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Fee-paying schools in E3, Tower Hamlets

19 within 3 miles of the district's centre, nearest first. Age ranges are each school's own statutory range, which is what decides whether it takes a given year group.

School	Distance	Ages	Takes
Mazahirul Uloom London School	0.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Gatehouse School	1.0 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Darul Hadis Latifiah	1.2 mi	11 to 20	Secondary Boys Selective
London Islamic School	1.6 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Azhar Academy Girls School	1.6 mi	3 to 16	All-through
Jamiatul Ummah School	1.8 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys Selective
Daffodil Preparatory School	1.8 mi	5 to 11	Primary
Madani Secondary Girls' School	1.8 mi	11 to 18	Secondary Girls
Hafs Academy	1.8 mi	7 to 16	All-through Boys
Buttercup Primary School	1.9 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Date Palm Primary	1.9 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Al-Mizan School	1.9 mi	7 to 11	Primary Selective
London East Academy	1.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Faraday School	2.0 mi	4 to 11	Primary
Al-Falah Primary School	2.5 mi	5 to 11	Primary
Noor Ul Islam Primary School	2.6 mi	4 to 11	Primary Islam
Lantern of Knowledge Secondary School	2.6 mi	10 to 16	Secondary Boys Selective Muslim
Marathon Science School	2.7 mi	10 to 19	Secondary Boys
Ohr Emes	2.9 mi	3 to 11	Primary Boys

None of these carries an Ofsted grade, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed. A missing rating here means we cannot see one, never that the school was judged poorly. Fees are not published as open data either, so they are not shown.

The state schools alongside them

The same area holds 127 state primary and 41 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for E3 →

Checking a specific address

Distance from a school is measured to a front door, not to a district's centre. Put a postcode in and the report works out the real distance to each school, alongside flood risk, sold prices, crime and the rest.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in E3?

19 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central E3, 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 E3 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 E3 selective?

4 of the 19 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 E3?

10 of the 19 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.