Fee-paying schools in SE17, Southwark

30 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central SE17, the nearest being London Christian School at 0.8 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	0.8 mi	3 to 11	Primary Christian
Arco Academy	0.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
DLD College	1.3 mi	13 to 21	Secondary
The Villa	1.4 mi	2 to 7	Primary
City of London School	1.6 mi	10 to 18	Secondary Boys
Westminster School	1.6 mi	12 to 19	Secondary Church of England
Westminster Under School	1.7 mi	4 to 14	All-through Selective Church of England
St Paul's Cathedral School	1.8 mi	4 to 13	Primary Church of England
David Game College	1.9 mi	13 to 22	Secondary
City of London School for Girls	2.1 mi	10 to 18	Secondary Girls Selective
The Royal Ballet School	2.1 mi	11 to 19	Secondary
The Complete Works	2.2 mi	5 to 25	All-through
Charterhouse Square School	2.2 mi	3 to 11	Primary
OMG Education	2.2 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Buttercup Primary School	2.3 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Jamiatul Ummah School	2.3 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys Selective
City Junior School	2.3 mi	7 to 11	Primary Selective
Date Palm Primary	2.3 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Daffodil Preparatory School	2.3 mi	5 to 11	Primary
Madani Secondary Girls' School	2.3 mi	11 to 18	Secondary Girls
Herne Hill School	2.3 mi	2 to 7	Primary
James Allen's Girls' School	2.3 mi	4 to 18	All-through Girls
Al-Mizan School	2.3 mi	7 to 11	Primary Selective
London East Academy	2.3 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Alleyn's School	2.4 mi	4 to 18	All-through Selective
The Lyceum	2.4 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Guildhouse School	2.4 mi	15 to 24	Secondary
London Islamic School	2.5 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Dallington School	2.5 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Jeannine Manuel School	2.6 mi	2 to 18	All-through Selective

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

SE17 also holds 132 state primary and 36 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for SE17 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in SE17?

30 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central SE17, 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 SE17 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 SE17 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 SE17?

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.