Fee-paying schools in M40, Manchester

5 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central M40, the nearest being Harpurhey Alternative Provision School at 0.5 mi. 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
Harpurhey Alternative Provision School	0.5 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Greater Manchester Independent School	1.5 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Music Stuff	2.2 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Sol Christian Academy	2.3 mi	2 to 18	All-through
Progress Schools - Gorton	2.8 mi	11 to 16	Secondary

No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Harpurhey Alternative Provision 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

M40 also holds 66 state primary and 13 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for M40 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in M40?

5 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central M40, 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 M40 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.

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.