A LEVEL即General Certificate of Education Advanced Level(普通教育高级证书)，是英国的国民教育课程，也是英国学生进入大学前的主要测试课程。其成绩则相当于中国的“高考”。 A Level考试成绩在全世界160多个国家得到认可。凭借A Level成绩和雅思或托福成绩，学生可以直接申请进入英国、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰这些英语国家、欧盟国家和所有英联邦国家、新加坡、香港等世界上大多数国家和地区的正规大学学习。 因此，A-Level课程被国际教育界誉为“金牌”教育课程和全球大学入学的黄金标准。

英国高中课程（A Level）有60多门课供学生选择，学生可以任意选修其中的3至4门课程。课程包括：数学、进阶数学、物理、化学、生物学、会计学、商业学、经济学、英国文学、心理学、计算机学等科目。

2011年的英国中学排名在2011年8月27号出版。


排名 学校
1 Henrietta Barnett, Hampstead Garden Suburb
2 Queen Elizabeth's, Barnet
3 Colchester Royal Grammar, Essex
4 Pate's Grammar, Cheltenham
5 St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar, Orpington
6 Wilson's, Wallington
7 Judd, Tonbridge
8 Colyton Grammar, Colyford
9 Latymer, London
10 Tiffin Girls', Kingston Upon Thames
11 Tiffin, Kingston Upon Thames
12 King Edward VI Camp Hill for Boys, Kings Heath
13 Altrincham Grammar for Girls, Bowdon
14 King Edward VI Camp Hill for Girls, Kings Heath
15 Lumen Christi Coll, Londonderry
16 Dr Challoner's High, Little Chalfont
17 Newstead Wood for Girls, Orpington
18 Reading, Berkshire
19 Kendrick Girls' Grammar, Reading
20 Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar, Kent
21 Sutton Grammar for Boys, Surrey
22 Watford Grammar for Girls, Hertfordshire
23 Nonsuch Girls' High, Cheam
24 Dr Challoner's Grammar, Amersham
25 Hockerill Anglo-European Coll, Bishops Stortford *
26 King Edward VI Grammar, Chelmsford
27 Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar for Girls, Warwickshire
28 King Edward VI Handsworth, Birmingham
29 Southend Boys' High, Westcliff-on-Sea
30 Wolverhampton Girls' High, West Midlands
31 Colchester County Girls' High, Essex
32 King Edward VI Five Ways, Bartley Green
33 Wallington County Grammar, Surrey
34 Chelmsford County Girls' High, Essex
35 Watford Grammar for Boys, Hertfordshire
36 Beaconsfield High, Buckinghamshire
37 St Michael's RC Grammar, North Finchley
38 Blue Coat, Liverpool
39 Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC, London
40 Dame Alice Owen's, Potters Bar
41 Ilford County High, Barkingside
42 Hills Road SF Coll, Cambridge
43 Royal Grammar, High Wycombe
44 Wallington Girls' High, Surrey
45 Skinners', Tunbridge Wells
46 Tonbridge Grammar, Kent *
47 South Wilts Grammar for Girls, Salisbury
48 Torquay Grammar for Girls, Devon
49 JFS, Kenton
50 Newport Girls' High, Shropshire
51 Westcliff Girls' High, Westcliff on sea
52 Altrincham Grammar for Boys, Bowdon
53 Woodford County High, Woodford Green
54 King David High, Crumpsall
55 Adams' Grammar, Newport
56 Ripon Grammar, North Yorkshire
57 Lady Margaret, London
58 Sutton Coldfield Grammar for Girls, West Midlands
59 Westcliff Boys' High, Westcliff-on-Sea
60 Lancaster Girls' Grammar, Lancashire
61 Sir Thomas Rich's, Gloucester
62 Caistor Grammar, Lincolnshire
63 St Bernard's Convent, Slough
64 Sir William Borlase's Grammar, Marlow
65 Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar, Salisbury
66 Rainey Endowed, Magherafelt
67 Mill Hill County High, London
68 Banbridge Academy Grammar, Co. Down
69 St Dominic's SF Coll, Harrow on The Hill
70 Aylesbury High, Buckinghamshire
71 St John The Baptist RC Comp, Kingfield
72 King Edward VI Aston, Birmingham
73 Collegiate Grammar, Ennskillen
74 Rugby High, Warwickshire
75 Hasmonean High, Hendon
76 Lancaster Royal Grammar, Lancashire
77 Bishop Vesey's Grammar, Sutton Coldfield
78 Invicta Grammar, Maidstone
79 Torquay Boys' Grammar, Devon *
80 Gordon's, Woking
81 London Oratory, SW6 1RX
82 Langley Grammar, Slough
83 Durham Johnston Comp, County Durham
84 Bournemouth for Girls, Dorset
85 Ermysted's Grammar, Skipton
86 Crickhowell High, Powys
87 Royal Latin, Buckingham
88 Wirral Grammar for Girls, Bebington
89 Parkstone Grammar, Poole
90 Maidstone Grammar for Girls, Kent
91 Wycombe High, High Wycombe
92 Barton Court Grammar, Canterbury *
93 Skipton Girls' High, North Yorkshire
94 Lawrence Sheriff, Rugby
95 West Kirby Grammar, Wirral
96 Mill Hill, Ripley
97 Parmiter's, Garston
98 Saffron Walden County High, Essex
99 Strathearn, Belfast
100 Chesham Grammar, Buckinghamshire
101 Royal, Dungannon
102 Coloma Convent Girls', Croydon
103 Cardinal Newman Coll, Preston
104 King Edward IV, Stratford on Avon
105 Churston Ferrers Grammar, Brixham
106 Rochester Grammar for Girls, Kent
107 Southend Girls' High, Southend-on-Sea
108 Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr, Fairwater
109 Burnham Grammar, Slough
110 Salesian, Chertsey
111 Heckmondwike Grammar, West Yorkshire
112 Portora Royal Grammar, Enniskillen
113 Clitheroe Royal Grammar, Lancashire
114 Sir Henry Floyd Grammar, Aylesbury
115 Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Faversham
116 Greenhead Coll, Huddersfield
117 Fallibroome High, Upton
118 Queen Elizabeth Grammar, Penrith
119 Wirral Grammar for Boys, Bebington
120 Brooke Weston CTC, Great Oakley
121 St George's, Harpenden
122 Queen Elizabeth's High, Gainsborough
123 St Philomena's, Carshalton
124 St Augustine's RC Coll, Trowbridge
125 Bay House, Alverstoke
126 Sale Grammar, Cheshire
127 Impington Village Coll, Cambridge *
128 King's, Peterborough
129 Bullers Wood, Logs Hill
130 King's, Grantham
131 Highworth Grammar for Girls, Ashford
132 Queen Mary's High, Walsall
133 Ashmole Academy, Southgate
134 Old Swinford Hospital, Stourbridge
135 Builth Wells High, Powys
136 Tunbridge Wells Grammar for Boys, Kent
137 Stroud High, Gloucestershire
138 St Clement Danes, Chorleywood
139 Beechen Cliff, Bath
140 Peter Symonds Coll, Winchester
141 Wilmslow High, Cheshire
142 Woodhouse Coll, Finchley
143 Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Coll, New Cross
144 Harvey Grammar, Folkestone
145 Upton Hall School FCJ, Wirral
146 Cherwell, Oxford
147 Caerleon Comp, Newport
148 Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical, Rochester
149 St Ambrose Coll, Halebarns
150 Downs, Newbury
151 Seven Kings High, Ilford
152 Fulford, Heslington Lane
153 Gwernfed High, Brecon
154 St Mary's RC High, Upper Newbold
155 Queen Katherine, Kendal
156 Balcarras, Charlton Kings
157 St Gregory's RC Science Coll, Kenton
158 Holt, Wokingham
159 George Abbot, Guildford
160 West Bridgford, Nottingham
161 Crossley Heath, Halifax
162 Sexey's, Bruton
163 Stokesley, Middlesbrough
164 Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Ashbourne
165 Highsted Grammar, Sittingbourne
166 Simon Langton Girls' Grammar, Canterbury
167 Kingsbridge Comm Coll, Devon
168 Bishop Ramsey CofE VA Secondary, Ruislip *
169 Llanidloes High, Powys
170 Ranelagh CofE, Bracknell
171 Horsforth, Leeds
172 Katharine Lady Berkeley's, Wotton-under-Edge
173 St Aidan's & St John Fisher Associated SF, Harrogate
174 St John Fisher RC High, Harrogate
175 St Joseph's Coll, London
176 John Henry Newman RC, Stevenage
177 Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Alford
178 Cardiff High, Llandennis Road
179 Farlingaye High, Woodbridge
180 Townley Grammar for Girls, Bexleyheath
181 Bishop's Stortford High, Hertfordshire
182 Becket, Wilford Lane
183 Sacred Heart of Mary Girls', Upminster
184 Silverdale, Sheffield
185 Finchley RC High, London
186 Poole Grammar, Dorset
187 Ilkley Grammar, West Yorkshire
188 Hardenhuish, Chippenham
189 Carmel Coll, St Helens
190 King Edward VI, Morpeth
191 Holy Cross Coll, Bury
192 North Halifax Grammar, Illingworth
193 Audenshaw, Manchester
194 St Leonard's RC VA Comp, Durham
195 Ralph Allen, Combe Down
196 South Hunsley, Melton
197 Stretford Grammar, Manchester
198 Coopers' Company and Coborn, Upminster
199 Heathside, Weybridge
200 Castle, Thornbury