Northwood Schools Additional Information - 2019/20

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT NORTHWOOD SCHOOLS

ENTRY INTO NORTHWOOD SCHOOLS

Northwood Schools is a group of independent schools in South West London for children aged 4-16 comprising:

l 4+: Entry into Broomwood Hall Lower School Children join in the September after their 4th birthday. We are unashamedly non-selective and all children who are registered and whose parents have visited the school, will be placed in our random ballot which takes place in the Spring, 18 months before entry. Registered siblings and children of alumni and staff have a guaranteed place.

l Broomwood Hall Lower School: boys and girls aged 4-8 l Brooomwood Hall Upper School: girls aged 8-13 l Northcote Lodge: boys aged 8-13 l NorthWood Senior: boys and girls aged 11-16

The ballot: Children are placed in eight buckets by date of birth; four for girls, four for boys. Once priority places have been assigned, we know how many spaces are available in each bucket and names are drawn out at random. Any remaining names are automatically added to the waiting list. l 8 +: Entry into Broomwood Hall Upper School / Northcote Lodge

Children from Broomwood Hall Lower School have priority entry, as do siblings. External entrants should register by the end of November before an assessment in the January of the proposed year of entry. Entrance is subject satisfactory test scores and a short interview with the Head.

BOYS & GIRLS 4-8

LOWER SCHOOL

GIRLS 8-13

BOYS 8-13

UPPER SCHOOL

SECONDARY SCHOOLS AT 13+ AND 11+ Day, Boarding, Single-Sex and Co-Ed. BOYS & GIRLS 11-16

MAIN ENTRY AT 11+

ADDITIONAL PLACES AT 13+

SIXTH FORM/NEXT STAGE AT 16+ Colleges, Schools, Training. Day, Boarding, Single-Sex and Co-Ed.

GOVERNANCE The schools are privately owned and managed by a board of directors including the founding Principals, Sir Malcolm and Lady Colquhoun.

Broomwood Hall was founded by Katharine Mears – now Lady Colquhoun – in 1984. Together with her husband, Sir Malcolm Colquhoun, Katharine has also founded Northcote Lodge (1993) the soon-to-open NorthWood Senior (2020) and helped to set-up the Northwood African Education Foundation (NAEF) in 2011 which has built and runs St George’s, a school offering an excellent education for the most disadvantaged children in Gondar, Ethiopia.

Each school has a Head and senior leadership team responsible for the day to day running of the school. The Heads of each school are: l Broomwood Hall (Lower and Upper): Mrs Carole Jenkinson l Northcote Lodge: Mr Clive Smith-Langridge l NorthWood Senior: Mrs Susan Brooks

l Entry at other ages into Broomwood Hall / Northcote Lodge Occasional places do arise outside the normal entry points and we always look at individual circumstances and will consider each case on its own merits. We may ask for a recent report and will take a reference from the child’s current school. The candidate will also be invited to attend an assessment morning, afternoon or taster day in school. l 11+ entry Pupils looking for 11+ entry have two choices: l Two years at one of our single-sex prep schools, i.e. Northcote Lodge or Broomwood Hall Upper School, prior to leaving for a senior school with a 13+ entrance.

OR l Immediate entry to NorthWood Senior – our co-educational day school that offers a secondary curriculum to 16 (GCSE) l 13+: entry into NorthWood Senior Whilst the main entry for NorthWood Senior is 11+, there will always be some places available for 13+ entry. Candidates from Broomwood Hall or Northcote Lodge have priority entry, as do siblings. Prospective entrants should register by the end of November before an assessment in the January of the proposed year of entry. Entrance is subject to satisfactory test scores and a short interview with the Head.

ENTRY TO NORTHWOOD SENIOR As a small school, what matters to us most is building a community in which children can thrive. Candidates must register and are then invited to an assessment morning in the January before entry. This consists of a half-day at the school comprising baseline tests and a group activity. If a pupil has already undertaken baseline tests at their current school (e.g. InCAS/CAT tests) then we would be happy to take these into consideration and not ask a pupil to take an additional exam. We also ask for a recent report and a reference from a candidate’s previous school. All prospective pupils will also be asked to meet the Head prior to the assessment morning.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CLASSES, FORMS AND YEAR GROUPS

ADDRESSES AND CONTACTS

The schools use different terminology to describe the year groups in each school.

These are shown below:

For any Admissions-related query please contact the relevant admissions team:

Age of Child

Year Group

BH Lower School

BH Upper School

Northcote Lodge

NorthWood Senior

4-5

Reception

Prep

–

–

–

5-6

Year 1

Class 1

–

–

–

6-7

Year 2

Class 2

–

–

–

7-8

Year 3

Class 3

–

–

–

8-9

Year 4

–

Class 4

Shell

–

9-10

Year 5

–

Class 5

Form 2

–

10-11

Year 6

–

Class 6

Form 3

–

11-12

Year 7

–

Class 7

Remove

Year 7

12-13

Year 8

–

Class 8

Form 5

Year 8

13-14

Year 9

–

–

–

Year 9

14-15

Year 10

–

–

–

Year 10

15-16 (GCSE)

Year 11

–

–

–

Year 11

NorthWood Senior NWSSenior@northwoodschools.com Tel: 020 8682 8821

The Admissions office is in the Northwood Schools’ Administration Office Northwood Schools Administration Office 29b Sudbrooke Road, SW12 8TQ Admissions, Finance, Marketing, Maintenance, Transport and HR roomwood Hall Lower School B Ages: 4-6 Preps/Class 1: The Vicarage, 192 Ramsden Road, SW12 8RQ Ages: 6-8 Class 2/Class 3: 50 Nightingale Lane, SW12 8TE 320 boys and girls – 4-8 bhls@northwoodschools.com Broomwood Hall Upper School Head: Carole Jenkinson 68-74 Nightingale Lane, SW12 8NR 250 girls – 8-13 bhus@northwoodschools.com

LOCATION AND TRANSPORT

CLAPHAM COMMON

5

A2

20

4

A CL AP SO HAM UT H

A2

4

A2

Northcote Lodge Head: Clive Smith-Langridge 26 Bolingbroke Grove, SW11 6EL 260 boys – 8-13 northcote@northwoodschools.com

05

A2 4

STREATHAM HILL

4

4

A21

A23

2

D’S RD

TOOTING BEC

B24

TOOTING COMMON

GARRA

BA

LH

AM

A2

TH OR SW ND ON WA MM CO

14

NorthWood Senior: Balham tube and rail station is about a 10-15 minute walk and Streatham and Streatham Hill overground rail stations are about 15 minutes from the school. The 315 bus from Balham station will take you straight to the school. You can also catch a 319 or 249 bus from Tooting Bec tube station (Northern Line) to Garrad’s Road.

The 319 bus will take you to Wandsworth Common.

A3

A3

A3

TH OR SW ON ND M WA COM

Broomwood Hall Lower School, Broomwood Hall Upper School and Northcote Lodge: The closest tube stations to are Clapham South or Balham (both on the Northern Line) – and both about a 10-15 minute walk. The closest overground rail stations are Balham or Wandsworth Common which are also a 10-15 minute walk. Clapham Junction station is a 30 minute walk.

A3

CLAPHAM COMMON

A2

The schools are located in south west London within a 10-15 minute drive of each other.

TOOTING BROADWAY

Broomwood Hall and Northcote Lodge admissions@northwoodschools.com Tel: 020 8682 8830

STREATHAM

NorthWood Senior Head: Susan Brooks 3 Garrad’s Road, SW16 6EL 140 boys and girls – 11-16 NWSSenior@northwoodschools.com

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FEES

Music Tuition

All fees are inclusive of lunch, snacks and all non-optional school trips.

Individual instruction is charged separately by individual music teachers and varies according to school and length of each lesson.

Termly fees and additional charges must be paid by direct debit. Fees are billed at the end of the preceding term and must be paid, in full, by the first day of the new term. Any fee increases for the coming year are notified to parents on the last day of the Trinity term.

We offer parents the opportunity to pay school fees early in return for a discount of 1.5%.

There are three terms in a school year and the 2019/20 termly charges for each school are as follows: l Broomwood Hall Lower School: £5,610 l Northcote Lodge: £6,880 l Broomwood Hall Upper School: £6,880

Northcote Lodge: £26.83 per 35 minutes lesson Broomwood Hall: £23 per 30 minutes lesson NorthWood Senior will be similar but the length of lessons is yet to be finalised.

There are usually 30 lessons per year. A charge will be made for the hire of a school instrument by arrangement with the Music department. If your child takes any music examinations, fees are added to that term’s bill.

LAMDA Tuition (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)

l NorthWood Senior will open in September 2020 and fees are expected to be in line with those of the Prep schools – i.e. Broomwood Hall Upper School and Northcote Lodge.

Individual instruction is charged directly by the individual LAMDA teachers. If your child takes any examinations, fees are added to that term’s bill.

A discount of 2.5% (fees only) will be applied to all first younger siblings of children already within Broomwood Hall or Northcote Lodge; 5% to a second, 20% to a third or subsequent sibling. Please note that there is no sibling discount at NorthWood Senior.

After-School Clubs

Founders Discount: In line with our other schools, we will offer a Founders Discount for the first intake of pupils into NorthWood Senior. Please contact us for more details.

UNIFORM

Broomwood Hall Lower School does not participate in the Government sponsored Early Years Funding Scheme (EYFS).

Registration Fees Registration Fees (non-returnable) are £100 for the first child and £50 for siblings. There is no registration fee for current Broomwood Hall pupils joining Northcote Lodge or for Broomwood Hall/Northcote Lodge pupils joining NorthWood Senior.

Deposit On acceptance of a definite place at Northwood Schools, a non-returnable deposit of £2,750 is required which will be set against a pupil’s final term’s invoice. The deposit will be transferred between schools if your child moves from one site to another.

Cancellation and postponement of entry Once a place has been confirmed by the payment of the deposit it constitutes a contract with the school. Should you no longer wish to take up your place, a term’s notice must be given otherwise you will be subject to a terms fees in lieu of notice.

Notice of leaving We require one term’s written notice otherwise fees will be payable.

If there is the possibility of leaving but with no certain date, parents may request to go onto ‘interim notice’ which reduces liability and is done on a half-termly basis.

OPTIONAL EXTRAS

There is a charge for clubs – typically around £100 per term, but it can be more where higher costs are involved (for example if external teachers or travel are involved).

Our uniform is supplied by Loofy School Shops based at 83 Nightingale Lane, London, SW12 8NX Uniform can be ordered online and collected from the shop or relevant school site. www. loofyschoolshops.co.uk Loofy Term-Time Opening Hours l Monday 8am - 10am l Thursday 3pm - 6pm Please see the Loofy website for details of opening hours during holidays.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION START AND FINISH TIMES BY SCHOOL Doors open

Registration

Normal Finish After Club ( finish Mon-Thurs)

NorthWood Senior

Half-term finish

End of term finish

BH Lower School* Prep

8.20

8.35

3.15

n/a

3.00

3.00

3.15

Class 1

8.20

8.35

3.30

4.45/4.50

3.00

3.00

3.30

Class 2

8.20

8.35

3.30

4.45/4.50

3.00

3.00

3.30

Class 3

8.20

8.35

3.45

4.45/4.50

3.00

3.00

3.30

Class 4

8.05

8.20

5.00

6.00

3.20

3.20

4.00

Class 5

8.05

8.20

5.20

6.00

3.20

3.20

4.00

Class 6

8.05

8.20

5.20

6.00

3.30

3.30

4.00

Class 7

8.05

8.20

5.20

6.00

3.30

3.30

4.00

Class 8

8.05

8.20

5.20

6.00

3.30

3.30

4.00

Shell

8.05

8.00 – 8.10

5.00

6.30

3.35

3.35

3.45

Form 2

8.05

8.00 – 8.10

5.30

6.30

3.35

3.35

3.45

Form 3

8.05

8.00 – 8.10

5.30

6.30

3.45

3.45

4.15

Remove

8.05

8.00 – 8.10

5.30

6.30

3.45

3.45

4.15

Form 5

8.05

8.00 – 8.10

5.30

6.30

3.45

3.45

4.15

BH Upper School

Northcote Lodge

NorthWood Senior Year 6

8.05

8.50

4.15

5.30

4.15

4.15

4.15

Year 7

8.05

8.50

4.15

5.30

4.15

4.15

4.15

Year 8

8.05

8.50

4.15

5.30

4.15

4.15

4.15

Year 9

8.05

8.50

4.15

5.30

4.15

4.15

4.15

Year 10

8.05

8.50

4.15

5.30

4.15

4.15

4.15

Year 11

8.05

8.50

4.15

5.30

4.15

4.15

4.15

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SPORT

MEDICAL

We aim to give all children a thorough grounding in the principles and practice of all major sports and to encourage children to enjoy participating and following a healthy lifestyle. There is a wide variety of sports on offer – both on the curriculum and in after school clubs.

Sports available include:

All sites have trained first-aiders and we employ full-time Matrons in Northcote Lodge and Broomwood Lower and Upper Schools. We can make reasonable accommodations for disabilities, but our building arrangements do not allow easy access for those needing more specific support.

l Rugby l Football l Cricket l Hockey l Netball l Cross-country

l Rounders l Tennis l Lacrosse l Gymnastics l Karate l Golf

FOOD AND NUTRITION Mealtimes and break times are important to us. We see them as social occasions for the whole school community and opportunities to help pupils develop their independence through making healthy choices.

We provide wholesome, nutritious food that meets all our children’s dietary and cultural needs. We aim to strike a balance between the comfortable and familiar, and introduce them to new tastes and textures with theme days and tasting days. We are a nut-free school.

MENTAL HEALTH We employ full-time school counsellors and also operate a tutorial system so that each child knows that there is always an adult who is ready and willing to listen and be on the look-out for them.

LEARNING SUPPORT We regularly monitor children’s progress and will alert parents with any concerns about their learning development and we offer additional support for those who need it. However, our first priority is always to look at each child individually to see whether we are able to fully meet their needs.

SCHOOL LIFE

l Discipline/reward

l Curriculum/exams/options

We seek to manage behaviour through encouragement and reward rather than penalty and exclusion although always reserve the right to exclude in cases that involve harm or illegal activities. We operate a mix of different schemes to encourage and monitor good behaviour.

In the lower schools we employ a mastery approach to ensure that children have a thorough grasp of the principles of a subject before learning how to apply it. At both Northcote Lodge and Broomwood Hall Upper School we prepare children both for the common pre-tests at 11+ and for Common Entrance at 13. We monitor progress carefully and all children take regular online assessments such as InCAS, MidYis and CAT tests.

We offer a broad and stimulating mix of the academic – tailored and brought to life for the modern world – with plenty of sport, drama, art, computing, DT and opportunities to practise the all-important skills of collaboration, independence, resilience, teamwork and compassion.

At NorthWood Senior, children will study the compulsory GCSE subjects of English, Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics (either as a double or triple) and also study one modern language. Pupils can also choose options from the Humanities (History, Geography or RS); Creative Subjects (Drama, Music, Computing, Food & Nutrition, Art and DT) and Classics. We will always consider additional subjects if required. l Homework/Prep We do not believe in burdening young children with unnecessary homework. In the younger years, all written prep is done at school although we do set weekly spellings and encourage regular reading.

As children mature, we expect them to take greater responsibility for their own work and to learn how to manage their time. At NorthWood Senior, pupils will have the option of doing their prep in the study room at school or at home.

l Positions of Responsibility From an early age children are given opportunities to practise making decisions that affect themselves, their environment and other people.

We operate a school council in which children are active participants.

As they progress through the schools there are many other opportunities to develop leadership skills such as House Captains, prefects and monitors.

We also seek to instil confidence with responsibility and encourage entrepreneurialism and care for others through our philanthropic programmes. l Exit/Future schools Our primary concern is that a child should move on to a school or college that will enable them to be happy and fulfil their potential.

We do not prescribe any particular type of future school or college and work carefully with parents to ensure that we prepare children for the next step that is right for them.