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Private schools

Fee-paying schools in E16, Newham

11 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central E16, the nearest being Faraday School at 1.0 mi, 1 of them selective, 2 single-sex. 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
Faraday School 1.0 mi 4 to 11 Primary
Grangewood Independent School 2.0 mi 2 to 11 Primary
Christian
Madaniyah Foundation 2.2 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Greenwich Waldorf School 2.2 mi 3 to 18 All-through
Azhar Academy Girls School 2.2 mi 3 to 16 All-through
Quwwat Ul Islam Girls' School 2.3 mi 3 to 16 All-through
Blackheath High School GDST 2.4 mi 3 to 18 All-through
Girls
Zakariya Primary School 2.5 mi 5 to 11 Primary
Muslim
The Pointer School 2.5 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Blackheath Prep 2.7 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Selective
Hafs Academy 2.9 mi 7 to 16 All-through
Boys
No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Faraday 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

E16 also holds 97 state primary and 29 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for E16 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in E16?

11 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central E16, Newham, 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 E16 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 E16 selective?

1 of the 11 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.

Are there single-sex private schools in E16?

2 of the 11 take boys only or girls only. The rest are mixed.

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.