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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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#	School	A-Level APS / entry	Type	Region	Ofsted
1	Withington Girls' School Period 202122	54.1	Independent · Day · 6th	Manchester, North West	—
2	Manchester High School for Girls Period 202122	51.3	Independent · Day · 6th	Manchester, North West	—
3	The Manchester Grammar School Period 202425	50.2	Independent · Day · 6th	Manchester, North West	—
4	The Queen's School Period 202122	48.4	Independent · Day · 6th	Chester, North West	—
5	Sedbergh School Period 202122	47.9	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Sedbergh (La10 5hg), North West	—
6	Alderley Edge School for Girls Period 202122	46.9	Independent · Day · 6th	Alderley Edge, North West	—
7	Birkenhead School Period 202122	46.7	Independent · Day · 6th	Prenton, North West	—
8	Bolton School Girls' Division Period 202122	45.5	Independent · Day · 6th	Bolton, North West	—
9	The King's School In Macclesfield Period 202425	45.3	Independent · Day · 6th	Macclesfield, North West	—
10	Stockport Grammar School Period 202122	44.9	Independent · Day · 6th	Stockport, North West	—
11	Cheadle Hulme School Period 202122	44.8	Independent · Day · 6th	Cheadle, North West	—
12	Chetham's School of Music Period 202122	43.8	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
13	Bolton School Boys' Division Period 202122	43.4	Independent · Day · 6th	Bolton, North West	—
14	AKS Lytham Period 202324	43.4	Independent · Day · 6th	Lytham St Annes, North West	—
15	Abbey Gate College Period 202122	43.1	Independent · Day · 6th	Chester, North West	—
16	Merchant Taylors' Schools Period 202122	43.0	Independent · Day · 6th	Liverpool, North West	—
17	Bury Grammar Schools Period 202122	42.9	Independent · Day · 6th	Bury, North West	—
18	Stonyhurst College Period 202324	42.5	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
19	Westholme School Period 202122	42.4	Independent · Day · 6th	Blackburn, North West	—
20	Hulme Grammar School Period 202122	40.8	Independent · Day · 6th	Oldham, North West	—
21	Rossall School Period 202324	40.8	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Fleetwood, North West	—
22	St Bede's College Period 202425	40.7	Independent · Day · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
23	OneSchool Global Northwich Period 202122	40.7	Independent · Day · 6th	Northwich, North West	—
24	Kirkham Grammar School Period 202122	40.4	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Preston, North West	—
25	Austin Friars Period 202122	40.2	Independent · Day · 6th	Carlisle, North West	—

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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.