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Schools in Kensington and Chelsea

68 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Kensington and Chelsea has 39 state schools: 26 primary, 6 secondary, 3 nursery. Between them they teach around 12,836 pupils. 31 have enough published data for a score, averaging 7.2 out of 10, and 14 score 8 or above.

8 have a sixth form. 24 take children from age three or under. 18 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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Swanley 9 schools
All Saints Catholic College London · Outstanding Ark Brunel Primary Academy London · Good Ashbourne College London · Outstanding Ashburnham Community School London · Not judged Avondale Park Primary School London · Good Barlby Primary School London · Good Bassett House School Bevington Primary School London · Requires improvement Bousfield Primary School London · Good Cameron Vale School London Chelsea Academy London · Good Chelsea Community Hospital School London · Outstanding Chelsea Open Air Nursery School London · Outstanding Chepstow House School London Christ Church CofE Primary School London · Outstanding Collingham London Colville Primary School London · Outstanding Falkner House London Fox Primary School London · Outstanding Francis Holland Preparatory School Garden House School London Glendower Preparatory School London Golborne & Maxilla Nursery School London · Outstanding Hill House School London · Outstanding Holland Park School London · Inadequate Holy Trinity CofE Primary School London · Good Instituto Espanol Canada Blanch London Kensington Aldridge Academy London · Outstanding Kensington Primary Academy London · Outstanding Knightsbridge School London La Petite Ecole Francaise London Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle London · Good Mander Portman Woodward School LONDON Marlborough Primary School London · Not judged More House School Knightsbridge Norland Place School London Notting Hill Prep School London Oratory Roman Catholic Primary School London · Outstanding Ormiston Kensington Queensmill Academy London · Good Our Lady of Victories RC Primary School London · Good Oxford Gardens Primary School London · Good Park Walk Primary School London · Good Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy Swanley · Not judged Pembridge Hall School London Queen's Gate School London SIAL London · Good Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School London · Not judged Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School London · Good Servite RC Primary School London · Outstanding Southbank International School Kensington London St Anne's & Avondale Park Nursery School London · Good St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School London · Good St Charles Catholic Primary School London · Good St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College London · Good St Clement and St James CofE Primary School London · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School London · Outstanding St Mary Abbots CofE Primary School London · Good St Philip's School London · Good St Thomas' CofE Primary School London · Not judged St. Thomas More Language College London · Good Sussex House School London The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School London · Outstanding The Lloyd Williamson School Foundation London The Stewart Bilingual School London Thomas Jones Primary School London · Outstanding Thomas's Kensington London Wetherby School London Wetherby School, Kensington

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

St Mary Abbots CofE Primary School Good · ×0.23 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Clement and St James CofE Primary School Good · ×0.25 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St. Thomas More Language College Good · ×0.34 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Servite RC Primary School Outstanding · ×0.52 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Our Lady of Victories RC Primary School Good · ×0.57 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Chelsea Academy Good · ×0.64 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Kensington Primary Academy Outstanding · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Charles Catholic Primary School Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Colville Primary School Outstanding · ×0.77 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Park Walk Primary School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Kensington and Chelsea

Primary schools: Council states criteria 'can and do vary between schools' and can include distance and/or specific catchment areas — no single LA-wide default; low coverage (12 schools). (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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