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Private schools

Fee-paying schools in SY3, Shropshire

3 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central SY3, the nearest being Shrewsbury School at 0.6 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
Shrewsbury School 0.6 mi 12 to 18 Secondary
Shrewsbury High School 0.8 mi 4 to 20 All-through
Selective
St Winefride's RC Independent School 1.0 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Roman Catholic
No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Shrewsbury 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

SY3 also holds 13 state primary and 2 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for SY3 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central SY3.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in SY3?

3 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central SY3, Shropshire, 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 SY3 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 SY3 selective?

1 of the 3 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.