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Schools near SW1A

Every Ofsted-rated school within 3 miles, on the map and in the table, against the national picture. Search a full postcode and the table adds a column for that address: whether it sits inside each school's last admission distance.

SW1A

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89% Outstanding or Good · above the 80% national figure

Within 3 miles: 205 schools, 9 sixth form or FE colleges (16 plus), 17 universities.

37 Outstanding 72 Good 3 Requires improvement 11 Report card 82 No current grade

Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate Report card No current grade published admission distance estimated

Report card: inspected since Ofsted stopped one-word grades in late 2024, so it has a report card rather than a grade. No current grade: Ofsted's register holds no graded inspection for the school, usually because it is new, or has become an academy and not yet been inspected as one.

No reading for an address here: SW1A is a district, and a school's admission distance is measured from a home, not from the middle of an area. Search a full postcode in SW1A and its table adds a column saying, school by school, whether that address sits inside last time's distance. Check a postcode

School Phase Ofsted Distance Admitted from Results
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 0.5 mi away no figure 48.6 A8
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 0.5 mi away 0.14 mi est. 58.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 0.5 mi away 0.33 mi est. 53.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Report card 0.5 mi away 0.81 mi est. 52.1 A8
Academy converter Secondary Outstanding 0.6 mi away 0.89 mi est. 66.6 A8
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 0.6 mi away no figure 54.4 A8
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 0.7 mi away 0.16 mi est. 88.0% KS2
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 0.7 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Primary No current grade 0.7 mi away 0.17 mi est. no figure
Community special school Special Outstanding 0.7 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 0.7 mi away no figure 36.5 A8
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 0.7 mi away no figure 14.7 A8
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 0.8 mi away 0.57 mi est. 75.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary No current grade 0.8 mi away 0.45 mi est. 100.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary No current grade 0.9 mi away 0.3 mi est. 91.0% KS2
Other independent school All-through fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 0.9 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Primary No current grade 0.9 mi away 0.22 mi est. 87.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary No current grade 0.9 mi away 0.25 mi est. 77.0% KS2
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 0.9 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Primary Ungraded inspection, January 2025: standards maintained 0.9 mi away 0.24 mi est. 60.0% KS2
Other independent school All-through fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.0 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent special school Special No current grade 1.0 mi away no figure no figure
Free schools Secondary Outstanding 1.0 mi away 0.34 mi est. 54.6 A8
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.0 mi away no figure 0.5 A8
Academy sponsor led Secondary Requires improvement 1.0 mi away 0.34 mi est. no figure
Community school Primary Good 1.1 mi away 0.18 mi est. 79.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary No current grade 1.1 mi away 0.34 mi est. 70.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Secondary Report card 1.1 mi away 0.55 mi est. 54.2 A8
Free schools Primary No current grade 1.1 mi away 0.33 mi est. 52.0% KS2
Other independent special school Special No current grade 1.2 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent school All-through fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.2 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Primary Good 1.2 mi away 0.14 mi est. no figure
Other independent school All-through fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.2 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.2 mi away no figure 18.9 A8
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.2 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Secondary Requires improvement 1.2 mi away 0.29 mi est. 42.8 A8
Local authority nursery school Nursery No current grade 1.2 mi away no figure no figure
Foundation school Primary Good 1.2 mi away 0.14 mi est. 64.0% KS2
Foundation school Primary Good 1.3 mi away 0.15 mi est. 68.0% KS2
Free schools special Special No current grade 1.3 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Report card 1.3 mi away 0.14 mi est. 43.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.3 mi away 0.16 mi est. 40.0% KS2
Local authority nursery school Nursery Outstanding 1.3 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.3 mi away no figure 42.5 A8
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.3 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.3 mi away no figure 12.5 A8
Voluntary aided school Primary No current grade 1.3 mi away 0.22 mi est. 74.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.3 mi away 0.39 mi 2025/26 56.0% KS2
Other independent special school Special No current grade 1.3 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.3 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Primary Outstanding 1.3 mi away 0.21 mi est. no figure
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.3 mi away no figure no figure
Foundation special school Special Outstanding 1.3 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.3 mi away 0.1 mi est. 87.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Outstanding 1.4 mi away 0.19 mi est. 81.0% KS2
Community school Secondary Outstanding 1.4 mi away 0.5 mi est. 46.3 A8
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.4 mi away 0.11 mi est. 67.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Report card 1.4 mi away 0.28 mi est. 56.0% KS2
Other independent school All-through fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.4 mi away no figure no figure
Free schools Secondary Good 1.5 mi away 0.57 mi est. 47.8 A8
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.5 mi away no figure 39.2 A8
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.5 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.5 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent special school Special No current grade 1.5 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Secondary No current grade 1.5 mi away 0.65 mi est. 61.0 A8
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.5 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.5 mi away 0.28 mi est. 64.0% KS2
Community school Primary Outstanding 1.5 mi away 0.19 mi est. 81.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Outstanding 1.5 mi away 1.67 mi 2025/26 93.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Good 1.5 mi away 0.27 mi est. 45.9 A8
Local authority nursery school Nursery Outstanding 1.5 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Primary Outstanding 1.5 mi away 0.35 mi est. 92.0% KS2
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.6 mi away no figure 25.5 A8
Community school Primary Good 1.6 mi away 0.23 mi est. 58.0% KS2
Foundation school Primary Good 1.6 mi away 0.5 mi est. 21.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.6 mi away 0.54 mi 2024/25 100.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.6 mi away 0.29 mi est. 74.0% KS2
Other independent school All-through fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.6 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Outstanding 1.6 mi away 0.26 mi est. 93.0% KS2
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.6 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary No current grade 1.7 mi away 2.97 mi 2025/26 93.0% KS2
Community school Primary Outstanding 1.7 mi away 0.22 mi 2025/26 62.0% KS2
Special post 16 institution Special No current grade 1.7 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary Good 1.7 mi away 0.18 mi est. 63.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.7 mi away 0.27 mi est. 83.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.7 mi away 0.13 mi est. 81.0% KS2
Community school Primary Outstanding 1.7 mi away 0.14 mi est. 56.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.7 mi away 0.15 mi est. 87.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Secondary Report card 1.8 mi away 0.22 mi est. 41.9 A8
Voluntary aided school Primary Ungraded inspection, December 2024: standards maintained 1.8 mi away 0.15 mi est. 61.0% KS2
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.8 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.8 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.8 mi away no figure no figure
Special post 16 institution Special No current grade 1.8 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary Outstanding 1.8 mi away 0.16 mi est. 88.0% KS2
Other independent special school Special No current grade 1.8 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.8 mi away no figure 51.2 A8
Community school Primary Good 1.9 mi away 0.11 mi est. 74.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Secondary Report card 1.9 mi away 0.21 mi est. 48.4 A8
Voluntary aided school Primary Outstanding 1.9 mi away 0.49 mi 2024/25 78.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 1.9 mi away 0.21 mi est. 61.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Outstanding 1.9 mi away 0.72 mi 2025/26 83.0% KS2
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.9 mi away no figure 49.7 A8
Voluntary aided school Primary Outstanding 1.9 mi away 0.44 mi 2025/26 74.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.9 mi away 0.11 mi est. 70.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Ungraded inspection, November 2024: improved significantly 1.9 mi away 0.08 mi est. 71.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.9 mi away 0.12 mi est. 67.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.9 mi away 0.15 mi 2026/27 88.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.9 mi away 0.34 mi est. 71.0% KS2
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.9 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary Outstanding 2.0 mi away 0.17 mi est. 75.0% KS2
Community school Primary Outstanding 2.0 mi away 0.33 mi 2026/27 89.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Secondary Outstanding 2.0 mi away 0.31 mi est. 51.3 A8
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.0 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.0 mi away 0.16 mi est. 58.0% KS2
Foundation school Primary No current grade 2.0 mi away 0.43 mi 2024/25 77.0% KS2
Community school Primary Report card 2.0 mi away 0.1 mi est. 43.0% KS2
Community school Primary Outstanding 2.0 mi away 0.89 mi 2026/27 92.0% KS2
Other independent special school Special No current grade 2.0 mi away no figure no figure
Free schools Primary Outstanding 2.0 mi away 0.61 mi 2026/27 80.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 2.0 mi away 0.26 mi est. 43.0% KS2
Community school Secondary Good 2.1 mi away 1.49 mi 2024 42.6 A8
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.1 mi away no figure no figure
Local authority nursery school Nursery Outstanding 2.1 mi away no figure no figure
Local authority nursery school Nursery Outstanding 2.1 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.1 mi away 0.19 mi est. 68.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Requires improvement 2.1 mi away 0.22 mi est. 50.0% KS2
Community school Primary Outstanding 2.1 mi away 0.24 mi est. 68.0% KS2
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.1 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Secondary No current grade 2.1 mi away 1.01 mi 2026/27 52.7 A8
Community school Primary Outstanding 2.1 mi away 0.16 mi est. 78.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.1 mi away 0.15 mi est. 52.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Secondary Report card 2.2 mi away 0.22 mi est. 41.5 A8
Community school Primary Ungraded inspection, September 2025: standards maintained 2.2 mi away 0.2 mi est. 61.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Good 2.2 mi away 0.31 mi est. 40.8 A8
Community school Primary Good 2.2 mi away 0.3 mi est. 69.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Ungraded inspection, April 2025: standards maintained 2.2 mi away 0.12 mi est. 73.0% KS2
Community special school Special Good 2.2 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Primary Good 2.2 mi away 0.19 mi est. 62.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.3 mi away 0.28 mi est. 67.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.3 mi away 0.26 mi est. no figure
Local authority nursery school Nursery Ungraded inspection, February 2025: standards maintained 2.3 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Primary Good 2.3 mi away no figure 66.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Secondary Good 2.3 mi away 0.24 mi est. 45.2 A8
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.3 mi away no figure no figure
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 2.3 mi away 0.43 mi est. 52.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 2.3 mi away 0.11 mi est. 68.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.3 mi away 0.15 mi est. 59.0% KS2
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.3 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent special school Special No current grade 2.3 mi away no figure no figure
Community special school Special Outstanding 2.3 mi away no figure no figure
Free schools Primary No current grade 2.3 mi away 0.18 mi est. 84.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 2.3 mi away 0.23 mi est. 63.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Secondary Good 2.3 mi away 0.35 mi est. 47.9 A8
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.4 mi away 0.21 mi est. 35.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Outstanding 2.4 mi away 0.95 mi 2024/25 77.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Outstanding 2.4 mi away 0.24 mi est. 61.0% KS2
Other independent special school Special No current grade 2.4 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary Ungraded inspection, September 2025: standards maintained 2.4 mi away 0.22 mi est. 76.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 2.4 mi away 0.34 mi 2026/27 67.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary No current grade 2.4 mi away 0.17 mi est. 57.0% KS2
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.5 mi away no figure no figure
Academy sponsor led Secondary Outstanding 2.5 mi away 0.25 mi est. 49.8 A8
Academy converter Secondary Outstanding 2.5 mi away 0.38 mi est. 58.0 A8
Community school Primary Good 2.5 mi away 0.17 mi est. 66.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.5 mi away 0.17 mi est. 70.0% KS2
Free schools special Special Outstanding 2.5 mi away no figure no figure
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 2.5 mi away 0.2 mi est. 81.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 2.6 mi away 0.26 mi est. 76.0% KS2
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.6 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary Good 2.6 mi away 0.17 mi est. 90.0% KS2
Community school Primary No current grade 2.6 mi away 0.16 mi est. 82.0% KS2
Community special school Special Outstanding 2.6 mi away no figure no figure
Academy sponsor led Secondary Ungraded inspection, May 2025: standards maintained 2.6 mi away 2.02 mi 2026/27 40.8 A8
Community school Primary Good 2.6 mi away 0.38 mi 2024/25 79.0% KS2
Community special school Special Report card 2.7 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary Good 2.7 mi away 0.16 mi est. 41.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 2.7 mi away 0.18 mi est. no figure
Voluntary aided school Secondary Good 2.7 mi away 0.36 mi est. 43.5 A8
Community school Primary Good 2.7 mi away 0.38 mi 2026/27 88.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 2.7 mi away 0.32 mi est. 95.0% KS2
Local authority nursery school Nursery Outstanding 2.7 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.7 mi away 0.15 mi est. 97.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 2.7 mi away 0.18 mi est. 66.0% KS2
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.7 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Ungraded inspection, December 2024: standards maintained 2.7 mi away 0.15 mi est. 72.0% KS2
Community school Primary No current grade 2.7 mi away 0.22 mi est. 67.0% KS2
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.8 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.8 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary Good 2.8 mi away 0.25 mi est. 71.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.8 mi away 0.15 mi est. 53.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Report card 2.8 mi away 0.14 mi est. 79.0% KS2
Community school Primary Ungraded inspection, December 2024: standards maintained 2.8 mi away 0.21 mi est. 44.0% KS2
Community special school Special Good 2.8 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.9 mi away 0.3 mi est. 66.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Secondary Good 2.9 mi away 0.38 mi est. 64.0 A8
Voluntary aided school Primary Report card 2.9 mi away 0.25 mi est. 90.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.9 mi away 0.23 mi est. 65.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 2.9 mi away 0.19 mi est. 47.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary No current grade 2.9 mi away 0.24 mi 2026/27 83.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 2.9 mi away 0.41 mi 2024/25 61.0% KS2
Community school Secondary Ungraded inspection, January 2025: standards maintained 2.9 mi away 0.26 mi est. 41.5 A8
Community school Primary Good 3.0 mi away 0.41 mi 2026/27 74.0% KS2
Academy special converter Special Outstanding 3.0 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary Good 3.0 mi away 0.16 mi est. 48.0% KS2

The table includes 42 fee-paying schools. State schools only

"Admitted from" is how far the last child offered a place lived, in the year shown, from the council's own published figure. Where a council publishes none, "est." is a modelled estimate and meaningfully less reliable. "No limit" means the council's own figure puts the furthest offer beyond any commute, so distance did not decide who got in. Results are the share meeting the expected standard for primaries, and Attainment 8 (A8) for secondaries: the Department for Education published no Progress 8 for 2024/25, because those pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020. A school whose newest year still has a Progress 8 shows it as P8. Nothing here is a catchment boundary: most English schools have none, and the distance moves every year.

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