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Fee-paying schools in B29, Birmingham

11 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
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
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 52 state primary and 17 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for B29 →

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 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.