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The Sunday Times‘s private school league tables make a fascinating read for anyone looking for the top independent schools in the UK.
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So, which are the best performing London prep schools
Looking for the best London prep schools for your child? First thing you need to know is your local London catchment area.
Here are the independent London schools listed by London Borough. Please note this independent London school search focuses on the Independent School Council’s registered independent schools.
- City of London
- Westminster
- Barking and Dagenham
- Barnet
- Bexley
- Brent
- Bromley
- Camden
- Croydon
- Ealing
- Enfield
- Greenwich
- Hackney
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Haringey
- Harrow
- Havering
- Hillingdon
- Hounslow
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Kingston upon Thames
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- Merton
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Richmond upon Thames
- Southwark
- Sutton
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest
- Wandsworth
Where are the top London prep schools?
The Guardian, The Times and The Telegraph websites allow you to add filters to their published league tables.
You can pull out those schools for which you are in the catchment area. Then compare your chosen school group on those criteria which are most important to you.
Check latest London Ofsted Reports for your top choice prep schools
What are Ofsted reports?
- Well firstly these are something that you must check for each indepdnet school of interest.
- Each Ofsted report is an analysis of that school’s teachers’ professional competence
- Plus, how well performance standards have been met across the independent school. There are three possible outcomes: under-achieving; achieving; or outstanding.
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A – G London Prep Schools
Abercorn School
Aberdour School
Abingdon House School
ACS Cobham International School
ACSEgham International School
ACS Hillingdon International School
Aldro School
Alleyn’s Junior School
Alpha Prep School
Amesbury
Arnold House School
Ashton HouseÂ
Avenue HouseÂ
Avon HouseÂ
Bancroft’s School
BansteadÂ
BarfieldÂ
Barrow Hills School
Bassett HouseÂ
Beehive PreparatoryÂ
Belmont Preparatory
BishopsgateSchool
Blackheath High School GDST
Blackheath Preparatory School
Broomfield House School
Broomwood HallÂ
Buckingham PreparatoryÂ
Bute House Preparatory School for Girls
Buxlow Preparatory
Cameron House School
Caterham PreparatoryÂ
Channing School
Chinthurst School
City of London Freemen’s
Cty of London School For Girls
Claremont Fan Court School
Colfe’s JuniorÂ
CollingwoodÂ
Coworth Flexlands School
Cranleigh Preparatory
CranmoreSchool
Croydon High School GDST
Cumnor House
Danes Hill School
Danesfield Manor
Devonshire House Preparatory School
Dolphin School (inc Noahs Ark Nursery Schools)
DonheadÂ
Downsend
Duke of KentÂ
Dulwich Prep London School
Durston House School
Eaton House The Manor School and Eaton SquareÂ
Edgeborough
Elmhurst School For Boys
Essendene Lodge School
Ewell Castle School
Fairley House
Falkner House
Feltonfleet
Finton House School
Francis Holland School, Sloane Square
Frensham Heights School
Garden House
Gidea Park College
Glendower Prep School
Grange Park Preparatory
Greenfield School
Guildford High School for Girls
London Prep Schools H – R
Hall Grove and Hall School
Halstead Preparatory School for Girls
HampshireÂ
Hampton Court House and Hampton Pre-Prep & Prep School
Harvington Prep School
Hawkesdown House
HawleyHurst School
Hazelwood
Heath House Preparatory
Heathfield HouseÂ
Hereward House School
Highgate School
Hoe Bridge
Holy Cross Preparatory
Homefield Preparatory School
Hornsby House School
Hurlingham
Hyde Park (busy transitioning to Eaton Square)
Ibstock Place
Immanuel School
James Allen’s Girls’ School
Keble School
Kensington Prep School GDST
Kew College
Kew Green PreparatoryÂ
King’s College Junior and King’s House School
Kingswood House
Knightsbridge School
Laleham Lea
Lanesborough School
Latymer Prep School
LingfieldSchool
London Christian
LongacreSchool
Lyndhurst House
Maple Walk
Merton Court Preparatory
Micklefield
Milbourne Lodge
Moon Hall School,Dorking and Moon Hall School, Reigate
More House School Farnham
Naima Jewish Prep
Newland House School
Newton Prep
Norfolk House
Northcote Lodge
Northwood College GDST
Notre Dame Prep School
Notting Hill and Ealing High School GDST and Notting Hill PreparatoryÂ
Oakfield Preparatory
Oakhyrst Grange
OakwoodÂ
Old Palace of John WhitgiftSchool and Old Vicarage
Oliver House School
Orchard House
Orley Farm
Palmers Green High School
Park Hill and Park School for Girls
Parkside School
Parsons Green Prep School
Pembridge Hall School
Portland Place School
Prospect House
Putney High SchoolÂ
Quainton Hall
Queen’s College London
Queen’s Gate School
Radnor House
Raphael Independent
Ravenscourt Park Preparatory
Reddiford
Reigate St Mary’s Preparatory and Choir School
Ripley Court School
Riverston School
Rokeby School
Rosemary Works School
Rosemead Preparatory
Rowan Preparatory School
Royal Russell School
Prep Schools (S)
Sarum Hall School
Seaton House School
Shrewsbury House School
Sinclair House
Snaresbrook Preparatory
South Hampstead High School GDST
St Andrews (Woking)Â School Trust
Saint Anthony’s School for boys
St Aubyn’s
Saint Augustine’s Priory
St Benedict’sÂ
Saint Catherine’s School, Twickenham
St Christopher’s School – Hampstead
Saint Christopher’s School – Wembley
St David’s
Saint Dunstan’s College and Saint Edmund’s
St George’s Junior
Saint Helen’s College
St Helen’sÂ
Saint Hilary’sÂ
St Ives School
Saint James JuniorÂ
St John’sÂ
Saint Joseph’s Convent Independent Primary
St Margaret’s School, Hampstead
Saint Martin’s School
St Nicholas
Saint Olave’s Preparatory
St Paul’s Cathedral School
Saint Paul’s School
St Teresa’s Prep School Effingham
Streatham & Clapham High School GDST
Surbiton High School
Sussex House
Sutton High School GDST
Sydenham High School GDST
T London Prep Schools
TASISÂ England
The Falcons School for Girls
Gower School
The Hawthorns
King Alfred School
The Lady Eleanor Holles School
Lyceum School
The Mall School
Pointer School
The Royal School, Haslemere
Study Preparatory
The Study School
Swaminarayan School
The Yehudi Menuhin School
TormeadSchool
Tower House School
Trevor-Roberts School
Twickenham Prep School
U – Z London Prep Schools
Unicorn
University College School Junior Branch
Ursuline Preparatory School
Vita et Pax Preparatory
Wandsworth PreparatoryÂ
Warlingham Park
Westbury HouseÂ
Westminster Abbey Choir School and Westminster Cathedral Choir School
Westminster Under
Weston Green
WestwardÂ
Wetherby Preparatory School
White House Preparatory
Willington
Wimbledon Common Preparatory and Wimbledon High School GDST
Woodcote House
Woodford Green Prep
London Prep school league tables
- Firstly, the best prep schools in UK and best London prep schools in London.
- Secondly, best private schools in London and best London private schools
- And also best independent London schools
 St Paul’s Girls’ School has topped the Sunday Times independent school rankings for nine years straight.Â
Similarly, Barnet’s highly selective boys’ grammar Queen Elizabeth’s topped the state secondary school rankings. It has been at the top for 5/7 years, with an average 98.8% A-level pass rate of at grades A*-B.
Such single-sex schools provide parents with an alternative – given that most UK schools are co-educational. This year the Sunday TImes also awarded:
- Boys’ grammar Wilson’s School, based in Wallington (South London) the award of London State Secondary School of the Decade.
- The Sunday Times’ London Independent School of the Decade award went to the co-educational, north London Highgate School.
Over the last three years, London’s Academy of Excellence Tottenham (Sunday Times’ Sixth Form College of the Year) has gone from strength to strength.Â
London Independent Secondary School of the DecadeÂ
…is Highgate School:
- Highgate raises money for hardship funds and laptops for schools that can’t afford them.
- Few independent schools can match Highgate’s efforts by staff and former students to promote social mobility through education.Â
- Eighty of Highgate’s teachers contribute to its Chrysalis programme, introduced in 2008. Last year alone, they gave timetabled classes and ran events in 51 participating schools for more than 3,500 children.
Top state secondary schools in London
- Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet
- Wilson’s School, Wallington
- The Henrietta Barnett School, Hampstead
- The Tiffin Girls’ School, Kingston upon Thames
- St Olave’s Grammar School, Orpington
- Tiffin School
- Sutton Grammar School
- Nonsuch High School for Girls, Cheam
- The Latymer School, Edmonton
- St Michael’s RC Grammar School, Finchley
- Newstead Wood School, Orpington
- Wallington County Grammar School
- Wallington High School for Girls
- Woodford County High School
- Camden School for Girls
Best London Prep Schools
16. JCoSS (Jewish Community Secondary School)
17. Townley Grammar School, Bexleyheath
18. JFS, Harrow
19. Twyford C of E High School, Acton
20. Hasmonean High School for Boys, Hendon
21. Ilford County High School
22. The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
23. Waldegrave School, Twickenham
24. Hasmonean High School for Girls, Mill Hill
25. Bexley Grammar School, Welling
26. The Charter School, Herne Hill
27. The St Marylebone C of E School
28. The London Oratory School, Fulham
29.Fortismere School, Muswell Hill
30. Alexandra Park School, Haringey
Top independent secondary schools in London
- St Paul’s Girls’ School, Hammersmith
- The Godolphin and Latymer School, Hammersmith
- King’s College School, Wimbledon
- St Paul’s School, Barnes
- Westminster School
- City of London School
- North London Collegiate, Edgware
- Hampton School
- University College School, Hampstead
- City of London School For Girls, Barbican
- Highgate School
- South Hampstead High School GDST
- Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith
- James Allen’s Girls’ School, Dulwich
- Eltham College, Mottingham
- Lady Eleanor Holles School, Hampton
- Wimbledon High School GDST
- Whitgift School, South Croydon
Top London private schools and top London Prep Schools
19. Channing School, Highgate
20. Putney High School GDST
21. Alleyn’s School, Dulwich
22. Trinity School, Croydon
23. Notting Hill and Ealing High School GDST
24. Dulwich College
25. Bancroft’s School, Woodford Green
26. Kingston Grammar School
27. Sydenham High School GDST
28. Ibstock Place School, Roehampton
29. Surbiton High School, Kingston upon Thames
30. Hampton Court House, East Molesey
Here, the education system is primarily based on providing education to one group of single-gender at one time. Boys schools and girls schools are quite evident here and if your child is a boy, then there is a 99% chance that he will be going to an all-boys school only.
Below is a list of some of the best primary schools (private) in London:
North London Collegiate school:
First, we have the North London Collegiate school which was established in 1850 and is still one of the best performing schools in England.
Some of the greatest minds in the country attended this school. Being located in Harrow, UK, it gets students from all around the country and is considered as an education-focused institution, which commits to building students from the ground to successful human beings. This is a girl school and most girls in harrow have either some connection with this school or studied there.
London’s King’s College School:
The second one on our list is King’s College School which is world-renowned and is located in Wimbledon. Post its foundation in the year 1829, it declared itself as an independent school that will not be involved with any foreign governance.
it offers a brilliant faculty with a peaceful environment that is ideal for educating children and building a strong foundation. The school has been there teaching students for a considerable period of time, so if someone is planning to admit their child to one of the finest schools in England, then this might just get the job done.
City of London school for girls:
By the name, one will be able to understand that this school has been built for taking in guys primarily. The school is one of the finest independent schools in the UK and has been there for more than 50 years. It was founded in 1894 by William Ward and is being funded by the City’s cash.
The school was primarily a part of Freeman’s School in London but later established itself as a separate entity. With free registration, the school offers the contemporary version of the syllabus that will equip children with the highest amount of knowledge and offers behavioral programs well to make the students disciplined.
South Hampstead high school:
In the North-Western part of England lies the South Hamstead school, which is one of the best independent bodies out there for acquiring top-class education. The school is developed by the Girl’s Day School Trust and is operating under the leadership of Victoria Bingham. It houses more than 900 students and has the facility for focusing on all the individual needs of the children. The staff of this school understand the importance of education and tries to keep a learning atmosphere all around the campus.
Looking for your best local schools?
- Firstly, the best schools in the North based on 2024 league table schools in the North.
- Best East Anglia schools and also the best schools in Scotland.
- Then next the best schools in Wales and also the best Northern Ireland schools.
- Plus, the London private schools league tables and also the best north east schools.
- Best Yorkshire secondary schools and the best grammar schools.
- Top private schools uk and best comprehensive schools uk.
- The best southeast schools and top southwest schools
- Best northwest schools, top east midlands schools and best west midlands schools
- Finally, the best 2024 schools league tables and the best sixth forms nearby.
Best London Prep Schools.