← M20 area guide Private schools

Fee-paying schools in M20, Manchester

11 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
Moor Allerton Preparatory School 0.5 mi 2 to 11 Primary
Manchester Muslim Preparatory School 0.6 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Islam
Withington Girls' School 1.1 mi 7 to 19 All-through
Girls
Selective
Stella Maris School 1.3 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Manchester High School for Girls 1.6 mi 3 to 18 All-through
Girls
Selective
Kassim Darwish Grammar School for Boys 1.7 mi 11 to 16 Secondary
Boys
Selective
Islam
The Manchester Grammar School 2.0 mi 7 to 18 All-through
Boys
Selective
St Bede's College 2.0 mi 3 to 19 All-through
Selective
Roman Catholic
Manchester Vocational and Learning Academy 2.1 mi 11 to 16 Secondary
Afifah School 2.9 mi 2 to 16 All-through
Selective
Muslim
Lady Barn House School 2.9 mi 3 to 11 Primary
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 62 state primary and 17 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for M20 →

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 M20?

11 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central M20, 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 M20 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 M20 selective?

7 of the 11 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 M20?

4 of the 11 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.