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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 + Att8 + EM5+ (GCSE).

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#SchoolComposite scoreTypeRegionOfsted
1Hulme Hall Grammar School72.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att822.9
EM5+25.0
Independent · DayStockport, North West
2Hulme Grammar School69.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att822.0
EM5+22.8
Independent · Day · 6thOldham, North West
3Tower College67.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att820.8
EM5+21.6
Independent · DayPrescot, North West
4Cransley School67.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att819.3
EM5+22.7
Independent · DayNorthwich, North West
5Oakhill School65.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att820.4
EM5+19.6
Independent · DayClitheroe, North West
6Beech House School64.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att820.0
EM5+19.4
Independent · DayRochdale, North West
7Abbey Gate College62.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att820.4
EM5+16.7
Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
8St. Mary's College57.3 composite
Att827.4
EM5+29.9
Independent · Day · 6thLiverpool, North West
9Christian Fellowship School55.0 composite
Att826.3
EM5+28.7
Independent · DayLiverpool, North West
10Afifah School54.1 composite
Ofsted18.8
Att819.3
EM5+16.0
Independent · DayManchester, North WestGood
11Beech Hall School50.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att813.4
EM5+12.5
Independent · Day · 6thMacclesfield, North West
12The Hammond45.2 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att811.9
EM5+8.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thChester, North West
13Stonyhurst College44.3 composite
Ofsted33.3
Att810.9
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North West
14Birkenhead School41.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att816.5
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thPrenton, North West
15Westholme School41.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att816.3
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thBlackburn, North West
16Oneschool Global Uk Lancaster Campus41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · Day · 6thLancaster, North West
17Kirkham Grammar School40.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att815.8
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thPreston, North West
18Chetham's School of Music40.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att815.7
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North West
19Lime House School39.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att810.0
EM5+4.4
Independent · Boarding · 6thCarlisle, North West
20Bridgewater School39.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att814.1
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
21Bury Grammar Schools38.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att813.7
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thBury, North West
22AKS Lytham38.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att813.0
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thLytham St Annes, North West
23Scarisbrick Hall School36.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att811.9
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North West
24The Grange School35.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att810.8
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thNorthwich, North West
25The King's School In Macclesfield35.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att810.7
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thMacclesfield, 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.