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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
1Cheltenham Ladies' College63.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%20.0
VA18.5
Independent · Boarding · 6thCheltenham, South West
2Truro High School63.1 composite
Ofsted33.3
AAB%9.1
VA20.7
Independent · Boarding · 6thTruro, South West
3Redmaids' High School58.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%15.7
VA18.2
Independent · Day · 6thBristol, South West
4The Maynard School58.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%15.2
VA18.6
Independent · Day · 6thExeter, South West
5Talbot Heath School51.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%7.8
VA18.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thBournemouth, South West
6Sherborne School for Girls49.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%6.0
VA18.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thSherborne, South West
7Godolphin School49.2 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%4.8
VA19.4
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, South West
8Royal High School GDST47.2 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%5.8
VA16.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, South West
9Badminton School37.6 composite
AAB%15.5
VA22.1
Independent · Boarding · 6thBristol, South West
10St Marys Calne and St Margarets Prep36.9 composite
AAB%14.2
VA22.6
Independent · Boarding · 6thCalne, South West
11Al-Ashraf Secondary School for Girls20.6 composite
Ofsted20.6
Independent · DayGloucester, South WestRequires Improvement

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.