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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
1Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda53.9 composite
Ofsted13.9
Att818.4
EM5+21.6
Independent · Boarding · 6thBlackburn, North WestGood
2Stonyhurst College41.8 composite
Ofsted18.0
AAB%4.4
VA13.5
Att85.9
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North West
3The Hammond36.0 composite
Ofsted15.6
VA7.9
Att87.4
EM5+5.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thChester, North West
4Abrar Academy35.4 composite
Ofsted6.2
Att813.8
EM5+15.4
Independent · Boarding · 6thPreston, North West
5Sedbergh School34.7 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%2.2
VA13.5
Att85.6
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thSedbergh (La10 5hg), North West
6Chetham's School of Music33.8 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%2.6
VA9.3
Att88.5
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North West
7Kirkham Grammar School33.7 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%2.5
VA9.1
Att88.5
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thPreston, North West
8Rossall School33.3 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%3.7
VA12.3
Att83.8
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thFleetwood, North West
9Windermere School33.3 composite
Ofsted15.6
VA11.8
Att85.9
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thThe Lake District, North West
10Lime House School31.3 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%1.8
VA8.2
Att85.4
EM5+2.4
Independent · Boarding · 6thCarlisle, North West
11Abbey College Manchester10.3 composite
AAB%1.7
VA7.4
Att81.2
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North West

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.