Fee-paying schools in CH1, Cheshire West and Chester

3 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central CH1, the nearest being The Queen's School at 1.0 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
The Queen's School	1.0 mi	3 to 18	All-through Girls
The Firs School	1.3 mi	3 to 11	Primary
The King's School	2.5 mi	4 to 19	All-through Selective Church of England

No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like The Queen's 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

CH1 also holds 20 state primary and 5 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for CH1 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central CH1.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in CH1?

3 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central CH1, Cheshire West and Chester, 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 CH1 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 CH1 selective?

1 of the 3 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 CH1?

1 of the 3 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.