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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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1The Perse School
Period 202425
98.5%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
2Ipswich School
Period 202425
91.5%Independent · Boarding · 6thIpswich, East of England
3New Hall School
Period 202425
88.1%Independent · Boarding · 6thChelmsford, East of England
4OneSchool Global UK - Biggleswade Campus
Period 202425
82.4%Independent · Day · 6thBiggleswade, East of England
5St Mary's School for Girls
Period 202425
82.4%Independent · Day · 6thColchester, East of England
6Abbot's Hill School
Period 202425
81.0%Independent · DayHemel Hempstead, East of England
7Brentwood School
Period 202425
78.4%Independent · Boarding · 6thBrentwood, East of England
8The King's School
Period 202425
78.3%Independent · DayHarpenden, East of England
9Royal Masonic School for Girls
Period 202425
75.4%Independent · Boarding · 6thRickmansworth, East of England
10St Margaret's School
Period 202425
73.3%Independent · Boarding · 6thBushey, East of England
11The Peterborough School
Period 202425
73.3%Independent · Day · 6thPeterborough, East of England
12OneSchool Global UK Colchester Campus
Period 202425
69.2%Independent · Day · 6thColchester, East of England
13St Francis College
Period 202425
68.3%Independent · Boarding · 6thLetchworth Garden City, East of England
14St Mary's School
Period 202425
68.0%Independent · Boarding · 6thcambridge, East of England
15St Joseph's College
Period 202425
65.9%Independent · Boarding · 6thIpswich, East of England
16Colchester Prep & High School
Period 202425
65.1%Independent · DayColchester, East of England
17St Christopher School
Period 202425
64.9%Independent · Boarding · 6thLetchworth Garden City, East of England
18Sancton Wood School
Period 202425
62.5%Independent · DayUnknown, East of England
19Thorpe Hall School
Period 202425
62.1%Independent · DayUnknown, East of England
20King's Ely
Period 202425
60.9%Independent · Boarding · 6thEly, East of England
21The Purcell School
Period 202425
54.3%Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, East of England
22Gosfield School
Period 202425
54.2%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, East of England
23Wisbech Grammar School
Period 202425
50.7%Independent · Boarding · 6thCambridgeshire, East of England
24Sherrardswood School
Period 202425
49.1%Independent · Day · 6thWelwyn, East of England
25Bury Park Educational Institute (Al - Hikmah Secondary School)
Period 202425
48.1%Independent · Day · 6thLUTON, 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.