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Private schools

Fee-paying schools in L20, Sefton

2 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central L20, the nearest being Merchant Taylors' Schools at 2.6 mi, 1 of them selective. 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
Merchant Taylors' Schools 2.6 mi 4 to 18 All-through
Selective
St. Mary's College 2.9 mi All-through
Roman Catholic
No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Merchant Taylors' 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

L20 also holds 53 state primary and 10 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for L20 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central L20.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in L20?

2 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central L20, Sefton, 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 L20 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 L20 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.

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.