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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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1St Paul's Girls' School
Period 202122
56.7Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
2King Edward VI High School for Girls
Period 202122
55.4Independent · Day · 6thBirmingham, West Midlands
3Guildford High School
Period 202122
55.4Independent · Day · 6thGuildford, South East
4Wycombe Abbey
Period 202122
55.3Independent · Boarding · 6thHigh Wycombe, South East
5The Godolphin and Latymer School
Period 202122
55.2Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
6North London Collegiate School
Period 202425
54.6Independent · Day · 6thMiddlesex, London
7Withington Girls' School
Period 202122
54.1Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
8Lady Eleanor Holles School
Period 202122
54.1Independent · Day · 6thHampton, London
9Haberdashers' Girls' School
Period 202122
53.6Independent · Day · 6thBorehamwood, East of England
10City of London School for Girls
Period 202122
53.5Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
11South Hampstead High School GDST
Period 202122
52.6Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
12James Allen's Girls' School
Period 202223
52.6Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
13Wimbledon High School GDST
Period 202122
52.3Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
14Notting Hill & Ealing High School GDST
Period 202122
52.3Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
15Cheltenham Ladies' College
Period 202122
52.1Independent · Boarding · 6thCheltenham, South West
16Sheffield High School GDST
Period 202122
52.1Independent · Day · 6thSheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber
17Surbiton High School
Period 202122
51.8Independent · Day · 6thKingston upon Thames, London
18Putney High School GDST
Period 202425
51.5Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
19Oxford High School GDST
Period 202122
51.4Independent · Day · 6thOxford, South East
20St Mary's School Ascot
Period 202122
51.4Independent · Boarding · 6thAscot, South East
21St Catherine's School
Period 202122
51.3Independent · Boarding · 6thGuildford, South East
22St Albans High School for Girls
Period 202122
51.3Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
23Manchester High School for Girls
Period 202122
51.3Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
24St Helen and St Katharine
Period 202122
51.2Independent · Day · 6thAbingdon, South East
25Francis Holland School
Period 202122
51.1Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
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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.