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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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#	School	Composite score	Type	Region	Ofsted
1	Hulme Hall Grammar School	54.0 composite Ofsted18.5 Att817.0 EM5+18.5	Independent · Day	Stockport, North West	—
2	Hulme Grammar School	53.0 composite Ofsted13.5 AAB%5.0 VA10.3 Att811.9 EM5+12.3	Independent · Day · 6th	Oldham, North West	—
3	Tower College	49.8 composite Ofsted18.5 Att815.4 EM5+16.0	Independent · Day	Prescot, North West	—
4	Cransley School	49.6 composite Ofsted18.5 Att814.3 EM5+16.8	Independent · Day	Northwich, North West	—
5	Oakhill School	48.1 composite Ofsted18.5 Att815.1 EM5+14.5	Independent · Day	Clitheroe, North West	—
6	Beech House School	47.6 composite Ofsted18.5 Att814.8 EM5+14.3	Independent · Day	Rochdale, North West	—
7	Abbey Gate College	45.6 composite Ofsted13.5 AAB%2.3 VA9.8 Att811.0 EM5+9.0	Independent · Day · 6th	Chester, North West	—
8	St. Mary's College	44.5 composite AAB%3.0 VA11.0 Att814.6 EM5+15.9	Independent · Day · 6th	Liverpool, North West	—
9	Christian Fellowship School	43.8 composite Att820.9 EM5+22.8	Independent · Day	Liverpool, North West	—
10	Stonyhurst College	41.8 composite Ofsted18.0 AAB%4.4 VA13.5 Att85.9 EM5+0.0	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
11	Afifah School	40.0 composite Ofsted13.9 Att814.3 EM5+11.8	Independent · Day	Manchester, North West	Good
12	The King's School In Macclesfield	39.4 composite Ofsted13.5 AAB%8.2 VA11.9 Att85.8 EM5+0.0	Independent · Day · 6th	Macclesfield, North West	—
13	Birkenhead School	38.0 composite Ofsted13.5 AAB%4.6 VA10.9 Att88.9 EM5+0.0	Independent · Day · 6th	Prenton, North West	—
14	Beech Hall School	37.7 composite Ofsted18.5 Att89.9 EM5+9.2	Independent · Day · 6th	Macclesfield, North West	—
15	Westholme School	37.5 composite Ofsted13.5 AAB%3.2 VA11.9 Att88.8 EM5+0.0	Independent · Day · 6th	Blackburn, North West	—
16	The Hammond	36.0 composite Ofsted15.6 VA7.9 Att87.4 EM5+5.2	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Chester, North West	—
17	Oneschool Global Uk Lancaster Campus	35.8 composite Ofsted23.2 VA12.6	Independent · Day · 6th	Lancaster, North West	—
18	AKS Lytham	35.6 composite Ofsted13.5 AAB%5.8 VA9.2 Att87.0 EM5+0.0	Independent · Day · 6th	Lytham St Annes, North West	—
19	Sedbergh School	34.7 composite Ofsted13.5 AAB%2.2 VA13.5 Att85.6 EM5+0.0	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Sedbergh (La10 5hg), North West	—
20	Bury Grammar Schools	34.5 composite Ofsted13.5 AAB%3.8 VA9.8 Att87.4 EM5+0.0	Independent · Day · 6th	Bury, North West	—
21	Chetham's School of Music	33.8 composite Ofsted13.5 AAB%2.6 VA9.3 Att88.5 EM5+0.0	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
22	Kirkham Grammar School	33.7 composite Ofsted13.5 AAB%2.5 VA9.1 Att88.5 EM5+0.0	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Preston, North West	—
23	Rossall School	33.3 composite Ofsted13.5 AAB%3.7 VA12.3 Att83.8 EM5+0.0	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Fleetwood, North West	—
24	Windermere School	33.3 composite Ofsted15.6 VA11.8 Att85.9 EM5+0.0	Independent · Boarding · 6th	The Lake District, North West	—
25	Scarisbrick Hall School	32.6 composite Ofsted13.5 AAB%3.9 VA8.9 Att86.4 EM5+0.0	Independent · Day · 6th	Unknown, North West	—

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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.