Fee-paying schools in SE1, Southwark

30 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central SE1, the nearest being London Christian School at 0.1 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
London Christian School	0.1 mi	3 to 11	Primary Christian
City of London School	0.9 mi	10 to 18	Secondary Boys
St Paul's Cathedral School	1.0 mi	4 to 13	Primary Church of England
DLD College	1.1 mi	13 to 21	Secondary
David Game College	1.1 mi	13 to 22	Secondary
City of London School for Girls	1.4 mi	10 to 18	Secondary Girls Selective
Charterhouse Square School	1.5 mi	3 to 11	Primary
OMG Education	1.5 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
The Complete Works	1.5 mi	5 to 25	All-through
Westminster School	1.6 mi	12 to 19	Secondary Church of England
The Lyceum	1.6 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Buttercup Primary School	1.6 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Date Palm Primary	1.6 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Al-Mizan School	1.7 mi	7 to 11	Primary Selective
London East Academy	1.7 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
City Junior School	1.7 mi	7 to 11	Primary Selective
Madani Secondary Girls' School	1.7 mi	11 to 18	Secondary Girls
Arco Academy	1.7 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Daffodil Preparatory School	1.7 mi	5 to 11	Primary
Jamiatul Ummah School	1.7 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys Selective
The Royal Ballet School	1.7 mi	11 to 19	Secondary
Dallington School	1.8 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Guildhouse School	1.9 mi	15 to 24	Secondary
Westminster Under School	1.9 mi	4 to 14	All-through Selective Church of England
London Islamic School	1.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
The Villa	2.1 mi	2 to 7	Primary
Jeannine Manuel School	2.1 mi	2 to 18	All-through Selective
The Gower School	2.5 mi		Primary
Darul Hadis Latifiah	2.5 mi	11 to 20	Secondary Boys Selective
Rosemary Works School	2.6 mi	3 to 11	Primary

No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like London Christian 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

SE1 also holds 148 state primary and 39 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for SE1 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in SE1?

30 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central SE1, Southwark, 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 SE1 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 SE1 selective?

7 of the 30 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 SE1?

7 of the 30 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.