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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
1Bristol Grammar School67.1 composite
Ofsted33.3
AAB%14.0
VA19.8
Independent · Day · 6thBristol, South West
2Cheltenham College66.1 composite
Ofsted33.3
AAB%11.4
VA21.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thCheltenham, South West
3Exeter School59.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%14.2
VA20.7
Independent · Day · 6thExeter, South West
4Canford School58.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%14.2
VA19.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thWimborne, South West
5Kingswood School57.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%13.1
VA19.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thBath, South West
6Truro School57.6 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%11.1
VA21.5
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, South West
7Wells Cathedral School57.5 composite
Ofsted33.3
AAB%5.6
VA18.5
Independent · Boarding · 6thWells, South West
8Clifton High School56.9 composite
Ofsted33.3
AAB%4.9
VA18.7
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South West
9Clifton College56.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%10.1
VA21.4
Independent · Boarding · 6thBristol, South West
10Mount Kelly55.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%6.0
VA24.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thTavistock, South West
11Blundell's School55.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%5.8
VA24.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thTiverton, South West
12Collegiate School55.2 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%9.5
VA20.7
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South West
13Oneschool Global Uk Salisbury Campus54.9 composite
Ofsted29.2
VA25.6
Independent · Day · 6thSalisbury, South West
14West Buckland School54.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%9.5
VA19.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thBarnstaple, South West
15Marlborough College54.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%8.3
VA20.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thWiltshire, South West
16Taunton School52.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%8.3
VA19.5
Independent · Boarding · 6thTaunton, South West
17Rendcomb College52.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%8.0
VA19.7
Independent · Boarding · 6thCirencester, South West
18Prior Park College52.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%6.9
VA20.4
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, South West
19Stonar School51.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%1.7
VA25.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thWiltshire, South West
20Dean Close School51.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%7.6
VA18.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thCheltenham, South West
21Plymouth College50.6 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%7.2
VA18.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, South West
22Shebbear College50.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%5.9
VA19.7
Independent · Boarding · 6thBeaworthy, South West
23Warminster School50.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%5.8
VA19.7
Independent · Boarding · 6thWarminster, South West
24Millfield School50.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%5.4
VA19.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thStreet, South West
25Monkton Combe School49.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%5.0
VA19.7
Independent · Boarding · 6thBath, South 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.