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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 GCSE Attainment 8 (period 202425).

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#SchoolGCSE Attainment 8TypeRegionOfsted
1St. Mary's College
Period 202425
63.3Independent · Day · 6thLiverpool, North West
2Hulme Hall Grammar School
Period 202425
61.9Independent · DayStockport, North West
3Christian Fellowship School
Period 202425
60.7Independent · DayLiverpool, North West
4Hulme Grammar School
Period 202425
59.3Independent · Day · 6thOldham, North West
5Tower College
Period 202425
56.1Independent · DayPrescot, North West
6Oakhill School
Period 202425
55.1Independent · DayClitheroe, North West
7Abbey Gate College
Period 202425
55.0Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
8The King's School
Period 202425
54.0Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
9Beech House School
Period 202425
54.0Independent · DayRochdale, North West
10Trinity School
Period 202425
52.4Independent · DayStalybridge, North West
11Afifah School
Period 202425
52.2Independent · DayManchester, North WestGood
12Cransley School
Period 202425
52.2Independent · DayNorthwich, North West
13Birkenhead School
Period 202425
44.6Independent · Day · 6thPrenton, North West
14Westholme School
Period 202425
44.1Independent · Day · 6thBlackburn, North West
15Kirkham Grammar School
Period 202425
42.6Independent · Boarding · 6thPreston, North West
16Chetham's School of Music
Period 202425
42.5Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North West
17Bridgewater School
Period 202425
38.0Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
18Auckland College
Period 202425
37.8Independent · DayLiverpool, North West
19Bury Grammar Schools
Period 202425
36.9Independent · Day · 6thBury, North West
20St Anne's College Grammar School
Period 202425
36.7Independent · Day · 6thLytham St Annes, North West
21Beech Hall School
Period 202425
36.2Independent · Day · 6thMacclesfield, North West
22AKS Lytham
Period 202425
35.0Independent · Day · 6thLytham St Annes, North West
23The Hammond
Period 202425
32.0Independent · Boarding · 6thChester, North West
24Scarisbrick Hall School
Period 202425
32.0Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North West
25St Bede's College
Period 202425
30.3Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North West
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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.