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Fee-paying schools in CT2, Canterbury

7 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central CT2, the nearest being The King's School Canterbury at 0.9 mi, 2 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
The King's School Canterbury 0.9 mi 13 to 19 Secondary
Selective
Church of England
St Edmund's School Canterbury 1.0 mi 2 to 19 All-through
Church of England
Kent College (Canterbury) 1.1 mi 11 to 19 Secondary
Methodist
Kent College International Study Centre 1.1 mi 11 to 18 Secondary
Junior King's School 1.7 mi 2 to 14 All-through
Church of England
The Worthgate School 1.7 mi 13 to 22 Secondary
Selective
Kent College Nursery, Infant and Junior School 1.8 mi 2 to 11 Primary
No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like The King's School Canterbury 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

CT2 also holds 10 state primary and 7 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for CT2 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central CT2.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in CT2?

7 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central CT2, Canterbury, 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 CT2 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 CT2 selective?

2 of the 7 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.