School guide

Schools near NW8

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.

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88% Outstanding or Good · above the 80% national figure

Within 3 miles: 225 schools, 4 sixth form or FE colleges (16 plus), 10 universities.

35 Outstanding 65 Good 1 Requires improvement 12 Report card 112 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: NW8 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 NW8 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
Community school Primary Good 0.2 mi away 0.17 mi est. 66.0% KS2
Other independent special school Special No current grade 0.3 mi away no figure no figure
Academy sponsor led Secondary Good 0.4 mi away 0.48 mi est. 51.0 A8
Academy converter Primary Good 0.5 mi away 0.19 mi est. 62.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Outstanding 0.5 mi away 0.51 mi 2024/25 78.0% KS2
Local authority nursery school Nursery Outstanding 0.6 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Secondary No current grade 0.6 mi away 0.23 mi est. 55.9 A8
Community special school Special Outstanding 0.6 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent special school Special No current grade 0.6 mi away no figure no figure
Academy sponsor led Secondary Good 0.7 mi away 2.01 mi 2024 45.9 A8
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 0.7 mi away 0.34 mi est. 71.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary No current grade 0.8 mi away 0.14 mi est. 52.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Secondary Outstanding 0.8 mi away 0.31 mi est. 51.3 A8
Voluntary aided school Secondary Good 0.8 mi away 0.3 mi est. 44.3 A8
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 0.8 mi away 0.13 mi est. 69.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Outstanding 0.8 mi away 0.49 mi 2024/25 78.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Report card 0.8 mi away 0.25 mi est. 90.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Secondary Outstanding 0.9 mi away 0.37 mi est. 61.6 A8
Free schools Secondary Good 0.9 mi away 0.28 mi est. 48.6 A8
Community school Primary Good 0.9 mi away 0.18 mi est. 84.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Report card 0.9 mi away 0.13 mi est. 70.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 0.9 mi away 0.15 mi est. 87.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary No current grade 1.0 mi away 0.17 mi est. 85.0% KS2
Free schools Primary Outstanding 1.0 mi away 0.46 mi 2024/25 78.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.0 mi away 0.18 mi est. 76.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Outstanding 1.0 mi away 0.14 mi est. 82.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 1.0 mi away 2.36 mi 2023/24 52.0% KS2
Local authority nursery school Nursery Good 1.0 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Outstanding 1.0 mi away 0.15 mi est. 81.0% KS2
Foundation school Primary Good 1.1 mi away 0.15 mi est. 37.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Secondary Good 1.1 mi away 0.3 mi est. 48.3 A8
Community school Primary Good 1.1 mi away 0.26 mi est. 76.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.1 mi away 4.01 mi 2023/24 no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Outstanding 1.1 mi away 0.12 mi est. 62.0% KS2
Free schools Primary Good 1.1 mi away No limit 2023/24 65.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.1 mi away 0.54 mi 2024/25 100.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary No current grade 1.2 mi away 0.65 mi est. 61.0 A8
Local authority nursery school Nursery Good 1.2 mi away no figure no figure
Local authority nursery school Nursery Outstanding 1.2 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Outstanding 1.2 mi away 0.12 mi est. 82.0% KS2
Community school Primary Outstanding 1.2 mi away 0.24 mi est. 88.0% KS2
Community school Secondary Ungraded inspection, January 2025: standards maintained 1.3 mi away 0.26 mi est. 41.5 A8
Other independent special school Special No current grade 1.3 mi away no figure no figure
Community special school Special Ungraded inspection, March 2025: standards maintained 1.3 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.3 mi away 0.11 mi est. 70.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Outstanding 1.3 mi away 0.21 mi est. no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Report card 1.3 mi away 0.14 mi 2024/25 95.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.4 mi away 0.51 mi 2024/25 50.0% KS2
Community school Primary No current grade 1.4 mi away 2.21 mi 2023/24 73.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.4 mi away 0.25 mi est. 73.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Report card 1.4 mi away 0.14 mi est. 64.0% KS2
Community special school Special Good 1.4 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.4 mi away 0.85 mi 2023/24 68.0% KS2
Community special school Special Good 1.5 mi away no figure no figure
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 1.5 mi away 0.12 mi est. 85.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.5 mi away 0.15 mi est. 81.0% KS2
Free schools special Special Ungraded inspection, June 2025: improved significantly 1.5 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Report card 1.5 mi away 0.14 mi est. 79.0% KS2
Community school Primary Outstanding 1.5 mi away 0.2 mi est. 67.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.5 mi away 0.29 mi est. 74.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.5 mi away 0.15 mi est. 75.0% KS2
Community special school Special Outstanding 1.5 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary Good 1.5 mi away 0.16 mi est. 41.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Report card 1.5 mi away 7.21 mi 2023/24 75.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.6 mi away 0.12 mi est. 70.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary No current grade 1.6 mi away 0.31 mi est. 60.0% KS2
Local authority nursery school Nursery Outstanding 1.6 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.6 mi away 0.13 mi est. 87.0% KS2
Community school Primary Requires improvement 1.6 mi away 0.18 mi est. 77.0% KS2
Community school Primary Outstanding 1.6 mi away 0.16 mi est. 78.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.6 mi away 0.39 mi est. 76.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Outstanding 1.6 mi away 0.24 mi est. 61.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 1.7 mi away 0.29 mi est. 55.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.7 mi away 0.19 mi est. 85.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.7 mi away 0.22 mi est. 75.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Ungraded inspection, November 2024: improved significantly 1.7 mi away 0.08 mi est. 71.0% KS2
Community school Primary Outstanding 1.7 mi away 0.29 mi 2025/26 87.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary No current grade 1.8 mi away 0.34 mi est. 70.0% KS2
Community school Secondary Good 1.8 mi away 1.49 mi 2024 42.6 A8
Community school Primary Good 1.8 mi away 0.65 mi est. 83.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary No current grade 1.8 mi away 0.17 mi est. 69.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 1.8 mi away 3.3 mi 2023/24 80.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Secondary Report card 1.8 mi away 0.22 mi est. 41.9 A8
Community school Primary Good 1.8 mi away 0.36 mi est. no figure
Community special school Special Outstanding 1.8 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary Report card 1.9 mi away 0.22 mi est. 68.0% KS2
Community school Primary Outstanding 1.9 mi away 0.17 mi est. 75.0% KS2
Free schools special Special Good 1.9 mi away no figure no figure
Academy sponsor led Primary Ungraded inspection, May 2025: improved significantly 1.9 mi away 2.01 mi 2023/24 96.0% KS2
Free schools Primary No current grade 1.9 mi away 0.18 mi est. 84.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Outstanding 1.9 mi away 0.15 mi est. 88.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.9 mi away 0.21 mi est. 89.0% KS2
Community school Primary Report card 1.9 mi away 0.22 mi est. 54.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.9 mi away 0.57 mi est. 75.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Outstanding 1.9 mi away 0.17 mi est. 70.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Secondary Outstanding 1.9 mi away 0.46 mi est. 51.3 A8
Voluntary aided school Secondary Good 2.0 mi away 0.38 mi est. 64.0 A8
Community school Primary Outstanding 2.0 mi away 0.15 mi 2025/26 93.0% KS2
Community school Primary Outstanding 2.0 mi away 0.29 mi est. 91.0% KS2
Free schools Primary Good 2.0 mi away 0.11 mi est. 100.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Secondary No current grade 2.1 mi away 2.17 mi 2024 48.2 A8
Other independent special school Special No current grade 2.1 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Secondary Outstanding 2.1 mi away 1.14 mi 2024 57.1 A8
Community school Primary Outstanding 2.2 mi away 0.2 mi est. 81.0% KS2
Community school Secondary Good 2.2 mi away 0.5 mi est. 43.1 A8
Academy sponsor led Secondary Outstanding 2.2 mi away 0.29 mi est. 54.0 A8
Other independent special school Special No current grade 2.2 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary Outstanding 2.2 mi away 0.17 mi est. 93.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Secondary No current grade 2.2 mi away 0.38 mi est. 48.5 A8
Academy converter Secondary Report card 2.2 mi away 0.44 mi est. 59.4 A8
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.2 mi away 0.94 mi 2025/26 72.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.2 mi away 0.33 mi est. 53.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.3 mi away 0.15 mi est. 71.0% KS2
Community school Secondary Good 2.3 mi away 0.93 mi 2024 49.9 A8
Local authority nursery school Nursery Good 2.3 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary Good 2.3 mi away 0.23 mi est. 76.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary No current grade 2.3 mi away 0.2 mi est. 90.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary No current grade 2.3 mi away 0.28 mi est. 55.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Outstanding 2.5 mi away 0.22 mi est. 82.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 2.5 mi away 0.25 mi est. 56.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 2.5 mi away 0.28 mi est. 47.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Report card 2.5 mi away 0.21 mi est. 67.2 A8
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.6 mi away 1.56 mi 2025/26 89.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 2.7 mi away 0.42 mi 2026/27 61.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 2.7 mi away 0.2 mi est. no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.7 mi away 0.17 mi est. 58.0% KS2
Community school Primary No current grade 2.8 mi away 2.97 mi 2025/26 93.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary No current grade 2.8 mi away 0.3 mi est. 91.0% KS2
Free schools Primary Good 2.8 mi away 0.25 mi est. 80.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Outstanding 2.8 mi away 1.67 mi 2025/26 93.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Good 2.8 mi away 0.27 mi est. 45.9 A8
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.8 mi away 0.39 mi 2025/26 56.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Report card 2.8 mi away 0.81 mi est. 52.1 A8
Academy sponsor led Primary Ungraded inspection, December 2024: standards maintained 2.8 mi away 0.34 mi 2025/26 65.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Outstanding 2.9 mi away 0.32 mi 2026/27 89.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Outstanding 2.9 mi away 0.72 mi 2025/26 83.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary No current grade 2.9 mi away 0.17 mi est. no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.9 mi away 0.13 mi est. 90.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 2.9 mi away 0.34 mi 2025/26 74.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 3.0 mi away 0.21 mi est. 48.0% KS2
Special post 16 institution Special No current grade 3.0 mi away no figure no figure

84 fee-paying schools are left out of this table: Ofsted grades few of them and none publishes an admission distance. Show them as well · Fee-paying 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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Central School of Speech and Drama, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Institute of Cancer Research, London Business School, Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Art, Royal College of Music, The Royal Veterinary College, University College London, University of Westminster

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