King’s College School in Wimbledon has earned the title of The Sunday Times London Independent Secondary School of the Year - after scoring the best sixth form results in London.

Pupils at the school, on Southside, Wimbledon Common, gained a staggering 97.8 per cent of A*, A or B grades this year.

Head teacher Andrew Halls said: “King’s is more of a community than a school. If we are at all successful it is down to the positive energy between pupils, teachers, support staff and parents."

The school is listed in the The Sunday Times School Guide 2018, which includes the 2,000 highest- achieving schools in the UK, ranked by their recent examination results.

Alastair McCall, editor of Parent Power, said: “KCS is the embodiment of everything you could want in a school.

“A-levels were reintroduced very recently and with only the third cohort of A-level leavers this year, KCS demonstrated its ability once again to excel in whatever sphere to which it turns its attention.”