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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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Showing 2650 of 66Page 2 of 3EES period: 202425⚠️ Small sample: 66 schools matched all filters
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#SchoolComposite scoreTypeRegionOfsted
26Stonyhurst College44.3 composite
Ofsted33.3
Att810.9
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North West
27Withington Girls' School43.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att818.1
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
28Manchester Senior Girls School42.8 composite
Ofsted12.5
Att811.5
EM5+18.8
Independent · DaySalford, North WestRequires Improvement
29Birkenhead School41.5 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att816.5
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thPrenton, North West
30Westholme School41.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att816.3
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thBlackburn, North West
31Oneschool Global Uk Lancaster Campus41.3 composite
Ofsted41.2
Independent · Day · 6thLancaster, North West
32Al Islah Girls' High School41.0 composite
Ofsted18.8
Att814.7
EM5+7.6
Independent · DayBLACKBURN, North WestGood
33The Manchester Grammar School40.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att815.9
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
34Kirkham Grammar School40.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att815.8
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thPreston, North West
35Chetham's School of Music40.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att815.7
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North West
36Lime House School39.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att810.0
EM5+4.4
Independent · Boarding · 6thCarlisle, North West
37Bridgewater School39.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att814.1
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
38Bury Grammar Schools38.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att813.7
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thBury, North West
39AKS Lytham38.0 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att813.0
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thLytham St Annes, North West
40Bolton School Boys' Division37.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att812.7
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thBolton, North West
41Scarisbrick Hall School36.9 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att811.9
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North West
42The Grange School35.8 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att810.8
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thNorthwich, North West
43The King's School In Macclesfield35.7 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att810.7
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thMacclesfield, North West
44Sedbergh School35.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att810.3
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thSedbergh (La10 5hg), North West
45Windermere School34.4 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att89.4
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thThe Lake District, North West
46Trinity School33.4 composite
Att822.7
EM5+10.6
Independent · DayStalybridge, North West
47The King's School32.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att87.1
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
48Rossall School32.1 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att87.1
EM5+0.0
Independent · Boarding · 6thFleetwood, North West
49Cheadle Hulme School31.3 composite
Ofsted25.0
Att86.3
EM5+0.0
Independent · Day · 6thCheadle, North West
50Music Stuff30.9 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.