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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 APS / entry (period 202122).

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#SchoolA-Level APS / entryTypeRegionOfsted
1Haberdashers' Girls' School
Period 202122
53.6Independent · Day · 6thBorehamwood, East of England
2Haberdashers' Boys' School
Period 202122
53.3Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
3The Perse School
Period 202122
53.1Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
4Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge
Period 202324
52.1Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, East of England
5St Albans High School for Girls
Period 202122
51.3Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
6St Albans School
Period 202122
50.8Independent · Day · 6thSt Albans, East of England
7Merchant Taylors' School
Period 202122
50.7Independent · Day · 6thNorthwood, East of England
8OneSchool Global UK Colchester Campus
Period 202425
50.0Independent · Day · 6thColchester, East of England
9Norwich High School for Girls GDST
Period 202122
49.4Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
10Berkhamsted School
Period 202122
49.2Independent · Boarding · 6thBerkhamsted, East of England
11Bedford Modern School
Period 202122
49.1Independent · Day · 6thBedford, East of England
12Immanuel College
Period 202122
48.5Independent · Day · 6thBushey, East of England
13Norwich School
Period 202122
48.0Independent · Day · 6thNorwich, East of England
14Haileybury College
Period 202122
47.6Independent · Boarding · 6thHertford, East of England
15Bishop's Stortford College
Period 202122
47.6Independent · Boarding · 6thBishop's Stortford, East of England
16Chigwell School
Period 202122
47.4Independent · Boarding · 6thChigwell, East of England
17The Leys School
Period 202324
47.4Independent · Boarding · 6thCambridge, East of England
18The Stephen Perse Foundation
Period 202122
46.7Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, East of England
19St Francis College
Period 202122
46.4Independent · Boarding · 6thLetchworth Garden City, East of England
20Ipswich School
Period 202122
46.3Independent · Boarding · 6thIpswich, East of England
21Abbey College Cambridge
Period 202122
46.1Independent · Boarding · 6thCambridgeshire, East of England
22Saint Felix School
Period 202122
45.7Independent · Boarding · 6thSouthwold, East of England
23Brentwood School
Period 202122
45.7Independent · Boarding · 6thBrentwood, East of England
24Royal Masonic School for Girls
Period 202324
45.6Independent · Boarding · 6thRickmansworth, East of England
25Woodbridge School
Period 202122
45.4Independent · Boarding · 6thWoodbridge, East of England
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Source: DfE / Explore Education Statistics, latest published 16-18 period (202122). 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.