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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 Composite score (period 202425). Composite = weighted Ofsted + AAB% + Value-added (A-Level).

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Showing 16 of 6Page 1 of 1EES period: 202425⚠️ Small sample: 6 schools matched all filters
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#SchoolComposite scoreTypeRegionOfsted
1The Manchester Grammar School68.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%23.0
VA20.2
Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
2Bolton School Boys' Division54.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%11.3
VA17.9
Independent · Day · 6thBolton, North West
3Merchant Taylors' Schools34.5 composite
AAB%10.6
VA24.0
Independent · Day · 6thLiverpool, North West
4Rochdale Islamic Academy30.9 composite
Ofsted30.9
Independent · DayRochdale, North WestGood
5Etz Chaim Boys School20.6 composite
Ofsted20.6
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North WestRequires Improvement
6Abrar Academy13.8 composite
Ofsted13.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thPreston, North West

Source: GIAS school register + Ofsted Management Information — open licence, weekly refresh.

Composite caveats: Independent schools mostly don't submit to DfE EES, so they appear with low completeness scores (or not at all in the composite ranking). The composite mixes A-Level (Y13) and GCSE (Y11) signals — schools without a sixth form get a small completeness penalty even though it isn't a quality issue. For Independent senior schools, the destination-edge rankings (Oxford / Cambridge feeders) are usually more meaningful than this score.

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.