Fee-paying schools in E17, Waltham Forest

11 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central E17, the nearest being Big Creative Independent School at 1.0 mi, 2 of them selective, 5 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
Big Creative Independent School	1.0 mi	14 to 16	Secondary
Forest School	1.3 mi	4 to 18	All-through Church of England
Lantern of Knowledge Secondary School	1.6 mi	10 to 16	Secondary Boys Selective Muslim
Noor Ul Islam Primary School	1.7 mi	4 to 11	Primary Islam
Snaresbrook Prep School	1.9 mi	3 to 11	Primary
St Aubyn's School	1.9 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Beis Trana Girls' School	2.2 mi	3 to 16	All-through Girls Selective
Tayyibah Girls' School	2.2 mi	4 to 18	All-through Girls
Ohr Emes	2.3 mi	3 to 11	Primary Boys
Al-Falah Primary School	2.6 mi	5 to 11	Primary
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 Big Creative 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

E17 also holds 75 state primary and 23 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for E17 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in E17?

11 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central E17, Waltham Forest, 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 E17 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 E17 selective?

2 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 E17?

5 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.