Fee-paying schools in BL1, Bolton

9 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central BL1, the nearest being Al-Huda Primary School at 0.1 mi, 4 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
Al-Huda Primary School	0.1 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Madrasatul Imam Muhammad Zakariya	0.7 mi	11 to 19	Secondary Girls Islam
Bolton School Boys' Division	0.7 mi	7 to 18	All-through Boys Selective
Bolton School Girls' Division	0.8 mi	7 to 18	All-through Girls Selective
Bolton School Infant & Nursery School	0.8 mi		Primary Selective
Clevelands Prep School	1.5 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Al Jamiah Al Islamiyyah	1.7 mi	11 to 25	Secondary Boys
Bolton Islamic Girls School	1.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls Selective
Lord's School	2.3 mi	11 to 18	Secondary

No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Al-Huda Primary 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

BL1 also holds 50 state primary and 12 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for BL1 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in BL1?

9 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central BL1, Bolton, 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 BL1 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 BL1 selective?

4 of the 9 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 BL1?

5 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.