City of London School

Independent secondary

National rank

17

21=

Rank last year

93.2%

A-level

A-level

A*-B

95.5%

GCSE

GCSE

9/8/7

Need to know

Head teacher Alan Bird
Gender of entry Boys
Total pupils 1,074 (10-18)
UK day fees per term* £9,462 (11-18)
Our methodology
Results

A-level 2025 rank: 33=

Grade

%

A*

37

A

37.9

B

18.3

A*/A

74.9

A*-B

93.2

GCSE 2025 rank: 14

Grade

%

9/8

84.5

7

11

9/8/7

95.5

What the school inspection says

“The school sets out to provide an academic education in an atmosphere in which individuality is valued. It aims to help pupils be happy, enabling them to become the very best version of themselves with a keen awareness of their responsibility and capacity to make a difference to society ... Pupils achieve consistently high academic standards… [and] develop their subject knowledge, skills and understanding rapidly across all areas of learning ... The pupils have excellent study skills and attitudes to their learning ... [They] demonstrate exceptional self-knowledge … [and] are highly conscious that the decisions they make will affect their academic progress and so make choices to prioritise work and avoid other temptations ... They base their values on a highly developed sense of right and wrong.” There was a non-routine inspection in 2023 and a routine inspection in 2024.
Inspection
2021

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