In total, 117 Nobel laureates are affiliated with the university and Cambridge-affiliated mathematicians have won 11 Fields medals.Getting an undergraduate place at the university is extremely competitive; the acceptance rate is less than 25 per cent and more than half of rejected candidates have received A grades for all of their final school exams.Undergraduates are taught via lectures and supervisions – intimate tutorials with only a couple of other students at most. The private and state secondary schools are rated on the 2019 examination results in the Sunday Times. The Sunday Times’ analysis shows that of the Boys’ grammar Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet tops the list followed by girls’ grammar The Henrietta Barnett School in Hampstead Garden Suburb with Wilson’s School Wallington in Sutton in the third spot. For help and advice on choosing and applying to any of these schools please contact us or complete an Enquiry Form. The combination of philosophy, politics and economics is a particularly prestigious degree course on offer, although it is no longer unique to the University of Oxford.Undergraduates and postgraduates belong to a college and often live in the college building or college-owned accommodation. A 4 under the new system equates to an old Grade C.Pupils at Wilson's School in Wallington, Sutton, have a 94.7 per cent chance of getting grades A* to B or Attainment 9 to 7. Tougher still was Henrietta Barnett which has 2000 applicants for 100 places.Getting into these schools is only set to get tougher in 2019 as parents look at how well they are performing in the league tables. Find out more Find the best UK schools with The Sunday Times Parent Power 2020 guide. Profit Track 100 league table . The school been ranked the top secondary school in the country for the second year running and boasts a staggering 90.8 per cent of its pupils have achieved A* to A or Attainment 7 to 9 in their GCSEs.Nearly 90 per cent of all pupils in the top ten state and private secondary schools achieved A* to B in their A levels, according to new figures published by the Times (file image)The private and state secondary schools are rated on the 2019 examination results in the And of the best 150 state schools, 38 are in the south-east and only 38 in north-east. There are 121 grammar schools, nine partially selective and only 20 comprehensive schools St Paul's Girls' School (pictured) has topped the Sunday Times best private secondary school list for the second year runningA child's 'Attainment 8' is based on their average grades across their eight school subjects.
Our league tables have become very well-known and are relied on by many parents, schools and education professionals in the UK and internationally. There was only a 0.3 difference in A-level and GCSE results.In third place is Brighton College, followed by King's College School in London, Wycombe Abbey School in the fifth spot and Magdalen College School in Oxford thereafter. Nearly 86 per cent of their pupils got grades A to A* or Attainment 7 to 9 in their GCSE exams.Meanwhile the Times league table for the private school sector shows a momentous 99.6 per cent of children at St Paul's Girls School in London achieved Attainment 7 to 9 or A* to A.Appearing to step up their game, Godolphin and Latymer School in London has leaped from number 6 to second place with figures showing 96.7 per cent hit the top grades at A-level. If you want to study in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, which universities should you consider?This UK university league table reveals the 100 best UK universities and colleges, according to the trusted Three universities in Scotland appear in the top 25: the For students looking to study in Northern Ireland, the best university in the ranking is Of the 100 top universities in the UK, about 20 are in London, including well-known institutions such as One of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the world, the As is common in the UK, the university offers a number of joint honours programmes that combine two subjects at undergraduate level. In Northern Ireland, the highest ranked school is St Dominic’s Grammar School for Girls (ranked 23).Perhaps not surprisingly, 10 of the 20 highest achieving independent schools in the UK were in London.Indeed the top three all remain unchanged from last year.Top independent schools outside of the capital includeWhile obviously, these league tables are only part of the picture, inevitably they are bound to put even more pressure on certain, ‘high performing’ schools. The home of The Times and Sunday Times newspaper. In total, there are 250 undergraduate degree combinations. How to use the tables The University of Oxford is top in a list of the best universities in the UK, which includes institutions in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern IrelandWhat are the top universities in the UK?