| GCSE: Top Independent Schools 2004 | |||
| School | Pupils | GCSE points | *Pupils 5+ |
| Perse School for Girls, Cambridge I S G | 73 | 61.5 | 100 |
| Wycombe Abbey School, High Wycombe I S G | 86 | 61.2 | 100 |
| North London Collegiate School, Edgware I S G | 101 | 61.2 | 100 |
| King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham I S G | 75 | 60.7 | 100 |
| The Lady Eleanor Holles School, Hampton I S G | 105 | 60.6 | 100 |
| The School of St Helen and St Katharine, Abingdon I S G | 77 | 60.6 | 100 |
| James Allen's Girls' School, London I S G | 111 | 59.8 | 100 |
| King Edward's School, Birmingham I S B | 124 | 59.4 | 100 |
| The Abbey School Reading, Reading I S G | 92 | 59.4 | 100 |
| Channing School, London I S G | 48 | 59.3 | 100 |
| St Mary's School Ascot, Ascot I S G | 63 | 58.7 | 100 |
| The Perse School, Cambridge I S B | 96 | 58.6 | 100 |
| Manchester High School for Girls, Manchester I S G | 100 | 58.5 | 100 |
| The King's High School for Girls, Warwick I S G | 83 | 58.4 | 100 |
| Putney High School, London I S G | 81 | 58.2 | 100 |
| Notting Hill and Ealing High School, London I S G | 80 | 58.2 | 100 |
| Wimbledon High School, London I S G | 87 | 58.1 | 100 |
| Twycross House School, Atherstone I S M | 34 | 58.1 | 100 |
| Radley College, Abingdon I S B | 127 | 58 | 100 |
| Derby High School, Derby I S M | 37 | 57.8 | 100 |
| Central Newcastle High School, Newcastle upon Tyne I S G | 96 | 57.7 | 100 |
| Bradford Girls' Grammar School, Bradford I S G | 91 | 57.6 | 100 |
| Bolton School Girls' Division, Bolton I S G | 120 | 57 | 100 |
| St Albans High School for Girls, St Albans I S G | 87 | 56.3 | 100 |
| Kingston Grammar School, Kingston Upon Thames I S M | 91 | 56.3 | 100 |
| King Edward VI School, Southampton I S M | 134 | 56.2 | 100 |
| Wolverhampton Grammar School, Wolverhampton I S M | 93 | 56.2 | 100 |
| Wakefield Girls' High School, Wakefield I S G | 102 | 56.1 | 100 |
| Latymer Upper School, London I S B | 126 | 55.9 | 100 |
| Kelly College, Tavistock I S M | 44 | 55.9 | 100 |
| Croydon High School, South Croydon I S G | 85 | 55.7 | 100 |
| Sir William Perkins's School, Chertsey I S G | 91 | 55.7 | 100 |
| Dame Alice Harpur School, Bedford I S G | 112 | 55.6 | 100 |
| Farnborough Hill, Farnborough I S G | 73 | 55.6 | 100 |
| St Edward's School, Oxford I S M | 111 | 55.6 | 100 |
| Eltham College, London I S B | 80 | 55.5 | 100 |
| Bablake School, Coventry I S M | 124 | 55.5 | 100 |
| Colstons Girls' School, Bristol I S G | 59 | 55.4 | 100 |
| Reigate Grammar School, Reigate I S M | 131 | 55.2 | 100 |
| Leicester High School for Girls, Leicester I S G | 33 | 55 | 100 |
| Reading Blue Coat School, Sonning on Thames I S B | 92 | 54.6 | 100 |
| Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle, London I S M | 55 | 54.3 | 100 |
| Bradford Grammar School, Bradford I S M | 111 | 53.7 | 100 |
| Palmers Green High School, London I S G | 31 | 53.3 | 100 |
| Holy Trinity School, Kidderminster I S G | 33 | 52.8 | 100 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne Church High School I S G | 52 | 52.6 | 100 |
| Derby Grammar School, Derby I S B | 32 | 52.4 | 100 |
| Stafford Grammar School, Stafford I S M | 49 | 52.3 | 100 |
| Hulme Grammar School for Boys, Oldham I S B | 80 | 52.1 | 100 |