St Paul's School
Barnes · SW13 9JT
- Boys
- Day & boarding
- Ages 7-18
Academically selective boys' day school with a small boarding element on a 45-acre riverside site in Barnes.
- Curriculum
- GCSE/IGCSE then A-Level
- Fees per term
- £12,666 (day, Years 9-13, 2026/27, VAT-incl); £10,221 (Prep, Years 3-8); £19,181 (boarding)
›Admissions & results
Entry 7+, 11+, 13+, 16+; St Paul's Prep (7-13) feeds the senior school. Highly selective at every point; bursaries to 100%. School's own five-year table, 2025: A-Level 59.3% A*, 92.5% A*/A; GCSE 68.6% grade 9. Registration £75-£240 by entry point; £3,300 acceptance deposit (+£2,500 for boarders/overseas-resident families).
St Paul's Girls' School
Brook Green, Hammersmith · W6 7BS
Highly selective girls' day school in Hammersmith sending large cohorts to Oxbridge, the Russell Group and US universities.
- Curriculum
- GCSE/IGCSE plus school-directed courses, then A-Level
- Fees per term
- £12,414 (day, 2025/26, VAT-incl); £13,409 new Year 12 entrants. 2026/27 not yet published
›Admissions & results
Entry 11+ and 16+ only. No academic scholarships; music scholarships at 11+/16+, art and drama at 16+. Application fee £265; deposit half a term’s fee. Fees include lunch. 2026 A-Level (school announcement): 58.1% A*, 88.6% A*/A. 2025: 65.3% of entries at A*.
Westminster School
Westminster · SW1P 3PF
- Boys
- Day & boarding
- Ages 13-18
Selective day and boarding school beside Westminster Abbey, part-way through a phased transition to full co-education.
- Curriculum
- GCSE then A-Level
- Fees per term
- £16,456 (day, 13+, 2026/27, VAT-incl); £17,482 (day, 16+); £23,094 (boarding)
›Admissions & results
Entry 13+ and 16+; 11+ via Westminster Under School transfers into Year 9 without further testing. Girls join the Sixth Form now (since 1973), the Under School at 4+/7+/11+ from Sept 2026, and Westminster School at 13+ from Sept 2028 — full co-education by 2030. 2025 (school's table): A-Level 58% A*, 88% A*/A; GCSE 79% grade 9. Registration £360.
Westminster Under School
Westminster · SW1P 2NN
- Co-educational
- Day only
- Ages 4-13
Selective prep school for Westminster School, opening a new co-educational pre-prep from September 2026.
- Curriculum
- Prep curriculum to internal transfer at 13
- Fees per term
- £11,088 (Reception-Year 1, 2026/27, VAT-incl); £11,671 (Years 2-8)
›Admissions & results
Entry 4+ (Reception), 7+ (Year 3) and 11+ (Year 7). Girls admitted at all three points from September 2026 — the first year of the Westminster group’s co-ed transition. The 11+ route secures a place at Westminster School in Year 9 without further examination.
City of London School
City of London · EC4V 3AL
Selective boys' day school on the north bank of the Thames, founded 1509, with the lowest per-term fee among the major central London boys' schools.
- Curriculum
- GCSE then A-Level
- Fees per term
- £9,848 (day, 2026/27, VAT-incl)
›Admissions & results
Entry 10+, 11+ and 16+, plus occasional places. 2026 A-Level (school's results page): 41% A*, 82% A*-A, 94% A*-B. GCSE 2025: 62% grade 9, 96% 9-7 — the school's best-ever GCSE year. 2025 leavers: 92% of UK destinations Russell Group or UK top 10; 16 overseas including Harvard, Brown, Duke.
City of London School for Girls
Barbican · EC2Y 8BB
Selective girls' day school inside the Barbican estate, drawing pupils from across London on City transport links.
- Curriculum
- GCSE then A-Level
- Fees per term
- £10,611 (day, 2026/27, VAT-incl, excl. lunch)
›Admissions & results
Entry 11+ and 16+ only — the former Prep Department now sits in the joint junior school opened with City of London School in 2022. 2025 (school’s results page): A-Level 41.1% A*, 81.4% A*-A; GCSE 56% grade 9, 95% 9-7. Registration £192 UK / £300 overseas.
King's College School, Wimbledon
Wimbledon · SW19 4TT
Academically selective boys' day school on Wimbledon Common offering a genuine choice of A-Level or IB Diploma in a co-educational sixth form.
- Curriculum
- GCSE/IGCSE, then A-Level or IB Diploma
- Fees per term
- £11,940 (senior, Years 9-13, 2026/27, VAT-incl); £11,004 (Years 7-8)
›Admissions & results
Entry 7+, 8+, 9+, 11+, 13+ and 16+ (co-ed sixth form since 2010). IB 2026 (school news): average 42.5/45, six perfect 45s, 61 Oxbridge offers. Co-education from 7+ in Sept 2029, 11+ 2033, 13+ 2035, fully co-ed 2037 (school’s own timeline). Bursaries to 100% at 11+/13+/16+.
The Godolphin and Latymer School
Hammersmith · W6 0PG
Selective girls' day school in Hammersmith where sixth formers choose between A-Levels and the IB Diploma.
- Curriculum
- GCSE/IGCSE, then A-Level or IB Diploma
- Fees per term
- £11,698 autumn 2026, then £12,341 spring and summer 2027 (2026/27, VAT-incl)
›Admissions & results
Entry 11+ and 16+ only (London 11+ Consortium). 2026 A-Level: 47.4% A*; leavers to Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, Stanford, Princeton. 2025 IB average 41.7. Named a Top 5 Independent School for Academic Excellence, Sunday Times Schools Guide 2026. Registration £210; deposit £3,300.
Latymer Upper School
Hammersmith · W6 9LR
- Co-educational
- Day only
- Ages 11-18
Large selective co-educational day school on the Thames at Hammersmith with one of the sector’s biggest means-tested bursary programmes.
- Curriculum
- GCSE/IGCSE and A-Level
- Fees per term
- £10,675 (2026/27, VAT-incl); Latymer Prep £9,723
›Admissions & results
Entry 11+ and 16+ (7+ into Latymer Prep). Over 1,440 pupils. 2026 A-Level: 43% A*, 81% A*-A, 23 Oxbridge places, 48% of bursary pupils all A*/A. Bursaries to 100% of tuition. Registration £220 (11+) / £300 (16+); deposit £2,400.
Highgate School
Highgate · N6 4AY
- Co-educational
- Day only
- Ages 4-18
Fully co-educational 4-18 day school in Highgate village, spread across three sites beside Hampstead Heath.
- Curriculum
- GCSE/IGCSE and A-Level
- Fees per term
- £10,929 (senior, Years 7-13, 2026/27, VAT-incl); £10,011 junior; £9,453 pre-prep
›Admissions & results
Entry 4+, 7+, 11+ and 16+, plus occasional places; heavily oversubscribed at every point. 2026 A-Level: 86% A*-A with 34 Oxbridge places (school website). Application £210 (£420 overseas); deposit £4,000 (£5,000 sixth form). Bursaries to 100% at 7+/11+/16+.
University College School Hampstead
Hampstead · NW3 6XH
Boys' day school in Hampstead with a co-educational sixth form, non-denominational by founding tradition, across three nearby sites.
- Curriculum
- GCSE/IGCSE and A-Level (22+ subjects at each)
- Fees per term
- £11,437 (senior, 2026/27, VAT-incl); £10,467 junior branch; £9,615 pre-prep
›Admissions & results
Sites: Pre-Prep NW3 5LF (4-7); Junior Branch NW3 6QN (7-11); Senior at Frognal. Entry 4+, 7+, 8+, 11+ and 16+ (sixth form co-ed). 2025 (school’s results page): A-Level 30% A*, 72% A*-A; GCSE 47% grade 9, 91% 7-9. Fees include lunch. Registration £210.
South Hampstead High School
Hampstead · NW3 5SS
Selective GDST girls' day school in Hampstead teaching from Reception to sixth form across two nearby sites.
- Curriculum
- GCSE/IGCSE and A-Level (24 subjects)
- Fees per term
- £10,020 (senior, 2026/27, VAT-incl); £8,186 junior
›Admissions & results
Junior School NW3 5RN; Senior School at Maresfield Gardens. Entry 4+, 7+, 11+ and 16+ (London 11+ Consortium). 2025 (school news): A-Level over 43% A*, over 80% A*/A, 92% to first-choice destination. Exam fee £210 (£300 overseas); deposit £4,000. GDST bursaries to 100%.
North London Collegiate School
Edgware · HA8 7RJ
Academically selective girls' day school on a 30-acre estate in Edgware, and one of the strongest IB Diploma centres in the country.
- Curriculum
- GCSE, then A-Level or IB Diploma
- Fees per term
- £10,365 (senior, 2026/27, VAT-incl); £8,925 junior
›Admissions & results
Entry 4+, 7+, 11+ (c.70-75 places) and 16+. 2025 (school’s figures): A-Level 54.3% A*, 86.1% A*-A; GCSE 83.4% grade 9; IB average 42.94. Second in London among independent secondaries, Sunday Times Parent Power 2026. Fees exclude lunch and coach travel. Bursaries to 100%.
Dulwich College
Dulwich · SE21 7LD
- Boys
- Day & boarding
- Ages 7-18
Selective boys' school on a 70-acre Dulwich site combining a large day roll with weekly and full boarding from Year 9.
- Curriculum
- GCSE and A-Level
- Fees per term
- £10,706 (day, Years 9-13, 2026/27, VAT-incl); £10,662 (Years 3-8, incl. lunch); £21,001 weekly boarding; £22,472 full boarding
›Admissions & results
Entry 7+, 11+, 13+ and 16+, plus DUCKS from 6 months (co-ed to age 7). Boarding from Year 9. 16+ requires minimum 65 GCSE points and grade 8+ in English, Maths and chosen A-Level subjects. 2025 (College’s figures): A-Level over 33% A*, 70% A*-A; GCSE 57.2% grade 9.
Alleyn's School
Dulwich · SE22 8SU
- Co-educational
- Day only
- Ages 4-18
Co-educational HMC day school in Dulwich, marking 50 years of co-education and named Co-educational Independent School of the Year 2025.
- Curriculum
- GCSE and A-Level
- Fees per term
- £10,830 (senior, 2026/27, VAT-incl — derived from published £32,490/yr; school quotes £9,025/term ex VAT); £9,666 junior
›Admissions & results
Entry 4+, 11+ (c.150 Year 7 places, roughly two-thirds external) and 16+; occasional 13+. 2025 (school’s figures): A-Level 39% A*, 76% A*-A, 92% of leavers to first or insurance choice; GCSE 46% grade 9. Alleyn’s Hampstead (ex North Bridge House, Cognita-operated group member) opens Sept 2026 — a separate school from the Dulwich site.
James Allen's Girls' School
East Dulwich · SE22 8TE
Selective girls' day school in East Dulwich, part of the Dulwich Estate foundation, running from Pre-Prep at 4 to Sixth Form.
- Curriculum
- GCSE and A-Level
- Fees per term
- £10,146 (senior, 2026/27, VAT-incl); £8,918 Prep; £8,857 Pre-Prep
›Admissions & results
Entry 4+ (Pre-Prep), 5-10 (Prep), 11+ and 16+. 2025 (school’s figures): A-Level 37% A*, 76% A*-A, seven students with four A*s; GCSE 51% grade 9. Lunch charged separately. £3,000 acceptance deposit, refundable or donatable to the bursary fund.
Francis Holland School, Sloane Square
Sloane Square, Belgravia · SW1W 8JF
Small girls' day school of around 500 pupils just off Sloane Square, taking pupils from 11 through to Sixth Form.
- Curriculum
- GCSE and A-Level, with EPQ in the Sixth Form
- Fees per term
- £11,058 (2026/27, VAT-incl, incl. lunch)
›Admissions & results
Entry 11+ and 16+ (London 11+ Consortium). 2025 (school’s figures): A-Level 31% A*, 72% A*-A, 100% pass; GCSE 44% grade 9; EPQ 79% A*-A. Fee includes lunch. Registration £200 UK / £265 overseas; £3,150 deposit.
Francis Holland School, Regent's Park
Regent's Park, Marylebone · NW1 6XR
Girls' day school at Clarence Gate on the edge of Regent's Park, taking pupils from 11 to 18.
- Curriculum
- GCSE and A-Level
- Fees per term
- £10,845 (2026/27, VAT-incl, incl. lunch)
›Admissions & results
Entry 11+ and 16+ (London 11+ Consortium). 2025 (school’s figures): A-Level 22% A*, 63% A*-A; GCSE 55% grades 9-8. 2025 leavers to Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, UCL, plus Cornell and Duke. Registration £200 UK / £265 overseas; £3,150 deposit.
Queen's Gate School
South Kensington · SW7 5LE
Girls' day school occupying five Victorian townhouses on Queen's Gate, running Reception to Sixth Form with fees frozen to August 2028.
- Curriculum
- GCSE and A-Level
- Fees per term
- £11,336 (senior/sixth, 2026/27, VAT-incl); £10,231 Junior School — fees frozen to August 2028
›Admissions & results
Entry 4+ and 7+ (Junior), 11+ and 16+ (London 11+ Consortium), plus occasional places. Publishes the same termly figure for 2025/26 through 2027/28 — an explicit fee freeze, unique in prime central London. Registration £192; UK deposit £3,000. The school publishes no dated numeric exam tables on its own site.
More House School
Knightsbridge · SW1X 0AA
Small Catholic-foundation girls' day school in a Pont Street townhouse, taking girls from Year 5 to Sixth Form.
- Curriculum
- GCSE and A-Level; Catholic foundation
- Fees per term
- £11,670 (Years 7-13, 2026/27, VAT-incl); £8,100 (Years 5-6)
›Admissions & results
Entry into Years 5-6 (taster day, informal interview, Maths/English assessment), 11+ into Year 7 (London 11+ Consortium), and 16+ by interview. The school publishes headline claims (100% first-choice university, 57% A*-B at A-Level) without attaching an exam year.
Wetherby School
Notting Hill · W2 4ED
Boys' pre-prep in Notting Hill taking Reception to Year 3 and feeding London's most competitive 7+ and 8+ prep entries.
- Curriculum
- Pre-prep curriculum to 7+/8+ entry
- Fees per term
- £11,540 (2026/27, VAT-incl)
›Admissions & results
Entry at Reception (Reception year taught at 19 Pembridge Villas, W11 3EP); currently registering for 2027-2030. Part of Inspired Education. The Notting Hill site stays boys-only; the sister Kensington and Marylebone sites go co-educational from September 2027 as Wetherby Pembridge. Leavers to Wetherby Prep, St Paul’s Juniors, Westminster Under, KCS Wimbledon.
Wetherby Senior School
Marylebone · W1U 2QU
Boys' senior day school in Marylebone, the 11-18 continuation of the Wetherby group, on a single central London site.
- Curriculum
- GCSE and A-Level
- Fees per term
- £11,720 (2026/27, VAT-incl)
›Admissions & results
Entry 11+ (registration closes end of October in Year 6), plus 13+ and 16+. Part of Inspired Education; confirmed to remain boys-only. 2025 (school’s results page): A-Level 42% A*/A, 75% A*-B; GCSE 26% grade 9, 69% grades 9-7.
Sussex House School
Knightsbridge · SW1X 0EA
IAPS boys’ prep of around 180 pupils in a Norman Shaw house on Cadogan Square, geared to 13+ Common Entrance and scholarship entry.
- Curriculum
- Common Entrance and 13+ scholarship (ISEB) preparation
- Fees per term
- £11,544 (2025/26). 2026/27 not published
›Admissions & results
Main entry 8+ with 36 places — effectively a single competitive entry point; entrance exams each January in English, Maths and Verbal Reasoning. Published destinations: around 80% of pupils go on to Eton, King’s Wimbledon, St Paul’s, Westminster and Winchester. Founded 1952.
Knightsbridge School
Knightsbridge · SW1X 0BD
- Co-educational
- Day only
- Ages 3-16
Co-educational Pont Street day school running a continuous 3-16 pathway from nursery through to GCSE.
- Curriculum
- English national curriculum to GCSE (no sixth form)
- Fees per term
- £10,390 (Reception-Year 3), £10,999 (Years 4-6), £11,145 (Years 7-8), £11,650 (Years 9-11) — 2026/27, VAT-incl
›Admissions & results
Entry 3+ (Nursery), 4+ (Reception), 7+/8+, 11+ and 13+. Part of Dukes Education since 2018. Year 11 completed the GCSE pathway in 2023; cohorts are small. 2025 GCSE (school’s post): 44% of grades at 9-7. Lunch £948/term extra; deposit £3,000. Bursaries to 100% for up to two Year 7 applicants a year.
Thomas's Battersea
Battersea · SW11 3JB
- Co-educational
- Day only
- Ages 3-13
Co-educational London day prep for ages 3-13 on Battersea High Street, preparing pupils for 11+ and 13+ senior school entry.
- Curriculum
- Prep curriculum to 11+ and 13+ (ISEB Common Pre-Tests / Common Entrance)
- Fees per term
- £11,053 (Prep, Years 3-8, 2026/27, VAT-incl); £9,730 (Reception-Year 2); Kindergarten £7,500 (VAT-exempt)
›Admissions & results
Entry at Kindergarten (age 3) and Reception, with further places at Years 7 and 8. Compulsory lunch £402/term. Registration £180; deposit £3,450. Sibling discounts for 2nd/3rd/4th child.
Thomas's Kensington
Kensington · W8 5PN
- Co-educational
- Day only
- Ages 4-11
Co-educational Kensington day prep for ages 4-11 in purpose-built premises at 1 St Albans Grove since November 2025.
- Curriculum
- Prep curriculum to 11+ (ISEB Common Pre-Tests / London 11+)
- Fees per term
- £11,663 (Prep, Years 3-6, 2026/27, VAT-incl); £10,970 (Reception-Year 2)
›Admissions & results
Relocated from Cottesmore Gardens / Victoria Road (W8 5PR) in November 2025 — older directories carry the wrong address. Single entry point at Reception (age 4), exit at 11+. Compulsory lunch £402/term; registration £180; deposit £3,450.
The Harrodian School
Barnes · SW13 9QN
- Co-educational
- Day only
- Ages 4-18
Co-educational all-through day school for ages 4-18 on a 25-acre riverside site in Barnes.
- Curriculum
- GCSE and A-Level
- Fees per term
- £9,820 (Prep), £11,354 (Years 9-11), £12,780 (Sixth Form), £8,476 (Pre-Prep) — 2026/27; the school publishes ex-VAT figures, VAT added here by calculation
›Admissions & results
Entry at Reception, Year 4, Year 7, Year 9 and Sixth Form. One of the few London schools still publishing fees excluding VAT — its headline numbers look ~17% cheaper than the payable amount. 2025 (school’s results page): A-Level 26.6% A*, 70% A*/A; GCSE 77% of all grades at 9-7.
The American School in London
St John's Wood · NW8 0NP
- Co-educational
- Day only
- Ages 4-18
Co-educational American-curriculum day school for ages 4-18 on a single purpose-built campus in St John’s Wood.
- Curriculum
- US High School Diploma with Advanced Placement in 20+ subjects
- Fees per term
- c.£14,408 (Lower), c.£15,996 (Middle), c.£16,644 (High School) — 2026/27 annual VAT-incl tuition of £43,224/£47,988/£49,932 divided by three; ASL bills two semester instalments
›Admissions & results
K1 applicants must turn 4 by 31 August; entry across all grades K1-12. Fees presented VAT-inclusive with the VAT component shown separately. Extras: £3,000 tuition deposit, one-off £2,400 capital fee, £360 application fee. Students sit SATs and AP exams; no IB or UK examinations.
Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle de Londres
South Kensington · SW7 2DG
- Co-educational
- Day only
- Ages 3-18
AEFE-accredited French state-curriculum school in South Kensington with a parallel British Section, teaching around 3,450 pupils aged 3-18.
- Curriculum
- French national curriculum to the Baccalauréat; separate British Section following IGCSE and A-Level
- Fees per term
- Billed in three unequal instalments (2026/27, VAT-incl): French secondary £12,556.80/yr; British Section £21,542.40/yr; primary £10,297.20/yr; nursery £13,484/yr (VAT not applicable)
›Admissions & results
Main South Kensington site plus three primary annexes: André Malraux (Ealing), Marie d’Orliac (Fulham), Wix (Clapham), all ages 3-11. British Section (c.220 pupils) sits IGCSEs then four A-Levels, one of which must be French. Initial registration £1,800 incl. VAT.
Southbank International School
Westminster · W1B 1QR
- Co-educational
- Day only
- Ages 2-18
Co-educational IB continuum school for ages 2-18 across three central London campuses, with all senior years taught at the Westminster campus.
- Curriculum
- Full IB continuum — PYP, MYP with eAssessment, IB Diploma
- Fees per term
- £15,400 (Grades 6-10 MYP, 2026/27, VAT-incl); £13,355 (K-Grade 2); £13,800 (Grades 3-5); £16,033 (Grades 11-12 DP); Early Childhood £9,646 full day (no VAT)
›Admissions & results
Part of Cognita. Campuses: Kensington W11 3BU (ages 2-11), Hampstead NW3 5TH (ages 2-11), Westminster (MYP and DP). IB Diploma 2026: 95 graduates, average 35 points, 98.9% pass rate, 18.1% at 40+. Extras: £300 application fee, £2,000 deposit, £3,000 first-year capital fee.