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Fee-paying schools in EC2A, Islington

34 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
The Lyceum	0.1 mi	3 to 11	Primary
City of London School for Girls	0.5 mi	10 to 18	Secondary Girls Selective
OMG Education	0.6 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Charterhouse Square School	0.6 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Dallington School	0.6 mi	3 to 11	Primary
The Complete Works	0.8 mi	5 to 25	All-through
St Paul's Cathedral School	0.8 mi	4 to 13	Primary Church of England
David Game College	0.9 mi	13 to 22	Secondary
Rosemary Works School	0.9 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Al-Mizan School	1.0 mi	7 to 11	Primary Selective
London East Academy	1.0 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Date Palm Primary	1.0 mi	2 to 11	Primary
City of London School	1.1 mi	10 to 18	Secondary Boys
Madani Secondary Girls' School	1.1 mi	11 to 18	Secondary Girls
Daffodil Preparatory School	1.2 mi	5 to 11	Primary
Buttercup Primary School	1.2 mi	3 to 11	Primary
City Junior School	1.2 mi	7 to 11	Primary Selective
The Gower School	1.3 mi		Primary
London Islamic School	1.4 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Darul Hadis Latifiah	1.4 mi	11 to 20	Secondary Boys Selective
Jamiatul Ummah School	1.4 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys Selective
North Bridge House Senior Canonbury School	1.5 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
St Paul's Waldorf School	1.6 mi	3 to 14	All-through
Guildhouse School	1.6 mi	15 to 24	Secondary
London Christian School	1.6 mi	3 to 11	Primary Christian
The Children's House School	1.8 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Gatehouse School	1.8 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Mazahirul Uloom London School	1.8 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
The Royal Ballet School	1.8 mi	11 to 19	Secondary
London Scandinavian School	1.8 mi	2 to 11	Primary
DLD College	2.1 mi	13 to 21	Secondary
Westminster School	2.5 mi	12 to 19	Secondary Church of England
Al-Falah Primary School	2.6 mi	5 to 11	Primary
Tawhid Boys School, Tawhid Educational Trust	2.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys Islam

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 143 state primary and 45 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for EC2A →

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 EC2A?

34 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central EC2A, 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 EC2A 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 EC2A selective?

5 of the 34 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 EC2A?

9 of the 34 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.