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Private schools

Fee-paying schools in TW1, Richmond upon Thames

15 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central TW1, the nearest being St Catherine's School at 0.7 mi, 2 of them selective, 2 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
St Catherine's School 0.7 mi 7 to 18 All-through
Girls
Catholic
Radnor House 0.8 mi 11 to 18 Secondary
Selective
The German School 1.0 mi 3 to 19 All-through
The Old Vicarage School 1.0 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Girls
Thomas's College 1.2 mi 11 to 18 Secondary
Newland House School 1.3 mi 3 to 13 Primary
The Mall School 1.4 mi Primary
Radnor House Prep School 1.5 mi 2 to 11 Primary
King's House School 1.5 mi 2 to 14 All-through
Unicorn School 2.3 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Broomfield House School 2.5 mi 2 to 11 Primary
Kew College 2.7 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Educare Small School 2.8 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Kew Green Preparatory School 2.8 mi 2 to 11 Primary
Twickenham Preparatory School 3.0 mi 4 to 13 Primary
Selective
Christian
No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like St Catherine's 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

TW1 also holds 51 state primary and 21 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for TW1 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central TW1.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in TW1?

15 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central TW1, Richmond upon Thames, 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 TW1 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 TW1 selective?

2 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 TW1?

2 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.