Fee-paying schools in SE19, Croydon

14 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central SE19, the nearest being The New School at 0.4 mi, 6 of them selective, 5 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
The New School	0.4 mi	4 to 18	All-through
Fidelis College	0.4 mi	4 to 19	All-through
Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST	1.1 mi	4 to 19	All-through Girls Selective
Dulwich Prep & Senior	1.1 mi	2 to 16	All-through Boys Selective
Dulwich College	1.5 mi		All-through
Rosemead Preparatory School	1.6 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Alleyn's Oakfield	1.6 mi	2 to 11	Primary Selective
Aya College (Educational Provision)	1.8 mi	10 to 18	Secondary
Alleyn's School	2.5 mi	4 to 18	All-through Selective
James Allen's Girls' School	2.5 mi	4 to 18	All-through Girls
Herne Hill School	2.6 mi	2 to 7	Primary
Al-Khair School	2.7 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys Selective
Al-Khair Secondary Girls	2.7 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls
Al-Khair School Preparatory School	3.0 mi	4 to 11	Primary Selective

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

SE19 also holds 89 state primary and 21 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for SE19 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central SE19.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in SE19?

14 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central SE19, Croydon, 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 SE19 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 SE19 selective?

6 of the 14 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 SE19?

5 of the 14 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.