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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 EBacc APS (period 202425).

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#	School	EBacc APS	Type	Region	Ofsted
1	Christian Fellowship School Period 202425	5.71	Independent · Day	Liverpool, North West	—
2	St. Mary's College Period 202425	5.51	Independent · Day · 6th	Liverpool, North West	—
3	Hulme Hall Grammar School Period 202425	5.35	Independent · Day	Stockport, North West	—
4	Hulme Grammar School Period 202425	5.01	Independent · Day · 6th	Oldham, North West	—
5	Oakhill School Period 202425	4.90	Independent · Day	Clitheroe, North West	—
6	Afifah School Period 202425	4.71	Independent · Day	Manchester, North West	Good
7	Beech House School Period 202425	4.71	Independent · Day	Rochdale, North West	—
8	Abbey Gate College Period 202425	4.68	Independent · Day · 6th	Chester, North West	—
9	Trinity School Period 202425	4.67	Independent · Day	Stalybridge, North West	—
10	Birkenhead School Period 202425	4.22	Independent · Day · 6th	Prenton, North West	—
11	Cransley School Period 202425	4.17	Independent · Day	Northwich, North West	—
12	Chetham's School of Music Period 202425	4.14	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
13	Tower College Period 202425	3.93	Independent · Day	Prescot, North West	—
14	Westholme School Period 202425	3.88	Independent · Day · 6th	Blackburn, North West	—
15	Bury Grammar Schools Period 202425	3.72	Independent · Day · 6th	Bury, North West	—
16	Kirkham Grammar School Period 202425	3.58	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Preston, North West	—
17	AKS Lytham Period 202425	3.31	Independent · Day · 6th	Lytham St Annes, North West	—
18	St Anne's College Grammar School Period 202425	3.18	Independent · Day · 6th	Lytham St Annes, North West	—
19	Auckland College Period 202425	2.80	Independent · Day	Liverpool, North West	—
20	Beech Hall School Period 202425	2.69	Independent · Day · 6th	Macclesfield, North West	—
21	The Hammond Period 202425	2.55	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Chester, North West	—
22	St Bede's College Period 202425	2.47	Independent · Day · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
23	The King's School In Macclesfield Period 202425	2.45	Independent · Day · 6th	Macclesfield, North West	—
24	Scarisbrick Hall School Period 202425	2.42	Independent · Day · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
25	Stonyhurst College Period 202425	2.32	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Unknown, North West	—

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Source: DfE / Explore Education Statistics, latest published 16-18 period (202425). Independent schools that don't submit to DfE are not represented.

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.