Independent Schools across Manchester & Cheshire
Discover extensive information about our comprehensive preparation methods for local school entrance exams across the North West on our dedicated entrance exam pages.
Here we would like to provide you with insights into some of the schools in our area.
Please note that the following snippets are based on our knowledge of the school, as well as feedback received from pupils and parents, and solely represent our opinions.
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Manchester Grammar School, MGS (All-Through)
The biggest independent day school for boys in the UK. More than half of our clients end up attending MGS. Outstanding teaching and exam results make the school desirable and competition for entry can be high.
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Withington Girls’ School (All-Through)
Located in the Fallowfield, Withington Girls’ School is a large independent girls’ day school. It has an excellent reputation and is popular with students and parents. Academic excellence is expected.
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Manchester High School (All-Through)
Manchester High School for Girls is an excellent school for girls, good academic results and well balanced extra-curricular activities make this a particularly good choice for creative girls who are also academically able.
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Cheadle Hulme School (All-Through)
Cheadle Hulme School is a popular all-through co-ed school in Cheadle. The grounds and buildings are stunning and the school is well respected for its academic and sport provision. School leadership and teaching are great.
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The Grange School (All-Through)
The Grange is a large co-ed independent day school in Hartford. It has a great reputation, results are very good. Plenty of extra curricular activities are on on all year round. End of school can look like a Range Rover conference.
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Stockport Grammar School (All-Through)
A large co-ed independent school in Stockport. The school has a good range of extra-curricular activities and academic results are generally very good.
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Bolton School (All-Through)
A very large independent school in Bolton. Both the boys and girls divisions have a good range of extra-curricular activities and academic results are good.
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St. Bede’s College (All-Through)
St. Bede’s is a large independent Catholic school in Manchester. It gets good results and has a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Pupils like the school.
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Bridgewater School (All-Through)
A smaller independent co-ed school, very few of our clients ever seek entry here but we get more than a handful each year who attend the prep and progress to an academic senior – so the basics are sound.
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Lady Barn House School (Prep)
The school has a bit of an unfortunate reputation for being a hothouse, but we don’t think that’s necessarily true and there are plenty of extra-curricular activities that take place. Pupils and parents give good reports.
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Altrincham Prep School (Prep)
A very popular prep school for boys in Altrincham. Non-selective and prepares boys reasonably well for entry to more selective senior schools.
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Bowdon Prep School (Prep)
A popular prep school for girls in Bowdon. School does a good job and is popular with parents and students.
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Abbotsford Preparatory School (Prep)
A very small prep school, we’ve had a very small amount of clients from the school, so it’s hard to form any real opinion.
