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Fee-paying schools in EC1R, Islington

36 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
Dallington School	0.4 mi	3 to 11	Primary
City Junior School	0.4 mi	7 to 11	Primary Selective
Charterhouse Square School	0.5 mi	3 to 11	Primary
The Gower School	0.5 mi		Primary
City of London School for Girls	0.7 mi	10 to 18	Secondary Girls Selective
Guildhouse School	0.8 mi	15 to 24	Secondary
St Paul's Cathedral School	0.9 mi	4 to 13	Primary Church of England
Jeannine Manuel School	1.0 mi	2 to 18	All-through Selective
The Royal Ballet School	1.0 mi	11 to 19	Secondary
City of London School	1.0 mi	10 to 18	Secondary Boys
The Lyceum	1.1 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Rosemary Works School	1.3 mi	3 to 11	Primary
North Bridge House Senior Canonbury School	1.4 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
OMG Education	1.5 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
London Scandinavian School	1.5 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Eifa International School	1.6 mi	2 to 14	All-through
Southbank International School Westminster	1.6 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
David Game College	1.6 mi	13 to 22	Secondary
Queen's College, London	1.7 mi	3 to 19	All-through Girls
The Complete Works	1.7 mi	5 to 25	All-through
DLD College	1.7 mi	13 to 21	Secondary
St Paul's Waldorf School	1.7 mi	3 to 14	All-through
Alleyns Regents Park Prep	1.8 mi	4 to 13	Primary
The Cavendish School	1.8 mi	3 to 11	Primary Girls Roman Catholic
London Christian School	1.9 mi	3 to 11	Primary Christian
Wetherby Senior School	1.9 mi	11 to 18	Secondary Boys Selective
Al-Mizan School	1.9 mi	7 to 11	Primary Selective
London East Academy	1.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Westminster School	2.0 mi	12 to 19	Secondary Church of England
The Children's House School	2.1 mi	2 to 11	Primary
London Park School Mayfair and London Park School Sixth	2.1 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
College Francais Bilingue De Londres	2.3 mi	3 to 16	All-through
Westminster Cathedral Choir School	2.4 mi	4 to 13	Primary Boys Selective Roman Catholic
Westminster Under School	2.5 mi	4 to 14	All-through Selective Church of England
Eaton Square Prep School	2.6 mi	2 to 13	Primary
Wildwood Nature School	2.9 mi	4 to 11	Primary

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 130 state primary and 41 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for EC1R →

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 EC1R?

36 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central EC1R, 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 EC1R 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 EC1R selective?

7 of the 36 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 EC1R?

7 of the 36 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.