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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 GCSE Attainment 8 (period 202425).

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#SchoolGCSE Attainment 8TypeRegionOfsted
1The Perse School
Period 202425
82.9Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
2Wimbledon High School GDST
Period 202425
81.0Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
3Cheltenham Ladies' College
Period 202425
78.2Independent · Boarding · 6thCheltenham, South West
4The Harrodian School
Period 202425
75.4Independent · Day · 6thLondon, LondonGood
5Manchester High School for Girls
Period 202425
73.7Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
6St Helen's School
Period 202425
73.0Independent · Day · 6thNorthwood, London
7St Paul's School72.0Independent · Boarding · 6thLondon, London
8Salesian College
Period 202425
71.9Independent · Day · 6thFarnborough, South East
9The Marist School
Period 202425
71.9Independent · Day · 6thAscot, South East
10St Helen and St Katharine
Period 202425
71.8Independent · Day · 6thAbingdon, South East
11New Hall School
Period 202425
70.5Independent · Boarding · 6thChelmsford, East of England
12King's College School70.2Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
13Crosfields School
Period 202425
69.9Independent · DayReading, South East
14Northwood College for Girls GDST
Period 202425
69.9Independent · Day · 6thNorthwood, London
15Red House School
Period 202425
69.8Independent · DayStockton-on-Tees, North East
16Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
Period 202425
69.8Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East Midlands
17Abbot's Hill School
Period 202425
68.8Independent · DayHemel Hempstead, East of England
18Claremont Fan Court School
Period 202425
68.6Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South East
19Ipswich School
Period 202425
68.1Independent · Boarding · 6thIpswich, East of England
20St John's Preparatory and Senior School
Period 202425
68.1Independent · Day · 6thPotters Bar, London
21Alderley Edge School for Girls
Period 202425
68.1Independent · Day · 6thAlderley Edge, North West
22North Bridge House Senior Canonbury School
Period 202425
67.5Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
23Magdalen College School
Period 202425
67.5Independent · Day · 6thOxford, South East
24The Queen's School
Period 202425
67.4Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
25Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda
Period 202425
67.2Independent · Boarding · 6thBlackburn, North WestGood
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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.