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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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Showing 112 of 12Page 1 of 1EES period: 202425⚠️ Small sample: 12 schools matched all filters
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#SchoolComposite scoreTypeRegionOfsted
1Royal Grammar School63.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%17.4
VA20.6
Independent · Day · 6thNewcastle-upon-Tyne, North East
2Barnard Castle School60.0 composite
Ofsted33.3
AAB%6.9
VA19.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thBarnard Castle, North East
3Emmanuel College55.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%7.2
VA22.9
Independent · Day · 6thGateshead, North East
2024-10-15
4Yarm School53.6 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%12.2
VA16.4
Independent · Day · 6thYarm, North East
5Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation48.6 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%5.6
VA18.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North East
6Longridge Towers School47.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%5.1
VA17.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thBerwick-upon-Tweed, North East
7Teesside High School45.2 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%0.0
VA20.2
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North East
8Argyle House School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · DaySunderland, North East
9Red House School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · DayStockton-on-Tees, North East
10Dame Allan's Schools32.9 composite
AAB%11.9
VA21.0
Independent · Day · 6thNewcastle-upon-Tyne, North East
11The Independent Grammar School:Durham30.9 composite
Ofsted30.9
Independent · DayEsh Winning, North EastGood
12Outwood Alternative Provision Eston30.9 composite
Ofsted30.9
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.