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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 APS / entry (period 202122).

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#SchoolA-Level APS / entryTypeRegionOfsted
1Westminster School
Period 202122
56.5Independent · Boarding · 6thLondon, London
2City of London School
Period 202122
54.8Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
3Eton College
Period 202122
53.5Independent · Boarding · 6thWindsor, South East
4Haberdashers' Boys' School
Period 202122
53.3Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
5Tonbridge School
Period 202122
52.9Independent · Boarding · 6thTonbridge, South East
6Hampton School
Period 202122
52.9Independent · Day · 6thHampton, London
7Dulwich College
Period 202122
52.9Independent · Boarding · 6thLondon, London
8Royal Grammar School Guildford
Period 202122
52.3Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South East
9University College School
Period 202122
51.7Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
10Radley College
Period 202122
51.5Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, South East
11Winchester College
Period 202223
51.2Independent · Boarding · 6thWinchester, South East
12Harrow School
Period 202122
51.1Independent · Boarding · 6thHarrow-on-the-Hill, London
13Abingdon School
Period 202122
51.1Independent · Boarding · 6thAbingdon, South East
14St Albans School
Period 202122
50.8Independent · Day · 6thSt Albans, East of England
15Merchant Taylors' School
Period 202122
50.7Independent · Day · 6thNorthwood, East of England
16The Manchester Grammar School
Period 202425
50.2Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
17Whitgift School
Period 202122
49.3Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, London
18Reed's School
Period 202122
48.0Independent · Boarding · 6thCobham, South East
19Warwick School
Period 202122
47.7Independent · Boarding · 6thWarwick, West Midlands
20Sherborne School
Period 202122
47.3Independent · Boarding · 6thSherborne, South West
21Queen Elizabeth's Hospital
Period 202122
46.5Independent · Day · 6thBristol, South West
22Reading Blue Coat School
Period 202122
45.3Independent · Day · 6thBerkshire, South East
23Bedford School
Period 202425
44.9Independent · Boarding · 6thBedford, East of England
24Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
Period 202122
44.5Independent · Day · 6thWakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber
25Loughborough Grammar School
Period 202122
44.4Independent · Boarding · 6thLoughborough, East Midlands
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Source: DfE / Explore Education Statistics, latest published 16-18 period (202122). 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.