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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 %.

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#SchoolA-Level AAB %TypeRegionOfsted
1St Paul's School73.8%Independent · Boarding · 6thLondon, London
2Magdalen College School
Period 202425
72.0%Independent · Day · 6thOxford, South East
3Royal Grammar School Guildford
Period 202425
71.7%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South East
4King's College School70.2%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
5Westminster School
Period 202425
70.1%Independent · Boarding · 6thLondon, London
6The Manchester Grammar School
Period 202425
69.0%Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
7Winchester College
Period 202425
68.2%Independent · Boarding · 6thWinchester, South East
8Haberdashers' Boys' School
Period 202425
68.1%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
9City of London School
Period 202425
65.7%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
10Tonbridge School
Period 202425
64.8%Independent · Boarding · 6thTonbridge, South East
11Eton College
Period 202425
64.8%Independent · Boarding · 6thWindsor, South East
12Hampton School
Period 202425
61.6%Independent · Day · 6thHampton, London
13Dulwich College
Period 202425
61.4%Independent · Boarding · 6thLondon, London
14Trinity School
Period 202425
61.2%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
15Abingdon School
Period 202425
58.9%Independent · Boarding · 6thAbingdon, South East
16University College School
Period 202425
54.6%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
17Merchant Taylors' School
Period 202425
52.9%Independent · Day · 6thNorthwood, East of England
18Sherborne School
Period 202223
52.2%Independent · Boarding · 6thSherborne, South West
19Harrow School
Period 202425
49.5%Independent · Boarding · 6thHarrow-on-the-Hill, London
20Dulwich Prep & Senior49.5%Independent · BoardingUnknown, London
21Radley College
Period 202425
49.5%Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, South East
22Loughborough Grammar School
Period 202425
47.7%Independent · Boarding · 6thLoughborough, East Midlands
23Bedford School
Period 202425
44.8%Independent · Boarding · 6thBedford, East of England
24St Albans School
Period 202425
43.8%Independent · Day · 6thSt Albans, East of England
25Whitgift School
Period 202425
41.8%Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, London
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Source: DfE / Explore Education Statistics, latest published 16-18 period. 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.