Fee-paying schools in SE13, Lewisham

11 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central SE13, the nearest being Urban Mission School 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
Urban Mission School	0.4 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Education-My Life Matters	0.8 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Heath House Preparatory School	1.0 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Riverston School	1.3 mi	1 to 21	All-through
St Dunstan's College	1.4 mi	3 to 18	All-through Selective Church of England
Blackheath Prep	1.4 mi	3 to 11	Primary Selective
Colfe's School	1.5 mi	3 to 19	All-through Selective
The Pointer School	1.6 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Blackheath High School GDST	1.6 mi	3 to 18	All-through Girls
Greenwich Waldorf School	1.8 mi	3 to 18	All-through
Marathon Science School	2.5 mi	10 to 19	Secondary Boys

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

SE13 also holds 88 state primary and 19 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for SE13 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in SE13?

11 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central SE13, Lewisham, 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 SE13 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 SE13 selective?

3 of the 11 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 SE13?

2 of the 11 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.