Fee-paying schools in M11, Manchester

8 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central M11, the nearest being Music Stuff at 0.4 mi, 2 of them selective, 2 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
Music Stuff	0.4 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Progress Schools - Gorton	1.1 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Sol Christian Academy	1.6 mi	2 to 18	All-through
Harpurhey Alternative Provision School	2.2 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Greater Manchester Independent School	2.3 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
The Manchester Grammar School	2.4 mi	7 to 18	All-through Boys Selective
Manchester Vocational and Learning Academy	2.5 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Manchester High School for Girls	2.8 mi	3 to 18	All-through Girls Selective

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

M11 also holds 77 state primary and 13 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for M11 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central M11.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in M11?

8 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central M11, Manchester, 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 M11 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 M11 selective?

2 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 M11?

2 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.