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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
2City of London School for Girls
Period 202425
70.8%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
3Putney High School GDST
Period 202425
68.1%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
4The Godolphin and Latymer School
Period 202425
67.6%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
5James Allen's Girls' School
Period 202425
65.7%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
6Francis Holland School
Period 202425
63.0%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
7South Hampstead High School GDST
Period 202425
60.6%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
8North London Collegiate School
Period 202425
60.0%Independent · Day · 6thMiddlesex, London
9Wimbledon High School GDST
Period 202425
58.0%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
10Lady Eleanor Holles School
Period 202425
57.9%Independent · Day · 6thHampton, London
11Notting Hill & Ealing High School GDST
Period 202425
50.7%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
12St Catherine's School
Period 202425
46.8%Independent · Day · 6thUK, London
13Sutton High School GDST
Period 202425
45.2%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
14St Helen's School
Period 202425
43.9%Independent · Day · 6thNorthwood, London
15Francis Holland School
Period 202425
42.6%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
16Surbiton High School
Period 202425
41.6%Independent · Day · 6thKingston upon Thames, London
17Queen's College, London
Period 202425
40.7%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
18Channing School
Period 202425
40.0%Independent · Day · 6thHighgate, London
19Bromley High School GDST
Period 202425
38.0%Independent · Day · 6thBromley, London
20St Augustine's Priory
Period 202425
37.5%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
21Northwood College for Girls GDST
Period 202425
34.0%Independent · Day · 6thNorthwood, London
22Croydon High School
Period 202425
30.4%Independent · Day · 6thSouth Croydon, London
23Blackheath High School GDST
Period 202425
21.1%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
24St James Senior Girls' School
Period 202425
15.4%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
25Streatham & Clapham High School GDST
Period 202425
11.6%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
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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.