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Private schools

Fee-paying schools in W12, Hammersmith and Fulham

43 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central W12, the nearest being London Vocational Ballet School at 0.7 mi, 10 of them selective, 9 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
London Vocational Ballet School 0.7 mi 10 to 16 Secondary
The Lloyd Williamson School Foundation 0.9 mi 11 to 17 Secondary
Selective
Ravenscourt Park Preparatory School 1.0 mi 4 to 11 Primary
The Godolphin and Latymer School 1.0 mi 10 to 19 Secondary
Girls
ArtsEd Day School & Sixth Form 1.0 mi 11 to 19 Secondary
Selective
Azbuka Russian-English Bilingual School 1.0 mi 2 to 11 Primary
Selective
Orchard House School 1.0 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Latymer Upper School and Latymer Prep 1.1 mi 7 to 19 All-through
Selective
Bute House Preparatory School for Girls 1.1 mi 4 to 11 Primary
Girls
Bassett House School 1.2 mi 2 to 11 Primary
Norland Place School 1.2 mi 4 to 11 Primary
SIAL 1.2 mi 2 to 14 All-through
La Petite Ecole Francaise 1.3 mi 2 to 11 Primary
Ecole Française de Londres Jacques Prévert 1.3 mi 2 to 11 Primary
St Paul's Girls' School 1.3 mi 10 to 19 Secondary
Girls
Church of England
The Stewart Bilingual School 1.3 mi 3 to 11 Primary
St Paul's School 1.4 mi 7 to 18 All-through
Boys
Church of England
Notting Hill Prep School 1.4 mi 4 to 14 All-through
Wetherby Pembridge 1.5 mi 11 to 15 Secondary
Greek Primary School of London 1.5 mi 4 to 11 Primary
Chepstow House School 1.5 mi 2 to 11 Primary
The Swedish School 1.5 mi 2 to 19 All-through
Instituto Espanol Canada Blanch 1.6 mi 3 to 19 All-through
Selective
St James Senior Girls' School 1.6 mi 11 to 18 Secondary
Girls
Selective
St James Preparatory School 1.6 mi 2 to 11 Primary
Kensington Wade 1.7 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Selective
Heathfield House School 1.7 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Bales College 1.7 mi 11 to 20 Secondary
Southbank International School Kensington 1.8 mi 2 to 11 Primary
The Japanese School 1.8 mi 6 to 15 All-through
The Harrodian School 1.9 mi 4 to 18 All-through
The Fulham Prep School Ltd 2.0 mi 1 to 14 All-through
International School of London 2.1 mi 3 to 18 All-through
Maple Walk School 2.2 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Maida Vale School 2.3 mi 11 to 18 Secondary
Selective
Al-Sadiq School 2.5 mi 3 to 16 All-through
The School of the Islamic Republic of Iran 2.5 mi 6 to 16 All-through
Al-Zahra School 2.5 mi 8 to 16 Secondary
Girls
Islamia School for Girls' 2.6 mi 11 to 16 Secondary
Girls
Islam
Brondesbury College London 2.6 mi 11 to 16 Secondary
Boys
Selective
Islam
Kensington Prep School GDST 2.7 mi 4 to 11 Primary
Girls
Evergreen Primary School 2.8 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Islam
Parsons Green Prep School 2.8 mi 4 to 11 Primary
Selective
No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like London Vocational Ballet 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

W12 also holds 104 state primary and 22 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for W12 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central W12.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in W12?

43 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central W12, Hammersmith and Fulham, 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 W12 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 W12 selective?

10 of the 43 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 W12?

9 of the 43 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.