← TW9 area guide Private schools

Fee-paying schools in TW9, Richmond upon Thames

21 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
Radnor House Prep School 0.4 mi 2 to 11 Primary
Unicorn School 0.5 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Broomfield House School 0.7 mi 2 to 11 Primary
King's House School 0.7 mi 2 to 14 All-through
Kew College 0.8 mi 3 to 11 Primary
The Old Vicarage School 1.0 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Girls
Kew Green Preparatory School 1.1 mi 2 to 11 Primary
Tower House School 1.2 mi 4 to 13 Primary
Boys
Thomas's College 1.2 mi 11 to 18 Secondary
Kew House 1.5 mi 11 to 18 Secondary
The German School 1.8 mi 3 to 19 All-through
Heathfield House School 1.8 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Roehampton Hospital School 1.8 mi 11 to 18 Secondary
International School of London 1.9 mi 3 to 18 All-through
Ibstock Place School 2.0 mi 3 to 18 All-through
New Level Academy 2.5 mi 11 to 19 Secondary
Orchard House School 2.5 mi 3 to 11 Primary
ArtsEd Day School & Sixth Form 2.5 mi 11 to 19 Secondary
Selective
St Catherine's School 2.5 mi 7 to 18 All-through
Girls
Catholic
Radnor House 2.6 mi 11 to 18 Secondary
Selective
Clifton Lodge School 3.0 mi 3 to 11 Primary
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 49 state primary and 17 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for TW9 →

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 TW9?

21 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central TW9, 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 TW9 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 TW9 selective?

2 of the 21 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 TW9?

3 of the 21 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.