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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 A-Level AAB % (period 202425).

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#SchoolA-Level AAB %TypeRegionOfsted
1St Paul's Girls' School
Period 202425
83.9%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
2Guildford High School
Period 202425
78.9%Independent · Day · 6thGuildford, South East
3The Perse School
Period 202425
73.4%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
4Latymer Upper School and Latymer Prep
Period 202425
72.3%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
5Magdalen College School
Period 202425
72.0%Independent · Day · 6thOxford, South East
6Royal Grammar School Guildford
Period 202425
71.7%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South East
7City of London School for Girls
Period 202425
70.8%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
8King's College School70.2%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
9The Manchester Grammar School
Period 202425
69.0%Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
10Haberdashers' Boys' School
Period 202425
68.1%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
11Putney High School GDST
Period 202425
68.1%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
12The Godolphin and Latymer School
Period 202425
67.6%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
13Highgate School
Period 202425
66.1%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
14James Allen's Girls' School
Period 202425
65.7%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
15City of London School
Period 202425
65.7%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
16Nottingham High School
Period 202425
65.4%Independent · Day · 6thNottingham, East Midlands
17King Edward VI High School for Girls
Period 202425
65.2%Independent · Day · 6thBirmingham, West Midlands
18Alleyn's School
Period 202425
64.1%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
19Haberdashers' Girls' School
Period 202425
63.6%Independent · Day · 6thBorehamwood, East of England
20Eltham College
Period 202425
63.5%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
21Francis Holland School
Period 202425
63.0%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
22Bancroft's School
Period 202425
62.1%Independent · Day · 6thWoodford Green, London
23Colfe's School
Period 202425
61.8%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
24Hampton School
Period 202425
61.6%Independent · Day · 6thHampton, London
25Trinity School
Period 202425
61.2%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
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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.