← SW9 area guide Private schools

Fee-paying schools in SW9, Lambeth

27 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
Arco Academy	1.1 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Herne Hill School	1.2 mi	2 to 7	Primary
Newton Preparatory School	1.5 mi	3 to 13	Primary
The Villa	1.5 mi	2 to 7	Primary
James Allen's Girls' School	1.6 mi	4 to 18	All-through Girls
Alleyn's School	1.7 mi	4 to 18	All-through Selective
Eaton House the Manor School	1.7 mi	2 to 13	Primary
Westminster Under School	1.8 mi	4 to 14	All-through Selective Church of England
Parkgate House School	1.8 mi	2 to 11	Primary
The White House Preparatory School & Woodentops Kindergarten	1.9 mi		Primary
London Park School Clapham	1.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Eaton Square Prep School	2.0 mi	2 to 13	Primary
Westminster School	2.1 mi	12 to 19	Secondary Church of England
DLD College	2.1 mi	13 to 21	Secondary
Alleyn's Oakfield	2.2 mi	2 to 11	Primary Selective
Westminster Cathedral Choir School	2.2 mi	4 to 13	Primary Boys Selective Roman Catholic
Rosemead Preparatory School	2.2 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Francis Holland School	2.3 mi	10 to 19	Secondary Girls Selective Church of England
London Christian School	2.3 mi	3 to 11	Primary Christian
Dulwich College	2.4 mi		All-through
Eaton House School	2.5 mi	2 to 8	Primary Boys
Hornsby House School	2.5 mi	4 to 11	Primary
Streatham & Clapham High School GDST	2.6 mi	3 to 19	All-through Girls Selective
Eveline Day School	2.7 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Dulwich Prep & Senior	2.7 mi	2 to 16	All-through Boys Selective
London Park School Mayfair and London Park School Sixth	2.9 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
City of London School	2.9 mi	10 to 18	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 111 state primary and 34 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for SW9 →

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 SW9?

27 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central SW9, Lambeth, 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 SW9 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 SW9 selective?

7 of the 27 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 SW9?

7 of the 27 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.