Brighton College is delighted to have received an unprecedented three accolades in The Sunday Times Parent Power Schools Guide: UK Boarding School of the Year 2025, Top School of the Year for A-levels 2025 and Top Academic School in South East England 2025.
The Sunday Times rankings also place Brighton College as the Top Co-Educational School in the UK.
As pupils across the country receive their A-level results this morning, we are delighted that Brighton College pupils have achieved record-breaking results, with a phenomenal 99.3% A*-B. These are the grades demanded by all the top universities in the UK and beyond. An incredible 87% of results were A*-A and almost half were A*. We are delighted that the league table released by The Times today suggests that Brighton College is the top independent school!
Fittingly for the top co-educational school in the country, our pupils achieved an astonishing 167 A* grades from our boys and 167 A* grades from our girls!
Our pupils are heading off across the world to study at their chosen universities. Whilst Cambridge remains our top destination overall for our Sixth Formers, we are delighted that our pupils are winning places at almost every one of the global top 30 universities, including Stanford, Duke, NYU and Harvard. In addition, an incredible 22 pupils are heading to medical school, ready to take their place in the NHS of the future.
These are the final set of results for Richard Cairns as he moves from his position as Head Master to Principal of all eleven Brighton College schools, so it is particularly fitting that Brighton College are in first position in England. Back in 2005 when Mr Cairns was appointed, the College was 157th. As Mr Cairns put it: “I am quietly thrilled to be passing the baton on a day of such celebration and am equally delighted that I shall remain part of the Brighton College story going forward. Exciting times lie ahead for the school and for all of our wonderful pupils celebrating today.”
Head Master, Steve Marshall-Taylor, commented: “As remarkable as these superb results are, we are equally proud of the way our leaving Upper Sixth pupils have continued to enjoy so many things beyond the classroom. And we all know that what really underpins this success is that our young people can truly be themselves, thanks to the kind and inclusive culture that underpins every minute of every day. Self-evidently, children who are happy in their own skins are children who flourish.”