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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 + Att8 + EM5+ (GCSE).

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#SchoolComposite scoreTypeRegionOfsted
1Cheltenham Ladies' College85.2 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att829.0
EM5+31.2
Independent · Boarding · 6thCheltenham, South West
2The Maynard School75.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att822.4
EM5+28.3
Independent · Day · 6thExeter, South West
3Talbot Heath School73.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att822.7
EM5+26.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thBournemouth, South West
4West Buckland School68.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att820.0
EM5+23.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thBarnstaple, South West
5Oneschool Global Uk Salisbury Campus62.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att818.9
EM5+18.5
Independent · Day · 6thSalisbury, South West
6Shebbear College57.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att817.1
EM5+15.7
Independent · Boarding · 6thBeaworthy, South West
7Oneschool Global Uk Plymouth Campus54.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att817.8
EM5+12.1
Independent · Day · 6thPlymouth, South West
8Totnes Independent School53.6 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att816.3
EM5+12.3
Independent · DayTotnes, South West
9Rendcomb College51.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att815.0
EM5+11.3
Independent · Boarding · 6thCirencester, South West
10Truro High School50.6 composite
Ofsted33.3
Att817.3
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thTruro, South West
11Queen's College50.3 composite
Att824.9
EM5+25.5
Independent · Boarding · 6thTaunton, South West
12Stover School49.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att816.7
EM5+7.7
Independent · Boarding · 6thNewton Abbot, South West
13Al-Ashraf Secondary School for Girls48.2 composite
Ofsted12.5
Att820.3
EM5+15.4
Independent · DayGloucester, South WestRequires Improvement
14Oneschool Global Uk - Tewkesbury Campus45.8 composite
Att823.5
EM5+22.3
Independent · Day · 6thTewkesbury, South West
15Wells Cathedral School44.4 composite
Ofsted33.3
Att811.1
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thWells, South West
16Clifton High School44.3 composite
Ofsted33.3
Att811.0
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South West
17Collegiate School44.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att819.0
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South West
18The Cornwall Independent School43.5 composite
Att824.1
EM5+19.5
Independent · DayHayle, South West
19Cheltenham College41.3 composite
Ofsted33.3
Att87.9
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thCheltenham, South West
20Cleve House School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · DayBristol, South West
21Polwhele House School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · DayTruro, South West
22Maranatha Christian School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South West
23The Acorn School41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · Day · 6thStroud, South WestOutstanding
24Prior Park College40.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att815.1
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, South West
25Queen Elizabeth's Hospital40.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att815.1
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thBristol, South West
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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.