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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/ISI + A-Level + GCSE + KS2 + prep-destination signals.

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#SchoolComposite scoreTypeRegionOfsted
1Red House School59.9 composite
Ofsted18.5
Att819.1
EM5+22.2
Independent · DayStockton-on-Tees, North East
2Emmanuel College55.2 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%3.9
VA12.4
Att812.0
EM5+13.4
Independent · Day · 6thGateshead, North East
2024-10-15
3Argyle House School47.2 composite
Ofsted18.5
Att813.5
EM5+15.2
Independent · DaySunderland, North East
4Teesside High School43.6 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%0.0
VA10.9
Att88.0
EM5+11.2
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North East
5Barnard Castle School41.2 composite
Ofsted18.0
AAB%3.7
VA10.7
Att88.6
EM5+0.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thBarnard Castle, North East
6Royal Grammar School36.1 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%9.4
VA11.1
Att82.1
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thNewcastle-upon-Tyne, North East
7Yarm School35.5 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%6.6
VA8.9
Att86.6
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thYarm, North East
8Longridge Towers School34.6 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%2.8
VA9.6
Att88.8
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thBerwick-upon-Tweed, North East
9Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation32.6 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%3.0
VA9.7
Att86.3
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North East
10Dame Allan's Schools24.8 composite
AAB%6.3
VA11.2
Att87.3
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thNewcastle-upon-Tyne, North East
11The Independent Grammar School:Durham16.9 composite
Ofsted13.9
Att83.0
EM5+0.0
Independent · DayEsh Winning, North EastGood
12Outwood Alternative Provision Eston14.3 composite
Ofsted13.9
Att80.4
EM5+0.0
Independent · DayMiddlesbrough, North EastGood

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.