Fee-paying schools in OL2, Oldham

8 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central OL2, the nearest being Farrowdale House School at 0.6 mi, 2 of them selective, 5 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
Farrowdale House School	0.6 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Ellen House Secondary	1.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
The Chadderton Preparatory School	1.9 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Westwood Boys School	2.1 mi	11 to 19	Secondary Boys Islam
Westwood High	2.3 mi	2 to 19	All-through Girls Islam
Sapience Girls Academy	2.5 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls
Darul Hadis Latifiah Northwest	2.5 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys Selective
Hulme Grammar School	3.0 mi	3 to 18	All-through Selective

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

OL2 also holds 59 state primary and 11 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for OL2 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central OL2.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in OL2?

8 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central OL2, Oldham, 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 OL2 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 OL2 selective?

2 of the 8 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 OL2?

5 of the 8 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.