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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 + AAB% + Value-added (A-Level).

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#SchoolComposite scoreTypeRegionOfsted
26Francis Holland School59.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%14.2
VA19.9
Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
27Sheffield High School GDST59.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%16.2
VA17.8
Independent · Day · 6thSheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber
28Oxford High School GDST58.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%14.8
VA19.2
Independent · Day · 6thOxford, South East
29Redmaids' High School58.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%15.7
VA18.2
Independent · Day · 6thBristol, South West
30The Maynard School58.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%15.2
VA18.6
Independent · Day · 6thExeter, South West
31Benenden School58.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%13.8
VA19.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thCranbrook, South East
32Queen Anne's School57.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%6.7
VA25.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thReading, South East
33Farnborough Hill57.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%12.6
VA19.4
Independent · Day · 6thFarnborough, South East
34Channing School56.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%13.3
VA18.5
Independent · Day · 6thHighgate, London
35Downe House56.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%13.2
VA18.5
Independent · Boarding · 6thThatcham, South East
36Manchester High School for Girls56.6 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%13.5
VA18.1
Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
37Kent College Pembury56.0 composite
Ofsted33.3
AAB%3.7
VA19.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thTunbridge Wells, South East
38The Abbey School Reading55.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%12.0
VA18.9
Independent · Day · 6thReading, South East
39Bolton School Girls' Division55.5 composite
Ofsted33.3
AAB%6.3
VA15.9
Independent · Day · 6thBolton, North West
40Nottingham Girls' High School GDST55.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%13.1
VA17.3
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East Midlands
41Northwood College for Girls GDST54.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%11.3
VA18.6
Independent · Day · 6thNorthwood, London
42St Paul's Girls' School54.7 composite
AAB%32.7
VA21.9
Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
43Thornton College54.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%10.4
VA19.1
Independent · Boarding · 6thMilton Keynes, South East
44Tormead School54.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%10.5
VA19.0
Independent · Day · 6thGuildford, South East
45The Marist School54.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%9.7
VA19.6
Independent · Day · 6thAscot, South East
46Croydon High School54.2 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%10.1
VA19.1
Independent · Day · 6thSouth Croydon, London
47Notre Dame School54.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%8.0
VA21.1
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South East
48Roedean School53.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%11.5
VA17.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thBrighton, South East
49Woldingham School53.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%8.1
VA20.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thCaterham, South East
50Malvern St James52.6 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%8.9
VA18.7
Independent · Boarding · 6thMalvern, West Midlands
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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.