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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
1Stonyhurst College66.4 composite
Ofsted33.3
AAB%8.1
VA24.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North West
2The King's School In Macclesfield62.2 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%15.1
VA22.1
Independent · Day · 6thMacclesfield, North West
3Rossall School54.6 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%6.8
VA22.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thFleetwood, North West
4Sedbergh School53.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%4.0
VA24.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thSedbergh (La10 5hg), North West
5Birkenhead School53.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%8.6
VA20.2
Independent · Day · 6thPrenton, North West
6Hulme Grammar School53.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%9.3
VA19.1
Independent · Day · 6thOldham, North West
7Westholme School53.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%6.0
VA22.1
Independent · Day · 6thBlackburn, North West
8AKS Lytham52.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%10.8
VA17.1
Independent · Day · 6thLytham St Annes, North West
9Windermere School51.5 composite
Ofsted29.2
VA22.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thThe Lake District, North West
10Bury Grammar Schools50.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%7.0
VA18.2
Independent · Day · 6thBury, North West
11Scarisbrick Hall School48.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%7.1
VA16.4
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North West
12Cheadle Hulme School48.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%6.3
VA17.2
Independent · Day · 6thCheadle, North West
13Abbey Gate College47.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%4.3
VA18.1
Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
14Chetham's School of Music46.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%4.8
VA17.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North West
15Kirkham Grammar School46.6 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%4.7
VA16.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thPreston, North West
16Bridgewater School45.2 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%4.4
VA15.8
Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
17Oneschool Global Uk Lancaster Campus45.0 composite
Ofsted29.2
VA15.8
Independent · Day · 6thLancaster, North West
18The Hammond44.1 composite
Ofsted29.2
VA14.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thChester, North West
19Lime House School43.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%3.3
VA15.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thCarlisle, North West
20Tower College41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · DayPrescot, North West
21The Grange School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · Day · 6thNorthwich, North West
22The King's School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
23Beech House School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · DayRochdale, North West
24Cransley School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · DayNorthwich, North West
25Hulme Hall Grammar School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · DayStockport, 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.