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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 + Att8 + EM5+ (GCSE).

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#SchoolComposite scoreTypeRegionOfsted
1Cheltenham Ladies' College85.2 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att829.0
EM5+31.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thCheltenham, South West
2St Helen and St Katharine84.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att826.6
EM5+32.7
Independent · Day · 6thAbingdon, South East
3Manchester High School for Girls83.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att827.3
EM5+31.1
Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
4The Marist School82.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att826.6
EM5+30.8
Independent · Day · 6thAscot, South East
5Northwood College for Girls GDST82.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att825.9
EM5+31.4
Independent · Day · 6thNorthwood, London
6Nottingham Girls' High School GDST80.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att825.9
EM5+30.0
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East Midlands
7Alderley Edge School for Girls80.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att825.2
EM5+29.9
Independent · Day · 6thAlderley Edge, North West
8Notre Dame School78.6 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att824.7
EM5+28.9
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South East
9The Queen's School78.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att825.0
EM5+28.0
Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
10Abbot's Hill School77.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att825.5
EM5+27.0
Independent · DayHemel Hempstead, East of England
11The Maynard School75.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att822.4
EM5+28.3
Independent · Day · 6thExeter, South West
12Farnborough Hill75.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att823.6
EM5+26.9
Independent · Day · 6thFarnborough, South East
13Royal Masonic School for Girls74.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att824.5
EM5+25.1
Independent · Boarding · 6thRickmansworth, East of England
14Wimbledon High School GDST74.1 composite
Att835.1
EM5+39.0
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
15Shrewsbury High School GDST73.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att824.3
EM5+24.6
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, West Midlands
16Talbot Heath School73.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att822.7
EM5+26.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thBournemouth, South West
17Brighton Girls GDST73.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att823.1
EM5+24.8
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South East
18Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda72.8 composite
Ofsted18.8
Att824.9
EM5+29.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thBlackburn, North WestGood
19St Nicholas' School70.2 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att821.5
EM5+23.7
Independent · DayFleet, South East
20Tayyibah Girls' School70.1 composite
Ofsted18.8
Att822.8
EM5+28.6
Independent · Day · 6thLondon, LondonGood
21Jameah Academy69.2 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att821.0
EM5+23.2
Independent · DayLeicester, East Midlands
22Wakefield Girls' High School69.2 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att822.9
EM5+21.3
Independent · Day · 6thWakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber
23Thornton College69.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att823.0
EM5+21.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thMilton Keynes, South East
24St Francis College68.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att821.1
EM5+22.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thLetchworth Garden City, East of England
25St Helen's School68.8 composite
Att831.6
EM5+37.1
Independent · Day · 6thNorthwood, London
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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.