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Private schools

Fee-paying schools in E2, Tower Hamlets

40 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central E2, the nearest being Darul Hadis Latifiah at 0.4 mi, 6 of them selective, 21 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
Darul Hadis Latifiah 0.4 mi 11 to 20 Secondary
Boys
Selective
Gatehouse School 0.7 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Al-Mizan School 0.9 mi 7 to 11 Primary
Selective
London East Academy 0.9 mi 11 to 16 Secondary
Boys
Date Palm Primary 0.9 mi 2 to 11 Primary
OMG Education 0.9 mi 11 to 18 Secondary
The Complete Works 0.9 mi 5 to 25 All-through
Mazahirul Uloom London School 0.9 mi 11 to 16 Secondary
Boys
Madani Secondary Girls' School 1.0 mi 11 to 18 Secondary
Girls
London Islamic School 1.0 mi 11 to 16 Secondary
Boys
Daffodil Preparatory School 1.0 mi 5 to 11 Primary
The Lyceum 1.0 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Buttercup Primary School 1.1 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Rosemary Works School 1.1 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Jamiatul Ummah School 1.2 mi 11 to 16 Secondary
Boys
Selective
David Game College 1.3 mi 13 to 22 Secondary
The Children's House School 1.5 mi 2 to 11 Primary
City of London School for Girls 1.5 mi 10 to 18 Secondary
Girls
Selective
St Paul's Waldorf School 1.6 mi 3 to 14 All-through
Dallington School 1.7 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Charterhouse Square School 1.7 mi 3 to 11 Primary
North Bridge House Senior Canonbury School 1.8 mi 11 to 18 Secondary
St Paul's Cathedral School 1.8 mi 4 to 13 Primary
Church of England
Al-Falah Primary School 2.0 mi 5 to 11 Primary
City of London School 2.0 mi 10 to 18 Secondary
Boys
London Scandinavian School 2.1 mi 2 to 11 Primary
London Christian School 2.4 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Christian
Ohr Emes 2.4 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Boys
Tawhid Boys School, Tawhid Educational Trust 2.5 mi 11 to 16 Secondary
Boys
Islam
Talmud Torah Yetev Lev 2.5 mi 2 to 12 Primary
Boys
Beis Trana Girls' School 2.5 mi 3 to 16 All-through
Girls
Selective
Beis Malka Girls' School 2.6 mi 2 to 16 All-through
Girls
TTD Gur School 2.6 mi 5 to 7 Primary
Boys
Tayyibah Girls' School 2.6 mi 4 to 18 All-through
Girls
Talmud Torah Chaim Meirim Wiznitz School 2.6 mi 5 to 13 Primary
Boys
T T T Y Y School 2.8 mi 2 to 13 Primary
Boys
Marathon Science School 2.9 mi 10 to 19 Secondary
Boys
Wiznitz Cheder School 2.9 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Boys
Talmud Torah Machzikei Hadass School 3.0 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Boys
Charadi Jewish
Beis Aharon School 3.0 mi 3 to 13 Primary
Boys
Selective
No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Darul Hadis Latifiah 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

E2 also holds 144 state primary and 41 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for E2 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in E2?

40 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central E2, Tower Hamlets, 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 E2 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 E2 selective?

6 of the 40 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 E2?

21 of the 40 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.