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Fee-paying schools in M12, Manchester

9 within 3 miles of the district's centre, nearest first. Age ranges are each school's own statutory range, which is what decides whether it takes a given year group.

School	Distance	Ages	Takes
Progress Schools - Gorton	0.7 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Music Stuff	1.0 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Sol Christian Academy	1.1 mi	2 to 18	All-through
The Manchester Grammar School	1.2 mi	7 to 18	All-through Boys Selective
Manchester Vocational and Learning Academy	1.5 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Manchester High School for Girls	1.5 mi	3 to 18	All-through Girls Selective
Withington Girls' School	2.1 mi	7 to 19	All-through Girls Selective
Chetham's School of Music	2.3 mi	8 to 19	Secondary Selective
Covenant Christian School	2.9 mi	5 to 16	All-through Christian/Evangelical

None of these carries an Ofsted grade, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed. A missing rating here means we cannot see one, never that the school was judged poorly. Fees are not published as open data either, so they are not shown.

The state schools alongside them

The same area holds 75 state primary and 15 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for M12 →

Checking a specific address

Distance from a school is measured to a front door, not to a district's centre. Put a postcode in and the report works out the real distance to each school, alongside flood risk, sold prices, crime and the rest.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in M12?

9 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central M12, 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 M12 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 M12 selective?

4 of the 9 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 M12?

3 of the 9 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.