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Fee-paying schools in B16, Birmingham

19 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
Norfolk House School	0.6 mi	3 to 11	Primary Selective
Orion School	0.7 mi	13 to 16	Secondary
Mander Portman Woodward Independent College	0.7 mi	14 to 19	Secondary
Edgbaston High School for Girls	0.8 mi	2 to 19	All-through Girls Selective
St George's School Edgbaston	0.8 mi	2 to 19	All-through Selective Christian
City United Academy (CUA)	0.9 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Hallfield School	0.9 mi		Primary Selective Church of England
Future First Independent School	1.1 mi	13 to 18	Secondary
West House School	1.2 mi	1 to 11	Primary Boys
Flexible Learning School	1.2 mi	13 to 16	Secondary
The Blue Coat School Birmingham	1.2 mi	3 to 11	Primary Church of England
Priory School	1.4 mi		All-through Selective
Elmhurst Ballet School	1.8 mi	11 to 19	Secondary
King Edward VI High School for Girls	1.9 mi	11 to 19	Secondary Girls Selective Christian
King Edward's School	1.9 mi	11 to 19	Secondary Boys Selective Christian
Newbury Independent School	2.2 mi	11 to 19	Secondary
Birmingham Independent College	2.4 mi	14 to 25	Secondary
V.A.S.E Academy	2.7 mi	10 to 18	Secondary
Birchfield Independent Girls' School	2.7 mi	11 to 17	Secondary Girls

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 70 state primary and 21 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for B16 →

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 B16?

19 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central B16, 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 B16 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 B16 selective?

7 of the 19 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 B16?

5 of the 19 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.