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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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Showing 116 of 16Page 1 of 1EES period: 202425⚠️ Small sample: 16 schools matched all filters
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#SchoolComposite scoreTypeRegionOfsted
1Manchester High School for Girls83.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att827.3
EM5+31.1
Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
2Alderley Edge School for Girls80.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att825.2
EM5+29.9
Independent · Day · 6thAlderley Edge, North West
3The Queen's School78.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att825.0
EM5+28.0
Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
4Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda72.8 composite
Ofsted18.8
Att824.9
EM5+29.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thBlackburn, North WestGood
5Edenfield Girls' High School59.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att818.6
EM5+15.9
Independent · DayUnknown, North West
6Manchester Islamic Grammar School for Girls57.5 composite
Att827.9
EM5+29.6
Independent · DayManchester, North West
7Westwood High57.2 composite
Ofsted18.8
Att820.0
EM5+18.4
Independent · Day · 6thOldham, North WestGood
8Bolton Islamic Girls School56.0 composite
Ofsted18.8
Att819.7
EM5+17.5
Independent · DayBolton, North WestGood
9Bolton School Girls' Division53.8 composite
Ofsted33.3
Att820.4
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thBolton, North West
10Sapience Girls Academy52.3 composite
Ofsted18.8
Att816.2
EM5+17.4
Independent · DayOldham, North WestGood
11Noorul Uloom49.5 composite
Ofsted18.8
Att818.3
EM5+12.5
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North WestGood
12Rochdale Islamic Academy47.5 composite
Ofsted12.5
Att817.9
EM5+17.1
Independent · DayUnknown, North WestRequires Improvement
13Withington Girls' School43.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att818.1
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
14Manchester Senior Girls School42.8 composite
Ofsted12.5
Att811.5
EM5+18.8
Independent · DaySalford, North WestRequires Improvement
15Al Islah Girls' High School41.0 composite
Ofsted18.8
Att814.7
EM5+7.6
Independent · DayBLACKBURN, North WestGood
16Me'or High School30.9 composite
Ofsted30.9
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.