Fee-paying schools in B6, Birmingham

20 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central B6, the nearest being Birchfield Independent Girls' School at 0.2 mi, 2 of them selective, 6 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
Birchfield Independent Girls' School	0.2 mi	11 to 17	Secondary Girls
The Pioneers Academy	0.4 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls
The Wisdom Academy	0.4 mi	4 to 11	Primary
Birmingham Independent College	0.4 mi	14 to 25	Secondary
Newbury Independent School	0.5 mi	11 to 19	Secondary
Flexible Learning School	1.6 mi	13 to 16	Secondary
Future First Independent School	1.8 mi	13 to 18	Secondary
City United Academy (CUA)	2.0 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Orion School	2.1 mi	13 to 16	Secondary
Oscott Academy	2.4 mi	14 to 16	Secondary
Hazrat Khadijatul Kubra Girls School	2.5 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls Islam
Camp Hill Education	2.6 mi	11 to 19	Secondary
Green Heath School	2.6 mi	14 to 19	Secondary
Greenfields Primary School	2.7 mi	5 to 11	Primary Islam
West House School	2.7 mi	1 to 11	Primary Boys
Mander Portman Woodward Independent College	2.8 mi	14 to 19	Secondary
Darul Uloom Islamic High School	2.8 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys Selective
Heritage Academy	2.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
St George's School Edgbaston	2.9 mi	2 to 19	All-through Selective Christian
Aspire AP School 2	2.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary

No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Birchfield Independent Girls' 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

B6 also holds 80 state primary and 25 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for B6 →

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in B6?

20 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central B6, 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 B6 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 B6 selective?

2 of the 20 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 B6?

6 of the 20 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.