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Private schools

Fee-paying schools in DA16, Bexley

7 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central DA16, the nearest being Thrive Independent School at 1.5 mi. 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
Thrive Independent School 1.5 mi 11 to 16 Secondary
Break Through School 1.9 mi 11 to 17 Secondary
Pulse and Water College 2.0 mi 11 to 18 Secondary
West Lodge School 2.5 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Benedict House Preparatory School 2.5 mi 2 to 11 Primary
St Olave's Prep School 2.7 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Merton Court School 2.9 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Church of England
No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Thrive Independent 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

DA16 also holds 65 state primary and 15 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for DA16 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central DA16.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in DA16?

7 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central DA16, Bexley, 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 DA16 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.

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.