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Private schools

Fee-paying schools in M18, Manchester

6 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central M18, the nearest being Progress Schools - Gorton at 0.6 mi, 2 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
Progress Schools - Gorton 0.6 mi 11 to 16 Secondary
Music Stuff 1.0 mi 11 to 16 Secondary
Manchester Vocational and Learning Academy 1.6 mi 11 to 16 Secondary
The Manchester Grammar School 1.9 mi 7 to 18 All-through
Boys
Selective
Covenant Christian School 2.6 mi 5 to 16 All-through
Christian/Evangelical
Penarth Group School 2.7 mi 11 to 18 Secondary
Selective
No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Progress Schools - Gorton 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

M18 also holds 68 state primary and 14 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for M18 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central M18.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in M18?

6 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central M18, 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 M18 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 M18 selective?

2 of the 6 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 M18?

1 of the 6 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.