South East academies & free schools league table 2025: top 100
State-funded schools run by academy trusts. Ranked by the Success Index (England) from official English data; 100 schools shown.
- 1100Polehampton Church of England Infant and Nursery SchoolReading · Academy Primary– · 148 students
- 2100South Farnham SchoolFarnham · Academy Primary100% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 845 students
- 3100Puttenham CofE Infant SchoolGuildford · Academy Primary– · 82 students
- 4100St Nicolas' Church of England Infant SchoolGuildford · Academy Primary– · 81 students
- 5100The Raleigh SchoolLeatherhead · Academy Primary100% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 434 students
- 699Busbridge Infant SchoolGodalming · Academy Primary– · 172 students
- 799Holmesdale Community Infant SchoolReigate · Academy Primary– · 264 students
- 899Reading SchoolReading · Academy Secondary83.0 Attainment 8 · 1,138 students
- 999Tonbridge Grammar SchoolTonbridge · Academy Secondary77.2 Attainment 8 · 1,150 students
- 1099Lowbrook AcademyMaidenhead · Academy Primary100% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 327 students
- 1199Cuddington Croft Primary School and NurserySutton · Academy Primary94% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 472 students
- 1299Ightham Primary SchoolSevenoaks · Academy Primary– · 206 students
- 1399Dr Challoner's High SchoolAmersham · Academy Secondary79.1 Attainment 8 · 1,391 students
- 1499Ickford SchoolAylesbury · Academy Primary100% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 138 students
- 1599The Hawthorns Primary SchoolWokingham · Academy Primary– · 423 students
- 1699Oaklands Infant SchoolCrowthorne · Academy Primary– · 176 students
- 1798St Francis Catholic Primary School, South AscotAscot · Academy Primary97% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 210 students
- 1898St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and NurseryMaidenhead · Academy Primary92% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 485 students
- 1998St Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Primary SchoolWoking · Academy Primary90% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 216 students
- 2098Beaconsfield High SchoolBeaconsfield · Academy Secondary75.9 Attainment 8 · 1,283 students
- 2198Dartford Grammar SchoolDartford · Academy Secondary79.9 Attainment 8 · 1,576 students
- 2298Dr Challoner's Grammar SchoolAmersham · Academy Secondary73.9 Attainment 8 · 1,384 students
- 2398The Mead Infant and Nursery SchoolEpsom · Academy Primary– · 292 students
- 2498Chesham Grammar SchoolChesham · Academy Secondary74.0 Attainment 8 · 1,331 students
- 2598Langley Grammar SchoolLangley · Academy Secondary77.6 Attainment 8 · 1,284 students
- 2698The Royal Grammar School, High WycombeHigh Wycombe · Academy Secondary73.9 Attainment 8 · 1,451 students
- 2798St Andrew's Catholic SchoolLeatherhead · Academy Secondary6.4% Free school meals · 1,594 students
- 2897Royal Latin SchoolBuckingham · Academy Secondary73.5 Attainment 8 · 1,326 students
- 2997Sir William Borlase's Grammar SchoolMarlow · Academy Secondary72.4 Attainment 8 · 1,222 students
- 3097Sonning Church of England Primary SchoolReading · Academy Primary93% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 210 students
- 3197Valley End CofE Infant SchoolWoking · Academy Primary– · 163 students
- 3297Kendrick SchoolReading · Academy Secondary84.0 Attainment 8 · 939 students
- 3397Aylesbury High SchoolAylesbury · Academy Secondary74.3 Attainment 8 · 1,368 students
- 3497St Philip's Catholic Primary SchoolArundel · Academy Primary– · 209 students
- 3597Middleton Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · Academy Primary92% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 629 students
- 3697Upton Court Grammar SchoolSlough · Academy Secondary79.9 Attainment 8 · 1,155 students
- 3797West Dean CofE Primary SchoolChichester · Academy Primary– · 102 students
- 3897Willow Bank Infant SchoolReading · Academy Primary– · 152 students
- 3997St Martin's Church of England Infant SchoolEpsom · Academy Primary– · 247 students
- 4097Alder Grove Church of England Primary SchoolShinfield · Academy Primary– · 404 students
- 4197Herschel Grammar SchoolSlough · Academy Secondary75.8 Attainment 8 · 1,062 students
- 4297Sires Hill Primary AcademyDidcot · Academy Primary– · 117 students
- 4397John Hampden Grammar SchoolHigh Wycombe · Academy Secondary72.3 Attainment 8 · 1,281 students
- 4497Our Lady of the Rosary Primary SchoolStaines · Academy Primary89% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 236 students
- 4596Southwater Infant AcademyHorsham · Academy Primary– · 230 students
- 4696Wallace Fields Infant School and NurseryEpsom · Academy Primary– · 237 students
- 4796The Skinners' SchoolTunbridge Wells · Academy Secondary70.8 Attainment 8 · 1,149 students
- 4896Aylesbury Grammar SchoolAylesbury · Academy Secondary74.5 Attainment 8 · 1,346 students
- 4996Sir Henry Floyd Grammar SchoolAylesbury · Academy Secondary73.2 Attainment 8 · 1,353 students
- 5096Invicta Grammar SchoolMaidstone · Academy Secondary70.8 Attainment 8 · 1,670 students
- 5196Seer Green Church of England SchoolBeaconsfield · Academy Primary87% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 216 students
- 5296St Mary's Church of England Primary School, East GrinsteadEast Grinstead · Academy Primary– · 199 students
- 5396Wycombe High SchoolHigh Wycombe · Academy Secondary73.9 Attainment 8 · 1,371 students
- 5496Warren Mead Infant SchoolBanstead · Academy Primary– · 200 students
- 5596Burchetts Green CofE Infants' SchoolMaidenhead · Academy Primary– · 64 students
- 5696The Horsell Village SchoolWoking · Academy Primary– · 258 students
- 5796Weald of Kent Grammar SchoolTonbridge · Academy Secondary70.0 Attainment 8 · 1,913 students
- 5895Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary SchoolHersham · Academy Primary90% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 412 students
- 5995St Clement's Catholic Primary SchoolEpsom · Academy Primary– · 205 students
- 6095St Michael's Church of England Primary School, SandhurstSandhurst · Academy Primary90% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 199 students
- 6195The Rochester Grammar SchoolRochester · Academy Secondary68.4 Attainment 8 · 1,206 students
- 6295Priory Rise SchoolMilton Keynes · Academy Primary89% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 674 students
- 6395Cranbrook SchoolCranbrook · Academy Secondary66.9 Attainment 8 · 958 students
- 6495Highworth Grammar SchoolAshford · Academy Secondary70.8 Attainment 8 · 1,553 students
- 6595St Peter's Church of England Primary School, CassingtonWitney · Academy Primary92% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 89 students
- 6695Weydon SchoolFarnham · Academy Secondary63.5 Attainment 8 · 1,666 students
- 6795Radstock Primary SchoolReading · Academy Primary– · 341 students
- 6895Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical SchoolRochester · Academy Secondary69.5 Attainment 8 · 1,555 students
- 6995St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolLeatherhead · Academy Primary– · 433 students
- 7095The Holt SchoolWokingham · Academy Secondary63.7 Attainment 8 · 1,468 students
- 7194Leigh Academy HartleyLongfield · Academy Primary90% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 445 students
- 7294Hawkedon Primary SchoolReading · Academy Primary86% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 596 students
- 7394Salesian School, ChertseyChertsey · Academy Secondary64.9 Attainment 8 · 1,884 students
- 7494St Peter's Catholic SchoolGuildford · Academy Secondary63.6 Attainment 8 · 1,360 students
- 7594Gordon's SchoolWoking · Academy Secondary63.6 Attainment 8 · 988 students
- 7694St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, SevenoaksSevenoaks · Academy Primary89% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 213 students
- 7794All Saints Junior SchoolReading · Academy Primary100% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 99 students
- 7894Oakwood Park Grammar SchoolMaidstone · Academy Secondary68.9 Attainment 8 · 1,100 students
- 7994Great Kimble Church of England SchoolAylesbury · Academy Primary100% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 100 students
- 8094Burnham Grammar SchoolSlough · Academy Secondary70.1 Attainment 8 · 1,262 students
- 8194Crawley Ridge Infant SchoolCamberley · Academy Primary– · 206 students
- 8294Graven Hill Primary SchoolAmbrosden · Academy Primary– · 147 students
- 8394St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolAldershot · Academy Primary88% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 487 students
- 8493Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary SchoolMaidstone · Academy Primary83% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 437 students
- 8593Chiddingstone Church of England SchoolEdenbridge · Academy Primary87% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 209 students
- 8693Rosebery SchoolEpsom · Academy Secondary63.5 Attainment 8 · 1,514 students
- 8793St Edmund's Catholic Primary SchoolGodalming · Academy Primary83% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 216 students
- 8893Gillotts SchoolHenley-on-Thames · Academy Secondary61.3 Attainment 8 · 934 students
- 8993Thornden SchoolEastleigh · Academy Secondary59.9 Attainment 8 · 1,440 students
- 9093Lightwater Village Infant School and NurseryLightwater · Academy Primary– · 199 students
- 9193Wescott Infant SchoolWokingham · Academy Primary– · 116 students
- 9293Sheldwich Primary SchoolFaversham · Academy Primary88% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 246 students
- 9393Cuxton Community Infant SchoolRochester · Academy Primary– · 257 students
- 9493Ebbsfleet Green Primary SchoolSwanscombe · Academy Primary97% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 451 students
- 9593Hinchley Wood SchoolEsher · Academy Secondary64.5 Attainment 8 · 1,422 students
- 9693Byfleet Primary SchoolWest Byfleet · Academy Primary87% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 175 students
- 9793Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings HillWest Malling · Academy Primary90% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 226 students
- 9892Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SchoolFaversham · Academy Secondary65.1 Attainment 8 · 1,156 students
- 9992Gravesend Grammar SchoolGravesend · Academy Secondary65.3 Attainment 8 · 1,495 students
- 10092Hillside Primary SchoolReading · Academy Primary– · 450 students
| # | School | Sector | Success Index (England) | Key result | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polehampton Church of England Infant and Nursery School Reading · Primary · Ages 4–7 | Academy | 99.8 Top 5% | – | 148 |
| 2 | South Farnham School Farnham · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 99.7 Top 5% | 100% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 845 |
| 3 | Puttenham CofE Infant School Guildford · Primary · Ages 5–7 | Academy | 99.6 Top 5% | – | 82 |
| 4 | St Nicolas' Church of England Infant School Guildford · Primary · Ages 5–7 | Academy | 99.6 Top 5% | – | 81 |
| 5 | The Raleigh School Leatherhead · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 99.6 Top 5% | 100% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 434 |
| 6 | Busbridge Infant School Godalming · Primary · Ages 2–7 | Academy | 99.4 Top 5% | – | 172 |
| 7 | Holmesdale Community Infant School Reigate · Primary · Ages 3–7 | Academy | 99.2 Top 5% | – | 264 |
| 8 | Reading School Reading · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 99.2 Top 5% | 83.0 Attainment 8 | 1,138 |
| 9 | Tonbridge Grammar School Tonbridge · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 99.1 Top 5% | 77.2 Attainment 8 | 1,150 |
| 10 | Lowbrook Academy Maidenhead · Primary · Ages 5–11 | Academy | 99.0 Top 5% | 100% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 327 |
| 11 | Cuddington Croft Primary School and Nursery Sutton · Primary · Ages 3–11 | Academy | 98.9 Top 5% | 94% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 472 |
| 12 | Ightham Primary School Sevenoaks · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 98.9 Top 5% | – | 206 |
| 13 | Dr Challoner's High School Amersham · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 98.7 Top 5% | 79.1 Attainment 8 | 1,391 |
| 14 | Ickford School Aylesbury · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 98.7 Top 5% | 100% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 138 |
| 15 | The Hawthorns Primary School Wokingham · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 98.7 Top 5% | – | 423 |
| 16 | Oaklands Infant School Crowthorne · Primary · Ages 4–7 | Academy | 98.5 Top 5% | – | 176 |
| 17 | St Francis Catholic Primary School, South Ascot Ascot · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 98.4 Top 5% | 97% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 210 |
| 18 | St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery Maidenhead · Primary · Ages 3–11 | Academy | 98.3 Top 5% | 92% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 485 |
| 19 | St Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Primary School Woking · Primary · Ages 5–11 | Academy | 98.3 Top 5% | 90% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 216 |
| 20 | Beaconsfield High School Beaconsfield · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 98.1 Top 5% | 75.9 Attainment 8 | 1,283 |
| 21 | Dartford Grammar School Dartford · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 98.1 Top 5% | 79.9 Attainment 8 | 1,576 |
| 22 | Dr Challoner's Grammar School Amersham · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 98.1 Top 5% | 73.9 Attainment 8 | 1,384 |
| 23 | The Mead Infant and Nursery School Epsom · Primary · Ages 3–7 | Academy | 98.1 Top 5% | – | 292 |
| 24 | Chesham Grammar School Chesham · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 97.9 Top 5% | 74.0 Attainment 8 | 1,331 |
| 25 | Langley Grammar School Langley · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 97.9 Top 5% | 77.6 Attainment 8 | 1,284 |
| 26 | The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe High Wycombe · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 97.6 Top 5% | 73.9 Attainment 8 | 1,451 |
| 27 | St Andrew's Catholic School Leatherhead · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 97.5 Top 5% | 6.4% Free school meals | 1,594 |
| 28 | Royal Latin School Buckingham · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 97.4 Top 5% | 73.5 Attainment 8 | 1,326 |
| 29 | Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Marlow · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 97.4 Top 5% | 72.4 Attainment 8 | 1,222 |
| 30 | Sonning Church of England Primary School Reading · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 97.4 Top 5% | 93% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 210 |
| 31 | Valley End CofE Infant School Woking · Primary · Ages 5–7 | Academy | 97.4 Top 5% | – | 163 |
| 32 | Kendrick School Reading · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 97.3 Top 5% | 84.0 Attainment 8 | 939 |
| 33 | Aylesbury High School Aylesbury · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 97.2 Top 5% | 74.3 Attainment 8 | 1,368 |
| 34 | St Philip's Catholic Primary School Arundel · Primary · Ages 5–11 | Academy | 97.2 Top 5% | – | 209 |
| 35 | Middleton Primary School Milton Keynes · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 97.1 Top 5% | 92% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 629 |
| 36 | Upton Court Grammar School Slough · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 97.0 Top 5% | 79.9 Attainment 8 | 1,155 |
| 37 | West Dean CofE Primary School Chichester · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 97.0 Top 5% | – | 102 |
| 38 | Willow Bank Infant School Reading · Primary · Ages 5–7 | Academy | 97.0 Top 5% | – | 152 |
| 39 | St Martin's Church of England Infant School Epsom · Primary · Ages 5–7 | Academy | 96.9 Top 5% | – | 247 |
| 40 | Alder Grove Church of England Primary School Shinfield · Primary · Ages 3–11 | Academy | 96.7 Top 5% | – | 404 |
| 41 | Herschel Grammar School Slough · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 96.7 Top 5% | 75.8 Attainment 8 | 1,062 |
| 42 | Sires Hill Primary Academy Didcot · Primary · Ages 2–11 | Academy | 96.7 Top 5% | – | 117 |
| 43 | John Hampden Grammar School High Wycombe · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 96.6 Top 5% | 72.3 Attainment 8 | 1,281 |
| 44 | Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School Staines · Primary · Ages 2–11 | Academy | 96.6 Top 5% | 89% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 236 |
| 45 | Southwater Infant Academy Horsham · Primary · Ages 5–7 | Academy | 96.3 Top 5% | – | 230 |
| 46 | Wallace Fields Infant School and Nursery Epsom · Primary · Ages 2–7 | Academy | 96.3 Top 5% | – | 237 |
| 47 | The Skinners' School Tunbridge Wells · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 96.2 Top 5% | 70.8 Attainment 8 | 1,149 |
| 48 | Aylesbury Grammar School Aylesbury · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 96.1 Top 5% | 74.5 Attainment 8 | 1,346 |
| 49 | Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School Aylesbury · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 96.1 Top 5% | 73.2 Attainment 8 | 1,353 |
| 50 | Invicta Grammar School Maidstone · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 95.9 Top 5% | 70.8 Attainment 8 | 1,670 |
| 51 | Seer Green Church of England School Beaconsfield · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 95.9 Top 5% | 87% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 216 |
| 52 | St Mary's Church of England Primary School, East Grinstead East Grinstead · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 95.9 Top 5% | – | 199 |
| 53 | Wycombe High School High Wycombe · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 95.9 Top 5% | 73.9 Attainment 8 | 1,371 |
| 54 | Warren Mead Infant School Banstead · Primary · Ages 2–7 | Academy | 95.8 Top 5% | – | 200 |
| 55 | Burchetts Green CofE Infants' School Maidenhead · Primary · Ages 4–7 | Academy | 95.6 Top 5% | – | 64 |
| 56 | The Horsell Village School Woking · Primary · Ages 4–7 | Academy | 95.6 Top 5% | – | 258 |
| 57 | Weald of Kent Grammar School Tonbridge · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 95.5 Top 5% | 70.0 Attainment 8 | 1,913 |
| 58 | Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School Hersham · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 95.4 Top 5% | 90% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 412 |
| 59 | St Clement's Catholic Primary School Epsom · Primary · Ages 5–11 | Academy | 95.3 Top 5% | – | 205 |
| 60 | St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Sandhurst Sandhurst · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 95.3 Top 5% | 90% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 199 |
| 61 | The Rochester Grammar School Rochester · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 95.2 Top 5% | 68.4 Attainment 8 | 1,206 |
| 62 | Priory Rise School Milton Keynes · Primary · Ages 3–11 | Academy | 94.9 Top 5% | 89% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 674 |
| 63 | Cranbrook School Cranbrook · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 94.8 Top 5% | 66.9 Attainment 8 | 958 |
| 64 | Highworth Grammar School Ashford · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 94.7 Top 5% | 70.8 Attainment 8 | 1,553 |
| 65 | St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Cassington Witney · Primary · Ages 3–11 | Academy | 94.7 Top 5% | 92% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 89 |
| 66 | Weydon School Farnham · Secondary · Ages 11–16 | Academy | 94.7 Top 5% | 63.5 Attainment 8 | 1,666 |
| 67 | Radstock Primary School Reading · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 94.5 Top 5% | – | 341 |
| 68 | Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School Rochester · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 94.5 Top 5% | 69.5 Attainment 8 | 1,555 |
| 69 | St Peter's Catholic Primary School Leatherhead · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 94.5 Top 5% | – | 433 |
| 70 | The Holt School Wokingham · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 94.5 Top 5% | 63.7 Attainment 8 | 1,468 |
| 71 | Leigh Academy Hartley Longfield · Primary · Ages 3–11 | Academy | 94.3 Top 5% | 90% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 445 |
| 72 | Hawkedon Primary School Reading · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 94.2 Top 5% | 86% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 596 |
| 73 | Salesian School, Chertsey Chertsey · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 94.2 Top 5% | 64.9 Attainment 8 | 1,884 |
| 74 | St Peter's Catholic School Guildford · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 94.0 Top 5% | 63.6 Attainment 8 | 1,360 |
| 75 | Gordon's School Woking · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 93.9 Top 5% | 63.6 Attainment 8 | 988 |
| 76 | St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks Sevenoaks · Primary · Ages 3–11 | Academy | 93.9 Top 5% | 89% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 213 |
| 77 | All Saints Junior School Reading · Primary · Ages 7–11 | Academy | 93.8 Top 5% | 100% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 99 |
| 78 | Oakwood Park Grammar School Maidstone · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 93.7 Top 5% | 68.9 Attainment 8 | 1,100 |
| 79 | Great Kimble Church of England School Aylesbury · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 93.6 Top 5% | 100% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 100 |
| 80 | Burnham Grammar School Slough · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 93.5 Top 5% | 70.1 Attainment 8 | 1,262 |
| 81 | Crawley Ridge Infant School Camberley · Primary · Ages 2–7 | Academy | 93.5 Top 5% | – | 206 |
| 82 | Graven Hill Primary School Ambrosden · Primary · Ages 2–11 | Academy | 93.5 Top 5% | – | 147 |
| 83 | St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Aldershot · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 93.5 Top 5% | 88% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 487 |
| 84 | Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School Maidstone · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 93.4 Top 5% | 83% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 437 |
| 85 | Chiddingstone Church of England School Edenbridge · Primary · Ages 5–11 | Academy | 93.3 Top 5% | 87% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 209 |
| 86 | Rosebery School Epsom · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 93.2 Top 5% | 63.5 Attainment 8 | 1,514 |
| 87 | St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Godalming · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 93.2 Top 5% | 83% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 216 |
| 88 | Gillotts School Henley-on-Thames · Secondary · Ages 11–16 | Academy | 93.1 Top 5% | 61.3 Attainment 8 | 934 |
| 89 | Thornden School Eastleigh · Secondary · Ages 11–16 | Academy | 93.1 Top 5% | 59.9 Attainment 8 | 1,440 |
| 90 | Lightwater Village Infant School and Nursery Lightwater · Primary · Ages 2–7 | Academy | 93.0 Top 5% | – | 199 |
| 91 | Wescott Infant School Wokingham · Primary · Ages 5–7 | Academy | 93.0 Top 5% | – | 116 |
| 92 | Sheldwich Primary School Faversham · Primary · Ages 2–11 | Academy | 92.9 Top 5% | 88% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 246 |
| 93 | Cuxton Community Infant School Rochester · Primary · Ages 2–7 | Academy | 92.7 Top 5% | – | 257 |
| 94 | Ebbsfleet Green Primary School Swanscombe · Primary · Ages 3–11 | Academy | 92.7 Top 5% | 97% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 451 |
| 95 | Hinchley Wood School Esher · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 92.7 Top 5% | 64.5 Attainment 8 | 1,422 |
| 96 | Byfleet Primary School West Byfleet · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 92.6 Top 5% | 87% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 175 |
| 97 | Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings Hill West Malling · Primary · Ages 4–11 | Academy | 92.6 Top 5% | 90% KS2 expected standard (RWM) | 226 |
| 98 | Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Faversham · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 92.4 Top 5% | 65.1 Attainment 8 | 1,156 |
| 99 | Gravesend Grammar School Gravesend · Secondary · Ages 11–18 | Academy | 92.3 Top 10% | 65.3 Attainment 8 | 1,495 |
| 100 | Hillside Primary School Reading · Primary · Ages 2–11 | Academy | 91.9 Top 5% | – | 450 |
Polehampton Church of England Infant and Nursery School in Reading leads the 2025 list of academies & free schools in South East with a Success Index (England) of 99.8. Of the 100 schools shown, 100 are academy.
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Polehampton Church of England Infant and Nursery School in Reading ranks first among academies & free schools in South East with a Success Index (England) of 99.8 out of 100 (Pupils on roll: 148).
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Each school's Success Index (England) combines 9 factors: ks2: reading, writing & maths expected standard (35%), ks2: higher standard (20%), ks2: reading progress (10%), ks2: maths progress (10%), progress 8 (20%), attainment 8 (30%), grade 5+ in english & maths (15%), a level points per entry (10%), community advantage (fewer pupils on free school meals) (15%). Each factor is a percentile against schools of the same type across England. Schools with fewer than 60 students are excluded from rankings.
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