Fee-paying schools in BL11, Bolton

8 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central BL11, the nearest being Bolton Islamic Girls School at 0.5 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
Bolton Islamic Girls School	0.5 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls Selective
Lord's School	0.9 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Bolton School Boys' Division	1.2 mi	7 to 18	All-through Boys Selective
Bolton School Infant & Nursery School	1.3 mi		Primary Selective
Bolton School Girls' Division	1.3 mi	7 to 18	All-through Girls Selective
Al Jamiah Al Islamiyyah	1.4 mi	11 to 25	Secondary Boys
Madrasatul Imam Muhammad Zakariya	1.5 mi	11 to 19	Secondary Girls Islam
Al-Huda Primary School	1.5 mi	2 to 11	Primary

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

BL11 also holds 64 state primary and 16 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for BL11 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in BL11?

8 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central BL11, 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 BL11 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 BL11 selective?

4 of the 8 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 BL11?

5 of the 8 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.