Fee-paying schools in M8, Manchester

27 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central M8, the nearest being Toras Emes at 0.4 mi, 3 of them selective, 23 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
Toras Emes	0.4 mi	3 to 11	Primary Boys
Bnos Yisroel School Manchester	0.5 mi	3 to 16	All-through Girls
Manchester Senior Girls School	0.5 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls
Beis Ruchel Girls School	0.5 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls
Beis Ruchel Girls School	0.6 mi	2 to 11	Primary Girls
OYY Lubavitch Boys School	0.6 mi	5 to 16	All-through Boys
Bnos Margulis Viznitz Girls' School	0.6 mi	3 to 11	Primary Girls
Tashbar of Manchester	0.7 mi	3 to 12	Primary Boys Orthodox Jewish
Mechinoh School	0.7 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Talmud Torah D'chassidie Belz	0.7 mi	5 to 7	Primary Boys
Talmud Torah Chinuch Norim School	0.8 mi	2 to 13	Primary Boys
Manchester Junior Girls' School	0.9 mi	2 to 11	Primary Girls Orthodox Jewish
Talmud Torah Yetev Lev	0.9 mi	3 to 12	Primary Boys Selective
Beis Malka Girls school	0.9 mi	3 to 16	All-through Girls Orthodox Jewish
Beis Hatalmud School	0.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Etz Chaim Boys School	0.9 mi	11 to 17	Secondary Boys Orthodox Jewish
Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools	1.0 mi	2 to 17	All-through Girls Selective Charadi Jewish
Ateres Elisheva	1.0 mi	2 to 11	Primary Girls
Beis Rochel Mcr Girls school ltd	1.0 mi	3 to 11	Primary Girls
Kerem Shloime	1.1 mi	3 to 11	Primary Boys
Tiferes	1.2 mi	3 to 16	All-through Girls
Me'or High School	1.3 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls
Ahavas Torah Boys Academy	1.4 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys Orthodox Jewish
Chetham's School of Music	1.6 mi	8 to 19	Secondary Selective
Edstart	1.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Abbey College Manchester	1.9 mi	14 to 23	Secondary
Sol Christian Academy	2.4 mi	2 to 18	All-through

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

M8 also holds 63 state primary and 15 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for M8 →

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in M8?

27 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central M8, 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 M8 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 M8 selective?

3 of the 27 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 M8?

23 of the 27 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.