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Fee-paying schools in M2, Manchester

33 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
Abbey College Manchester	0.1 mi	14 to 23	Secondary
Chetham's School of Music	0.4 mi	8 to 19	Secondary Selective
Sol Christian Academy	1.1 mi	2 to 18	All-through
Afifah School	1.5 mi	2 to 16	All-through Selective Muslim
Talmud Torah D'chassidie Belz	1.7 mi	5 to 7	Primary Boys
Tiferes	1.7 mi	3 to 16	All-through Girls
Beis Ruchel Girls School	1.8 mi	2 to 11	Primary Girls
Beis Ruchel Girls School	1.8 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls
Beis Hatalmud School	1.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Talmud Torah Chinuch Norim School	1.9 mi	2 to 13	Primary Boys
Talmud Torah Yetev Lev	1.9 mi	3 to 12	Primary Boys Selective
Beis Malka Girls school	1.9 mi	3 to 16	All-through Girls Orthodox Jewish
Kerem Shloime	1.9 mi	3 to 11	Primary Boys
Beis Rochel Mcr Girls school ltd	1.9 mi	3 to 11	Primary Girls
Edstart	2.0 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
St Bede's College	2.0 mi	3 to 19	All-through Selective Roman Catholic
Bnos Margulis Viznitz Girls' School	2.0 mi	3 to 11	Primary Girls
Bnos Yisroel School Manchester	2.1 mi	3 to 16	All-through Girls
Manchester Senior Girls School	2.2 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls
Toras Emes	2.2 mi	3 to 11	Primary Boys
Etz Chaim Boys School	2.2 mi	11 to 17	Secondary Boys Orthodox Jewish
OYY Lubavitch Boys School	2.4 mi	5 to 16	All-through Boys
Mechinoh School	2.4 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Tashbar of Manchester	2.4 mi	3 to 12	Primary Boys Orthodox Jewish
Kassim Darwish Grammar School for Boys	2.5 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys Selective Islam
Manchester High School for Girls	2.5 mi	3 to 18	All-through Girls Selective
Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools	2.5 mi	2 to 17	All-through Girls Selective Charadi Jewish
Ateres Elisheva	2.5 mi	2 to 11	Primary Girls
Manchester Junior Girls' School	2.6 mi	2 to 11	Primary Girls Orthodox Jewish
The Manchester Grammar School	2.6 mi	7 to 18	All-through Boys Selective
Me'or High School	2.6 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls
Ahavas Torah Boys Academy	2.7 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys Orthodox Jewish
Withington Girls' School	3.0 mi	7 to 19	All-through Girls Selective

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 78 state primary and 14 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for M2 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in M2?

33 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central M2, 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 M2 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 M2 selective?

9 of the 33 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 M2?

27 of the 33 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.