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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 GCSE Eng+Maths 5+ (period 202425).

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1Westminster School
Period 202425
99.2%Independent · Boarding · 6thLondon, London
2Cheltenham Ladies' College
Period 202425
93.7%Independent · Boarding · 6thCheltenham, South West
3Ipswich School
Period 202425
91.5%Independent · Boarding · 6thIpswich, East of England
4d'Overbroeck's
Period 202425
91.3%Independent · Boarding · 6thOxford, South East
5New Hall School
Period 202425
88.1%Independent · Boarding · 6thChelmsford, East of England
6Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda
Period 202425
87.5%Independent · Boarding · 6thBlackburn, North WestGood
7Winchester College
Period 202425
84.0%Independent · Boarding · 6thWinchester, South East
8Sherfield School
Period 202425
81.8%Independent · Boarding · 6thHampshire, South East
9Thomas's College
Period 202425
80.0%Independent · Boarding · 6thRichmond, London
10Brentwood School
Period 202425
78.4%Independent · Boarding · 6thBrentwood, East of England
11Talbot Heath School
Period 202425
78.0%Independent · Boarding · 6thBournemouth, South West
12Royal Masonic School for Girls
Period 202425
75.4%Independent · Boarding · 6thRickmansworth, East of England
13St Margaret's School
Period 202425
73.3%Independent · Boarding · 6thBushey, East of England
14North London Grammar School
Period 202425
72.1%Independent · Boarding · 6thLondon, London
15West Buckland School
Period 202425
69.1%Independent · Boarding · 6thBarnstaple, South West
16Frensham Heights School
Period 202425
69.0%Independent · Boarding · 6thFarnham, South East
17Ratcliffe College
Period 202425
68.9%Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, East Midlands
18St Francis College
Period 202425
68.3%Independent · Boarding · 6thLetchworth Garden City, East of England
19St Mary's School
Period 202425
68.0%Independent · Boarding · 6thcambridge, East of England
20Trent College
Period 202425
66.7%Independent · Boarding · 6thNottingham, East Midlands
21St Joseph's College
Period 202425
65.9%Independent · Boarding · 6thIpswich, East of England
22Queen's College
Period 202425
65.3%Independent · Boarding · 6thTaunton, South West
23St Christopher School
Period 202425
64.9%Independent · Boarding · 6thLetchworth Garden City, East of England
24Read School
Period 202425
63.5%Independent · Boarding · 6thSelby, Yorkshire and the Humber
25Thornton College
Period 202425
63.0%Independent · Boarding · 6thMilton Keynes, South East
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Source: DfE / Explore Education Statistics, latest published 16-18 period (202425). Independent schools that don't submit to DfE are not represented.

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.