Fee-paying schools in OL8, Oldham

9 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central OL8, the nearest being Hulme Grammar School at 0.3 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
Hulme Grammar School	0.3 mi	3 to 18	All-through Selective
Darul Hadis Latifiah Northwest	0.8 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys Selective
Sapience Girls Academy	1.0 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls
Westwood Boys School	1.1 mi	11 to 19	Secondary Boys Islam
Westwood High	1.1 mi	2 to 19	All-through Girls Islam
Ellen House Secondary	1.6 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Greater Manchester Independent School	2.0 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
The Chadderton Preparatory School	2.1 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Safe Start School	2.9 mi	11 to 19	Secondary

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

OL8 also holds 69 state primary and 14 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for OL8 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in OL8?

9 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central OL8, 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 OL8 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 OL8 selective?

2 of the 9 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 OL8?

5 of the 9 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.