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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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#	School	GCSE Attainment 8	Type	Region	Ofsted
26	Birkenhead School Period 202425	44.6	Independent · Day · 6th	Prenton, North West	—
27	Westholme School Period 202425	44.1	Independent · Day · 6th	Blackburn, North West	—
28	Sapience Girls Academy Period 202425	43.7	Independent · Day	Oldham, North West	Good
29	The Manchester Grammar School Period 202425	42.9	Independent · Day · 6th	Manchester, North West	—
30	Kirkham Grammar School Period 202425	42.6	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Preston, North West	—
31	Chetham's School of Music Period 202425	42.5	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
32	Al Islah Girls' High School Period 202425	39.6	Independent · Day	BLACKBURN, North West	Good
33	Bridgewater School Period 202425	38.0	Independent · Day · 6th	Manchester, North West	—
34	Auckland College Period 202425	37.8	Independent · Day	Liverpool, North West	—
35	Bury Grammar Schools Period 202425	36.9	Independent · Day · 6th	Bury, North West	—
36	St Anne's College Grammar School Period 202425	36.7	Independent · Day · 6th	Lytham St Annes, North West	—
37	Beech Hall School Period 202425	36.2	Independent · Day · 6th	Macclesfield, North West	—
38	AKS Lytham Period 202425	35.0	Independent · Day · 6th	Lytham St Annes, North West	—
39	Bolton School Boys' Division Period 202425	34.3	Independent · Day · 6th	Bolton, North West	—
40	The Hammond Period 202425	32.0	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Chester, North West	—
41	Scarisbrick Hall School Period 202425	32.0	Independent · Day · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
42	Manchester Senior Girls School Period 202425	31.1	Independent · Day	Salford, North West	Requires Improvement
43	St Bede's College Period 202425	30.3	Independent · Day · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
44	Stonyhurst College Period 202425	29.5	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Unknown, North West	—
45	The Grange School Period 202425	29.2	Independent · Day · 6th	Northwich, North West	—
46	The King's School In Macclesfield Period 202425	28.9	Independent · Day · 6th	Macclesfield, North West	—
47	Sedbergh School Period 202425	27.9	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Sedbergh (La10 5hg), North West	—
48	Etz Chaim Boys School Period 202425	27.0	Independent · Day · 6th	Unknown, North West	Requires Improvement
49	Lime House School Period 202425	26.9	Independent · Boarding · 6th	Carlisle, North West	—
50	Windermere School Period 202425	25.4	Independent · Boarding · 6th	The Lake District, North West	—

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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.