The Secondary School Guide – At a Glance
This guide introduces you to many of the popular independent secondary schools in and around the West London area. Below, you will find a quick comparison chart of these schools, together with the ranking of each school in the top 100 independent schools in the UK, compiled from the % of A and A* at A-Level, according to best-schools.co.uk.
Please note that for the schools whose ranking is not displayed, it may be because the school’s results were not freely available. These facts were correct as of 2017; please check the specific schools’ websites for more up-to-date information.
For a full list of independent secondary schools in the Greater London area, see http://www.schoolsnet.com/uk-schools/best-independent-private-secondary-school/top-greater-london-schools/16180339/0/3/5.html .
School | Location | Type | Ages | Fees (termly) | Ranking |
Alleyn’s School | Dulwich | Co-Ed | 4-18 | £5799 | 52 |
Arts Educational School | Chiswick | Co-Ed | 11-18 | £4737 – £5084 | |
City of London School for Girls | Barbican | Girls | 7-18 | £4992 | 24 |
City of London School | City of London | Boys | 10-18 | £4962 | 34 |
Colet Court / St Paul’s Boys | Hammersmith / Barnes | Boys | 7-13
13-18 |
£6034 – £7548 | 12 (St Paul’s) |
Dulwich College | Dulwich | Boys | 11-18 | £6,077 (day pupils) | 72 |
Emanuel School | Battersea | Co-Ed | 10-18 | £5673 | |
Francis Holland School (Regent’s Park) | Regent’s Park | Girls | 11-18 | £5900 | 73 |
Francis Holland School (Sloane Square) | Sloane Square | Girls | 4-18 | £6150 | |
HamptonSchool | Hampton | Boys | 11-18 | £5850 | 41 |
Ibstock Place School | Roehampton | Co-Ed | 4-18 | £6130 | |
James Allen’s Girls’ School | Dulwich | Girls | 4-18 | £5,295 | 29 |
Kew House | Kew | Co-Ed | 11-18 | £6308 | |
King’s College School | Wimbledon | Boys (Co-Ed 6thform) | 7-18 | £6610 | 27 |
Kingston Grammar | Kingston | Co-Ed | 11-18 | £5810 | 85 |
LatymerUpper School | Hammersmith | Co-Ed | 11-18 | £5905 | 35 |
Merchant Taylors’ School | Northwood | Boys | 11-18 | £5631-£7508 | 44 |
More House | Knightsbridge | Girls | 11-18 | £5720 | |
Northwood College | Northwood | Girls | 3-18 | £5,121 | |
Notting Hill and Ealing High School | Ealing | Girls | 4-18 | £5507 | 63 |
Putney High School | Putney | Girls | 4-18 | £5580 | 43 |
Queen’s College | Harley Street | Girls | 11-18 | £5620 | |
Queen’s Gate School | Kensington | Girls | 4-18 | £6100 | |
Radnor House | Twickenham | Co-Ed | 7-18 | £5345-£5720 | |
St Augustine’s Priory | Ealing | Girls | 3-18 | £4524 | |
St Benedict’s School | Ealing | Co-Ed | 4-18 | £4850 | |
St Catherine’s School | Twickenham | Girls | 3-18 | £4175 | |
St Helen’s School | Northwood | Girls | 3-18 | £5,146 | 71 |
St James’ Independent School for Girls | Kensington | Girls | 10-18 | £5770 | 72 |
St Paul’s Girls’ School | Hammersmith | Girls | 11-18 | £7854 | 4 |
Surbiton High School | Surbiton | Girls | 11-18 | £5129 | |
The Godolphin and Latymer School | Hammersmith | Girls | 11-18 | £6408 | 61 |
The Harrodian School | Barnes | Co-Ed | 4 -18 | £5076-£6766 | |
The John Lyon School | Middlesex | Boys | 11-18 | £5548 | |
The Lady Eleanor Holles School | Middlesex | Girls | 7-18 | £6078 | 16 |
The Tiffin Girls’ School | Kingston | Girls | 11-18 | n/a | n/a |
Tiffin School | Kingston | Boys | 11-18 | n/a | n/a |
Westminster School | Westminster | Boys (Co-Ed 6thform) | 7 – 18 | £8092(day pupils) | 4 |
Wimbledon High School | Wimbledon | Girls | 4-18 | £5507 | 66 |