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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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#SchoolA-Level APS / entryTypeRegionOfsted
1Withington Girls' School
Period 202122
54.1Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
2Manchester High School for Girls
Period 202122
51.3Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
3The Queen's School
Period 202122
48.4Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
4Alderley Edge School for Girls
Period 202122
46.9Independent · Day · 6thAlderley Edge, North West
5Bolton School Girls' Division
Period 202122
45.5Independent · Day · 6thBolton, North West

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.