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Fee-paying schools in SE8, Lewisham

15 within 3 miles of the district's centre, nearest first. Age ranges are each school's own statutory range, which is what decides whether it takes a given year group.

School	Distance	Ages	Takes
Marathon Science School	0.8 mi	10 to 19	Secondary Boys
Urban Mission School	1.4 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Heath House Preparatory School	2.0 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Education-My Life Matters	2.4 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Jamiatul Ummah School	2.5 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys Selective
Faraday School	2.5 mi	4 to 11	Primary
Buttercup Primary School	2.6 mi	3 to 11	Primary
London Islamic School	2.6 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
St Dunstan's College	2.6 mi	3 to 18	All-through Selective Church of England
Daffodil Preparatory School	2.7 mi	5 to 11	Primary
Madani Secondary Girls' School	2.7 mi	11 to 18	Secondary Girls
Date Palm Primary	2.8 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Mazahirul Uloom London School	2.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys
Al-Mizan School	2.9 mi	7 to 11	Primary Selective
London East Academy	2.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Boys

None of these carries an Ofsted grade, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed. A missing rating here means we cannot see one, never that the school was judged poorly. Fees are not published as open data either, so they are not shown.

The state schools alongside them

The same area holds 116 state primary and 31 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for SE8 →

Checking a specific address

Distance from a school is measured to a front door, not to a district's centre. Put a postcode in and the report works out the real distance to each school, alongside flood risk, sold prices, crime and the rest.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in SE8?

15 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central SE8, 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 SE8 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 SE8 selective?

3 of the 15 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 SE8?

6 of the 15 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.