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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
1The Perse School69.2 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%24.5
VA19.8
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
2Woodbridge School63.7 composite
Ofsted33.3
AAB%10.4
VA19.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thWoodbridge, East of England
3Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge63.6 composite
AAB%31.6
VA32.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, East of England
4The Leys School59.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%15.0
VA19.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thCambridge, East of England
5Berkhamsted School58.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%12.0
VA21.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thBerkhamsted, East of England
6Felixstowe International College58.1 composite
Ofsted29.2
VA28.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thFelixstowe, East of England
7The Stephen Perse Foundation58.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%14.8
VA18.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, East of England
8Abbey College Cambridge58.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%13.4
VA19.6
Independent · Boarding · 6thCambridgeshire, East of England
9Brentwood School56.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%6.5
VA25.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thBrentwood, East of England
10Haileybury College56.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%11.1
VA20.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thHertford, East of England
11Immanuel College55.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%7.9
VA22.2
Independent · Day · 6thBushey, East of England
12Holmwood House School55.0 composite
Ofsted55.0
Independent · BoardingColchester, East of England
13Royal Hospital School54.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%8.6
VA21.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thIpswich, East of England
14New Hall School54.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%9.6
VA19.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thChelmsford, East of England
15The Peterborough School53.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%8.3
VA20.2
Independent · Day · 6thPeterborough, East of England
16OneSchool Global UK Colchester Campus53.0 composite
Ofsted29.2
VA23.8
Independent · Day · 6thColchester, East of England
17Kimbolton School53.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%7.2
VA20.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thHuntingdon, East of England
18Thetford Grammar School52.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%8.8
VA18.7
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, East of England
19Bedford Modern School52.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%8.8
VA18.5
Independent · Day · 6thBedford, East of England
20Sherrardswood School50.2 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%6.1
VA19.2
Independent · Day · 6thWelwyn, East of England
21Wisbech Grammar School49.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%5.6
VA19.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thCambridgeshire, East of England
22Culford School48.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%4.3
VA19.5
Independent · Boarding · 6thBury St. Edmunds, East of England
23Stoke College48.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%3.7
VA19.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thSudbury, East of England
24Finborough School47.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%4.0
VA18.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thStowmarket, East of England
25Aldenham School47.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%3.4
VA19.4
Independent · Boarding · 6thElstree, East of England
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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.