Fee-paying schools in B23, Birmingham

9 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central B23, the nearest being Imedia School at 0.6 mi, 2 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
Imedia School	0.6 mi	14 to 16	Secondary
Oscott Academy	0.8 mi	14 to 16	Secondary
Highclare School	0.8 mi	2 to 19	All-through
Aspire AP School 2	1.8 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
The Wisdom Academy	1.9 mi	4 to 11	Primary
The Pioneers Academy	1.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls
Birchfield Independent Girls' School	2.1 mi	11 to 17	Secondary Girls
Birmingham Independent College	2.5 mi	14 to 25	Secondary
Newbury Independent School	2.6 mi	11 to 19	Secondary

No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Imedia School 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

B23 also holds 60 state primary and 18 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for B23 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central B23.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in B23?

9 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central B23, 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 B23 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 there single-sex private schools in B23?

2 of the 9 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.