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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
1Royal Grammar School
Period 202425
52.1%Independent · Day · 6thNewcastle-upon-Tyne, North East—
2Yarm School
Period 202425
36.7%Independent · Day · 6thYarm, North East—
3Dame Allan's Schools
Period 202425
30.6%Independent · Day · 6thNewcastle-upon-Tyne, North East—
4Emmanuel College
Period 202425
21.7%Independent · Day · 6thGateshead, North East—
5Barnard Castle School
Period 202425
20.8%Independent · Boarding · 6thBarnard Castle, North East—
6Durham High School
Period 202425
19.0%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North East—
7Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation
Period 202425
16.9%Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North East—
8Longridge Towers School
Period 202425
15.4%Independent · Boarding · 6thBerwick-upon-Tweed, North East—
9Newcastle High School for Girls GDST
Period 202425
13.2%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North East—
10Newcastle School for Boys
Period 202425
11.1%Independent · Day · 6thNewcastle-upon-Tyne, North East—
11Teesside High School
Period 202425
0.0%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North East—

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.