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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
1The National Mathematics and Science College77.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%30.1
VA22.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, West Midlands
2Concord College65.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%20.8
VA19.7
Independent · Boarding · 6thShrewsbury, West Midlands
3King Edward VI High School for Girls64.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%21.7
VA18.1
Independent · Day · 6thBirmingham, West Midlands
4Adcote School for Girls59.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%14.3
VA20.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thShrewsbury, West Midlands
5Warwick School59.2 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%13.6
VA20.6
Independent · Boarding · 6thWarwick, West Midlands
6Solihull School58.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%14.0
VA19.8
Independent · Day · 6thSolihull, West Midlands
7Shrewsbury School57.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%11.2
VA21.5
Independent · Boarding · 6thShrewsbury, West Midlands
8Newcastle-under-Lyme School55.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%13.0
VA17.8
Independent · Day · 6thNewcastle-under-Lyme, West Midlands
9Rugby School55.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%12.2
VA18.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thRugby, West Midlands
10Abbey College in Malvern54.9 composite
Ofsted29.2
VA25.6
Independent · Boarding · 6thMalvern, West Midlands
11Denstone College53.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%8.3
VA20.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thUttoxeter, West Midlands
12Bredon School53.5 composite
Ofsted29.2
VA24.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thTewkesbury, West Midlands
13Wolverhampton Grammar School53.2 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%11.5
VA16.7
Independent · Day · 6thWolverhampton, West Midlands
14Highclare School53.1 composite
Ofsted33.3
AAB%2.2
VA17.5
Independent · Day · 6thWest Midlands, West Midlands
15Malvern St James52.6 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%8.9
VA18.7
Independent · Boarding · 6thMalvern, West Midlands
16Arnold Lodge School52.3 composite
Ofsted33.3
AAB%0.0
VA18.9
Independent · Day · 6thLeamington Spa, West Midlands
17Edgbaston High School for Girls52.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%7.8
VA19.2
Independent · Day · 6thBirmingham, West Midlands
18Mander Portman Woodward Independent College51.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%5.3
VA21.4
Independent · Day · 6thBirmingham, West Midlands
19Oswestry School51.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%7.1
VA19.4
Independent · Boarding · 6thOswestry, West Midlands
20Lucton School51.5 composite
Ofsted29.2
VA22.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thLeominster, West Midlands
21Princethorpe College50.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%5.7
VA19.7
Independent · Day · 6thRugby, West Midlands
22OneSchool Global UK49.6 composite
Ofsted29.2
VA20.4
Independent · Day · 6thCoventry, West Midlands
23Stafford Grammar School49.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%4.2
VA20.1
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, West Midlands
24Heathfield Knoll School49.2 composite
Ofsted29.2
VA20.0
Independent · Day · 6thKidderminster, West Midlands
25Lichfield Cathedral School49.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
AAB%3.8
VA20.2
Independent · Day · 6thLichfield, West Midlands
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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.