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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 APS / entry (period 202122).

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#SchoolA-Level APS / entryTypeRegionOfsted
1Sedbergh School
Period 202122
47.9Independent · Boarding · 6thSedbergh (La10 5hg), North West
2Birkenhead School
Period 202122
46.7Independent · Day · 6thPrenton, North West
3The King's School In Macclesfield
Period 202425
45.3Independent · Day · 6thMacclesfield, North West
4Stockport Grammar School
Period 202122
44.9Independent · Day · 6thStockport, North West
5Cheadle Hulme School
Period 202122
44.8Independent · Day · 6thCheadle, North West
6Chetham's School of Music
Period 202122
43.8Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North West
7AKS Lytham
Period 202324
43.4Independent · Day · 6thLytham St Annes, North West
8Abbey Gate College
Period 202122
43.1Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
9Bury Grammar Schools
Period 202122
42.9Independent · Day · 6thBury, North West
10Stonyhurst College
Period 202324
42.5Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North West
11Westholme School
Period 202122
42.4Independent · Day · 6thBlackburn, North West
12Hulme Grammar School
Period 202122
40.8Independent · Day · 6thOldham, North West
13Rossall School
Period 202324
40.8Independent · Boarding · 6thFleetwood, North West
14St Bede's College
Period 202425
40.7Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North West
15OneSchool Global Northwich
Period 202122
40.7Independent · Day · 6thNorthwich, North West
16Kirkham Grammar School
Period 202122
40.4Independent · Boarding · 6thPreston, North West
17Austin Friars
Period 202122
40.2Independent · Day · 6thCarlisle, North West
18Abbey College Manchester
Period 202122
40.1Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North West
19St. Mary's College
Period 202122
39.3Independent · Day · 6thLiverpool, North West
20Scarisbrick Hall School
Period 202122
39.0Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North West
21The Hammond
Period 202122
39.0Independent · Boarding · 6thChester, North West
22Windermere School
Period 202324
37.8Independent · Boarding · 6thThe Lake District, North West
23Lime House School
Period 202122
34.8Independent · Boarding · 6thCarlisle, North West
24Bridgewater School
Period 202122
34.3Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
25Oneschool Global Uk Lancaster Campus
Period 202223
30.6Independent · Day · 6thLancaster, North West

Source: DfE / Explore Education Statistics, latest published 16-18 period (202122). 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.