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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 Composite score (period 202425). Composite = weighted Ofsted/ISI + A-Level + GCSE + KS2 + prep-destination signals.

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#SchoolComposite scoreTypeRegionOfsted
1The Perse School71.7 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%13.2
VA10.7
Att816.6
EM5+17.7
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
2New Hall School59.1 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%5.2
VA10.4
Att814.1
EM5+15.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thChelmsford, East of England
3Ipswich School57.4 composite
AAB%7.9
VA14.8
Att815.7
EM5+19.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thIpswich, East of England
4Abbot's Hill School57.3 composite
Ofsted18.5
Att818.9
EM5+20.0
Independent · DayHemel Hempstead, East of England
5St Francis College56.2 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%8.2
VA10.8
Att811.4
EM5+12.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thLetchworth Garden City, East of England
6OneSchool Global UK Colchester Campus56.0 composite
Ofsted15.6
VA12.7
Att813.4
EM5+14.4
Independent · Day · 6thColchester, East of England
7Royal Masonic School for Girls54.3 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%2.9
VA11.1
Att813.2
EM5+13.6
Independent · Boarding · 6thRickmansworth, East of England
8The Peterborough School54.2 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%4.5
VA10.9
Att812.2
EM5+13.2
Independent · Day · 6thPeterborough, East of England
9Colchester Prep & High School51.3 composite
Ofsted18.5
Att816.7
EM5+16.1
Independent · DayColchester, East of England
10Brentwood School51.0 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%3.5
VA13.7
Att86.2
EM5+14.1
Independent · Boarding · 6thBrentwood, East of England
11Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge50.6 composite
AAB%25.1
VA25.4
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, East of England
12Holmwood House School50.0 composite
Ofsted50.0
Independent · BoardingColchester, East of England
13St Christopher School49.1 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%2.1
VA10.2
Att811.7
EM5+11.7
Independent · Boarding · 6thLetchworth Garden City, East of England
14Thorpe Hall School48.8 composite
Ofsted18.5
Att815.0
EM5+15.3
Independent · DayUnknown, East of England
15St Mary's School for Girls48.5 composite
Att822.9
EM5+25.5
Independent · Day · 6thColchester, East of England
16Sancton Wood School48.3 composite
Ofsted18.5
Att814.4
EM5+15.4
Independent · DayUnknown, East of England
17OneSchool Global UK - Biggleswade Campus47.1 composite
VA10.5
Att816.2
EM5+20.3
Independent · Day · 6thBiggleswade, East of England
18Gosfield School46.7 composite
Ofsted15.6
VA8.2
Att811.6
EM5+11.2
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
19Sherrardswood School46.4 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%3.3
VA10.3
Att810.4
EM5+8.8
Independent · Day · 6thWelwyn, East of England
20Felixstowe International College46.2 composite
Ofsted23.2
VA22.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thFelixstowe, East of England
21Wisbech Grammar School45.7 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%3.0
VA10.3
Att89.7
EM5+9.1
Independent · Boarding · 6thCambridgeshire, East of England
22The King's School44.7 composite
Att820.4
EM5+24.3
Independent · DayHarpenden, East of England
23St Albans High School for Girls44.2 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%10.8
VA10.2
Att89.7
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
24St Margaret's School43.9 composite
AAB%3.5
VA12.2
Att813.0
EM5+15.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thBushey, East of England
25The Purcell School43.4 composite
Ofsted13.5
AAB%0.5
VA10.1
Att89.5
EM5+9.8
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, East of England
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Source: GIAS school register + Ofsted Management Information — open licence, weekly refresh.

Composite caveats: Independent schools mostly don't submit to DfE EES, so they appear with low completeness scores (or not at all in the composite ranking). The composite mixes A-Level (Y13) and GCSE (Y11) signals — schools without a sixth form get a small completeness penalty even though it isn't a quality issue. For Independent senior schools, the destination-edge rankings (Oxford / Cambridge feeders) are usually more meaningful than this score.

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.