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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 + AAB% + Value-added (A-Level).

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#SchoolComposite scoreTypeRegionOfsted
26Caterham School60.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%16.3
VA19.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thCaterham, South East
27The Portsmouth Grammar School60.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%16.0
VA19.4
Independent · Day · 6thPortsmouth, South East
28Hymers College60.2 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%15.3
VA19.9
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, Yorkshire and the Humber
29Barnard Castle School60.0 composite
Ofsted33.3
AAB%6.9
VA19.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thBarnard Castle, North East
30Exeter School59.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%14.2
VA20.7
Independent · Day · 6thExeter, South West
31The Leys School59.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%15.0
VA19.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thCambridge, East of England
32Giggleswick School59.2 composite
Ofsted33.3
AAB%4.2
VA21.7
Independent · Boarding · 6thSettle, Yorkshire and the Humber
33Lingfield College59.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%9.8
VA24.2
Independent · Day · 6thLingfield, South East
34Lewes Old Grammar School59.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%10.4
VA23.6
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South East
35Oundle School58.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%12.5
VA21.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thNorthamptonshire, East Midlands
36Solihull School58.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%14.0
VA19.8
Independent · Day · 6thSolihull, West Midlands
37The Grammar School At Leeds58.6 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%15.1
VA18.5
Independent · Day · 6thLeeds, Yorkshire and the Humber
38Canford School58.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%14.2
VA19.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thWimborne, South West
39Berkhamsted School58.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%12.0
VA21.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thBerkhamsted, East of England
40Felixstowe International College58.1 composite
Ofsted29.2
VA28.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thFelixstowe, East of England
41The Stephen Perse Foundation58.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%14.8
VA18.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, East of England
42Abbey College Cambridge58.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%13.4
VA19.6
Independent · Boarding · 6thCambridgeshire, East of England
43Kingswood School57.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%13.1
VA19.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thBath, South West
44Churcher's College57.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%12.7
VA20.2
Independent · Day · 6thPetersfield, South East
45Bethany School57.9 composite
Ofsted33.3
AAB%2.8
VA21.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thCranbrook, South East
46Shrewsbury School57.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%11.2
VA21.5
Independent · Boarding · 6thShrewsbury, West Midlands
47Truro School57.6 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%11.1
VA21.5
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, South West
48Wells Cathedral School57.5 composite
Ofsted33.3
AAB%5.6
VA18.5
Independent · Boarding · 6thWells, South West
49Bradford Grammar School57.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%13.5
VA19.0
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, Yorkshire and the Humber
50Brampton College57.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%10.8
VA21.7
Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
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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.