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Fee-paying schools in SW1W, Westminster

55 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
Francis Holland School	0.1 mi	10 to 19	Secondary Girls Selective Church of England
Eaton House School	0.2 mi	2 to 8	Primary Boys
Garden House School	0.4 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Eaton Square Prep School	0.4 mi	2 to 13	Primary
More House School	0.5 mi	9 to 18	Secondary Girls Selective Roman Catholic
Hill House School	0.5 mi	4 to 13	Primary
Westminster Cathedral Choir School	0.5 mi	4 to 13	Primary Boys Selective Roman Catholic
Knightsbridge School	0.6 mi	2 to 16	All-through
Westminster Under School	0.8 mi	4 to 14	All-through Selective Church of England
London Park School Mayfair and London Park School Sixth	0.9 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Francis Holland Preparatory School	1.0 mi	4 to 12	Primary Girls
Brighton College Prep Kensington	1.1 mi	2 to 13	Primary Selective
Westminster School	1.1 mi	12 to 19	Secondary Church of England
Newton Preparatory School	1.1 mi	3 to 13	Primary
Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle	1.1 mi	2 to 19	All-through
Cameron Vale School	1.1 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Queen's Gate School	1.2 mi	4 to 19	All-through Girls
Mander Portman Woodward School	1.2 mi	14 to 20	Secondary
Glendower Preparatory School	1.2 mi	2 to 11	Primary Girls Selective
Falkner House	1.3 mi	2 to 11	Primary
St Philip's School	1.4 mi	4 to 13	Primary Boys Selective Roman Catholic
Wetherby School, Kensington	1.5 mi	2 to 8	Primary Boys
Connaught House School	1.5 mi	4 to 11	Primary Selective
DLD College	1.6 mi	13 to 21	Secondary
Collingham	1.6 mi	13 to 19	Secondary
Thomas's Battersea	1.6 mi	4 to 13	Primary Selective
L'Ecole de Battersea	1.6 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Thomas's Kensington	1.6 mi	4 to 11	Primary
Halcyon London International School	1.6 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Wetherby Senior School	1.7 mi	11 to 18	Secondary Boys Selective
Sylvia Young Theatre School	1.8 mi	10 to 16	Secondary
Ashbourne College	1.8 mi	13 to 21	Secondary
Queen's College, London	1.8 mi	3 to 19	All-through Girls
The Royal Ballet School	1.9 mi	11 to 19	Secondary
Eifa International School	1.9 mi	2 to 14	All-through
ICS London	1.9 mi	3 to 19	All-through
Jeannine Manuel School	2.0 mi	2 to 18	All-through Selective
Southbank International School Westminster	2.0 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Kensington Park School	2.1 mi	11 to 20	Secondary Selective
Guildhouse School	2.1 mi	15 to 24	Secondary
Eaton House the Manor School	2.1 mi	2 to 13	Primary
Thames Christian School	2.2 mi	11 to 18	Secondary Christian
Parkgate House School	2.2 mi	2 to 11	Primary
L'Ecole des Petits School	2.2 mi	2 to 6	Primary
Pembridge Hall School	2.2 mi	4 to 11	Primary Girls
Francis Holland School	2.2 mi	10 to 19	Secondary Girls Church of England
L'Ecole Bilingue Elementaire	2.3 mi	2 to 11	Primary
City Junior School	2.4 mi	7 to 11	Primary Selective
Thomas's Fulham	2.5 mi	4 to 11	Primary
Dolphin School (Incorporating Noahs Ark Nursery Schools)	2.5 mi	2 to 11	Primary Christian
Thomas's Clapham	2.6 mi	4 to 13	Primary
Emanuel School	2.7 mi	10 to 19	Secondary Selective Christian
London Park School Clapham	2.8 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Broomwood Prep - Boys	2.9 mi	7 to 13	Primary Boys Christian
Broomwood Pre-Prep & Broomwood Prep-Girls	3.0 mi	3 to 13	Primary Christian

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 91 state primary and 27 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for SW1W →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in SW1W?

55 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central SW1W, Westminster, 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 SW1W 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 SW1W selective?

14 of the 55 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 SW1W?

14 of the 55 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.