Fee-paying schools in B17, Birmingham

11 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central B17, the nearest being The Blue Coat School Birmingham at 0.8 mi, 6 of them selective, 3 single-sex. Nearest first; each age range is the school's own statutory range, which decides whether it takes a given year group.

School	Distance	Ages	Takes
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
Edgbaston High School for Girls	1.3 mi	2 to 19	All-through Girls Selective
Hallfield School	1.5 mi		Primary Selective Church of England
King Edward VI High School for Girls	1.6 mi	11 to 19	Secondary Girls Selective Christian
St George's School Edgbaston	1.7 mi	2 to 19	All-through Selective Christian
Mander Portman Woodward Independent College	1.7 mi	14 to 19	Secondary
King Edward's School	1.7 mi	11 to 19	Secondary Boys Selective Christian
Orion School	2.2 mi	13 to 16	Secondary
Future First Independent School	2.5 mi	13 to 18	Secondary
Flexible Learning School	2.7 mi	13 to 16	Secondary

No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like The Blue Coat School Birmingham 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. Fees are not open data either.

The state schools alongside them

B17 also holds 65 state primary and 19 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for B17 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in B17?

11 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central B17, 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 B17 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 B17 selective?

6 of the 11 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 B17?

3 of the 11 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.