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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 GCSE Attainment 8 (period 202425).

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#SchoolGCSE Attainment 8TypeRegionOfsted
1Wimbledon High School GDST
Period 202425
81.0Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
2Cheltenham Ladies' College
Period 202425
78.2Independent · Boarding · 6thCheltenham, South West
3Manchester High School for Girls
Period 202425
73.7Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
4St Helen's School
Period 202425
73.0Independent · Day · 6thNorthwood, London
5The Marist School
Period 202425
71.9Independent · Day · 6thAscot, South East
6St Helen and St Katharine
Period 202425
71.8Independent · Day · 6thAbingdon, South East
7Northwood College for Girls GDST
Period 202425
69.9Independent · Day · 6thNorthwood, London
8Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
Period 202425
69.8Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East Midlands
9Abbot's Hill School
Period 202425
68.8Independent · DayHemel Hempstead, East of England
10Alderley Edge School for Girls
Period 202425
68.1Independent · Day · 6thAlderley Edge, North West
11The Queen's School
Period 202425
67.4Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
12Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda
Period 202425
67.2Independent · Boarding · 6thBlackburn, North WestGood
13Notre Dame School
Period 202425
66.6Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South East
14St Mary's School for Girls
Period 202425
66.5Independent · Day · 6thColchester, East of England
15Royal Masonic School for Girls
Period 202425
66.2Independent · Boarding · 6thRickmansworth, East of England
16Shrewsbury High School GDST
Period 202425
65.6Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, West Midlands
17Manchester Islamic Grammar School for Girls
Period 202425
64.3Independent · DayManchester, North West
18Farnborough Hill
Period 202425
63.7Independent · Day · 6thFarnborough, South East
19Mayfield School
Period 202425
63.5Independent · Boarding · 6thMayfield, South East
20Brighton Girls GDST
Period 202425
62.5Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South East
21Ayesha Siddiqa Girls School
Period 202425
62.3Independent · Day · 6thSouthall, LondonGood
22Thornton College
Period 202425
62.2Independent · Boarding · 6thMilton Keynes, South East
23Wakefield Girls' High School
Period 202425
61.7Independent · Day · 6thWakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber
24Tayyibah Girls' School
Period 202425
61.6Independent · Day · 6thLondon, LondonGood
25Green Oak Academy
Period 202425
61.5Independent · DayBirmingham, West MidlandsGood
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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.