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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 EBacc APS (period 202425).

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#SchoolEBacc APSTypeRegionOfsted
1Cheltenham Ladies' College
Period 202425
7.13Independent · Boarding · 6thCheltenham, South West
2Manchester High School for Girls
Period 202425
6.82Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
3Wimbledon High School GDST
Period 202425
6.69Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
4Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda
Period 202425
6.67Independent · Boarding · 6thBlackburn, North WestGood
5Abbot's Hill School
Period 202425
6.32Independent · DayHemel Hempstead, East of England
6St Mary's School for Girls
Period 202425
6.26Independent · Day · 6thColchester, East of England
7Northwood College for Girls GDST
Period 202425
6.17Independent · Day · 6thNorthwood, London
8The Marist School
Period 202425
6.12Independent · Day · 6thAscot, South East
9St Helen and St Katharine
Period 202425
6.08Independent · Day · 6thAbingdon, South East
10Notre Dame School
Period 202425
6.06Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South East
11Ayesha Siddiqa Girls School
Period 202425
6.02Independent · Day · 6thSouthall, LondonGood
12St Helen's School
Period 202425
6.02Independent · Day · 6thNorthwood, London
13The Queen's School
Period 202425
5.80Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
14Alderley Edge School for Girls
Period 202425
5.72Independent · Day · 6thAlderley Edge, North West
15Shrewsbury High School GDST
Period 202425
5.70Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, West Midlands
16Royal Masonic School for Girls
Period 202425
5.69Independent · Boarding · 6thRickmansworth, East of England
17Green Oak Academy
Period 202425
5.68Independent · DayBirmingham, West MidlandsGood
18Farnborough Hill
Period 202425
5.64Independent · Day · 6thFarnborough, South East
19Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
Period 202425
5.61Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East Midlands
20Talbot Heath School
Period 202425
5.54Independent · Boarding · 6thBournemouth, South West
21Wakefield Girls' High School
Period 202425
5.54Independent · Day · 6thWakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber
22Brighton Girls GDST
Period 202425
5.52Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South East
23Manchester Islamic Grammar School for Girls
Period 202425
5.52Independent · DayManchester, North West
24Tayyibah Girls' School
Period 202425
5.50Independent · Day · 6thLondon, LondonGood
25Jameah Academy
Period 202425
5.45Independent · DayLeicester, East Midlands
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Source: DfE / Explore Education Statistics, latest published 16-18 period (202425). Independent schools that don't submit to DfE are not represented.

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.