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Fee-paying schools in WC1A, Camden

44 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
Guildhouse School	0.2 mi	15 to 24	Secondary
City Junior School	0.3 mi	7 to 11	Primary Selective
Jeannine Manuel School	0.4 mi	2 to 18	All-through Selective
The Royal Ballet School	0.5 mi	11 to 19	Secondary
The Gower School	0.8 mi		Primary
Dallington School	0.9 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Charterhouse Square School	0.9 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Eifa International School	1.0 mi	2 to 14	All-through
City of London School	1.1 mi	10 to 18	Secondary Boys
City of London School for Girls	1.1 mi	10 to 18	Secondary Girls Selective
St Paul's Cathedral School	1.1 mi	4 to 13	Primary Church of England
Southbank International School Westminster	1.1 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Queen's College, London	1.2 mi	3 to 19	All-through Girls
Wetherby Senior School	1.3 mi	11 to 18	Secondary Boys Selective
DLD College	1.4 mi	13 to 21	Secondary
The Lyceum	1.6 mi	3 to 11	Primary
London Park School Mayfair and London Park School Sixth	1.6 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Westminster School	1.6 mi	12 to 19	Secondary Church of England
Alleyns Regents Park Prep	1.6 mi	4 to 13	Primary
The Cavendish School	1.7 mi	3 to 11	Primary Girls Roman Catholic
Francis Holland School	1.7 mi	10 to 19	Secondary Girls Church of England
ICS London	1.8 mi	3 to 19	All-through
Halcyon London International School	1.8 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Sylvia Young Theatre School	1.8 mi	10 to 16	Secondary
London Christian School	1.9 mi	3 to 11	Primary Christian
Rosemary Works School	1.9 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Westminster Cathedral Choir School	1.9 mi	4 to 13	Primary Boys Selective Roman Catholic
North Bridge House Senior Canonbury School	1.9 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Connaught House School	1.9 mi	4 to 11	Primary Selective
London Scandinavian School	2.0 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Westminster Under School	2.1 mi	4 to 14	All-through Selective Church of England
Eaton Square Prep School	2.1 mi	2 to 13	Primary
College Francais Bilingue De Londres	2.3 mi	3 to 16	All-through
St Paul's Waldorf School	2.3 mi	3 to 14	All-through
More House School	2.3 mi	9 to 18	Secondary Girls Selective Roman Catholic
Eaton House School	2.4 mi	2 to 8	Primary Boys
Hill House School	2.4 mi	4 to 13	Primary
Francis Holland School	2.5 mi	10 to 19	Secondary Girls Selective Church of England
Knightsbridge School	2.5 mi	2 to 16	All-through
Fine Arts College	2.5 mi	13 to 19	Secondary
La Petite Ecole Bilingue	2.6 mi	3 to 11	Primary Selective
The Children's House School	2.6 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Garden House School	2.7 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Wildwood Nature School	2.9 mi	4 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 118 state primary and 33 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for WC1A →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in WC1A?

44 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central WC1A, Camden, 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 WC1A 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 WC1A selective?

10 of the 44 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 WC1A?

10 of the 44 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.