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Fee-paying schools in B15, Birmingham

20 within 3 miles of the district's centre, nearest first. Age ranges are each school's own statutory range, which is what decides whether it takes a given year group.

School	Distance	Ages	Takes
Hallfield School	0.1 mi		Primary Selective Church of England
St George's School Edgbaston	0.1 mi	2 to 19	All-through Selective Christian
Mander Portman Woodward Independent College	0.2 mi	14 to 19	Secondary
Edgbaston High School for Girls	0.2 mi	2 to 19	All-through Girls Selective
West House School	0.5 mi	1 to 11	Primary Boys
Priory School	0.5 mi		All-through Selective
The Blue Coat School Birmingham	0.8 mi	3 to 11	Primary Church of England
Norfolk House School	0.9 mi	3 to 11	Primary Selective
Elmhurst Ballet School	1.0 mi	11 to 19	Secondary
City United Academy (CUA)	1.1 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
King Edward VI High School for Girls	1.1 mi	11 to 19	Secondary Girls Selective Christian
King Edward's School	1.1 mi	11 to 19	Secondary Boys Selective Christian
Orion School	1.4 mi	13 to 16	Secondary
Heritage Academy	1.7 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Redstone Academy for Boys	1.7 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Redstone Academy for Girls	1.7 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls Selective
Flexible Learning School	1.7 mi	13 to 16	Secondary
Future First Independent School	1.8 mi	13 to 18	Secondary
Newbury Independent School	2.5 mi	11 to 19	Secondary
Birmingham Independent College	2.7 mi	14 to 25	Secondary

None of these carries an Ofsted grade, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed. A missing rating here means we cannot see one, never that the school was judged poorly. Fees are not published as open data either, so they are not shown.

The state schools alongside them

The same area holds 65 state primary and 29 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for B15 →

Checking a specific address

Distance from a school is measured to a front door, not to a district's centre. Put a postcode in and the report works out the real distance to each school, alongside flood risk, sold prices, crime and the rest.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in B15?

20 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central B15, Birmingham, from the Department for Education's register. Each one's age range, whether it selects and how full it is are listed on this page.

Do private schools in B15 have Ofsted ratings?

No, and a blank rating is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed, so no rating exists for us to show.

Are private schools in B15 selective?

8 of the 20 select on ability at entry, according to their admissions policy on the register. The rest do not, though most fee-paying schools still assess applicants in some way.

Are there single-sex private schools in B15?

7 of the 20 take boys only or girls only. The rest are mixed.

Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools. Read how every figure here is sourced on the methodology page. If something looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.