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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 EBacc APS (period 202425).

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1Manchester High School for Girls
Period 202425
6.82Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
2Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda
Period 202425
6.67Independent · Boarding · 6thBlackburn, North WestGood
3The Queen's School
Period 202425
5.80Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
4Alderley Edge School for Girls
Period 202425
5.72Independent · Day · 6thAlderley Edge, North West
5Christian Fellowship School
Period 202425
5.71Independent · DayLiverpool, North West
6Manchester Islamic Grammar School for Girls
Period 202425
5.52Independent · DayManchester, North West
7St. Mary's College
Period 202425
5.51Independent · Day · 6thLiverpool, North West
8Hulme Hall Grammar School
Period 202425
5.35Independent · DayStockport, North West
9Bolton School Girls' Division
Period 202425
5.23Independent · Day · 6thBolton, North West
10Abrar Academy
Period 202425
5.15Independent · Boarding · 6thPreston, North West
11Withington Girls' School
Period 202425
5.13Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
12Noorul Uloom
Period 202425
5.08Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North WestGood
13Bolton Islamic Girls School
Period 202425
5.06Independent · DayBolton, North WestGood
14Hulme Grammar School
Period 202425
5.01Independent · Day · 6thOldham, North West
15Oakhill School
Period 202425
4.90Independent · DayClitheroe, North West
16Westwood High
Period 202425
4.90Independent · Day · 6thOldham, North WestGood
17Edenfield Girls' High School
Period 202425
4.75Independent · DayUnknown, North West
18Afifah School
Period 202425
4.71Independent · DayManchester, North WestGood
19Beech House School
Period 202425
4.71Independent · DayRochdale, North West
20Abbey Gate College
Period 202425
4.68Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
21Trinity School
Period 202425
4.67Independent · DayStalybridge, North West
22Rochdale Islamic Academy
Period 202425
4.56Independent · DayUnknown, North WestRequires Improvement
23Birkenhead School
Period 202425
4.22Independent · Day · 6thPrenton, North West
24Cransley School
Period 202425
4.17Independent · DayNorthwich, North West
25Chetham's School of Music
Period 202425
4.14Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North West
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Source: DfE / Explore Education Statistics, latest published 16-18 period (202425). Independent schools that don't submit to DfE are not represented.

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.