North West
Independent schools in Manchester
201 schools, 94,736 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 46.7.
Ofsted across Manchester
Good85
Outstanding16
Requires improvement9
Inadequate3
No overall grade88
113 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 88 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Independent schools in Manchester
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey College ManchesterOther independent school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Chetham's School of MusicOther independent school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Harpurhey Alternative Provision SchoolOther independent school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Kassim Darwish Grammar School for BoysOther independent school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Manchester High School for GirlsOther independent school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Manchester Islamic Grammar School for GirlsOther independent school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Manchester Muslim Preparatory SchoolOther independent school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Manchester Vocational and Learning AcademyOther independent school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Moor Allerton Preparatory SchoolOther independent school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Music StuffOther independent school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Progress Schools - GortonOther independent school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Sol Christian AcademyOther independent school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| St Bede's CollegeOther independent school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| The Manchester Grammar SchoolOther independent school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Withington Girls' SchoolOther independent school | Manchester | No grade | — |