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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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#	School	A-Level AAB %	Type	Region	Ofsted
1	The Manchester Grammar School Period 202425	69.0%	Independent · Day · 6th	Manchester, North West	—
2	Withington Girls' School Period 202425	52.2%	Independent · Day · 6th	Manchester, North West	—
3	The King's School Period 202425	46.8%	Independent · Day · 6th	Chester, North West	—
4	The Queen's School Period 202425	45.5%	Independent · Day · 6th	Chester, North West	—
5	The King's School In Macclesfield Period 202425	45.3%	Independent · Day · 6th	Macclesfield, North West	—
6	Manchester High School for Girls Period 202425	40.5%	Independent · Day · 6th	Manchester, North West	—
7	St Bede's College Period 202425	37.1%	Independent · Day · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
8	Austin Friars Period 202425	36.7%	Independent · Day · 6th	Carlisle, North West	—
9	Bolton School Boys' Division Period 202425	34.0%	Independent · Day · 6th	Bolton, North West	—
10	AKS Lytham Period 202425	32.4%	Independent · Day · 6th	Lytham St Annes, North West	—
11	Stockport Grammar School Period 202425	30.0%	Independent · Day · 6th	Stockport, North West	—
12	Hulme Grammar School Period 202425	27.9%	Independent · Day · 6th	Oldham, North West	—
13	Merchant Taylors' Schools Period 202425	27.1%	Independent · Day · 6th	Liverpool, North West	—
14	Birkenhead School Period 202425	25.8%	Independent · Day · 6th	Prenton, North West	—
15	Stonyhurst College Period 202425	24.4%	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
16	Scarisbrick Hall School Period 202425	21.4%	Independent · Day · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
17	Bury Grammar Schools Period 202425	20.9%	Independent · Day · 6th	Bury, North West	—
18	Rossall School Period 202425	20.4%	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Fleetwood, North West	—
19	Bolton School Girls' Division Period 202425	18.9%	Independent · Day · 6th	Bolton, North West	—
20	Cheadle Hulme School Period 202425	18.8%	Independent · Day · 6th	Cheadle, North West	—
21	Westholme School Period 202425	18.0%	Independent · Day · 6th	Blackburn, North West	—
22	Alderley Edge School for Girls Period 202425	16.7%	Independent · Day · 6th	Alderley Edge, North West	—
23	Chetham's School of Music Period 202425	14.3%	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
24	St. Mary's College Period 202425	14.3%	Independent · Day · 6th	Liverpool, North West	—
25	Kirkham Grammar School Period 202425	14.1%	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Preston, 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.