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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 GCSE Eng+Maths 5+ (period 202425).

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#SchoolGCSE Eng+Maths 5+TypeRegionOfsted
1Wimbledon High School GDST
Period 202425
100.0%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
2Westminster School
Period 202425
99.2%Independent · Boarding · 6thLondon, London
3City of London School
Period 202425
98.6%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
4The Perse School
Period 202425
98.5%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
5St Helen and St Katharine
Period 202425
98.0%Independent · Day · 6thAbingdon, South East
6St John's Preparatory and Senior School
Period 202425
97.5%Independent · Day · 6thPotters Bar, London
7Crosfields School
Period 202425
97.4%Independent · DayReading, South East
8Salesian College
Period 202425
97.0%Independent · Day · 6thFarnborough, South East
9The Harrodian School
Period 202425
95.8%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, LondonGood
10St Helen's School
Period 202425
95.2%Independent · Day · 6thNorthwood, London
11Francis Holland School
Period 202425
95.1%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
12Northwood College for Girls GDST
Period 202425
94.3%Independent · Day · 6thNorthwood, London
13Cheltenham Ladies' College
Period 202425
93.7%Independent · Boarding · 6thCheltenham, South West
14Manchester High School for Girls
Period 202425
93.2%Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
15The Marist School
Period 202425
92.5%Independent · Day · 6thAscot, South East
16Claremont Fan Court School
Period 202425
91.7%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, South East
17Ipswich School
Period 202425
91.5%Independent · Boarding · 6thIpswich, East of England
18Cranmore
Period 202425
91.5%Independent · DayLeatherhead, South East
19North Bridge House Senior Canonbury School
Period 202425
91.4%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, London
20d'Overbroeck's
Period 202425
91.3%Independent · Boarding · 6thOxford, South East
21St Augustine's Priory
Period 202425
91.2%Independent · Day · 6thLondon, London
22Red House School
Period 202425
90.2%Independent · DayStockton-on-Tees, North East
23Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
Period 202425
90.0%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East Midlands
24Alderley Edge School for Girls
Period 202425
89.6%Independent · Day · 6thAlderley Edge, North West
25New Hall School
Period 202425
88.1%Independent · Boarding · 6thChelmsford, East of England
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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.