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Private schools

Fee-paying schools in BL8, Bury

2 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central BL8, the nearest being Bury Grammar Schools at 1.4 mi, 1 of them selective, 1 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
Bury Grammar Schools 1.4 mi 3 to 18 All-through
Selective
Darul Uloom Al Arabiya Al Islamiya 2.3 mi 11 to 23 Secondary
Boys
Islam
No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Bury Grammar 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. Fees are not open data either.

The state schools alongside them

BL8 also holds 34 state primary and 7 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for BL8 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central BL8.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in BL8?

2 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central BL8, Bury, 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 BL8 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 BL8 selective?

1 of the 2 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 BL8?

1 of the 2 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.