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WELC ME… Did you know that there are 522,879 pupils at independent school – the highest level since records began in 1974? And with so much choice out there, we hope our Guide gives you a helping hand in finding the right school for your child.

Before starting on your journey, take a look at our Timeline on page 6, which tracks your son or daughter’s educational career. We have split our Guide into sections to cover each stage: from Nursery through to Sixth Form and we aim to leave you with a real understanding of the sector and how it all works.

You may well have heard or read about recent changes that were introduced to the GCSE exam grading system in English literature, English language and maths. It can be quite confusing when changes are made to a system that seems to have been working perfectly well for years, but in this case, they are aimed at differentiating between the highest performing students and to match standards in the strongest performing education systems elsewhere in the world.

We feel it’s important you know about them, so that you can make the best informed decisions about your child’s education. You can read more about it and other hot educational topics on our website at: independentschoolparent.com.

We also love your feedback, so please email us at editor@independentschoolparent.com with your thoughts so that we can make our next Guide, out in the spring, even bigger and better!

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Our youngest pupils visited the site of their new junior school, which is due to open in September. It will include state-of-the-art spacious classrooms, a home economics facility, and an outdoor learning and play area.

A new Sixth Form Centre opened in 2016. St Benedict’s has been co-educational since the 1970s.

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OFF TO SCHOOL To help you choose the right school for your child, we take you step by step through the stages of independent education – from Nursery to Sixth Form

Top tips for the all-important early years on page 18

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And they’re off! Aged two, your little one is on the cusp of a school career that will span 16 years, finishing at 18. With exams and homework still way off in the distance, at this tender age it’s all about developing a natural curiosity and learning through play.

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Starting in the year that your child turns five, small class sizes, dazzling teaching and stand-out facilities are the name of the game here. It’s never too early to assess your child’s true potential, and what better place to start than with a solid foundation at Pre-Prep.

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It’s all in the name with Prep School: it prepares your child for Senior and public school.

As the 11+ and Common Entrance exams loom on the horizon, education takes a decidedly serious turn as the hunt is on to find the perfect Senior School for your child.

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Need help choosing a Senior School? Find out more on page 44 What exams will pave the way to university places? See page 58

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With GCSEs and the new numerical grading system in place since August, a clutch of A*s might just not cut it any longer. The heat is on to secure a clean sweep of grade nines – a nine is a higher grade than an A* and is for those of exceptional ability. Smash it!

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Prepare to be amazed by the range of subjects from which pupils choose their A-Levels or International Baccalaureate – from traditional disciplines like history and maths, to newbies like fashion. It’s crunch time and all in aid of securing a place at university.

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Half of A-Level entries were awarded A*/A this year – that’s twice the national average. While competition to secure a place at a Russell Group uni is as fierce as ever, choose the right school to nurture their confidence to succeed. Happy searching!

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Where are the skills our children will need at MIT, earned a PhD and went to work for NASA. Primary Well, creative thinking skills are embedded in the toso discover planets? objective: how best to land a craft on Mars. curriculum at Sevenoaks School, in theory we need new It’s worth considering then, that many of the skills look no further. at MIT, earned PhDtoand wenta to work for impact, NASA. Primary Well, creative thinking skills are embedded in the may aneed make significant can be Our alumni certainly go on to achieve extraordinary your child objective: how best to land a craft on Mars. curriculum at Sevenoaks School, so in theory we need acquired here at Sevenoaks. things; equipped as they are with the skills they need to It’s worth considering then, that many of the skills look no further. change the waiting world. your child may need to make a significant impact, can be Our certainly go on to mastered achieve extraordinary Lars alumni Blackmore for example, creative acquired here at www.sevenoaksschool.org Sevenoaks. things; as theyHeare the skills theyrobotics need to thinkingequipped at Sevenoaks. leftwith in 1998, studied change the waiting world.

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He left 1998, studied robotics service provision – essential skillsinour alumni will use to excel at jobs which have yet to be invented and to reshape their universe.

WHY CHOOSE

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hat’s the difference between an independent school education and a state one?” my friend repeated sarcastically.

“The size of your ego!” Her joke taps into a change in the landscape of education: the state sector has improved in terms of governance, leadership, academic standards and teachers’ incentives, so why bother paying for the private version?

According to the Department for Education, 82% of primary schools and 71% secondary schools are now being judged as “good” or “outstanding” by Ofsted, so can paying up to £25,000 a year

Right, pupils at Francis Holland School, Sloane Square, London

Independent schools are free from top-down control and central-funding, and avoid relentless target-setting and assessment

such as law, finance, and journalism, and of chief executives in Britain. Not only does the teaching produce top grades, but the careers guidance on offer also aids confidence, focus and self-belief. Work experience and internships are readily available, and in the world of work, alumni networks provide continuing support and opportunity.

Choosing a school

As parents, we all agree that there is nothing as precious nor as important as our children, and no job decision or house purchase comes near the possible impact on their lives as choosing a

for a day school, and around £35,000 for a boarding school, really be worth it?

Leaving aside the obvious proviso that there are good and bad schools in both sectors, I would say the answer is still a resounding “yes”. It is a well-known and, some might say, uncomfortable fact that despite privately-educated students making up only 7% of the population, more than half of Oxbridge undergrads are from independent schools.

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school. Of course, there is an element of risk in whatever decision we make, but we can find reassurance in knowing we have selected an excellent independent school.

What is it that makes this type of education so different, and often so much better? The key lies in the word “independent”. Private schools are free from the national curriculum and the narrow Ofsted agenda. They are led by headteachers free to follow their vision and set their own mission statement.

They are free from top-down control and centralfunding. They are free from relentless target-setting and assessment.

Competition banishes mediocrity

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means the likes of drama, music, art and photography are being axed. Equally, the teaching of languages is also in swift decline. Independent schools, on the other hand, passionately adhere to the values these subjects provide – from creating community bonds to inspiring imaginations – and offer room for them not only in the school timetable, but also in the form of extra-curricular activities.

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Independence ensures variety and enterprise; there is a school that fits your child perfectly.

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Let us look at some of the advantages.

Firstly, small class sizes mean that your child is given personal attention and greater support. “Stretch and challenge” are provided to the gifted and talented, while expert professional help is available to those with learning needs. Inevitably, pastoral care is better, too, as children are nurtured by teachers who know them well and have time to understand their needs.

At Francis Holland School, Sloane Square, we have been at the forefront of supporting the emotional wellbeing of girls by establishing mindfulness in the curriculum, and establishing Place2Be (a charity dedicated to early intervention in children’s

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mental health) as a central, not peripheral, part of our provision.

Freedom from relentless testing at primary level means that children can enjoy creative and innovative learning.

Coding, robotics and app design are all enthusiastically taught at our school by teachers encouraged to share their own passions and interests, and adopt their own styles. Indeed, independent schools can adapt quickly to the changing demands of the digital age, and often have the funding to ensure the very best resources and facilities. Our school, in particular, is building a Centre for Creative Learning, with a tranquil rooftop garden for mindful relaxation.

The independent curriculum celebrates breadth as well as depth. In the state sector, the looming crisis over arts subjects being cut as pressure to meet targets in core subjects increases,

Another big benefit of independent education is its emphasis on sport, producing many of our country’s elite athletes. Whereas only one or two lessons a week might be dedicated to PE in a state school, games happen almost every afternoon (in boarding schools) in the independent sector, with competitive matches occurring twice a week. Not only does this programme bring obvious physical health benefits, but it aids mental fitness too. In a girls’ school like ours, this helps pupils to overcome fear of failure and perfectionism.

This reflects a central tenet of independent education: that it is as important to develop character as intellect.

Courtesy, humility, courage, service, kindness and compassion are values constantly taught and reinforced through initiatives such as volunteering, Duke of Edinburgh Awards, Combined Cadet Force, peer mentoring, assemblies and chapel. Children learn that their life is given meaning as they serve others; and they learn that success is not measured simply in good grades, but in living a good life.

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ROYAL ACADEMY SUCCESS FOR SIXTH FORMER

[Cobham Hall School, Surrey] Year 13 student, Evie Fisher, enjoyed huge success in the Royal Academy A-level Summer Exhibition Online.

Head of Art, Mrs Karen Walsh, explained that the department are particularly ecstatic about Evie’s success, as it continues their now seven-year tradition of producing students who are selected by this prestigious institution.

With a theme of Here, There and Everywhere, Evie’s piece was one of a series of three. She said: “I was thrilled when I heard my piece had been selected.

It’s so exciting that my work has been displayed.” Mrs Walsh added that, “Evie is well-deserved of this honour.”

ALL SINGING, ALL DANCING [Kensington Prep School, Fulham]

COTSWOLDS SCHOOL ROCKS TO THE BEAT [Beaudesert School, Gloucestershire] The uber-modern performing arts centre at Beaudesert Park School in Minchinhampton pulsed to the sound of live rock and pop recently when pupils took to the stage to belt out their favourite tunes.

The Rock on Summer concert saw every pupil from Years Five, Six and Seven either singing or playing an instrument to a packed audience, and was the climax of a school year full to the brim with musical meetings, lessons and performances of all shapes and sizes.

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The west London school now offers some of the best facilities of any Prep establishment in London, with the completion of its innovative £2.7m Creating Space for Growing Minds building project.

The forward-thinking school has designed creative spaces for learning, transforming traditional classrooms. Girls now have a high-tech “explore floor”, multimedia recording studio, spacious classroom breakout spaces and an eco-greenhouse that provide lots of opportunities for exploration, independent research and collaboration with pupils and staff.

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Former British Number One, Tim Henman gave a coaching session to young tennis fans HOWZAT! [Alleyn’s School, south London]

TIM HENMAN DECLARES TENNIS FACILITY “OPEN FOR ALL” [Stonyhurst College, Lancashire]

Budding tennis players gained tips from the top as former British Number One Tim Henman was the guest of honour at the opening of a new tennis dome at the College.

The new 1,375sqm air dome facility was opened by the four-time Wimbledon semi-finalist. The tennis legend was also on-hand to share his expert tips and meet with pupils via an interactive coaching session on court. This was followed by a traditional Stonyhurst blessing and an afternoon tea celebration for parents, pupils and guests.

Alleyn’s Under 12 Cricketers won the London Cup in a thrilling four team finale, also involving Dulwich College, Emanuel and St Paul’s Cathedral School. The Alleyn’s team, comprised of boys and girls, beat Emanuel in the final to take the title.

Alleyn’s offers an extensive Sport & Games programme that includes girls’ cricket as an integral part of the curriculum. Alleyn’s is also seeing girls increasingly access the sport on a co-curricular basis, resulting in the school fielding a number of mixed cricket teams.

GREEN FINGERS RAISE FUNDS [Hanford School, Dorset]

CHESS-LOVER CROWNED BEST JUNIOR PLAYER IN THE UK [Royal Grammar School, Guildford] Harry Grieve (pictured above left) recently took the top spot at this year’s Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge. The Royal Grammar School pupil, aged 16, received £2,000 after winning an impressive six out of six games. Also in attendance was Lord Mark Price (pictured above), who funded the competition and sent out copies of his book, The Foolish King, to every school that entered, in an attempt to encourage more children to read about and explore the world of chess.

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Hanford School opened its stunning gardens to the public for the first time ever in May, in a bid to raise funds for the National Garden Scheme. The scheme invites guests to explore 3,700 gardens across the UK, while encouraging visitors to donate money to charity.

Families travelled far and wide to get a view of Hanford’s beautiful Victorian knot garden, water garden and small gothic chapel. Four hundred people attended and the event raised a spectacular £1,800.

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good Nursery supports a child as they enter the very first stage of their educational journey, laying the foundations for learning to read, write and engage with a world of fascinating possibilities.

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Above, children at St Benedict’s learn through outdoor activities and free play

It gives them confidence as they learn how to play and interact with other children, and as they learn to fit in with a structured routine. But most of all, a good Nursery will allow a child’s curiosity and natural enthusiasm for learning to shine through.

Pre-school children need the

freedom to explore things they like doing within a structured, safe environment.

A private Nursery has several advantages. Firstly, you usually have the option to choose the days and times that suit your needs and budget. Do you want them to attend during term-time only,

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The Nursery and Reception classes are side by side, allowing the children to share activities together, and this familiarisation can be very helpful

or all-year-round? Mornings only, or for the whole day? School hours, or longer?

Secondly, private nurseries are often part of an independent school, which has huge educational advantages, not least in that it makes your child’s transition to Reception as natural as possible. At St Benedict’s, the Nursery and Reception classes are side by side, allowing the children to share activities together, and this familiarisation can be very helpful.

Private nurseries are also able to focus on each individual child, as the teacherchild ratio is often small. At St Benedict’s, each child is part of a group of eight, under the dedicated care of one qualified Nursery teacher. And like schools, children’s progress is monitored closely and reported regularly to parents through meetings.

Preparing for big school

Private nurseries consider their main role to be a preparation for school.

They follow a carefully planned curriculum, which often dovetails with the Reception class’ activities. Specialist

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teaching in music, art and PE enriches children’s learning and provides expert tuition, as they begin to find where their passions and talents lie.

A typical day at St Benedict’s Nursery is very similar to a school day, with more freedom to play and explore, and quiet times for children to recover their energy.

“Carpet time” is a teacher-led session, often focusing on the “sound of the week”, or simple number work. It’s also a chance for children to share news, which they usually do with very little prompting!

Outdoor learning follows and children learn through free play, interspersed with short periods of focused activity, such as learning to write their names or art work.

After lunch, the afternoon begins with a second “carpet time”, more activities, and a story brings the day to a close. Children can stay on until 6pm, supervised by the same qualified staff they already know.

To summarise, private nurseries provide an excellent preparation for school: close, professional teaching and care and flexible hours as children begin their educational journey.

Above, a typical day at Nursery gives children freedom to play and explore. Right and below, pupils at St Benedict’s School, Ealing

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THINKING BIG Eaton House The Manor Nursery, London The school’s new Nursery aims to give pupils a fun, welcoming and worthwhile learning experience

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any people wonder what the progress is through Nursery, from the first goodbye at the school door to the transition to “big school”. At the brand new Eaton House the Manor Nursery, in Clapham, south London, the emphasis is on making the school as welcoming as possible and a “wonderful, nurturing, colourful and exciting place to be!” says Mrs Roosha Sue (known by all as “Miss Roosha”), who has been Headmistress at the school since 2004.

Housed in two large rooms in a brand-new building at the back of Eaton House The Manor School, the new Nursery opens up into a fantastic modern playground, which is decorated with huge concentric circles of orange, yellow, blue and ochre. This makes it perfect for games and fun of all kinds, whether you’re playing in the Wendy house, building sand shapes in a turreted sand pavilion, crayoning on the rainbow bench, playing with rubber ducks in the elevated water tray or using giant wooden blocks to create 3D structures.

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capacity to open up into one large area for whole school activities. “Vibrant colours inspire play!” says Miss Roosha, “And the new building is so great because it’s bright and clean, and the children really respond to it.” She ensures that the happy 48 boys and girls in the Nursery have plenty of structured play, helping them to learn and develop more quickly. Whether they are exploring numbers on the interactive white board, playing

Girls and boys at Eaton House The Manor School Nursery

Structured play

If your child is an incoming “Cub” or a “Bear” waiting to transition to big school, you will find plenty to occupy them in this new, purpose-built space, which has the

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the process here, and they contribute to the life of our Nursery greatly.”

Miss Roosha recommends that to make the best possible start to Nursery, you talk to your child about the coming transition, and encourage and excite them about the adventure ahead. After the initial settling in time where children part from their mother for the first time, children are welcomed into the Cubs’ Room by our caring, experienced teachers. The key focus is ensuring the children feel happy and content in their new environment. The teachers create a warm, secure, and above all, friendly atmosphere.

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dress-up in the two cushion-filled dens or enjoying the “Home Corner” with its mini Henry Hoover – (“a huge hit”), there is never a dull moment for the children at Eaton House the Manor Nursery.

Brothers and sisters

“We have three intakes a year in September, January and April,” says Miss Roosha, “This means that we get a good spread of birthdays across the year.” The Manor Nursery also adopts a sibling policy. A high proportion of children are siblings and this creates a comforting and welcoming family environment. “Happiness is always our top priority,” she says.

Miss Roosha is also keen that parents

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should feel able to talk to the staff about anything, whenever they wish.

“Parents are truly part of

Above, learning to swim is part of the school curriculum

The children move from the Cubs’ Room through to the Bears’ Room. Both are bright spacious rooms full of new experiences and toys to explore, and the home corner is always a huge hit. The gentle introduction of sounds and numbers are put forward through fantastic hands on experiences. Clay, paint, glitter and a child’s digital camera are just a few of the many ways we help and encourage children to learn while playing and having fun.

With gentle encouragement, most of our children leave us knowing all their sounds and some have even started to read. The Bears’ Room is more structured to help the children prepare for the smooth transition up to big school. Circle time, computers, outside play and individual work are equally important.

Eaton House The Manor’s Nursery observes the children’s daily progress and plans according to the child’s individual needs. All our teachers aim to give each child a fun, exciting and worthwhile learning experience as they start their educational journey.

With gentle encouragement, most of our Nursery school children leave us knowing all their sounds and some have even started to read

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Above, St Catherine’s School, Bramley

house. Distance will probably be the first thing you consider, followed by the calibre of the teaching staff, facilities, and class sizes. Some of the groundwork can be done before you even visit the school, just by searching online and through prospectuses, so create a simple checklist to establish what you’re looking for.

What follows is the more delicate matter of whether it feels like the right place for your child. Does the school offer an education that’s aligned to your own values, and the aspirations you have for your child? How is the school described by other parents? And more importantly, what is the atmosphere like when you

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Here at St Catherine’s, we are very fortunate to have inspirational teachers and superb facilities – in fact, we’re often told that we are like “a village within a village”. Located in the leafy village of Bramley, just three miles from Guildford, our girls have the opportunity to play freely in the surrounding outdoor spaces.

Class sizes are small – 16 children in Reception, and 18 in Years One and Two – and with our highly-qualified teachers, every child receives the support they need.

We also employ specialist teachers in ICT, dance, PE and music, who add huge value to the pupils’ learning.

We base our education on strong Christian values, and the chapel is at the heart of the school. Everyone strives to be the best they can be, and the girls celebrate each other’s successes, recognising their own strengths and achievements.

Going above and beyond

We also ensure that the girls are looking beyond St Catherine’s, and are proud to work alongside our neighbouring schools, including Bramley Infant School and Gosden House. Pupils come together to socialise at our annual Bramley Arts Day, and we take the girls out for local trips, visiting theatre companies, authors, illustrators and speakers. In our recent “emergency services day”, the girls also enjoyed looking inside an ambulance, fire engine and meeting doctors, nurses,

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Clockwise from left, ballet lessons at St Catherine’s, pupils partake in Chinese Day, the exterior of St Catherine’s School, Bramley

Pupils come together to socialise at our annual Bramley Arts Day, and we take the girls out for local trips, visiting theatres, authors and speakers paramedics and fire crew. Our programme is very fulsome, and it is these enrichment activities that make the girls’ learning experiences so broad and exciting.

Starting right

One of our recent initiatives is the Baby Cats series, which invites toddlers and their parents to attend classical concerts and creative sessions, including art, music and movement-based activities. This is an excellent opportunity for parents and children to experience what’s on offer before they join the school.

Often when I meet with prospective parents, they are weighing up whether to invest in independent education when their child is only four years old. But I feel

passionately that strong foundations can make all the difference to young learners, as well as to future educational success.

The Independent Schools Council’s 2017 census revealed that 14 years in independent education is the equivalent to an additional two years of schooling. And this manifests itself in confidence, resilience and ambition.

Girls leave here ready to go out and make a difference in the world. And this comes as a result of a very clear set of values that are taught, and which we all live by within the school community. It is this above all other things that distinguishes one school from another, and this is why we believe every girl here will benefit from our thriving Pre-Prep. ISP

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WHEN CREATIVITY RUNS WILD Farleigh School, Hampshire Grouchy Gruffalos, wicked witches and pesky pirates? There’s never a dull moment on school theme days, says Jenifer Hillman

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t is undeniable that children soak up more knowledge when they are enthused and excited by what they are learning. And at Farleigh Pre-Prep, our “signature dishes” include theme days, in which a different theme is explored during each term.

Some of our theme days consolidate work that we have already covered in the classroom. Year One’s Winnie the Witch Day, for example, has the children dressing up, visiting a witch’s cavern in the woods, casting spells and reading stories about witches. Back in the safety of their classroom, they make their own potions and write down the recipes.

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Right, Year One pupils cast spells and make potions on Winnie the Witch Day

other hand, which is hosted by History Off the Page, gives the children the chance to experience medieval shopping and trades. Visits to the apothecary for love potions and healing ointments have been popular with the pupils and, as all this went on, we indulged in a lot of gossip about the wicked barons and knights!

Other theme days centre around particular subjects, with each term given over to either Numeracy Day, Book Day or Science Day. Book Day usually involves

dressing up as their favourite book characters and on Numeracy Day we focus on either shapes, money or time.

We have a wonderful woodland area within our grounds and sometimes the children will spend time looking for The Gruffalo. They search for his caves, make him mud pies and construct homes for the different animals in the book. After leaving him a note, imagine their excitement when he not only replies, but he also visits their classroom and leaves a terrible mess!

They inspire the children to want to learn more; encourage teamwork and create opportunities for problem-solving and thinking skills

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Right, Farleigh School in Hampshire

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Adding some WOW factor In addition to the theme days, Pre-Prep pupils start new topics with a “WOW moment”. For instance, the “WOW moment” for Year One’s space topic was when I dressed up as the Supreme Commander of the Space Corps! The pupils were my space cadets and were given a variety of missions, such as making a space map of the planets, building a space buggy using construction materials and thinking about what space foods would be for sale in the alien café, Zog. As a teacher, the value of these days is unequalled: listen to the children talking; question their

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Above left, Year One Science Day was great fun. Above right, pupils love dressing up on Farleigh’s theme days

findings; identify the small pieces of knowledge they’ve picked up and are now linking with other areas of their learning.

I also advocate having a camera at the ready to capture the excitement in the children’s faces. Many favourite photographs depict evidence of those early years, where learning has been brought to life by a few simple activities.

The focus applied to these activities, as well as the language and discussion, can also be captured on iPads, through either filming of the activities or interviewing the children afterwards. The children love to see the resulting slideshow, where they remember different aspects of the day.

Have academic standards been affected by these days? Absolutely! They inspire the

children to want to learn more, encourage teamwork and create opportunities for problem-solving and thinking skills.

And what about reading, writing and numeracy? Well, if you had been in my class after our latest Science Day, you’d truly understand why I support this break from formal teaching every now and then.

The pages of descriptive writing and the detail have left even me astounded.

When you talk to the children further up the school, these days are the ones they remember with so much affection and enthusiasm, and it is lovely to reminisce.

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utdoor education plays a huge part in the lives of the children here at The Hawthorns School.

From pupils in our Nursery to those in Year Two, all children have the chance to venture out of the classroom, and learn through play and discovery during our regular Forest School lessons in the surrounding woodland and grounds.

Our Forest School lessons not only inspire our children to explore and investigate nature, but they also feed their natural curiosity for the world around them. Set within 35 acres, the school provides a fantastic setting to enhance their learning. Lessons take place in and around the woodland, lake and meadow, and where possible, children also visit our

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Above, a pupil at The Hawthorns engages in fun outdoor activities as part of Forest School lessons

small holding of sheep, goats, horses and poultry, fostering a love of animals.

By building these lessons into the curriculum, our teachers can creatively connect the Forest School to traditional classroom learning. The opportunity for cross-curricular education is endless, as we integrate many subjects, including science, geography and maths.

Activities have included concocting a perfume and thinking about our senses, searching for mini-beasts, and collecting natural items and placing them in categories. Pupils have also enjoyed measuring potions in the mud kitchen, and creating natural weaving looms and clay faces.

These regular Forest School sessions have resulted in children developing confidence

through hands-on learning experiences.

Small achievable steps are created so children feel that they have succeeded in something at the end of each school day.

The continued collaboration between our Forest School trained leader and Pre-Prep teachers ensures that each child’s imagination is continually ignited. The use of woodland tools allows the pupils to develop both gross and fine-motor skills, while opportunities for teamwork encourage problem-solving and role play.

Our Forest School ultimately provides the children with the freedom to explore and experience the woodland in their own way. We are so proud to see each child thrive, as they develop a wealth of skills that they can bring back into the classroom and apply to everyday life.

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Right, pupils at Eaton Square are exposed to a wide range of outdoor activities

Left, Eaton Square is keen to develop a hunger for knowledge and learning in their pupils

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or many parents and families, the school they choose for their child is not a decision to be taken lightly.

There are many things to consider – from specialist subjects and the quality of learning resources, all the way through to classroom sizes and location. Having to then choose between a local state school

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and an independent Prep School can add another layer of deliberations into the mix.

So, how can parents make an informed decision, and why should they opt for an independent education over a state one?

Firstly, independent schools are in an incredibly fortunate position that allows them to determine their own curriculum and learning style, based on what they believe will most benefit their pupils. For instance, at Eaton Square School, we

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always encourage children to develop a real hunger for knowledge and learning as much as is possible. With this in mind, we work hard to create a diverse and stimulating timetable that motivates and engages our students on a daily basis.

Our learning programme, which is centred on the national curriculum, is supported by a dedicated group of teachers, subject coordinators and subject specialists. We limit class sizes to

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approximately 15 pupils, meaning each child has the opportunity to work closely, or even one-on-one with teachers. We also tailor lesson, revision plans and learning styles to suit each individual child, allowing them to progress at their own pace, with their own specific goals in mind.

Out and about

Beyond the traditional curriculum and core subjects, we ensure that pupils experience as much hands-on learning as possible. As such, Eaton Square School regularly hosts educational trips both in the UK and abroad, as well as week-long residential experiences and outdoor education courses, where pupils are exposed to a wide range of physical and mental challenges.

Outside of the classroom, many Prep Schools are able to offer a rich and diverse range of extra-curricular activities and after-school clubs, too. At Eaton Square, we are

Top left, Abbots Bromley Prep School, Staffs, top right, Pinewood Prep

especially proud to host an array of exciting activities – from fencing and gymnastics to ballet, coding classes and even skiing lessons.

Visiting as many schools as possible is a good idea.

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Above, pupils at Eaton Square School, London

However, while resources and facilities are undoubtedly very important, it is always worth remembering when choosing a school, that trusting your gut instinct is a very good indicator.

As parents, you have the biggest insight into what kind of environment helps bring the best out of your child. Think about their likes and dislikes, or the spaces in which they usually thrive. Do they need alot of open, outdoor space in which they can run around and be creative?

Do they respond well to being around lots of other children or would intimate class sizes be best? And are they motivated by academically-focused activities, or do they prefer a more holistic style?

Once you’ve answered those questions, visiting as many schools as possible – both state and independent – is a good idea.

Time-consuming though it may be, you will usually find you instantly connect with a school and its teachers, so it’s absolutely worth the time investment. At Eaton Square School, we always offer prospective parents one-to-one tours, and we encourage them to return as many times as they like until they feel they’re ready to make a decision.

It’s easy to get caught up in local discussions and word-of-mouth reviews and recommendations – but if you don’t consider what will work best for your child and their learning, it may be a decision you come to regret. Whatever you decide, always remember to put your child at the heart of your decision.

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Principal Mary McCahery explains why the new Pupil Voice initiative is proving such a hit with pupils

utstanding London Prep Schools are commonplace these days, so how exactly can a school go beyond this, to stand out from the competition and get the best from their pupils?

At The White House Prep in Clapham, Pupil Voice is a new and exciting initiative that’s preparing children for the next step into Senior School. Children across all year groups, from Reception to Year Six, are encouraged to get involved in

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all aspects of school life, to help improve their experience and ensure that coming to school each day remains enjoyable.

Alongside an extensive curriculum and wealth of extra-curricular activities, termly council meetings see the four Houses – Stirling, Balmoral, Edinburgh and Drummond – come together to raise points with the Headmaster from a preprepared agenda. Topics such as school lunches, uniform and the clubs they want to try each term are discussed, minutes are taken and actioned accordingly.

So, what evidence do we have to prove this system works? Well, shepherd’s pie is now officially off the lunch menu! There are a countless variety of skills that pupils develop from these meetings – public speaking, teamwork, preparing an ICT agenda, to name a few – but it has led to comments from Headteachers at other schools stating that pupils from The White House Prep are some of the nicest children they have met. They are confident but without arrogance, which is something not always seen in London schools today.

Pupils in Years Four to Six also have an afternoon per week of “Choice”, where they choose which subject they want to

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attend, whether this be art, sport, music or drama. Pupils can either stick to their “Choice” throughout the whole school year, or change termly.

Offering the children these choices is an excellent way of preparing them for their all-important 11+ exams, and means they can start working on an arts portfolio or honing their sports skills two years in advance. This removes a lot of the pressure they experience in the lead-up to the exams, and they are rewarded for it.

The White House Prep’s focus on Pupil Voice even extends to Junior and Senior Librarians and Playground Leaders, who work together with their peers and teachers to recommend new playground toys, games and books. These suggestions have led to the recent instalment of reading cabins in the garden, which have proven very popular.

Pupil Voice listens to everyone in the school, to ensure nobody gets lost among

Pupils from all year groups get involved in all aspects of school life

the noise. As a result, we can tailor children’s education to suit their needs, not just the needs of the school – and this is something our new Headmaster, Tony Lewis is continuing to support.

What evidence do we have to prove that the Pupil Voice system works? Well, shepherd’s pie is no o cially off t e lunc enu

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Tony’s extensive experience as a Head is a wonderful new addition to the school, and the children are looking forward to working with him in the classroom.

What’s certain is The White House Prep continues to go from strength to strength, and sticks by the principle that children should be allowed to be children. Along with the expansion of the building, including new classrooms and a bigger library, the core values of being a nurturing, family-focused school is still at the forefront of everything we do. Pupils are nurtured throughout their school career, so that when they leave, they are confident, armed with an excellent education and a strong sense of their own voice.

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he Mental Health Organisation has reported that 50% of mental health problems are established by early adolescence, so it is perhaps no surprise that Theresa May cited the classroom as the place to begin transforming our mental health services.

Teaching methods that improve mental health, as well as academic attainment, may well be on the government agenda, but I believe music has always played a crucial role in a modern, forward-thinking curriculum, that has children’s health and wellbeing at its heart.

There are numerous books, studies and TED talks explaining how learning music engages both the creative, expressive nature of the brain, as well as the more analytical aspects. Playing an instrument can be a wonderful release for excess emotional build-up, as it helps to channel energy into positive, creative expression.

The result is a richness of sound, a new melodic phrase or a beautiful expression of the inner-self, when words are not enough.

For a child to flourish in a world of change and opportunity, they need to be happy in their own skin, able to bounce back when things don’t go to plan, be aware of their limitations, but at the same time open to the possibilities. These are all characteristics that can be nurtured at school, by giving all children the opportunity to appreciate, study, perform and compose music, as an integrated part of the curriculum.

A recent study conducted by the Welsh charity Tenovus Cancer Care in partnership with the Royal College of Music, found that choir-singing can lower the stress hormone Cortisol and releases endorphins.

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Marlborough House, we create a safe setting for musicians to not only put their technical skills to the test in front of a live audience, but be comfortable in making a mistake from which they can learn. And when conducting our choirs in competition, at local fairs and in front of hospital residents and local support groups, it is humbling to witness the joy this brings to the pupils at our school.

In addition to the inevitable effect this has on their confidence as performers, it also gives the children a sense of their place in the wider community and with it, recognition of the selfless contribution they can make to improve the lives of others.

Whichever part of Marlborough House you are in, you are never far away from music. Whether it is hearing the calming sound of one of our choirs practising their harmonies or a member of the guitar band, the school always has a song to sing whatever the weather or time of day.

When children sing in a choir or play in an orchestra, music brings them together, and they experience the positive effects of teamwork and collaboration. With that, comes a real sense of belonging, which is great medicine for the mind!

Indeed, music plays a crucial role in helping children to learn life skills, while instilling a growth mindset that will keep their minds active and healthy through Senior School and beyond.

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IN A CLASS OF ITS OWN With an array of unique learning experiences, Headmaster Ian Murphy explains why Stonyhurst Mary’s Hall in Lancashire is far from your average school

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tonyhurst Mary’s Hall offers parents and pupils something unique and special. It’s increasingly at the cutting edge, with our longheld traditions to support us, but what does

that really mean?

It offers everything that education should be. We are an internationallyminded Prep School that equips young people for the global world of which they’ll be a part later in life – children here will make friends with other children from all around the world. And it’s this international approach that is reflected across the curriculum, including things like menus in the dining hall. Children learn to be adventurous in their eating and start to understand and appreciate other cultures and their cuisines.

Resources at Stonyhurst are equally unique, and the College’s collections include such items as a priceless Shakespeare first folio, used to introduce pupils to the significance of international artefacts. Indeed, the first experience a child here has of Shakespeare is a pair of

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Above, Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall, Clitheroe, Lancashire

white gloves, which they must wear as they learn about the production of the Folio in 1623. They can also see the prayer book of Mary, Queen of Scots, which was present on the scaffold when she was executed, manuscripts of Gerald Manley Hopkins, and musical scores dating as far back as the 12th century.

Pupils, parents and teachers at St Mary’s Hall have high expectations across the curriculum beyond academic attainment alone. Children learn to be supportive and work in teams, whether in sports or performing arts. Teachers here realise they are temporary custodians for a pupil throughout their school journey and we all recognise what a privilege this is.

We are not merely an exam factory; our Jesuit heritage and culture allows us to make a difference to the whole formation of a young person. We have a mix of faiths here and some people have none, but we are determined to appreciate gospel values. There is an unashamed effort to add value here: to encourage a child to be all they can be.

Staff at St Mary’s Hall also take great care to get to know the children as individuals. We also take great care to share information about any new child who joins us. If they are scared of the dark, play an instrument or love dogs, we work hard to help them settle and encourage them to achieve their very best.

Indeed, this is the only Prep School I know where the children actually get to see original dinosaur poo!

“If they are scared of the dark, play an instrument or love dogs, we work hard to help pupils settle and encourage them to achieve their very best.”

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Right, pupils at Hyde Park School, London

EVERY CHILD IS A GENIUS Hyde Park School, South Kensington A flexible curriculum enables pupils at Hyde Park School to flourish and excel Below, Hyde Park School aims to bring the best out in every student

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s an independent school, we are incredibly fortunate in that we can tailor our learning environment to bring out the very best in every student.

We have the flexibility to choose a curriculum based on areas that inspire and engage our pupils on a daily basis, adapting our lessons to individual goals.

Inspire and engage

This freedom means we can offer lessons that extend way beyond traditional “core subjects” like maths and English, such as Latin and Mandarin, as well as coding classes and hands-on science lessons at Imperial College.

We also pride ourselves on our extensive extracurricular timetable,

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which gives students the opportunity to participate in everything from skiing and judo, to ballet dancing and horse riding.

The city is our classroom Hyde Park School is also proud to call London its extra classroom. The city acts as a resource that our students can regularly take advantage of – whether it is history lessons in London’s museums, art classes in a gallery, or drama classes in local theatres.

Each year group frequently spends time outside the classroom, and in an environment where they are surrounded by new and engaging stimulus.

Finding a passion

However, what really sets Hyde Park School apart is our belief that every child is a genius in their own way. It is our job as teachers to help them discover that “inner genius” and nurture it, so they can grow and flourish.

Spotting talent – whether it’s

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Right, ballet is one of the many extra-curricular activities on offer

Left, pupils can participate in judo outside of lessons

academic, sporting or creative – plays a crucial role in inspiring children to excel.

A bit of tea and toast

To help with the increasing academic pressures, our school has regular “tea and toast” sessions, where older students can talk openly about how they feel about any challenges or hurdles they are

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Above right, the pupils venture outside the classroom to explore London’s museums

It is our jo b as teachers to help them disco ver their “inner gen ius” and nurture it

experiencing. We also host yoga lessons for both pupils, parents and staff, to teach meditation and different breathing techniques that help with focus.

Likewise, the school runs regular mindfulness sessions to teach pupils a range of techniques for stress and anxiety

management. These can be transferred across many situations, and is something that families can practise together.

Whatever a student’s ambitions, we strive to ensure our school is a welcoming environment where they feel motivated, supported and encouraged.

The city is a resource that our students can regularly take advantage of – whether it’s history lessons in London’s museums or art classes in a gallery

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NIGEL WILLIAMS Headmaster, Leighton Park School, Reading

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CHOOSING A SENIOR SCHOOL

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With so many factors to consider, Nigel Williams narrows down what to look for when selecting a Senior School

days of knowing which school your child would attend from the moment they were born have, for the great majority of us, long gone. Indeed,

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since the beginning of the 21st century, it seems that a vast array of options have made it much more difficult for parents to choose a secondary school for their child.

Sometimes the postcode lottery means that where you live is a direct consequence of which school your child goes to. But if

Above, pupils give a musical peformance outside Leighton Park School, Reading

you’re not keen on moving house, parents looking for a day place shouldn’t rule out the idea of boarding, especially now that there is much more flexibility, such as weekly boarding options, on offer.

There are so many factors to consider, but ultimately what should matter most is

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Below right, schools should offer a variety of activities, like drama or filmmaking

Parents looking for a day place shouldn’t rule out boarding, especially now that there is much more e i ility suc as ee ly oarding options on offer whether the school reflects the educational philosophy that most appeals to you.

Information will be available in inspection reports, which can be helpful, but perhaps more insightful is talking to parents of pupils already attending the schools you are considering – they usually are more than willing to share their experiences, and sometimes you will be surprised by the findings of your research!

Arguably of more importance is the approach that a school uses to achieve academic success. You might have an academic “hot house” at one end of the spectrum, with a school that inspires a love of learning at the other. It is also worth asking in which

Above left, hockey at Leighton Park. Above, the school’s exterior.

Above right, pupils take part in the Greenpower Karting Challenge

academic areas the school excels, to enable you to match with your child’s academic strengths, skills and passions.

Beyond the classroom

Similarly, the school’s co-curricular programme should offer a variety of activities that match your child’s interests.

Is the range of clubs dominated by music, sport, art, or drama? You might consider too much of one type of activity to be a positive if your child is especially gifted in that area. Or, you may prefer a wider range of opportunities that allows them to develop new skills, such as filmmaking or the Duke of Edinburgh Award.

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Right, a school’s attitude towards physical and mental health is crucial

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Left, look at the range of co-curricular activities on offer at a school.

Right, outdoor learning at Leighton Park School

eed To succ ess og r and pr ol, at scho eed nn childre fe and sa to feel re secu Pastoral care has equally become of vital importance. We have seen a massive increase in the number of mental health issues affecting young people, as they learn to deal with the pressures of the digital age. To succeed and progress at school, children need to feel safe and secure.

Healthy living should also be considered through investment in the provision of healthy eating, as well as the promotion of physical and mental education.

Opportunities for all

Look at the inclusiveness of the approach of the school. Does it provide opportunities for all the pupils? Does it provide wraparound care for all pupils, with early-arrival provision and late stay? If both parents work full-time, having this flexibility is important.

Ultimately, by finalising their criteria, parents should aim for a shortlist of two or three schools.

Entering a child for nine or

Top Tips for Choosing a School l Speak to other parents – they will be candid about their experiences of the schools you are considering. l Read the Inspection Reports. They are a great source of facts, figures and areas of future development. ten entrance tests certainly keeps options open, but puts huge pressure on the child.

Parents know their own children and know what will be in their best interests, so it’s important that parents are ready and willing to make key decisions.

Choosing a Senior School today is about far more than simply teaching and learning – it is about preparing your child for life in an everchanging environment.

Healthy living should also be considered, through investment in the provision of healthy eating, as well as the promotion of physical and mental education

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Above, the meadow at Leighton Park School

l Don’t obsess over league tables, as they only offer an insight into one aspect of the school. l Think about your child’s strengths and interests. Can the school support their growth through both academic and co-curricular programmes? l Don’t ignore well-being. With teenage mental health becoming an increasing area of concern, make sure the school offers robust pastoral care and support. l Be a strong parent! You know what your child learns best, so be tenacious in pursuit of the school that will suit their needs.

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A NEW APPROACH Sevenoaks School, Kent

The school’s new Diploma programme encourages pupils to record and reflect on the skills they’ve accrued through new and exciting learning experiences

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ere at Sevenoaks School, we have developed a new approach to the curriculum that considers the many ways in which pupils learn. While our primary aim is to prepare them for university and employment, we also want them to think about the ways in which they accrue knowledge best, and shape their place in our increasingly global world. After all, it is not enough to

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Above, the Diploma encourages pupils to reflect on the learning opportunities they have experienced

“show off ” what they have learned – students need to demonstrate the skills they’ve acquired, too.

This is potentially contra to the traditional model that divides education into particular categories. There is a clear distinction drawn, for instance, between subjects that are considered “academic”, and those that are thought of as “co-curricular”, developing personal and emotional qualities.

As a school, we believe that education should cover the various elements that

contribute towards meaningful, productive learning. Students should feel fulfilled in all areas of their lives at school, be able to recognise the different ways in which success can be defined, and develop understanding of their identity and their place in the world.

As a result, this year we are proud to introduce a Diploma for the Middle School. This programme considers the ways in which academic, intellectual, personal and emotional qualities are all interrelated, providing students with opportunities to learn and reflect as they move through the Middle School.

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Pupils might be inspired to write about anything from a work of art to a school play

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The Diploma will provide students with a means to record experiences that define their intellectual, emotional and spiritual development through the three Middle School years. This could embrace anything, from a piece of class work of which they are particularly proud or a record of a school trip, to passing a music examination or feeling inspired by the content of a school play or a work of art.

In this sense, the Diploma works a little like a blog, documenting important and interesting events that have motivated, impressed or provoked. Secondly, it will encourage students to think about and reflect on how and what they have learned through these events. Research suggests that the more reflective students are, the

Above, the Diploma allows pupils to record memorable experiences, such as school trips

more successful they will be – whether in term of passing exams, showing commitment to co-curricular activities, or perhaps more simply, being happy throughout their time at school.

We invite students to choose a number of activities in which they must demonstrate commitment, and provide feedback on the qualities and achievements they’ve acquired by doing so. Finally, underneath the Diploma is a recognition of how important certain skills, that can sometimes go unnoticed, can be.

In this sense, the Diploma works a little like a blog, documenting important and interesting events that have motivated, impressed or provoked

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Pupils are assessed on skillsets such as creativity, independent learning, selfawareness, social responsibility, critical thinking, collaboration and international awareness. For example, an ethical outlook on the world, an ability to listen and lead, a willingness to work productively with others, a sensitivity to cultural difference and a capacity for creative, imaginative and critical thinking are just some of the characteristics that the Diploma seeks to celebrate and nurture.

These are qualities increasingly recognised by universities and employers, and reflect our commitment to the provision of a rounded, complete education for our students. Sitting alongside and in support of their GCSEs or Sevenoaks School Certificate courses, the Diploma will enhance the relationship between Middle School Years and the International Baccalaureate, as well as lay important groundwork for our pupils’ lives once they leave the school. ISP

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THE BIGGER PICTURE St Lawrence College, Ramsgate

Melissa Gabbott explains why the old-fashioned, elitist stereotype of independent schools is far from the truth

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f you are considering an independent school education for your child for the first time, the variety of fee-paying schools on offer – not to mention the different terminology – can be a little overwhelming to begin with. But don’t let this put you off, as while many of the words used are borne from long-standing traditions, the schools themselves are certainly not stuck in the past!

Right, students at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate

Although they share many characteristics, independent schools come in all shapes and sizes, with different levels of fees. Families are spoilt for choice when it comes to choosing a school, which vary in size, from small rural schools to large inner-city establishments, and everything in between. Some schools are known for a particular specialism, such as sport, music or even horse-riding (with the facility to take your pony to school with you!).

Day, boarding, single sex or coeducational – the list of choices is huge.

Many day pupils are even able to enjoy the best of both worlds, with some schools offering weekly and flexi-boarding options, tailored to your circumstances.

Others take a mix of international boarding pupils, which offers pupils the opportunity to make friends with children from all over the world. This not only helps broaden their perspectives, but also allows them to learn about other nationalities and cultures, while preparing them for the global workplace.

Individual attention

Left, St Lawrence College in Ramsgate

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In many surveys, one of the top reasons parents say they chose an independent school is the smaller class sizes compared to state schools. This means you can be confident that your child will not get “lost” among a class of 30 or more pupils.

Independent schools also pride themselves on the high levels of pastoral

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Extracurricular activities help students develop skills in resilience and teamwork

Independe nt schools aim to instil a love of learning beyond ex am results

care they can offer pupils. This allows teachers to really get to know each individual child and understand how they learn, stretching and inspiring the more able, while supporting and encouraging those whose confidence is still developing. Individual talents are identified, nurtured and refined.

Getting results

Not all independent schools are academically-selective, but with the help of the small class sizes, independent schools are known for providing an excellent education. A study undertaken by researchers from Durham University found that privately-educated children obtained GCSE results on average

Above right, there is great emphasis on extracurricular activities.

Below, former American politican, Benjamin Franklin

two-thirds of a grade higher in every subject. And in 2016, almost half of all independent school A-Level entries received either an A* or an A, with the percentage of A* and A grades almost double the national average.

A love of learning

Independent schools also aim to instil a love of learning beyond exam results, and a great deal of emphasis is placed on extra-curricular activities.

These help to develop children’s confidence, resilience, teamwork and leadership skills – and with options from fencing to film

Families are spoilt for choice when it comes to choosing a school, which vary in size, from small rural schools to large inner-city establishments

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making, rock climbing to rock school, the choices are endless. Many schools also offer the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme and Combined Cadet Force.

It was American politician, Benjamin Franklin’s belief that “an investment in knowledge pays the best interest”– a statement we believe still has a reassuring message for many parents who choose to invest in their child’s education. ISP

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A HELPING HAND Mark Beard, Head of UCS Hampstead, explains why the school’s Volunteering Programme is beneficial to both the community and its Sixth Formers

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ach year, our Sixth Form are involved with the UCS Volunteering Programme, which offers over 4,000 hours of community volunteering to our north London area.

This programme aims to develop kind, caring, considerate attributes in our pupils which is central to UCS’s ethos.

Over 150 Sixth Form pupils volunteer each Friday afternoon in local schools, community organisations, charities and residential homes. Placements include volunteering as lunch and dinner companions and ward navigators at hospitals, supporting arts and crafts afternoons, computer literacy sessions and

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Above, UCS offers 4,000 hours of community service in north London

music classes in care homes, and as retail support in many local charity shops including Shelter, Oxfam, Barnados and Cancer Research.

different perspective

At UCS, we believe that social responsibility programmes provide a real benefit to both the charitable organisations with which we have links, and to the Sixth Formers who partake in them. Not only do they offer opportunities for skill development and valuable work experience, but they also help students to experience different environments, circumstances and perspectives, open their eyes to different viewpoints, and provide a rewarding volunteering experience that they wouldn’t otherwise have the chance to try.

Each year, our Sixth Formers’ feedback on their experience of the programme has indicated not only the development of new skills, but also how enjoyable they found their placements. Those who support in local schools have highlighted that they “enjoyed the entire experience, and that it was really fun working with young children whose ideas and opinions were very refreshing and often amusing.

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“They were entertaining, insightful and energetic. While enjoying the experience of playing with them and helping them, I learnt how to deal with young children and get the best out of them. I now understand the patience required working with children, and it was really satisfying

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to help them improve their knowledge.”

One of the most rewarding elements that Sixth Form students comment on is the impact their volunteering had on both their own lives and those they worked with.

with the elderly in general, particularly those that are unable to communicate as fluently, and many figures in the home told me inspiring and interesting stories which stay with me to this day.”

Above, both Sixth Formers and primary pupils find the programme rewarding

“It was really fun working with young children whose ideas and opinions were very refreshing and often amusing.”

– UCS Sixth Former on the impact their volunteering had on both their own lives and those they worked with

Speaking about their time working within the residential homes at charity, Jewish Care, students said the experience enabled them to “comprehend the issues faced by those suffering mental and physical disabilities as a result of old age” and learnt “how to communicate and interact with people with varying hearing difficulties, disabilities and mental illnesses.”

Making a positive impact

UCS students said that the most important element of the programme was “being able to help the elderly generation and make a small positive impact on their lives. Not only did I find it humbling, but I gained skills in communicating

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This year, we have extended the range of placements into new schools and charities in order to help more charitable causes. We are also adding a new cultural element to the programme, including local museums and historical sites, as well as animal charities and conservation groups as a result of our Sixth Formers’ feedback.

is more than simply a set of examination certificates at the end of the Sixth Form.

Gaining respect, understanding the meaning of patience and knowing that they can make a difference can all be powerful motivators for greater personal success. ISP

Sixth Formers raise money and work with El Shaddai charity in India

Powerful motivators

Volunteering enables each student to discover a little bit more about themselves, while contributing to the wider community. Having that chance to reflect on what they have been asked to do, and realising the impact that they each have, acknowledges that education

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SIXTH FORM

KATHY CREWE-READ Headmistress, Wolverhampton Grammar School

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Kathy Crewe-Read explains the secret behind the success of Wolverhampton Grammar School’s Sixth Formers

ounded in 1512, Wolverhampton Grammar School still remains a first choice for families over 500 years later – not least because of its mission to deliver a rich education that transforms lives, as well as minds.

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Above, pupils in the Sixth Form come from all different backgrounds

There is a human dimension to learning at our school, which is large enough to offer an experience unlike any other, and yet personal enough to adapt to the ambitions and interests of every child.

A personal approach

An education here offers a personalised curriculum full of academic and extra-

curricular opportunities. With students from all different backgrounds and cultures, the range of skills and knowledge among pupils is diverse. We believe this adds a source of strength and richness, as we strive to maintain links with local, national and international organisations.

The 23-acre site also blends stunning original architecture with creative,

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Students have the opportunity to participate in a range of activities, such as music

“Pupils can also choose from over 100 extracurricular clubs and societies, as well as the chance to participate in sports, music and drama.” innovative learning spaces. Walk through the school, and you will see how the Senior and Sixth Form buildings wrap around the Junior School; how the grounds and sports centre provide the perfect showcase for sport, and how the use of open spaces offers the ideal setting for creative thinkers.

The school accepts applications to the Sixth Form throughout the year, and as a selective school, applicants must have a minimum of six Bs at GCSE, with at least a grade C or “5” in maths or English language. Candidates must also achieve a B (or “6”) or better in any subject they wish to study at Sixth Form, and are invited to meet Head of Sixth Form, Toby Hughes.

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“Our students stand out as independent, life-long learners with a balance of social responsibility and leadership qualities,” says Hughes. The two years that make up the Sixth Form are probably the most challenging of secondary education, but offer the greatest opportunities, too.

Achieving greatness

Indeed, our Sixth Formers go on to achieve great things, with a pick of the best Russell Group and international universities. We offer one of the widest selections of Sixth Form subjects in the area, and regularly review our curriculum to ensure subjects meet the needs of the students, as well as the requirements of leading universities.

Top right, pupils can study traditional courses like science.

Above left, the school building.

Above right, the Sixth Form provides innovative learning spaces

Pupils can choose to study a diverse array of courses, including traditional A-Level subjects like mathematics, physics, chemistry, history and psychology, alongside more specialised subjects like government and politics, economics, theatre studies and classical civilisation, as well as the Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate.

By joining our Sixth Form, your child will also have access to expert academic and subject knowledge, alongside careers, higher education advice and guidance.

Students can choose from over 100 extra-curricular clubs and societies, and will even have the chance to participate in sports, music, drama, outdoor pursuits, and international expeditions and trips.

Our Sixth Form centre provides a unique space for our pupils, and expert teachers coach and mentor pupils to be independent and self-motivated learners from day one.

This not only prepares the best foundation for the academic experience with us, but also provides the best start to helping them secure their next opportunity. ISP

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“Students leave us as nt independe lts young adu cal ti c with a pra skillset”

STATE-OF-THE-ART SIXTH FORM Godolphin, Salisbury

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Contemporary teaching and learning is at the heart of Godolphin’s new Sixth Form building

ast term was an incredibly exciting one for Godolphin, as it marked a significant turning point in the educational provision within its flourishing Sixth Form. Following a major redevelopment of what was a boarding house until the end of

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Above, Sixth Formers at Godolphin relax in the school’s new boarding facilities

last year, the school’s Sixth Form now boasts a state-of-the-art, extensively provisioned study centre that places independent study and focused academic work at the heart of Godolphin’s Sixth

Form life. “The achievements of our previous Sixth Form students have been remarkable, in and out of the classroom,” says David Hallen, Head of Sixth Form.

“But we wanted to provide the next

“We wanted to provide the next generation of learners with the technology, environment and expertise that would allow them to aim even higher.”

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Right, Godolphin ensures pupils are confident enough to face a changing world after Sixth Form

Right, David Hallen, Head of Sixth Form at Godolphin

generation of learners with the technology, environment and expertise that would allow them to aim even higher.”

The newly-developed Jerred Study Centre (JSC) allows students to engage with their studies outside the classroom, allowing them to make excellent use of their independent study time, surrounded by a wealth of modern resources.

Newly-refurbished teaching and study rooms mirror the kinds of facilities that students are likely to encounter at university, with a new seminar room, conference room and common room, each equipped with cutting-edge technology.

Lessons, tutorials, support groups and reflective practice all take place in the JSC, allowing a thorough and meaningful atmosphere of learning to be established and maintained throughout the year.

School House is the pastoral heart of the Sixth Form Centre, and the boarding counterpart to the JSC. This lovely building, with its twisting corridors

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upstairs and its cosy spaces to relax, is the perfect place for all pupils to socialise, unwind and share a cup of tea with friends. All boarders also have individual workspaces in their rooms, which gives them the space and resources to study in their own time. The friendly house staff are always around, and students are welcome to watch TV, enjoy the pretty garden or catch up informally with staff.

“The significant improvement to the Sixth-Form facilities means that pupils now have every opportunity to excel academically and personally,” says David Hallen. “Our integrated Sixth Form Centre provides all the support necessary for them to achieve their ambitions.”

In addition to these new facilities, all Sixth Form students participate in the Elizabeth Godolphin Award (EGA), which offers students an outstanding range of opportunities.

Above, pupils are welcome to enjoy the JSC’s garden in their free time

Based on the principles of the school’s founder, Elizabeth Godolphin, the EGA programme aims to help produce talented, educated and informed young women who are ready to face a changing world.

Assistant Head of Sixth Form, Bethan Ferguson said that students “leave us as independent young adults, with a practical skillset, a rich awareness of the world around them, and a sense of self-worth.

“From debating groups, to learning how to cook on a budget, the EGA is now well established as one of the foremost co-curricular programmes in the country.”

As Godolphin makes plans for its 300th anniversary in a few years’ time, these new developments provide Sixth Formers with a supportive foundation for success in the modern world, whatever their strengths and ambitions; an achievement with which the school’s founder, Elizabeth Godolphin, would surely be justly proud. ISP

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With a proud heritage and progressive outlook, Oakham is a high-achieving independent school in the heart of England where opportunities are both inspirational and obtainable. A shared belief in making the most out of any opportunity and to be the best you can be, sets us apart from other schools. With a welcoming and friendly support structure, Oakham offers an ideal environment for boys and girls aged between 10 and 18 to learn, thrive and prosper in our modern world.

To organise a visit please get in touch with our admissions team: admissions@oakham.rutland.sch.uk 01572 758758 oakham.rutland.sch.uk We look forward to meeting you.

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IAN MCCLARY Head of Sixth Form, Bryanston School, Dorset

A

t Bryanston School, Dorset, individuals are at the heart of our community, and how we see ourselves as a school. With a focus on one-to-one academic and pastoral support, we coach our pupils to develop distinctive aspirations, set worthwhile and wellconsidered priorities, and approach the wider world with a spirit of adventure and a generosity of purpose.

Our Sixth Form provides a choice of qualifications and a broad range of subjects. Students choose between the IB diploma and A-levels, supported by our stimulating enrichment programme, which provides opportunities to engage with topics and academic disciplines different from those on the main programme.

Regular one-to-one work review sessions with teachers, known as “correction periods”, and independent study sessions, known as “assignment periods”, form a crucial part of a Sixth Former’s week. In effect, these nurture self-disciplined young adults for whom undergraduate study, when it comes, feels like familiar territory.

Extra-curricular pursuits are of great importance. As well as participating in a range of sports and activities, Sixth Formers can help run sessions for younger pupils, and there are always opportunities to try something new. It is this attitude of service and enquiry that we encourage them to take to university, as they broaden their creative, sporting and cultural horizons.

Boarding enables Sixth Formers to make the best use of their time. On “whole school weekends”, students work towards a

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SETTING THE BAR HIGH Ian McClary explains why Bryanston’s Sixth Formers are exceptionally well-prepared for university Above, extracurricular pursuits are of great importance in a Bryanston education

common goal, such as charity events or the annual arts festival. As a full boarding school, many of our facilities are open at the weekend, and the weekend co-ordinator ensures there is always plenty to do.

We know that weekends are also an important time for relaxing with friends, so there’s always time and space to do so, including at mealtimes when all pupils eat together. Boarding at Bryanston is an excellent foundation for university life: pupils form friendships across the houses, there are no intense “tribal” loyalties, and great importance is placed on respecting difference and valuing diversity.

Our one-to-one approach ensures all pupils have a member of staff they can regularly and easily access for advice and support, not just with their academic programme, but also their wider interests and personal development.

All the staff at Bryanston are dedicated to helping pupils thrive intellectually, spiritually, physically and socially as they discover and nurture their range of individual talents. By nurturing enthusiastic, open-minded and self-reliant young adults, we equip our Sixth Formers to tackle the demands of university work and life with confidence. ISP

Pupils form friendships across the houses. There are no intense “tribal” loyalties and great importance is placed on respecting difference and valuing diversity

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LONDON | West London West London

Arts Educational Schools Chiswick, W4 1LY artsed.co.uk

Headteacher: Jane Harrison Total pupils: 231 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Ashbourne Independent Sixth Form College Kensington, W8 4PL ashbournecollege.co.uk See Advertisement Headteacher: Mr Mike Kirby Total pupils: 243 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Avenue House School Ealing, W13 8LS avenuehouse.org

Headteacher: Mr Justin Sheppard Total pupils: 122 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bassett House School

North Kensington, W10 6JP bassetths.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Philippa Cawthorne Total pupils: 191 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bute House Preparatory School for Girls Hammersmith, W6 7EA butehouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Helen Lowe Total pupils: 309 Prep • Day • Girls

Chepstow House School

Notting Hill, W11 3EP chepstowhouseschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mrs Angela Barr Total pupils: 172 Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Connaught House School Bayswater, W2 2HL connaughthouseschool.co.uk

Headteachers: Mrs J A & Mr F Hampton Total pupils: 85 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Davies Laing & Dick College Marylebone, W1U 2QB dldcollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Rachael Borland Total pupils: 500 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Durston House

Ealing, W5 2DR durstonhouse.org

Headteacher: Mr Ian Kendrick Total pupils: 407 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

The Falcons School for Boys Chiswick, W4 3DT falconsboys.co.uk

Headmaster Pre-Prep: Andrew Forbes, Headmaster Prep: Deon Etzinger Total pupils: 354 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

The Godolphin & Latymer School Hammersmith, W6 0PG godolphinandlatymer.com Headteacher: Mrs Ruth Mercer Total pupils: 786 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Great Beginnings Montessori Nursery School Marylebone, W1H 5JE greatbeginningsnursery.com Headteacher: Ms Wendy Innes Total pupils: 64 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Harvington Prep School Ealing, W5 2DS harvingtonschool.com

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Dallington School

Kensington, W8 7PN hawkesdown.co.uk See Advertisement

Principal: Mrs Jenny Mackay Total pupils: 141 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Heathfield House School Chiswick, W4 4JU heathfieldhouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Goodsman Total pupils: 198 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Holland Park Pre-Prep School and Nursery Kensington, W14 8HJ hpps.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Kitty Mason Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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International School of London

T: 020 7251 2284 E: hercules@dallingtonschool.co.uk W: www.dallingtonschool.co.uk Head Teacher: Mogg Hercules Admissions: Maria-Luisa Marchini

Gunnersbury, W3 8LG islschools.org

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Mitchell Total pupils: 440 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Key facts

Kensington Park School

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 3-11 years Total pupils: 130, boys 75, girls 55 Type: Day Fees: Nursery – from £3,326 per term Year 1 – £3,693 Year 2 – £3,832 Years 3 & 4 – £4,054 Years 5 & 6 – £4,210 per term Entrance procedure: Non selective intake on a first-come first-served basis.

Early registration recommended. A place in our nursery guarantees a place in our school

Kensington, W2 4AT www.kps.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Dick Jaine Senior • 6th Form

Kensington Wade School Kensington, W14 8PU www.kensingtonwade.com See Advertisement

School Philosophy: A family-run, independent day school in the heart of London. Our children address teachers by their first names and do not wear a uniform. We offer a curriculum which is broad, balanced in a stimulating environment that promotes discovery and values a love of learning.

Headteacher: Jo Wallace Nursery • Pre-Prep

Latymer Prep School

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Headteacher: Mr Stuart Dorrian Total pupils: 157 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Latymer Upper School Hammersmith, W6 9LR latymer-upper.org

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Headteacher: Mr David Goodhew Total pupils: 1179 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Lionheart School

West Kensington, W14 0HB lionheart-education.com Headteacher: Ms Kate Cullinan Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Maria Montessori Children’s House – Bayswater Bayswater, W2 4LA mariamontessori.org

Nursery • Prep • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Maria Montessori Children’s House – Notting Hill Notting Hill, W11 1JG mariamontessori.org

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Norland Place School

Notting Hill Gate, W11 4UH norlandplace.com Headteacher: Mr Patrick Mattar Total pupils: 244 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Queen’s Gate offers girls a warm, supportive environment where individuality is nurtured, academic standards are high and a broad-based curriculum ensures a well-rounded education.

Notting Hill and Ealing High School Junior Ealing, W13 8HH nhehs.gdst.net

Headteacher: Ms Silvana Silva Total pupils: 902 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

For a prospectus or to arrange a visit, please contact the Registrar, Miss Isabel Carey: registrar@queensgate.org.uk · 020 7594 4982

Notting Hill and Ealing High School Senior

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Headteacher: Mr Matthew Shoults Total pupils: 600 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Queen’s Gate School, 131–133 Queen’s Gate, London SW7 5LE s

Headteacher: Mrs A Evans Total pupils: 109 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls • Boys

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LONDON | West London | North West London Notting Hill Prep School

Sylvia Young Theatre School

Acting Head: Jane Cameron Total pupils: 300 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Ms Frances Chave Total pupils: 237 Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Co-Ed

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Hyde Park, W1H 5YZ syts.co.uk

Orchard House School

Thomas’s Kensington

Headteacher: Mrs Maria Edwards Total pupils: 300 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Ms Joanna Ebner Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Pembridge Hall School

Notting Hill Gate, W2 4ED wetherbyschool.co.uk

Chiswick, W4 1LB orchardhs.org.uk

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Headteacher: Mr Henry Keighley-Elstub Total pupils: 413 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Portland Place School Regent’s Park, W1B 1NJ portland-place.co.uk

Interim Headmaster: Mr David Bradbury Total pupils: 425 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Queen’s College London Regent’s Park, W1G 8BT qcl.org.uk

Kensington, W8 5RJ thomas-s.co.uk

Wetherby Pre-Preparatory School Headteacher: Mr Mark Snell Total pupils: 292 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Wetherby Preparatory School Marylebone, W1H 2EA wetherbyprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Nick Baker Prep • Day • Boys

North West London Abercorn School

St John’s Wood, NW8 9XP abercornschool.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Dr Frances Ramsey Total pupils: 552 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Benedict Dunhill Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Ravenscourt Park Preparatory School

Marylebone, NW1 6JF abercornschool.com See Advertisement

Hammersmith, W6 0SL rpps.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Carl Howes Total pupils: 420 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Saint Augustine’s Priory School Ealing, W5 2JL saintaugustinespriory.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs S Raffray, M.A. Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls • Boys

St Benedict’s School Ealing, W5 2ES stbenedicts.org.uk See Advertisement

Abercorn Pre-Prep

Deputy Head: Amy Thompson Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Abercorn Prep

Marylebone, W1H 1PN abercornschool.com See Advertisement

Deputy Head: Kirsteen Jack Total pupils: 292 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Abingdon House School Marylebone, NW1 6LG abingdonhouseschool.co.uk

Headmaster: Mr Andrew Johnson Total pupils: 1104 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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St Benedict’s Junior School

Headteacher: Coreen Hester Total pupils: 1360 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Ealing, W5 2XP stbenedicts.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr R G Simmons, BA Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St James Junior School

West Kensington, W14 8SH stjamesjuniors.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Catherine Thomlinson Total pupils: 250 Prep • Day • Girls

St James Senior Girls’ School

Notting Hill Gate, W11 3BU southbank.org

Headteacher: Ms Siobhan McGrath Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Southbank International School, Westminster Westminster, W1B 1QR southbank.org

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‘Newton combines knowledge of families with great space and facilities in which children are encouraged to be themselves. All the teachers understand my children, the management is open to fresh ideas and the school is big enough to handle variety.”

Headteacher: Leon Roberts Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Co-Ed

Current parent

Hendon, NW4 4DQ bramptoncollege.com

We can offer 100% Bursaries from Year 3 upwards for sparky children who might not otherwise be able to afford a fee-paying school.

Headteacher: Mr B Canetti Total pupils: 252 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

The Cavendish School Camden, NW1 7HB cavendishschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Miss Jane Rogers Total pupils: 250 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Our Open Day is Saturday 7th October, but we also run more personal Headmistress’s Tours most Fridays during term

Devonshire House Preparatory School

Hampstead, NW3 6AE devonshirehouseschool.co.uk See Advertisement Headteacher: Mrs S Piper Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Battersea co-ed prep for children 3-13 020 7720 4091

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Headteacher: Ms Justine Oliver Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr V W P Thomas Total pupils: 273 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Brampton College

Southbank International School, Kensington

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St John’s Wood, NW8 0LH arnoldhouse.co.uk

St Paul’s Girls’ School Headteacher: Mrs Clarissa Farr Total pupils: 741 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

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Arnold House School

Mill Hill Village, NW7 4ED belmontschool.com

Hammersmith, W6 7BS spgs.org

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St John’s Wood, NW8 0NP asl.org

West Kensington, W14 8SH stjamesgirls.co.uk See Advertisement Headteacher: Sarah Labram Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Bright children

Headteacher: Mr Roy English Total pupils: 55 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Channing School

2 Arkwright Road, Hampstead, NW3 6AE

The Bank, Highgate, London N6 5HF

T: 020 83402328 E: info@channing.co.uk W: www.channing.co.uk Head Teacher: Mrs B M Elliott Admissions: Mrs M McHarg E: admissions@channing.co.uk

Key facts

Gender / Ages: girls, 4-18 years Total pupils: 920 Type: Day Fees: Junior School – £5,600 per term.

Senior – £6,155 per term Typical class size: Prep – 24, Senior – 24, Sixth Form – 8 Entrance procedure: Channing School is a member of the North London Independent Girls’ Schools Consortium and follows its agreed Code of Practice for entry.

A co-educational IAPS Prep and Pre-Prep School for children from 3 to 13 with its own Oak Tree Nursery for children from 2½ to 3½ OPEN MORNINGS Wednesday 11th October 2017 Thursday 12th October 2017 For more information contact Admissions: 020 7435 1916 enquiries@devonshirehouseprepschool.co.uk Y www.devonshirehouseschool.co.uk S EAR

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School Philosophy: At Channing, anything and everything is possible.

Pupils just have to be prepared to embrace the Channing spirit of enthusiasm, endeavour and excellence.

We appreciate that everyone is different and at Channing we value that individuality. Founded on principles of tolerance and respect for the individual, it is important to us that, in a changing world of uncertainty and pressure, Channing provides an oasis of calm purpose. A place where pupils will be encouraged to think for themselves, keep an open mind and follow their passions.

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Academic Record: We are very proud of our continued success at A Level and GCSE and the fact that Channing is consistently ranked amongst the top 50 Independent schools in the country. The majority of our students go on to some of the most prestigious universities in the UK and abroad, having been supported and guided by our bespoke university application programme.

Extra-curricular: We pride ourselves on turning out confident, well-rounded young adults and our Co-Curricular programme is an essential part of that process. Our Music, Art and Drama departments are busy places full of exciting opportunities, whilst our lunchtime and after-school clubs provide the chance to try something new. There are numerous clubs in The Junior School including Music, Ballet, Arts & Craft, Cookery, Chess, Book Club, Gardening, Maths Challenge, Netball and Gymnastics.

Notable Achievements and Alumni: The Quality of pupils’ achievements and learning is exceptional’. Channing was rated at the highest level in all areas inspected by ISI (Independent Schools Inspectorate) in April 2015.

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LONDON | North West London Fine Arts College

Neasden Montessori School

Headteacher: Ms C Cave Total pupils: 160 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Belsize Park, NW3 4YD hampsteadfinearts.com

Francis Holland School Regent’s Park, NW1 6XR fhs-nw1.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Ms Lucy Elphinstone Total pupils: 495 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Grimsdell, Mill Hill Pre-Preparatory School Mill Hill, NW7 1QR grimsdell.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Kate Simon Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Hall

Hampstead, NW3 4EH hallschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Chris Godwin Total pupils: 458 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Hampstead Hill Pre-Preparatory School Hampstead, NW3 2PP hampsteadhillschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Andrea Taylor Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Hereward House School Hampstead, NW3 4NY herewardhouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Pascal Evans Total pupils: 176 Prep • Day • Boys

King Alfred School

Golders Green, NW11 7HY kingalfred.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Robert Lobatto Total pupils: 637 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Lyndhurst House School Hampstead, NW3 5NW lyndhursthouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Reid Total pupils: 165 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Maria Montessori Children’s House – Hampstead Hampstead, NW3 5NW mariamontessori.org

North Bridge House School London NW3 5JY northbridgehouse.com Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

North Bridge House School London, NW3 5RR northbridgehouse.com Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

North Bridge House School Prep School London, NW1 7AB northbridgehouse.com Headteacher: Brodie Bibby Prep • Day • Co-Ed

North Bridge House Senior School

Oak Tree Nursery

Hampstead, NW3 6PD devonshirehouseschool.co.uk/nurserycurriculum

Headteacher: Mrs Frances King Total pupils: 183 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Mulberry House School

West Hampstead, NW2 3SD mulberryhouseschool.com Headteacher: Victoria Playford Total pupils: 211 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Naima Jewish Preparatory School Maida Vale, NW6 5ED naimajps.org.uk

Hampstead, NW3 5LF ucs.org.uk Headteacher: Dr. Zoe Dunn Total pupils: 125 Pre-Prep • Day • Boys

Saint Christina’s RC Preparatory School

St John’s Wood, NW8 7PY saintchristinas.org.uk

Headteacher: Jenny Finlayson Total pupils: 228 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls • Boys

Sarum Hall School

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School Philosophy: MPW’s mission is to help our students develop their confidence, maturity, knowledge and skills, turning their academic aspirations into reality. The classroom experience is modelled on the Oxford and Cambridge tutorial, with lessons being more relaxed and informal than those of a typical school. Classes are intensive but rewarding with plenty of individual attention and personalised learning. As well as expert tuition, students receive past paper practice, coaching in examination techniques and detailed advice on university entrance. We aim to make working hard good fun and equip our alumni with the independence and aptitudes they need for success at university and beyond.

Hampstead, NW3 3EL sarumhallschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Christine Smith Total pupils: 182 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

South Hampstead High Junior Hampstead, NW3 5RN shhs.gdst.net

Headteacher: Mrs Gabrielle Solti Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Hampstead, NW3 5SS shhs.gdst.net

Academic Record: A/A* is our most common A level grade and over 70% each year progress to top-tier universities, including Oxbridge and Russell Group. We enjoy exceptional success in terms of “value-added”, which measures the considerable distance travelled by our students at A level relative to where they were at GCSE.

Southbank International School Hampstead, NW3 5TH southbank.org

Extra-curricular: Our extensive extra-curricular programme encompasses sport, drama, Duke of Edinburgh, journalism, art and more. Careers-related and topical seminars are given by eminent speakers and our enviable South Kensington location offers easy access to museums and galleries. Travel scholarships are available to support adventurous or worthwhile trips.

Headteacher: Shirley Harwood Total pupils: 200 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Anthony’s Preparatory School Hampstead, NW3 6NP stanthonysprep.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Paul Keyte Total pupils: 295 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Notable Achievements and Alumni: MPW’s focus on equipping students with the skills they need for life encourages success across a wide range of disciplines. Recent alumni include Harry Stebbings, Europe’s youngest ever venture capitalist (“I would not be who I am without MPW”) and Tom Charman, CEO of KOMPAS (“nothing could have prepared me better for the role that I play today”).

St Christopher’s School

Hampstead, NW3 5AE st-christophers.hampstead.sch.uk Headteacher: Ms Christine Lough Total pupils: 247 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Open Days: Tuesday 7th November, Tuesday 6th February, Tuesday 24th April, Wednesday 20th June Parents/students are requested to book Open Days in advance by email (london@mpw.ac.uk) or by telephone (020 7835 1355)

St Margaret’s School Hampstead, NW3 7SR st-margarets.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr M Webster Total pupils: 155 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

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Headteacher: Mr Bill Pratt Total pupils: 172 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 14+ Total pupils: 613, boys 338, girls 275 Type: Day Fees: Senior – £9,075-£9,833 per term Typical class size: Fewer than 10 Main exit schools: Manchester, Exeter, King’s, UCL, Bristol, Newcastle, Queen Mary, Durham, Leeds, Cardiff Faith: non-denominational Entrance procedure: Academic consultation with the Director of Admissions and/or the Principal. Diagnostic English and Mathematics tests for GCSE students.

The Phoenix Pre-Prep School

Headteacher: Victoria Bingham Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Mill Hill, NW7 1QS millhill.org.uk

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Maria Montessori Children’s House – West Hampstead

Mill Hill School

T: 020 7835 1355 W: www.mpw.ac.uk Head Teacher: Mr John Southworth Admissions: Emma Hutchings E: london@mpw.ac.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Georgina Masefield Senior • Day • Co-Ed

South Hampstead High Senior

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

90-92 Queen’s Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 5AB

Hampstead, NW3 5UD northbridgehouse.com

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West Hampstead, NW6 4SN mariamontessori.org

Mander Portman Woodward

Neasden, NW2 7RX neasdenmontessori.co.uk

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Ashbourne College Kensington One of London’s best private colleges • Outstanding results • 50% placement to Russell Group universities • Stunning location Telephone: 0207 937 3858 admissions@ashbournecollege.co.uk

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LONDON | North West London | North London St Mary’s School

Dwight School London

Headteacher: Harriet Connor-Earl Total pupils: 297 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Alison Cobbin Total pupils: 356 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

The Swaminarayan School

The Gower School

Hampstead, NW3 6PG stmh.co.uk See Advertisement

Neasden, NW10 8HE swaminarayan.brent.sch.uk

Headteacher: Umesha Raja Total pupils: 494 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Trevor-Roberts School

Hampstead, NW3 3ET trevor-robertsschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Simon Trevor-Roberts Total pupils: 174 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

University College School Junior Hampstead, NW3 6QN ucs.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Lewis Hayward Total pupils: 247 Prep • Day • Boys

University College School Senior Hampstead, NW3 6XH ucs.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Mark Beard Total pupils: 848 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys • Co-Ed

Islington, N1 9JF thegowerschool.co.uk Headteacher: Miss Emma Gowers Total pupils: 233 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Grange Park Preparatory School Grange Park, N21 2EA gpps.org.uk

Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Annemount Nursery and Pre-Prep Hampstead, N2 0QN annemount.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Geraldine Maidment Total pupils: 85 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Avenue Nursery and Pre-Preparatory School Highgate, N6 5RX avenuenursery.com

Headteacher: Ms Mary Fysh Total pupils: 83 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Beckett House Montessori Nursery School Islington, N1 0LL

Highgate Junior School Highgate, N6 4PL highgateschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr SM James Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Winchmore Hill, N21 1BG kebleprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr G P McCarthy Total pupils: 224 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Boys

Maria Montessori School Hornsey Rise Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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The Study is a leading prep school situated in the heart of Wimbledon Village. We identify and nurture each girl’s unique academic, creative and sporting skills in a caring and supportive community.

Muswell Hill, N10 3LS montessori-house.org.uk

Headteacher: Paul Jowett Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Norfolk House School Muswell Hill, N10 2EG norfolkhouseschool.org Headteacher: Paul Jowett Total pupils: 255 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Canonbury, N1 2NQ northbridgehouse.com

For further details and to book a school visit, contact Jane Davis on 020 8947 6969 www.thestudyprep.co.uk

Palmer’s Green High School

Registered Charity No. 271012

Palmer’s Green, N21 3LJ pghs.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Wendy Kempster Total pupils: 277 Nursery • Prep • Junior • Senior • Day • Girls

We welcome enquires about our scheme of assistance with fees for girls aged 7+.

St Andrew’s Montessori

Preparatory School for girls aged four to eleven

Islington, N1 1BQ standrewsmontessori.com

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The Montessori House

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Taylor Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Highgate, N6 5HF channing.co.uk See Profile Listing

“One school, two buildings, great teaching, and tip top facilities.”

Hornsey Rise, N19 3AD mariamontessori.org

Channing Junior School

Channing Senior School

Open Days: Please contact the Registrar at the Pre-Prep to book a slot at our next open day 020 7471 4217.

Please contact the Registrar at the Prep/Senior Schools to book a slot on a showaround – 020 7386 2448

Headteacher: Mr A S Pettitt Total pupils: 1588 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

North Bridge House School

Headteacher: Mrs Louise Lawrance Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

School Philosophy: 3Cs – Courtesy, Consideration and Commitment

Highgate School

Headteacher: Pamela Harries Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Highgate, N6 5JR channing.co.uk See Profile Listing

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 4-14 years Total pupils: 704, boys 443, girls 261 Type: Day Fees: Pre-Prep – Day from £5,445. Prep – Day from £6,047. Senior – Day from £6,400 per term Entrance procedure: non-selective Reception; Year 2 – Year 9: assessment and interview

Headteacher: Mrs Diane Hecht Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Keble School

Islington, N7 7RU

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Headteacher: Miss Carol Gay Total pupils: 110 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Andover Pre School

T: 020 7386 2448 E: prepadmin@fulhamprep.co.uk W: www.fulhamprep.co.uk Head Teacher: Mr Neil Brooks Admissions: Carolyn Parrish

Highgate Pre-Preparatory School

The Village School

North London

200 Greyhound Road, London W14 9SD

Headteacher: Flavia Rizzo Total pupils: 82 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Highgate, N6 4AY highgateschool.org.uk See Advertisement

Belsize Park, NW3 3YN thevillageschool.org.uk

Fulham Prep School

Barnet, N11 3LX dwightlondon.org

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Parsons Green Prep School

Hawkesdown House School

For boys aged 3 to 8 years

1 Fulham Park Road, Fulham, London, SW6 4LJ T: 020 7371 9009 W: www.parsonsgreenprep.co.uk Head Teacher: Mr Tim Cannell Admissions: 020 7610 8085 E: admissions@parsonsgreenprep.co.uk

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Abercorn School More than a school, A leading Preparatory School in the heart of London

it’s an education

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 4-11 years Total pupils: 200, boys 100, girls 100 Type: Day Fees: Prep – Termly from £4,910 Typical class size: Prep – 15-20 Main exit schools: King’s College School, St Paul’s Girls, Godolphin & Latymer, City of London Boys, Putney High, Wimbledon High, Ibstock Place, the Harrodian, Fulham Boys School and Lady Margaret School.

Faith: Non-denominational Motto: How a child learns is as important as what a child learns Entrance procedure: Parents register their children from birth.

There is a £150 registration fee. Reception: entry is by pre-entry checks.

Year 1 upwards: references and assessment. A £2,000 deposit secures the place.

School Philosophy: Our ethos is to have a happy and secure environment where children can have fun, make friends and learn in a safe setting. Headmaster Tim Cannell comments: ‘my vision is for a school that opens children’s eyes to the future, instils a hunger for learning and allows them to live their lives to the full while enjoying all that childhood has to offer. If we get this right PGP will continue to be one of the best preps in West London, ensuring that the children have a positive view of themselves as well as developing the skills needed to be successful in a rapidly changing world.’

A leading co-educational Preparatory School from Nursery to Year 8 Since 1987 Abercorn School has offered children between the ages of 2 ½ and 13 years the perfect balance of a rigorous academic curriculum delivered in a warm and nurturing environment.

Discover Mornings Friday 22 Sept Friday 20 Oct Wednesday 22 Nov

We invite you to see for yourself what makes Abercorn School more than a school, but an education. Contact us to arrange a private tour of our buildings. or visit our website to reserve your place for a Discover Morning.

T 020 7286 4785 E admissions@abercornschool.com Early Years 28 Abercorn Place NW8 9XP

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Pre-Prep 248 Marylebone Road NW1 6JF

Academic Record: Year 6 leavers have consistently received multiple offers from some of the UK’s best schools in recent years.

Extra-curricular: PGP runs a busy and diverse programme of morning and after-school clubs. These include football with Chelsea FC’s Foundation, fencing, art, coding, STEM club, chamber choir, running and Young Engineers. Our LAMDA lessons are exceptional and our children have done extremely well in this area.

Notable Achievements and Alumni: We won the ISA award for Outstanding Provision in STEM for 2016/17. We regularly compete in ISA sports tournaments and win medals. The children and staff organise charity fundraising throughout the year, with an emphasis on our local community.

We are working towards the Fairachiever School Award (the highest level).

www.abercornschool.com

Prep 38 Portland Place W1B 1LS

Open Days: These are held annually. Our next Open Day is at 9.30am on Saturday 7 October 2017.

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LONDON | Central London | East London | South East London St Paul’s Steiner School

Grangewood Independent School

Headteacher: Stephanie Jansen Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Beverley Roberts Total pupils: 63 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Salcombe Prep School Enfield, N14 4P salcombeprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Davies Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Vita et Pax Preparatory School Southgate, N14 4AT vitaetpax.co.uk

Headteacher: Miss G Chumbley Total pupils: 188 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Central London CATS College London Holborn, WC1A 2RA catscollege.com

Headteacher: Mr Mario Di Clemente Total pupils: 262 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

City of London School for Girls City of London, EC2Y 8BB clsg.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Ena Harrop Total pupils: 732 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

City of London School

City of London, EC4V 3AL clsb.org.uk Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Fletcher Total pupils: 921 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Dallington School

London, EC1V 0BQ dallingtonschool.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mogg Hercules Nursery • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Ecole Jeannine Manuel School London, WC1B 3DN ecolejeanninemanuel.org.uk Headmistress : Ms Pauline Prevot Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Lyceum School

City of London, EC4M 9AD lyceumschool.co.uk

Forest Gate, E7 8QT grangewoodschool.com

Headteacher: Mrs Claire Osborn Total pupils: 249 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Bethnal Green, E2 7DA bethnalgreenmontessorischool.co.uk Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Forest School

Snaresbrook, E17 3PY forest.org.uk See Advertisement

Warden: Marcus Cliff Hodges Total pupils: 1345 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls • Boys • Co-Ed

Gatehouse School

Victoria Park, E2 9JG gatehouseschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr C M Curl Total pupils: 164 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

South East London Alleyn’s School

Dulwich, SE22 8SU alleyns.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Dr Gary Savage Total pupils: 1,009 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Bellerbys College London

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Chel-Ski

London, SE8 3DE bellerbys.com

@chelski_SW6

At Chel-Ski you can develop your technique under close ‘personal’ supervision.

Principal: Alison Baines Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Blackheath High School

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We also welcome school race clubs, our in-house Race Coaches make Chel-Ski the ideal venue to help students with their race training.

Our instructors look after just three customers (maximum) on each slope at any one time, so that they can assess how well you’re doing and give feedback on areas for improvement.

Blackheath, SE3 7AG blackheathhighschool.gdst.net Headteacher: Mrs C Chandler-Thompson Total pupils: 737 Nursery • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Call us on : 020 3829 6961

Email us : info@chel-ski.uk

4 Sotheron Place, London SW6 2EJ

Blackheath Preparatory School Blackheath, SE3 ONJ blackheathprepschool.com

Alleyn’s Junior School

Headteacher: Mrs Penelope Thompson Total pupils: 399 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Colfe’s School Lee, SE12 8AW colfes.com

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Dulwich, SE21 7AA dulwichpreplondon.org

Headteacher: Mr Michael Roulston Total pupils: 835 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Boys

Dulwich College Dulwich, SE21 7LD dulwich.org.uk

Headteacher: Dr Joseph Spence Total pupils: 1768 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Boys

OPEN EVENTS 23 September 5 October and 14 November

Eltham College Junior School Eltham, SE9 4RW elthamcollege.london

Headteacher: Mr Edmund Cavendish Prep • Day • Boys

Co-educational excellence in a caring community for children aged 4 to 11.

Eltham College

Eltham, SE9 4QF elthamcollege.london Headteacher: Mr Guy Sanderson Total pupils: 870 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys • Co-Ed

Visit our website for open event details: www.alleyns.org.uk @AlleynsJunior I 020 8557 1519 I Townley Road, Dulwich SE22 8SU s

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Noakes Total pupils: 380 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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South Woodford, E18 2EA snaresbrookprep.org

Dulwich Prep London

Bethnal Green Montessori School

A fun, safe and controlled environment where you can learn to ski or snowboard as well as advance existing skills - the speed and angle of the slopes are adjusted to match your ability.

Off the slopes our Alpine Bar is the perfect place to relax and enjoy something to eat or drink.

Snaresbrook College Preparatory School

St Paul’s Cathedral School

East London

OFFERING THE VERY BEST HI-TECH SLOPES

North Chingford, E4 7BA normanhurstschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr R F Russell Total pupils: 599 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Simon Larter-Evans Total pupils: 252 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Normanhurst School

Headteacher: Mrs Vanessa Bingham Total pupils: 97 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

City of London, EC2A 4JH spcslondon.com

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Open Morning 23rd September 2017 10.00 – 12.30 Tel. +44 (0)1923 845514 Email. admissions@mtsn.org.uk

Coaches: Ealing, Highgate, Hampstead & St John’s Wood

Merchant Taylors’ School, Sandy Lodge, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 2HT

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Moor Park (Baker Street 35 minutes)

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LONDON | South East London | South West London Greenwich Steiner School

Cameron House

Headteacher: Adrian Dow Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Co-Ed

Acting Headmistress: Mary-Anne Malloy Total pupils: 120 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Herne Hill Pre-Preparatory School Herne Hill, SE24 9LY hernehillschool.co.uk

SEE ADVERTISEMENT Headteacher: Ngaire Telford Total pupils: 287 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

James Allen’s Preparatory School Dulwich, SE22 8TE jags.org.uk

Headteacher: Finola Stack Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

James Allen’s Girls’ School Dulwich, SE22 8TE jags.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Sally-Anne Huang Total pupils: 1081 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Oakfield Preparatory School Dulwich, SE21 8HP oakfield.dulwich.sch.uk

Chelsea, SW3 6AH cameronhouseschool.org

Clapham Montessori

Clapham, SW4 0DX montessoriclapham.co.uk

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Clapham, SW4 9EH montessoriclapham.co.uk

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Collingham Independent GCSE and Sixth Form College Earl’s Court, SW5 0HL collingham.co.uk

Headteacher: Dr Sally Powell Total pupils: 216 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Dolphin School (Incorporating Noah’s Ark Nursery Schools) Wandsworth, SW11 6QW dolphinschool.org.uk noahsarknurseryschools.org.uk See Advertisement

Riverston School

Headteacher: Anne O’Doherty Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Rosemead Preparatory School Dulwich, SE21 8HZ rosemeadprepschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Arthur Bray Total pupils: 350 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Dunstan’s College Catford, SE6 4TY stdunstans.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Nicholas Hewlett Total pupils: 857 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

St Olave’s Preparatory School New Eltham, SE9 3QS stolaves.org.uk

Headteacher: Miss C Holloway Total pupils: 220 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Sydenham High School

Sydenham, SE26 6BL sydenhamhighschool.gdst.net

Headteacher: Mrs Katharine Woodcock Total pupils: 616 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

South West London Apples and Honey, The Nursery on the Common Wimbledon, SW19 5QD applesandhoney.org

Headteacher: Gila Godsi Total pupils: 30 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Barnes Montessori Nursery Barnes, SW13 9QL barnesmontessori.co.uk

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Broomwood Hall

Wandsworth, SW12 8NR broomwood.co.uk

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Battersea, SW11 4DX thedominie.co.uk

Donhead School

Co-educational excellence in a caring community for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. Financial assistance is available.

Wimbledon, SW19 4NP donhead.org.uk

Visit our website for open event details: www.alleyns.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr G C McGrath Total pupils: 334 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

@Alleyns_School I 020 8557 1500 Townley Road, Dulwich SE22 8SU

Eaton House School

Belgravia, SW1W 9BA eatonhouseschools.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Annabel Abbott Total pupils: 245 Pre-Prep • Day • Boys

Eaton House The Manor Preparatory Clapham, SW4 9RU eatonhouseschools.com

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Segrave Total pupils: 190 Prep • Day • Boys

Eaton House The Manor Girls’ School Clapham, SW4 9RU eatonhouseschools.com

Headteacher: Mr Oliver Snowball Total pupils: 180 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Eaton House The Vale School Knightsbridge, SW7 5QH eatonhouseschools.com

Headteacher: Mr Robin Greenwood Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Eaton Square Nursery School Belgravia Belgravia, SW1W 9PY eatonsquareschool.com

Open Morning on Saturday 23rd September 2017 10.00am - 12.30pm no appointments needed

Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Eaton Square Nursery School Chelsea Chelsea, SW10 9EL eatonsquareschool.com Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Eaton Square Nursery School Knightsbridge Knightsbridge, SW7 1BX eatonsquareschool.com Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Lady Katharine Colquhoun Total pupils: 631 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls • Co-Ed

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The Dominie

Headteacher: Sarah Salathiel Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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Clapham Park Montessori

Headteacher: Mrs Jane Stevens Total pupils: 414 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Eltham, SE12 8UF riverstonschool.co.uk

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Kensington Park School is a new independent school for boys and girls aged 11–18 in the heart of London. Whilst the school is new, its leadership and teachers have long, successful track-records at some of the best independent schools in the country with the core teaching team coming from St Paul’s School.

KPS is committed to academic excellence combined with strong pastoral care.

The school has developed an extensive offering of sports and co-curricular activities, making full use of the world-class facilities in and around its West London home.

KPS combines the best of British independent education with a genuinely international outlook and has strong academic, cultural

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Pupils benefit from some of the most experienced teachers in the country.

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world at both school and university level.

We look forward to welcoming you.

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LONDON | South West London Eaton Square Nursery School Pimlico Pimlico, SW1V 3DZ eatonsquareschool.com Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Eaton Square School Belgravia, SW1V 1PP eatonsquareschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Sebastian Hepher Total pupils: 519 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Emanuel School

Battersea, SW11 1HS emanuel.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Mark Hanley-Browne Total pupils: 774 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Fairley House School

Westminster, SW1P 4AU fairleyhouse.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Michael Taylor Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

The Hampshire School Early Years Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

The Hampshire School, Chelsea Chelsea, SW3 6NB ths.westminster.sch.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Donal Brennan Total pupils: 255 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Harrodian School Barnes, SW13 9QN harrodian.com

Headteacher: James Hooke Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Hill House International School Knightsbridge, SW1X 0EP hillhouseschool.co.uk

Hornsby House School

Headteacher: Sophia Ashworth Jones Total pupils: 78 Prep • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Edward Rees Total pupils: 415 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Falkner House

Hurlingham School

South Kensington, SW7 4QB falknerhouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs A Griggs Total pupils: 200 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Finton House

Balham, SW17 7HL fintonhouse.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Ben Freeman Total pupils: 322 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Francis Holland School SW1W 8JF fhs-sw1.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Lucy Elphinstone Total pupils: 520 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Fulham Pre-Prep School Fulham, SW6 3JJ fulhamprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Miss Di Steven Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Fulham Prep School Fulham, W14 9SD fulhamprep.co.uk See Advertisement

Principal: Mr Neil Brooks Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Garden House School

Chelsea, SW3 4TW gardenhouseschool.co.uk

Headteachers: Miss Charlotte Faber, Mrs Julia Adlard, Mr Christian Warland Total pupils: 497 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Glendower Preparatory School South Kensington, SW7 5JX glendowerprep.org Headteacher: Ms Sarah Knollys Total pupils: 255 Prep • Day • Girls

Hall School Wimbledon (Junior) Putney Vale, SW15 3EQ hsw.co.uk

Headteacher: Timothy Hobbs Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Hall School Wimbledon (Senior) Wimbledon, SW20 8HF hsw.co.uk

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Balham, SW12 8RS hornsbyhouse.org.uk

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Gender / Ages: girls, 11-18 years Total pupils: 250 Type: Day, 5-day and 7-day Boarding Fees: Senior – Day from £20,015-£22,860; Weekly Boarding £34,365£37,210; Full Boarding from £36,030-£38,875 Typical class size: Senior – 12, Sixth Form – 12 Main University destinations: UK: Imperial College, LSE, King’s College London, Bristol, St Andrew’s, Nottingham, Warwick, Exeter, Edinburgh, Queen Mary University of London. USA: Stanford, NYU. Japan: Tokyo, Keio.

Faith: Catholic Motto: “That all may have life” Entrance procedure: Entrance test in Mathematics and English, interview with Headmistress

Putney, SW15 2NQ hurlinghamschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Brough Total pupils: 326 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Hyde Park School

South Kensington, SW7 5NL hydeparkschool.co.uk Headteacher: Hilary Wyatt Total pupils: 117 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Ibstock Place School

Roehampton, SW15 5PY ibstockplaceschool.co.uk Headteacher: Anna Sylvester-Johnson Total pupils: 950 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

School Philosophy: Marymount is dedicated to developing each student’s full potential, thus providing a stable foundation for the demands of a changing world. Marymount has offered the IB Diploma since 1979 within a unique environment of cultural exchange for both local and international students. In preparation for the Diploma, the respected Middle Years Programme is taught utilising the IGCSE content. Marymount was the first UK School to install a fully equipped Fab Lab (fabrication laboratory) to facilitate the teaching of programming, coding, robotics and the making of “almost anything”.

Kensington Prep School Fulham, SW6 5PA kensingtonprep.gdst.net See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Prudence Lynch Total pupils: 293 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

The School’s special ethos achieves a common purpose for students from over 40 nationalities who are part of the 19 international Marymount Network of Schools.

King’s College School Wimbledon, SW19 4TT kcs.org.uk

Academic Record: Consistently ranked within the top 5% of Schools offering the International Baccalaureate worldwide.

Headteacher: Mr AD Halls Total pupils: 853 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Extra-curricular: Debating Society; Model United Nations; Fabrication Laboratory (FabLab), Newspaper, Creative Writing, Drama, Science Clubs; Choir; Orchestra; National Honors Society; Community Service.

Knightsbridge School

Knightsbridge, SW1X 0BD knightsbridgeschool.com See Advertisement Principal: Mr Magoo Giles Total pupils: 386 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

L’Ecole de Battersea Battersea, SW11 3DS lecoledespetits.co.uk

Total pupils: 250 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

L’Ecole des Petits

Fulham, SW6 2NB lecoledespetits.co.uk Total pupils: 136 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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George Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 7PE

Headteacher: Richard Townend Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Falcons Preparatory Girls School Putney, SW15 6PY falconsgirls.co.uk

Marymount International School London

Chelsea, SW7 4NX ths.westminster.sch.uk

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LONDON | South West London Mander Portman Woodward South Kensington, SW7 5AB mpw.ac.uk See Profile Listing

The Roche Nursery Keswick Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr John Southworth Total pupils: 595 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

The Roche Nursery Wandsworth

Merlin Pre-Prep School

Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

The Roche School

Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Vania Adams Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Fulham, SW6 6EG moatschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Clare King Senior • Day • Co-Ed

More House School

Knightsbridge, SW1X 0AA morehouse.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Amanda Leach Total pupils: 191 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Newton Prep

Battersea, SW8 4BX newtonprepschool.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Alison Fleming Total pupils: 624 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Northcote Lodge

Battersea, SW11 6EL northcotelodge.co.uk Headteacher: Mark Smith Total pupils: 221 Prep • Day • Boys

Oliver House School Clapham, SW4 9AH oliverhouse.org.uk

Acting Headteacher: Mr Farrell Total pupils: 178 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Park Kindergarten Battersea, SW11 4LH thekindergartens.com Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Parsons Green Prep

Wandsworth, SW18 1HW therocheschool.co.uk

St Nicholas Prep School

South Kensington, SW7 1PT stnicholasprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Jill Walker Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Paul’s Juniors

Barnes, SW13 9JT stpaulsschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Maxine Shaw Total pupils: 439 Prep • Day • Boys

St Paul’s School

Barnes, SW13 9JT stpaulsschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Professor Mark Bailey Total pupils: 939 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Boys

St Philip’s Prep School for Boys

Putney, SW15 6BH putneyhigh.gdst.net

Headteacher: Mrs Suzie Longstaff Total pupils: 911 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Queen’s Gate School

South Kensington, SW7 5LE queensgate.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr James Denchfield Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Redcliffe School

Chelsea, SW10 9JH redcliffeschool.com

Headteacher: Mrs S M Bourne Total pupils: 174 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Roche Nursery Fulham

Fulham, SW6 3LG therocheschool.co.uk/nurseries

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Sinclair House School, Upper Nursery Fulham, SW6 6DA sinclairhouseschool.co.uk See Advertisement Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

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Fulham, SW6 3JJ sinclairhouseschool.co.uk See Advertisement

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Streatham & Clapham Prep School - Prep and Nursery Streatham, SW2 3SR schs.gdst.net

Headteacher: Mr Tom Mylne Total pupils: 242 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Streatham & Clapham High School - Senior Streatham, SW16 1AW schs.gdst.net

Headteacher: Dr Millan Sachania Total pupils: 694 (whole school Prep & Senior) Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Thursday 5th October

The Study Preparatory School Wimbledon Village, SW19 5ER thestudyprep.co.uk See Advertisement

10.00am – 11.30am

Headteacher: Mrs Susan Pepper Total pupils: 322 Prep • Day • Girls

Tel 020 7736 9182 Email info@sinclairhouseschool.co.uk 59 Fulham High Street, London SW6 3JJ www.sinclairhouseschool.co.uk

Sussex House

Belgravia, SW1X 0EA sussexhouseschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr N P Kaye Total pupils: 182 Prep • Day • Boys

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Fulham, SW6 6AU sinclairhouseschool.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Carlotta O’Sullivan Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Putney High School

• Year 3 entry via 7+ Assessment

Welcome Mornings • 22 September • 3 November • 1 December

Sinclair House School, Lower Nursery

Prospect House School Headteacher: Mrs Dianne Barratt Total pupils: 295 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Sinclair House School, Preparatory

Putney, SW15 3NT prospecths.org.uk

New Nursery School Opens September 2017

South Kensington, SW7 4NE stphilipschool.co.uk

Fulham, SW6 4LJ parsonsgreenprep.co.uk See Profile Listing

Headteacher: Mr Tim Cannell Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Independent Preparatory Day School for Girls and Boys from 3 to 13 years

Wandsworth, SW18 1HW therocheschool.co.uk/nurseries

Putney, SW15 2BZ merlinschool.net Headteacher: Mrs Kate Prest

The Moat School

Newland House School

East Putney, SW15 2JE therocheschool.co.uk/nurseries

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LONDON | South West London | Greater London Thomas’s Kindergarten Battersea Battersea, SW11 3NA thomas-s.co.uk

Acting Headteacher: Miss Kathy Ballantine Total pupils: 48 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Thomas’s Fulham Fulham, SW6 3ES thomas-s.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Annette Dobson Total pupils: 399 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Thomas’s Battersea Battersea, SW11 3JB thomas-s.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Ben Thomas Total pupils: 540 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Thomas’s Clapham

Wandsworth, SW11 6LZ thomas-s.co.uk

Greater London: Croydon

Kensington Prep School in Fulham has been transformed. It now has some of the best facilities of any prep school in London with the completion of an innovative £2.7m ‘Creating Spaces for Growing Minds’ building programme.

Trinity School

Croydon, CR9 7AT trinity-school.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Alasdair Kennedy Total pupils: 985 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys • Co-Ed

Whitgift

Deadline for registrations for 4+ entry in 2018: 30th September 2017

South Croydon, CR2 6YT whitgift.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Dr C A Barnett Total pupils: 1449 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Boys

The quality of the pupils’ achievements and learning is

Edgware

North London Collegiate School Edgware, HA8 7RJ nlcs.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Phil Ward Total pupils: 650 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs B McCabe Total pupils: 1078 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Tower House School

Hampton

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Hampton, TW12 2UQ hamptonprep.org.uk

596 Fulham Road London SW6 5PA Phone: 020 7731 9300 Email: enquiries@kenprep.gdst.net www.kensingtonprep.gdst.net

East Sheen, SW14 8LF thsboys.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Greg Evans Total pupils: 185 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

The Ursuline Preparatory School Wimbledon, SW20 8HR ursuline-prep.merton.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Anne Farnish Total pupils: 1264 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Westminster Abbey Choir School

Westminster, SW1P 3NY westminster-abbey.org/choir-school Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Milton Total pupils: 35 Prep • Boarding • Boys

Westminster Cathedral Choir School Westminster, SW1P 1QH choirschool.com

Hampton Pre-Prep and Prep School Headteacher: Mr Tim Smith Total pupils: 230 Pre-Prep • Co-Ed • Prep • Day • Boys

Hampton School

Hampton, TW12 3HD hamptonschool.org.uk

The Lady Eleanor Holles School Hampton, TW12 3HF lehs.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Heather Hanbury Total pupils: 887 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Twickenham Preparatory School Hampton, TW12 2SA twickenhamprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr D Malam Total pupils: 273 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Westminster School

Harrow

Headteacher: Mr Patrick Derham Total pupils: 741 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Boys • Co-Ed

Westminster Under School Westminster, SW1P 2NN westminsterunder.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Mark O’Donnell Total pupils: 284 Prep • Day • Boys

White House Preparatory School

Alpha Preparatory School Harrow, HA1 1SH alpha.harrow.sch.uk

Harrow School

Harrow, HA1 3HP harrowschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr J B Hawkins Total pupils: 826 Senior • 6th Form • Boarding • Boys

The John Lyon School

Headteacher: Mr Daniel Cummings Total pupils: 110 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Miss Katherine Haynes Total pupils: 600 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Wimbledon High School

Orley Farm School

Headteacher: Mrs Jane Lunnon Total pupils: 896 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Young England Kindergarten St. George’s Square, SW1V 2HP youngenglandkindergarten.co.uk

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Harrow, HA2 0HN johnlyon.org

Harrow on the Hill, HA1 3NU orleyfarm.harrow.sch.uk Headteacher: Mr Tim Calvey Total pupils: 491 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

OPEN MORNING

Quainton Hall School Harrow, HA1 1RX quaintonhall.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Simon Ford Total pupils: 178 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr Christopher Trinidad Total pupils: 154 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Clapham, SW12 0LF whitehouseschool.com See Advertisement

Wimbledon, SW19 4AB wimbledonhigh.gdst.net See Advertisement

Entry at all levels is by assessment.

Headteacher: Mr Kevin Knibbs Total pupils: 1279 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Mr Neil McLaughlan Total pupils: 169 Prep • Day • Boarding • Boys

Westminster, SW1P 3PF westminster.org.uk

Kensington Prep School is an award-winning school in Fulham for girls aged 4-11 set in spacious grounds with netball and tennis courts. We win praise for our nurturing approach, rich curriculum and outstanding academic results.

Thursday 28th September 9.30am-11.30am To book your tour, please visit: WWW.STMH.CO.UK

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OPEN MORNING Saturday 7 October 2017 9am–12pm or visit us by appointment

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ACS Hillingdon International School Hillingdon, UB10 0BE acs-schools.com

Headteacher: Diane Hren Total pupils: 555 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

St Helen’s College

Hillingdon, UB10 9JX sthelenscollege.com Headteacher: Shirley Drummond Total pupils: 351 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Isleworth

Ashton House School Isleworth, TW7 4LW ashtonhouse.com

Headteacher: Mrs Angela Stewart Total pupils: 119 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Kew

Kew College

Kew, TW9 3HQ kewcollege.com

Headteacher: Mrs Marianne Austin Total pupils: 295 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Kingston-UponThames Canbury School

Kingston-Upon-Thames, KT2 7LN canburyschool.co.uk Headteacher: Ms Louise Clancy Total pupils: 55 Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Holy Cross Preparatory School Kingston-Upon-Thames, KT2 7NU holycrossprepschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Hair Total pupils: 287 Prep • Day • Girls

Kingston Grammar School

Kingston-Upon-Thames, KT2 6PY kgs.org.uk

Surbiton High Boys’ Preparatory School Headteacher: Sally Ralph Total pupils: 147 Prep • Day • Boys

Surbiton High School

Kingston-Upon-Thames, KT1 2JT surbitonhigh.com See Advertisement Headteacher: Ms Ann Haydon Total pupils: 1466 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Boys • Girls

Northwood

Merchant Taylors’ School Northwood, HA6 2HT mtsn.org.uk See Advertisement

Northwood, HA6 2YE northwoodcollege.co.uk Headteacher: Miss Jacqualyn Pain Total pupils: 931 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Alistair Bond Total pupils: 99 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Rokeby School

Kingston-Upon-Thames, KT2 7PB rokebyschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Jason Peck Total pupils: 386 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Shrewsbury House Preparatory School Surbiton, KT6 6RL shrewsburyhouse.net

Headteacher: Dr Mary Short Total pupils: 1127 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

St John’s School

Northwood, HA6 3QY st-johns.org.uk Headteacher: Mr Sean Robinson Total pupils: 349 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

St Martin’s School

Northwood, HA6 1QS twinklestarsmontessori.com Headteacher: Mrs Nooshin Cyrus Total pupils: 60 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Buckingham Preparatory School Pinner, HA5 5DT buckprep.org

Headteacher: Sarah Hollis Total pupils: 113 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Extra-curricular: King’s House offers a broad range of clubs and activities such as chess, photography, jazz, guitar, horrible history, football, board games, book club, non-stop cricket, construction to name but a few.

Reddiford School Pinner, HA5 5HH reddiford.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Jean Batt Total pupils: 350 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Surbiton High Junior Girls’ School

Richmond, TW9 2SS falconboys.co.uk

Notable Achievements and Alumni: Sporting and scholarship success.

The Falcons School for Boys Headmaster Pre-Prep: Andrew Forbes Headmaster Prep: Deon Etzinger Total pupils: 354 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

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Academic Record: With a 100% pass rate for senior school entry at Common Entrance in Year 8. Two-thirds of our boys move on to 13+ London day schools and a third to boarding schools. King’s House is justifiably proud of its success in recent years in getting its boys in to some of the most academic schools in the country. The emphasis always being to finding the right school for the right child.

Pinner

Richmond

Headteacher: Miss Clementine Stewart Total pupils: 289 Prep • Day • Girls

School Philosophy: Celebrating its 70th anniversary, King’s House is a friendly, caring and supportive School. We have a strong sense of community both within the School and with our parents but we are also keen to play a role in the local and global community and to develop our pupils’ sense of awareness of the world around them. King’s House is a lively, busy and happy School and we aim to give each child a broad academic and balanced education. We provide an environment in which the children feel secure and are able to flourish; offering opportunities to take part and develop in all areas, so that the needs of each individual are catered for.

Northwood, HA6 2DJ stmartins.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Kebin Doble Total pupils: 325 Prep • Day • Boys

Kingston-Upon-Thames, KT1 2HW surbitonhigh.com

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, boys 3-13, girls 3-4 Total pupils: 450, boys 425, girls 25 Type: Day Fees: Nursery – £2,165-£2,395 per term Fees: Prep – Junior Department £3,930-£4,590 Senior Department £5,120 per term Typical class size: 25 Main exit schools: KCS, St. Paul’s, Hampton, Westminster, Brighton College, Charterhouse, Epsom College, Eton, Harrow, Seaford, Wellington College Faith: Founded on Christian values and welcomes pupils of all religions and backgrounds.

Entrance procedure: Non-selective.

Northwood, HA6 3AS sthelens.london

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Headteacher: Mr David Tidmarsh Total pupils: 404 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Ms Sarah Gallagher Total pupils: 263 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

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LONDON Kew Day Nursery

Richmond, TW9 4ES asquithnurseries.com Headteacher: Sarah Hodgson Total pupils: 66 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr Jem Peck Total pupils: 275 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

King’s House School Richmond, TW10 6ES kingshouseschool.org See Profile Listing

Headteacher: Mr Mark Turner Total pupils: 456 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

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Newland House School

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Headteacher: Sister Paula Thomas Total pupils: 415 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Wembley

Buxlow Prep School

Happy Days Montessori

Shepperton, TW17 9HX hallifordschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Simon Wilson Total pupils: 426 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys • Co-Ed

Staines

Headteacher: Ralf Furse Total pupils: 73 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Wembley, HA9 0RG happydaysmontessori.co.uk Headteacher: Ms Margaret Dillane Total pupils: 32 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Harmony Montessori Nursery Wembley, HA9 8RG harmonymontessori.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Anita Mohindra Total pupils: 44 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Staines Preparatory School

St Christopher’s School

Headteacher: Mrs Samantha Sawyer Total pupils: 399 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr G P Musetti Total pupils: 81 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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James Allen’s Girls’ School

St Catherine’s School

Headteacher: Mr Kit Thompson Total pupils: 172 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Halliford School

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Berkshire

Bramdean

1 Heathfield School 2 St George’s Ascot

Hook

Ascot

Caversham

Liphook

4 Wellington College

Lymington

5 Cheam School 6 Horris Hill

Reading

7 Pangbourne College 8 Elstree School 9 Leighton Park School

Sandhurst

Romsey

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HAMPSHIRE Winchester

25 Sibford School 26 Tudor Hall School

Stowe

Moulsford

13 Caldicott School

27 Shiplake College

14 Stowe School

28 Moulsford Boy’s Prep School

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Southampton

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Banbury

Henley-on-thames

Alton

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Slough

Hampshire

Newbury

Petersfield

12 Luckley House School

Buckinghamshire

BERKSHIRE

21 The Portsmouth Grammar School

Oxfordshire

Wokingham

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Swindon

Portsmouth

11 Reading Blue Coat School

Sonning-on-Thames

OXFORDSHIRE

20 Walhampton School

23 Stroud School 24 Hampshire Collegiate School

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Newbury

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17 Brockwood Park School

3 Queen Anne’s School

Crowthorne

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Oxford

29 Oxford High School 30 St Edward’s Oxford

15 Alton Convent School

Andover 16 Farleigh School

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Sparkling Farleigh School is a leading Catholic co-educational prep school in Hampshire for boarders and day pupils aged 3-13

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Friday 6 October 2017, 9.00am Independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11-18. Private transport available for day girls and weekly transport service to and from Central London for London boarders.

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SOUTH | Berkshire Berkshire The Abbey Junior School Reading, RG2 7AR theabbey.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Nicola Dick-Cleland Total pupils: 380 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

The Abbey School

Eagle House School Sandhurst, GU47 8PH eaglehouseschool.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr A P N Barnard Total pupils: 390 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Elstree School

Reading, RG1 5DZ theabbey.co.uk

Reading, RG7 5TD elstreeschool.org.uk See Advertisement

Bradfield College

Eton College

Headteacher: Jan Cresswell Total pupils: 1050 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Bradfield, RG7 6AU bradfieldcollege.org.uk

Headteacher: Dr Chris Stevens Total pupils: 756 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Brigidine School Windsor Windsor, SL4 2AX brigidine.org.uk

Headteachers: Mr Simon Larter and Mrs Dawn Fleming Total pupils: 120 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls • Co-Ed

Brockhurst School

Hermitage, RG18 9UL brockmarl.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr David J W Fleming Total pupils: 156 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

Cheam School

Newbury, RG19 8LD cheamschool.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Martin Harris Total pupils: 248 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Claires Court Nursery, Girls and Sixth Form Maidenhead, SL6 6AW clairescourt.com

Headteacher: James and Hugh Wilding Total pupils: 442 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Claires Court Junior Boys Maidenhead, SL6 3QE clairescourt.com

Headteacher: Mr Justin Spanswick Total pupils: 223 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Claires Court Senior Boys Maidenhead, SL6 8TE clairescourt.com

Headteacher: Mr John Rayer Total pupils: 318 Senior • Day • Boys

Crosfields School Reading, RG2 9BL crosfields.com

Headteacher: Craig Watson Total pupils: 537 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Dolphin School

Hurst, RG10 0FR dolphinschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Tom Lewis Total pupils: 208 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Downe House School Thatcham, RG18 9JJ downehouse.net

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Windsor, SL4 6DW etoncollege.com

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Headteacher: Mr S Henderson Total pupils: 1313 Senior • 6th Form • Boarding • Boys

Eton End School Datchet, SL3 9AX etonend.org

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Stokes Total pupils: 185 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls • Boys

Heathfield School Ascot, SL5 8BQ heathfieldschool.net See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Marina Gardiner Legge Total pupils: 190 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

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Hemdean House School Reading, RG4 7SD hemdeanhouse.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mrs G Y Sillitto Total pupils: 147 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls • Co-Ed

pa.registrar@moulsford.com • 01491 651438 Moulsford Preparatory School, Moulsford-on-Thames, Oxon, OX10 9HR Independent day and boarding school for boys aged 4-13 • www.moulsford.com

Herries School Dean, SL6 9BD herries.org.uk

Headteacher: Ms Sophie Green Total pupils: 101 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Highfield Prep School Maidenhead, SL6 1PD highfieldprep.org

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Headteacher: Joanna Leach Total pupils: 159 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Holme Grange School Wokingham, RG40 3AL holmegrange.org

Headteacher: Mrs Claire Robinson Total pupils: 324 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Horris Hill School

Newbury, RG20 9DJ horrishill.com See Advertisement

“A First-Rate Education” ISI 2014

Headteacher: Mr Giles Tollit Total pupils: 114 Prep • Day • Boarding • Boys

Hurst Lodge School Ascot, SL5 9JU hurstlodge.co.uk

Headteacher: Miss Victoria Smit Total pupils: 198 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

“Full Marks for Pastoral Care”

Lambrook School

Nr Ascot, RG42 6LU lambrook.berks.sch.uk

Good Schools Guide

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Perry Total pupils: 521 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Leighton Park School Reading, RG2 7ED leightonpark.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Nigel Williams Total pupils: 473 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mrs E McKendrick Total pupils: 574 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

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ALTON SCHOOL

Inspiring intellectually brave, morally sound and confident young people

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SOUTH | Berkshire Luckley House School Wokingham, RG40 3EU luckleyhouseschool.org See Profile Listing

Headteacher: Mrs Jane Tudor Total pupils: 230 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Ludgrove

Wokingham, RG40 3AB ludgrove.net

Headteacher: Mr Simon Barber Total pupils: 188 Prep • Boarding • Boys

LVS Ascot

Ascot, SL5 8DR lvs.ascot.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Christine Cunniffe Total pupils: 889 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Marist Schools

Ascot, SL5 7PS themaristschools.com

Headteacher: Mr Karl McCloskey Total pupils: 521 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Marlston House School Hermitage, RG18 9UL brockmarl.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Riley Total pupils: 178 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding• Girls

Oratory Prep School Reading, RG8 7SF oratoryprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Rob Stewart Total pupils: 410 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Oratory School Reading, RG8 0PJ oratory.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr J. J. Smith Total pupils: 366 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Boys

Padworth College Reading, RG7 4NR padworth.com

Headteacher: Mr John Aguilar Total pupils: 104 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Pangbourne College

Reading, RG8 8LA pangbournecollege.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Thomas Garnier Total pupils: 404 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Andrew’s Pangbourne Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Bartlett Total pupils: 272 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Co-Ed

St Bernard’s Prep School Slough, SL1 1TB stbernardsprep.org

Headteacher: Mr Nathan Cheesman Total pupils: 270 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Edward’s Prep School Reading, RG30 2JH stedwardsprep.com

Headteacher: Stuart Morgan-Nash Total pupils: 126 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

St Gabriel’s School Newbury, RG20 9BD stgabriels.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Ricki Smith Total pupils: 437 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

St George’s School

Ascot, SL5 7DZ stgeorges-ascot.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Liz Hewer Total pupils: 269 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Girls

St George’s School Windsor, SL4 1QF stgwindsor.org

Headteacher: Mr Chris McDade Total pupils: 355 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

St John’s Beaumont Old Windsor, SL4 2JN sjb.community

Headteacher: Mr G E F Delaney Total pupils: 310 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Boys

St Joseph’s College Reading, RG1 5JT sjcr.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Colpus Total pupils: 442 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Mary Breen Total pupils: 385 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Mr T W Bunbury Total pupils: 199 Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Boys

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Carroll Total pupils: 398 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Caversham, RG4 6DX qas.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs J Harrington Total pupils: 443 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Reading Blue Coat School

Sonning-on-Thames, RG4 6SU rbcs.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Jesse Elzinga Total pupils: 740 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys • Co-Ed

Maidenhead, SL6 7LZ stpirans.co.uk

Sunningdale School

Sunningdale, SL5 9PY sunningdaleschool.co.uk

Upton House School

Whole School Open Morning

Windsor, SL4 3DF uptonhouse.org.uk

Friday 6 October from 9.45am

Headteacher: Rhian Thornton Total pupils: 265 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls • Co-Ed

Reddam House

Headteacher: Mrs T.A.M. Howard Total pupils: 302 Nursery • Pre-prep • Prep • Senior • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Ms Jacqueline Maclean Total pupils: 36 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Sixth Form Open Evening Tuesday 17 October fom 6.30pm

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Southend, RG7 6HW montessorinursery.org.uk

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Saturday 23 September 10.30am ~ 12noon

Headteacher: Mr T A C N Dawson Total pupils: 105 Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Boys

The Village Montessori Nursery School

Winnersh, RG41 5BG reddamhouse.org.uk

Junior School Open Morning

Ascot, SL5 9JF st-marys-ascot.co.uk

St Piran’s School

Queen Anne’s School

Oxfordshire OX15 5QL

St Mary’s School, Ascot

Papplewick School Ascot, SL5 7LH papplewick.org.uk

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Every Heathfield girl has an irrepressible spirit. Uniquely hers, it drives her passion, voice and character. As well as providing an excellent academic education and top-class pastoral care, Heathfield identifies your daughter’s distinctive strengths and encourages her to live her ambitions, embrace her spirit and talent so that she develops as the best possible version of herself. Live life like a Heathfield girl.

SIXTH FORM OPEN EVENING Wednesday 4 October 6.30pm WHOLE SCHOOL OPEN MORNING Saturday 14 October 10am to 12 noon To book, email registrar@heathfieldschool.net

Boarding and Day for Girls 11-18

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SOUTH | Berkshire | Buckinghamshire Waverley School

Gateway School

Headteacher: Guy Shore Total pupils: 210 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Sue La Farge Total pupils: 329 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Wellington College

Gayhurst School

Wokingham, RG40 4YD waverleyschool.org.uk

Crowthorne, RG45 7PU wellingtoncollege.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Julian Thomas Total pupils: 1045 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Buckinghamshire Akeley Wood School Junior Buckingham, MK19 6DA akeleywoodschool.co.uk

Gerrards Cross, SL9 8RJ gayhurstschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr G R A Davies Total pupils: 352 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Godstowe Preparatory School High Wycombe, HP13 6PR godstowe.org

Headteacher: Mr David Gainer Total pupils: 434 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Mrs Clare Page Total pupils: 286 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Griffin House Preparatory School

Akeley Wood School Senior (11-13 years)

Headteacher: Mr Tim Walford Total pupils: 112 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Buckingham, MK18 5AN akeleywoodschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Amanda Ayres Total pupils: 565 Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Akeley Wood School Senior (13-18 years) Buckingham, MK18 5AE akeleywoodschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Jenny Clough Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Ashfold Preparatory School Aylesbury, HP18 9NG ashfoldschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr M O M Chitty Total pupils: 272 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Beacon

Amersham, HP6 5PF beaconschool.co.uk Headteacher: William Phelps Total pupils: 508 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Chesham Preparatory School Chesham, HP5 3QF cheshamprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Michael Davies Total pupils: 402 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Dair House School

Farnham Royal, SL2 3BY dairhouse.co.uk

Heatherton House School Amersham, HP6 5QB heathertonhouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Debbie Isaachsen Total pupils: 146 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

High March School

Beaconsfield, HP9 2PZ highmarch.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Sue Clifford Total pupils: 306 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Maltman’s Green

Gerrards Cross, SL9 8RR maltmansgreen.com

Headteacher: Mrs J R Pardon Total pupils: 425 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Milton Keynes, MK3 7EG mkps.co.uk

Newland College

Gorelands Lane, HP8 4AD newlandcollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr David Shandley Senior • Boarding • Co-Ed

Pipers Corner School

High Wycombe, HP15 6LP piperscorner.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Helen Ness-Gifford Total pupils: 525 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

St Mary’s School

Gerrards Cross, SL9 8JQ stmarysschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Terence Wintle Total pupils: 124 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Jean Ross Total pupils: 276 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Davenies School

St Teresa’s School

Headteacher: Mr C Rycroft Total pupils: 333 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Simon Detre Total pupils: 150 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Beaconsfield, HP9 1AA davenies.co.uk

School Philosophy: The uniqueness of our school lies in the combination of ethos and size. Our focus on the individual brings an education that affirms talent and develops potential.

Open Days: Open House every Friday at 9.30 am Autumn term - Open Morning - Saturday 30 September 2017 Spring term - Open Morning - Tuesday 13 March 2018 Summer term - Open Evening - Thursday 7 June 2018

Princes Risborough, HP27 0JW st-teresas.bucks.sch.uk

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Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 11-18 years Total pupils: 230, boys 30, girls 200 Type: Day, Weekly, Flexi, Full Boarding Fees: Senior – Day from £5,405, Weekly Boarding from £8,766, Full Boarding from £9,458 per term, Flexi Boarding from £43 per night Entrance procedure: Your child can be registered with Luckley House School at any time, however, places are limited, so early registration is advised. A Registration Form is included with our prospectus pack or can be downloaded from our website. The completed form should be returned to the Registrar with a non-refundable registration fee of £100. Early registration enables us to keep in regular contact with you regarding school news, events and developments as well as to advise you of the next steps to consider, at the appropriate time.

Admissions into Year 7 and Year 9: We admit pupils at age 11 and 13 through an entrance examination process, where both academic ability and all-round potential are assessed. Entrance examinations are usually sat in January and will test pupils in mathematics, English and nonverbal reasoning.

2018 Entry Examinations: The scheduled assessment day is Thursday 4 January 2018. We also offer adhoc assessments as and when required.

We consider a report from the current Headteacher and all candidates will have an interview with our Headmistress or senior member of staff.

As part of the interview process for Year 7 entry, pupils are invited to complete a personal ‘Story Board’ to demonstrate their hobbies, achievements and interests. Pupils sitting the examination must ideally be registered by November of the preceding year.

Admissions into other year groups: Pupils who wish to join us at other entry points will be assessed through an entrance examination, interview and school report. In instances where the pupil is overseas and unable to sit the examination at Luckley, papers can be sent to her current school to be sat under examination conditions. Admission is dependent on vacancies in the relevant year group.

Admissions into Sixth Form: Students wishing to join the Sixth Form at Luckley are expected to have achieved at least 5 GCSE passes at grade C or above, including English and Mathematics. It is expected that at least grade B has been obtained at GCSE for a subject to be studied at A Level. Current and prospective students are invited to apply for Academic Scholarships and Awards in Art, Drama, Sport and Music. The examinations and assessments for these are held in the autumn term prior to admission.

Headteacher: Mrs Deborah Berkin Total pupils: 242 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr S Driver and Mr C Bates Total pupils: 450 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Acting Head: Theroshene Naidoo Total pupils: 285 Prep • Day • Boarding • Boys

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Milton Keynes, MK5 8HD groveindependentschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr James Canwell Total pupils: 350 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Slough, SL2 3SL caldicott.com See Advertisement

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The Grove Independent School

Milton Keynes Preparatory School

Caldicott

Luckley Road, Wokingham RG40 3EU

Aylesbury, HP 17 0XP griffinhouseschool.co.uk

Broughton Manor Preparatory School

Milton Keynes, MK10 9AA bmprep.co.uk

Luckley House School

Great Missenden, HP16 9AA gatewayschool-bucks.co.uk

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SOUTH | Buckinghamshire | Hampshire Stowe School

Boundary Oak School

Headteacher: Dr A Wallersteiner Total pupils: 768 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Hazel Kellett Total pupils: 113 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Swanbourne House School

Brockwood Park School

Headteacher: Mr Simon Hitchings Total pupils: 370 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Alex Massie Total pupils: 90 Senior • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Stowe, MK18 5EH stowe.co.uk See Advertisement

Milton Keynes, MK17 0HZ swanbourne.org

Fareham, PO17 5BL boundaryoak.co.uk

Bramdean, SO24 0LQ brockwood.org.uk See Advertisement

Thornton School

Churcher’s College Junior School

Headteacher: Mrs Jo Storey Total pupils: 383 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Ffion Robinson Total pupils: 230 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Milton Keynes, MK17 0HJ thorntoncollege.com

Thorpe House School

Gerrards Cross, SL9 8QA thorpehouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Terence Ayres Total pupils: 296 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Boys

Walton Pre-Prep School and Nursery Milton Keynes, MK7 6BB waltonpps.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Chantelle McLaughlan Total pupils: 150 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Webber Independent School Milton Keynes, MK14 6DP webberindependentschool.com Headteacher: Mrs Hilary Marsden Total pupils: 146 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Wycombe Abbey School High Wycombe, HP11 1PE wycombeabbey.com

Headteacher: Mrs Rhiannon Wilkinson Total pupils: 552 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Hampshire

Alton Convent School Alton, GU34 2NG altonconvent.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Graham Maher Total pupils: 563 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Co-Ed • Senior • 6th Form• Day • Girls

Ballard School

New Milton, BH25 5SU ballardschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Alastair Reid Total pupils: 488 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Bedales School - Dunannie Petersfield, GU32 2DP bedales.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Jo Webbern Total pupils: 91 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bedales School - Dunhurst Petersfield, GU32 2DR bedales.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Jane Grubb Total pupils: 189 Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bedales School

Petersfield, GU32 2DG bedales.org.uk See Advertisement

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Churcher’s College

Petersfield, GU31 4AS churcherscollege.com

Headteacher: Mr Simon Williams Total pupils: 1065 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Daneshill Preparatory School Hook, RG27 0AR daneshillprepschool.com

Headteacher: Mr A Webster Total pupils: 271 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Ditcham Park School Petersfield, GU31 5RN ditchampark.com

Headteacher: Mr G Spawforth Total pupils: 347 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Durlston Court School New Milton, BH25 7AQ durlstoncourt.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Richard May Total pupils: 311 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Caldicott

Farleigh School

Andover, SP11 7PW farleighschool.com See Advertisement

Day and boarding prep school for boys aged 7 - 13

Headteacher: Fr Simon Everson Total pupils: 429 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

01753 649301 www.caldicott.com registrar@caldicott.com @CaldicottSchool

Farnborough Hill

Farnborough, GU14 8AT farnborough-hill.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Alexandra Neil Total pupils: 560 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Forres Sandle Manor

Fordingbridge, SP6 1NS fsmschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Mark Hartley Total pupils: 222 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

GEMS Sherfield

Hook, RG27 0HU sherfieldschool.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Nick Fisher Total pupils: 436 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Individual tours during term time can be booked throughout the year.

The Gregg School

Southampton, SO18 2GF gregg.southampton.sch.uk

Contact the Registrar, Mrs Jan Kemp, 01753 649301 or registrar@caldicott.com

Headteacher: Mrs S Sellers Total pupils: 300 Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Hampshire Collegiate Prep School Romsey, SO51 6ZA hampshirecs.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Helen Donnelly Total pupils: 139 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

• Rural Buckinghamshire location

• 30 minutes from West London

• Excellent academic record, art, music and drama

• Daily return bus services: Chiswick, Notting Hill, Brook Green and local

• Impressive sports fields and results

• Just 15 miles from Heathrow Airport

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Headteacher: Mr Keith Budge Total pupils: 455 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Liphook, GU30 7HT churcherscollege.com

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Leading HMC Co-educational Boarding and Day School for children aged 11 – 18

The Headmaster invites you to the following events:

College Open Morning

Saturday 23 September, 9.30am – 12 noon

Year 7-8 Open Morning

Saturday 14 October, 9.30am – 12 noon

RSVP registrar@pangbourne.com 0118 976 7415 Pangbourne College Pangbourne Reading Berkshire RG8 8LA Tel: 0118 984 2101 pangbourne.com

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SOUTH | Hampshire Hampshire Collegiate School Romsey, SO51 6ZE hampshirecs.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Cliff Canning Total pupils: 499 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Highfield and Brookham Schools Liphook, GU30 7LQ highfieldschool.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Phillip Evitt, and Mrs Sophie Baber Total pupils: 481 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

King Edward VI School Southampton, SO15 5UQ kes.hants.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Julian Thould Total pupils: 979 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Lord Wandsworth College Hook, RG29 1TB lordwandsworth.org

Headteacher: Mr Adam Williams Total pupils: 540 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Mayville High School Southsea, PO5 2PE mayvillehighschool.com

Headteacher: Mrs Rebecca Parkyn Total pupils: 457 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Moyles Court School Ringwood, BH24 3NF moylescourt.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Richard Milner-Smith Total pupils: 237 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Pilgrims’ School

Winchester, SO23 9LT thepilgrims-school.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Tom Burden Total pupils: 155 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Boys

The Portsmouth Grammar School Portsmouth, PO1 2LN pgs.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr James Priory Total pupils: 1,116 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

St John’s College

Southsea, PO5 3QW stjohnscollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Tim Bayley Total pupils: 457 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Neot’s Preparatory School Hook, RG27 0PN st-neots-prep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Deborah Henderson Total pupils: 308 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Co-Ed

Fleet, GU52 0RF st-nicholas.hants.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Annette Whatmough Total pupils: 410 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls • Co-Ed

St Swithun’s School Winchester, SO21 1HA stswithuns.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Ms Jane Gandee Total pupils: 510 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Girls • Co-Ed

St Winifred’s School

Southampton, SO17 1EJ stwinifreds.southampton.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs J Caddy Total pupils: 85 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Salesian College

Farnborough, GU14 6PA salesiancollege.com

Headteacher: Mr Gerard Owens Total pupils: 642 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys • Co-Ed

Seedlings Montessori

Southampton, SO18 5RJ seedlingsmontessori.co.uk

Sherborne House School Chandler’s Ford, S053 1EU sherbornehouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Heather Hopson-Hill Total pupils: 297 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Steventon Children’s House Nr Basingstoke, RG25 3BD steventonchildrenshouse.co.uk Headteacher: Sharon Jagged Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Stroud School

Headteacher: Mr Paul Marshallsay Total pupils: 110 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Twyford School

Southsea, PO5 3EQ portsmouthhigh.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Jane Prescott Total pupils: 350 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Prince’s Mead School

Winchester, SO21 1AN princesmeadschool.org.uk

Beyond Expectations...

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Romsey, SO51 9ZH stroud-kes.org.uk See Advertisement

Portsmouth High School Senior and Sixth Form

OPEN MORNINGS

Saturday 23 September 2017 9.00am-12.00pm Thursday 9 November 2017 9.00am-12.00pm

Headteacher: Mr Joel Worrall Total pupils: 342 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Winchester, SO21 1NW twyfordschool.com

Headteacher: Dr Steve Bailey Total pupils: 408 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Alternatively, you can make an individual appointment to visit at another time.

Walhampton School Lymington, SO41 5ZG walhampton.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Miss P Kirk Total pupils: 272 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Titus Mills Total pupils: 333 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Rookwood School

West Hill Park

Headteacher: Dr M Whalley Total pupils: 314 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Alastair Ramsay Total pupils: 262 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Andover, SP10 3AL rookwood.hants.sch.uk

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St Nicolas’ School

Portsmouth High Nursery and Junior School Southsea, PO5 3ES portsmouthhigh.co.uk

NURSERY, PREP, SENIOR SCHOOL & SIXTH FORM CO-ED, 2–18 DAY & BOARDING

Hampshire Collegiate School Embley Park, Romsey Hampshire SO51 6ZE Telephone: 01794 512206 email: info@hampshirecs.org.uk www.hampshirecs.org.uk

Titchfield, PO14 4BS westhillpark.com

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Contact the school Registrar on 01590 613 303 or email registrar@walhampton.com WALHAMPTON SCHOOL, LYMINGTON, HAMPSHIRE SO41 5ZG.

www.walhampton.com Registered charity Number: 307330

“A school with mind, heart and constant fizz . . . hard to imagine it done better.�

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SOUTH | Hampshire | Oxfordshire Winchester College

Winchester, SO23 9NA winchestercollege.org

Headteacher: Dr Timothy Hands Total pupils: 678 Senior • 6th Form • Boarding • Boys

Wykeham House School Fareham, PO16 0BW wykehamhouse.com

Headteacher: Mrs Jan Caddy Total pupils: 153 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

Yateley Manor School Yateley, GU46 7UQ yateleymanor.com

Headteacher: Robert Upton Total pupils: 394 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Oxfordshire

Cranford House School Wallingford, OX10 9HT cranfordhouse.net

Headteacher: Dr James Raymond Total pupils: 375 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

d’Overbroeck’s School Oxford, OX2 7PL doverbroecks.com

Headteacher: Mrs Emma-Kate Henry Total pupils: 500 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Dragon School

Oxford, OX2 6SS dragonschool.org Headteacher: Dr Crispin Hyde-Dunn Total pupils: 813 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Our Lady’s Abingdon Senior School Abingdon, OX14 3PS olab.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr A J P Nott Total pupils: 330 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Oxford High School

St John’s Priory

Oxford, OX2 6XA oxfordhigh.gdst.net See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Judith Carlisle Total pupils: 893 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Oxford Tutorial College Oxford, OX1 4HT oxfordtutorialcollege.com Headteacher: Jacqui Ecoeur 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Greene’s Tutorial College

Radley College

Headteacher: Mr Crispin Hyde-Dunn Total pupils: 252 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Mr Christopher Upton Total pupils: 300 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Warden: Mr John Moule Total pupils: 687 Senior • 6th Form • Boarding • Boys

Abingdon School

Abingdon, OX14 1DE abingdon.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Michael Windsor Total pupils: 961 Senior • Day • Boarding • Boys

Bellerbys College Oxford Oxford, OX2 0DJ bellerbys.com

Headteacher: Mike Bradford Total pupils: 888 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bloxham School

Banbury, OX15 4PE bloxhamschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Paul Sanderson Total pupils: 399 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bruern Abbey School Chesterton, OX26 1UY bruernabbey.org

Headteacher: Mr John Floyd Total pupils: 112 Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

Carrdus School

Banbury, OX17 2BS carrdusschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Edward Way Total pupils: 118 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys • Girls

Chandlings School Oxford, OX1 5ND chandlings.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Catherine Bufton Green Total pupils: 494 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Christ Church Cathedral School Oxford, OX1 1QW cccs.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Richard Murray Total pupils: 157 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Cokethorpe School Witney, OX29 7PU cokethorpe.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr D J Ettinger Total pupils: 659 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Oxford, OX1 1BP greenes.org.uk

Headington Preparatory School Oxford, OX3 7PB headington.org

Headteacher: Mrs Jane Crouch Total pupils: 280 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Headington School Oxford, OX3 7TD headington.org

Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Jordan Total pupils: 805 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Girls

Kingham Hill School

Chipping Norton, OX7 6TH kinghamhill.org.uk Headteacher: Mr Nick Seward Total pupils: 289 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Magdalen College School Oxford, OX4 1DZ mcsoxford.org

Headteacher: Miss Helen Pike Total pupils: 902 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

The Manor Preparatory School Abingdon, OX13 6LN manorprep.org

Headteacher: Mr Piers Heyworth Total pupils: 375 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls • Boys • Co-Ed

Rupert House School

Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BN ruperthouse.org

Headteacher: Mrs Clare Lynas Total pupils: 208 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls • Co-Ed

Rye St Antony

Oxford, OX3 0BY ryestantony.co.uk

Headteacher: Miss Alison Jones Total pupils: 326 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls • Co-Ed

St Clare’s, Oxford Oxford, OX2 7AL stclares.ac.uk

Headteacher: Andrew Rattue Total pupils: 274 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Edward’s Oxford Oxford, OX2 7NN stedwardsoxford.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Stephen Jones Total pupils: 662 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Helen and St Katharine Abingdon, OX14 1BE shsk.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Rebecca Dougall Total pupils: 715 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mrs Tracey Wilson Total pupils: 93 Nursery • Pre-prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Shiplake College

Henley-on-Thames, RG9 4BW shiplake.org.uk See Advertisement Headteacher: Mr Gregg Davies Total pupils: 421 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Boys • Co-Ed

Sibford School

Banbury, OX15 5QL sibfordschool.co.uk See Advertisement Headteacher: Toby Spence Total pupils: 419 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Summer Fields

Oxford, OX2 7EN summerfields.com Headteacher: Mr David Faber Total pupils: 240 Prep • Day • Boarding • Boys

Tudor Hall

Banbury, OX16 9UR tudorhallschool.com See Advertisement Headteacher: Miss W Griffiths Total pupils: 335 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Windrush Valley School Ascott-under-Wychwood, OX7 6AN windrushvalleyschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr A Wood Total pupils: 109 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Wychwood School Oxford, OX2 6JR wychwoodschool.org

Headteacher: Mrs Andrea Johnson Total pupils: 110 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Moulsford, OX10 9HR moulsford.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Ben Beardmore-Gray Total pupils: 335 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

New College School Oxford, OX1 3UA newcollegeschool.org

Headteacher: Mr Robert Gullifer Total pupils: 160 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Our Lady’s Abingdon Junior School

Headteacher: Mr Duncan Bailey Total pupils: 193 Prep • Boarding • Boys

Headteacher: Erika Kirwan Total pupils: 129 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Abingdon, OX14 2HR radley.org.uk

Banbury, OX16 5HX stjohnspriory.co.uk

Moulsford Preparatory School

Cothill House

Abingdon, OX13 6JL cothill.net

Faringdon, SN7 8PT st-hughs.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Stephen Oliver Total pupils: 470 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Abingdon Preparatory School Frilford, OX13 5NX abingdon.org.uk/prep

St Hugh’s

Abingdon, OX14 2HB olab.org.uk

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Equipping our children for the brightest future Open for school tours and enrolment enquiries • • • • • •

Nursery, pre prep, prep, seniors, sixth form, boarding Co-educational school in the heart of Hampshire Nursery – rated ‘Outstanding’ by ISI 82% of pupils achieved A*-B grades at A-Level, with 92% gaining their first choice university Sherfield School is ranked 4th in The Telegraph league table* Top sporting and extra-curricular opportunities including equestrian, cricket, rugby, athletics, golf, gliding, netball, ice skating and gymnastics.

To find out more or to book a tour, please email admissions@sherfieldschool.co.uk or call 01256 884 816 *Small Independent Schools A-Level results 2016.

www.sherfieldschool.co.uk

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Come and visit us!

Simplicity · Integrity · Equality · Peace · Truth · Sustainability · Respect

Annual Open Morning 10.00am-12.00pm Saturday 30th September Weekday Open Mornings 10.15am-12.30pm Tuesday 10th October Tuesday 7th November Tuesday 5th December Sixth Form Open Evening 6.00-8.00pm Monday 16th October Taster Day for Year 7 Entry 8.15am – 3.25pm/6pm Thursday 19th October

11-18 years · independent · co-educational · day/boarding

0118 987 9608 www.leightonpark.com/visitus

Let your life speak

Queen Anne’s School An independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11-18

The right choice for your daughter’s future Rated

‘Excellent’ Independent Schools Inspectorate 2017

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Open Mornings Saturday 16 September Friday 17 November BOOK ONLINE NOW www.qas.org.uk/bookanevent

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An Independent Day School • Boys 11-18; Girls 16-18

READING BLUE COAT SCHOOL

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Join the adventure!

Open Morning Saturday 7th October 9:30-12:30 0118 944 1005 • www.rbcs.org.uk

Stroud School, Romsey Co-educational Independent School for Ages 3-13

HONESTY

RESPECT

HAPPINESS

COME AND SEE WHAT STROUD CAN OFFER YOUR CHILD

• 22 acres of beautiful Hampshire countryside for outdoor learning including sports fields, woodland forest, school farm and adventure play area • Preparatory school for King Edward VI Southampton • Small class sizes • Preparation for 11+ and 13+

Stroud provides an “education of the highest quality” ISI Report

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OPEN DAYS Pl e a s ec o nt a c tusf o rde t a i l s o no urupc o mi ngOpe nDa y s : 30t hS e pt e mbe r ,10t hMa r c h & 28t hApr i l

“ Br o c k wo o dh a sb e e nap i o ne e ri nBr i t i s h e d u c a t i o ni ns oma nywa y s ,no tt h el e a s t i ni t su s eo fs t i l l ne s so rmi nd f u l ne s s ” Si rAnt honySel don

An Independent Girls’ School for Independent Girls

Open Day Saturday 30 September 2017 10am-1pm

Tudor Hall

My favourite quotation:

“I’m inviting you to step forward, to be seen, and to ask yourself... if not me, who? If not now, when?”

Emma Watson

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“A wonderful place “A place to wonderful grow a rooted sense to self, growand a rooted of joy in sense life of self, and joy in life and learning.” and learning.”

Good Schools Guide 2016 Good Schools Guide 2016

3 –18 | Boarding & Day | 1 hour from London 3 –18 | Boarding & Day | 1 hour from London

To book a place on an open morning or to arrange an individual visit, please contact To book a place on an open morning or to Janie Jarman, Registrar. arrange an individual visit, please contact

T 01730 711733 E jjarman@bedales.org.uk T 01730 711733 Petersfield, Hampshire GU32 2DG E jjarman@bedales.org.uk Petersfield, Hampshire GU32 2DG

www.bedales.org.uk

• Founded in 1645 Cheam is one of the oldest Prep Schools in the country • Founded in 1645 Cheam is one of the oldest Prep Schools in the country • Founded in 1645 Cheam is one of the oldest Prep Schools in the country • Founded in 1645 Cheam is one of the oldest Prep Schools in the country • Set in 100 acres of beautiful countryside, for sporty, outdoor loving, energetic types • Set in 100 acres of beautiful countryside, for sporty, outdoor loving, energetic types • Set in 100 acres of beautiful countryside, for sporty, outdoor loving, energetic types • Set in 100 acres of beautiful countryside, for sporty, outdoor loving, energetic types

• Cheam is the perfect school for children to spend their formative years • Cheam is the perfect school for children to spend their formative years • Cheam is the perfect school for children to spend their formative years • Cheam is the perfect school for children to spend their formative years • Outstanding academic performance – 68 scholarships in the last 5 years • Outstanding academic performance – 68 scholarships in the last 5 years • Outstanding academic performance – 68 scholarships in the last 5 years • Outstanding academic performance – 68 scholarships in the last 5 years • Very strong sport, music, drama and an exhaustive list of extra-curricular activities • Very strong sport, music, drama and an exhaustive list of extra-curricular activities • Very strong sport, music, drama and an exhaustive list of extra-curricular activities • Very strong sport, music, drama and an exhaustive list of extra-curricular activities • Co-Ed day and boarding from 3-13 (Weekly or Flexi boarding available from age 8) • Co-Ed day and boarding from 3-13 (Weekly or Flexi boarding available from age 8) • Co-Ed day and boarding from 3-13 (Weekly or Flexi boarding available from age 8) • Co-Ed day and boarding from 3-13 (Weekly or Flexi boarding available from age 8)

Email: Email: registrar@cheamschool.co.uk Web: www.cheamschool.com Tel: 01635 268242 Cheam School, Headley, Newbury, Berkshire RG19 8LD Email: registrar@cheamschool.co.uk www.cheamschool.com Tel: 01635 268242 Cheam School, Headley, Newbury, Berkshire RG19 8LD registrar@cheamschool.co.uk Web:Web: www.cheamschool.com Tel: 01635 268242 Cheam School, Headley, Newbury, Berkshire RG19 8LD Email: registrar@cheamschool.co.uk Web: www.cheamschool.com Tel: 01635 268242 Cheam School, Headley, Newbury, Berkshire RG19 8LD

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Sixth Form Open Day 23rd September, 9.00am ‘The spires of Oxford…and the 100 acres of green loveliness make Teddies a winning co-ed boarding ticket.’

Tatler Schools Guide 2017

Book online at

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Registered Charity No. 309681.

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SOUTH EAST

South East

5 Letchworth

HERTFORDSHIRE

This map illustrates the location of some of our leading independent schools in this region.

A directory of schools, listed by county, follows this page.

8

Watford

7

6

2

London Windsor

Berkhamsted

38

Berkhamsted School

Elstree 2 The Haberdasher’s Aske’s Boy’s School

10

3 4

Hertfordshire 1

1

9

21

Hatfield

37 19

20

35

31 30 25 26 36 27 28 24 29 23 22

4 Westbrook Hay Prep School

Letchworth

47

5 St Francis’ College

Folkestone

42

44 45

Ashford

15

Horsham

WEST SUSSEX

KENT

17 43

Hemel Hempstead

11

Maidstone

33 46

SURREY

16

34 18

39 32

3 Queenswood School

Margate

12 13 14

EAST SUSSEX Hastings

48

New Barnet

41 40

Eastbourne

6 Lyonsdown School

Rickmansworth 7 The Royal Masonic School for Girls

St Albans 8 St Albans High School for Girls

Tring

Tonbridge

Haslemere

17 Tonbridge School

29 St Ives School

Surrey

Caterham 18 Caterham School

9 Tring Park School of the Performing Arts

Cobham

Ware

Esher

10 St Edmund’s School

20 Rowan Preparatory School

Kent

Canterbury 11 Kent College

Chislehurst

19 Feltonfleet School

Farnham 21 Edgeborough School

Godalming 22 Aldro School 23 St Hilary’s School

12 Farringtons School

Guildford

13 St Michael’s Preparatory School

24 St Catherine’s School, Bramley

Leatherhead 30 Downsend School

Little Bookham 31 Manor House

Nr Godalming 32 Barrow Hill School

Redhill 33 The Hawthorns School

South Croydon 34 Croydon High School

Sutton 35 Sutton High School

West Horsley 36 Cranmore School

Weybridge

Cranbrook

25 Lanesborough Preparatory School

37 St George’s Weybridge

15 Bethany School

26 Longacre School

38 Woodcote House School

Ramsgate

27 Tormead School

Witley

16 St Lawrence College

28 Royal Grammar School

39 King Edward’s Witley

14 Walthamstow Hall School

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East Sussex Brighton

40 Brighton College 41 Roedean School

Mayfield 42 Mayfield School

West Sussex East Grinstead

43 Brambletye School

Haywards Heath 44 Great Walstead School

Hurstpierpoint 45 Hurstpierpoint College

Pease Pottage 46 Cottesmore School

Washington 47 Windlesham House School

Worthing 48 Our Lady of Sion School

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SOUTH EAST P R I D E

O F

P L A C E

LYONSDOWN SCHOOL

Independent day school for boys 3-7 years and girls 3 - 11 years

OPEN AFTERNOON

Tuesday 3rd October 2017 at 1.30pm To be included on our guest list, please telephone

020 8449 0225

3 Richmond Road, New Barnet,Hertfordshire. EN5 1SA Email: enquiries@lyonsdownschool.co.uk Web: www.lyonsdownschool.co.uk

‘Give your child the best start’ For more information please contact the Registrar.

Inspiring Confidence At Croydon High School, we lead by example. Your daughter may be starting her journey aged 3, moving on to secondary school or considering sixth form options.

Whatever stage she is at, our Open Morning will provide plenty of inspiration.

Please call 020 8260 7543 (Seniors) or 020 8260 7508 (Juniors) to find out more.

Croydon High Open Morning, Saturday 7 October 9.30-12.30pm

www.croydonhigh.gdst.net

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OPEN MORNING

9.30am Saturday 23 September For details of school day Visitor Mornings visit: caterhamschool.co.uk

HMC Independent day, weekly and full boarding school for boys and girls age 3 to 18 years.

One of the top co-educational schools in England with a unique, award-winning approach to Learning and Teaching, where all pupils can be successful in an environment which is caring, optimistic and encouraging.

Great results, large, leafy grounds, good facilities, polite, charming and well-informed pupils. It’s on the up and pulling ahead of the pack now.

GOOD SCHOOLS GUIDE

Academically , Caterham is up there with the big guns...all achieved without any undue stress.

Parents praise the committed, passionate teachers as ‘great role models’.

TATLER SCHOOLS GUIDE 2017 Caterham School is easily accessed from Surrey, Kent, Sussex and London and our extensive coach network includes mainline train connections and evening late bus services.

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SOUTH EAST | Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire Abbot’s Hill School

Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8RP abbotshill.herts.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Elizabeth Thomas Total pupils: 443 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

Aldenham School

Elstree, Nr Watford WD6 3AJ aldenham.com Headteacher: Mr James Fowler Total pupils: 737 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Aldwickbury School Harpenden, AL5 1AD aldwickbury.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Vernon Hales Total pupils: 335 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Boys

Beechwood Park

St Albans, AL3 8AW beechwoodpark.com

Headteacher: Mr Edward Balfour Total pupils: 524 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Berkhamsted Pre-Preparatory School Berkhamsted, HP4 2SZ berkhamstedschool.org See Advertisement

The Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School

Headteacher: Mr P B Hamilton Total pupils: 1162 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls Headteacher: Miss Biddie O’Connor Total pupils: 1186 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Hertford, SG13 7NU haileybury.com

Heath Mount School Hertford, SG14 3NG heathmount.org

Headteacher: Mr Chris Gillam Total pupils: 442 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Howe Green House School Bishop’s Stortford, CM22 7UF howegreenhouse.essex.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Deborah Mills Total pupils: 176 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Charles Dormer Total pupils: 477 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Berkhamsted, HP4 2DJ berkhamstedschool.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr R P Backhouse Total pupils: 1680 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Boys • Girls

Bishop’s Stortford College Bishop’s Stortford, CM23 2PJ bishopsstortfordcollege.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Jeremy Gladwin Total pupils: 1169 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Charlotte House Prep School Rickmansworth, WD3 4DU charlottehouseprepschool.co.uk Headteacher: Miss Penny Woodcock Total pupils: 138 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Edge Grove Radlett, WD25 8NL edgegrove.com

Headteacher: Mr Ben Evans Total pupils: 400 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Egerton Rothesay School Berkhamsted, HP4 3UJ eger-roth.co.uk

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AN INDIVIDUAL APPROACH TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS Contact: www.manorhouseschool.org Register at 01372 457077 Email: admissions@manorhouseschool.org

Bushey, WD23 4EB immanuelcollege.co.uk

Kingshott School

Hitchin, SG4 7JX kingshottschool.com

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in every category

Headteacher: Mr M Seymour Total pupils: 397 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Lochinver House School Potters Bar, EN6 1LW lochinverhouse.herts.sch.uk Headteacher: Mr Ben Walker Total pupils: 349 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Lockers Park

Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1TL lockerspark.herts.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Christopher Wilson Total pupils: 151 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

Lyonsdown School

Open Mornings

New Barnet, EN5 1SA lyonsdownschool.co.uk See Advertisement

Thu 21 Sept Thu 12 Oct

Acting Headteacher: Julia Windsor Total pupils: 197 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

10am 10am

Manor Lodge School Shenley, WD7 9BG manorlodgeschool.com

To register, please call our

Headteacher: Mr Gil Dunn Total pupils: 434 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

admissions team on 01428 686735 or book

Merchant Taylors’ Prep

online at www.kesw.org

Rickmansworth, WD3 1LW mtpn.org.uk

Headteacher: Dr Karen McNerney Total pupils: 350 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Godalming, Surrey GU8 5SG

An independent boarding and day school for girls and boys aged 11-18 s

Headteacher: Mr Colin Parker Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Saturday 7 October, 10am

Headteacher: Mr Joe Davies Total pupils: 770 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Berkhamsted Preparatory School

Berkhamsted School

Open Morning:

Haileybury College

Immanuel College

Headteacher: Mr Jamie Hornshaw Total pupils: 621 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

NEW LOOK STRONG VALUES EXCITING FUTURE

Elstree, WD6 3BT habsgirls.org.uk

Headteacher: Ms K O’Connor Total pupils: 119 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Berkhamsted, HP4 3DW berkhamstedschool.org See Advertisement

Isabella, Year 9 #ALoveofLearning

Elstree, WD6 3AF habsboys.org.uk See Advertisement

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Unlocking their Potential An outstanding school for boys and girls aged 3-18.

Come and visit us: •

Exceptional academic results at A Level and IB

•

Boarding available from Age 7 on campus

•

Idyllic 80 acre site with our own farm

•

Overlooking the cathedral city of Canterbury.

•

Within 55 minutes of London and key airports

Senior School 01227 763 231

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SOUTH EAST | Hertfordshire | Isle of Wight Princess Helena College

St Hilda’s School

Headteacher: Mrs Sue Wallace-Woodroffe Total pupils: 182 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Miss Sarah Jane Styles Total pupils: 174 Nursery • Co-Ed • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Hitchin, SG4 7RT princesshelenacollege.co.uk

Purcell School of Music Bushey, WD23 2TS purcell-school.org

Headteacher: Mr Stephen Yeo Total pupils: 179 Senior • 6th Form • Boarding • Co-Ed

Queenswood School Hatfield, AL9 6NS queenswood.org See Advertisement

Bushey, WD23 3DA sthildas-school.co.uk

St Joseph’s In The Park School

St Margaret’s School

Bushey, WD23 1DT stmargaretsbushey.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Rose Hardy Total pupils: 433 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

The Royal Masonic School for Girls

St Martha’s

Headteacher: Mr Kevin Carson Total pupils: 964 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

St Albans High School for Girls Preparatory School Wheathampstead, AL4 8DJ stahs.org.uk See Advertisement Headteacher: Mrs Jenny Brown Total pupils: 293 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

St Albans High School for Girls St Albans, AL1 3SJ stahs.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Jenny Brown Total pupils: 653 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

St Albans School

St Albans, AL3 4HB st-albans.herts.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Gillespie Total pupils: 825 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys • Co-Ed

St Christopher School

Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3JZ stchris.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Richard Palmer Total pupils: 486 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Columba’s College St Albans, AL3 4AW stcolumbascollege.org

Hadley Wood, EN4 0NJ st-marthas.co.uk

Headteacher: Dr Markus Bernhardt Total pupils: 284 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Stanborough Primary and Nursery School Watford, WD25 0DQ stanboroughprimary.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Lorraine Dixon Total pupils: 83 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Stormont School

Potters Bar, EN6 5HA stormountschool.org

4-18 YEARS

Headteacher: Mrs Sharon Martin Total pupils: 167 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

“Send your daughter here and watch her soar”

Tring Park School for the Performing Arts Tring, HP23 5LX tringpark.com See Advertisement

The Good Schools Guide

Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2RF westbrookhay.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Keith Young Total pupils: 336 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Co-Ed

York House School

Headteacher: Mrs Bronwen Goulding Total pupils: 423 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Isle of Wight

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Gray Total pupils: 303 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Ryde School

Ryde, PO33 3BE rydeschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr M A Waldron Total pupils: 500 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Scholarship. Adventure. Integrity. www.stahs.org.uk s

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London Road, Hemel Hempstead HP1 2RF

Watford, WD25 9JT spsch.org

Rickmansworth, WD3 4LW york-house.com

Headteacher: Mr Daniel Sayers Total pupils: 165 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

www.westbrookhay.co.uk

Stanborough School

St Francis’ College

Harpenden, AL5 2ES sthildasharpenden.co.uk

Contact: 01442 256143

Headteacher: Mrs A Horwood Total pupils: 105 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Westbrook Hay Prep School

St Hilda’s School

9.30am – 12.30pm

Welwyn, AL6 0BJ sherrardswood.co.uk

St Edmund’s College & Prep School

Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3PJ st-francis.herts.sch.uk See Profile Listing

Saturday, 30th September

Sherrardswood School

Headteacher: Mr S Anderson Total pupils: 333 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Paulo Duràn Total pupils: 811 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

OPEN MORNING

Headteacher: Mr Matthew Burke Total pupils: 191 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mr David Buxton Total pupils: 864 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Ware, SG11 1DS stedmundscollege.org See Advertisement

Happiness, Confidence, Success

Headteacher: Mr Douglas Brown Total pupils: 150 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs J Cameron Total pupils: 438 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Rickmansworth, WD3 4HF royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk See Advertisement

An outstanding Independent Prep School for boys and girls aged 3-13 years

Hertingfordbury, SG14 2LX stjosephsinthepark.co.uk

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OPEN MORNINGS

SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2017 WEDNESDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2017

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A leading boarding and day school for girls aged 11–18, in a beautiful 120-acre estate close to London

www.queenswood.org | 01707 602500

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Derwent Lodge Girls Prep School

Ashford Prep School

Tonbridge, TN11 0NJ somerhill.org

Headteacher: Mr Richard Yeates Total pupils: 238 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Dover College

Ashford, TN23 3DJ ashfordschool.co.uk

Ashford School

Ashford, TN24 8PB ashfordschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Mike Buchanan Total pupils: 476 Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Babington House School Chislehurst, BR7 5ES babingtonhouse.com

Headteachers: Mrs Catrin Sherwood and Mr Tim Lello Total pupils: 307 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Beechwood Sacred Heart School Tunbridge Wells, TN2 3QD beechwood.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Aaron Lennon Total pupils: 419 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Benenden School

Cranbrook, TN17 4AA benenden.kent.sch.uk Headteacher: Mrs Samantha Price Total pupils: 544 Senior • 6th Form • Boarding • Girls

Bethany School

Cranbrook, TN17 1LB bethanyschool.org.uk See Advertisement Headteacher: Mr Francie Healy Total pupils: 353 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bickley Park School

Bromley, BR1 2DS bickleyparkschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Patrick Wenham Total pupils: 322 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Bishop Challoner School Bromley, BR2 0BS bishopchallonerschool.com

Headteacher: Mrs Paula Anderson Total pupils: 373 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Breaside Preparatory School Bromley, Kent BR1 2PR breaside.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Karen A Nicholson Total pupils: 257 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bromley High School Bromley, BR1 2TW bromleyhigh.gdst.net See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Angela Drew Total pupils: 871 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

CATS College Canterbury Canterbury, CT1 3LQ catscollege.com

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Ullmer MBE Total pupils: 444 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Cobham Hall

Cobham, DA12 3BL cobhamhall.com

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Dover, CT17 9RH dovercollege.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Gareth Doodes Total pupils: 296 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Dulwich Preparatory School Cranbrook, TN17 3NP dcpskent.org

Headteacher: Mr Paul David Total pupils: 509 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Co-Ed

Farringtons School Chislehurst, BR7 6LR farringtons.org.uk See Advertisement

OPEN MORNING

Headteacher: Mrs Dorothy Nancekievill Total pupils: 680 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Fosse Bank School

Saturday 23rd September 2017, 09.00 – 12.00

Hildenborough, TN11 8ND fossebankschool.co.uk

A leading independent co-educational day and boarding school offering high academic standards, excellent pastoral care and a wide extra-curricular programme within a supportive Christian environment.

Headteacher: Ms Alison Cordingley Total pupils: 73 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Gad’s Hill School

Co-education Juniors 3 – 11, Seniors 11 – 16, Sixth Form 16 - 18

Rochester, ME3 7PA gadshill.org Headteacher: Mr D G Craggs Total pupils: 388 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Perry Street, Chislehurst, Kent BR7 6LR T: 020 8467 0256

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The Granville School Sevenoaks, TN13 3LJ granvilleschool.org

Headteacher: Mrs Jane Scott Total pupils: 204 Open Morning 2016-17_129x99.indd 1 Nursery • Co-Ed • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Hilden Grange School Tonbridge, TN10 3BX hildengrange.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr J Withers Total pupils: 336 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Hilden Oaks School & Nursery Tonbridge, TN10 3BU hildenoaks.co.uk

Headteacher: Katy Joiner Total pupils: 218 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Holmewood House School Tunbridge Wells, TN3 0EB holmewoodhouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr James D B Marjoribanks Total pupils: 440 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Junior King’s School Canterbury, CT2 OAY junior-kings.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr Peter Wells Total pupils: 340 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Kent College Nursery, Infant and Junior School

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Canterbury, CT2 9AQ kentcollege.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr A J Carter Total pupils: 167 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

If you would like to attend an Open Morning, request a prospectus, or arrange an individual tour, please contact the Admissions Office on 01483 813535 or email: admissions@aldro.org Aldro, Lombard Street, Shackleford, Godalming, Surrey GU8 6AS www.aldro.org s

Headteacher: Mr Paul Mitchell Total pupils: 185 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Helen Hoffman Total pupils: 133 Prep • Day • Girls

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Happy, relaxed, and engaged, the girls are challenged in their learning, play cricket with the sea behind them, enjoy accommodation which is like a boutique hotel, and grow up at their own pace. www.roedean.co.uk

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SOUTH EAST | Kent Kent College

Rochester Independent College

Headteacher: Julian Waltho Total pupils: 690 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Brian Pain, Mrs Pauline Bailey, Mr Alistair Brownlow Total pupils: 255 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Canterbury, CT2 9DT kentcollege.com See Advertisement

Kent College

Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4AX kent-college.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Julie Lodrick Total pupils: 438 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Girls

King’s Rochester Pre-Preparatory and Nursery Rochester, ME1 1RH kings-rochester.co.uk

Headteacher: Catherine Openshaw Total pupils: 60 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

King’s Rochester Preparatory School Rochester, ME1 1UB kings-rochester.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Roger Overend Total pupils: 290 Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

King’s Rochester Senior School Rochester, ME1 1TE kings-rochester.co.uk

Rose Hill School

Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9SY rosehillschool.co.uk Headteacher: Ms Emma Neville Total pupils: 304 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Russell House School

Sevenoaks, TN14 5QU russellhouseschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Craig McCarthy Total pupils: 206 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Justin Foster-Gandey Total pupils: 160 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Saint Ronan’s

Sevenoaks Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mr Peter Roberts Total pupils: 826 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr L Harrison Total pupils: 384 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs K Uttley Total pupils: 107 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Marlborough House School

Cranbrook, TN18 4PY marlboroughhouseschool.co.uk See Advertisement Headteacher: Mr Martyn Ward Total pupils: 301 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Co-Ed

Mead School

Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5SN meadschool.info Headteacher: Mrs Angela Culley Total pupils: 197 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The New Beacon

Sevenoaks, TN13 2PB newbeacon.org.uk Headteacher: Mr Michael Piercy Total pupils: 399 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

Sevenoaks School

Sevenoaks, TN13 1HU sevenoaksschool.org See Advertisement Headteacher: Dr Katy Ricks Total pupils: 1035 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Sevenoaks, TN13 1PH solefieldschool.org Headteacher: Mr Dougal A Philps Total pupils: 179 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Tonbridge, TN11 0NJ somerhill.org

Headteacher: Ms Zoë Humm Total pupils: 130 Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Wye, TN25 5EZ springgroveschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr W J B Jones Total pupils: 193 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Extra-curricular: Tonbridge School aims to provide an unsurpassed education of excellence and breadth. We focus our efforts and resources on achieving this by offering, amongst other things, a vibrant and balanced programme of Co-Curricular Breadth and Depth. Involvement in sport, music, art, drama and many other activities underpins a culture of creativity, innovation and excellence. The Co-Curricular programme also provides opportunities for service to others, and the development of self-reliance and leadership skills.

West Wickham, BR4 0QS stdavidsprep.com

Notable Achievements and Alumni: Tonbridge aims to prepare boys for future careers in all walks of life. Alumni include; EM Forster, Norman Heatley OBE (who turned the discovery of penicillin into useable medicine), Frederick Forsyth, Colin Cowdrey, Dan Stevens and all members of the band ‘Keane’.

St Edmund’s School Canterbury Canterbury, CT2 8HU stedmunds.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Louise Moelwyn-Hughes Total pupils: 535 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Academic Record: Tonbridge School has a formidable academic reputation.

This is achieved by high quality teachers, assisted by dedicated support staff, who together foster a broad curriculum for able boys. The ‘average’ marks for GCSE last year were 7A*s and 3 As, whilst at A level three-quarters of all grades were A* or A.

Spring Grove School

Headteachers: Mrs Julia Foulger Total pupils: 147 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr David Paton Total pupils: 237 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Co-Ed • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

A well-established house system at the heart of the school fosters a strong sense of belonging. Tonbridge seeks to celebrate its distinctive mixture of boarders and day boys; this helps to create a unique broadening and deepening of opportunity.

We want boys to enjoy their time here, but also to be made aware of their social and moral responsibilities

Somerhill Pre-Prep

Headteacher: Mr Sebastian Rees Total pupils: 140 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Sevenoaks, TN14 6AE radnor-sevenoaks.org

School Philosophy: The school aims to provide a caring and enlightened environment in which the talents of each individual flourish. We encourage boys to be creative, tolerant and to strive for academic, sporting and cultural excellence. Respect for tradition and an openness to innovation are equally valued.

Solefield School

St David’s College

Radnor House Sevenoaks

Gender / Ages: Boys 13-16 years Total pupils: 785 Type: Boarding and day Fees: Senior – Day from £9,743 per term, Full Boarding from £12,988 per term Typical class size: Senior – Approx 18, Sixth Form – Approx 10 Faith: Christian Motto: Deus Dat Incrementum Entrance procedure: Most of Tonbridge’s boys join the school at age 13 in the First Year (Year 9), but we also accept a smaller entry into the Lower Sixth (Year 12) at the start of Sixth Form courses and into the Second Year (Year 10).

Most boys entering the school at 13 will have completed an assessment during Year 6.

Sevenoaks, TN15 0JU theprep.org.uk

Northbourne Park School Deal, CT14 0NW northbournepark.com

Key facts

Hawkhurst, TN18 5DJ saintronans.co.uk

The King’s School

Faversham, ME13 0EN lorenden.org.uk

T: 01732 365555 W: www.tonbridge-school.co.uk Head Teacher: Mr Tim Haynes Admissions: Mr Andrew Leale E: admissions@tonbridge-school.orgl

Hildenborough, TN11 9HN sackvilleschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Jeremy Walker Total pupils: 272 Senior • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Lorenden Preparatory School

High Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1JP

Sackville School

Headteacher: Mr William Trelawny-Vernon Total pupils: 376 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Canterbury, CT1 2ES kings-school.co.uk

Tonbridge School

Rochester, ME1 1XF rochester-college.org

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SOUTH EAST | Kent | Surrey St Joseph’s Convent School

Yardley Court Boys Prep School

Headteacher: Mrs Carola Timney Total pupils: 143 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr J T Coakley Total pupils: 470 Prep • Day • Boys

Gravesend, DA12 1NR sjcps.org

St Lawrence College Junior School Ramsgate, CT11 7AF slcuk.com See Profile Listing

Headteacher: E Rowe Total pupils: 200 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Lawrence College Ramsgate, CT11 7AE slcuk.com See Profile Listing

Headteacher: Mr Antony Spencer Total pupils: 410 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Michael’s Preparatory School Otford, TN14 5SA stmichaels.kent.sch.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Jill Aisher Total pupils: 471 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Steephill School

Longfield, DA3 7BG steephill.co.uk

Tonbridge, TN11 0NJ somerhill.org

Aberdour School

Tadworth, KT20 6AJ aberdourschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr S Collins Total pupils: 358 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

ACS Cobham International School Cobham, KT11 1BL acs-schools.com

Headteacher: Mr Antony Eysele Total pupils: 1503 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

ACS Egham International School Egham, TW20 0HS acs-schools.com

Headteacher: Mr Jeremy Lewis Total pupils: 617 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Aldro

Godalming, GU8 6AS aldro.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr James Hanson Total pupils: 220 Prep • Day • Boarding • Boys

Sutton Valence Preparatory School

Amesbury School

Headteacher: Claire Corkran Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Sutton Valence School Maidstone, ME17 3HL svs.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Bruce Grindlay Total pupils: 816 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Tonbridge School

Tonbridge, TN9 1JP tonbridge-school.co.uk See Profile Listing

Headteacher: Mr T H P Haynes Total pupils: 788 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Boys

Walthamstow Hall Junior School Sevenoaks, TN13 3LD walthomstow-hall.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteachers: Mrs Diane Wood and Mrs J Milner Total pupils: 621 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Walthamstow Hall

Sevenoaks, TN13 3UL walthomstow-hall.co.uk See Advertisement

Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Wellesley House

Broadstairs, CT10 2DG wellesleyhouse.org

Hindhead, GU26 6BL amesburyschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr N G Taylor Total pupils: 334 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Barfield School

Farnham, GU10 1PB barfieldschool.com

Headteacher: Mr James Reid Total pupils: 156 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Dorking, RH5 6LQ belmont-school.org

Headteacher: Mrs H Skrine Total pupils: 186 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Co-Ed

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Bishopsgate School

Englefield, TW20 0YJ bishopsgate-school.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Rob Williams Total pupils: 350 Nursery • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Box Hill School

- Good Schools Guide

Dorking, RH5 6EA boxhillschool.com

Tadworth, KT20 7ST bramleyschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms P Burgess Total pupils: 89 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Cambridge Tutors College Croydon, CR0 5SX ctc.ac.uk

Headteacher: Dr Chris Drew Total pupils: 212 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mrs Lisa Harries Total pupils: 95 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

admissions@cranmoreprep.co.uk West Horsley, Surrey KT24 6AT www.cranmoreprep.co.uk 01483 280340

Belmont Preparatory School

Bramley School and Nursery

West Wickham, BR4 9HW wickhamcourt.org

for girls and boys 2 ½ - 13

Headteacher: Mr Sean Skehan Total pupils: 230 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

West Lodge School

Wickham Court School

Independent Preparatory School

Nr Godalming, GU8 5NY barrowhills.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Corydon Lowde Total pupils: 416 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Susan Webb Total pupils: 163 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Cranmore School

Barrow Hills School

Headteacher: Mr S O’Malley Total pupils: 138 Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Sidcup, DA15 7DU westlodge.org.uk

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Surrey

Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Birtwell Total pupils: 122 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Maidstone, ME17 3RF svs.org.uk

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Open Morning

30th September - 9.30am The morning includes presentations from the Headmaster & the Director of Studies as well as an individual tour of the school

Excellent rating received in 2017 ISI Report Windlesham House School, West Sussex | Call 01903 874701 | Email whsadmissions@windlesham.com | visit windlesham.com

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SOUTH EAST | Surrey Caterham Preparatory School Caterham, CR3 6YB caterhamprepschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr H W G Tuckett Total pupils: 293 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Caterham School

Caterham, CR3 6YA caterhamschool.co.uk See Advertisement Headteacher: Mr Ceri Jones Total pupils: 897 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Charterhouse

Godalming, GU7 2DX charterhouse.org.uk Headteacher: Andrew Turner Total pupils: 793 Senior • Day • Boarding • Boys • 6th Form • Co-Ed

Chinthurst School

Tadworth, KT20 5QZ chinthurstschool.co.uk Headteacher: Miss C Trundle Total pupils: 152 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

City of London Freemen’s School Ashstead, KT21 1ET clfs.surrey.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Roland Martin Total pupils: 887 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Claremont Fan Court School Esher, KT10 9LY claremont-school.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Louise Fox, Mr Duncan Murphy, Mr Jonathan Insall-Reid Total pupils: 739 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Collingwood School

Wallington, SM6 0BD collingwoodschool.org.uk Headteacher: Leigh Hardie Total pupils: 101 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Coworth-Flexlands School Woking, GU24 8TE coworthflexlands.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Anne Sweeney Total pupils: 135 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls • Boys to 5

Cranleigh Preparatory School Cranleigh, GU6 8QH cranprep.org

Headteacher: Mr Michael T Wilson Total pupils: 302 Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Cranleigh School

Cranleigh, GU6 8QQ cranleigh.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Martin Reader Total pupils: 628 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Cranmore School

West Horsley, KT24 6AT cranmoreprep.co.uk See Advertisement

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Cumnor House School for Boys South Croydon, CR2 6DA cumnorhouse.com

Headteacher: Mr Floyd Steadman Total pupils: 390 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Cumnor House School for Girls Purley, CR8 3HB cumnorhouse.com

Headteacher: Dina Mallett Total pupils: 180 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Danes Hill School

Oxshott, KT22 OJG daneshillschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr William Murdock Total pupils: 880 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Downsend School

Leatherhead, KT22 8TJ downsend.co.uk See Advertisement

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Headteacher: Mr Ian Thorpe Total pupils: 464 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Duke of Kent School

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Ewhurst, GU6 7NS dukeofkentschool.org.uk

A member of the Berkhamsted Schools Group

Headteacher: Mrs Judith Fremont-Barnes Total pupils: 289 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Registered Charity No. 310630

Dunottar School

Reigate, RH2 7EL dunottarschool.com

Headteacher: Mrs Rowena Cole Total pupils: 165 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Edgeborough School Farnham, GU10 3AH edgeborough.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Chris Davies Total pupils: 330 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Elmhurst School

South Croydon, CR2 7DW elmhurstschool.net

Headteacher: Mr Antony Padfield Total pupils: 158 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Epsom College

Epsom, KT17 4JQ epsomcollege.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Jay Piggot Total pupils: 742 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Ewell Castle School Ewell, KT17 2AW ewellcastle.co.uk

Croydon High School

Feltonfleet School

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Cobham, KT11 1DR feltonfleet.co.uk See Profile Listing

Headteacher: Mr Alastair Morrison Total pupils: 400 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Nursery & Junior School 29 & 30 September 2017

Leading independent co-educational Roman Catholic day schools and Nursery in Surrey offering a values-led education for 3 to 18 year olds.

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Oxshott, KT22 OQQ daneshillschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Michael Connolly Total pupils: 467 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Emma Pattison Total pupils: 564 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

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Danes Hill Pre-Prep

Headteacher: Mr Peter Harris Total pupils: 531 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Co-Ed • Senior • Boys

South Croydon, CR2 8YB croydonhigh.gdst.net See Advertisement

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Open Day – Saturday 7 October 2017 1pm-4pm Senior and Preparatory School An outstanding independent day school. Booked tours available throughout the academic year

www.habsboys.org.uk Independent School of the Year 2017 Butterfly Lane, Elstree, Hertfordshire WD6 3AF

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SOUTH EAST | Surrey Frensham Heights

Hurtwood House School

Headteacher: Mr A Fisher Total pupils: 523 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr C M Jackson Total pupils: 347 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Farnham, GU10 4EA frenshamheights.org

Glenesk Pre-Preparatory School East Horsley, KT24 6NS gleneskschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Bradley Total pupils: 133 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Greenacre School for Girls Banstead, SM7 3RA greenacre.surrey.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs L E Redding Total pupils: 284 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Greenfield

Woking, GU22 7TP greenfield.surrey.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Tania Botting Total pupils: 199 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Guildford High School

Guildford, GU1 1SJ guildfordhigh.surrey.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Fiona Boulton Total pupils: 986 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Hall Grove School Bagshot, GU19 5HZ hallgrove.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Alastair Graham Total pupils: 409 Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Halstead Preparatory School for Girls Woking, GU21 4EE halstead-school.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Penelope Austin Total pupils: 215 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Hampton Court House

Leatherhead, KT8 9BS hamptoncourthouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Guy Holloway Total pupils: 235 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Hawley Place School Camberley, GU17 9HU hawleyplace.com

Headteacher: Mr Michael Stone Total pupils: 345 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

The Hawthorns School Redhill, RH1 4QJ hawthorns.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Adrian E Floyd Total pupils: 528 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Hazelwood School

Oxted, RH8 0QU hazelwoodschool.co.uk Headteacher: Lindie Louw Total pupils: 570 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Dorking, RH5 6NU hurtwoodhouse.com See Advertisement

Woking, GU22 8HY islschools.org/surrey

Headteacher: Mr Richard Parker Total pupils: 250 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Kingswood House School Epsom, KT19 8LG kingswoodhouse.org

Headteacher: Mr Peter Brooks Total pupils: 175 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Laleham Lea School Purley, CR8 3JJ lalehamlea.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Karen Barry Total pupils: 110 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Lanesborough School

Guildford, GU1 2EL lanesborough.surrey.sch.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Clare Turnbull Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Lingfield College

Lingfield, RH7 6PH lingfieldcollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Richard Bool Total pupils: 928 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Longacre School

Guildford, GU5 0NQ longacre.surrey.sch.uk See Advertisement

Acting Headteacher: Mr Russell Shepherd Total pupils: 211 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Camberley, GU15 3NE lyndhurstschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Reid Total pupils: 118 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Manor House

Little Bookham, KT23 4EN manorhouseschool.org See Advertisement

and 5 of the top academic scholarships to the RGS went to Lanesborough boys

Headteacher: Ms Tracey Fantham Total pupils: 293 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

Micklefield School

Reigate, RH2 9DU micklefieldschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs L Rose Total pupils: 298 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Esher, KT10 9EG milbournelodge.co.uk

An Independent Day School for Boys aged 3 to 13 /Lanesboroughschool

Moon Hall College

Leigh, RH2 8RE moonhallcollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Alison Hedley Total pupils: 110 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

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Lyndhurst School

Headteacher: Mrs Judy Waite Total pupils: 215 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr John Towers Total pupils: 348 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

To register attendance please visit our website: www.lanesborough.surrey.sch.uk or, for a one to one appointment, please contact Admissions: 01483 880489 or email: admissions@lanesborough.surrey.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr John Attwater Total pupils: 410 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Nick Arkell Total pupils: 493 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Sutton, SM1 2TE homefield.sutton.sch.uk

9:30am to 11:30am

Nr Godalming, GU8 5SG kesw.org See Advertisement

Milbourne Lodge School

Homefield Preparatory School

SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER

King Edward’s Witley

Hoe Bridge School

Old Woking, GU22 8JE hoebridgeschool.co.uk

OPEN MORNING

International School of London, Surrey

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SOUTH EAST

Providing a first class education for boys and girls aged 3 to 19 since 1862 Our Lady of Sion School is an independent co-educational day school based in Worthing’s town centre for pupils from 3 to 19 years.

We got top marks for the way we help our students develop their self-confidence and self-esteem as well as helping them prepare for life outside the school in our recent Independent Schools Report.

Inspectors also highlighted our students’ ‘excellent attitude to learning’ and identified our teachers as ‘well qualified’ with a ‘passion for their subjects’.

OPEN EVENING FOR 2018 ENTRY Thursday 28th September 2017 Junior School 6pm-7.30pm • Senior School 6.30pm-8pm You can also arrange a visit by contacting our Admissions Registrar Mrs S Bond on 01903 228638, or email admissions@sionschool.org.uk Junior School: Westbrooke, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1RE Senior School: Gratwicke Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 4BL AUTUMN 2017 | INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS | 133 independentschoolparent.com www.sionschool.org.uk

SOUTH EAST | Surrey Moon Hall School

Reigate Grammar School

Headteacher: Mrs Berry Baker Total pupils: 45 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Shaun Fenton Total pupils: 947 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

More House School

Ripley Court

Headteacher: Mrs Amanda Leach Total pupils: 444 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Boys

Headteacher: Mr A J Gough Total pupils: 267 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Notre Dame School

Esher, KT10 0LX rowanprepschool.co.uk See Advertisement

Nr Dorking, RH5 6LQ moonhallschool.co.uk

Farnham, GU10 3AP morehouse.org.uk

Cobham, KT11 1HA notredame.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Anna King Total pupils: 600 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Oakhyrst Grange School Caterham, CR3 6AF oakhyrstgrangeschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Alex Gear Total pupils: 154 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Oakwood School

Purley, CR8 2AN oakwoodschool.org.uk

Reigate, RH2 0QS reigategrammar.org

Ripley, GU23 6NE ripleycourt.co.uk

Rowan Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mrs Susan Clarke Total pupils: 320 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Royal Alexandra & Albert School Reigate, RH2 0TD raa-school.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Mark Dixon Total pupils: 960 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Royal Grammar School Guildford, GU1 3BB rgs-guildford.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Ciro Candia Total pupils: 174 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Dr J M Cox Total pupils: 924 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Old Palace of John Whitgift School Junior

Royal Russell School

South Croydon, CR2 7YN oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Tim Horton Total pupils: 150 Nursery • Prep • Day • Girls • Co-Ed

Old Palace of John Whitgift School Senior Croydon, CR0 1AX oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk Headteacher: Mrs Carol Jewell Total pupils: 700 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Parkside School

Cobham, KT11 3PX parkside-school.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Mark Beach Total pupils: 255 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Prior’s Field

Godalming, GU7 2RH priorsfieldschool.com Headteacher: Tracy Kirnig Total pupils: 453 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Priory Preparatory School Banstead, SM7 2AJ priory-banstead.surrey.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Graham Malcolm Total pupils: 208 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Reed’s School

Cobham, KT11 2ES reeds.surrey.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Mark Hoskins Total pupils: 656 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Boys • Girls

Reigate St Mary’s Preparatory and Choir School Reigate, RH2 7RN reigatestmarys.org

Outstanding education in Farnham, Surrey for girls and boys aged 2-13, with day and weekly boarding.

Come to one of our Open Days and see what makes the difference.

Croydon, CR9 5BX royalrussell.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr C J Hutchinson Total pupils: 919 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Tel: 01252 792495 Web: www.edgeborough.co.uk Find Us: Farnham, Surrey, GU10 3AH

Rydes Hill Preparatory School and Nursery Guildford, GU2 8BP rydeshill.com

Headteacher: Mrs Stephanie Bell Total pupils: 190 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Andrew’s School

Woking, GU21 4QW st-andrews.woking.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Adrian Perks Total pupils: 313 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Catherine’s School, Bramley Guildford, GU5 0DF stcatherines.info See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Alice Phillips and Miss Naomi Bartholomew Total pupils: 892 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

St Christopher’s Nursery and Pre-Prep

Independent Preparatory School for Boys and Girls aged 2½-11 years

Epsom, KT18 5HE st-christophers.surrey.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Anne Caroline Thackray Total pupils: 165 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

OPEN MORNING

St David’s School

Purley, CR8 3AL stdavidsschool.co.uk

22nd & 23rd September 9.30-12.00

Headteacher: Ms Cressida Mardell Total pupils: 149 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

To attend please telephone 01483 893225 or email admissions@longacreschool.co.uk

St Edmund’s School Hindhead, GU26 6BH saintedmunds.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr A J Walliker Total pupils: 294 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

www.longacreschool.co.uk Hullbrook Lane, Shamley Green, Guildford, Surrey GU5 0NQ s

Headteacher: Mr Marcus Culverwell Total pupils: 336 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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St Lawrence College WALTHAMSTOW HALL

College Road, Ramsgate, Kent CT11 7AE

T: 01843 572931 W: www.slcuk.com Principal: Mr Antony Spencer Admissions: Mr Simon Heard, Deputy Head (Registrar) E: admissions@slcuk.com

Independent Day School for Girls aged 3 - 11 in Sevenoaks

Key facts

Gender / Ages: boys & girls, 3-18 years Total pupils: 620, boys 320, girls 300 Type: Day, Boarding Fees: Nursery – £38.50 per day. Pre-Prep – Day from £2,490 per term.

Prep – Day from £3,140 per term. Full Boarding from £8,685 per term.

Senior – Day from £4,833 per term. Full Boarding from £11,545 per term.

Typical class size: Prep – 16, Senior – 18, Sixth Form – 12 Faith: Church of England.

Entrance procedure: Visit, report. Scholarships at 7+, 11+, 13+ & 16+

School Philosophy: This safe and caring school is set in 45 acres of spacious, stunning grounds which house beautiful old architecture combined with new modern builds and facilities. Founded in 1879, it is home to day and boarding pupils from local, UK and international families. A medium-sized school – small enough to ensure that individual pupils receive the attention and care they require, but large enough to provide outstanding facilities.

Academic Record: Academic standards are high across the school and an extensive choice of GCSEs and A-levels are offered, with an excellent success rate of pupils going on to their first choice university. Small class sizes ensure that teachers can look after the individual needs of each pupil, so that highflyers gain their places at the top universities, and less able pupils develop skills in areas which will serve them well in the future.

“Pupils receive a high quality education” “Achievement in extra-curricular activities is excellent” Independent Schools Inspectorate

“A caring and nurturing school” The Good Schools Guide

To arrange a tour of the school please contact Mrs Alex Knight

registrar@whall.school, 01732 451334

Walthamstow Hall Junior School Bradbourne Park Road, Sevenoaks, TN13 3LD

Extra-curricular: Sporting facilities are exceptional, and expert coaching is provided at all levels. Music and drama flourish, enhanced by the school’s 500seat theatre, and there are many opportunities for pupils to perform. All pupils benefit from an extensive activities programme which includes the Combined Cadet Force and a thriving Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, as well as chess, archery, golf, fencing, football, sailing, horse riding, swimming, table tennis, musical theatre and many more activities.

www.walthamstow-hall.co.uk

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Tormead School

Headteacher: Mr Antony Hudson and Mrs Rachel Owens Total pupils: 950 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Louise Salmond Smith, Mrs Christina Foord Total pupils: 750 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

St Hilary’s School

Westward School

Weybridge, KT15 2QS stgeorgesweybridge.com See Advertisement

Godalming, GU7 1RZ sthilarysschool.com See Profile Listing

Headteacher: Mrs Jane Wittingham Total pupils: 268 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Ives School

Haslemere, GU27 2ES stiveshaslemere.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Kay Goldsworthy Total pupils: 115 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys • Girls

St James Senior Boys’ School Ashford, TW15 3DZ stjamesschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr David Brazier Total pupils: 382 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

St John’s School

Leatherhead, KT22 8SP stjohnsleatherhead.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Martin Collier Total pupils: 656 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Teresa’s School Dorking, RH56ST st-teresas.com

Headteacher: Mr Mike Farmer Total pupils: 331 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Seaton House School

Sutton, SM2 5LH seatonhouse.sutton.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Debbie Morrison Total pupils: 160 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys • Girls

Shrewsbury Lodge School Esher, KT10 9EA shrewsburylodge.com

Headteacher: Mr James Tilly Total pupils: 143 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Sir William Perkin’s School Chertsey, KT16 9BN swps.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Chris Muller Total pupils: 606 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

The Study School

New Malden, KT3 5DP thestudyschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Donna Brackstone-Drake Total pupils: 134 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Sutton High School Sutton, SM1 2AX suttonhigh.gdst.net See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Katharine Crouch Total pupils: 642 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

TASIS The American School in England Thorpe, TW20 8TE england.tasis.com

Walton-on-Thames, KT12 1LE westwardschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mrs Shelley Stevenson Total pupils: 151 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Woldingham School

Woldingham, CR3 7YA woldinghamschool.co.uk

Byfleet Road, Cobham, Surrey KT11 1DR

T: 01932 862 264 E: office@feltonfleet.co.uk W: feltonfleet.co.uk Head Teacher: Mr Alastair G Morrison BA (Hons), PGCE Admissions: Mrs Jackie Williams E: admissions@feltonfleet.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Alex Hutchinson Total pupils: 543 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Girls

Key facts

Woodcote House

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 3-13 years Total pupils: 402, boys 219, girls 183 Type: Day, Weekly, Flexi Boarding Fees: Nursery £2,035 (mornings), Reception to Year 2 £3,800, Main School Day £5,580, Boarding £6,780 termly.

Entrance procedure: Early registration is recommended for Nursery and Pre-Prep.

Main entry points to the Prep School are 7+ (Year 3) and 11+ (Year 7) but places are sometimes available at other points. Entry to the Prep School is by assessment.

Windlesham, GU20 6PF woodcotehouseschool.co.uk See Advertisement Headteacher: Mr D. M. K Paterson Total pupils: 93 Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Boys

The Yehudi Menuhun School

School Philosophy: High quality teaching, excellent pastoral care and outstanding facilities underpin the unique and nurturing family atmosphere at Feltonfleet, where every child is encouraged to attain high standards in their learning, develop confidence in their abilities and adopt a positive attitude towards learning, living and leading. Recent developments include our new state of the art performing arts centre and theatre. The school’s ISI Inspection Report highlights the school’s excellence in all areas of educational provision.

Cobham, KT11 3QQ yehudimenuhinschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Dr Richard Hillier Total pupils: 77 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

East Sussex

Open Days: Saturday 30th September 2017, Friday 23rd February, Friday 4th May 2018 or please contact the Registrar to arrange a private visit.

Ashdown House Preparatory School Forest Row, RH18 5JY ashdownhouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Haydon Moore Total pupils: 119 Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Battle Abbey Preparatory School Bexhill, TN40 2NH battleabbeyschool.com

Headteacher: Mrs M Maslin Total pupils: 72 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Battle Abbey School Battle, TN33 0AD battleabbeyschool.com

Headteacher: Mr David Clark Total pupils: 378 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bede’s Preparatory School Eastbourne, BN20 7XL bedes.org.uk/prep-school

Headteacher: Mr Giles Entwisle Total pupils: 373 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bede’s School

Upper Dicker, BN27 3QH bedes.org

Headteacher: Mr Peter Goodyer Total pupils: 750 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

OPEN MORNING September 30th 2017 10am-12pm

Bellerbys College Brighton Brighton, BN1 4LF bellerbys.com

Headteacher: Mr Simon Mower Total pupils: 888 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Sussex Prep School

Bricklehurst Manor Wadhurst, TN5 7EL bricklehurst.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Kate Elliot Total pupils: 122 Nursery • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Interim Headteacher: Mr Fernardo Gonzalez Total pupils: 720 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Feltonfleet School

Guildford, GU1 2JD tormeadschool.org.uk See Advertisement

40mins from Central London 01293 520648 cottesmoreschool.com

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St. Francis’ College WALTHAMSTOW HALL S e v e n o a k s K e n t

Open Morning Saturday 23rd September

Broadway, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire. SG6 3PJ T: 01462 670511 E: admissions@st-francis.herts.sch.uk W: www.st-francis.herts.sch.uk Head Teacher: Mrs Bronwen Goulding Admissions: Mrs Lisa Cogan

10am - 12.15pm

Key facts

Gender / Ages: girls, 3-18 years Total pupils: 400, girls 400 Type: Day, Weekly, Flexi, Full Boarding Fees: Nursery – Day from £1,495. Pre-Prep – Day from £3,249.

Prep – Day from £3,890, Weekly Boarding from £7,277.

Full Boarding from £9,063 per term. Flexi Boarding from £65 per night.

Senior – Day from £5,184, Weekly Boarding from £8,570, Full Boarding from £10,357 per term, Flexi Boarding from £65 per night.

Typical class size: Prep – 14, Senior – 18, Sixth Form – 10 Main exit schools: Girls successfully progress to a wide range of top UK universities; Cambridge, Oxford, UCL, Warwick, LSE, Nottingham, Manchester to name a few.

Faith: Christian, but welcome all faiths and no faith.

Motto: Cor unum anima una. One heart, one soul.

Entrance procedure: St. Francis’ is academically selective and applicants should contact Mrs Cogan, Admissions Administrator, to arrange to sit entrance tests.

“Thriving girls’ day school in Sevenoaks.

Produces quietly confident young women with a ‘can do’ attitude and an adventurous spirit.

The strong academic results are a ‘happy by-product’ of all this.”

The Good Schools Guide

Book your Open Morning place at

www.walthamstow-hall.co.uk

School Philosophy: St. Francis’ College provides a stimulating education, based on Christian values, which enables young women to thrive in an everchanging global environment. It builds intellectually creative minds through a rigorous and supportive educational experience, with a focus on close individual care. It is also a community that values the unique qualities of each member and promotes social responsibility, self-esteem and self-development. St. Francis’ is a community united in one purpose - to prioritise the development of and opportunities for its students.

Academic Record: Consistent excellent GCSE and A Level results. 2016 49% A/A* A level and 61% A/A* GCSE. Extra-curricular: A rich and varied program of activities take place at lunch time, after school and during the weekend.

Including arts, drama, music, sport, Duke of Edinburgh, debating, animal care, archaeological society, maths puzzles, plus many, many more.

Open Days: 7 and 13 October 2017 (please see the website for further details)

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Brighton & Hove High School Junior School

Northease Manor School Lewes, BN7 3EY northease.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Sian Cattaneo Total pupils: 243 Nursery • Prep • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Claire Farmer Total pupils: 96 Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

A water melon can float

Brighton & Hove High School

Roedean School

Unless it’s the Titanic

Hove, BN3 6NH bhhs.gdst.net

Brighton, BN1 3AT bhhs.gdst.net

Headteacher: Ms Jennifer Smith Total pupils: 338 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Brighton College Pre-Prep School Brighton, BN2 5JF brightoncollege.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Ms Jo Williams Total pupils: 223 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Brighton College Prep School Brighton, BN2 0EU brightoncollege.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Harry Hastings Total pupils: 302 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Brighton College

Brighton, BN2 0AL brightoncollege.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr R J Cairns Total pupils: 1081 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Eastbourne College

Eastbourne, BN21 4JY eastbourne-college.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Tom Lawson Total pupils: 631 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Frewen College

Nr Rye, TN31 6NL frewencollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr N Goodman Total pupils: 111 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Greenfields School, EFL College Forest Row, RH18 5JD greenfieldsschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Jeff Smith Total pupils: 135 Nursery • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Lancing College Preparatory School at Hove

Brighton, BN2 5RQ roedean.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Oliver Blond Total pupils: 423 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Girls

Sacred Heart School

Wadhurst, TN5 6DQ sacredheartwadhurst.org.uk Headteacher: Mrs Hilary Blake Total pupils: 117 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Eastbourne, BN20 7RP standrewsprep.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Gareth Jones Total pupils: 374 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Christopher’s School

Mayfield, TN20 6PH mayfieldgirls.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Miss Antonia Beary Total pupils: 357 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Moira House Girls School Eastbourne, BN20 7TE moirahouse.co.uk

Mayfield, TN20 6HR skippershill.com

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Leatherhead

T: 01372 372311 www.downsend.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Mark Hammond Total pupils: 136 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Vinehall School

Robertsbridge, TN32 5JL vinehallschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Richard Follett Total pupils: 251 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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West Sussex Ardingly College

Nr Haywards Heath, RH17 6SQ ardingly.com Headteacher: Mr Ben Figgis Total pupils: 932 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

East Grinstead, RH19 3PD brambletye.co.uk See Advertisement

OPEN MORNINGS Monday 2 October

Burgess Hill Girls

Friday 6 October

Burgess Hill, RH15 0EG burgesshillgirls.com

9:30am

Headteacher: Mrs Liz Laybourn Total pupils: 526 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

To reserve a place at an open morning or book an individual tour, please call Pauline on 01428 681032 or email registrar@barrowhills.org

Christ’s Hospital School Horsham, RH13 0LJ christs-hospital.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr John Franklin Total pupils: 863 Senior • 6th Form • Boarding • Co-Ed

Copthorne Preparatory School Copthorne, RH10 3HR copthorneprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr C J Jones Total pupils: 319 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mrs Elodie Vallantine Total pupils: 306 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Prep School Open Morning: 7 October • 9:15 am - 11:30 am (Headmaster’s Talk at 9:30 am)

Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School

Lewes Old Grammar School

Mayfield School

Pre-Prep Open House Week: 2-6 October • Call to arrange a tour

Headteacher: Mr Julian Withers Total pupils: 284 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Will Brooks Total pupils: 264 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr R Blewitt Total pupils: 574 Nursery • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Open Events

Hove, BN3 4AD stchristophershove.org.uk

Brambletye

Lewes, BN7 1XS logs.uk.com

‘Hands on History’ we call it. Active learning that inspires young minds every day.

St Andrew’s Prep

Hove, BN3 6LU lancingcollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Kirsty Keep Total pupils: 244 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Cottesmore School

Our Lady of Sion Senior School

Headteacher: Mr Thomas Rogerson Total pupils: 155 Prep • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Dr Simon Orchard Total pupils: 339 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Pease Pottage, RH11 9AU cottesmoreschool.com See Advertisement

Cumnor House Sussex

Danehill, Haywards Heath RH17 7HT cumnor.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Christian Heinrich Total pupils: 385 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-ed

Worthing, BN11 4BL sionschool.org.uk See Advertisement

Pennthorpe School

Rudgwick, Nr Horsham, RH12 3HJ pennthorpe.com Headteacher: Mr Neil Jones Total pupils: 313 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Dorset House

Prebendal School

Headteacher: Mr Matt Thomas Total pupils: 134 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Ms Louise Salmond Smith Total pupils: 188 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Pulborough, RH20 1PB dorsethouseschool.com

Farlington School Horsham, RH12 3PN farlingtonschool.net

Headteacher: Ms Louise Higson Total pupils: 324 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Great Ballard

Chichester, PO18 OLR greatballard.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Richard Evans Total pupils: 125 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Great Walstead School

Haywards Heath, RH16 2QL greatwalstead.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Colin Baty Total pupils: 430 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Handcross Park School

Haywards Heath, RH17 6HF handcrossparkschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Richard Brown Total pupils: 336 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Hurstpierpoint College Hurstpierpoint, BN6 9JS hppc.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr T J Manly Total pupils: 738 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Lancing College Preparatory School at Worthing Worthing, BN14 8HU lancingcollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Heather Beeby Total pupils: 152 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Lancing College

Lancing, BN15 0RW lancingcollege.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Dominic Oliver Total pupils: 538 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Oakwood School

Chichester, PO18 9AN oakwoodschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mrs Clare Bradbury Total pupils: 223 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Our Lady of Sion Junior School Worthing, BN11 1RE sionschool.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Dr Simon Orchard Total pupils: 109 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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St Hilary’s Preparatory School

Chichester, PO19 1RT prebendalschool.org.uk

Seaford College

Petworth, GU28 0NB seaford.org Headteacher: Mr J Green Total pupils: 689 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Shoreham College

Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6YW shorehamcollege.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Richard Taylor-West Total pupils: 368 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Slindon College

Arundel, BN18 0RH slindoncollege.co.uk Headteacher: Mr David Quick Total pupils: 84 Prep • Senior • Day • Boarding • Boys

Holloway Hill, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1RZ

T: 01483 416551 E: registrar@sthilarysschool.com W: www.sthilarysschool.com Head Teacher: Mrs Jane Whittingham Admissions: Mrs Joyce Dickenson

Key facts

Gender / Ages: Boys 2 – 7 and Girls 2 – 11 years Total pupils: 272, boys 75, girls 198 Type: Day Fees: Nursery – Daily from £28.50 Pre-Prep – Termly from £3,235.

Prep: Termly from £4,285 Entrance procedure: We are a non-selective school but children are invited to attend a Taster Day to ensure we are the right school for them.

School Philosophy: At St Hilary’s, each pupil’s individual talents and strengths are recognised and utilised ensuring all reach their full potential in a vibrant, busy yet nurturing environment. Our aim is to educate the whole child by providing unequalled opportunities, support and encouragement for their ongoing development.

Open Days: Friday 13 October from 10.30am – 12pm and 14 October from 10am – 12.30pm. Personal tours are also available by appointment.

Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School Sompting, BN15 OAZ somptingabbotts.com

Headteacher: Mr Stuart Douch Total pupils: 97 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Towers Convent School Steyning, BN44 3TF thetowersconventschool.org

Headteacher: Mrs Clare Trelfa Total pupils: 314 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Flexi • Girls • Boys

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(In addition to our existing South West London service!)

A FAMILY-RUN BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS AGED 7–13

Westbourne House School Chichester, PO20 2BH westbournehouse.org

Headteacher: Mr M Barker Total pupils: 442 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Windlesham House School Washington, RH20 4AY windlesham.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Richard Foster Total pupils: 356 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

• Pick up from Fulham at 7.30am • All sport and hobbies done at school in our 30 acres • All homework finished at school • Leaves Woodcote at 5.30pm

where boys can still be boys!

Snows Ride, Windlesham, Surrey GU20 6PF Tel: 01276 472115 www.woodcotehouseschool.co.uk

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For A unique performing arts and academic education For young people with outstanding talent in Acting, Dance, Musical Theatre or Commercial Music Co-educational boarding & day school from ages 8 – 19 Outstanding academic education offering 23 A Level options

OPEN DAYS 6, 12 & 13 OCTOBER 2017 Apply online at www.tringpark.com/opendays

www.tringpark.com info@tringpark.com or tel. 01442 824255 Photo: www.gentlevisions.co.uk Registered charity no. 1040330

Excellent.

ISI Inspection 2015

St Ives pupils benefit from a truly 360 degree, practical, creative, sporting and, of course, academic education.

It is our aim to make the most of every child, teaching them to love learning, to love challenging themselves and to love being the best they can be.

OPEN MORNINGS 22 SEPTEMBER 13 OCTOBER FOREST SCHOOL ACTIVITY MORNINGS 16 SEPTEMBER 14 OCTOBER

NURTURING. INSPIRING. CREATIVE. FUN.

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Nursery, Pre-Prep & Prep day school for Boys 2-7 and Girls 2-11.

Three Gates Lane, Haslemere

01428 643734 www.stiveshaslemere.com

St Ives School is a part of

Charity Reg No 312080 Company Reg No 724728

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For children that love an adventure...

Rewarding children for: Confidence, Curiosity, Creativity, Collaboration, Communication, Commitment and Craftsmanship For a private tour, please call our Registrar on 01444 483528 or visit www.greatwalstead.co.uk

Please join us for one of our forthcoming Open Mornings, from 9am: Thursday 21st September Friday 3rd November Thursday 7th December

A school for life

Bringing out the best in every child

The Hawthorns is a thriving independent school in Bletchingley, Surrey, for girls and boys aged 2 to 13 years

Call us to discuss admissions throughout the year

01883 743048

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Royal Grammar School, Guildford

WE BRING OUT THE BEST IN OUR GIRLS

High Street, Guildford, Surrey GU1 3BB T: 01483 880600 E: admissions@rgsg.co.uk W: rgs-guildford.co.uk Head Teacher: Dr Jon Cox Admissions: Mrs Kathryn Sweet

Key facts

SENIOR SCHOOL

Gender / Ages: boys, 11-18 years Total pupils: 900 Type: Day Fees: Senior – Day from £5,865 per term Typical class size: Senior – 20, Sixth Form – 12 Main exit schools: Cambridge, Oxford and the Russell Group Universities Faith: Non-denominational but based on Christian values Entrance procedure: Own 11+ entrance examinations take place on Saturday 13 January 2018 for 11+ entry in September 2018 and 13+ entry in September 2020

School Philosophy: The RGS has a national reputation for academic excellence but also prides itself on its traditional values of decency and respect, supported by very strong pastoral care. Each individual enjoys learning in a supportive environment which, through inspiring and talented teachers, allows natural potential to be realised. Boys experience the widest range of enriching activities which nurture creativity, tenacity and teamwork; RGS boys regularly receive national and international recognition on the academic, cultural and sporting stage. The boys develop into articulate, confident and happy young men ready to flourish in their chosen fields and to make a positive impact on society.

Academic Record: The RGS is consistently one of the top five boys’ schools in the country at both A Level and GCSE. The School is also extremely proud of its Oxbridge record; in the last ten years 350 offers have been achieved at Oxford and Cambridge.

Extra-curricular: The School provide state-of-the-art facilities conducive to performance at the very highest level: a new Design and Technology centre opened this year. Art, drama, music and sport, and a rich diverse array of clubs and societies, cater to all abilities and interests.

JUNIOR SCHOOL REGISTER FOR AN OPEN MORNING CALL 01483 796040 OR EMAIL registrar@tormeadschool.org.uk Bursaries and Scholarships are available at 11+ and 16+

Independent Day School for Girls 4-18 years www.tormeadschool.org.uk @TormeadSchool Tormead School, Cranley Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 2JD Registered Charity No: 312057

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Notable Achievements and Alumni: Recent distinguished alumni include: Simon Bird (Actor, Writer and Comedian); Dr Ed Coates (Explorer); Professor Andrew Hamilton (ex-Provost of Yale, Vice-Chancellor, Oxford University); Terry Jones (Monty Python) and Bob Willis (England cricketer).

Open Days: Saturday 7 October 2017 from 10.00am to 12.30pm

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Be all Be all Be all you can be you can be you can be St Ed’s is a school where every pupil is connected by a love of learning, the pursuit of possibility and the St Ed’s is a school where every connected challenge of being the verypupil best is they can be. by a love of learning, the pursuit of possibility and the St Ed’s is a school where every pupil is connected by a love of learning, the pursuit of possibility and the challenge of being the very best they can be.

01227 475601 | www.stedmunds.org.uk More than a school challenge of being the very best they can be.

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What if there was a school that did things a little differently?

That really understood each girl and put her at its heart.

That found her individual talents and inspired her.

Yet challenged her to achieve the best possible results.

What if your daughter went to that school?

Open Day: 8th October RMS girls think differently Learn more at RMSforgirls.org.uk The Royal Masonic School for Girls, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 4HF 01923 773168

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This map illustrates the location of some of our leading independent schools in this region. A directory of schools, listed by county, follows this page.

Blandford Forum Bournemouth

3 Bournemouth Collegiate School 4 Talbot Heath School

Shaftesbury

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Sherborne

6 Sherborne Girls

Wimborne

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Gloucestershire Bristol

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Cheltenham

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Stroud

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Tetbury

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Bruton

13 Bruton School for Girls

Crewkerne

14 Perrott Hill School

Sparkford

15 Hazlegrove Prep School

Taunton

16 King’s College Taunton 17 King’s Hall School Taunton

The pastoral care & andard of education are out anding, our daughter achieves academically, enjoys a fun school life during the week and happy family life at the weekends, we feel we have found the perfect balance” Y7 parent, London.

VISIT OUR OPEN DAY ON FRI 6th OCTOBER • £4619 per term tuition fees • £3563 per term Full Boarding • £3180 per term Weekly Boarding • £50 per night, £120 for a 3 day Flexi Board package

Wiltshire Calne

18 St Mary’s Calne 19 St Margaret’s Preparatory School

Salisbury 20 Chafyn Grove School 21 Godolphin School 22 Sandroyd School

Talbot Heath Independent School for Girls aged 3-18

Voted in the top 5 boarding schools for girls in the UK Study International, Oct 2015 Call Kerry Wills to talk about a free taster night for your daughter!

Rothesay Rd | Bournemouth | Dorset | Tel: 01202 761881 talbotheath.org | Connect with us @TalbotHeathSch | Day and boarding

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OPEN DAYS: 9AM-12PM SAT 7TH OCT AND 9AM-12PM SAT 3RD MARCH Bookings at www.westonbirt.org/admissions/open-days Day Fee £4,995/term; Boarding Fee £9,750/term.

E: admissions@westonbirt.org T: 01666 881301 www.westonbirt.org

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Setting the stage for your child’s future

BCS SENIOR SCHOOL College Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH5 2DY +44 (0)1202 436550

BCS PREP SCHOOL 40 St. Osmund’s Road, Lower Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, BH14 9JY +44 (0)1202 714110

EVERY DAY IS AN OPEN DAY To arrange a visit contact registrar@bcschool.co.uk

www.bournemouthcollegiateschool.co.uk

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Beaudesert Park School, Gloucestershire

Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire GL6 9AF

T: 01453 832 072 E: office@bps.school W: www.beaudesert.gloucs.sch.uk Head Teacher: James Womersley Admissions: Theresa Yates-Round

A SELFIE AT HANFORD

Key facts

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 3-13 years Total pupils: 450, boys 238, girls 212 Type: Day, weekly and flexi-boarding. Fees: Nursery – From £1,840 per term based on 5 sessions or 3 days per week. Pre-Prep – Daily from £2,945 per term. Prep: Daily from £4,020 per term. Weekly boarding £7,272 per term.

Flexi-boarding is £36 per night. All fees include lunch. Boarding and flexiboarding fees also include supper and breakfast. No charge for early drop-off or late stay. Entrance procedure: Please email or telephone to arrange a visit.

School Philosophy: Perennially popular, Beaudesert is a country school where children can really enjoy being children while receiving an outstanding all-round education. Thirty acre grounds, small class sizes, fantastic facilities and a flexible approach to boarding and after-school care all help make Beaudesert a family-friendly choice.

Open Days: Friday 20th October between 9.30am and 12noon, or at other times to suit.

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28 scholarships awarded to girls in the past 3 years

HANFORD traditionally modern

OPEN MORNING 7 TH OCTOBER www.hanfordschool.co.uk or call Karen on 01258 860219

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SOUTH WEST | Channel Islands | Cornwall | Devon Channel Islands

Devon

Elizabeth College

Blundell’s School

Headteacher: Mr George Hartley Total pupils: 891 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Mrs Nicola Huggett Total pupils: 584 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Ladies’ College

Bramdean School

Headteacher: Mrs Ashley Clancy Total pupils: 588 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Miss Diane Stoneman Total pupils: 200 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Guernsey, GY1 2PY elizabethcollege.gg

Guernsey, GY1 1RW ladiescollege.com

St George’s Preparatory School Jersey, JE3 7DB stgeorgesprep.co.uk

Tiverton, EX16 4DN blundells.org

Exeter, EX1 2QR bramdeanschool.co.uk

Exeter Cathedral School

Headteacher: Mr Cormac Timothy Total pupils: 219 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr James Featherstone Total pupils: 298 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Michael’s Preparatory School

Exeter School

Jersey, JE2 7UG stmichaelsschool.je

Headteacher: Mr Mike Rees Total pupils: 300 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Victoria College Jersey, JE1 4HT victoriacollege.je

Headteacher: Mr Alun Watkins Total pupils: 693 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Cornwall Polwhele House School Truro, TR4 9AE polwhelehouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Alex McCullough Total pupils: 95 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Roselyon School

Par, PL24 2HZ roselyonschool.com Headteacher: Mrs Hilary Mann Total pupils: 98 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Exeter, EX2 4NS exeterschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr R Griffin Total pupils: 929 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Mount Kelly

Tavistock, PL19 0HZ mountkelly.com

Headteacher: Mark Semmence Total pupils: 575 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Sixth Form • Day • Full Boarding • Weekly Boarding • Flexi- Boarding • Co-Ed

Kingsley School

Bideford, EX39 3LY kingsleyschoolbideford.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Pete Last Total pupils: 398 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Maynard School Exeter, EX1 1SJ maynard.co.uk

Headteacher: Miss Sarah Dunn Total pupils: 353 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Plymouth College Prep Plymouth, PL1 3JL plymouthcollege.com

St Joseph’s School

Headteacher: Mr Christopher Gatherer Total pupils: 230 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Oliver Scott Total pupils: 229 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Plymouth College

Launceston, PL15 8HN stjosephscornwall.co.uk

St Piran’s School Hayle, TR27 4HY stpiranshayle.net

Headteacher: Mrs Carol de Labat Total pupils: 55 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Truro High School for Girls Truro, TR1 2HU trurohigh.co.uk

Headteacher: Dr Glenn Moodie Total pupils: 350 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Girls

Truro School

Truro, TR1 1TH truroschool.com

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Plymouth, PL4 6RN plymouthcollege.com

B E PA RT O F THE TEAM

Headteacher: Jonathan Standen Total pupils: 508 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Christopher’s School

Friday 6th October

Totnes, TQ9 6PF st-christophers.devon.sch.uk

Headteacher: Ms Victoria Kennington Total pupils: 89 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

1o am arrival Please contact us to reserve your place

St John’s International School Sidmouth, EX10 8RG stjohnsdevon.co.uk

Little visitors are welcome to join all the fun of a Forest School session—for over 3s—starting 9.30 am

Headteacher: Mr Mike Burgess Total pupils: 149 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Co-educational day & boarding: ages 2–13 telephone: o1823 285921 admissions@kingshalltaunton.co.uk www.kingshalltaunton.co.uk

St Peter’s School

Nr Exmouth, EX8 5AU stpetersprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Charlotte Johnston Total pupils: 302 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr Andrew Gordon-Brown Total pupils: 751 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

OPEN DAY

Exeter, EX1 1HX exetercs.org

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OPEN MORNING 7 TH OCTOBER www.hanfordschool.co.uk or call Karen on 01258 860219

Find your creativity Senior School Open Morning Saturday 7 October 2017 10.00am–1.00pm

An independent co-ed school in Bath, England Pre Prep | Prep | Senior | 2–18 years www.monkton.org.uk Individual thinking. Amazing results.

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SOUTH WEST | Dorset | Gloucestershire Shebbear College

Hanford School

Headteacher: Mr S D Weale Total pupils: 331 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr R.W.R Johnston Total pupils: 101 Prep • Day • Boarding • Girls

Shebbear, EX21 5HJ shebbearcollege.co.uk

Stover School

Newton Abbot, TQ12 6QG stover.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Richard Notman Total pupils: 326 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Trinity School

Teignmouth, TQ14 8LY trinityschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Lawrence Coen Total pupils: 438 Nursery • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

West Buckland School

Barnstaple, EX32 0SX westbuckland.devon.sch.uk

Headteacher: Phillip Stapleton Total pupils: 604 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Dorset

Bournemouth Collegiate Prep School

Poole, BH14 9JY bournemouthcollegiateschool.co.uk See Advertisement Headteacher: Ms Kay Smith Total pupils: 111 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bournemouth Collegiate School Bournemouth, BH5 2DY bournemouthcollegiateschool.co.uk See Advertisement Headteacher: Mr Russell Slatford Total pupils: 395 Prep • Senior • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bryanston School

Blandford Forum, DT11 OPX bryanston.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Ms S J Thomas Total pupils: 671 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Canford School

Wimborne, BH21 3AD canford.com See Profile Listing

Headteacher: Mr Ben A M Vessey Total pupils: 640 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Blandford, DT11 8HN hanfordschool.co.uk See Advertisement

International College, Sherborne School

Sherborne, DT9 4EZ sherborne-international.org Headteacher: Tim Waters Total pupils: 138 Senior • Boarding • Co-Ed

Knighton House

Blandford, DT11 0PY knightonhouse.co.uk

Leweston School

Sherborne, DT9 6EN leweston.co.uk Headteacher: Mrs Kate Reynolds Total pupils: 300 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Milton Abbey School Nr Blandford, DT11 0BZ miltonabbey.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Magnus Bashaarat Total pupils: 229 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Park School

Bournemouth, BH8 9BJ parkschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Andrew Edwards Total pupils: 362 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Port Regis Preparatory School Shaftesbury, SP7 9QA portregis.com

Headteacher: Mr Stephen Ilett Total pupils: 306 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Mary’s School

Shaftesbury, SP7 9LP stmarys.eu See Advertisement Headteacher: Mrs Mary Arnal Total pupils: 250 Prep (from age 9) • Senior • Day • Boarding • Girls

Sherborne Preparatory School Sherborne, DT9 3NY sherborneprep.org

Castle Court School

Headteacher: Mr N Folland Total pupils: 238 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Richard Stevenson Total pupils: 355 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Sherborne School

Wimborne, BH21 3RF castlecourt.com

Clayesmore Prep School

Sherborne, DT9 3AP sherborne.org

Headteacher: Mr William Dunlop Total pupils: 239 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Sherborne Girls

Blandford Forum, DT11 8PH clayesmore.com

Clayesmore Senior School Blandford Forum, DT11 8LL clayesmore.com

Headteacher: Mrs Jo Thomson Total pupils: 481 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Dumpton School

Wimborne, BH21 7AF dumpton.com

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Headteacher: Mr Dominic Luckett Total pupils: 554 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Boys

Saturday 7th October 1o am arrival

Sherborne, DT9 3QN sherborne.com See Advertisement

Please contact us to reserve your place Co-educational day & boarding: ages 13–18 telephone: o1823 3282o4 admissions@kings-taunton.co.uk www.kings-taunton.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs J Dwyer Total pupils: 445 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Sunninghill Preparatory School Dorchester, DT1 1EB sunninghillprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr John Thorpe Total pupils: 177 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr A W Browning Total pupils: 352 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

OPEN DAY

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Wicks Total pupils: 114 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls • Co-Ed

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Canford School

Canford Magna, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 3AD T: 01202 847207 W: www.canford.com Head Teacher: Mr Ben Vessey, MA, MBA Admissions: The Registrar E: admissions@canford.com

Key facts

limitless possibilities

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 13-18 years.

Total pupils: 640, boys 375, girls 265.

Type: Day, Full Boarding.

Fees: Senior – Daily from £26,466, Full Boarding from £34,770 per annum.

Faith: Church of England.

Motto: Nisi Dominus Frustra.

Entrance procedure: Pre-assessment in Year 6 or 7 leading to Common Entrance, scholarship or our own entry tests in Year 8. At 16+, scholarship or our own entry test in the Autumn of Year 11.

School Philosophy: A sense of place and the restorative powers of gracious surroundings are valuable things in a fast-moving age. When that place is as beautiful and inspiring as Canford, it enhances the quality of daily lives and encourages our pupils to set their sights high and to achieve their very best.

The education is structured yet allows pupils to grow as individuals through exposure to a very wide range of opportunities. A vibrant atmosphere of intellectual curiosity aims to promote a lifelong love of learning and the school strives to ensure that pupils recognise the coherence across and connections between that learning in all contexts. It is an environment where pupils can truly flourish.

Academic Record: Canford ranks highly among the top co-educational boarding schools in the UK based on A Level statistics, and leads the way regionally. Last year, over half of all grades were A*/A. 111 pupils have gained places at Oxbridge in the past decade, and over 95% of pupils move on to university with the majority to Russell Group/Top 12. Over 100 pupils have gained coveted places at Medical Schools in the past 10 years, with scholarships to Ivy League universities on the increase.

Co-curricular: Our success in external examinations and university offers derives, we believe, from a culture of learning, intellectual stimulation and a coherent education where pupils make connections between and across learning experiences, both inside and outside the classroom.

Notable Achievements and Alumni: Public School of the Year (runner up) twice in the past 3 years (Tatler). Recent National representation at U18s England Hockey, Welsh Athletics and places with the National Youth Theatre, National Youth Orchestra and National Wind Orchestra. Clean sweep of Hockey titles at County level, Hampshire Cricket and Bath Rugby selection. A major satellite training centre for Bath Rugby. Alumni: Sir Henry Cecil, Sir John Drummond, Ben Gollings, Alan Hollingsworth, Derek Jarman, General Sir Brian Kenny, Ore Oduba, Air Chief Marshal Sir Roger Palin, Viscount Portman, Nick Robertson, Earl of Shaftesbury.

Visit us to find out about our tailored, all-round education delivered through exceptional pastoral care, inspirational teaching, first-class inclusive sports, diverse and targeted co-curricular activities, and excellent facilities.

0117 405 8417 | cliftoncollege.com admissions@cliftoncollege.com

Open Days: Saturday 7 October 2017 and Saturday 21 April 2018

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SOUTH WEST | Dorset | Gloucestershire Talbot Heath School

The Cheltenham Ladies’ College

Headteacher: Angharad Holloway and Sally Weber-Spokes Total pupils: 521 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Ms Eve Jardine-Young Total pupils: 656 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Bournemouth, BH4 9NJ talbotheath.org See Advertisement

Willow Lodge Montessori School and Baby Nursery Poole, BH16 6JE willowlodgeschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Gemma Florance Total pupils: 56 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Yarrells School

Upton, BH16 5EU yarrells.co.uk

Headteacher: Andrew Roberts-Wray Total pupils: 252 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Gloucestershire Airthrie School

Cheltenham, GL50 2NY airthrie-school.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Beth Sullivan Total pupils: 171 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Badminton School

Headteacher: Mr John Milne Total pupils: 400 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Clifton College

Bristol, BS8 3JH cliftoncollegeuk.com/upper See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Tim Greene Total pupils: 695 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Clifton High School

Bristol, BS8 3JD cliftonhigh.bristol.sch.uk Headteacher: Dr A Neill Total pupils: 502 Nursery • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Beaudesert Park School

Headteacher: Mr Jeremy McCullough Total pupils: 502 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr James Womersley Total pupils: 436 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Co-Ed

Berkhamsted School Cheltenham, GL52 2QA berkhamsted.org

Headteacher: Richard Backhouse Total pupils: 270 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bredon School

Nr Tewkesbury, GL20 6AH bredonschool.org

Headteacher: Mr David A T Ward Total pupils: 231 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • 6th Form • Senior • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bristol, BS16 1BJ colstons.bristol.sch.uk

Cheltenham, GL51 6QS deanclose.org.uk

Dean Close School

Cheltenham, GL51 6HE deanclose.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr B Salisbury Total pupils: 489 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Downs School Bristol, BS48 1PF thedownsschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr M A Gunn Total pupils: 281 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr R I MacKinnon Total pupils: 956 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs L Barton Total pupils: 103 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bristol, BS8 3EZ cliftoncollege.com/prep/pre-prep

Bristol, BS48 3PD fairfieldschool.org.uk

Hatherop Castle Preparatory School Cirencester, GL7 3NB hatheropcastle.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Jo Newman Total pupils: 240 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr P Easterbrook Total pupils: 158 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Cheltenham College Prep School

Hopelands School

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Whybrow Total pupils: 392 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Sheila Bradburn Total pupils: 88 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Cheltenham College

Gloucester, GL1 2BG thekingsschool.co.uk

Cheltenham, GL53 7AB cheltenhamcollege.org

Cheltenham, GL53 7LD cheltenhamcollege.org

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Stonehouse, GL10 2AD hopelands.org.uk

OPEN DAYS 2017 : 23rd Sept. (for Sixth Form), 7th Oct., 11th Nov.

The King’s School

Headteacher: Mr David Morton Total pupils: 541 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Dr Alex Peterken Total pupils: 661 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Chafyn Grove, Bourne Avenue, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 1LR

Headteacher: Mr Paddy Moss Total pupils: 400 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Fairfield School

Butcombe, Clifton College Pre-Preparatory School

Open Morning Saturday, 14th October 10.00am – 12.30pm www.chafyngrove.co.uk 01722 333423

Dean Close Preparatory School

Bristol Grammar School

Bristol, BS8 1SR bristolgrammarschool.co.uk

Encouraged to flourish

Bristol, BS8 3HE cliftoncollegeuk.com/prep See Profile Listing

Colston’s School

Stroud, GL6 9AF beaudesert.gloucs.sch.uk See Profile Listing

Excellent Co-educational Day & Boarding School from 3-13

Clifton College Preparatory School

Bristol, BS9 3BA badmintonschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Rebecca Tear Total pupils: 448 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

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SOUTH WEST | Gloucestershire | Somerset Kitebrook House

Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 0RP kitebrookhouse.com Headteacher: Mrs Susan McLean Total pupils: 108 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Co-Ed

Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital Bristol, BS8 1JX qehbristol.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr S W Holliday Total pupils: 673 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

The Red Maids’ Junior School Bristol, BS9 4DP redmaids.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Lisa Brown Total pupils: 116 Prep • Day • Girls

The Red Maids’ School Bristol, BS9 3AW redmaids.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs I Tobias Total pupils: 470 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Redland High School for Girls Bristol, BS6 7EF redlandhigh.com

Acting Headmistress: Mrs Perdita Davidson Total pupils: 308 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Rendcomb College

Cirencester, GL7 7HA rendcombcollege.org.uk

Headteacher: Rob Jones Total pupils: 411 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Richard Pate School Cheltenham, GL53 9RP richardpate.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Robert A MacDonald Total pupils: 296 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Somerset

Shepton Mallet, BA4 4SF allhallowsschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Dr Trevor Richards Total pupils: 271 Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bruton School for Girls Bruton, BA10 0NT brutonschool.co.uk See Profile Listing

Headteacher: Mrs Nicola Botterill Total pupils: 227 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Downside School Bath, BA3 4RJ downside.co.uk

Headteacher: Dr James Whitehead Total pupils: 348 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mark White Total pupils: 378 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Greg Taylor Total pupils: 190 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

King Edward’s School Bath, BA2 6HU kesbath.com

Headteacher: Mr Martin J Boden Total pupils: 744 Nursery • Pre-prep • Junior • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

King’s College Taunton

St Edward’s Senior School

King’s Hall School

Bristol, BS32 4NY tockingtonmanorschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Stephen Symonds Total pupils: 196 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Westonbirt Prep School Tetbury, GL8 8QG westonbirt.org

Headteacher: Mr Sean Price Total pupils: 140 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Westonbirt School Tetbury, GL8 8QG westonbirt.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Natasha Dangerfield Total pupils: 172 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Justin Chippendale Total pupils: 289 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Academic Record: In 2016, 80% of A Level grades and 90% of GCSE grades were A*-B with a quarter of all candidates scoring only A*/A grades.

82% of our leavers secured a place at Russell Group universities while 8 students won places at Oxbridge and 11 went on to study medicine or dentistry.

King’s Bruton

Bruton, BA10 0ED kingsbruton.com

Headteacher: Mr I S Wilmshurst Total pupils: 330 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Extra-curricular: Music, art and drama play a large part in the life of the school, as do sport, outdoor pursuits, Clifton in the Community and the Combined Cadet Force. The wide range of activities available provide opportunities to develop leadership skills, to take on responsibility, and to broaden interests.

Kingswood Preparatory School Bath, BA1 5SD kingswood.bath.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Mark Brearey Total pupils: 331 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Notable Achievements and Alumni: Recent high achievers include GB hockey player Lily Owsley who won gold at the Rio Olympics; internationally recognised violinist Julia Hwang who released her first album this year; and Matt Welsh, Nick Freeman, Tom Hargan and Carwyn Penny who have signed with professional rugby clubs on leaving the College. Notable alumni include John Cleese, Sir Michael Redgrave, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Henry Newbolt, W.O. Bentley, and John Pinkerton.

Kingswood School

Bath, BA1 5RG kingswood.bath.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Simon Morris Total pupils: 709 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Mark College

Headteacher: Mr Nick Gregory Total pupils: 399 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Chris Sweeney Total pupils: 78 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Highbridge, TA9 4NP priorychildrensservices.co.uk

Open Days: Saturday 23rd September 2017 - Nursery to Year 8 Saturday 7th October 2017 - Year 9 to Year 13 Saturday 3rd February 2018 - All year groups (Nursery to Year 13) s

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School Philosophy: We provide a tailored, all-round education delivered through exceptional pastoral care, inspirational teaching, first-class inclusive sports, diverse and targeted co-curricular activities, and excellent facilities. We aim to inspire each pupil to seize learning and opportunity and realise their full potential through an eagerness to embrace life with passion, integrity and resilience, and to make a positive difference to the lives of others.

Taunton, TA2 8AA kingshalltaunton.co.uk See Advertisement

Wycliffe College

Stonehouse, GL10 2JQ wycliffe.co.uk

Gender / Ages: Boys and girls, 2-18 years Total pupils: 1,220, boys 703, girls 517 Type: Day, Flexi, Full Boarding Fees: Nursery – Day from £1,950 - £3,575 per term.

Pre-Prep – Day from £3,250-£3,805 per term.

Prep – Day from £4,275-£5,655, Flexi Boarding from £5,275-£6,655, Full Boarding from £7,835-£9,300 per term Senior – Day from £7,870-£8,285, Flexi Boarding from £10,545-£11,080, Full Boarding from £11,680-£12,750 per term Faith: Christian foundation welcoming all faiths with a long-standing tradition of welcoming Jewish pupils through the Polack’s House Educational Trust.

Motto: Spiritus Intus Alit Entrance procedure: Procedures vary depending on year of entry.

Contact our Admissions Team for more information.

Bath, BA2 6JA kesbath.com

Headteacher: Mr RR Biggs Total pupils: 448 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

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King Edward’s Junior School

Headteacher: Mr Stephen McKernan Total pupils: 310 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Pat Clayfield Total pupils: 340 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

T: 0117 405 8417 E: info@cliftoncollege.com W: www.cliftoncollege.com Head Teacher: Dr Tim Greene Admissions: Mr James Hills E: admissions@cliftoncollege.com

Sparkford, BA22 7JA hazlegrove.co.uk See Profile Listing

Taunton, TA1 3LA kings-taunton.co.uk See Advertisement

Cheltenham, GL53 8EY stedwards.co.uk

College Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 3JH

Hazlegrove

Cheltenham, GL52 6NR stedwards.co.uk

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All Hallows Preparatory School

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St Margaret’s Preparatory School, Calne

Curzon Street, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 0DF

T: 01249 857220 E: office@stmargaretsprep.org.uk W: stmargaretsprep.org.uk Headmistress: Mrs Karen Cordon GLCM LLCM (TD) ALCM Admissions: Mrs Simone Hughes E: hughess@stmargaretsprep.org.uk

Inspiring girls from 3–18 Nursery Prep Senior Sixth

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School Philosophy: Teaching throughout St Margaret’s is tailored to meet the needs of the individual child. Children are encouraged to reflect and evaluate their own learning and with support identify their next steps. Specialist teachers offer a wide range of experiences and as a result, our teaching delivers truly personalised learning for each child.

Your child will join a school with real spirit and energy, which lives each day to the full. We purposefully pack excitement and learning experiences into every moment. Our staff are passionate about teaching and lessons are fun, vibrant and engaging. St Margaret’s is a place where friendships and special memories are created and where a love of learning is established.

Excellence in independent education for rising 3-13 year olds

Autumn TERM OPEN MORNINGS Friday 6th & Saturday 7th October 2017 Come and see our school in action, and meet our pupils and our Head, Tim Butcher.

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Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 3-11 years Total pupils: 200, boys 90, girls 110 Type: Day Fees: Nursery: Daily from £27.60 (morning sessions), Weekly £258.75 (5 full days).

Pre-Prep: £3,275-£3,635 per term Prep: £3,900-£4,340 per term Typical class size: Prep – 16-18 Main exit schools: St Mary’s Calne, Dauntsey’s, Prior Park College, Kingswood, King Edward’s Bath, The Royal High Bath, Warminster and Sherborne Girls.

Faith: Christian Motto: Commit to Excellence Entrance procedure: Taster Days, School Report, Interview and Skills Assessment for children entering Prep.

Academic Record: St Margaret’s is extremely proud of its pupils’ academic achievements. The children are thoroughly prepared for entrance examinations to senior schools and St Margaret’s has an impressive record of success in academic and specialist subject scholarships, as well as consistently gaining entry to firstchoice schools. The performing arts and sport both have very high profiles.

You are warmly invited to come and explore our fantastic school on the South Somerset/ Dorset border, including our new boarding facilities and our Music School on the edge of the woods. Rated ‘EXCELLENT’ in every category in our latest ISI inspection.

To book your place, please contact our Admissions Secretary, Nola, on 01460 72051 or email admissions@perrotthill.com Perrott Hill Nor th Perrott Somerset TA18 7SL www.perrotthill.com @perrotthill

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Extra-curricular: The extensive extra-curricular programme is designed to enrich every child’s experience whilst at the school. Not only does this include the traditional school clubs such as sport, music, gardening, cookery, dance and art, but it also includes the ‘hidden curriculum’ - what the children learn from the way they are treated and how they are expected to behave. It is important that pupils are enabled to grow into positive, responsible adults who can work and co-operate with others, whilst at the same time developing their knowledge and skills in order to achieve their true potential.

Notable Achievements and Alumni: Naace ICT Mark Accreditation.

Eco Schools Green Flag. Sing Up Platinum Award. Wiltshire Choir of the Year 2016. Youth Sport Trust Gold Quality Mark. Unicef Rights Respecting School.

Individual visits welcome throughout the year.

Open Morning Thursday 12 October 2017

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SOUTH WEST | Somerset | Wiltshire Millfield School

Street, BA16 0YD millfieldschool.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Craig Considine Total pupils: 1237 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Monkton Pre-Prep

Bath, BA2 5JN monktoncombeschool.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs C Winchcombe Total pupils: 120 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Monkton Prep

Bath, BA2 7ET monktoncombeschool.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr M P Davis Total pupils: 115 Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Monkton Senior

Bath, BA2 7HG monktoncombeschool.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Chris Wheeler Total pupils: 641 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Paragon School

Bath, BA2 4LT paragonschool.co.uk

Shapwick School

Headteacher: Mr A Wylie Total pupils: 115 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Sidcot School

Winscombe, BS25 1PD sidcot.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Iain Kilpatrick Total pupils: 583 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Sunny Hill Preparatory School Bruton, BA10 0NT brutonschool.co.uk See Profile Listing

Headteacher: Mrs Helen Snow Total pupils: 50 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Boys • Co-Ed

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Wellington School

Wells Cathedral School

Headteacher: Mrs Jane M Huntington Total pupils: 186 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs E Cairncross Total pupils: 706 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Prior Park College

Bath, BA2 5AH priorparkcollege.com

Headteacher: Mr James Murphy-O’Connor Total pupils: 579 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Queen’s College

Taunton, TA1 4QS queenscollege.org.uk

Headteacher: Dr Lorraine Earps Total pupils: 553 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Royal High School Junior and Nursery Bath, BA1 5ES royalhighbath.gdst.net

Headteacher: Miss Heidi Hughes Total pupils: 150 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

The Royal High School Senior and Sixth Bath, BA1 5SZ royalhighbath.gdst.net

Headteacher: Mrs Jo Duncan Total pupils: 691 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Shapwick Prep

Burtle, TA7 8NJ shapwickschool.com

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Gender / Ages: girls: 3-18 years, boys: 3-7 years Total pupils: 220 Type: Day, Weekly and Full Boarding with Flexi options Fees: Nursery – Day from £21 per session, Pre-Prep – Day from 2030 £2705, Prep – Day from £4060, Weekly Boarding from £6775, Full Boarding from £7485 per term Fees: Senior – Day from £5665, Weekly Boarding from £8805, Full Boarding from £9025 per term Typical class size: Prep – 10, Senior – 20, Sixth Form – 6-8 Main exit schools: majority go into the Sixth Form Faith: Nondenominational - Christian ethos Motto: ‘Follow the Gleam’ Entrance procedure: Interview with the Headmistress plus the school’s assessment process. Academically non-selective.

Wells, BA5 2ST wellscathedralschool.com

Appleford School

Nr Salisbury, SP3 4HL applefordschool.org

Headteacher: Mr David King Total pupils: 105 Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

School Philosophy: We are passionate about, and experts in, girls’ education.

We encourage our girls to grow intellectually, think independently and become responsible, confident young women. We pride ourselves in ensuring that superb pastoral care sit alongside our core values and excellent teaching. This offers a well-rounded education in an environment with the space to inspire, challenge, encourage and support every girl to develop her full potential to become the amazing person she can be.

Ashwicke Hall School

Wiltshire, SN14 8AG ashwickehallschool.sabis.net

Headteacher: Mr John Nicholson Total pupils: 81 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Academic Record: We are the top school across Somerset and Dorset for GCSEs and second highest for A Levels in Somerset (Attainment 8 Score data published by DfE in Jan 2017). We are the only school in the South West to be named in the Telegraph’s Top 10 of smaller independent schools.

Chafyn Grove School Salisbury, SP1 1LR chafyngrove.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Simon Head Total pupils: 302 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Dauntsey’s School Devizes, SN10 4HE dauntseys.org

Headteacher: Mr Mark Lascelles Total pupils: 799 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Godolphin Preparatory School Salisbury, SP1 2RB godolphin.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Ms Julia Miller Total pupils: 85 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Girls

Godolphin School Salisbury, SP1 2RA godolphin.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Emma Hattersley Total pupils: 415 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

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Headteacher: Mr A Wylie Total pupils: 40 Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

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The Park School

Headteacher: Tim Butcher Total pupils: 228 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

T: 01749 814400 E: admissions@brutonschool.co.uk W: www.brutonschool.co.uk Head Teacher: Mrs Nicola Botterill Admissions: Mrs Carrie Crook

Headteachers: Mr Duncan Sinclair and Mr Lee Glaser Total pupils: 1009 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Harvey Total pupils: 279 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Crewkerne, TA18 7SL perrotthill.com See Advertisement

Sunny Hill, Bruton, Somerset, BA10 0NT

Taunton, TA2 6AD tauntonschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Henry Price Total pupils: 814 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Yeovil, BA20 1DH parkschool.com

Bruton School for Girls, (incl Sunny Hill Prep)

Nr Bridgwater, TA7 9NJ shapwickschool.com

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WE WANT THE BEST FOR YOUR DAUGHTER TOO A Cheltenham Ladies’ College education is about more than academic excellence; it’s about making mistakes and learning from them; it’s about winning magnanimously and losing graciously; it’s about wellbeing for life, and it’s about looking ahead and meeting the challenges to come.

We may not be able to predict the future, but we can certainly give your daughter the skills to flourish, whatever it brings.

Open Day: Saturday 7th October 2017 Find out more: www.cheltladiescollege.org

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SOUTH WEST | Wiltshire Heywood Prep School Corsham, SN13 0AP heywoodprep.com

Headteacher: Mr Guy Barrett Total pupils: 181 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Leehurst Swan School Salisbury, SP1 3BQ leehurstswan.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Roger Leake Total pupils: 288 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Marlborough College Marlborough, SN8 1PA marlboroughcollege.org

Headteacher: Mr J Leigh Total pupils: 926 Senior • 6th Form • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Meadowpark School

Swindon, SN6 6DD meadowparkschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mrs Rajvinder Kular Total pupils: 173 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Pinewood School

Shrivenham, SN6 8HZ pinewoodschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Philip John Hoyland Total pupils: 406 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Prior Park Preparatory School Cricklade, SN6 6BB priorparkprep.com

Headteacher: Mr M A Pearce Total pupils: 220 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Francis School

Pewsey, SN9 5NT st-francis.wilts.sch.uk

St Mary’s Calne

Calne, SN11 0DF stmaryscalne.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Dr Felicia Kirk Total pupils: 348 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Hazlegrove Preparatory School

Salisbury Cathedral School Salisbury, SP1 2EQ salisburycathedralschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Clive Marriott Total pupils: 185 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Sandroyd School Salisbury, SP5 5QD sandroyd.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Alastair Speers Total pupils: 204 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Stepping Stones Pre-Prep and Nursery School Marlborough, SN8 3JT steppingstonesfroxfield.com Headteacher: Sue Corfield Total pupils: 109 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Stonar School

Melksham, SN12 8NT stonarschool.com

Headteacher: Dr Sally Divall Total pupils: 321 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Warminster School

Warminster, BA12 8PJ warminsterschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Mark D Mortimer Total pupils: 498 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr David Sibson Total pupils: 241 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Hazlegrove, Sparkford, Somerset BA22 7JA T: 01963 442606 E: admissions@hazlegrove.co.uk W: hazlegrove.co.uk Head Teacher: Mr Mark White MA (Hons) Admissions: Mrs Fiona O’Neill

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Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 21/2 - 13 years Total pupils: 352, boys 191, girls 161 Type: Day and Boarding Fees: Pre-Prep - £2,843. Prep – Day: £4,519 - £5,764, Boarding: £6,686 - £8,531, Flexi boarding charged at £40 per night Typical class size: Prep 14 Main exit schools: Bryanston, Eton, King’s Bruton, Marlborough, Millfield, Sherborne, Sherborne Girls, Wells Cathedral and Winchester.

Motto: Deo Juvante (With God’s Help) Entrance procedure: Taster day, assessment and school reports.

School Philosophy: At Hazlegrove, it is OK to be yourself – we believe children can only really develop, really learn, and really reach their potential when they feel good about themselves. It simply doesn’t work if they are having to look over their shoulders all the time.

We aim to equip our children not just to survive but to thrive in this undoubtedly turbulent and fast changing world. The academic curriculum instils a love of learning, of enquiry and of intellectual rigour; the varied games programme promotes physical fitness and engenders a real sense of teamwork; music, drama and year-group productions ensure that the stage holds no fears for anyone and outdoor education promotes self-reliance and resourcefulness.

It’s all about ordinary children getting caught up in the spirit of the place and achieving extraordinary things.

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Headteacher: Mrs K E Cordon Total pupils: 220 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Academic Record: Hazlegrove pupils have achieved an outstanding scholarship record with Year 8 pupils gaining over 97 scholarships and awards, to 22 different senior schools, in the last three years. Of these awards, 21 were academic scholarships and 1 academic award and include schools such as Bryanston, Winchester, Marlborough, Sherborne and St Mary’s Ascot.

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Extra-curricular: With around 100 boarders the after-school and weekend activity programme is extensive and varied. Day pupils clearly benefit from this wrap-around care. Activity options include music ensembles, arts and creativity, film and animation, chess, cooking, beekeeping, horse riding and many other sporting options - there is something for everyone!

Notable Achievements: Excellent in all nine areas of judgement – ISI Inspection, Autumn 2015. Sports teams regularly achieve Regional success going on to compete on a National stage with some acclaim. The level of achievement in music is exceptionally high with pupils often taking Grade 6 or over and Grade 5 theory.

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EAST ANGLIA

East Anglia

This map illustrates the location of some of our leading independent schools in this region. A directory of schools, listed by county, follows this page.

Cambridgeshire

Norfolk

1

8 Beeston Hall School

Ely

9 Norwich School 10 Norwich High School

Cambridge

Cambridge Centre for Sixth Form Studies (CCSS) 2 St Mary’s School 3 King’s School Ely

Essex

Chelmsford

Cromer

8

King’s Lynn Wisbech

NORFOLK

Peterborough

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Norwich

9 10

Thetford

3

Norwich

Suffolk

SUFFOLK Cambridge

1 2

Ipswich

Ipswich

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11

11 Orwell Park School

4 New Hall School

Woodbridge

Colchester

12 Framlingham College

5 St Mary’s School

Felsted

12

Felixstowe

6 7

ESSEX

Colchester

5

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6 Felsted School

Woodford Green 7 Bancroft’s School

Brentwood Southend-on-Sea

Energy Courage Integrity

King’s Ely Open Events

in September and October Book your place today!

Independent School Girls and Boys, 1-18 years Day and Boarding

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St John’s College School

Cambridge, (Queens Campus), CB2 1LU bellerbys.com

Headteacher: Neil Chippington Total pupils: 457 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bellerbys College Cambridge

Headteacher: Mr Nicholas Waite Total pupils: 234 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Cambridge Centre for Sixth Form Studies (CCSS) Cambridge, CB1 2JF ccss.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Stuart Nicholson Total pupils: 151 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Cambridge International School Cambridge, CB1 8DW cambridgeinternationalschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Glyn Knowles Total pupils: 337 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

CATS College Cambridge Cambridge, CB5 8AD catscollege.com

Headteacher: Craig Wilson Total pupils: 384 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Kimbolton School

Huntingdon, PE28 0EA kimbolton.cambs.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr J Belbin Total pupils: 973 Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

King’s College School Cambridge, CB3 9DN kcs.cambs.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr N J Robinson Total pupils: 417 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

King’s Ely

Ely, CB7 4DB kingsely.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Susan Freestone Total pupils: 465 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Cambridge, CB3 9AA sjcs.co.uk

St Mary’s Senior School Cambridge, CB2 1LY stmaryscambridge.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Ms Charlotte Avery Total pupils: 663 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Girls

Sancton Wood School Cambridge, CB1 2EZ sanctonwood.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Richard Settle Total pupils: 202 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

The Stephen Perse Foundation Cambridge, CB2 1HF stephenperse.com

Whitehall School

Somersham, PE28 3EH whitehallschool.com

Wisbech Grammar School Wisbech, PE13 1JX wisbechgrammar.com

Headteacher: Mr Chris N Staley Total pupils: 545 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Essex Alleyn Court Preparatory School Southend-on-Sea, SS3 0PW alleyn-court.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Amanda Campbell Total pupils: 197 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Nick Marriott Total pupils: 200 6th Form • Boarding • Day • Co-Ed

Bancroft’s School

The Peterborough School

Peterborough, PE3 6AP thepeterboroughschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Adrian Meadows Total pupils: 525 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

St Faith’s School

Cambridge, CB2 8AG stfaiths.co.uk

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Woodford Green, IG8 0PN avonhouseschool.co.uk

Woodford Green, IG8 0RF bancrofts.org See Advertisement

Headteachers: Simon Marshall Total pupils: 1131 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

AT NORWICH SCHOOL

Belmont Day Nursery Ilford, IG1 1YW belmontdaynursery.com Total pupils: 53 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Braeside School for Girls Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5SD braesideschool.co.uk

FIND OUT HOW AT OUR OPEN DAY

Headteacher: Claire Osborn Total pupils: 175 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

SATURDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER 2017 9:30AM - 12:30PM

Brentwood Prep School Brentwood, CM15 8EQ brentwoodschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Jason Whiskerd Total pupils: 408 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr Nigel Helliwell Total pupils: 546 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Independent HMC day school day school Fully co-educational Independent • Ages 7 to 18HMC • Founded 1737 Independent HMC day Independent HMC day school school FullyGenerous co-educational • Ages 7 to 18 • Founded 1737 Independent HMC day Academic, Means Tested andschool Music Fully co-educational • Ages 7 to 18 • Founded 1737 FullyGenerous co-educational • AgesMeans 7 to 18Tested • Founded 1737 Academic, and Music Fully co-educational • Ages 7Scholarships to 18 • Founded 1737 available.

Generous Academic, Means Tested and Music Generous Academic, Means Tested and Music Scholarships available.

Generous Means Tested and Music Tel: Academic, 020 8505 4821 • www.bancrofts.org Scholarships available. available.

Scholarships Tel: 020 8505 4821 • www.bancrofts.org Scholarships available.

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Headteacher: Ms Rebecca Hutley Total pupils: 64 Nursery • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Mander Portman Woodward

Headteachers: Mr James Piper, Mrs Sarah Waddington, Mr Edward Elliott Total pupils: 1529 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

“Every child goes through school only once, at “Every child goes through school once, atas Bancroft’s we believe in making thatonly experience “Every child goes through school only once, at “Every child goes through school only once, Bancroft’s we believe in making that experience “Every child goes through school only once, at atas good as it possibly can be.”

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Headteacher: Miss Tricia Kelleher Total pupils: 1078 Pre-prep • 6th form • Day • Co-Ed • Junior • Senior • Day • Girls

Avon House Preparatory School

Cambridge, CB2 8QF perse.co.uk

IG8 0RF IG8 0RF IG8 IG8 0RF 0RF IG8 0RF

Headteacher: Mr Matthew O’Reilly Total pupils: 165 Prep • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Martin Priestley Total pupils: 566 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Perse School

Essex Essex Essex Essex Essex

Cambridge, CB2 7EB stmaryscambridge.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr R Snow Total pupils: 311 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Cambridge, CB2 1JE mpw.ac.uk

Woodford Green Woodford Green Woodford Woodford Green Green Woodford Green

St Mary’s Junior School

The Leys School

Cambridge, CB2 7AD theleys.net

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A Catholic independent ‘diamond model’ school, City of Chelmsford Day (3-18 years) • Boarding (7-18 years) Preparatory • Girls’ Division • Boys’ Division • Sixth Form

Open Morning: Saturday 30 September 2017, 9.00am - 12.00noon (online booking recommended)

Contact the Admissions Department on 01245 236098 or registrar@newhallschool.co.uk for more details.

The Avenue, Boreham, Chelmsford, CM3 3HS independentschoolparent.com

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EAST ANGLIA | Essex Brentwood School

Holmwood House Nursery School

Headteachers: Mr Jason Whiskerd and Mr Ian Davies Total pupils: 1591 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteachers: Mrs F C Taylor Total pupils: 45 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Brentwood, CM15 8EE brentwoodschool.co.uk

Chigwell School

Chigwell, IG7 6QF chigwell-school.org Headteacher: Mr Michael Punt Total pupils: 886 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Colchester High School

Colchester, CO3 3HD colchesterhighschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr David J Young Total pupils: 502 Nursery • Junior • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Coopersale Hall School

Epping, CM16 7PE coopersalehallschool.co.uk Headteacher: Miss Kaye Lovejoy Total pupils: 264 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Crowstone Preparatory School Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 8LH crowstoneprepschool.com

Headteacher: Mr J P Thayer Total pupils: 55 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Daiglen School

Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5LG daiglenschool.co.uk Headteacher: P Dear Total pupils: 155 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Dame Bradbury’s School Saffron Walden, CB10 2AL damebradburys.com

Headteacher: Mrs Tracy Handford Total pupils: 220 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Elm Green Preparatory School Chelmsford, CM3 4SU elmgreen.essex.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs A E Milner Total pupils: 200 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Felsted Preparatory School Felsted, CM6 3JL felsted.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Simon James Total pupils: 487 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Felsted School

Felsted, CM6 3LL felsted.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Christopher Townsend Total pupils: 534 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Gidea Park College

Romford, RM 2 5JR gideaparkcollege.co.uk

Acting Headteacher: Ms Katherine Whiskerd Total pupils: 173 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Gosfield School

Halstead, CO9 1PF gosfieldschool.org.uk Headteacher: Dr Sarah Welch Total pupils: 213 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Creative thinker

Colchester, CO3 9ST holmwood.essex.sch.uk Headteacher: Mr Alexander J Mitchell Total pupils: 285 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Leader

Ilford Ursuline Prep School Ilford, IG1 4QR urspsi.org.uk

Problem solver

Headteacher: Mrs McNaughton Total pupils: 199 Nursery • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Littlegarth School

Colchester, CO6 4JR littlegarth.essex.sch.uk

Team player

Headteacher: Mr Peter Jones Total pupils: 307 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Independent day and boarding school for girls aged 4–18 in the academically and culturally vibrant city of Cambridge with opportunities for flexi, weekly or full boarding.

Loyola Preparatory School Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5NH loyola.essex.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr P G M Nicholson Total pupils: 199 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Come along to one of our Open Days to find out more: Junior School: 9.30am – 12.30pm Saturday 23 September 2017 Senior School: 9.30am – 12.30pm Saturday 7 October 2017 Sixth Form: 6.30pm – 9.00pm Thursday 19 October 2017

Maldon Court School Maldon, CM9 4QE maldoncourtschool.org

Book your place: stmaryscambridge.co.uk/p/GIS

Headteachers: Mrs Elaine Mason and Mrs Loraine Guest Total pupils: 148 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

New Hall School

Chelmsford, CM3 3HS newhallschool.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Katherine Jeffrey Total pupils: 1166 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

A LEVEL

Oaklands School

Loughton, IG10 4RA oaklandsschool.co.uk

COURSES

Headteacher: Mrs S Belej Total pupils: 245 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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2018 ENTRY

Park School for Girls Ilford, IG1 4RS parkschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Androulla Nicholas Total pupils: 172 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

OPEN EVENING 28 SEPTEMBER

Raphael Independent School Hornchurch, RM11 1XY raphaelschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Jacobus Luis Total pupils: 135 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

SHAPE YOUR FUTURE

St Anne’s Preparatory School

A Level study in a unique learning environment designed to inspire both academic achievement and personal growth.

Chelmsford, CM2 0AW stannesprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs F Pirrie Total pupils: 153 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

• Independent college in the heart of Cambridge

St Aubyn’s School

• Intensive tuition in up to four subjects

Woodford Green, IG8 9DU staubyns.com

• Average class size six students

Headteacher: Mr Leonard Blom Total pupils: 521 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Cedd’s School

Headteacher: Ms Caroline Forgeron Total pupils: 98 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Dr Pamela Edmonds Total pupils: 405 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

• High success rate for top university applications

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Chelmsford, CM2 0AR stcedds.co.uk

Call 01223 663394 Email admissions@ccss.co.uk ccss.sixthform

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Holmwood House Preparatory School

Heathcote School

Danbury, CM3 4QB heathcoteschool.co.uk

“A St Mary’s education ... the best investment we ever made.”

Colchester, CO6 4DX holmwood.essex.sch.uk

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“You can’t

beat the right start Harry Stebbings, Venture Capitalist and Felstedian

Open Morning Saturday 7 Oct 2017 Stunning rural campus on Herts/Essex border Day and contemporary boarding options

www.felsted.org +44 (0)1371 822600 Independent, Co-educational, Ages 4-18, IB Diploma & A Levels independentschoolparent.com

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EAST ANGLIA | Essex | Norfolk St John’s School

Billericay, CM12 0AR stjohnsschool.net Headteacher: Mrs F S Armour Total pupils: 325 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

St Margaret’s Preparatory School Halstead, CO9 1SE stmargaretsprep.com

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Headteacher: Ms Paula Hobbs Total pupils: 197 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Norfolk

Aurora Eccles School Nr Norwich, NR16 2NZ the-aurora-group.com

Headteacher: Callum Douglas Total pupils: 192 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Rob Thornton Total pupils: 130 Junior • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Mary’s School

Beeston Hall School

Headteacher: Mrs Hilary Vipond Total pupils: 384 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Fred de Falbe and Mrs Juliet de Falbe Total pupils: 150 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Michael’s Preparatory School

Glebe House School and Nursery

Colchester, CO3 3RB stmaryscolchester.org.uk See Advertisement

Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 2LP stmichaelsschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Stephen Tompkins Total pupils: 280 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Nicholas School

Old Harlow, CM17 0NJ saintnicholasschool.net Headteacher: David Brown Total pupils: 402 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

St Philomena’s Catholic School Frinton-on-Sea, CO13 9HQ stphilomenas.com

Headteacher: Mrs Barbara McKeown Total pupils: 115 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Thorpe Hall School

Southend-on-Sea, SS1 3RD thorpehall.southend.sch.uk Headteacher: Mr Andrew Hampton Total pupils: 360 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Trinity School

Brentwood, CM14 5TB trinityschool.ac

Headteacher: Magali Ellis Total pupils: 180 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Ursuline Preparatory School Brentwood, CM13 3HR ursulineprepwarley.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs P Wilson Total pupils: 165 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Widford Lodge

Chelmsford, CM2 9AN widfordlodge.co.uk Headteacher: Mr S C Trowell Total pupils: 254 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Woodford Green Prep School Woodford Green, IG8 0BZ wgprep.co.uk

Cromer, NR27 9NQ beestonhall.co.uk See Advertisement

Hunstanton, PE36 6HW glebehouseschool.co.uk

Gresham’s Pre-Prep School

For more information or to arrange your visit, please call our Registrar on 01206 216420 or visit www.stmaryscolchester.org.uk

Holt, NR25 6BB greshams.com

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Hollingsworth Total pupils: 127 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Gresham’s Prep School

Come along to our Autumn Open Days!

Holt, NR25 6EY greshams.com

Headteacher: Mr J H W Quick Total pupils: 321 Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Mary’s Colchester

Gresham’s School Holt, NR25 6EA greshams.com

Headteacher: Mr Douglas Robb Total pupils: 463 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Hethersett Old Hall School Norwich, NR9 3DW hohs.co.uk

Sound

Headteacher: Mr Stephen Crump Total pupils: 164 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls • Co-Ed

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Langley School

Norwich, NR14 6BJ langleyschool.co.uk

OPEN MORNING

Headteacher: Mr Dominic Findlay Total pupils: 720 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Saturday 14th October 10am - 12noon

Langley Prep School at Taverham Hall

• Co-ed day and boarding Yr 3 to Yr 8 New pre-prep Reception to Yr 2

Norwich, NR8 6HU taverhamhall.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Mike Crossley Total pupils: 290 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

• ISI Inspectors judged ‘EXCELLENT’ in all areas (March 2017) • Sport each day with outstanding facilities and a huge activity programme

Norwich High School for Girls

• Minibus routes from Norwich and Dereham/Fakenham

Norwich, NR2 2HU norwichhigh.gdst.net See Advertisement

Headteacher: Kirsty von Malaisé Total pupils: 609 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Woodlands Schools, Great Warely

Norwich School

Headteacher: Mr David Bell Total pupils: 126 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Steffan Griffiths Total pupils: 1044 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

• Small class sizes and outstanding academic achievement • 11+ scholarships available (with means-tested bursaries)

BOOK NOW FOR BEESTON SUMMER SCHOOL

Norwich, NR1 4DD norwich-school.org.uk See Advertisement

Running from 9th to 29th July 2018

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Excellent academic results and opportunities for the arts, music, sport and adventure for girls aged 4-16 at our Lower and Senior Schools, and girls and boys aged 3-4 in our beautiful purpose-built Kindergarten.

Headteacher: Mr John Crofts Total pupils: 176 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan P Wadge Total pupils: 371 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Brentwood, CM13 3LA woodlandsschools.co.uk

A happy, high-achieving independent school

Brentwood, CM13 1SD woodlandsschools.co.uk

www.beestonhall.co.uk

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EAST ANGLIA

NORWICH HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS AGED 3 TO 18

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To confirm your attendance, please contact our Registrar by calling 01603 453 265 or emailing admissions@nor.gdst.net 95 Newmarket Road, Norwich www.norwichhigh.gdst.net @NorwichHigh

Saturday 30th September 2017 10am to 1pm

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HIGH SCHOOL

The perfect opportunity to visit our exceptional 14 acre site and discover our outstanding schools and facilities

Open Morning

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NURSERY

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09.30 - 12.00

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th th Monday, Saturday,97thOctober October2017 2017

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th th October 2017 Tuesday, Monday, 10 9th October 2017

09.00 12.00 16.00 --18.00

Prep School Open Morning & Pre-School Sixth Form Open Morning Evening Woodland Adventure

th October 2017 Saturday, 14thth Tuesday, 10 October 2017

09.00 09.00 -- 12.00 12.00

Prep School Open & Pre-School Prep Morning School Open Morning Woodland Adventure Morning

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EAST ANGLIA | Norfolk | Suffolk Notre Dame Preparatory School

Framlingham College Prep

Headteacher: Mr Kieran J O’Herlihy Total pupils: 202 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Matthew King Total pupils: 224 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Riddlesworth Hall Preparatory School

Ipswich High School for Girls

Norwich, NR2 3TA notredameprepschool.co.uk

Nr Diss, IP22 2TA riddlesworthhall.com

Headteacher: Ms Susan Hayes Total pupils: 57 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Sacred Heart School

Swaffham, PE37 7QW sacredheartschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Sister Francis Ridler Total pupils: 108 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Nicholas House School North Walsham, NR28 9AT stnicholashouse.com

Headteacher: Mr Philip Oldroyd Total pupils: 59 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Thetford Grammar School Thetford, IP24 3AF thetgram.norfolk.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mark S Bedford Total pupils: 262 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Town Close House Prep School Norwich, NR2 2LR townclose.com

Headteacher: Mr Nick Bevington Total pupils: 468 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Suffolk The Abbey Preparatory, Woodbridge School Woodbridge, IP12 1DS woodbridge.suffolk.sch.uk Headteacher: John Brett Total pupils: 230 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Barnardiston Hall Preparatory Nr Haverhill, CB9 7TG barnardiston-hall.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr T W T Dodgson Total pupils: 218 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Culford School

Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6TX culford.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr J F Johnson Munday Total pupils: 660 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Fairstead House School Newmarket, CB8 7AA fairsteadhouseschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Dr Lynda Brereton Total pupils: 99 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Nr Woodbridge, IP13 7AH framcollege.co.uk/our-school/ prep-school

Ipswich, IP9 1AZ ipswichhigh.gdst.net

Headteacher: Ms Oona Carlin Total pupils: 572 Nursery • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Neil Tetley Total pupils: 578 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Stoke College

Sudbury, CO10 8JE stokecollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr F Thompson Total pupils: 166 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Ms Amanda Childs Total pupils: 310 Nursery • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Ipswich School

Ipswich, IP1 3SG ipswich.suffolk.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Nicholas Weaver Total pupils: 747 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Moreton Hall Preparatory School Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7BJ moretonhallprep.org

Headteacher: Mr Chris Moxon Total pupils: 109 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Old Buckenham Hall School Ipswich, IP7 7PH obh.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Thomas O’Sullivan Total pupils: 195 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Old School Henstead

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Nr Beccles, NR34 7LG theoldschoolhenstead.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr W J McKinney Total pupils: 97 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Orwell Park

Ipswich, IP10 0ER orwellpark.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Adrian Brown Total pupils: 279 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Queen’s House Pre-Preparatory, Woodbridge School Woodbridge, IP12 4NH woodbridgeschool.org.uk/pre-prep Headteacher: Mr John Brett Total pupils: 112 Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Royal Hospital School Ipswich, IP9 2RX royalhospitalschool.org

Headteacher: Mr S Lockyer Total pupils: 687 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr James Sinclair Total pupils: 321 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr James Harrison Total pupils: 292 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Framlingham College

St Joseph’s College

Headteacher: Mr P B Taylor Total pupils: 409 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs D Clarke Total pupils: 551 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr M Watch Total pupils: 244 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Woodbridge, IP12 4JH woodbridgeschool.org.uk

Ipswich, IP1 3QW ipswich.suffolk.sch.uk

Saint Felix School

Woodbridge, IP13 9EY framcollege.co.uk See Advertisement

Woodbridge School

Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2BT southlee.co.uk

Ipswich Preparatory School

Finborough School

Stowmarket, IP14 3EF finboroughschool.co.uk

South Lee School

Open MOrning Saturday 30th September 2017

Southwold, IP18 6SD stfelix.co.uk

Ipswich, IP2 9DR stjos.co.uk

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East Midlands

This map illustrates the location of some of our leading independent schools in this region. A directory of schools, listed by county, follows this page.

Sheffield

DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire

LINCOLNSHIRE

Milton

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

1 Foremarke Hall

Derby

2 Repton School

Northamptonshire Nr Brackley

Derby

2

1

RUTLAND LEICESTERSHIRE Leicester

3 Beachborough School

Rutland

4 Uppingham School

Oakham

5 Oakham School

Nottingham

4 Birmingham

5

Coventry

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Northampton

3

BEDFORDSHIRE

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OPEN MORNING Friday 6th October 9.30AM - 12NOON

Arrange www.beachborough.com | Westbury, Brackley, NN13 5LB a visit Please call Julie Atkinson t: 01280 700071 | e: registrar@beachborough.com independentschoolparent.com

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EAST MIDLANDS | Bedfordshire | Derbyshire | Leicestershire Bedfordshire

Ockbrook School

Manor House School

St James’ School

Bedford, MK42 0BX bedfordgirlsschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Tom Brooksby Total pupils: 374 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: A Messent Total pupils: 78 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Dr John Malcolm Price Total pupils: 244 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bedford Girls’ School

Headteacher: Miss Jo MacKenzie Total pupils: 950 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Bedford Modern School Bedford, MK41 7NT bedmod.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Michael Hall Total pupils: 1199 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Bedford School

Bedford, MK40 2TU bedfordschool.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr James Hodgson Total pupils: 1079 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Boys

Orchard School and Nursery Barton-Le-Clay, MK45 4RB orchardschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Ms Anne Burton Total pupils: 100 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Pilgrims Pre-Preparatory School Bedford, MK41 7QZ pilgrims-school.info

Headteacher: Mrs Jo Webster Total pupils: 348 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Rushmoor School

Bedford, MK40 2DL rushmoorschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Ian M Daniel Total pupils: 327 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

St Andrew’s School

Bedford, MK40 2PA standrewsschoolbedford.com Headteacher: Mrs H Ryan Total pupils: 224 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Derbyshire

Barlborough Hall School Chesterfield, S43 4TJ barlboroughhallschool.com

Headteacher: Dr Nicholas Cuddihy Total pupils: 183 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Derby Grammar School Littleover, DE23 4BX derbygrammar.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Richard Paine Total pupils: 272 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Derby High School

Ockbrook, DE72 3RJ ockbrooksch.co.uk

Repton School

Derby, DE65 6FH repton.org.uk See Advertisement Headteacher: Alastair Land Total pupils: 656 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

S. Anselm’s School Bakewell, DE45 1DP sanselms.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Peter Phillips Total pupils: 195 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Peter and St Paul Chesterfield, S41 0EF stpeterpaul.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Steven Horsley Total pupils: 126 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Wystan’s School Repton, DE65 6GE stwystans.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Philip Soutar Total pupils: 107 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Leicestershire The Dixie Grammar School Market Bosworth, CV13 0LE dixie.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Richard Lynn Total pupils: 461 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Nr Sheffield, S21 3yL msmcollege.com

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Leicester, LE7 4SG ratcliffe-college.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr J P Reddin Total pupils: 802 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Tiny Tots Pre-School & Leicester International School Leicester, LE2 0AA tinytotspre-school.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr N Hussein Total pupils: 120 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Welbeck - The Defence Sixth Form College Loughborough, LE12 8WD dsfc.ac.uk

Headteacher: Mr Peter Middleton Total pupils: 321 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Lincolnshire

Ayscoughfee Hall School Spalding, PE11 2TE ahs.me.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Clare Ogden Total pupils: 147 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Grace Dieu Manor School

Grantham Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mr Peter Stephen Fisher Total pupils: 268 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Kathryn Korcz Total pupils: 135 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Leicester Grammar School

Kirkstone House School

Headteachers: Mr C P M King Total pupils: 1216 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Corinne Jones Total pupils: 170 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Thringstone, LE67 5UG gracedieu.com

Leicester, LE8 9FL leicestergrammar.org.uk

Leicester, LE2 2PP leicesterhigh.co.uk

Stamford, PE9 3AD copthill.com

Grantham, NG31 7UF tgps.co.uk

Nr Peterborough, PE6 9PA kirkstonehouseschool.co.uk

Lincoln Minster School

Lincoln, LN2 5RW lincolnminsterschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mark Wallace Total pupils: 647 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Loughborough Grammar School

Lincolnshire Montessori

Headteacher: Mr Duncan Byrne Total pupils: 1001 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

Headteacher: Ms Sylvia Fields Total pupils: 64 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Loughborough High School

Woodhall Spa, LN10 6TQ st-hughs.lincs.sch.uk

Loughborough, LE11 2DU lesgrammar.org

Loughborough, LE11 2DU leshigh.org

Headteacher: Mrs Gwen Byrom Total pupils: 602 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Stallingborough, DN41 8AJ lincolnshiremontessori.co.uk

St Hugh’s School

Headteacher: Mr Chris Ward Total pupils: 185 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Grimsby, DN34 4SY saintjamesschool.co.uk

St Martin’s Preparatory School Grimsby, DN34 5AA stmartinsprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr S Thompson Total pupils: 124 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Stamford High School (Girls) Stamford, PE9 2LL ses.lincs.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Vicky Buckman Total pupils: 601 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Stamford Junior School Stamford, PE9 2LR ses.lincs.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Emma Maria Smith Total pupils: 382 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Stamford School (Boys) Stamford, PE9 2BQ ses.lincs.sch.uk

Headteacher: Nick Gallop Total pupils: 672 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

Witham Hall

Bourne, PE10 0JJ withamhall.com

Headteacher: Mr Charles Welch Total pupils: 248 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Northamptonshire Beachborough School Nr Brackley, NN13 5LB beachborough.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Jeremy Banks Total pupils: 380 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Co-Ed

Laxton Junior School Oundle, PE8 4BX laxtonjunior.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Mark Potter Total pupils: 259 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Maidford Montessori Nursery Maidford, NN12 8HT Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Maidwell Hall

Northampton, NN6 9JG maidwellhall.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr R A Lankester Total pupils: 111 Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Northampton High School Northampton, NN4 6UU northamptonhigh.co.uk

Headteacher: Dr Helen Stringer Total pupils: 681 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Oundle School

Oundle, PE8 4GH oundleschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Kerr-Dineen Total pupils: 1100 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Pitsford School

Pitsford, NN6 9AX pitsfordschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Noel Toone Total pupils: 312 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr Nic Boys Total pupils: 259 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Ratcliffe College

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Teesdale Total pupils: 315 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Foremarke Hall

Mount St Mary’s College

Headteacher: Dr Julian Murphy Total pupils: 245 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Co-Ed • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Earnshaw Total pupils: 487 Kindergarten • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Loughborough, LE11 2AE lesfairfield.org

Headteacher: Mr Alan Whelpdale Total pupils: 373 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Richard Merriman Total pupils: 455 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Loughborough, LE11 2DZ olcs.leics.sch.uk

Copthill School

Leicester High School for Girls

Milton, DE65 6EJ foremarke.org.uk See Advertisement

Our Lady’s Convent School

Fairfield Preparatory School

Derby, DE23 3DT derbyhigh.derby.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Denise Gould Total pupils: 541 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Ashby-de-la-Zouch, LE65 1BR manorhouseashby.co.uk

EAST MIDLANDS

“Excellent across all categories” ISI INSPECTION 2017

ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY Foremarke Hall is an Independent Boarding and Day School for boys and girls aged 3-13.

Boarding is available from age 7, with the option of moving to Repton for senior boarding at age 13.

OUTSTANDING FACILITIES

NEXT OPEN MORNING

• 55 acres of school grounds to explore in rural Derbyshire • An enviable extra-curricular programme • Full-size theatre, swimming pool and lake all on site

• SATURDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER 2017

“School days should be the happiest days of your life. I am delighted our pupils’ experience is rich, broad and balanced, free from excessive entrance examination stress allowing children to prosper and thrive.”

Richard Merriman, Headmaster

9.00am until 11.30am Foremarke Hall is located to the south of Derby easily accessed by rail to East Midlands Parkway and by road via the M5/M6/M1 using the A50.

Please contact the Registrar to arrange a private tour: 01283 707100 or email registrar@foremarke.org.uk

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Hollygirt School

Salterford House School

Headteacher: Mrs M Chapman Total pupils: 114 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Pamela Hutley Total pupils: 156 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs M Venables Total pupils: 96 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Northampton, NN6 8HP sprattonhall.com

Nottingham Girls’ High Junior School

Nottingham, NG10 4AD trentcollege.net

Wellingborough School

Headteacher: Laura Fowler Total pupils: 285 Prep • Day • Girls

Kettering, NN15 6DJ st-peters.org.uk

Spratton Hall School

Headteacher: Mr Simon Clarke Total pupils: 388 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Wellingborough, NN8 2BX wellingboroughschool.org

Headteacher: Mr G R Bowe Total pupils: 890 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Winchester House School Brackley, NN13 7AZ winchester-house.org

Headteacher: Mrs Emma Goldsmith Total pupils: 325 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Nottinghamshire

Nottingham, NG3 4GF hollygirt.co.uk

Nottingham, NG1 4HX nottinghamgirlshigh.gdst.net

Nottingham Girls’ High School

Wellow House School

Nr Newark, NG22 0EA wellowhouse.notts.sch.uk

Headteacher: Miss Julie Keller Total pupils: 986 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Worksop College Preparatory School, Ranby House

Nottingham High School

Retford, DN22 8HX wsnl.co.uk/prep

Headteachers: Mrs Clare Bruce and Mr Kevin Fear Total pupils: 971 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Worksop College

Nottingham, NG7 4ED nottinghamhigh.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr K B Morrow Total pupils: 400 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Phil Simpson Total pupils: 100 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Highfields School

St Joseph’s School

Headteacher: Mr Richard Thomson Total pupils: 140 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Bill Penty Total pupils: 1131 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Nicola Matthews Total pupils: 149 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Co-Ed

Plumtree School

Newark, NG24 3AL highfieldsschool.co.uk

Trent College

Nottingham, NG1 4JB nottinghamgirlshigh.gdst.net

The Elms School

Nottingham, NG10 4AD elmsschool.net

Nottingham, NG14 6NZ salterfordhouseschool.co.uk

Nottingham, NG12 5ND plumtreeschool.co.uk

Nottingham, NG1 5AW st-josephs.nottingham.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr A Crawshaw Total pupils: 147 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Oakham School

Oakham, LE15 6DT oakham.rutland.sch.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Nigel M Lashbrook Total pupils: 1041 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Uppingham School Rutland, LE15 9QE uppingham.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Dr Richard J Maloney Total pupils: 793 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Christian Pritchard Total pupils: 230 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Worksop, S80 3AP wsnl.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr G W Horgan Total pupils: 368 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Rutland

Brooke Priory School Oakham, LE15 6QW brooke.rutland.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs E S Bell Total pupils: 185 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Opportunities abound at Uppingham As a full boarding school we believe the complete immersion in education gives our pupils the richest and most profound experience of school.

To learn more about Uppingham School please visit www.uppingham.co.uk or contact Admissions on 01572 820611

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The value of an all-round education, in which each individual and their talents come first, is fundamental to the Uppingham experience.

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See success in action To book a personal visit or for further details, please contact the Registrar: Tel: 01283 559222 Email: registrar@repton.org.uk independentschoolparent.com

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West Midlands This map illustrates the location of some of our leading independent schools in this region. A directory of schools, listed by county, follows this page.

Staffordshire

West Midlands

1 Abbotsholme School

9 Edgbaston High School

Shropshire

Wolverhampton

Uttoxeter

Ludlow

2 Moor Park School

Oswestry 3 Moreton Hall School

Shrewsbury 4 Adcote School 5 Shrewsbury School

Warwickshire Rugby

6 Bilton Grange School

Warwick 7 King’s High School 8 Warwick School

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Birmingham

10 Bablake School 11 The Royal School 12 Wolverhampton Grammar School

Worcestershire Abberley

13 Abberley Hall School

Bromsgrove 14 Bromsgrove School

Great Malvern

Stoke-on-Trent

3

STAFFORDSHIRE

Derby

1 Shrewsbury

4 5

Wolverhampton 11 10

12

SHROPSHIRE 2

13

9 Birmingham

WEST MIDLANDSCoventry 14

6

WARWICKSHIRE

WORCESTERSHIRE

78

HEREFORDSHIRE 15 Tewkesbury

15 Malvern St James Girls’ School

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Bromsgrove School

Worcester Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire B61 7DU

FREE SCHOOL Co-educational Boarding and Day School

Independent Education without fees

Affordable Boarding

T: 01527 579679 W: Bromsgrove-school.co.uk Head Teacher: Peter Clague BA, MBA Admissions: Rachel Scannell E: admissions@bromsgrove-school.co.uk

Key facts

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 7-18 years Total pupils: 1,467, boys 812, girls 655 Type: Day, Weekly Boarding and Full Boarding Fees: Prep: Day from £3,730 - £4,840, Wo lver hamp to n Weekly Boarding from £5,670 - £6,885, Penn Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV3 OEG Full Boarding from £7,770 - £9,580 per term Tel: 01 902 341230 admissions@theroyal.school www.theroyalschool.co.uk Warwick School GuideIndSch 99 by 129 2017_Layout 1 07/09/2017 09:48 Page 1 Senior: Day £5,340, Weekly Boarding £7,925, Full Boarding £11,950 per term Typical class size: Prep – 20, Senior – 16, Sixth Form – 2-12 Faith: Anglican Motto: Deo Regi Vicino (God, King and Neighbour) Entrance procedure: Entrance Test and Interview

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School Philosophy: Bromsgrove’s scope is staggering: from A level to the International Baccalaureate, day to boarding, the arts to sport, pupils can soar.

Utterly dedicated to the individual pupil, despite its size, Bromsgrove shuns public school drones and instead looks to produce creative citizens with a strong moral compass and a dash of pizzazz to boot. The Good Schools Guide says; “The pupils we met were delightful and genuine. They were articulate and thoughtful and all quite different from each other, which was refreshing. The situation of the school is an asset – it is in a good central England location, easy to reach from all corners of the country”, while the Tatler’s Good School Guide called us a “Great school with a fantastically global perspective”. Friendly, engaging and – despite its ranking - not driven by league tables, Bromsgrove is a local, national and international centre of learning.

Academic Record: Bromsgrove achieves outstanding results at both A level and IB Diploma. Over 98% of Sixth Form leavers continue to world class universities with the majority going to the Russell Group of Research universities.

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For information on Open Events and At Work Afternoons Independent boys’ school (7-18 years) 01926 776400 www.warwickschool.org

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Extra-curricular: The Extra-curricular life of the School is hugely important with activities sessions every afternoon and on Saturday mornings. Pupils are encouraged to reach their highest possible level at sport, music, drama, debating, CCF and in numerous other areas.

Notable Achievements and Alumni: Alumni include: Lord Digby Jones of Birmingham, A E Housman, Poet. Lucilla Wright England Hockey team Olympics and Commonwealth games. Olivia Safe Opera singer. Andy Goode England Rugby. Ben Foden England Rugby.

Open Mornings: Prep School (ages 7-13), Saturday 30th September Senior School (13+, Year 9) Saturday 14th October

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WEST MIDLANDS | Herefordshire | Shropshire | Staffordshire | Warwickshire Herefordshire

Packwood Haugh

Edenhurst Preparatory School

Hereford, HR1 2NW herefordcs.com

Headteacher: Mr Clive Smith-Langridge Total pupils: 207 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr N H F Copestick Total pupils: 203 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Hereford Cathedral Junior School

Headteacher: Mr Chris Wright Total pupils: 245 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Hereford Cathedral School Hereford, HR1 2NG herefordcs.com

Headteacher: Mr Paul Smith Total pupils: 511 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Lucton School

Lucton, HR6 9PN luctonschool.org

Headteacher: Mrs Gill Thorne Total pupils: 348 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Shropshire

Adcote School for Girls Shrewsbury, SY4 2JY adcoteschool.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs D Browne Total pupils: 300 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Girls

Bedstone College Bucknell, SY7 0BG bedstone.org

Headteacher: Mr David Gajadharsingh Total pupils: 201 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Castle House School

Newport, TF10 7JE castlehouseschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mark Crewe-Read Total pupils: 109 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Concord College

Shrewsbury, SY5 7PF concordcollegeuk.com

Headteacher: Mr N G Hawkins Total pupils: 512 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Ellesmere College Ellesmere, SY12 9AB ellesmere.com

Headteacher: Mr B J Wignall Total pupils: 558 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Moor Park School Ludlow, SY8 4DZ moorpark.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Charlie Minogue Total pupils: 290 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Moreton Hall School

Oswestry, SY11 3EN moretonhallschool.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Forster Total pupils: 479 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

The Old Hall School Wellington, TF1 3LB oldhall.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Martin C Stott Total pupils: 233 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Oswestry School

Oswestry, SY11 2TL oswestryschool.org.uk

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Prestfelde School

Shrewsbury, SY2 6NZ prestfelde.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Fiona Orchard Total pupils: 287 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Shrewsbury High Prep School Shrewsbury, SY3 9AH shrewsburyhigh.gdst.net

Headteacher: Kate Millichamp Total pupils: 200 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Shrewsbury High School Shrewsbury, SY1 1TN shrewsburyhigh.gdst.net

Headteacher: Mr Michael Getty Total pupils: 625 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Shrewsbury School Shrewsbury, SY3 7BA shrewsbury.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Mark Turner Total pupils: 795 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Wrekin College

Wellington, TF1 3BH wrekincollege.com

Headteacher: Tim Firth Total pupils: 385 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 2PU edenhurst.co.uk

Lichfield Cathedral School Lichfield, WS13 7LH lichfieldcathedralschool.com

Headteacher: Mrs Susan Hannam Total pupils: 413 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Little Chasers Nursery Cannock, WS11 0AL littlechasers.co.uk

Abbotsholme School Uttoxeter, ST14 5BS abbotsholme.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Matthew Boud-Self Total pupils: 350 Nursery • Prep • Senior • 6th Form Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Chase Grammar School Cannock, WS11 0UR chasegrammar.com

Headteacher: Dr. Paul Silverwood Total pupils: 202 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Denstone College

Uttoxeter, ST14 5HN denstonecollege.org

Headteacher: Mr David M Derbyshire Total pupils: 615 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Nr Rugby, CV22 6QU biltongrange.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Alex Osiatynski Total pupils: 300 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Kenilworth, CV8 2FT crackleyhall.co.uk

Headteacher: Dr D J Brown Total pupils: 113 Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Crescent School

Newcastle-under-Lyme Junior School

Headteacher: Mr R H Marshall Total pupils: 155 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1BQ nuls.org.uk Headteacher: Mr Nick Vernon Total pupils: 252 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Newcastle-under-Lyme Senior School

Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1DB nuls.org.uk

Headteacher: David Williamson Total pupils: 664 Nursery • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Nr Stafford, ST17 0XN saintbedes.co.uk

St Dominic’s High School for Girls

Headteacher: Mrs Victoria Musgrave Total pupils: 165 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Bilton Grange School

Headteacher: Mr Robert Duigan Total pupils: 276 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Lichfield, WS13 8BL dyslexia.gb.com

Headteacher: Wendy Gordon Total pupils: 65 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Rugeley, WS15 3BW abbotsbromleyschool.com

Headteacher: David Preston Total pupils: 225 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Maple Hayes Dyslexia School

Headteacher: Mr Charles Stafford Northcote Total pupils: 101 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Abbots Bromley School

Leamington Spa, CV32 5TW arnoldlodge.com

Crackley Hall School

Abbots Bromley Preparatory School

Rugeley, WS15 3BW abbotsbromleyschool.com

Arnold Lodge School

Headteacher: Ms Carla Corbett Total pupils: 31 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

St Bede’s Preparatory School

Staffordshire

Warwickshire

Nr Wolverhampton, ST19 9BA stdominicsbrewood.co.uk Headteacher: Peter McNabb Total pupils: 199 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

St Dominic’s Priory School Stone, ST15 8EN stdominicspriory.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Rebecca Harrison Total pupils: 191 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

St Joseph’s Preparatory School Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5RF stjosephsprepschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs S D Hutchinson Total pupils: 134 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Stafford Grammar School Stafford, ST18 9AT staffordgrammar.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr M R Darley Total pupils: 378 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Stafford Preparatory School Stafford, ST18 9AT staffordprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Clive O’Donnell Total pupils: 120 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Rugby, CV22 7QH crescentschool.co.uk

The Croft Preparatory School Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 7RL croftschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Marcus Cook Total pupils: 403 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

King’s High School

Warwick, CV34 4HJ kingshighwarwick.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Nicholson Total pupils: 611 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

The Kingsley School

Royal Leamington Spa, CV32 5RD thekingsleyschool.com Headteacher: Ms Heather Owens Total pupils: 337 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Merrydays & Henley Montessori School Henley-in-Arden, B95 5JP henleymontessori.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Helen Everley Total pupils: 48 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Princethorpe College Rugby, CV23 9PX princethorpe.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Ed Hester Total pupils: 868 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Rugby School

Rugby, CV22 5EH rugbyschool.net

Headteacher: Mr Peter Green Total pupils: 805 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Stratford Preparatory School Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6BG stratfordprep.co.uk

Headteachers: Mrs C Quinn Total pupils: 122 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Twycross House Pre-Prep School Nr Atherstone, CV9 3PQ twycrosshouseschool.org.uk/thehollies Headteacher: Mrs R T Assinder Total pupils: 151 Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Denstone College Prep School

Yarlet School

Twycross House School

Headteacher: Mr Jerry Gear Total pupils: 154 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr IM Raybould Total pupils: 148 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr S D Assinder Total pupils: 328 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Uttoxeter, ST14 8NS denstoneprep.co.uk

Nr Stafford, ST18 9SU yarletschool.uk

Nr Atherstone, CV9 3PL twycrosshouseschool.org.uk

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Headteacher: Mr Julian Noad Total pupils: 420 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Shrewsbury, SY4 1HX packwood-haugh.co.uk

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Magical memories, Learning for life

We are King’s High Join us!

Open Morning 30 September at 10.30am Co-educational Boarding and Day Preparatory School, near Rugby

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“Every girl in England should have at least a term in this environment”

Scholarships and Bursaries are available at Year 7 and Year 12 entry For information, please contact our Registrar: 01926 494485 or registrar@kingshighwarwick.co.uk www.kingshighwarwick.co.uk

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Where learning goes Where learning goes hand in hand with discovery Where learning goes Co-education Boarding & Day Prep School for 2-13 year olds, baseddiscovery in 90 acres of Worcestershire countryside. hand in hand with Two hours from London, an hour from the Cotswolds and Birmingham Airport. hand in hand with discovery Co-education Boarding &A:Day Prep School for 2-13 year olds, 9001299 acres896275 of Worcestershire countryside.

Abberley Hall School, Worcester, WR6based 6DD |in T: Two hours London, anfor hour from Cotswolds Birmingham Airport. countryside.

Co-education Boarding & from Day Prep School 2-13 yearthe olds, based inand 90 acres of Worcestershire abberleyhall.co.uk Two hours from London, an hour from the WR6 Cotswolds and Airport.

A: Abberley Hall School, Worcester, 6DD | T:Birmingham 01299 896275

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A: Abberley Hall School, Worcester, WR6 6DD | T: 01299 896275 abberleyhall.co.uk abberleyhall.co.uk

Open Day - Saturday 30th September Independent Boarding and Day School - Girls 3-18, Boys 3-11 Moreton Hall, Weston Rhyn, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 3EW www.moretonhall.org/Open-Day

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Warwick Preparatory School Warwick, CV34 6PL warwickprep.com

Headteacher: Hellen Dodsworth Total pupils: 457 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Warwick School

Warwick, CV34 6PP warwickschool.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Augustus Lock Total pupils: 1239 Junior • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Boys

West Midlands Bablake Junior School

Coventry, CV1 4AU bablakejuniorschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Neil Price Total pupils: 345 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bablake School

Coventry, CV1 4AU bablake.com See Advertisement

King Edward VI High School for Girls Birmingham, B15 2UB kehs.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Ann Clark Total pupils: 567 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

King Edward’s School Birmingham, B15 2UA kes.org.uk

Headteacher: Dr Mark Fenton Total pupils: 852 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

King Henry VIII Preparatory School Coventry, CV3 6PT khps.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs G Bowser Total pupils: 507 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

King Henry VIII School Coventry, CV3 6AQ khviii.com

Headteacher: Mr J Slack Total pupils: 723 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr J W Watson Total pupils: 757 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Mander Portman Woodward

Birchfield Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mr Mark Shingleton Total pupils: 200 6th Form • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Wolverhampton, WV7 3AF birchfieldschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Hugh V Myott Total pupils: 138 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Co-Ed

Mayfield Preparatory School

The Blue Coat School

Headteacher: Mr Matthew Draper Total pupils: 210 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Birmingham, B17 0HR thebluecoatschool.com

Newbridge Preparatory School

Davenport Lodge School

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Fisher Total pupils: 145 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Norfolk House School

Edgbaston High School

Headteacher: Mr Paul Jowett Total pupils: 279 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Dr Ruth A Weeks Total pupils: 899 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Eversfield Preparatory School Solihull, B91 1AT eversfield.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr R Yates Total pupils: 310 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Hallfield School

Birmingham, B15 3SJ hallfieldschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Roger Outwin Flinders Total pupils: 566 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Highclare School, Woodfield Sutton Coldfield, B2 1EA highclareschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs S. Poiton Total pupils: 259 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Highclare School, St Paul’s Sutton Coldfield, B4 2SY highclareschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs J Booker Total pupils: 172 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Highclare School, The Abbey Birmingham, B23 6QL highclareschool.co.uk

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T: 01584 876 061 | head@moorpark.org.uk www.moorpark.org.uk Moor Park, Richard’s Castle, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 4DZ

Birmingham, B15 3PS norfolkhouseschool.co.uk

The Leading Boarding and Day School for Girls aged 4 - 18

Curiosity • Creativity • Challenge

Priory School

Birmingham, B15 2UR prioryschool.net

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Cramb Total pupils: 453 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

The Royal School Wolverhampton Wolverhampton, WV3 OEG theroyalschool.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Mark Heywood Total pupils: 560 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Ruckleigh School Solihull, B91 2AB ruckleigh.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Barbara Forster Total pupils: 233 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St George’s School

Your story starts here...

Birmingham, B15 1RX sgse.co.uk

Headteacher: Sir Robert Dowling Total pupils: 432 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Open Mornings 30th September 2017 & 3rd February 2018

St Martin’s School

Register now for a place in 2018 Generous scholarships and bursaries available

Solihull, B91 3EN saintmartins-school.com

Headteacher: Ms Nicola Edgar Total pupils: 477 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

To reserve your place please visit www.malvernstjames.co.uk/open-morning admissions@malvernstjames.co.uk Tel: 01684 584624 s

Headteacher: Mrs A Moore Total pupils: 206 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

A co-educational country prep school in a stunning setting combining a passion for the outdoors, outstanding academic and extra-curricular results with a culture of kindness.

Wolverhampton, WV6 0LH newbridgeprepschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Susan Nalus Total pupils: 130 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Birmingham, B15 3TS edgbastonhigh.co.uk See Advertisement

An environment that ignites the imagination

Walsall, WS1 2PD mayfieldprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Noel Neeson Total pupils: 569 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Coventry, CV5 6QA davenportlodgeschool.co.uk

More than just a school

Birmingham, B15 3AU mpw.ac.uk

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Independent Day School for Boys and Girls Junior School ages 7-11 Senior School ages 11-16 Sixth Form ages 16-18

Education as individual as your child Wolverhampton Grammar School is one of the oldest schools in the country, founded in 1512.

As a selective and co-educational independent school, it enjoys an outstanding reputation.

To arrange a guided tour or to learn about one of our upcoming open events please contact Mrs Jane Morris, Admissions Registrar tel 01902 422939 or email jam@wgs-sch.net “This is a remarkable school. The atmosphere we encountered as we walked round with a succession of delightful guides was smilingly friendly. There is a real feeling of happiness.� The Good Schools Guide

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Solihull School

Heathfield Knoll School

Headteacher: Mr David E J J Lloyd Total pupils: 1028 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Lawrence Collins Total pupils: 251 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Solihull, B91 3DJ solsch.org.uk

Tettenhall College

Wolverhampton, WV6 8QX tettenhallcollege.co.uk See Advertisement Headteacher: Mr David Williams Total pupils: 312 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Kidderminster, DY10 3QE heathfieldshool.co.uk

King’s Hawford Pre-Prep and Preparatory School Worcester, WR3 7SD ksw.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr J M Turner Total pupils: 328 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

West House School

King’s St Albans

Headteacher: Mr A M Lyttle Total pupils: 308 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Boys

Headteacher: Mr Richard Chapman Total pupils: 211 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Birmingham, B15 2NX westhouseprep.com

Wolverhampton Grammar School

Wolverhampton, WV3 9RB wgs.org.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Kathy Crewe-Read Total pupils: 714 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Worcestershire Abberley Hall School Worcester, WR6 6DD abberleyhall.co.uk See Advertisement

Worcester, WR1 2NJ ksw.org.uk

King’s Worcester

Worcester, WR1 2LL ksw.org.uk Headteacher: Mr Matthew Armstrong Total pupils: 960 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Malvern College

Malvern, WR14 3DF malverncollege.org.uk Headteacher: Mr Antony Clark Total pupils: 654 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Will Lockett Total pupils: 300 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Malvern St James Girls’ School

Bowbrook House School

Headteacher: Mrs Olivera Raraty Total pupils: 430 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Nr Pershore, WR10 2EE bowbrookhouseschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr C D Allen Total pupils: 195 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Bromsgrove Preparatory School Bromsgrove, B60 2BU bromsgrove-school.co.uk See Profile Listing

Headteacher: Mrs Jacquelyne Deval-Reed Total pupils: 716 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bromsgrove School

Bromsgrove, B61 7DU bromsgrove-school.co.uk See Profile Listing

Headteacher: Mr Peter Clague Total pupils: 934 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Dodderhill School

Droitwich Spa, WR9 0BE dodderhill.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Catherine Mawston Total pupils: 239 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

The Downs Malvern

Malvern, WR13 6EY thedownsmalvern.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Alastair S Cook Total pupils: 194 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Elms

Malvern, WR13 6EF elmsschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Chris Hattam Total pupils: 182 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Great Malvern, WR14 3BA malvernstjames.co.uk See Advertisement

Open Morning 23 September 2017, 9.30am - 12.30pm www.bablake.com

Moffats School

Nr Bewdley, DY12 3AY moffats.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Robin McCarthy Total pupils: 60 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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RGS The Grange

Worcester, WR3 7RR rgsw.org.uk Headteacher: Mr Gareth Hughes Total pupils: 375 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

RGS Worcester

Worcester, WR1 1HP rgsw.org.uk Headteacher: Mr John Pitt Total pupils: 1272 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

RGS Springfield

Worcester, WR1 3DL rgsw.org.uk Headteacher: Mrs Laura Brown Total pupils: 151 Nursery • Pre-prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Michael’s College

Tenbury Wells, WR15 8PH uk-stmichaels.kingscollegeschools.org Headteacher: Mrs Nicola Walker Total pupils: 140 Senior • 6th Form • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Winterfold House

Pr e-Pr ep . Pr epar at ory . Seni or . Si xth Form

Chaddesley Corbett, DY10 4PW winterfoldhouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Denise Toms Total pupils: 319 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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CO-EDUCATIONAL BOARDING

IN THE HEART OF ENGLAND

Shrewsbury School provides an outstanding full boarding experience for boys and girls aged 13-18. We provide a rigorous approach to learning and an extraordinary variety of extracurricular activities alongside personal pastoral support.

Scholarships and bursaries are available for talented pupils for entry at 13+ and 16+, including new Choral and String Scholarships.

Please contact the school for further information or to book a place at one of our Open Days.

We look forward to welcoming you!

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North of England

This map illustrates the location of some of our leading independent schools in this region. A directory of schools, listed by county, follows this page.

County Durham

Harrogate

1

Manchester

NORTHUMBERLAND

9

TYNE & WEAR

Carlisle

1

CUMBRIA

COUNTY DURHAM

6 Ashville College

Durham

Durham School

Lancashire

Whitby

3

7 Manchester Grammar School 8 Withington Girls’ School

Clitheroe

2 Stonyhurst College

Tyne & Wear

3 Aysgarth Preparatory School

9 Royal Grammar School

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

York

LANCASHIRE

Leeds

EAST YORKSHIRE Hull

WEST YORKSHIRE GREATER SOUTH MANCHESTER YORKSHIRE MERSEYSIDE 8 7 Liverpool

4 Queen Ethelburga’s College 5 Queen Margaret’s School

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Yorkshire Bedale

NORTH YORKSHIRE

Sheffield

Lincoln

CHESHIRE Stoke-on-Trent

Durham School

Independent Co-educational Day & Boarding School (Age 3-18)

Confidence for Life For over 600 years, Durham School has prepared the young of today to be the leaders of tomorrow in the lessons we teach both in and outside the classroom, but more importantly in the values we encourage in every aspect of our daily lives.

Within a community shaped by moral integrity and kindness, we cultivate responsibility and ensure that all pupils can thrive, be happy, and make a positive mark in the world. In doing this, our pupils learn to pass their examinations today while receiving an education that will last a lifetime.

We know what we value. Do you?

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY: Whole School Open Morning 14th October 2017 6th Form Information Evening 18th October 2017 16+ Burkitt Scholarships 2nd December 2017 11/13+ Entrance Assessments 13th January 2018

FOR A PERSONAL VISIT;

• MORAL INTEGRITY • AMBITION • RESPONSIBILITY • KINDNESS

“The MARK of a Durham School education”

Tel: 0191 731 9270 admissions@durhamschool.co.uk

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MORAL INTEGRITY • AMBITION • RESPONSIBILITY • KINDNESS

Registered charity number 1023407

“The MARK of a Durham School education”

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NORTH OF ENGLAND | Cheshire Cheshire

Greenbank School

Chester, CH2 3HR abbeygateschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Janet Lowe Total pupils: 199 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Abbey Gate Prep School Headteacher: Mrs Sally Ann Rhodes-Leader Total pupils: 56 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Abbey Gate College

Chester, CH3 6EN abbeygatecollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Tracy Pollard Total pupils: 498 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Abbey Gate College Infant and Junior School

Chester, CH3 6HZ abbeygatecollege.co.uk/infant-andjunior Headteacher: Mrs Marie Hickey Total pupils: 134 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Alderley Edge School for Girls Alderley Edge, SK9 7QE aesg.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Helen Jeys Total pupils: 539 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Altrincham Preparatory School Altrincham, WA14 2RR altprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr A C Potts Total pupils: 332 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Beech Hall School

Macclesfield, SK10 2EG beechhallschool.org

Headteacher: Mr J D Allen Total pupils: 192 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Cheadle, SK8 6HU greenbankschool.co.uk

Hale Preparatory School Hale, WA15 9AS haleprepschool.com

The Hammond School

Chester, CH2 4ES thehammondschool.co.uk

Hulme Hall Grammar School Stockport, SK8 6LA hulmehallschool.org

Headteacher: Miss R Allen Total pupils: 323 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

The King’s School

Macclesfield, SK10 1DA kingsmac.co.uk

Headteacher: Dr S Hyde Total pupils: 1216 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

The King’s School, Chester Chester, CH4 7QL kingschester.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Chris Ramsey Total pupils: 988 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Lee Sanders Total pupils: 131 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Loreto Preparatory School

Cheadle, SK8 6EF cheadlehulmeschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Lucy Pearson Total pupils: 1418 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Cransley School

Nr Northwich, CW9 6HN cransleyschool.org

Headteacher: Richard Pollock Total pupils: 154 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

The Firs School Chester, CH2 2HJ firsschool.net

Headteacher: Mrs Lucy Davies Total pupils: 195 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Helen Norwood Total pupils: 156 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

North Cestrian Grammar School Altrincham, WA14 4AJ northcestrian.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Lee Bergin Total pupils: 251 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Pownall Hall School

Wilmslow, SK9 5DW pownallhallschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr David Goulbourn Total pupils: 210 Nursery • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Queen’s Lower School

Headteacher: Mr Rick Hyde Total pupils: 198 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Queen’s School

Northwich, CW8 3AU grange.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Guy Rands Total pupils: 442 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Grange School (Senior) Hartford, CW8 1LU grange.org.uk

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Headteacher: Mrs R Cookson Total pupils: 216 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Chester, CH1 2NN thequeensschool.co.uk

Means -tested bursaries now available from Year 5 upwards

Headteacher: Mrs E S Clark Total pupils: 438 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Ramillies Hall School Cheadle, SK8 7AJ ramillieshall.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Denise Anthony Total pupils: 143 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

To arrange a tour call 0161 224 1077 Wellington Road, Fallowfield, Manchester M14 6BL

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Headteacher: Mrs D Leonard Total pupils: 730 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

“A friendly, caring environment in which each girl can feel confident and flourish”

Altrincham, WA14 4GZ loretoprep.co.uk

Chester, CH2 1AW thequeensschool.co.uk

The Grange School (Junior)

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Headteacher: Mr Mark Turner Total pupils: 469 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Forest Preparatory School Altrincham, WA15 6LJ forestschool.co.uk

Award-winning independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11-18

Lady Barn House School

Cheadle, SK8 1JE ladybarnhouse.stockport.sch.uk

Cheadle Hulme School

Call 01904 727630

Headteacher: Mrs Maggie Evans Total pupils: 260 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Brabyns Preparatory School Stockport, SK6 7DB brabynsprepschool.co.uk

Saturday Open Days: 16 September 11 November

Headteacher: Mr J F Connor Total pupils: 199 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Leading Catholic, Co-educational Boarding and Day School for 3 –18 year olds

OPEN DAYS

21ST SEPTEMBER, 17:45 ONWARDS (SIXTH FORM) 7TH OCTOBER, 9:00–13:00 (3 –13 YEARS) 4TH NOVEMBER, 9:00–14:00 (13 –18 YEARS) Using your School Branding System©

Developing outstanding leaders The logo This is the new logo for all members of the Jesuit Institute group of schools and should be used across To book your place please contact Admissions – the links with the Jesuit Institute. all communications materials within the school to help promote It is designed as a unit with the ‘sunburst’ crest and the lettering. They must be kept as one unit. These 2 elements should never be used in different proportions to those shown below. They can appear 01254 827073 admissions@stonyhurst.ac.uk discretely and we would recommend they feature no smaller than 35mm wide.

There are 3 versions of the logo supplied on BB7 your CD, including Admissions Office, Stonyhurst, Clitheroe 9PZ a black version. They are shown below. The logo should not be used in any other colourway or distorted. However it can be scaled in

PMS 1945 U red and 425U grey

White out of 425U and 1945U

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We have also created an extra logo artwork for use when applied to uniform and is being stitched or embroidered.

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NORTH OF ENGLAND | Cheshire | County Durham | Cumbria | Greater Manchester The Ryleys

Alderley Edge, SK9 7UY theryleys.com

Headteacher: Mrs Claire Hamilton Total pupils: 241 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Ambrose Preparatory School Altrincham, WA15 0HE stambroseprep.org

Headteacher: Mr Francis Driscoll Total pupils: 152 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Stockport Grammar School Stockport, SK2 7AF stockportgrammar.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr A H Chicken Total pupils: 1047 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Terra Nova School

Holmes Chapel, CW4 8BT tnschook.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Mark Mitchell Total pupils: 276 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Wilmslow Prep School Wilmslow, SK9 5EG wilmslowprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Helen Rigby Total pupils: 116 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls • Co-Ed

County Durham

Barnard Castle Prep School Barnard Castle, DL12 8UW barnardcastleschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Laura Turner Total pupils: 200 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Barnard Castle School

Barnard Castle, DL12 8UN barnardcastleschool.org.uk Headteacher: Mr Alan Stevens Total pupils: 705 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Flexi • Co-Ed

The Chorister School Durham, DH1 3EL thechoristerschool.com

Headteacher: Mrs Yvette Day Total pupils: 206 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Durham School

Durham, DH1 4SZ durhamschool.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Kieran McLaughlin Total pupils: 599 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Durham High School for Girls Durham, DH1 3TB dhsfg.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Lynne Renwich Total pupils: 228 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Cumbria Austin Friars

Carlisle, CA3 9PB austinfriars.cumbria.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Matthew Harris Total pupils: 471 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Casterton, Sedbergh Prep School Kirkby Lonsdsale, LA6 2SG sedberghschool.org.uk/junior

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Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 0NY chetwynde.co.uk Headteacher: Ms Jeffreys Total pupils: 427 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Hunter Hall School Penrith, CA11 8UA hunterhall.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Donna Vinsome Total pupils: 111 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Lime House School

Nr Carlisle, CA5 7BX limehouseschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Mary Robertson-Barnett Total pupils: 133 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Manchester Grammar School Manchester, M13 0XT mgs.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mrs Susan Faulkner Total pupils: 190 Prep • Day • Boys

Manchester High School for Girls

Bolton School Junior Girls’ School

Manchester, M14 6HS manchesterhigh.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs A C Hewitt Total pupils: 929 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Moor Allerton School

Manchester, M20 2PW moorallertonschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mrs Adriana Ewart-Jones Total pupils: 239 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Bede’s College

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Fleck Total pupils: 583 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Richard Robson Total pupils: 706 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Windermere Preparatory School

Manchester, M14 6BL wgs.org See Advertisement

Windermere, LA23 1AP windermereschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Rachael Thomas Total pupils: 150 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Windermere School

Windermere, LA23 1NW windermereschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr I A Lavender Total pupils: 394 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Greater Manchester Abbey College Manchester Manchester, M2 4WG abbeymanchester.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Liz Elam Total pupils: 226 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Abbotsford Preparatory School Manchester, M41 5PR abbotsfordprepschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Catherine Howard Total pupils: 177 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bridgewater School

Worsley, M28 2WQ bridgewater-school.co.uk Headteacher: Mrs Judy Nairn Total pupils: 410 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Chetham’s School of Music Manchester, M3 1SB chethamschoolofmusic.com Headteacher: Alun Jones Total pupils: 293 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bolton, BL1 4RD boltonschool.org/juniorboys

Headteacher: Dr Martin Boulton Total pupils: 1509 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Sedbergh School

Sedbergh, LA10 5HG sedberghschool.org

Bolton School Junior Boys’ School

Manchester, M16 8HX sbcm.co.uk

Withington Girls’ School

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Haslam Total pupils: 635 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Isle Of Man

The Buchan School Castletown, IM9 1RD kwc.im/buchan

Headteacher: Jane Billingsley-Evans Total pupils: 208 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

King William’s College Castletown, IM9 1TP kwc.im

Headteacher: Mr Joss Buchanan Total pupils: 371 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bolton, BL1 4PB boltonschool.org/juniorgirls Headteacher: Mrs Carol Laverick Total pupils: 170 Prep • Day • Girls

Bolton School Boys’ Division Bolton, BL1 4PA boltonschool.org/seniorboys Headteacher: Mr Philip Britton Total pupils: 1103 Senior • Day • Boys

Bolton School Girls’ Division Bolton, BL1 4PB boltonschool.org/seniorgirls Headteacher: Miss Sue Hincks Total pupils: 1284 Senior • Day • Girls

Bury Grammar School Boys Bury, BL9 OHN bgsboys.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Cassidy Total pupils: 536 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Bury Grammar School Girls Bury, BL9 OHH bgsg.bury.sch.uk

Headteacher: Jo Anderson Total pupils: 773 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Clevelands Preparatory School Bolton, BL1 5DH clevelandsprepschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Lesley Parlane Total pupils: 129 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Firwood Manor Prep School Oldham, OL9 OAD firwoodmanorschool.co.uk

Lancashire

Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Greenwood Total pupils: 86 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Lytham, FY8 1DT arnoldkeqms.com

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Headteacher: Mr Mike Walton Total pupils: 763 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Beech House Lower Prep School Rochdale, OL16 1UT beechhouseschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr K A Sartain Total pupils: 115 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Preston, PR2 5RW highfieldpriory.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Jeremy Duke Total pupils: 258 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Hulme Preparatory School

Oldham, OL8 1RE hulme-grammar.oldham.sch.uk Headteacher: Mr Craig Mairs Total pupils: 276 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Beech House Upper Prep and Senior School

Kirkham Grammar School Junior

Rochdale, OL11 4JQ beechhouseschool.co.uk

Preston, PR4 2BD kirkhamgrammar.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr K A Sartain Total pupils: 137 Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Annette Roberts Total pupils: 129 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr P J Orechoff Total pupils: 125 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Joanne Hewitt Total pupils: 33 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Daniel Berry Total pupils: 678 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Forest Park Preparatory School

Bolton School, Beech House Infants School

Moorland School

Clarendon Cottage Preparatory School

Manchester, M30 9BJ clarendoncottage-school.co.uk

Sale, M33 6NB forestparkschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Nicholas Tucker Total pupils: 193 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bolton, BL1 4RL boltonschool.org/nursery

Bolton, BL1 4PB boltonschool.org/infants

Headteacher: Mrs Tracey Taylor Total pupils: 143 Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Preston, PR4 2BH kirkhamgrammar.co.uk

Clitheroe, BB7 2JA moorlandschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr J Harrison Total pupils: 181 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Just a week after achieving great results nationally at A level and BTEC, students and staff at Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate celebrated excellent results at GCSE, across both of it’s senior schools.

80% of the results for Year 11 pupils were graded A* or A in QE College, or the new 7 to 9 grades. In the Faculty of Queen Ethelburga’s, which offers more creative and vocational options in addition to the traditional GCSE subjects, 93% of the grades were A*- C or equivalent.

The Principal of Queen Ethelburga’s, Steven Jandrell, said it had been another excellent set of examination results and this was a tribute to the meticulous preparation that staff and pupils had put into the new, more rigorous GCSE courses: “At a time when there is national concern about the increased demands and how this will be reflected in the results, I am delighted to see such success across both our senior schools. Our 20% pass rate in the College at the new, exclusive grade 9 in English and Mathematics, compared with an estimated national average of 2% is indicative of the quality of our pupils’ performance and I could not be more pleased.”

“Our personalised approach to working with each student is really working to our pupils’ benefit and, as our sixth form results showed last week, our GCSE performance is providing a platform from which great results are achieved across a very wide variety of subjects.”

Within the College, at GCSE, Catheryne Kelly of Doncaster gained the equivalent of over 10 A grade GCSEs including the new numerical grades.

Particular successes in the Faculty at GCSE included Laura Goff from Garforth who achieved 5A* and 2 A grades, as well as gaining an 8 and 7 in her English GCSEs and a C grade at AS level Mathematics, whilst Douglas Sword of Great Ouseburn, near York, gained 2A* and 3 A grades in addition to a 9 in Mathematics and an 8 and 7 in English.

In last week’s results, Year 13 students in QE’s College, which follows a more traditional, academic curriculum, returned 85% of A level grades at A* or A, whilst Faculty students achieved 77% A* and A grades at A level and 91% Distinction* and Distinction grades (Equivalent in UCAS points to A* and A at A level). These results will continue a tradition over recent years for both schools to be near the top of national league tables for results.

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Ormskirk, L40 9RQ scarisbrickhallschool.co.uk Headteachers: Mr Jeff Shaw Total pupils: 463 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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St Pius X Prep School Preston, PR2 8RD stpiusx.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr John Browne Total pupils: 720 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall Clitheroe, BB7 9PU stonyhurst.ac.uk

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Headteacher: Mrs Rebecca Barnett Total pupils: 167 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Westholme Senior School & Sixth Form Blackburn, BB2 6QU westholmeschool.com

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Merchant Taylors’ Boys School Liverpool, L23 0QP merchanttaylors.com/senior-boys Headteacher: Mr David Cook Total pupils: 720 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Merchant Taylors’ Preparatory School (Stanfield) Liverpool, L23 5TH mtpn.org.uk

Headteacher: Dr K. McNerney Total pupils: 287 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Stocksfield, NE43 7TP mowdenhall.co.uk

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Headteacher: Ms Jean Brown Total pupils: 20 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Stockton-on-Tees, TS16 0DA glenfield-nursery.co.uk

Red House School

Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 1DX redhouseschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Ken James Total pupils: 410 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Teesside High School

Stockton-on-Tees, TS16 9AT teessidehigh.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Wilson Total pupils: 361 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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Nr Stockton-on-Tees, TS15 9ES yarmschool.org

Headteacher: Mr Bill Sawyer Total pupils: 361 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Yarm School

Headteacher: Mrs L A Robinson Total pupils: 804 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mr David M Dunn Total pupils: 1100 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Prenton Preparatory School Wirral, CH43 5SY prentonprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr M T R Jones Total pupils: 110 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Nr Stockton-on-Tees, TS15 9EJ yarmschool.org

Tyne & Wear Argyle House School

Sunderland, SR2 7LA argylehouseschool.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr Christopher Johnson Total pupils: 191 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Miss Rachel Jones Total pupils: 216 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Central Newcastle High School (Junior)

Birkenhead, CH43 1TX redcourtstanselms.com

Runnymede St Edward’s School Liverpool, L12 1LE runnymede-school.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Bradley Slater Total pupils: 231 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Mary’s College Crosby, L23 5TW stmarys.ac

Headteacher: Mr Michael Kennedy Total pupils: 661 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Tower College

Rainhill, Merseyside, L35 6NE towercollege.com Headteacher: Miss R J Oxley Total pupils: 398 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Northumberland Longridge Towers School

Berwick-Upon-Tweed, TD15 2XQ lts.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Lee Total pupils: 276 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Royal Grammar School

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE2 4DX rgs.newcastle.sch.uk See Advertisement

Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School Liverpool, L23 5SP merchanttaylors.com/senior-girls

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 1NH newcastleschool.co.uk

Gosforth, NE3 4ES newcastlehigh.gdst.net

Headteacher: Ms Angela Charlton Total pupils: 300 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Girls

Central Newcastle High School (Senior)

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE2 4DS newcastlehigh.gdst.net Headteacher: Ms Hilary French Total pupils: 1000 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Dame Allan’s Schools

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 9YJ dameallans.co.uk Headteacher: Dr John Hind Total pupils: 656 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Newcastle Preparatory School

Headteacher: Dr Bernard Trafford Total pupils: 1277 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 4HS westfield.newcastle.sch.uk Headteacher: Mrs Catherine Jawaheer Total pupils: 238 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

East Yorkshire Hull Collegiate School

Anlaby, HU10 7EH hullcollegiateschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mrs Rebecca Glover Total pupils: 649 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Hymers College

Hull, HU3 1LW hymerscollege.co.uk Headteacher: Mr D Elstone Total pupils: 976 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

North Yorkshire Ampleforth College

York, YO62 4ER ampleforth.org.uk/college Headteacher: Fr Wulstan Peterburs Total pupils: 611 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Ashville College

Harrogate, HG2 9JP ashville.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Richard Marshall Total pupils: 850 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr R Morse Total pupils: 225 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Boys • Co-Ed

Belmont Grosvenor School Harrogate, HG3 2JG belmontgrosvenor.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Jane Y Merriman Total pupils: 197 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bootham Junior School York, YO30 6NP boothamschool.com

Headteacher: Ms Helen Todd Total pupils: 153 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Co-Ed

Bootham School

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE2 4RH newcastleprepschool.org.uk

York, YO30 7BU boothamschool.com

Headteacher: Mrs M Coates Total pupils: 266 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Chris Jeffrey Total pupils: 445 Senior • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Newcastle Junior School for Boys

Clifton School and Nursery

Headteacher: Mr Simon Asker Total pupils: 173 Prep • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Mr Philip Hardy Total pupils: 212 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 4ES newcastleschool.co.uk

York, YO30 6AB stpetersyork.org.uk/Clifton

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Headteacher: Mr Steven Allen Total pupils: 165 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Carole Cameron Total pupils: 252 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Chris Hald Total pupils: 210 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

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The Read School

Sheffield, S10 2PE sheffieldhighschool.org.uk

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Westbourne School

Headteacher: Mrs Jessica Crossley Total pupils: 120 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Selby, YO8 8NL readschool.co.uk

Headteacher: James Mundell Total pupils: 97 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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St Martin’s Ampleforth

Headteacher: Mr Mark M Turnbull Total pupils: 390 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Dr David Moses Total pupils: 170 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Settle, BD24 0DE giggleswick.org.uk

Harrogate Ladies’ College Harrogate, HG1 2QG hlc.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Sylvia Brett Total pupils: 612 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls • Co-Ed

HLC Bankfield Pre-Prep Harrogate, HG1 2EY hlc.org.uk

Headteacher: Ms Susan Skinner Total pupils: 84 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Highfield Prep School Harrogate, HG1 2QG hlc.org.uk

Headteacher: James Savile Total pupils: 225 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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York, YO24 4DD mountschoolyork.co.uk Headteachers: Miss Rachel Capper and Adrienne Richmond Total pupils: 287 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

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Pocklington School

York, YO42 2NJ pocklingtonschool.com Headteacher: Mr Mark Ronan Total pupils: 786 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Queen Ethelburga’s College York, YO26 9SS qe.org See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Steven Jandrell Total pupils: 980 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Queen Margaret’s School York, YO19 6EU queenmargarets.com See Advertisement

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Headteacher: Mr Leo Winkley Total pupils: 549 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Scarborough College

Scarborough, YO11 3BA scarboroughcollege.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Charles Ellison Total pupils: 350 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Terrington Hall School York, YO60 6PR terringtonhall.com

Headteacher: Mr Stephen Mulryne Total pupils: 145 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Flexi Boarding • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Sheffield High School Senior Headteacher: Mrs Valerie Dunsford Total pupils: 736 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Sheffield, S10 2QT westbourneschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr J B Hicks Total pupils: 339 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

West Yorkshire Ackworth School

Pontefract, WF7 7LT ackworthschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Anton Maree Total pupils: 474 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bradford Grammar School Bradford, BD9 4JP bradfordgrammar.com

Headteacher: Simon Hinchliffe Total pupils: 1109 Senior • Day • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mrs S M G Fletcher Total pupils: 93 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Lady Lane Park School and Nursery Bingley, BD16 4AP ladylaneparkschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Nigel Saunders Total pupils: 169 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Ilkley, LS29 8RL moorfieldschool.co.uk

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Leeds, LS16 5PF moorlands-school.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Jacqueline Atkinson Total pupils: 142 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Mulberry House Nursery

Wakefield, WF1 2DG wgsf.org.uk/mulberry-house Headteacher: Mrs Rachel Edwards Total pupils: 78 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (Junior) Wakefield, WF1 3QY wgsf.org.uk/qegs-junior

Headteacher: Mrs Louise Gray Total pupils: 380 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

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Headteacher: Mr David Craig Total pupils: 707 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

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Headteacher: Mrs S A Vaughey Total pupils: 124 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Catherine Dodds Total pupils: 180 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Leeds, LS28 8DS fulneckschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Deborah Newman Total pupils: 390 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Brighouse, HD6 3HF rastrick-independent.co.uk

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Leeds, LS17 9LE gatewaysschool.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mrs Anne B Camm Total pupils: 127 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Dr Tracy Johnson Total pupils: 356 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Co-Ed • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

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Headteacher: Mr Alastair Gloag Total pupils: 460 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly• Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Sheffield, S10 3BL ashdellprep.co.uk

Sheffield, S10 2NS birkdaleschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Chris Burch Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

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Sheffield, S10 3DH birkdaleschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Dr Paul Owen Total pupils: 816 Senior • Boys • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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Doncaster, DN9 3GG hillhouse.doncaster.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr David Holland Total pupils: 710 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr Christopher Emmott Total pupils: 197 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Halifax, HX3 0JB thegleddings.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Jill Wilson Total pupils: 194 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Grammar School at Leeds Leeds, LS17 8GS gsal.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Sue Woodroofe Total pupils: 2100 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Hipperholme Grammar Junior School Halifax, HX3 8AQ hgsf.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Weller Total pupils: 137 Nursery • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Rishworth, HX6 4QA rishworth-school.co.uk

Silcoates St Hildas Horbury, WF4 6BB silcoates.org.uk

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Silcoates School

Wakefield, WF2 0PD silcoates.org.uk

Acting Headteacher: Mr Philip Rowe Total pupils: 640 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Wakefield Girls’ High School (Junior) Wakefield, WF1 2QX wgsf.org.uk

Headteacher: Rachel Edwards Total pupils: 671 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Hipperholme Grammar School

Wakefield Girls’ High School

Headteacher: Mr Jack Williams Total pupils: 216 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Nina Gunson Total pupils: 671 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Halifax, HX3 8JE hgsf.org.uk

Wakefield, WF1 2QS wgsf.org.uk

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Headteacher: Mrs Jessica Miles Total pupils: 320 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

York, YO62 4HP ampleforth.org.uk/stmartins

Sheffield, S10 2QH sheffieldhighschool.org.uk

NORTH OF ENGLAND Westville House School

Woodhouse Grove School, Bronte House

Ilkley, LS29 0DQ westvillehouseschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Ian D Shuttleworth Total pupils: 129 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Woodhouse Grove School

Apperley Bridge, BD10 0PQ woodhousegrove.co.uk/bronte-house Headteacher: Mr Simon Dunn Total pupils: 310 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Apperley Bridge, BD10 0NR woodhousegrove.co.uk

Headteacher: James Lockwood Total pupils: 699 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

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SCOTLAND | Aberdeenshire | Angus | Argyll and Bute | Ayrshire | Clackmannanshire | East Lothian

Scotland

This map illustrates the location of some of our leading independent schools in this region. A directory of schools, listed by county, follows this page.

WESTERN ISLES

Perth and Kinross 1

Inverness

Glenalmond College

HIGHLAND

Edinburgh

ABERDEENSHIRE

2 Fettes College

Fort William

3 Merchiston Castle School

Aberdeenshire

Ayrshire

Robert Gordon’s College

Wellington School

Aberdeen, AB10 1FE rgc.aberdeen.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Simon Mills Total pupils: 1667 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

St Margaret’s School for Girls Aberdeen, AB10 1RU st-margaret.aberdeen.sch.uk

Headteacher: Miss Anna Tomlinson Total pupils: 416 Nursery • Co-Ed • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Angus High School of Dundee

Dundee, DD1 1HU highschoolofdundee.org.uk

Headteacher: Dr John D Halliday Total pupils: 1045 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Lathallan School

Johnshaven, DD10 0HN lathallan.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Richard Toley Total pupils: 220 Nursery • Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Argyll and Bute

FIFE Glasgow

Headteacher: Mr S P Johnson Total pupils: 480 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

ANGUS 1

ARGYLL AND BUTE

Ayr, KA7 2XH wellingtonschool.org

3 2

LOTHIAN

South Lanarkshire East Ayrshire South Ayrshire

Clackmannanshire Dollar Academy

BORDERS

DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY

Dollar, FK14 7DU dollaracademy.org

Headteacher: Mr David Knapman Total pupils: 1216 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

East Lothian

Glenalmond College

Belhaven Hill

Dunbar, EH42 1NN belhavenhill.com

Headteacher: Mr Henry Knight Total pupils: 119 Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Loretto Junior School Musselburgh, EH21 6JA lorettoschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Philip Meadows Total pupils: 191 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Lomond School

Loretto School

Headteacher: Mrs Johanna Urquhart Total pupils: 405 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Dr Graham Hawley Total pupils: 619 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Helensburgh, G84 9JX lomondschool.com

MORAY

Musselburgh, EH21 7RE lorettoschool.co.uk

Glenalmond, Perth PH1 3RY

T: 01738 842144 E: Registrar@GlenalmondCollege.co.uk W: www.glenalmondcollege.co.uk Head Teacher: Elaine Logan Admissions: Mike Jeffers, Registrar

Key facts

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 12-18 years Total pupils: 380, boys 230, girls 150 Type: Full boarding, day Fees: Senior – Daily from £5490 per term. Full Boarding from £8286 per term.

Entrance procedure: By application. examinations or the school’s own entrance tests relative to their age.

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School Philosophy: As one of Scotland’s leading boarding and day schools, Glenalmond College provides an inspiring environment for learning and pupils are encouraged to develop a spirit of academic enquiry and an interest in learning for its own sake. Beyond the classroom, sports and the creative arts are integral to life at Glenalmond.

Open Days: Saturday 16 September 2017

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SCOTLAND

PUBLIC SCHOOL OF THE YEAR

A strong foundation for the future, a family for life Full boarding ethos, day pupils also welcome • Co-educational 7-18 Excellent IB, A Level and GCSE results • Superb pastoral care Strong sporting tradition • Innovative careers partnership programme Bursaries, Scholarships and Awards available To arrange a visit, please call our Registrar on 0131 311 6744 admissions@fettes.com www.fettes.com

MERCHISTON

STORY EVERY BOY IS AN INDIVIDUAL. EVERY BOY HAS A STORY. LET US SHAPE HIS FUTURE STORY.

“A balanced curriculum, excellent pastoral care and a high A Level pass rate make Merchiston one of the UK’s leading independent schools”. www.ukboardingschools.com

INFORMATION MORNING SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2017 A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS AGED 7-18

MERCHISTON.CO.UK

admissions@merchiston.co.uk +44 (0)131 312 2201 Recognised by the Inland Revenue as a Charity, number SC016580

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SCOTLAND | Edinburgh | Fife | Glasgow | Inverclyde | Moray | Perth and Kinross | Scottish Borders | South Lanarkshire | Stirling Edinburgh

Stewart’s Melville College

West End Montessori Pre-School

Morrison’s Academy

Edinburgh, EH4 6HU cargilfield.com

Headteacher: Mr J N D Gray Total pupils: 743 Senior • Boys • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Ms Denise Guthrie Total pupils: 35 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr G Warren Total pupils: 486 Nursery • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Cargilfield Preparatory School Headteacher: Mr Robert Taylor Total pupils: 305 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Edinburgh Academy Nursery and Junior School Edinburgh, EH3 5PL edinburghacademy.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Gavin A Calder Total pupils: 375 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Edinburgh Academy Senior School Edinburgh, EH3 5BL edinburghacademy.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Barry Welsh Total pupils: 909 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Edinburgh Montessori Arts School Edinburgh, EH16 6AE emaschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Emma Rattigan Total pupils: 53 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

ESMS Junior School Edinburgh, EH4 3NT esms.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Mike Kane Total pupils: 1255 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Fettes College

Edinburgh, EH4 1QX fettes.com See Advertisement Headteacher: Mr M C B Spens Total pupils: 758 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

George Heriot’s School Edinburgh, EH3 9EQ george-heriots.com

Headteacher: Mr Cameron Wyllie Total pupils: 1645 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

George Watson’s College Edinburgh, EH10 5EG gwc.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Melvyn Roffe Total pupils: 2363 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

The Mary Erskine School Edinburgh, EH4 3NT esms.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr J N D Gray Total pupils: 748 Senior • Girls • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Merchiston Castle School Edinburgh, EH13 0PU merchiston.co.uk See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Hunter Total pupils: 471 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

St George’s School for Girls Edinburgh, EH12 6BG stge.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Alex Hems Total pupils: 824 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

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Edinburgh, EH4 3EZ esms.org.uk

Glasgow, G3 6AP westendmontessoripre-school.com

St Mary’s Music School

Inverclyde

Headteacher: Mr Kenneth Taylor Total pupils: 83 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

St Columba’s School, Junior

Edinburgh, EH12 5EL st-marys-music-school.co.uk

Fife

St Leonards

St Andrews, KY16 9QJ stleonards-fife.org

Headteacher: Dr Michael Carslaw Total pupils: 518 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Kilmacolm, PA13 4EQ st-columbas.org

Headteacher: Ms Alison Duncan Total pupils: 337 Nursery • Prep • Junior • Day • Co-Ed

St Columba’s School Kilmacolm, PA13 4AU st-columbas.org

Headteacher: Mr David Girdwood Total pupils: 715 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Glasgow

Moray

Glasgow, G77 5DU belmontschool.co.uk

Gordonstoun School

Belmont House School Headteacher: Mr M D Shanks Total pupils: 260 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Craigholme School Glasgow, G41 4HS craigholme.co.uk

Headteacher: June Gilliland Total pupils: 308 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

The Glasgow Academy

Glasgow, G12 8HE theglasgowacademy.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr P J Brodie Total pupils: 1363 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

The High School of Glasgow (Junior) Glasgow, G61 4AE highschoolofglasgow.co.uk

Headteacher: Miss Heather Fuller Total pupils: 359 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The High School of Glasgow (Senior) Glasgow, G13 1PL highschoolofglasgow.co.uk Headteacher: Mr John O’Neill Total pupils: 1039 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Hutchesons’ Grammar School Primary Glasgow, G42 7RN hutchesons.org

Headteacher: Miss Fiona Macphail Total pupils: 470 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Elgin, IV30 5RF gordonstoun.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Titus Edge Total pupils: 600 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Perth and Kinross

Crieff, PH7 3AN morrisonsacademy.org

The New School Butterstone Dunkeld, PH8 0HJ thenewschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Chris Holmes Total pupils: 40 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Strathallan School Perth, PH2 9EG strathallan.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Mark Lauder Total pupils: 552 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Scottish Borders

St Mary’s Preparatory School Melrose, TD6 9LN stmarysmelrose.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Liam Harvey Total pupils: 177 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

South Lanarkshire Fernhill School

Ardvreck School

Rutherglen, G73 4SG fernhillschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Dan Davey Total pupils: 119 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Hamilton College

Crieff, PH7 4EX ardvreckschool.co.uk

Craigclowan Preparatory School Perth, PH2 8PS craigclowan-school.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr John Gilmour Total pupils: 252 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Glenalmond College

Perth, PH1 3RY glenalmondcollege.co.uk See Profile Listing

Warden: Ms Elaine Logan Total pupils: 377 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Kilgraston

Headteacher: Dr Laura Murphy Total pupils: 200 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Hamilton, ML3 0AY hamiltoncollege.co.uk

Acting Headteacher: Ms Jackie Gair Total pupils: 600 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Stirling

Beaconhurst School Stirling, FK9 4RR beaconhurst.com

Headteacher: Ms Sandra Bannerman Total pupils: 600 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Perth, PH2 9BQ kilgraston.com

Headteacher: Mrs Dorothy MacGinty Total pupils: 308 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Hutchesons’ Grammar School Glasgow, G41 4NW hutchesons.org

Headteacher: Mr Colin Gambles Total pupils: 1482 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Kelvinside Academy

Glasgow, G12 0SW kelvinsideacademy.org.uk

Headteacher: Ian H Munro Total pupils: 565 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

St Aloysius’ College Glasgow, G3 6RJ staloysius.org

Headteacher: Mr Matthew Bartlett Total pupils: 1092 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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WALES

Wales

This map illustrates the location of some of our leading independent schools in this region.

Holyhead

Denbighshire

Bangor

1 Myddelton College

Carmarthenshire

Cardiff, CF5 2YD howells-cardiff.gdst.net

Warden: Mr Guy Ayling Total pupils: 323 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Kings Monkton School

Llandovery, SA20 0EE llandoverycollege.com

St Michael’s School Llanelli, SA14 9TU stmikes.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Alun Millington Total pupils: 382 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Denbighshire Myddelton College

Denbigh, LL16 3EN myddeltoncollege.com See Advertisement

Headteacher: Mark Roberts Total pupils: 83 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Cardiff, CF24 3XL kingsmonkton.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Paul Norton Total pupils: 215 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Head of Upper Sixth: Mr Gareth Lloyd Total pupils: 482 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Roger McDuff Total pupils: 178 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Rydal Penrhos School Conwy, LL29 7BT rydalpenrhos.com

Headteacher: Mr Simon Smith Total pupils: 255 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

St David’s College

Conwy, LL30 1RD stdavidscollege.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Stuart Hay Total pupils: Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Glamorgan Cardiff Sixth Form Cardiff, CF24 0AA ccoex.com

Headteachers: Gareth Collier and Dr Liam Hughes Total pupils: 309 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Cathedral School Llandaff Cardiff, CF5 2YH cathedral-school.co.uk

Headteacher: Clare Sherwood Total pupils: 743 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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CEREDIGION PEMBROKESHIRE CARMARTHENSHIRE

UWC Atlantic College

Llantwit Mayor, CF61 1WF atlanticcollege.org

Westbourne School Nursery and Junior

Conwy, LL29 7BP rydalpenrhos.com

POWYS

Cardiff, CF3 5YX stjohnscollegecardiff.com

Headteacher: Mr Toby Belfield Total pupils: 262 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Rydal Penrhos Preparatory School

Aberystwyth

St John’s College

Headteacher: Mr Peter T. Howe Total pupils: 370 6th Form • Boarding • Co-Ed

Conwy

GWYNEDD

Headteacher: Mrs Sally Davis Total pupils: 832 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys • Girls

Ruthin School

Ruthin, LL15 1EE ruthinschool.co.uk

CONWY 1 DENBIGHSHIRE

Howell’s School, Llandaff

Llandovery College

Flint

MONMOUTHSHIRE Swansea

Cardiff

Penarth, CF64 2EF westbourneschool.com

Headteacher: Ms Carol Clint Total pupils: 61 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Westbourne School - Senior Penarth, CF64 2AJ westbourneschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Kenneth Underhill Total pupils: 93 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Gwynedd

Haberdashers’ Monmouth School for Girls

St John’s-on-the-Hill School, St Arvans Day Nursery

Headteacher: Dr Caroline Pascoe Total pupils: 572 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Mrs J Ruddy Total pupils: 58 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Monmouth, NP25 5XT hmsg.co.uk

Chepstow, NP16 6DN stjohnsonthehill.co.uk

St Gerard’s School

Inglefield House

St John’s-on-the-Hill School

Headteacher: Mr Campbell Harrison Total pupils: 182 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Hilary Phillips Total pupils: 112 Prep • Day • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Ruth Frett Total pupils: 524 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bangor, LL57 2EL st-gerards.org

Monmouthshire The Grange, Monmouth Preparatory School Monmouth, NP25 3NG thegrangemonmouth.org

Headteacher: Mr Neil Shaw Total pupils: 110 Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

Haberdashers’ Agincourt School and Nursery Monmouth, NP25 3SY agincourtschool.org

Headteacher: Mrs Jennifer Phillips Total pupils: 126 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Monmouth, NP25 5XT inglefieldhouse.org

Chepstow, NP16 7LE stjohnsonthehill.co.uk

Monmouth School

Monmouth, NP25 3XP monmouthschool.org

Headteacher: Dr Andrew Daniel Total pupils: 563 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Boys

Rougemont School

Newport, NP20 6QB rougemontschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr R A Carnevale Total pupils: 568 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Powys Christ College

Brecon, LD3 8AF christcollegebrecon.com

Headteacher: Mrs Emma Taylor Total pupils: 375 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

St John’s-on-the-Hill School, Celtic Springs Day Nursery Newport, NP10 8FZ stjohnsonthehill.co.uk Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

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NORTHERN IRELAND

WALES

Northern Ireland This map illustrates the location of some of our leading independent schools in this region.

Coleraine

LONDONDERRY COUNTY ANTRIM Ballymena

TYRONE

Omagh

Carrickfergus

Cookstown

Belfast

FERMANAGH Enniskillen

ARMAGH

COUNTY DOWN Newry

County Antrim

Belfast Royal Academy Belfast, BT14 6JL belfastroyalacademy.com

Headteacher: Ms Hilary Woods Total pupils: 1555 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Ben Madigan Preparatory School, Belfast Royal Academy Belfast, BT15 5GP benmadigan.com

Headteacher: Mr Wilson Total pupils: 124 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Campbell College

Belfast, BT4 2ND campbellcollege.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Robert Robinson Total pupils: 1209 Prep • Senior • Day • Boarding • Boys

Methodist College Belfast, BT9 6BY methody.org

Headteacher: Mr Scott Naismith Total pupils: 2082 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Royal Belfast Academical Institution Belfast, BT1 6DL rbai.org.uk

Headteacher: Miss J A Williamson Total pupils: 1184 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Victoria College

Belfast, BT9 6JA victoriacollege.org.uk

Headteacher: Ms Patricia Slevin Total pupils: 1093 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

County Down Rockport School

Holywood, BT18 0DD rockportschool.com

Headteacher: Mr George Vance Total pupils: 180 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Londonderry

Coleraine Grammar School Coleraine, BT51 3LA colerainegrammar.com

Headteacher: Dr David Carruthers Total pupils: 761 Senior • Day • Boys

Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Inchmarlo Preparatory School

Foyle College

Headteacher: Mr A Smyth Total pupils: 190 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Patrick Allen Total pupils: 960 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Belfast, BT9 6JR inchmarlo.org.uk

Londonderry, BT48 0AW foylenet.org.uk

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