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Fee-paying schools in TW1, Richmond upon Thames

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
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
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 51 state primary and 21 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for TW1 →

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 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.