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Fee-paying schools in EC4A, City of London

37 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
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
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 133 state primary and 39 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for EC4A →

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 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.