Fee-paying schools in M13, Manchester

14 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central M13, the nearest being The Manchester Grammar School at 0.8 mi, 6 of them selective, 4 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 Manchester Grammar School	0.8 mi	7 to 18	All-through Boys Selective
Manchester High School for Girls	1.0 mi	3 to 18	All-through Girls Selective
Sol Christian Academy	1.0 mi	2 to 18	All-through
Progress Schools - Gorton	1.3 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Manchester Vocational and Learning Academy	1.5 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Withington Girls' School	1.6 mi	7 to 19	All-through Girls Selective
St Bede's College	1.6 mi	3 to 19	All-through Selective Roman Catholic
Music Stuff	1.7 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Kassim Darwish Grammar School for Boys	1.8 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys Selective Islam
Abbey College Manchester	1.8 mi	14 to 23	Secondary
Chetham's School of Music	2.1 mi	8 to 19	Secondary Selective
Covenant Christian School	2.9 mi	5 to 16	All-through Christian/Evangelical
Moor Allerton Preparatory School	3.0 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Manchester Muslim Preparatory School	3.0 mi	3 to 11	Primary Islam

No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like The Manchester Grammar 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

M13 also holds 68 state primary and 16 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for M13 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in M13?

14 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central M13, 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 M13 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 M13 selective?

6 of the 14 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 M13?

4 of the 14 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.