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London has 518 private and independent schools across City of London and Camden and Greenwich and Hackney and Hammersmith and Fulham and Islington and Kensington and Chelsea and Lambeth and Lewisham and Southwark and Tower Hamlets and Wandsworth and Westminster and Barking and Dagenham and Barnet and Bexley and Brent and Bromley and Croydon and Ealing and Enfield and Haringey and Harrow and Havering and Hillingdon and Hounslow and Kingston upon Thames and Merton and Newham and Redbridge and Richmond upon Thames and Sutton and Waltham Forest — 228 prep and 290 senior. Schools below are ranked by latest inspection grade (ISI for ISC members, Ofsted for non-ISC independents) with pupil count as the tie-break. Click any school for fees, inspection history and entry requirements.
Preparatory schools educate children roughly aged 4-13 and prepare them for entrance exams to senior independent schools.
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Senior independent schools typically start at 11+ or 13+ and run through to sixth form, with many offering boarding alongside day places.
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