Fee-paying schools in EC4A, City of London

37 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central EC4A, the nearest being City Junior School at 0.3 mi, 7 of them selective, 7 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
City Junior School	0.3 mi	7 to 11	Primary Selective
City of London School	0.5 mi	10 to 18	Secondary Boys
Charterhouse Square School	0.5 mi	3 to 11	Primary
St Paul's Cathedral School	0.5 mi	4 to 13	Primary Church of England
Guildhouse School	0.6 mi	15 to 24	Secondary
City of London School for Girls	0.6 mi	10 to 18	Secondary Girls Selective
The Royal Ballet School	0.7 mi	11 to 19	Secondary
Dallington School	0.7 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Jeannine Manuel School	0.9 mi	2 to 18	All-through Selective
DLD College	1.1 mi	13 to 21	Secondary
The Lyceum	1.1 mi	3 to 11	Primary
The Gower School	1.1 mi		Primary
London Christian School	1.3 mi	3 to 11	Primary Christian
David Game College	1.4 mi	13 to 22	Secondary
OMG Education	1.5 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Westminster School	1.5 mi	12 to 19	Secondary Church of England
Eifa International School	1.6 mi	2 to 14	All-through
The Complete Works	1.6 mi	5 to 25	All-through
Southbank International School Westminster	1.7 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Queen's College, London	1.7 mi	3 to 19	All-through Girls
Rosemary Works School	1.8 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Wetherby Senior School	1.8 mi	11 to 18	Secondary Boys Selective
London Park School Mayfair and London Park School Sixth	1.8 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Al-Mizan School	1.8 mi	7 to 11	Primary Selective
London East Academy	1.8 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Date Palm Primary	1.9 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Westminster Cathedral Choir School	1.9 mi	4 to 13	Primary Boys Selective Roman Catholic
Westminster Under School	2.0 mi	4 to 14	All-through Selective Church of England
North Bridge House Senior Canonbury School	2.0 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
London Scandinavian School	2.2 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Eaton Square Prep School	2.2 mi	2 to 13	Primary
Alleyns Regents Park Prep	2.2 mi	4 to 13	Primary
The Cavendish School	2.2 mi	3 to 11	Primary Girls Roman Catholic
St Paul's Waldorf School	2.3 mi	3 to 14	All-through
The Children's House School	2.6 mi	2 to 11	Primary
College Francais Bilingue De Londres	2.8 mi	3 to 16	All-through
Arco Academy	2.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary

No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like City Junior School 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

EC4A also holds 133 state primary and 36 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for EC4A →

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in EC4A?

37 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central EC4A, City of London, 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 EC4A 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 EC4A selective?

7 of the 37 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 EC4A?

7 of the 37 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.