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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 + AAB% + Value-added (A-Level).

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#SchoolComposite scoreTypeRegionOfsted
26Lime House School43.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%3.3
VA15.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thCarlisle, North West
27Tower College41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · DayPrescot, North West
28The Grange School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · Day · 6thNorthwich, North West
29The King's School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
30Beech House School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · DayRochdale, North West
31Cransley School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · DayNorthwich, North West
32Hulme Hall Grammar School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · DayStockport, North West
33Edenfield Girls' High School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · DayUnknown, North West
34The Alternative School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · Day · 6thAccrington, North West
35Oakhill School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · DayClitheroe, North West
36Beech Hall School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · Day · 6thMacclesfield, North West
37Austin Friars39.4 composite
Ofsted8.3
AAB%12.2
VA18.8
Independent · Day · 6thCarlisle, North West
38St Bede's College34.5 composite
AAB%14.5
VA20.1
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North West
39Merchant Taylors' Schools34.5 composite
AAB%10.6
VA24.0
Independent · Day · 6thLiverpool, North West
40Stockport Grammar School31.8 composite
AAB%11.7
VA20.1
Independent · Day · 6thStockport, North West
41Music Stuff30.9 composite
Ofsted30.9
Independent · DayManchester, North WestGood
42Al Islah Girls' High School30.9 composite
Ofsted30.9
Independent · DayBLACKBURN, North WestGood
43Rochdale Islamic Academy30.9 composite
Ofsted30.9
Independent · DayRochdale, North WestGood
44Edstart30.9 composite
Ofsted30.9
Independent · DayUnknown, North WestGood
45Me'or High School30.9 composite
Ofsted30.9
Independent · DaySalford, North WestGood
46Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda30.9 composite
Ofsted30.9
Independent · Boarding · 6thBlackburn, North WestGood
47Noorul Uloom30.9 composite
Ofsted30.9
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North WestGood
48Bolton Islamic Girls School30.9 composite
Ofsted30.9
Independent · DayBolton, North WestGood
49Turning Point Academy30.9 composite
Ofsted30.9
Independent · DayUnknown, North WestGood
50Afifah School30.9 composite
Ofsted30.9
Independent · DayManchester, North WestGood
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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.