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Fee-paying schools in EC1A, Islington

38 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
Charterhouse Square School	0.2 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Dallington School	0.3 mi	3 to 11	Primary
City Junior School	0.4 mi	7 to 11	Primary Selective
City of London School for Girls	0.4 mi	10 to 18	Secondary Girls Selective
St Paul's Cathedral School	0.6 mi	4 to 13	Primary Church of England
City of London School	0.7 mi	10 to 18	Secondary Boys
Guildhouse School	0.8 mi	15 to 24	Secondary
The Lyceum	0.9 mi	3 to 11	Primary
The Gower School	0.9 mi		Primary
The Royal Ballet School	1.0 mi	11 to 19	Secondary
Jeannine Manuel School	1.1 mi	2 to 18	All-through Selective
OMG Education	1.3 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
David Game College	1.3 mi	13 to 22	Secondary
Rosemary Works School	1.4 mi	3 to 11	Primary
The Complete Works	1.5 mi	5 to 25	All-through
DLD College	1.5 mi	13 to 21	Secondary
London Christian School	1.5 mi	3 to 11	Primary Christian
North Bridge House Senior Canonbury School	1.7 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Al-Mizan School	1.7 mi	7 to 11	Primary Selective
London East Academy	1.7 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Date Palm Primary	1.7 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Eifa International School	1.7 mi	2 to 14	All-through
Southbank International School Westminster	1.8 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Madani Secondary Girls' School	1.8 mi	11 to 18	Secondary Girls
Westminster School	1.8 mi	12 to 19	Secondary Church of England
London Scandinavian School	1.8 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Queen's College, London	1.8 mi	3 to 19	All-through Girls
Buttercup Primary School	1.9 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Daffodil Preparatory School	1.9 mi	5 to 11	Primary
St Paul's Waldorf School	1.9 mi	3 to 14	All-through
London Park School Mayfair and London Park School Sixth	2.1 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Alleyns Regents Park Prep	2.1 mi	4 to 13	Primary
The Cavendish School	2.2 mi	3 to 11	Primary Girls Roman Catholic
The Children's House School	2.2 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Westminster Cathedral Choir School	2.3 mi	4 to 13	Primary Boys Selective Roman Catholic
Westminster Under School	2.3 mi	4 to 14	All-through Selective Church of England
Eaton Square Prep School	2.5 mi	2 to 13	Primary
College Francais Bilingue De Londres	2.7 mi	3 to 16	All-through

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 137 state primary and 42 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for EC1A →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in EC1A?

38 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central EC1A, Islington, 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 EC1A 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 EC1A selective?

6 of the 38 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 EC1A?

7 of the 38 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.