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Private schools

Fee-paying schools in OL7, Tameside

2 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central OL7, the nearest being Safe Start School at 0.4 mi, 1 of them selective. 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
Safe Start School 0.4 mi 11 to 19 Secondary
Hulme Grammar School 2.8 mi 3 to 18 All-through
Selective
No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Safe Start 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

OL7 also holds 55 state primary and 13 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for OL7 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central OL7.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in OL7?

2 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central OL7, 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 OL7 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 OL7 selective?

1 of the 2 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.

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.