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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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1Manchester High School for Girls
Period 202425
93.2%Independent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
2Alderley Edge School for Girls
Period 202425
89.6%Independent · Day · 6thAlderley Edge, North West
3Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda
Period 202425
87.5%Independent · Boarding · 6thBlackburn, North WestGood
4The Queen's School
Period 202425
84.1%Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
5St. Mary's College
Period 202425
76.7%Independent · Day · 6thLiverpool, North West
6Manchester Islamic Grammar School for Girls
Period 202425
76.0%Independent · DayManchester, North West
7Hulme Hall Grammar School
Period 202425
75.0%Independent · DayStockport, North West
8Christian Fellowship School
Period 202425
73.7%Independent · DayLiverpool, North West
9Hulme Grammar School
Period 202425
68.3%Independent · Day · 6thOldham, North West
10Cransley School
Period 202425
68.0%Independent · DayNorthwich, North West
11Tower College
Period 202425
64.7%Independent · DayPrescot, North West
12Abrar Academy
Period 202425
62.5%Independent · Boarding · 6thPreston, North West
13Oakhill School
Period 202425
58.8%Independent · DayClitheroe, North West
14Beech House School
Period 202425
58.1%Independent · DayRochdale, North West
15Manchester Senior Girls School
Period 202425
56.3%Independent · DaySalford, North WestRequires Improvement
16Westwood High
Period 202425
55.3%Independent · Day · 6thOldham, North WestGood
17Bolton Islamic Girls School
Period 202425
52.6%Independent · DayBolton, North WestGood
18Sapience Girls Academy
Period 202425
52.2%Independent · DayOldham, North WestGood
19Rochdale Islamic Academy
Period 202425
51.2%Independent · DayUnknown, North WestRequires Improvement
20Abbey Gate College
Period 202425
50.0%Independent · Day · 6thChester, North West
21Afifah School
Period 202425
48.0%Independent · DayManchester, North WestGood
22Edenfield Girls' High School
Period 202425
47.8%Independent · DayUnknown, North West
23Noorul Uloom
Period 202425
37.5%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, North WestGood
24Beech Hall School
Period 202425
37.5%Independent · Day · 6thMacclesfield, North West
25Trinity School
Period 202425
27.3%Independent · DayStalybridge, 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.