How far do you need to live from a school in Camden to get a place?

It depends on the school. Across the 5 Camden schools with a published figure, the last child admitted lived a median of 1.49 miles away; the tightest was Acland Burghley School at 0.93 miles. The distance moves every year with demand.

Do Camden schools have catchment areas?

Most English schools do not. When a school is oversubscribed, places are offered outward from the school until they run out, so what exists is how far the last admitted child lived, which the council publishes after each round. That is the figure on this page.

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How far Camden schools admitted from

For every oversubscribed school, Camden publishes how far away the last child offered a place lived. This is that figure for 5 schools, tightest first. A short distance means a school that fills up close to its gates; a long one means places went further afield.

5schools with a published figure

1.49 mithe middle school's distance

1filled within a mile

The tightest is Acland Burghley School at 0.93 miles in 2024; the most far-reaching, William Ellis School, admitted from 2.17 miles.

Secondary schools

School	Ofsted	Admitted from	Round	How full
Acland Burghley School London	No current grade	0.93 mi	2024	104%
Parliament Hill School London	Outstanding	1.14 mi	2024	102%
Regent High School London	No current grade	1.49 mi	2024	95%
The UCL Academy Camden	Good	2.01 mi	2024	85%
William Ellis School London	No current grade	2.17 mi	2024	86%

Reading the numbers

These are not catchment areas: most English schools have none. Each figure is the distance from the school to the home of the furthest child who was offered a place under the distance criterion in that round, as Camden measures it, which is usually a straight line from a fixed point at the home to one at the school. Looked-after children, siblings and, at faith schools, faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance is reached at all. The figure moves every year with the number of applications. How the whole process works →

Checking an address against these

Each school's page has a checker that measures a postcode against that school's distance. The full property report measures every nearby school at once, alongside sold prices, flood risk and the rest of the house.

Admission distances published by Camden. School details and grades from the Department for Education's register and Ofsted. If a figure looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.