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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 AAB % (period 202425).

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#SchoolA-Level AAB %TypeRegionOfsted
1The National Mathematics and Science College
Period 202425
90.2%Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, West Midlands
2St Paul's Girls' School
Period 202425
83.9%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
3Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge
Period 202425
81.1%Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, East of England
4Guildford High School
Period 202425
78.9%Independent · Day · 6thGuildford, South East
5St Paul's School73.8%Independent · Boarding · 6thLondon, London
6The Perse School
Period 202425
73.4%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
7Latymer Upper School and Latymer Prep
Period 202425
72.3%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
8Magdalen College School
Period 202425
72.0%Independent · Day · 6thOxford, South East
9Royal Grammar School Guildford
Period 202425
71.7%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South East
10City of London School for Girls
Period 202425
70.8%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
11Brighton College
Period 202425
70.5%Independent · Boarding · 6thBrighton, South East
12King's College School70.2%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
13Westminster School
Period 202425
70.1%Independent · Boarding · 6thLondon, London
14The Manchester Grammar School
Period 202425
69.0%Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
15Winchester College
Period 202425
68.2%Independent · Boarding · 6thWinchester, South East
16Putney High School GDST
Period 202425
68.1%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
17Haberdashers' Boys' School
Period 202425
68.1%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
18The Godolphin and Latymer School
Period 202425
67.6%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
19Sevenoaks School
Period 202223
67.5%Independent · Boarding · 6thSevenoaks, South East
20Highgate School
Period 202425
66.1%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
21City of London School
Period 202425
65.7%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
22James Allen's Girls' School
Period 202425
65.7%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
23Nottingham High School
Period 202425
65.4%Independent · Day · 6thNottingham, East Midlands
24King Edward VI High School for Girls
Period 202425
65.2%Independent · Day · 6thBirmingham, West Midlands
25Tonbridge School
Period 202122
64.8%Independent · Boarding · 6thTonbridge, South East
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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.