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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.

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#SchoolOfstedTypeRegionOfsted
1The Manchester Grammar School1,659 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
ISI · Good
2Withington Girls' School756 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
ISI · Good
3Stonyhurst College661 pupilsIndependent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North West
ISI · Excellent
4Manchester High School for Girls930 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thManchester, North West
ISI · Good
5Bolton School Girls' Division1,035 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thBolton, North West
ISI · Excellent
6The King's School1,139 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thChester, North West
ISI · Good
7Rossall School829 pupilsIndependent · Boarding · 6thFleetwood, North West
ISI · Good
8Bury Grammar Schools1,278 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thBury, North West
ISI · Good
9Bolton School Boys' Division1,124 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thBolton, North West
ISI · Good
10Cheadle Hulme School1,528 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thCheadle, North West
ISI · Good
11AKS Lytham792 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thLytham St Annes, North West
ISI · Good
12Birkenhead School955 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thPrenton, North West
ISI · Good
13The Grange School1,204 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thNorthwich, North West
ISI · Good
14Stockport Grammar School1,505 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thStockport, North West
15The Queen's School383 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thChester, North West
ISI · Good
16The King's School In Macclesfield1,330 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thMacclesfield, North West
ISI · Good
17Hulme Grammar School675 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thOldham, North West
ISI · Good
18Alderley Edge School for Girls379 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thAlderley Edge, North West
ISI · Good
19Kirkham Grammar School724 pupilsIndependent · Boarding · 6thPreston, North West
ISI · Good
20St Bede's College744 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thUnknown, North West
21Chetham's School of Music334 pupilsIndependent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, North West
ISI · Good
22Scarisbrick Hall School890 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thUnknown, North West
ISI · Good
23Westholme School731 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thBlackburn, North West
ISI · Good
24Abbey Gate College464 pupilsIndependent · Day · 6thChester, North West
ISI · Good
25Sedbergh School555 pupilsIndependent · Boarding · 6thSedbergh (La10 5hg), North West
ISI · Good
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Source: GIAS school register + Ofsted Management Information — open licence, weekly refresh.

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.