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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
1Sheffield High School GDST
Period 202425
48.6%Independent · Day · 6thSheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber
2Hymers College
Period 202425
45.8%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, Yorkshire and the Humber
3The Grammar School At Leeds
Period 202425
45.3%Independent · Day · 6thLeeds, Yorkshire and the Humber
4The Mount School (York)
Period 202425
45.0%Independent · Boarding · 6thYork, Yorkshire and the Humber
5Bradford Grammar School
Period 202425
40.4%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, Yorkshire and the Humber
6Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
Period 202425
34.8%Independent · Day · 6thWakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber
7St Peter's School 2-18
Period 202425
31.7%Independent · Boarding · 6thYork, Yorkshire and the Humber
8Birkdale School
Period 202425
29.3%Independent · Day · 6thSheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber
9Woodhouse Grove School
Period 202425
29.1%Independent · Boarding · 6thBradford, Yorkshire and the Humber
10Bootham School
Period 202425
28.6%Independent · Boarding · 6thYork, Yorkshire and the Humber
11Ashville College
Period 202425
28.6%Independent · Boarding · 6thHarrogate, Yorkshire and the Humber
12Wakefield Girls' High School
Period 202425
21.1%Independent · Day · 6thWakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber
13Pocklington School
Period 202425
16.9%Independent · Boarding · 6thYork, Yorkshire and the Humber
14Ampleforth College
Period 202425
16.9%Independent · Boarding · 6thYork, Yorkshire and the Humber
15Fyling Hall School
Period 202425
16.7%Independent · Boarding · 6thWhitby, Yorkshire and the Humber
16Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakaria
Period 202425
13.9%Independent · Boarding · 6thBradford, Yorkshire and the Humber
17Giggleswick School
Period 202425
12.5%Independent · Boarding · 6thSettle, Yorkshire and the Humber
18Ackworth School
Period 202425
11.8%Independent · Boarding · 6thWest Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
19Read School
Period 202425
11.1%Independent · Boarding · 6thSelby, Yorkshire and the Humber
20Tranby
Period 202425
10.5%Independent · Day · 6thHull, Yorkshire and the Humber
21Silcoates School
Period 202425
10.3%Independent · Day · 6thWest Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
22Harrogate Ladies' College
Period 202425
6.7%Independent · Boarding · 6thHarrogate, Yorkshire and the Humber
23Queen Ethelburga's College
Period 202425
5.6%Independent · Boarding · 6thYork, Yorkshire and the Humber
24Gateways School
Period 202425
0.0%Independent · Day · 6thLeeds, Yorkshire and the Humber
25Eternal Light
Period 202425
0.0%Independent · Day · 6thBradford, Yorkshire and the Humber
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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.