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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 A-Level Value-added (period 202324).

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#SchoolA-Level Value-addedTypeRegionOfsted
1Stonyhurst College
Period 202324
0.99Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North West
2Sedbergh School
Period 202425
0.99Independent · Boarding · 6thSedbergh (La10 5hg), North West
3Rossall School
Period 202324
0.74Independent · Boarding · 6thFleetwood, North West
4The King's School In Macclesfield
Period 202425
0.65Independent · Day · 6thMacclesfield, North West
5Westholme School
Period 202425
0.65Independent · Day · 6thBlackburn, North West
6Birkenhead School
Period 202324
0.43Independent · Day · 6thPrenton, North West
7Hulme Grammar School
Period 202324
0.29Independent · Day · 6thOldham, North West
8Windermere School
Period 202324
0.28Independent · Boarding · 6thThe Lake District, North West
9Austin Friars
Period 202425
0.26Independent · Day · 6thCarlisle, North West
10Bury Grammar Schools
Period 202425
0.18Independent · Day · 6thBury, North West
11Abbey Gate College
Period 202324
0.17Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
12St. Mary's College
Period 202324
0.12Independent · Day · 6thLiverpool, North West
13Cheadle Hulme School
Period 202425
0.07Independent · Day · 6thCheadle, North West
14Chetham's School of Music
Period 202425
0.06Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North West
15St Bede's College
Period 202324
0.06Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North West
16Stockport Grammar School
Period 202425
0.06Independent · Day · 6thStockport, North West
17AKS Lytham
Period 202324
0.05Independent · Day · 6thLytham St Annes, North West
18Kirkham Grammar School
Period 202425
0.03Independent · Boarding · 6thPreston, North West
19Scarisbrick Hall School
Period 202324
-0.03Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North West
20Bridgewater School
Period 202425
-0.11Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
21Lime House School
Period 202425
-0.18Independent · Boarding · 6thCarlisle, North West
22Lord's School
Period 202425
-0.30Independent · Day · 6thBolton, North WestInadequate
23OneSchool Global Northwich
Period 202425
-0.30Independent · Day · 6thNorthwich, North West
24Oneschool Global Uk Lancaster Campus
Period 202425
-0.38Independent · Day · 6thLancaster, North West
25The Hammond
Period 202324
-0.48Independent · Boarding · 6thChester, North West
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Source: DfE / Explore Education Statistics, latest published 16-18 period (202324). 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.