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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
1Manchester High School for Girls
Period 202425
73.7Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
2Alderley Edge School for Girls
Period 202425
68.1Independent · Day · 6thAlderley Edge, North West
3The Queen's School
Period 202425
67.4Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
4Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda
Period 202425
67.2Independent · Boarding · 6thBlackburn, North WestGood
5Manchester Islamic Grammar School for Girls
Period 202425
64.3Independent · DayManchester, North West
6St. Mary's College
Period 202425
63.3Independent · Day · 6thLiverpool, North West
7Hulme Hall Grammar School
Period 202425
61.9Independent · DayStockport, North West
8Christian Fellowship School
Period 202425
60.7Independent · DayLiverpool, North West
9Hulme Grammar School
Period 202425
59.3Independent · Day · 6thOldham, North West
10Tower College
Period 202425
56.1Independent · DayPrescot, North West
11Bolton School Girls' Division
Period 202425
55.2Independent · Day · 6thBolton, North West
12Oakhill School
Period 202425
55.1Independent · DayClitheroe, North West
13Abbey Gate College
Period 202425
55.0Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
14Westwood High
Period 202425
54.1Independent · Day · 6thOldham, North WestGood
15The King's School
Period 202425
54.0Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
16Beech House School
Period 202425
54.0Independent · DayRochdale, North West
17Bolton Islamic Girls School
Period 202425
53.1Independent · DayBolton, North WestGood
18Trinity School
Period 202425
52.4Independent · DayStalybridge, North West
19Cransley School
Period 202425
52.2Independent · DayNorthwich, North West
20Afifah School
Period 202425
52.2Independent · DayManchester, North WestGood
21Abrar Academy
Period 202425
50.4Independent · Boarding · 6thPreston, North West
22Edenfield Girls' High School
Period 202425
50.1Independent · DayUnknown, North West
23Noorul Uloom
Period 202425
49.4Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North WestGood
24Withington Girls' School
Period 202425
48.8Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
25Rochdale Islamic Academy
Period 202425
48.3Independent · DayUnknown, North WestRequires Improvement
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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.