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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 A-Level AAB % (period 202425).

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#	School	A-Level AAB %	Type	Region	Ofsted
1	The King's School Period 202425	46.8%	Independent · Day · 6th	Chester, North West	—
2	The King's School In Macclesfield Period 202425	45.3%	Independent · Day · 6th	Macclesfield, North West	—
3	St Bede's College Period 202425	37.1%	Independent · Day · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
4	Austin Friars Period 202425	36.7%	Independent · Day · 6th	Carlisle, North West	—
5	AKS Lytham Period 202425	32.4%	Independent · Day · 6th	Lytham St Annes, North West	—
6	Stockport Grammar School Period 202425	30.0%	Independent · Day · 6th	Stockport, North West	—
7	Hulme Grammar School Period 202425	27.9%	Independent · Day · 6th	Oldham, North West	—
8	Birkenhead School Period 202425	25.8%	Independent · Day · 6th	Prenton, North West	—
9	Stonyhurst College Period 202425	24.4%	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
10	Scarisbrick Hall School Period 202425	21.4%	Independent · Day · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
11	Bury Grammar Schools Period 202425	20.9%	Independent · Day · 6th	Bury, North West	—
12	Rossall School Period 202425	20.4%	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Fleetwood, North West	—
13	Cheadle Hulme School Period 202425	18.8%	Independent · Day · 6th	Cheadle, North West	—
14	Westholme School Period 202425	18.0%	Independent · Day · 6th	Blackburn, North West	—
15	St. Mary's College Period 202425	14.3%	Independent · Day · 6th	Liverpool, North West	—
16	Chetham's School of Music Period 202425	14.3%	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
17	Kirkham Grammar School Period 202425	14.1%	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Preston, North West	—
18	Bridgewater School Period 202425	13.3%	Independent · Day · 6th	Manchester, North West	—
19	Abbey Gate College Period 202425	12.8%	Independent · Day · 6th	Chester, North West	—
20	Sedbergh School Period 202425	12.0%	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Sedbergh (La10 5hg), North West	—
21	Lime House School Period 202425	10.0%	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Carlisle, North West	—
22	Abbey College Manchester Period 202425	8.0%	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Unknown, North West	—

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.