Fee-paying schools in M20, Manchester

11 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central M20, the nearest being Moor Allerton Preparatory School at 0.5 mi, 7 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
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

No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Moor Allerton Preparatory 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

M20 also holds 62 state primary and 17 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for M20 →

Checking a specific address

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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.