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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 Value-added (period 202324).

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#SchoolA-Level Value-addedTypeRegionOfsted
1Sherborne School
Period 202324
0.68Independent · Boarding · 6thSherborne, South West
2Abingdon School
Period 202324
0.57Independent · Boarding · 6thAbingdon, South East
3Halliford School
Period 202324
0.57Independent · Day · 6thShepperton, South East
4Warwick School
Period 202425
0.47Independent · Boarding · 6thWarwick, West Midlands
5Merchant Taylors' Schools
Period 202425
0.46Independent · Day · 6thLiverpool, North West
6Merchant Taylors' School
Period 202425
0.46Independent · Day · 6thNorthwood, East of England
7The Manchester Grammar School
Period 202425
0.43Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
8Wetherby Senior School
Period 202324
0.40Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
9Birkdale School
Period 202425
0.37Independent · Day · 6thSheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber
10Haberdashers' Boys' School
Period 202425
0.37Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
11Winchester College
Period 202425
0.36Independent · Boarding · 6thWinchester, South East
12Royal Grammar School Guildford
Period 202324
0.32Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South East
13Radley College
Period 202324
0.32Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, South East
14Bedford School
Period 202425
0.32Independent · Boarding · 6thBedford, East of England
15St Albans School
Period 202324
0.31Independent · Day · 6thSt Albans, East of England
16University College School
Period 202324
0.30Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
17Reed's School
Period 202324
0.28Independent · Boarding · 6thCobham, South East
18Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
Period 202324
0.28Independent · Day · 6thWakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber
19Hampton School
Period 202324
0.26Independent · Day · 6thHampton, London
20Whitgift School
Period 202324
0.26Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, London
21City of London School
Period 202324
0.25Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
22Harrow School
Period 202324
0.22Independent · Boarding · 6thHarrow-on-the-Hill, London
23Salesian College
Period 202324
0.21Independent · Day · 6thFarnborough, South East
24Dulwich College
Period 202324
0.19Independent · Boarding · 6thLondon, London
25Loughborough Grammar School
Period 202425
0.18Independent · Boarding · 6thLoughborough, East Midlands
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Source: DfE / Explore Education Statistics, latest published 16-18 period (202324). 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.