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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
3City of London School for Girls
Period 202425
70.8%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
4Putney High School GDST
Period 202425
68.1%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
5The Godolphin and Latymer School
Period 202425
67.6%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
6James Allen's Girls' School
Period 202425
65.7%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
7King Edward VI High School for Girls
Period 202425
65.2%Independent · Day · 6thBirmingham, West Midlands
8Wycombe Abbey
Period 202425
63.9%Independent · Boarding · 6thHigh Wycombe, South East
9Haberdashers' Girls' School
Period 202425
63.6%Independent · Day · 6thBorehamwood, East of England
10Francis Holland School
Period 202425
63.0%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
11South Hampstead High School GDST
Period 202425
60.6%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
12Cheltenham Ladies' College
Period 202425
60.0%Independent · Boarding · 6thCheltenham, South West
13St Albans High School for Girls
Period 202425
60.0%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
14North London Collegiate School
Period 202425
60.0%Independent · Day · 6thMiddlesex, London
15St Swithuns
Period 202425
58.3%Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, South East
16Sir William Perkins's School
Period 202425
58.1%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South East
17Wimbledon High School GDST
Period 202425
58.0%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
18Lady Eleanor Holles School
Period 202425
57.9%Independent · Day · 6thHampton, London
19St Helen and St Katharine
Period 202425
57.6%Independent · Day · 6thAbingdon, South East
20Withington Girls' School
Period 202425
52.2%Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
21Loughborough High School
Period 202425
51.9%Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, East Midlands
22Notting Hill & Ealing High School GDST
Period 202425
50.7%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
23Queen Anne's School
Period 202324
49.5%Independent · Boarding · 6thReading, South East
24Heathfield School
Period 202425
49.5%Independent · Boarding · 6thAscot, South East
25Queenswood School49.5%Independent · Boarding · 6thHatfield, East of England
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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.