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Fee-paying schools in M4, Manchester

32 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
Chetham's School of Music	0.6 mi	8 to 19	Secondary Selective
Abbey College Manchester	0.6 mi	14 to 23	Secondary
Sol Christian Academy	0.8 mi	2 to 18	All-through
Talmud Torah D'chassidie Belz	1.6 mi	5 to 7	Primary Boys
Beis Ruchel Girls School	1.7 mi	2 to 11	Primary Girls
Beis Ruchel Girls School	1.7 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls
Tiferes	1.9 mi	3 to 16	All-through Girls
Talmud Torah Chinuch Norim School	1.9 mi	2 to 13	Primary Boys
Beis Hatalmud School	1.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Bnos Yisroel School Manchester	1.9 mi	3 to 16	All-through Girls
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
Bnos Margulis Viznitz Girls' School	2.0 mi	3 to 11	Primary Girls
Beis Rochel Mcr Girls school ltd	2.0 mi	3 to 11	Primary Girls
Kerem Shloime	2.0 mi	3 to 11	Primary Boys
Toras Emes	2.0 mi	3 to 11	Primary Boys
Manchester Senior Girls School	2.1 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls
Afifah School	2.1 mi	2 to 16	All-through Selective Muslim
Etz Chaim Boys School	2.2 mi	11 to 17	Secondary Boys Orthodox Jewish
OYY Lubavitch Boys School	2.2 mi	5 to 16	All-through Boys
Mechinoh School	2.3 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Tashbar of Manchester	2.3 mi	3 to 12	Primary Boys Orthodox Jewish
Manchester Junior Girls' School	2.4 mi	2 to 11	Primary Girls Orthodox Jewish
Harpurhey Alternative Provision School	2.4 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
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
St Bede's College	2.5 mi	3 to 19	All-through Selective Roman Catholic
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
Manchester High School for Girls	2.6 mi	3 to 18	All-through Girls Selective
Ahavas Torah Boys Academy	2.7 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys Orthodox Jewish
Kassim Darwish Grammar School for Boys	2.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys Selective Islam

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 15 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for M4 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in M4?

32 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central M4, 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 M4 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 M4 selective?

8 of the 32 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 M4?

26 of the 32 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.