 Attainment 8 | 1,460 |
| 82 | Icknield High School Luton · Secondary · Ages 11–16 | Academy | 1,452 | 66.6 Top 50% | 49.4 Attainment 8 | 1,452 |
| 83 | Impington Village College Cambridge · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,446 | 88.9 Top 10% | 58.6 Attainment 8 | 1,446 |
| 84 | The Broxbourne School Broxbourne · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,442 | 85.9 Top 10% | 55.4 Attainment 8 | 1,442 |
| 85 | Monk's Walk School Welwyn Garden City · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,440 | 72.8 Top 25% | 50.8 Attainment 8 | 1,440 |
| 86 | Harris Academy Ockendon South Ockendon · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,440 | 56.3 Top 50% | 47.3 Attainment 8 | 1,440 |
| 87 | Berkhamsted School Berkhamsted · Secondary · Ages 11–19 | Independent | 1,439 | 20.0 Lower 50% | 12.2 Attainment 8 | 1,439 |
| 88 | The Stockwood Park Academy Luton · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,438 | 18.6 Lower 50% | 35.9 Attainment 8 | 1,438 |
| 89 | Soham Village College Ely · Secondary · Ages 11–16 | Academy | 1,436 | 73.0 Top 25% | 51.2 Attainment 8 | 1,436 |
| 90 | Longdean School Hemel Hempstead · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,436 | 38.6 Lower 50% | 42.4 Attainment 8 | 1,436 |
| 91 | Harris Academy Chafford Hundred Grays · Secondary · Ages 11–19 | Academy | 1,435 | 79.9 Top 25% | 55.5 Attainment 8 | 1,435 |
| 92 | Haberdashers' Boys' School Elstree · All-through · Ages 4–18 | Independent | 1,429 | 36.8 Lower 50% | 41.0 Attainment 8 | 1,429 |
| 93 | The Sweyne Park School Rayleigh · Secondary · Ages 11–19 | Academy | 1,429 | 51.6 Top 50% | 44.0 Attainment 8 | 1,429 |
| 94 | Watford Grammar School for Girls Watford · Secondary · Ages 11–19 | Academy | 1,427 | 93.9 Top 5% | 68.2 Attainment 8 | 1,427 |
| 95 | Wymondham College Wymondham · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,427 | 86.4 Top 10% | 56.4 Attainment 8 | 1,427 |
| 96 | St Albans Girls' School St Albans · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,423 | 89.2 Top 10% | 58.8 Attainment 8 | 1,423 |
| 97 | The Boswells School Chelmsford · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,423 | 68.8 Top 50% | 48.4 Attainment 8 | 1,423 |
| 98 | Biddenham International School and Sports College Bedford · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Local authority | 1,422 | 33.1 Lower 50% | 42.1 Attainment 8 | 1,422 |
| 99 | Roundwood Park School Harpenden · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,421 | 90.6 Top 10% | 59.5 Attainment 8 | 1,421 |
| 100 | Birchwood High School Bishop's Stortford · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 1,417 | 56.0 Top 50% | 46.1 Attainment 8 | 1,417 |
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