Fee-paying schools in M43, Tameside

4 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central M43, the nearest being Music Stuff at 1.5 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
Music Stuff	1.5 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Greater Manchester Independent School	1.8 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Progress Schools - Gorton	2.0 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Harpurhey Alternative Provision School	2.5 mi	11 to 16	Secondary

No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Music Stuff 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

M43 also holds 59 state primary and 13 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for M43 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central M43.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in M43?

4 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central M43, Tameside, 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 M43 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.