Fee-paying schools in B29, Birmingham

11 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central B29, the nearest being King Edward VI High School for Girls at 1.3 mi, 7 of them selective, 4 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
King Edward VI High School for Girls	1.3 mi	11 to 19	Secondary Girls Selective Christian
King Edward's School	1.4 mi	11 to 19	Secondary Boys Selective Christian
The Blue Coat School Birmingham	1.7 mi	3 to 11	Primary Church of England
Elmhurst Ballet School	2.0 mi	11 to 19	Secondary
Priory School	2.2 mi		All-through Selective
Edgbaston High School for Girls	2.2 mi	2 to 19	All-through Girls Selective
Hallfield School	2.2 mi		Primary Selective Church of England
Norfolk House School	2.3 mi	3 to 11	Primary Selective
St George's School Edgbaston	2.4 mi	2 to 19	All-through Selective Christian
Mander Portman Woodward Independent College	2.5 mi	14 to 19	Secondary
West House School	2.6 mi	1 to 11	Primary Boys

No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like King Edward VI High School for Girls 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

B29 also holds 52 state primary and 17 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for B29 →

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in B29?

11 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central B29, 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 B29 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 B29 selective?

7 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 B29?

4 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.