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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.

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#SchoolOfstedTypeRegionOfsted
1The King's School1,139 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thChester, North West
ISI · Good
2Bury Grammar Schools1,278 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thBury, North West
ISI · Good
3Cheadle Hulme School1,528 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thCheadle, North West
ISI · Good
4AKS Lytham792 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thLytham St Annes, North West
ISI · Good
5Birkenhead School955 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thPrenton, North West
ISI · Good
6The Grange School1,204 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thNorthwich, North West
ISI · Good
7Stockport Grammar School1,505 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thStockport, North West
8The King's School In Macclesfield1,330 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thMacclesfield, North West
ISI · Good
9Hulme Grammar School675 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thOldham, North West
ISI · Good
10St Bede's College744 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thUnknown, North West
11Scarisbrick Hall School890 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thUnknown, North West
ISI · Good
12Westholme School731 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thBlackburn, North West
ISI · Good
13Abbey Gate College464 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thChester, North West
ISI · Good
14Austin Friars323 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thCarlisle, North West
ISI · Unsatisfactory
15Bridgewater School467 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
ISI · Good
16St. Mary's College824 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thLiverpool, North West
17Hulme Hall Grammar School216 pupilsIndependent · DayStockport, North West
ISI · Good
18Tower College303 pupilsIndependent · DayPrescot, North West
ISI · Good
19Oakhill School299 pupilsIndependent · DayClitheroe, North West
ISI · Good
20Cransley School252 pupilsIndependent · DayNorthwich, North West
ISI · Good
21Beech House School165 pupilsIndependent · DayRochdale, North West
ISI · Good
22Beech Hall School225 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thMacclesfield, North West
ISI · Good
23Christian Fellowship School180 pupilsIndependent · DayLiverpool, North West
24Afifah SchoolGoodIndependent · DayManchester, North WestGood
25The Alternative School152 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thAccrington, North West
ISI · Good
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Source: GIAS school register + Ofsted Management Information — open licence, weekly refresh.

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.