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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 Composite score (period 202425). Composite = weighted Ofsted/ISI + A-Level + GCSE + KS2 + prep-destination signals.

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#SchoolComposite scoreTypeRegionOfsted
1Manchester High School for Girls62.1 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%7.3
VA9.8
Att814.7
EM5+16.8
Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
2The Queen's School61.5 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%8.2
VA11.2
Att813.5
EM5+15.1
Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
3Alderley Edge School for Girls55.4 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%3.0
VA9.1
Att813.6
EM5+16.1
Independent · Day · 6thAlderley Edge, North West
4Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda53.9 composite
Ofsted13.9
Att818.4
EM5+21.6
Independent · Boarding · 6thBlackburn, North WestGood
5Manchester Islamic Grammar School for Girls45.7 composite
Att822.1
EM5+23.6
Independent · DayManchester, North West
6Edenfield Girls' High School44.0 composite
Ofsted18.5
Att813.7
EM5+11.8
Independent · DayUnknown, North West
7Withington Girls' School42.6 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%9.4
VA10.0
Att89.8
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
8Westwood High42.3 composite
Ofsted13.9
Att814.8
EM5+13.6
Independent · Day · 6thOldham, North WestGood
9Bolton Islamic Girls School41.4 composite
Ofsted13.9
Att814.6
EM5+13.0
Independent · DayBolton, North WestGood
10Bolton School Girls' Division41.0 composite
Ofsted18.0
AAB%3.4
VA8.6
Att811.0
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thBolton, North West
11Sapience Girls Academy38.7 composite
Ofsted13.9
Att812.0
EM5+12.9
Independent · DayOldham, North WestGood
12Noorul Uloom36.7 composite
Ofsted13.9
Att813.5
EM5+9.2
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North WestGood
13Rochdale Islamic Academy35.1 composite
Ofsted9.2
Att813.2
EM5+12.6
Independent · DayUnknown, North WestRequires Improvement
14Manchester Senior Girls School31.7 composite
Ofsted9.2
Att88.5
EM5+13.9
Independent · DaySalford, North WestRequires Improvement
15Al Islah Girls' High School30.4 composite
Ofsted13.9
Att810.9
EM5+5.6
Independent · DayBLACKBURN, North WestGood
16Me'or High School28.1 composite
Ofsted28.1
Independent · DaySalford, North WestGood

Source: GIAS school register + Ofsted Management Information — open licence, weekly refresh.

Composite caveats: Independent schools mostly don't submit to DfE EES, so they appear with low completeness scores (or not at all in the composite ranking). The composite mixes A-Level (Y13) and GCSE (Y11) signals — schools without a sixth form get a small completeness penalty even though it isn't a quality issue. For Independent senior schools, the destination-edge rankings (Oxford / Cambridge feeders) are usually more meaningful than this score.

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.