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Private schools

Fee-paying schools in HA1, Harrow

9 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central HA1, the nearest being Heartwood House at 0.4 mi, 3 of them selective, 2 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
Heartwood House 0.4 mi 11 to 17 Secondary
Alpha Preparatory School 0.4 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Selective
Harrow School 0.6 mi 12 to 19 Secondary
Boys
Church of England
Harmony Primary School 0.6 mi 5 to 11 Primary
The John Lyon School 0.7 mi 2 to 18 All-through
Orley Farm School 1.2 mi 4 to 13 Primary
Selective
Buckingham Preparatory School 1.4 mi 2 to 11 Primary
Boys
Selective
Reddiford School 1.8 mi 2 to 11 Primary
Church of England
Buxlow School 2.2 mi 4 to 11 Primary
No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Heartwood House 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

HA1 also holds 45 state primary and 15 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for HA1 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central HA1.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in HA1?

9 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central HA1, Harrow, 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 HA1 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 HA1 selective?

3 of the 9 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 HA1?

2 of the 9 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.