Fee-paying schools in B8, Birmingham

16 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central B8, the nearest being Hamd House School at 1.0 mi, 1 of them selective, 5 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
Hamd House School	1.0 mi	5 to 16	All-through Islam
Blackwater Academy	1.1 mi	12 to 20	Secondary
Riverside Education	1.2 mi	14 to 19	Secondary
Greenfields Primary School	1.6 mi	5 to 11	Primary Islam
Darul Uloom Islamic High School	1.7 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys Selective
Green Heath School	1.7 mi	14 to 19	Secondary
The Wisdom Academy	1.8 mi	4 to 11	Primary
The Pioneers Academy	1.8 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls
Hazrat Khadijatul Kubra Girls School	1.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls Islam
Camp Hill Education	2.2 mi	11 to 19	Secondary
Jamia Islamia Birmingham	2.3 mi	11 to 19	Secondary Boys
Imedia School	2.4 mi	14 to 16	Secondary
Highclare School	2.6 mi	2 to 19	All-through
Heritage Academy	2.6 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Al-Ameen Primary School	2.7 mi	3 to 11	Primary Islam
Kimichi School	2.8 mi	9 to 18	Secondary

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

B8 also holds 74 state primary and 21 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for B8 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in B8?

16 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central B8, 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 B8 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 B8 selective?

1 of the 16 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 B8?

5 of the 16 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.