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Fee-paying schools in WC2E, Westminster

45 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
The Royal Ballet School	0.1 mi	11 to 19	Secondary
Guildhouse School	0.4 mi	15 to 24	Secondary
Jeannine Manuel School	0.5 mi	2 to 18	All-through Selective
City Junior School	0.6 mi	7 to 11	Primary Selective
DLD College	0.9 mi	13 to 21	Secondary
Westminster School	1.0 mi	12 to 19	Secondary Church of England
City of London School	1.0 mi	10 to 18	Secondary Boys
Eifa International School	1.1 mi	2 to 14	All-through
Queen's College, London	1.1 mi	3 to 19	All-through Girls
London Park School Mayfair and London Park School Sixth	1.1 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
St Paul's Cathedral School	1.1 mi	4 to 13	Primary Church of England
Southbank International School Westminster	1.2 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Charterhouse Square School	1.2 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Wetherby Senior School	1.2 mi	11 to 18	Secondary Boys Selective
Dallington School	1.3 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Westminster Cathedral Choir School	1.3 mi	4 to 13	Primary Boys Selective Roman Catholic
City of London School for Girls	1.3 mi	10 to 18	Secondary Girls Selective
The Gower School	1.4 mi		Primary
Westminster Under School	1.5 mi	4 to 14	All-through Selective Church of England
Eaton Square Prep School	1.6 mi	2 to 13	Primary
London Christian School	1.6 mi	3 to 11	Primary Christian
Halcyon London International School	1.7 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
Connaught House School	1.7 mi	4 to 11	Primary Selective
ICS London	1.7 mi	3 to 19	All-through
Sylvia Young Theatre School	1.7 mi	10 to 16	Secondary
The Lyceum	1.8 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Francis Holland School	1.8 mi	10 to 19	Secondary Girls Church of England
Eaton House School	1.8 mi	2 to 8	Primary Boys
More House School	1.9 mi	9 to 18	Secondary Girls Selective Roman Catholic
Hill House School	1.9 mi	4 to 13	Primary
Francis Holland School	1.9 mi	10 to 19	Secondary Girls Selective Church of England
Alleyns Regents Park Prep	2.0 mi	4 to 13	Primary
Knightsbridge School	2.0 mi	2 to 16	All-through
The Cavendish School	2.1 mi	3 to 11	Primary Girls Roman Catholic
Garden House School	2.1 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Rosemary Works School	2.4 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Saint Christina's School	2.4 mi	3 to 11	Primary Roman Catholic
North Bridge House Senior Canonbury School	2.5 mi	11 to 18	Secondary
London Scandinavian School	2.5 mi	2 to 11	Primary
Newton Preparatory School	2.6 mi	3 to 13	Primary
College Francais Bilingue De Londres	2.7 mi	3 to 16	All-through
St Paul's Waldorf School	2.8 mi	3 to 14	All-through
Fine Arts College	2.9 mi	13 to 19	Secondary
Sarum Hall School	2.9 mi	3 to 11	Primary Girls Church of England
Arco Academy	2.9 mi	11 to 16	Secondary

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 115 state primary and 30 state secondary schools, and those do carry Ofsted ratings and exam results. See the full school breakdown for WC2E →

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 WC2E?

45 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central WC2E, Westminster, 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 WC2E 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 WC2E selective?

9 of the 45 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 WC2E?

11 of the 45 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.