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Secondary · Independent (中学私立)

ISC-tier fee-paying secondary schools (HMC / GSA / IAPS members) with senior-school age range (≥16). Default order: continuous prestige score = manual tier (Clarendon Nine / HMC flagships) + DfE A-Level + GCSE + pupil count + boarding + destination signal. All 506 ISC schools ranked on one transparent scale. Click 'A-Level AAB %' for pure academic-merit. Excludes embassy / small religious / SEN micro-schools. Currently sorted by Composite score (period 202425). Composite = weighted Ofsted/ISI + A-Level + GCSE + KS2 + prep-destination signals.

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#SchoolComposite scoreTypeRegionOfsted
1Cheltenham Ladies' College66.8 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%10.8
VA10.0
Att815.6
EM5+16.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thCheltenham, South West
2Winchester College64.2 composite
Ofsted18.0
AAB%12.3
VA10.6
Att88.1
EM5+15.1
Independent · Boarding · 6thWinchester, South East
3Westminster School63.3 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%12.6
VA9.6
Att89.7
EM5+17.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thLondon, London
4New Hall School59.1 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%5.2
VA10.4
Att814.1
EM5+15.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thChelmsford, East of England
5Ipswich School57.4 composite
AAB%7.9
VA14.8
Att815.7
EM5+19.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thIpswich, East of England
6St Francis College56.2 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%8.2
VA10.8
Att811.4
EM5+12.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thLetchworth Garden City, East of England
7Thomas's College55.9 composite
Ofsted18.5
Att817.7
EM5+19.7
Independent · Boarding · 6thRichmond, London
8Royal Masonic School for Girls54.3 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%2.9
VA11.1
Att813.2
EM5+13.6
Independent · Boarding · 6thRickmansworth, East of England
9Talbot Heath School54.2 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%4.2
VA10.2
Att812.3
EM5+14.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thBournemouth, South West
10d'Overbroeck's54.0 composite
AAB%6.8
VA13.2
Att814.9
EM5+18.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thOxford, South East
11Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda53.9 composite
Ofsted13.9
Att818.4
EM5+21.6
Independent · Boarding · 6thBlackburn, North WestGood
12Ratcliffe College53.4 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%5.5
VA12.0
Att810.1
EM5+12.4
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, East Midlands
13Thornton College53.2 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%5.6
VA10.3
Att812.4
EM5+11.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thMilton Keynes, South East
14West Buckland School52.6 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%5.1
VA10.7
Att810.8
EM5+12.4
Independent · Boarding · 6thBarnstaple, South West
15Sherfield School52.1 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%0.0
VA10.7
Att813.3
EM5+14.7
Independent · Boarding · 6thHampshire, South East
16North London Grammar School51.5 composite
Ofsted18.5
Att815.2
EM5+17.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thLondon, London
17Brentwood School51.0 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%3.5
VA13.7
Att86.2
EM5+14.1
Independent · Boarding · 6thBrentwood, East of England
18Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge50.6 composite
AAB%25.1
VA25.4
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, East of England
19Cundall Manor School50.2 composite
Ofsted18.5
Att816.6
EM5+15.1
Independent · BoardingUnknown, Yorkshire and the Humber
20Holmwood House School50.0 composite
Ofsted50.0
Independent · BoardingColchester, East of England
21Ashville College49.7 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%5.1
VA12.3
Att89.9
EM5+8.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thHarrogate, Yorkshire and the Humber
22Adcote School for Girls49.2 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%7.7
VA10.8
Att810.3
EM5+6.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thShrewsbury, West Midlands
23St Christopher School49.1 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%2.1
VA10.2
Att811.7
EM5+11.7
Independent · Boarding · 6thLetchworth Garden City, East of England
24Brighton College48.3 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%12.7
VA10.5
Att811.6
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thBrighton, South East
25Frensham Heights School47.8 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%1.7
VA11.0
Att89.2
EM5+12.4
Independent · Boarding · 6thFarnham, South East
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Source: GIAS school register + Ofsted Management Information — open licence, weekly refresh.

Composite caveats: Independent schools mostly don't submit to DfE EES, so they appear with low completeness scores (or not at all in the composite ranking). The composite mixes A-Level (Y13) and GCSE (Y11) signals — schools without a sixth form get a small completeness penalty even though it isn't a quality issue. For Independent senior schools, the destination-edge rankings (Oxford / Cambridge feeders) are usually more meaningful than this score.

Note on Independent schools: most are inspected by ISI, not Ofsted, so the Ofsted column is empty for many entries. ISI bulk data is not publicly available — sorting by A-Level metrics gives a more meaningful order for this slice.