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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
1Brighton College68.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%23.5
VA19.5
Independent · Boarding · 6thBrighton, South East
2Reigate Grammar School67.6 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%19.1
VA23.5
Independent · Day · 6thReigate, South East
3Wellington College66.3 composite
Ofsted33.3
AAB%14.2
VA18.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, South East
4Kingham Hill School60.6 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%14.5
VA21.1
Independent · Boarding · 6thChipping Norton, South East
5Caterham School60.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%16.3
VA19.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thCaterham, South East
6The Portsmouth Grammar School60.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%16.0
VA19.4
Independent · Day · 6thPortsmouth, South East
7Lingfield College59.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%9.8
VA24.2
Independent · Day · 6thLingfield, South East
8Lewes Old Grammar School59.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%10.4
VA23.6
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South East
9Churcher's College57.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%12.7
VA20.2
Independent · Day · 6thPetersfield, South East
10Bethany School57.9 composite
Ofsted33.3
AAB%2.8
VA21.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thCranbrook, South East
11Lancing College57.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%12.5
VA19.5
Independent · Boarding · 6thLancing, South East
12Bede's Senior School56.6 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%7.8
VA23.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thHailsham, South East
13Epsom College56.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%12.7
VA18.6
Independent · Boarding · 6thEpsom, South East
14The King's School Canterbury56.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%12.4
VA18.7
Independent · Boarding · 6thCanterbury, South East
15Ardingly College56.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%10.8
VA20.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thHaywards Heath, South East
16Hurstpierpoint College55.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%12.0
VA18.5
Independent · Boarding · 6thHassocks, South East
17Worth School55.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%4.3
VA26.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thCrawley, South East
18Battle Abbey School55.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%9.2
VA20.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thEast Sussex, South East
19The Worthgate School54.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%2.4
VA27.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thCanterbury, South East
20Lord Wandsworth College54.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%6.7
VA23.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thHook, South East
21Sevenoaks School54.3 composite
Ofsted29.2
VA25.1
Independent · Boarding · 6thSevenoaks, South East
22Ryde School with Upper Chine54.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%7.8
VA21.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thRyde, South East
23Leighton Park School54.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%9.0
VA20.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thReading, South East
24Claremont Fan Court School53.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%7.7
VA21.1
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South East
25Charterhouse53.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%7.8
VA20.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thGodalming, South East
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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.