The Best Private Schools in Wales Reviewed

1. Wales Independent School League Table 2018/19

*Only Welsh schools which have standardised exam results data published publicly.

GCSE Rank	A*/ A%	School	Gender	Day / Boarding	Day Fees	Boarding Fees
1	83.9	Cardiff Sixth Form College	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£21,400	£44,100
2	80.3	St John's College (Cardiff)	Co-ed	Day	£13,215	N/A
3	73.5	Howell's School Llandaff	Girls	Day	£13,779	N/A
4	73.5	St Michael's School	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£11,634	£20,634
5	70.6	Ruthin School	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£13,000	£40,500
6	67.9	Cathedral School (Llandaff)	Co-ed	Day	£13,413	N/A
7	65.5	Monmouth School for Girls	Girls	Day & Boarding	£16,275	£30,852
8	61.3	St Gerards School	Co-ed	Day	£10,500	N/A
9	55.9	Monmouth School for Boys	Boys	Day & Boarding	£16,275	£30,852
10	55.1	Rougemont School	Co-ed	Day	£12,531	N/A
11	53.2	Westbourne School Glamorgan	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£13,104	£35,850
12	50.0	Ffynone House School	Co-ed	Day	£10,329	N/A
13	43.5	St Clare’s School	Co-ed	Day	£11,352	N/A
14	42.3	Myddelton College	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£12,000	£33,000
15	41.3	Christ College	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£16,065	£22,401
16	36.1	Rydal Penrhos School	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£14,700	£28,500
17	23.0	Llandovery College	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£12,450	£21,297
18	18.6	St David's College	Co-ed	Day & Boarding	£15,390	£28,440

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3. Best Private Schools in Wales

There are 19 independent schools in Wales that publicly release exam results data.

The top performing schools academically for GCSE are (in order):

Cardiff Sixth Form College (83.9% A*/A)
St John's College (Cardiff) (80.3% A*/A)
St Michael's School (73.5% A*/A)
Howell's School Llandaff (73.5% A*/A)
Ruthin School (70.6% A*/A)

The top performing schools academically for A-Level are (in order):

Cardiff Sixth Form College (90.3% A*/A)
Ruthin School (82% A*/A)
Cardiff Academy (74% A*/A)
St Michael's School (73.5% A*/A)
St John's College (Cardiff) (62.4% A*/A)

Day places in Wales range from £3,297 to £21,400 (averaging £12,501).

Boarding places in Wales range from £20,634 to £69,325 (averaging £32,905).

4. Best Boys Schools in Wales

There is only 1 independent boys school in Wales with publicly available exam data, Monmouth School for Boys.

5. Best Girls Schools in Wales

There are 2 independent girls schools in Wales with publicly available exam data, Howell's School Llandaff and Monmouth School for Girls.

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Howell's School Llandaff
Monmouth School for Girls

6. Best Co-ed Schools in Wales

There are 16 private co-ed schools in Wales that publicly release exam results data.

The top performing private co-ed schools academically for GCSE are (in order):

Cardiff Sixth Form College (83.9% A*/A)
St John's College (Cardiff) (80.3% A*/A)
St Michael's School (73.5% A*/A)
Ruthin School (70.6% A*/A)
Cathedral School (Llandaff) (67.9% A*/A)

The top performing private co-ed schools academically for A-Level are (in order):

Cardiff Sixth Form College (90.3% A*/A)
Ruthin School (82% A*/A)
Cardiff Academy (74% A*/A)
St Michael's School (73.5% A*/A)
St John's College (Cardiff) (62.4% A*/A)

These schools offer day places with fees ranging from £10,329 to £21,400 (averaging £13,411) and fees for boarding places ranging from £20,634 to £44,100 (averaging £30,525).