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WELC ME… As The Guide to Independent Schools hits the shelves, British actor Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, BBC) is wowing audiences in the Barbican theatre’s production of Hamlet. Awarded a scholarship to attend Harrow School, Cumberbatch blossomed into the man we see on stage and screen today. We look at how independent schools are continuing to offer equal opportunities through scholarships on page 69.

Did you know that last year over 41,000 of the 500,000 children attending independent schools received fee assistance in the form of a means-tested bursary? For more information on how to apply for bursaries and scholarships turn to page 67.

Free from the restraints of the National Curriculum, the sector can instil the qualities that it takes to build a successful career, while equipping pupils with the skills needed to weather life’s challenges with confidence.

Your child can enter the independent sector at any stage of their educational career: nursery, pre-prep, prep, senior or sixth form. Take a look at our Timeline on page 6 for the low-down on the school stages.

There are now more pupils at independent schools than at any time since records began. With so much choice out there, we hope our Guide offers you a helping hand in choosing the right school for your child.

Claudia Dudman, Editor Independent School Parent, independentschoolparent.com

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WHAT’S INSIDE? The Guide to Independent Schools • Autumn 2015

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Why Choose a Private School?

An introduction to the sector

DIRECTORY OF UK INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

How to Choose the Right School

Each chapter contains a map and listings

Top tips on finding the perfect match

of nursery, pre-prep, prep, senior schools

A Whole New World

and sixth forms across the UK.

Learning for the under-fours

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First Steps

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A peek inside the new Phileas Fox Nursery

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Early Days

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Pre-prep education explained

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Wild Life!

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Celebrating the great outdoors

Prep is Best The low-down on preparatory school

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The Breakfast Club

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Off to Big School

A fun initiative at Moor Park prep school Narrow down your senior school options

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Full Swing

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Is University a Lottery?

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Outside the Box

London South South East South West East Anglia East Midlands West Midlands North of England Scotland and Northern Ireland Wales

We look at Loretto’s Golf Academy

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Sixth form and higher education

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Behind the scenes at Benenden, Kent

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Foreign Affairs Boarding as an overseas student

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To Board or Not to Board

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What to Pack

Is living at school right for your child?

The essential boarding school checklist

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How to Afford the School Fees All you need to know on bursaries

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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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Is university a lottery? Find out on page49

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If you’re going to spend huge sums of money on education, then it’s got to deliver the goods. And independent schools do. Over 60% of GCSE/IGCSE entries were awarded either an A* or A this year, compared to 21% nationally. Impressive!

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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 A*/A in the independent sector this year, and most pupils got into Russell Group universities. With competition for jobs as fierce as ever, pick the right school to nurture their confidence to succeed.

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ndependent education is not a market that should be flourishing.

The worst recession since the 1930s, coupled with fee increases beyond the rate of inflation have led many commentators to predict a shrinking of the number of students being educated in private schools. The educational reforms of the past decade – the creation of academies, free schools and teaching school alliances to name but three – have also brought real improvement to the state sector. Quite simply, private schools should be on the wane, yet this year’s Independent Schools Council census found that the number of students being educated in the independent sector had actually grown by over 5,000 over the past year. There are now more students in private schools than there were in 2008 at the beginning of the economic downturn. What explains this counterintuitive trend?

Left, Bilton Grange Prep, Warwickshire, below, Wellington College, Berks

teachers in the independent sector would naturally argue that their schools do the same and, crucially, there remain many areas where independent schools seem to be getting it right.

Most noticeably, independent schools continue to dominate league tables both in terms of public examination results and university entrance. More than half of the A-level results achieved at independent schools last year were A* or A grades, enabling those students to enter our best universities. Oxford and Cambridge have

HIGH ACHIEVEMENT

Firstly, it is vital to stress that the best state schools provide an excellent education. As an ex-governor of a free school in the east end of London, I know first-hand that many offer inspirational teaching within aspirational school cultures. All head

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both widened access to state-educated students, but figures published by the Department for Education last year show that privately educated children are three times more likely to attend a leading Russell Group university than their state-educated counterparts; when it comes to successful Oxbridge entry, the ratio shoots to five times as likely.

SMALL CLASS SIZES

How do they achieve such great results?

Some independent schools are, of course, academically selective but the majority are not. The answer also partly lies in the smaller class sizes and greater teacher to student ratios which exist in almost every independent school, allowing teachers to teach in a more effective, targeted and differentiated manner, dealing with the needs of each individual student on a day-to-day basis. A key part of this academic success can also be found in the all-round education which so many independent schools deliver. The skills and character traits which children learn and develop, from taking part in school plays and music ensembles, to playing competitive sport and carrying out various service and outdoors education programmes, better equips them to become successful and independent life-long learners.

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Furthermore, independence gives schools the freedom to employ some of our finest graduates without the immediate need for initial teaching training qualifications.

Independent schools then offer first-class support, training and coaching to these recruits, delivered within the school environment rather than in a university lecture hall. Independence also allows many outstanding and inspirational teachers to join directly from other career paths ranging from the armed services to the worlds of finance and law; such wider-world expertise has an enriching effect on both the Common Rooms and the students of independent schools.

Private schools offer state-of-the-art provision in music and theatre, extensive sports facilities and regular investment in classroom technology. Longer school days and a much broader range of extracurricular activities mean that independent schools offer a truly holistic education, challenging and nurturing students across all of their talents and aptitudes, not just a narrow, academic few.

And the focus that so many independent schools place on developing character and

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Above, a pupil at Campbell College, Belfast, above right, Blundell’s School, Devon

leadership, from competitive sport to thriving CCF and Duke of Edinburgh schemes, means that children educated in the private sector are given every opportunity to develop the skills needed both to lead and serve others in later life.

It is therefore no surprise that adults educated at independent schools exert a numerically disproportionate influence on just about every sphere of public life. But it is not simply within the traditional areas of law, politics and the church where this is visible; many of the nation’s leading lights in the arts, media and sport are alumni of the independent sector and 37% of Team GB’s medal winners at London 2012 were privately educated.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

An independent education does, of course, come at a significant cost but the question of affordability is not lost on the sector.

One third of students receive some form of financial support with fees, with private schools investing more than £800m in scholarships and means-tested bursaries.

The robustness shown by private schools gives clear evidence of the ongoing quality in the sector. Some final words of warning, however: being independent and charging fees does not automatically make a private school a good school, nor is every school the right fit for every child, which is why guides like this one are vital in helping parents find the right school for their child.

I wish you every success in your search. ISP

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Are they quite narrow in their interests or an all-rounder?

Do they have specific learning needs?

You need a school that will celebrate what your child is and recognise what they might become.

Your child’s present school should be able to help in this search. If it is a prep school then they should have started the process of guiding you to an appropriate next step. If your child is at a state primary

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Below, Eagle House School, Berkshire

You will need to ask yourself, as a parent, some practical questions. How much can you afford? If your preference is for a day school then how far do you want your child to travel? What’s the journey time?

Do you care about co-education or single sex? And then there is boarding, with the option of flexi-boarding. Boarding is a great choice for the right pupil and the right family circumstance.

If your child is very bright or super talented it might be appropriate to enter them for a scholarship, normally offering

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between 10% and 20% off the fees. If you are at the lower end of the income level then you might qualify for a means-tested bursary. Each school uses a slightly different algorithm but even incomes of around £70k could match the criteria for a partial, or even full, award in some schools. The availability of suitable scholarships or bursaries might be one way to focus your choice.

GET OUT AND ABOUT

Having selected schools that match your criteria, it is essential that you visit them.

Open days come in many forms but your role, and your child’s, will be to be in “receive mode”. Present well and be open but do not worry too much about what

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you are wearing or even the questions to ask. Clear your mind, expunge your preconceptions – good and bad – and let the school show you all that it is. As you walk round, focus your attention on your child and their reactions. See the school through their eyes.

NAVIGATE THE LEAGUE TABLES

As a parent you should be aware that a lofty league table position does not necessarily mean better teaching than a

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Clockwise from top left, Blundell’s, Devon, Heathfield School, Berkshire, Cranmore School, Surrey

lower-ranked school. Think carefully about your reasons for applying to a “top 10 trophy school”. If a school is selective then it might well be achieving its fabulous results on the quality of its intake rather than some magical teaching formula. If you are interested in league tables then think less about position and more about what’s happened over the last five years.

You should be looking for steadiness or an upward trend. Do not be put off by a bit of slippage in the odd year – intake can vary year on year – but a steady fall is more of a concern.

Not every school suits every child, but there is a school out there for every child – a school that will match their strengths and your hopes for them. Do all you can to find the right one. ISP

• EVERY SCHOOL HAS AN ISI INSPECTION REPORT It does not make an overarching statement about a school but instead makes judgement about each aspect of its provision. You should be looking for a majority of “excellent” grades but do not be put off by some “good” ratings. The report will explain what the school needs to do to go from “good” to “excellent”. It may well be a quite minor detail that is the stumbling block.

• WHERE AVAILABLE, LOOK AT PAST TEST PAPERS FROM THE SCHOOL’S WEBSITE This is good practice for the entrance exam but also a chance to see whether your child is actually up to the level of the school that you are considering.

• DO NOT APPLY TO TOO MANY SCHOOLS Decide on three schools, four maximum – perhaps two first choices and then a fall back. Once you have decided, commit and then go for it.

• IF YOU CAN SEE A SCHOOL FIRST, WITHOUT YOUR CHILD, THEN DO You can to sift out the inappropriate ones and pick the best. By doing this, you will save your child a lot of footwork and falling in love with a place to no avail.

• CHOOSE A SCHOOL FOR YOUR CHILD FOR NOW and not for where you think they will be in seven years’ time. Some parents look at university and beyond as a starting point for their child’s education rather than thinking what will suit them now and for the next seven years.

• SCHOOLS DEPEND ON WORD OF MOUTH FROM THEIR CURRENT PARENTS AND PUPILS Do not be swayed too much by a single dissenting voice. Sometimes the relationship between a school and parent breaks down.

However, a groundswell of ire, especially if different sources share a common theme, is worth interrogating.

• ENTRY INTO A SENIOR SCHOOL IS THE BEGINNING NOT THE END Employing a tutor might be a reassuring safety net for you, but overly-tutored pupils can be deeply unhappy once they arrive at a school and find that a tutor can no longer help. Be careful not to force your child like a stick of rhubarb.

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It goes without saying that children learn social skills more quickly in a nursery environment, offering lots of time

Above, nursery offers the environment to both gain independence and learn how to share

HOW TO CHOOSE

There are often a range of options when it comes to choosing a nursery. You may want to start by thinking about what suits you as a family in purely practical terms such as the hours you need, the location of the nursery and the fees. You may want to

Children tend to grow in confidence in a nursery environment and begin to develop a degree of independence – both in learning and in play. It is often here that they make their very first friends for group play to ensure that they begin to understand the value of sharing.

Children tend to grow in confidence in a nursery atmosphere and begin to develop a degree of independence – both in learning and in play. It is often here that they make their first friends and nursery can provide parents with an opportunity to get to know other adults who have children of the same age.

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choose a nursery attached to a local pre-prep or prep school so that your child can move on seamlessly, or you may prefer a day nursery, which could stay open during the school holidays and offer longer hours. It’s important to check waiting times for a place too, as these can vary considerably from school to school.

You may want to choose a Montessori nursery for your child. Although many call

themselves Montessori, the extent to which they follow the Montessori ethos may vary considerably. This type of education is based on the belief that children are motivated to learn and that they have absorbent minds. Everything is child-sized in a true Montessori nursery and there will be special equipment such as wooden rods and tablets in different colours. Most of all the children will be encouraged to choose their own activities, focusing on one activity at a time.

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Once you’ve narrowed down your selection, make sure you visit any nursery you are considering and find out about the curriculum offered, the structure of the day and whether any extra-curricular subjects, such as foreign languages, are available. Look at the equipment and toys provided for the children and check the outside space. Ask about behaviour policies and make sure you have a look

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Starting nursery is an important milestone for the whole family

BE PREPARED

Some nurseries expect children to be able to do certain things for themselves before

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read some of the many children’s books that deal with starting nursery school, and make sure you have visited the nursery together. If they haven’t spent much time away from you, try to leave them with friends or family now and then and if at all possible arrange a playdate with other children who will be at nursery with them.

It’s a good idea to ensure your child has learnt basic practical skills, such as taking their coat on and off and hanging it on a peg and being able to go to the loo on their own

they start, and you should talk to the staff to make sure that you know what is expected. It’s a good idea to ensure your child has learnt the basic practical skills they may need, such as taking their coat on and off and hanging it on a peg and being able to go to the toilet independently. It’s just as important to prepare your child emotionally though, to minimise any anxiety he may feel, and one of the best ways to do this is to be careful not to transmit any of your own worries about this big new step in their life. Talk to them about nursery in a positive tone,

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Finally, remember that parents often feel far more anxious than their children about the thought of leaving them at nursery for the first time. It is an important milestone for the whole family, but one that should most of all be the start of an exciting new adventure for your child.

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TRACY MATTHEWS

head of school, Phileas Fox Nursery School, London

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Phileas Fox Nursery, London

hileas Fox Nursery School is delighted to be opening its doors for the first time this month. The nursery takes its name from the famous character, Phileas Fogg, from Jules Verne’s acclaimed classic adventure novel Around the World in 80 Days. Phileas Fogg was an amiable, courageous, well-mannered, intelligent and kind English gentleman, who embarked on an adventure, overcoming obstacles and discovering the world on his journey. At our school, we aim to instil these qualities in our children and encourage them to discover about the world through experiencing language and culture.

We combine a unique learning experience with excellent childcare

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children to explore, learn and develop through well-planned purposeful activities. The classrooms will reflect the chosen language with all signage being visual in all languages and ample literature and materials reflecting the cultural classics.

There will be opportunities for the children of each specific language groups to join together for whole school activities or free play times. We will encourage all children to integrate and learn from each other from time to time.

All children will be encouraged to join together for whole school activities

LEARN THROUGH PLAY

Our staff have been individually selected to ensure they can provide the highest levels of care and education. English and native language speaking teachers will work cohesively to facilitate all aspects of

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The classrooms will reflect the chosen language with all signage being visual in all languages and ample literature and materials reflecting the different cultural classics

provision within a beautiful environment.

The school will aim to specialise in traditional British Early Years education with the additional benefit of offering the programme in either French, Russian or Chinese languages. Each of our spacious classrooms will deliver opportunities for

Above, teachers are on hand to act as play partners

the curriculum in both English and the language of choice to provide a bilingual environment where children will acquire and develop linguistic skills simultaneously.

All of our staff are highly experienced Early Years specialists who share a passion for language and linguistic development.

Their collective experiences of working in in other countries, or being bilingual themselves, deepens their understanding of how to support bilingual education.

We believe the Early Years to be the foundation for all future academic success.

It is also a time of great influence on children and our aim is to provide an exceptional experience full of opportunity

Located in beautiful surroundings, in Little Venice, we are able to offer an enviable environment and fun. Our devoted staff are able to offer their full commitment and dedication to every child who attends our school.

OFF TO BIG SCHOOL

We will encourage our parents to be actively involved in their child’s progress and will provide ample opportunities to contribute to their child’s learning.

Children’s progress will be documented and collated to provide a beautiful keepsake when they graduate to school.

We understand how difficult it can be to find the right school for your child as well as maintain the many other necessary commitments life presents. At Phileas Fox, we will endeavour to support this by offering provision before and after school as well as a holiday programme. We hope

FIRST STEPS

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The Phileas Fox Nursery will excel in high quality specialist teaching for children who are multilingual, writes Tracy Matthews

to offer consistency for the children with care in one place if parents need it.

Located in beautiful surroundings in Little Venice, W2, we are able to offer an enviable environment. A newly refurbished building with large, light and spacious classrooms, which have been furnished with high-quality resources for children to enjoy. We have a good sized outside play space with the added benefit of being in the middle of a park with lush green spaces. Mature trees and shrubs provide natural surroundings for children to explore and be inquisitive. Our teachers will be on hand to act as play partners while challenging the children by scaffolding their learning and extending their critical thinking skills. This valuable communication will of course take place

in the native language of each teacher and children who are happy and engaged will endeavour to respond.

OUTDOOR LEARNING

We believe children should have ample opportunities for being outside and will extend our learning to incorporate the outdoors as much as possible. They will be provided with wet weather gear to ensure they can participate fully in outside exploration for when the weather is less than perfect!

All research suggests that it is never too early to acquire more than one language and we completely support these findings.

Although our nursery classes welcome children from the term in which they are two, we do also offer a baby club

Right, the outdoors provides natural surroundings in which the children can explore and be inquisitive

programme. We invite our under-twos to join our classes along with an adult and participate in a programme of play, activities, singing, stories and snack time in a bilingual environment. If parents are interested in accessing a bilingual element to support their child’s education we will offer after-school classes in French, Russian and Chinese.

The team at Phileas Fox Nursery School are proud to be offering such an exciting educational facility to the area. We are looking forward to welcoming families to our school and having the opportunity to provide an outstanding service for each and every baby and child we meet.

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TESSA RICHARDSON

head of pre-prep, Vine Hall School, East Sussex

PRE-PREP

EARLY DAYS

PHOTOGRAPHY: VINE HALL SCHOOL, EAST SUSSEX

The role of a pre-preparatory school in a child’s holistic development is vital, says Tessa Richardson

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Small class sizes mean that children often exceed age-related expectations

Wider opportunity is an attraction of independent education and this will be evident from very early on Above, pre-prep pupils at Vine Hall School, East Sussex, right, Cheadle Hulme School, Cheshire

In rural prep schools, exciting and stimulating experiences such as toasting marshmallows on fire pits and tractor riding can be promoted in idyllic surroundings, offering a broader style of learning A SPECIAL ENVIRONMENT

This is partly due to a certain freedom the independent sector enjoys in contrast to state primaries. In rural prep schools, exciting and stimulating learning experiences such as toasting marshmallows on woodland fire pits and tractor riding, can be promoted in idyllic

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surroundings, which many families can only dream of. Those of us who work in the sector need to regularly pinch ourselves to ensure we do not take it for granted. Daily learning and play in rural surroundings, with visits to nearby woodland, offers a broad learning experience where constructing dens and bridges are commonplace. Beautiful outside spaces, however, may be

superficial. Not all pre-prep schools are of the same quality and a prospective parent needs to look past the neatly trimmed flower beds and polished brass. Most pre-prep schools work hard, they are, after all, in competition with others, but the quality schools are able to marry the best of traditional education with modern initiatives and technology. A good school is forever evaluating, evolving and changing with the aim of providing the very best for the children in their care.

Pre-prep schools pride themselves on the family atmosphere that they create; most will have small classes ensuring all the children have plenty of individual

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t is usually accepted that a preparatory school’s traditional definition is of a private elementary school preparing students for a British public school, so logically a pre-preparatory school would mean preparing for the preparing school!

Having taught in, and more recently managed, a pre-prep school for nearly 30 years, I am convinced of the place a quality pre-prep education can have in providing a wonderful foundation for children’s holistic development, which is difficult to rival elsewhere, and which has tremendous stand-alone value.

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Belmont Grosvenor school in Harrogate has a thriving pre-prep school

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Many pre-prep schools offer extra clubs and activities, including Spanish and Mandarin, swimming and team sports, judo, drama and dance. An ethos of inclusion pervades

attention to provide tailored support, careful nurturing or challenge and extension as appropriate. No child is held back and many exceed age-related expectations. The staff come to know the children and families really well, with parents ably supported – and a dialogue is encouraged so that close working relationships are developed.

SMOOTH TRANSITION

Many pre-preps now have their own nurseries offering a seamless educational transition for children from age two upwards, ensuring that children move effortlessly onwards through the school with little hindrance to learning.

This approach helps to promote a child’s self-esteem and boost confidence, as well as academic success. The best pre-preps will take advantage of this atmosphere and actively encourage those dispositions which are so valuable in underpinning learning; whether it be nurturing resilience or thinking skills, curiosity or

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a love of learning – all fostered within a stimulating curriculum.

ADDED EXTRAS

Most pre-prep schools benefit from close links with their prep school by sharing facilities and teachers. Staff in all schools will have individual passions and expertise which will inspire their children, perhaps by sharing a love of literature as a springboard for imaginative writing, encouraging participation in sport or revelling in the beauty of the outdoors whatever the weather. Specialist prep staff provide additional expertise, enthusiasm and further opportunities. Many pre-prep schools now offer extra clubs and activities which might include: Spanish, Mandarin, drama and instrumental lessons as well as sports such as swimming, team games, dance, and judo. Sport is highly valued in pre-prep schools and an ethos of inclusion pervades; all children are expected to join in and have fun. The children learn to take turns, follow the rules, win and lose well

Above, Belmont Grosvenor School, North Yorkshire

and even take a few knocks – all part of playing sport and growing up! By sharing facilities, many pre-preps have access to opportunities usually associated with much larger independent schools: astro pitches, tennis courts, computing suites, indoor sports halls and quality gym equipment are now usually standard.

Wider opportunity is an attraction of independent education and this will be evident from early on, where there will be plenty of occasions to enrich the learning experiences for all the children, both within the curriculum and offered as additional events. Outings, visiting artists and speakers will be included as part and parcel of the average day. Regular concerts and dramatic events help the children to gradually feel at ease in front of an audience and may offer a spark of inspiration that stays with a child for the rest of their lives. Further enrichment comes in many forms, such as regular book weeks, arts festivals, cooking, French days and much, much more. The children’s education would not be complete without developing empathy for others and independent schools are keen supporters of local, national and international charities. Many have long-standing relationships with charities and have raised thousands of pounds, organised collections and given much practical support over the years.

CHOOSING A PRE-PREP

Deciding on the perfect school for your child is a difficult one; almost all schools work hard to provide well for their children. State or independent, there will be some in both sectors that are better than others and may be a better fit for your family’s needs. Cost is a factor that cannot be overlooked and I would not want any family to overstretch themselves nor discourage families who have decided to compromise and invest in the later stages of education. But do remember that early years’ education has a significant formative influence on our children, yes it is a preparation, but more importantly it is a key influential stage in its own right and has a significant impact on developing our future generations. ISP

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CLAIRE LUCKHURST

head of pre-prep, King’s Hall School, Somerset

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ver the last decade, Forest School has flourished to become an integral part of life at King’s Hall School. Education is more than a means to an end and should be a fulfilling and joyful experience in itself. We ensure children learn through discovery, exploration and curiosity as part of a rewarding and engaging education. While classroom learning is key to a child’s academic development, the wonder of childhood and their natural curiosity can be fully nurtured out of doors, indeed we refer to our Forest School areas as “classrooms without walls”. Forest School is where many children are also most likely to

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immeasurable benefits gained through Forest School. There are, of course, endless superficial, but important, opportunities for frivolous fun, such as getting muddy, which are a definite bonus!

Many of our Forest School teachers note that children who lack confidence in a classroom setting thrive during their Forest School sessions, as a new set of prospects open to them. In addition to the numerous developmental benefits, just spending time outside is a particularly valuable and underrated experience for today’s child: when asked, most adults would recall that they had more fun as a child outdoors rather than indoors. Forest School counteracts the increasing concern that children spend too much time viewing their world through screens and technology which, although a significant

Those children who are unfamiliar with animals benefit enormously from the opportunity to engage with something that was maybe a little frightening before

develop the important lessons adults recognise as life-skills. Team work, risk management, emotional intelligence, self-regulation, negotiation, independent learning and a greater understanding of the world we live in are just some of the

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Above, the exterior of King’s Hall School, Somerset, below, the 50-acre campus

King’s Hall is celebrating 10 years of Forest School

part of modern life, should never replace the real world. After all, what childhood would be complete without grazing your knees, building dens and losing track of time in one’s enthusiasm? And King’s Hall School has 50-acres to explore.

For children in nursery and reception, aged two to five, our affectionately known “Little Woods” provides a safe environment in the woods which sit within our site, where they have endless age-appropriate opportunities to develop an array of skills, which only the outdoors

WILD LIFE!

Forest School at King’s Hall School, Taunton, is an integral part of the curriculum, writes Claire Luckhurst

Caring for the resident feathery friends instils the importance of responsibility can provide. Caring for the school’s resident feathery and furry friends instils the importance of responsibility early on, while also being great fun. Children who are unfamiliar with animals benefit enormously from this chance to engage with something which was perhaps a little frightening before. They learn, at their own pace, how to succeed in new situations and measure risks involved.

Home-grown herbs and vegetables add to this sense of responsibility and provide the first important lessons about where our

food comes from; the children take huge satisfaction from being able to eat their own produce. All of this is mere centimetres away from their classrooms, so if a spontaneous opportunity arises, the children can visit their classroom without walls to build on their learning.

Our older children, aged five to seven, graduate to “Big Woods” to build on all they have learned in “Little Woods”. “Big Woods”, still within the school’s grounds, is at the end of a leafy 150m trail and hosts some fantastic facilities. Nestled in a

Above, pupils visit “Little Woods”, above right, the school’s chickens

corner, there is a bird hide for quietly observing all that nature has to offer; the school’s rural location on the edge of the county town of Taunton is perfect for this purpose. With acres of farmland surrounding the school, deer have even been spotted skipping through the trail from the classrooms! “Big Woods” is also perfectly placed for some more robust curriculum learning as well as offering plenty of room for building dens and hunting for all of the infinitely interesting things that only dwell out of doors. ISP

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JANE MERRIMAN

head of Belmont Grosvenor School, North Yorkshire

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PREP IS BEST Jane Merriman explains the value of a preparatory school education

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veryone wants the very best for their child. As the headteacher of an “outstanding” prep school in North Yorkshire, I believe a prep school education enables each child to be treated as an individual, to feel valued, and, above all, to reach their full potential.

Every child is different and unique and it is at this young age that excellent foundations can be laid, and a sense of aspiration created.

Academic standards and rigour are a given in prep schools; all educational establishments have their own record of academic ambition and exam success, but prep schools provide a great deal more than just exam success, offering additional

Clockwise from top, getting arty at Belmont Grosvenor School, North Yorkshire, the school’s grounds, the pupils with head Jane Merriman

and skills, some of these are more difficult to find and recognise, but what a good prep school education does is unearth these latent abilities.

FREE TO CHOOSE

Independent schools do not have to adhere to the National Curriculum, meaning prep schools can choose their own curriculum, best suited to each individual institution, and this can, and does, offer so much more.

It is not a one-size-fits-all approach and allows schools to cherry pick the best curricular activities and adapt them to their own needs and those of the pupils.

Schools can then ensure that they are offering the most relevant curriculum for their youngsters so they have the tools to

It is not a one-size-fits-all approach. Schools can choose their own curriculum, best suited to each individual institution and cherry pick the best curricular activities – this offers so much more value on many other levels. Prep school offers a wide and varied curriculum, enhanced by a diverse and complementary extra-curricular programme.

INSIDE OUT

Prep schools like Belmont Grosvenor place equal value on what happens outside the core subjects – the importance of sport, music, drama, art, design and a varied programme of activities adds an extra dimension to a child’s education.

Extra-curricular activities such as these introduce children to new skills, engage them in social activities, develop positive learning traits and help to shape their lives in a positive way. Every child has talents

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be able to make a positive contribution to a changing world.

The prep school curriculum is often enhanced by visiting speakers, residential trips, overseas tours, and visits closer to home, helping to foster an understanding of cultures, attitudes and interests which lead to mutual respect and tolerance.

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“Pupils are eager and co-operative learners who are able to work independently and think critically, and whose creativity is very well developed.”

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Values, standards and expectations remain high on the list of priorities, as do discipline and mutual care and respect.

The attributes that set children in good stead for the future are also promoted, ensuring politeness and good social skills, including good table manners.

FAMILY TIME

INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION

Usually class sizes are smaller than state primary schools, with the ratio of staff to pupils being extremely favourable and often specialist teachers are employed.

This means that each child has a greater chance of being understood, valued and provided with the guidance they may need. Additional support, as well as further individual challenge, can be given when needed, building the confidence which is so important for a child.

Enthusiastic and passionate teaching staff will inspire and nurture a love of learning and instil inquisitive learning in pupils, allowing them to become critical thinkers.

Clockwise from top left, Port Regis, Dorset, the boating lake at Maidwell Hall, Northants, Fulham Prep School, London, boarding at Port Regis

A sense of family epitomises prep school education, and schools are built around open communication. It is important to involve parents in the school community and parents are always more than welcome to pop by and speak to the teachers.

The partnership between parent, school and the child offers 360˚support, offering every opportunity for the child to flourish both academically and socially.

The very nature of prep school education ensures that children feel safe and secure. A wealth of happy memories

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The happiness and wellbeing of pupils is of paramount importance and is at the heart of everything that prep schools do and achieve. The supportive and intricate network of relationships established through the pastoral care system helps achieve this. Prep schools play an important part in nurturing young minds during their formative years and are vital in shaping each individual child – promoting self-esteem and the ability to grow, develop and flourish.

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are often a legacy, with lifetime friendships frequently being forged.

In recent years there has been a growing demand for wrap-around care and prep schools have adapted to these changes by offering increased term time and holiday care. This means that children can enjoy activities in a familiar environment with their peers. This facility benefits the changing needs of families and becomes a further extension of school life.

THE BEST FIT

Prep schools come in all shapes and sizes, some are part of a wider school envionment where pupils can go all the way through to sixth form, others are stand alone prep schools with fantastic links to senior schools, to prepare for the next step. But every school has its own ethos, customs and culture that sets it apart from others. Most schools strike a balance between traditional and innovative practice and parents can choose a school that best fits their child’s personality and interests.

A prep school education ensures that each child will leave school as a wellrounded individual, having forged out a niche of their own. They will be prepared for a changing and evolving world but, more importantly, be ready for the next stage of their education. ISP

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KATIE GEDYE

head of lower school and houseparent Moor Park, Shropshire

(Behind the Scenes)

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Moor Park, Shropshire

ake a snapshot of most preparatory schools across the country at 7am and you would find a very familiar picture: matrons bustling around, opening curtains and trying to rouse sleepy children.

However, at Moor Park prep school in Shropshire, the Boarding Team try to do things a little differently. At 7am every morning of the summer term, the boarders don their trainers and running kit, tear out of the front door and embark on “The Breakfast Club”.

The children respond each year to challenges set by deputy head, Simon Gedye, who tasks them with collectively attempting to run miles, climb mountains

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From left to right, pupils on the run, tucking into breakfast after the morning exercise, elated members of the “Breakfast Club” as they complete their final run

in their pyjamas! Often the theme requires a “water leg”, for example when they were “crossing the North Sea” on their “tour” around Britain. Undeterred, and always up for anything, the children swapped their trainers for a swimsuit and dashed to the pool to swim lengths. Parents and grandparents will now be having flashbacks to their own school days. To freezing cold outdoor pools and the harsh

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Through the Breakfast Club boarding staff are teaching skills for life – and that the most worthwhile achievements don’t come easily. They require effort and commitment

and tour the world – metaphorically, of course! Although each year has a slightly different theme, the challenge remains the same: to get up and run two laps of the school every morning that you board. If you achieve the feat, Simon Gedye offers the elixir of prizes – breakfast in bed served by the headmaster and his wife!

The boarders are invited to run at least 1km each morning, before showering and heading to breakfast. But Moor Park pupils rarely stick to the bare minimum in anything they do: many boarders clock up nearly 3km every morning. On Saturdays, the children even decide to shake things up a bit by wearing fancy dress or running

running punishments dealt out by school masters at the time. But you only have to look at the faces of these children to work out how they feel about this adventure.

Each and every child who takes part loves it – the challenge, the novelty and the sense of achievement.

The Breakfast Club is voluntary. There are no consequences for not running, except perhaps a slight feeling of “having missed out” when the day’s “champions” are read out and cheered at breakfast.

Taking inspiration from the Tour de France, the top runners are presented with a yellow jersey to wear, and become the “ambassadors” if you like – inspiring those

Many boarders clocked up 3km every morning followed by a well-deserved breakfast

On completion, the champion runners always look forward to their breakfast in bed with relish around them to speed up. Each week, they nominate the next two, and so on, until by the end of the run, over a dozen children are all running proudly in their yellow Breakfast Club T-shirts.

For the Year Eight girls, who have, in previous years, competed at county and national level, fitness was always going to be their driving force. Teenagers, however, are not renowned for their enthusiasm in the early morning. But even during their Common Entrance exams, when staff all thought they would relish those last extra moments under the duvet, the children found that a little exercise first thing in the morning was a great way to start the day.

The challenge isn’t just one of commitment and determination either. As a preparatory school we claim to do just

THE BREAKFAST CLUB There’s no lie-in for boarders at Moor Park in Shropshire – they’re up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for a morning run, says Katie Gedye

that – prepare our children for the next step. And yet we often go out of our way to make things easy as we are desperate for them not to fail.

The Breakfast Club, however, is all about independence. The children have a choice – they run or they don’t. They organise themselves without reminders; their running kit has to be up in their dorms, trainers safely stored ready for the morning or they can’t run. Timing is crucial; laps have to be completed, children showered and dressed and down to breakfast by 7.30am or their laps don’t count – no excuses. It is not unheard of for runners vying for the top spot to have had laps deducted for leaving their bed unmade in their haste to get downstairs.

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staff are teaching skills for life – the most worthwhile achievements don’t come easily. They require commitment and effort. The children not only surprise themselves with what they are capable of, but also their parents are duly impressed.

On completion, the champion Breakfast Club runners always look forward to their breakfast in bed with great relish – often trying to order seconds from the headmaster before their luck runs out.

However, for most of the children it isn’t about the reward or a huge prize; many only receive applause in recognition of their efforts.

So what is it that gets them out of bed each morning – even on the chilly wet ones? I think it is this – Moor Park children love a challenge, want to be

Above, pupils could run in pyjamas or fancy dress on the weekend

outdoors more than indoors and are intrinsically competitive. Not in a “win at all costs” kind of a way but in a “come on, everyone, we can do this” kind of a way.

Every preparatory school seeks to find their USP, something special to tell the prospective parents as they tour around the school. Moor Park’s unique selling point is not the Breakfast Club, but the children running it. ISP

PREPARED FOR THE WORLD Bellerbys College is more than a school – it’s an experience that prepares students for university and the global workplace

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ellerbys College is passionate about offering a rewarding education that not only encourages the best results but also brings subjects to life through enrichment. Going beyond extracurricular activities, students enjoy timetabled workshops, meet top employers and enter national competitions.

Bellerbys Cambridge, Oxford, London and Brighton are four distinct colleges – each home to students from the UK and all over the world. Bellerbys Brighton is a modern boarding school for 13- to 18-year-olds and prides itself on taking a different approach to teaching. Bellerbys’ specialist colleges are found in Cambridge, Oxford and London and offer a chance to explore quality eduction in specialist fields, alongside like-minded students from more than 70 countries.

Below and opposite centre, Bellerbys College Brighton

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Principal Simon Mower explains how an inspiring, supportive and caring environment leads to excellent results.

From my experience, living and studying alongside young people from across the globe helps students develop their cultural intelligence. Being an international boarding school, we see this benefit at Bellerbys Brighton every day and the excellent results that follow.

At the age of 13 and 14, it’s difficult for students to decide what GCSE subjects they want to study. That’s where our GCSE programme is different: by teaching each subject as a mini project in Year Nine, we are able to ensure our students really get a feel for their subjects. We then guide them towards the best combination depending on their desired field of study at university.

Each of our GCSE and A-level subjects are linked to unique enrichment activities that inspire students both in and outside the classroom. We believe that supporting academic learning through exciting new experiences is one of the greatest benefits a British boarding school education can offer.

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BELLERBYS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE

Our college for science and engineering is the answer to the STEM skills shortage, writes principal Nicholas Waite.

Technology is an essential part of our everyday lives and a major contributor to the economy, so nurturing a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education is vital. What is more, those in the field are in high demand among prospective employers.

Bellerbys College Cambridge teaches the engineers, doctors and scientists of the future. And as a specialist college for science and engineering, we provide excellent facilities and laboratories, highly experienced teachers and strong links with leading universities. I’ve seen for myself that students thrive when they can focus their efforts into courses that are tailored to their strengths and interests. So a specialist college, home to like-minded students, and all with the same drive and ambition is the ideal place to develop. The College also offers a balanced structure of enriched education and an active social life set within the cultural hub of Cambridge.

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My son joined Bellerbys’ GCSE Programme in September. This enabled him to be challenged academically in his chosen subjects and guided by very experienced and dedicated teachers

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Left, the art room at Bellerbys College Oxford, below right, Bellerbys Cambridge

BELLERBYS COLLEGE OXFORD

A specialist college for art, humanities and law, situated in one of the cultural capitals of the UK, is the best way to stand out writes principal, Charles Runacres.

Creative and ambitious students are drawn to Bellerbys Oxford. Specialising in art, humanities and law, we are privileged to nurture such enthusiasm, debate and innovation in our college.

We know that it can be difficult to understand how academic skills relate to the working world, so we believe tailored enrichment programmes and expert teachers are the key to sparking and encouraging young imaginations.

Imagine working with professionals in media, law, art and design, plus hearing from visiting university lecturers and members of parliament.

By immersing students in their subject through real-life projects, they not only become specialists, but also develop key soft skills – just the areas that make their student university applications through UCAS stand out and be noticed.

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Principal Alison Baines says there is no better location for a specialist college for business than at the heart of one of the world’s financial capitals.

Even as a young as 15 and 16, your children are thinking about what subjects they enjoy and the careers they relate to.

Students choose Bellerbys London because it is a specialist business school, one that is located at the heart of the world’s greatest business capitals: London.

Our A level and foundation subjects include enrichment activities that directly complement our courses. It’s opportunities such as learning how the Bank of England sets interest rates, hearing speakers from HM Treasury and entering national business competitions that make our college exciting and different.

It’s about more than just top qualifications and the best teaching, it’s about letting students take charge of their careers and progress to the top UK universities.

For more information visit: uk.bellerbys.com

81.2% of Bellerbys College students achieved an excellent A*-B in 2015 compared to the national average of 52.8%

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NIGEL WILLIAMS

headmaster, Leighton Park School, Berkshire

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OFF TO BIG SCHOOL

The service provided by schools goes way beyond a traditional education: it provides a sense of security, leading to greater happiness and confidence

Above, Leighton Park School, Berkshire

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Nigel Williams helps you narrow down your senior school options

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government, and more particularly those to whom the government chooses to handover the responsibility for the oversight of education. The high turnover of secretaries of state for education and the constant and rushed programmes of reform over the last 20 years are testament enough to this.

The independent sector can and does provide greater continuity of sound educational philosophy and has an outstanding record of academic results, sporting and social success. Through the professional bodies, such as the HMC (Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference) and the Society of Heads, independent education has had a sensible, calming voice influencing government policy – of which it should be proud.

Spectacular buildings such as Stonyhurst College in Lancashire make for inspiring places to learn

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he choices on offer to parents looking for excellent schooling and education for their child appear to be greater than ever. In our national education system there is a cornucopia of choice that, while increasing the options for the education of your child, can also complicate the whole decision-making process. It is therefore vital that you look beyond academic league tables and consider what you and your children want from their whole educational experience.

Personal statements play an increasing role in the university selection process and having great academic results, whilst

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important, is not the only selection criteria.

Universities are increasingly interested in the experiences of the individual alongside academic performance.

In the state sector there seems to be a much improved offering, but it is worth considering that, while the divergence of opportunities offered in the grammar, comprehensive, academies and free schools is considerable, all are increasingly influenced by an over-mighty OFSTED organisation, which appears to value conformity over diversity and compliance over quality. There are many excellent state schools achieving both a high level of academic education and a wide programme of activities for the students but all are subject to the whims of the

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The independent sector provides greater continuity of sound educational philosophy than the state sector and has an outstanding record of academic and sporting success, of which it should be proud

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Like the state sector, the independent sector also offers a wide choice of educational establishments, from the traditional boarding or day school to those that cater for both day and boarding students and, within this, single sex or co-educational. There are also differences based on the heritages of the school; those that have a military focus to those based on religious denominations. Leighton Park is an example of one of the seven Quaker schools in the UK. All will offer a similar provision of academic excellence to build and support bright futures but with considerable differences in the curriculum, including sport and extra-curricular, the level of pastoral care and even the food – which is important to the happiness of many young people!

Education programmes differ quite considerably, with the range of qualifications available growing year by year. Are you looking for the traditional A-level approach, which is usually reflected in the curriculum on offer? Does the school offer the Pre-U or the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme? Are there vocational qualifications available? Is there specialist help available for special individual needs?

What are the important considerations for you? Most importantly, what choice does

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We consider it vital that each student is involved in academic decision making as it teaches them responsibility and encourages commitment to their subject choices

the student have when making decisions about which subjects and courses to follow? All schools now put great emphasis on the needs of each individual â&#x20AC;&#x201C; how is this achieved? At Leighton Park we consider it vital that each student is involved in academic decision making as it teaches them responsibility and encourages commitment to their choices.

BOARDING SCHOOL

For many parents the idea of a boarding school, even if their child attends as a day student, is not initially attractive but many schools that offer boarding also offer much more to day students. Boarding schools have undergone a huge transition in the last 20 years with many providing full, weekly and flexible boarding facilities for students at the school. This enables them to take advantage of the 24-hour care available, perhaps only for one night a week, or perhaps on a weekly or occasional basis. A boarding school will have a range of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities taking place in the evening and all students are encouraged to access these.

For a parent, there are also considerable

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advantages in the knowledge that, at short notice, the school will be able to care for your child until you are able to. With parents often working long hours, this can help the family and ensure that time spent together is more enjoyable. The provision of meals, the constant care (overnight if necessary), and the flexibility of the length of the school day, can all be a considerable help to busy working professional parents.

The service provided by such schools goes way beyond a traditional education, it provides security and a less stressful life for the student, leading to greater happiness.

Having worked in such an environment for over 20 years I can highly recommend it.

Clockwise from top left, Leighton Park School, Berkshire, Harrow School, Middlesex, Barnard Castle School, Durham

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All these choices can make it enormously difficult to choose from the range of schools available within the independent

With parents often working long hours, boarding school can help family life and ensure that time spent together is more enjoyable and this can be a considerable help to busy professional parents

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sector. There is only so much you can absorb from brochures and websites so once you have your shortlist, alongside talking to existing parents, there is no better way to get a feel for a school than visiting. At Leighton Park we provide this opportunity through our monthly and annual open mornings and we encourage potential parents to return more than once as they refine their choices. In your visits be open-minded, ask lots of questions and consider what type of educational experience you want your child to have and which type of school will suit your family lifestyle.

Finally, look at the ethos of each school as these differ considerably. Ask how the ethos is reflected in every aspect of the school from the pastoral care through to the curriculum. Ultimately, ask yourself if the school will enable your children not only to be successful in preparing for the next stage of their educational journey but happy and comfortable in their progress to adulthood. At Leighton Park, we want our young people to walk cheerfully and confidently across the world doing that of good. Many of our alumni, I am proud to say, do just that. ISP

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Outstanding education in a global environment The UK’s No. 1 choice for international students Welcoming GCSE and A Level students from all over the world, Bellerbys College offers: · A personalised, supportive environment · State-of-the-art facilities · Strong university partnerships · Leading academic results · Timetabled enrichment activities · A multi-cultural community

Our 2015 results

81%

of our A Level students achieved A* – B compared with the 2015 national average of 53%

The best preparation for university and the global workplace

Bellerbys College Brighton: a modern boarding school by the sea

Bellerbys College Cambridge: specialist college for science and engineering

Bellerbys College London: specialist college for business

Bellerbys College Oxford: specialist college for art, humanities and law

Call Anndrea O’Toole on 01273 339200 or visit uk.bellerbys.com

RICK VALENTINE

director of golf, Loretto School, East Lothian

(Behind the Scenes) Loretto School, East Lothian

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t was the fashion designer, Coco Chanel, who once said, “In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” Never has this been truer than within the independent school sector, where parents and pupils nowadays have a lot of genuine options. Parents may take a lot of convincing as to why a school is different and worth the years of fees.

Loretto School, just outside Edinburgh, is something of a pioneer when it comes to differentiation. Its golf academy, the

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strength ever since, with Scotland being the birthplace of modern golf.

Loretto School has a strong tradition of top level golf, dating back to its founding in 1827. The school has a long and distinguished history in educational excellence in the UK and is Scotland’s oldest surviving boarding school. It occupies 85 acres to the east of Scotland’s capital city and is a gateway to some of the world’s finest links courses in the area of East Lothian known as “Scotland’s Golf Coast”. The fact that the school is situated

Above, the grounds of Loretto School, right, pupils at the Golf Academy

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As well as a “Huxley” nine-hole artificial putting green, driving bays and bunker and chipping areas, Loretto’s state-of-the-art indoor golf centre opens later this year

first of its kind, has cut a clear niche. Golf is as integral to Scotland today as it was back in the 15th century when the game of “gowf ”, as it was known in those days, was banned by Parliament under King James II as a distraction from military training.

Fortunately, the ban was lifted when the Treaty of Glasgow came into effect in 1502 and the game has gone from strength to Pupils on the Musselburgh Links

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next to the world’s oldest course, Musselburgh Links, where records show golf has been played since 1672, made the foundation of a Golf Academy an obvious step to take.

Over the years, former pupils of Loretto have captained many of the best known clubs in the UK: St Andrews, seven captains of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club, 11 of The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers (the world’s oldest golf club), and 10 at Prestwick. It is small wonder then that Loretto boasts its own highly successful Golf Academy, celebrating its 13th year in 2015. From a humble beginning of six golfers back in 2002, to a current capacity of 50 young golfers, places in Loretto’s Golf Academy are keenly prized.

The Loretto Golf Academy attracts boys and girls aged 10 to 18 from all over the

world, and offers them an outstanding opportunity to develop their golfing talents in tandem with a first-class education. The school boasts its own “on campus” practice facilities with a “Huxley” nine-hole artificial putting green, driving bays and bunker and chipping areas. There are also remarkable indoor facilities offering innovative practice programmes for both beginners and advanced level.

Loretto’s state-of-the-art indoor golf centre opens later this year – and perhaps answers critics who woefully comment on

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FULL SWING

Loretto School’s flourishing Golf Academy maintains tradition and nurtures upcoming talent, writes Rick Valentine

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Rick Valentine and the Senior School Winners of the AAM Trophy Cup the dark winter evenings and wet weather associated with Scotland.

Working closely with the Scottish Golf Union and in partnership with Championship courses at Craigielaw and Archerfield, the Loretto Golf Academy has ensured that it remains at the cutting edge of schools’ golf. It has continued to develop an unrivalled programme of golf for aspiring golfers, including one-to-one tutoring sessions; professional coaching in strength and conditioning using the Golf BioDynamics system; short game and

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sport psychology. The goal for many Loretto golfers is to attend an American university when they leave. Loretto has worked closely with prodreamUSA since 2005 to ensure their players get the best possible advice during this important transition.

Our ultimate aim is to produce an Open winner. However, most golfers do not reach their peak until they are in their thirties, so Loretto’s day is yet to come! ISP Loretto’s Golf Scholarship days take place on 31st January and 1st February 2016.

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“Loretto may not be the largest school, but our big heart and ambitions have helped Lorettonians go forward with confidence in life – in mind, body and spirit – since 1827. Join us for the day, to discover more about the opportunities our uniquely rounded approach to learning holds for your children.”

Dr Graham Hawley, Headmaster Junior School Open Morning Saturday, 19th September, 10.30am For families with children aged 0-12 Senior School Open Morning Saturday, 3rd October, 9.30am For families with children aged 12-18

If you are unable to attend the Open Mornings, please do contact us to arrange an alternative date.

A coeducational boarding and day school for boys and girls aged 0-18.

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MARK EAGERS

head of Cambridge Tutors College, London

SIXTH FORM

IS UNIVERSITY A LOTTERY?

So theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve reached sixth form and think university is a given. Mark Eagers has some words of caution about securing an all-important place...

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Of course universities demand academic excellence but getting a place is not an exact science

Students at CTC are given a weekly test in exam conditions

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t is a universal truth that those parents of students who want to go to university would like the very “best”. This is in no way to decry more vocational courses, but my parents and pupils want traditional universities with academically focused courses. We have outstanding universities in this country; I am fortunate to travel a lot overseas and the high regard in which our universities are held should not be underestimated. Many are truly world class and deservedly so.

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Cambridge Tutors College (CTC) is a small, selective, independent, international sixth form college. The overwhelming number of our 220 students

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come from overseas and these are mostly from east and south east Asia. Their parents are paying for small classes and above all in our ability to get their children outstanding A-level results and thus win places at the “best” universities – defined as those like Oxbridge, Imperial, UCL and LSE – to read academic subjects such as medicine, law, dentistry, engineering, mathematics and physics. To our parents these are the best, attracting the very brightest students and producing highly employable graduates in the professions.

It is a compelling argument.

Of course demand for places at top universities is rightly stiff but I fear that any reader looking for the holy grail of an assured and infallible route to the top will not find it here because it does not exist.

What else might students do to give themselves a better chance? They may consider taking the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) or, as IB students, do the Extended Essay (EE)

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Clockwise from top left, St Swithun’s, Hampshire, Cambridge Tutors College, London, Bryanston College, Dorset

Of course top universities demand academic excellence, but it is not an exact science and I have known many very clever students not offered places at top universities when they easily match the entry requirements dutifully put on the UCAS website.

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At CTC our students do attain excellent academic results through small classes, a lot of individual attention, expert tuition and a passion to do the best for our students, which I know is the case in most schools and colleges. A point of difference is that we give every student in every subject area a weekly test in exam conditions so progress is monitored on a weekly basis. But there is more. Very academic students need extending and in our case where mathematics and the sciences are so prevalent, we hold extension classes, lectures, mentoring programmes and so on to stretch and challenge the more able. For example, one of our mathematics teachers holds an

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So we have instituted a mentoring programme where former students mentor current students at CTC.

IS IT FAIR?

undergraduate level class thus teaching the students way beyond further mathematics.

While I do not understand a thing going on in that class, the students love it and appreciate the undoubted challenge.

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What else might a student do to give themselves a better chance? Students might consider undertaking the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), or as all IB students do, the Extended Essay (EE).

These individual research projects teach students how to research a very specific area of interest within one subject area thoroughly and properly; they learn to be independent learners and to be able to demonstrate skills universities want from their undergraduates. I would actually like to see more top universities requiring a student wishing to study a certain subject to undertake an EPQ or EE in that area, which they might then interview them on – a sort of viva voce.

INTERVIEW PRACTICE

Another area upon which to focus is that of interview preparation. This takes time to get students to practise key interviewing skills; sometimes students are asked “left field” questions which are hard to answer at the best of times, and even more so in a pressurised interview situation.

Some schools have forged links with departments at universities and lecturers will come in and do presentations. It all takes time and some universities do not have that time, or perhaps the inclination.

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Despite what universities say about transparency, the current system is far from being so. While I do not wish to depress any reader, with so many students attaining above and beyond what is required for a particular course, where demand for places far exceeds supply, with the government expecting universities to offer more places to students from disadvantaged backgrounds in the interests of perceived fairness, the route to a top university is harder than one might suppose. It should be pointed out that many students attending independent schools are there because they have been given serious financial support from their school through bursary schemes and do not hail from “wealthy” backgrounds.

Left, Haileybury College, Herts, below, Gresham’s, Norfolk, Cambridge Tutors College, London, Bolton School, Lancashire

The bottom line is that students wishing to gain places at top universities must get the right grades, have sparkling personal statements and good school or college references. I believe our schools and sixth form colleges do a huge amount to help our students in their university applications. But I do think universities could and should do more to ensure they accept the students they want through EPQ, interviews and such like. ISP

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SAMANTHA PRICE

headmistress, Benenden School, Kent

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t Benenden we feel passionately that an education is not a solo activity, but rather what happens between people in a community.

Preparing for exams is about 25% of what schools are really for; the remaining 75% should be focused on helping young people develop intellectually, emotionally, psychologically and artistically.

Head of human resources at Unilever recently outlined to a group of head teachers what companies are looking for in graduates. Energy, passion and drive, along with evidence of resourcefulness, the ability to manage pressure, emotional intelligence and character.

At Benenden we offer what we call a “Complete Education”, so each girl leaves us with excellent academic results but also as a confident, compassionate and positive

In Enquiry Week students research an issue, and present their findings in front of an audience of adults

Towards the end of the summer term, two of our year groups dedicated themselves to Enquiry Weeks, exploring issues of environmental threats, and blindness and deafness. Girls had to thoroughly research an issue, explore competing arguments, dream up tangible products, create marketing campaigns and

Above, pupils demonstrate their public speaking skills, below right, the Model United Nations, far right Benenden School, Kent

Being a full-boarding school we can achieve more than a day school would – we devote considerable time and energy into developing the person through activities and experiences young woman who is truly prepared for the modern world.

Being a full-boarding school, we are able to achieve more in this regard than a day school environment, with our 24/7 approach to developing students. We devote considerable time and energy into “developing the person” through an array of extra-curricular activities and experiences. These are conducted in school hours and, crucially, during evenings and weekends.

present their findings or their product pitch in front of audiences of adults.

We run the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), a stand-alone qualification which prepares students for Higher Education study. Taken alongside students’ GCSE or A-levels, it encourages research into a topic of the pupil’s choice, as well as offering practical skills such as researching and time management.

The year ahead sees the introduction of the Benenden Diploma for Year Seven and

Eight, which will re-focus the core curriculum to enable us to challenge students to think for themselves, learn to take responsibility and to develop life skills through a cross-curricular approach such as independent research, critical thinking and problem-solving.

In September 2016, we will introduce a Professional Skills Programme for the Sixth Form, a Benenden qualification which will offer girls a flavour of the skills

OUTSIDE THE BOX

PHOTOGRAPHY: KATHERINE POPE

An innovative curriculum at Benenden School means that girls leave fully prepared for the modern world, says Samantha Price

required for any workplace, including financial acumen, developing a strategic plan and giving a pitch.

We want girls to leave as young women who are knowledgeable about the world, sensitive to different cultures and compassionate for other people. We achieve this by arranging for the girls to work in our local community and experience exchange visits with students.

Benenden’s full-boarding ethos comes into its own at weekends. Our Complete Education is a seven-day programme, and weekend activities such as camping, archery and team-building are integral to the girls’ education. Students can learn

as much about themselves while abseiling down a rockface, as they can in a classroom.

Our Academic Extension programme explores and develops ideas of good citizenship with a global perspective.

Part of this is our Model United Nations (MUN) scheme, which involved more than 120 students last year.

This all combines to create one of the most innovative curriculums in the country, and shows that by devoting 75% of a student’s time at school to developing them as individuals, you can teach transferable skills that will support them in the workplace anywhere in the world. ISP

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headmistress of Knighton House School, Dorset

FOREIGN AFFAIRS Sarah Wicks offers advice on choosing a prep school from overseas

I recommend a personal visit, when the school is in action, so you can get a good feel for the atmosphere

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ritish independent school education is recognised as world class, and is an increasingly popular option for parents overseas. While there are many excellent state primary schools in the UK, the most obvious difference between them and an independent school is the class size and extra-curricular activities on offer. At Knighton House School we have very small class sizes: the largest is 18 and the average is 12. This enables teachers to know their pupils well and to tailor work to individual needs, whether that is giving extra challenge or support.

STARTING THE SEARCH

Choosing a school is such a major decision that, if time allows, I advocate beginning to look at least a year in advance.

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Overseas pupils often stay for a term or a year, offering a wealth of independence

Above and right, children at Knighton House School, Dorset

Knighton House is a small prep school, so we do limit the number of places for overseas pupils and it is worth getting in early. I recommend a personal visit when the school is in action, to get a good feel for the atmosphere. Many pupils come to us through a personal recommendation while others come via agencies. If you are looking for a place at short notice do contact a school’s admissions secretary, for example at Knighton House we are happy to take pupils at any point in the year as long as a place is available.

WHY THE BIG MOVE?

We often have overseas pupils who come to learn English in a traditional British boarding school – some girls come for a term and end up staying for the year.

Others start with a short summer visit and return for a term or year. Some make their first visit in Year Five then return several

times. On the whole we recommend a full year’s stay as the best way to make a significant impact on a pupil’s English.

Boarding at an independent school, either full, weekly or flexi-boarding, allows pupils from all over the UK and abroad to experience the benefits of an English prep school education wherever they live.

Boarding also means that pupils from the age of seven become very independent in looking after themselves and boarders quickly make friends for life. At Knighton House we are preparing girls for Common

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Phileas Fox Nursery School offers a unique learning experience for children aged two to five, specialising in Early Years bilingual education.

We are distinctive in offering traditional British Early Years and Montessori programmes with a choice of learning either French, Chinese or Russian language and culture simultaneously.

Other languages can be added to the curriculum based on demand.

We provide a happy medium between teaching the children academically and holistically through bilingual education, in a playful, fun, caring and educational environment. We offer excellent standard of daily care and education, a nurturing and safe setting with beautiful premises and vast outdoor areas.

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Girls at Knighton House have the option to board even if they live closeby, creating a family atmosphere

Entrance and scholarship exams to top senior schools, including Marlborough College, Bryanston, Canford, Sherborne Girls, Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Downe House and St Mary’s Calne, where they are very likely to be full boarders.

SINGLE SEX OR CO-EDUCATIONAL?

When choosing a boarding school, there are co-educational, all-boys and all-girls’ schools to pick from. The all-girls’ environment at Knighton House, for example, allows girls the freedom from

There are weekend themes and invitation weekends when “day girls” stay at school for all the fun. Being on site means that pupils have the opportunity to get involved in all aspects of school life including looking after the animals. The 7.30am bell sees a posse of girls going out each morning to catch the ponies, feed the hens, or let out the pygmy goats.

Independent prep schools offer a broad range of enriching activities at no extra cost, including sport, music and creative and performing arts. There is a range of optional extras – riding, ballet or modern

Boarders have the chance to look after the animals. The 7.30am bell sees a posse of girls going out each morning to catch the ponies, feed the hens, or let out the pygmy goats stereotypes that suggest that lessons such as maths and science are “boy” subjects.

Girls in all-girl senior schools are more likely to choose STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects than those in a co-ed school.

WEEKEND FUN

Ensure that the school has exemplary pastoral care and a full weekend activities programme. We are lucky that boarding is popular – even with those who live within walking distance. During the week there are between 35 and 60 girls boarding each night and 25 to 30 on most weekends. This allows weekends to be much more relaxed and like a big family. There are plenty of planned activities and some downtime.

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dance, speech and drama, instrumental lessons and tennis coaching. Girls from overseas may require EAL (English as an Additional Language) support lessons, particularly if they wish to be prepared for Cambridge English Language exams.

SETTLING IN

Overseas pupils quickly adapt to their new surroundings. They may be shy at first, but soon find that they can communicate if they try. Girls are encouraged to speak English at all times but there are Spanish, French and German speakers on the staff in case they feel they need to explain themselves in their native tongue. We have access to Mandarin and Russian speakers in our neighbouring school, Bryanston.

Above and right, the dungareestyle uniform is practical and resilient – reflecting qualities promoted by the school

Pupils have regular access to the computer room so that they can email home and have a weekly opportunity to Skype parents. Full boarders may bring a mobile that they can use at the weekend.

NOMINATE A GUARDIAN

It is essential that all pupils from overseas have a nominated guardian in the UK, this can be a friend or relative or a nominated guardianship programme. The school does not make arrangements for pupils during exeats and half terms. However, pupils are often invited to stay with their English friends for exeat; if such an invitation is made the housemistress will put parents in contact with each other.

At Knighton House our rural location, far from the distractions of the city, creates a healthy outdoors lifestyle with plenty of sport, country activities such as riding, and playing safely in our extensive grounds. Our iconic uniform of red dungarees is a daily reminder of the school’s heritage and symbolises everything we would like Knighton children to be: vibrant, practical, and resilient, standing out from the crowd and ready for the adventure of life. ISP

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IFE (the Council of Independent Education) is an association of twenty private A level colleges in the UK which has sent over 50% of its graduates to Russell Group universities over the past two years.

The quality of its education is in further evidence from the list of this year's CIFE academic award winners shown here.

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GENEVIEVE FORD deputy headmistress (boarding), Downe House, Berkshire

TO BOARD OR NOT TO BOARD? Living at school offers a longer day for both learning and play in a nurturing environment, writes Genevieve Ford

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f you are planning to send your daughter to boarding school, one of the first questions you should be asking before you start your school search is whether boarding itself is the best choice.

I joined Downe House in 2004, first as a housemistress, and then as head of Upper School, before taking on the role of

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deputy headmistress (boarding), where I am responsible for the residential welfare of the girls in our care. I’m convinced that boarding offers girls the opportunity to gain much more from their education.

Several schools now offer flexi-boarding – this can mean that the pupils only live on site during the working week, or that they sleep in school only on the occasional

night. While this can be convenient for some parents, at Downe House our girls are “full-boarders” and we believe that we have a distinct advantage when it comes to ensuring that our girls receive a broad and valuable educational experience.

One of the greatest benefits of full boarding is the gift of time. The extended day allows longer for learning,

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A school’s culture holds a huge influence over what a child believes they can achieve enrichment, fun and friendship. Downe House girls like to get involved in lots of different activities and living at the school means that it is easier for them to make time to do more. They can fit in extra tennis lessons, rehearsals, dance classes and still have time to socialise with their friends.

PASTORAL CARE

Teachers also have the opportunity to get to know each individual girl extremely well.

The staff at Downe understand that the girls in our care have been entrusted to us by their parents, who hope and expect that we will nurture every aspect of their daughters’ development while they are at school. We feel very privileged in our roles and work closely with parents and the girls to ensure that there is strong communication and mutual trust. The girls have the benefit of a strong network of staff and peers to help them to navigate those complicated and challenging teenage years.

This year, we have been thrilled to see the first of our Ten Year Vision projects reach completion. Our new Lower School boarding houses opened this September and builds on our already excellent home-away-from-home boarding

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Above and below, Downe House girls have plenty of time to socialise in a family-style atmosphere

provision, providing spacious bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens and common rooms for all girls in their first two years.

The environment is designed to nurture friendships and this is cemented by the term that our Year Eight girls spend in the beautiful Périgord Noir, in France, at our smaller “farmhouse” school in the rural commune of Veyrines-de-Domme.

TOP FACILITIES

Although Downe House has wonderful facilities, including an indoor swimming pool and a specialist performing arts centre, our Ten Year Vision is designed to ensure that we remain at the forefront of boarding education. On this note, we have already begun the next project in our development plan – the creation of a state-of-the-art centre for learning.

This will provide the girls with a contemporary library and a vibrant digital learning centre, a state-of-the-art auditorium, as well as art gallery areas and a café. It is important that learning is not limited to the classroom and with this new facility the girls will enjoy a taste of university life as well as a gaining a brand new place to spend time together.

CULTURE

A school’s culture holds a huge influence over what a child believes they can achieve.

In a girls’ boarding school, the students benefit from a culture that encourages them to stretch themselves, that tells them it is important for their fulfilment that they give back to society and that supports them in their ambitions. Our girls benefit greatly from an established and extensive network of alumnae who have gone out into the world and have much advice to offer.

The girls learn compassion, resilience, communication, collaboration and creativity. They are outward looking and they are aspirational. This allows them to reach their full potential and prepares them for the next phase of their life. ISP

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One of the greatest benefits of boarding is the gift of time. The extended day allows longer for learning, fun and friendship. Pupils can fit in extra sport and rehearsals, and still have time to socialise

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When Something Just Isn’t Quite Right You may not have heard of RRS (Retained Reflex Syndrome) before, but you may find that you recognise some of the symptoms in your child. Before birth, babies develop primitive reflexes to help them survive the birthing process and the first months of life. Usually these will fade away as a baby develops and grows up. However, these reflexes can sometimes become stuck, hindering the next stage of development and locking the child into immature patterns of behaviour and response.

Children may be bright, yet underachieving and lacking in concentration. They may find reading and writing tricky, have trouble putting ideas down on paper and not enjoy reading for pleasure. They may suffer from low self-esteem and frustration and be emotionally and socially immature. Other behaviour patterns to watch for include excessive talking, a short temper, hearing problems, hypersensitivity and clumsiness. Does any of this sound familiar?

Often these behaviour types are put down to personality, explained away as just the way the child is, and parents and children struggle on. In extreme cases, these behaviour patterns can lead to a diagnosis of developmental problems such as dyselxia and ADHD. But David and Alex Mulhall believe that these are all symptoms of Retained Reflex Syndrome and there is help at hand. The great news is that with treatment, these primitive reflexes can be closed down and huge improvements – in behaviour, development, self-esteem and therefore happiness – can be seen.

David Mulhall, a Neuro Developmental Consultant, is a leading pioneer in the field of early developmental responses and has built up a reputation specifically identifying and healing children with RRS. His approach involves using very simple but highly specific stimulation of nerve endings. After over 20 years’ of practice, David has successfully passed on his expertise to his son, Alex Mulhall, who has now taken over as the principal consultant at the clinic.

After a personal assessment and diagnosis, patients are given a tailor-made treatment plan which is carried out at home, with subsequent check-ups at the Centre, at regular intervals. The process is natural, non-invasive and drug-free. The Mulhalls’ revolutionary techniques have transformed the lives of the children they have treated along with the lives of their families.

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So you’ve bought the uniform and packed the sports kit, but what else does your child need to see them through their first term at boarding school? Here’s our list…

LIVING

DRESSING GOWN

A cosy bathrobe to keep them warm on the shower run (from £24, boden.co.uk).

SOFT LUXURY TOWELS

A real luxury to take with them (from £11.95, houseology.com).

SLIPPERS

It’s the autumn term and this is the UK – it will get cold (from £25, whitestuff.com).

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LAMP SHADE

They can jazz up their dorm with a fun lamp shade (£4.95, dotcomgiftshop.com).

TUCK BOX

Who wouldn’t want a beautiful bespoke trunk? (from £249, charlieb.co.uk).

PJS

Lots of downtime is spent in pjs at school, so grab a good pair (from £22, boden.co.uk).

SATCHEL

A classic satchel is not only practical but timelessly stylish (£116, cambridgesatchel.com).

MUG

Everyone has a favourite mug and theirs will remind them of home (£5, oliverbonas.com).

HOT WATER BOTTLE

They’ll be eternally grateful to you for warm toes on winter nights (£50, amara.com).

DUVET

They can tuck themselves in at night with this cotton combed duvet cover (£40, ikea.com).

FAIRY LIGHTS

Cheap and cheerful decorations to personalise their living space (£6, tigerstores.com).

CUSHIONS

They can make themselves comfy with some decorative bedding (£12, habitat.co.uk).

ALARM CLOCK

Essential so that they’re not embarassingly late for assembly (£8, hemashop.com).

PEN CUPS

These handy pen cups will help your child keep pens where they find them (£2, ikea.com).

HANGERS

Remind them that these are used to hang clothes on (£2, tigerstores.com).

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PAGES

They can make notes on the go with this easy to use word processor for your iPad. (£7.99 on the App Store).

Here’s our pick of the best apps to keep your children busy and in touch with home

GOOGLE TRANSLATE

AFTERLIGHT Perfect for editing favourite boarding school shots, ready to decorate the bedroom wall (£0.75 on the App Store).

Use the iPad camera to translate text instantly in 26 different languages. (free on the App Store).

SKYPE

No more snail mail with this handy app. Try video chat, calls and instant message (free, skype.com).

STUDYING

BOOK END

Nothing will keep their books nice and orderly like a practical book end (£4, ikea.com).

RESCUE REMEDY

For first-day nerves rescue remedy is the hero of the day (£5.25, nelsonsnaturalworld.com).

PENCILS

Missing stationery? No chance with these personalised pencils (£3.75, dorothyandtheodore.com).

RUBBER

Rubbing stuff out will be a lot less boring with a gorilla eraser (£3.95, dotcomgiftshop.com).

STORAGE BOXES

Prep can get messy, so they can keep their desk tip top with these boxes (£4, ikea.com).

NOTEBOOKS

Great for taking notes in class or just scribbling creatively (£12.99, filofax.com).

IPAD

Cheaper than a laptop but handy for all they need to take to school (£239, johnlewis.com).

DICTIONARY

A real must-have for school work or prep (£12.99, waterstones.com).

POST-ITS

Always useful for reminding themselves about work or play (£3.34, whsmith.co.uk).

STAMPS

When a text just won’t do they can write long letters home (£7.44 for 12, whsmith.co.uk).

PLAYING

PICK-UP STICKS

An old, all-time favourite game to get playtime started (£2.95, dotcomgiftshop.com).

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STRETCHY

They will enjoy mischief and fun with a stretchy gecko (£1, dotcomgiftshop.com).

TEDDY

Don’t believe them when they tell you they are too old for him. He’s in (£30, johnlewis.com).

HEADPHONES

They can tune into their favourite music or audio books with these (£17, hemashop.com).

CAMERA

Fun times to be had with new pals with this dinky little camera (£65, design-3000.com).

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national newspaper and magazine journalist

HOW TO AFFORD SCHOOL FEES There’s lots of help out there in the form of fee assistance called bursaries, explains Thalia Thompson

Above, King’s College Wimbledon

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he affordability of school fees is an important issue for many parents, and with the average cost of a place now reaching £12,500 a year, at a day school, or £30,000 for boarding, it’s easy to see why. And fees vary around the country. In Wales, the average costs are approximately £10,000 for a day school, and £27,000 for boarding, but in Greater London, the figures are £15,000 and £43,000 respectively.

VALUE FOR MONEY

Despite rising costs, independent schools are thriving, with figures from the Independent Schools Council showing there are now more pupils at ISC schools, around seven per cent or 500,000, than at any time since records began over 20 years ago.

Excellent academic standards are part of the attraction for parents; last year more than half of A-level entries and over 60% of GCSE and IGCSE entries from independent schools were awarded either an A* or A grade. Practically every independently educated child goes on to university with 55% going to a Russell Group university and just over six per cent to Oxford or Cambridge.

But it’s not just about exam results.

The superb facilities for sport, drama and music, and the breadth of co-curricular activities on offer at many independent schools can open up opportunities, develop life skills and create a passion for learning that goes far beyond the curriculum and the school gate.

If you think independent education would help your child shine but you’re concerned about cost, there is some help

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Above, pupils at Broomwood Hall, London, below, Papplewick School, Berkshire

on offer. According to Julie Robinson, general secretary of the Independent Schools Council, “ISC schools are sympathetic to the financial challenges facing many parents and work hard to keep fees as low as possible. Last year saw the lowest annual fee rise for 20 years.

Many schools are absolutely committed to widening access by offering generous bursaries to assist with fees.”

EASING THE BURDEN

The amount of fee assistance available has grown to reflect this – last year ISC schools increased the value of means-tested bursaries by 5.7% to £340 million. Over 41,000 children receive a means-tested bursary, worth an average of £8,277 per pupil each year, and 5,406 pupils at ISC schools pay no fees at all.

Some schools are particularly committed to giving access to a first-class education. Christ’s Hospital in Horsham, West Sussex, currently provides meanstested bursaries to 80% of its boarders with 40% of all families receiving 90% or more support towards fees and 14% paying no fees at all. King Edward’s school in Birmingham is another such school with

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Last year ISC schools increased the value of meanstested bursaries by 5.7% to £340 million. Over 41,000 children receive a means-tested bursary, worth an average of £8,277 per pupil each year

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chief master, John Claughton, saying that the accessibility of what he describes as “the great school of Birmingham since 1552” is “absolutely in our DNA”.

WHO’S ELIGIBLE?

The criteria for bursaries varies by school.

In general, to get a full 100% bursary your family circumstances would have to be modest – in some cases this can mean an income of less than £25,000. But even if your income is £40,000 or more, significant assistance may still be available.

Schools are increasingly offering bursaries on a sliding scale where, depending on your family income, you may be offered a percentage reduction in the school fees, which could range from five per cent right up to 100%. John Claughton explains, “We have a particularly long sliding scale – you can be earning £70,000 and still be eligible for some financial support.

“Our aim is that whatever your financial circumstances, whether you’re a single mother on benefits, or a teacher, or university lecturer and part of the

“squeezed middle” – we want to make it possible for you to send your son here.”

However, at all schools bursary funds are finite, so even if your child passes the entrance exam and meets eligibility criteria, there’s no guarantee that they will be offered a bursary. For example, King Edward’s has approximately 800 boys applying for 125 Year Seven places, so competition is keen. John Claughton says, “To get one of the 40 assisted places, you’ve got to not only pass the examination but also achieve results that are towards the top end.”

Right, bursaries can be offered through to 18, below, Broomwood Hall, London, bottom, Rugby School, Warwickshire

APPLYING FOR A BURSARY

If you think you might be eligible for a bursary, the first step is to check out any information on the school’s website and then contact the bursar or admissions officer for further details. Look for an indication of the level of support that might be available and ask approximately how many bursaries the school awards each year and the number of applications they usually have for them. Make sure

SCHOLARSHIPS Scholarships aren’t usually means-tested and tend to bring more prestige than financial help. Often the award covers 10% of the fees, or less, or pays for an extra like music tuition. As Jane Howard, admissions registrar at Christ’s Hospital says, “Bursaries make places at Christ’s Hospital affordable, scholarships are the cherry on top of the icing on the cake for a very few outstanding students!”

However, scholarships can be topped up with bursaries, and if your child is very able, it’s always worth checking as some scholarships are for significant sums.

For example, at Roedean school in Brighton, while there are dance, drama, art, music, sport and academic scholarships, which are all worth up to 10% off the fees, there is also the Brighthelm Award, which can bring a 50 to 100% reduction in fees.

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the timetable and process for applying is clear and that you understand the process.

Family income is the main factor taken into account but some schools also offer bursaries to children with parents in the armed forces or other professions. For example, the Royal Alexandra and Albert school, in Surrey, offers bursaries to children of the clergy, and Highgate school in London is offering one full fee bursary in 2016 to children of those public sector key workers, who live locally.

The process of checking a claim varies but it should be rigorous and you will have to provide proof of income and outgoings.

Jane Howard, registrar at Christ’s Hospital

says, “We receive five applications for every bursary place and we require a lot of details about a family’s circumstances including providing evidence of income, assets and outgoings.”

Typical conditions include both parents being in employment, unless there are specific caring responsibilities. Owning assets such as second homes or significant savings and investments will often make families ineligible for a bursary. Some senior schools will expect children to have been previously been educated at a state school rather than a prep school, unless their circumstances have changed, or they were already in receipt of a bursary.

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School fees aren’t the only bill to pay.

Parents sometimes worry about the extra cost of uniforms and trips, and whether their child will feel out of place if they’re not from a very wealthy background.

However, a pupil receiving a bursary may be able to apply for additional help towards these costs. And it’s worth remembering that at almost all schools there’s a huge range of wealth. For every Ferrari in the car park, there’ll be a battered old Volvo and even at Eton College the school outfitters have thriving second-hand clothes sections.

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notty Ash, Liverpool, is where it all began, looking out for the rag and bone man who would give out presents of colouring books and pencils – little did he know that he was encouraging a little girl to pursue her love of drawing.

Years later I graduated from Glasgow School of Art (GSA) and worked with

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various theatre groups, illustrated at the Educational Resource Unit and was an outreach worker in Glasgow. I visited schools with a theatre company and slowly realised that what I really loved was teaching and enabling people to see what they were capable of achieving, so I took a PGCE. It was the same year I illustrated my first book for Blackie’s – a publishing house that primarily published children’s books and educational texts.

Following two teaching posts, I became an art teacher at North London Collegiate School. I had no idea what to expect as I walked up Canons Drive and saw the Old House for the first time. The school was beautiful with lush grounds and held a rich history of inspiring women. This was to be a new chapter in my life. I was encouraged to teach my subject to the full.

I could take school trips to beautiful cities and share with my students the excitement

Above, Jean and a pupil in the art room bottom left, North London Collegiate School

and thrill of seeing new places together and discovering art not only in galleries but in everything around us. I never forgot the lessons I learnt in Glasgow, finding the beauty in the overlooked and forgotten. I remember so vividly the first mural I did with students using their drawings from a trip to the local rubbish dump.

I continued to illustrate, write children’s books and bring my love of theatre into painting and designing sets. To love teaching is to love learning. I have learnt that if you create opportunities, they will be taken: expect the best and you will get it. And never underestimate anyone.

I now approach my 28th year at NLCS. I have seen generations of students flourish into confident young women pursuing ambitious careers. I am so lucky to be a part of that, no matter how small. ISP To read Jean’s story in full visit independentchoolparent.com

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One- and two-day courses.

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LONDON

London

This map illustrates the location of some of our leading independent schools in this region. A directory of schools, listed by area, follows this page.

Watford

30 29

Chigwell 22 21 23

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GREATER LONDON

Uxbridge

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Staines

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3 2 1 12 4 17 13 15 19 18 14 16 11 7 6 5 32 20

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Woolwich

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Croydon

Epsom

SURREY Inner London Central London City of London

1 St Paul’s Cathedral School 2 The Lyceum School 3 Abercorn School

West London Kensington

4 Eaton Square School 5 Ravenstone Schools 6 Hawkesdown House School 7 St James Senior Girls’ School

Sydenham 10 Sydenham High School

South West London Battersea

11 Newton Prep

Belgravia 12 Knightsbridge School

Fulham 13 Parsons Green Prep 14 Kensington Prep School 15 Sinclair House School

Knightsbridge 16 More House School

South Kensington 17 Queen’s Gate School

South East London

Westminster

8 Blackheath Preparatory School

Wimbledon

Blackheath

Catford 9 St Dunstan’s College

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18 Fairley House School 19 Gems Hampshire School

North West London Hampstead

21 Devonshire House Preparatory School 22 University College School 23 The Village School

Greater London

Northwood 29 Merchant Taylors’ School 30 St Helen’s

Richmond 31 King’s House School 32 Old Vicarage School

Twickenham 33 Newland House School

Bromley 24 Breaside

Chislehurst 25 Farringtons School

Croydon 26 Whitgift

Hampton 27 Hampton School

Harrow 28 Quainton Hall School

20 The Study Preparatory School

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West London

Harvington Prep School

Notting Hill Prep School

Sylvia Young Theatre School

Chiswick, W4 1LY artsed.co.uk

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

Headteacher: Ms Jane Cameron Total pupils: 300 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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

Arts Educational Schools Headteacher: Mr Adrian Blake Total pupils: 231 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Ashbourne Independent Sixth Form College Kensington, W8 4PL ashbournecollege.co.uk 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

Ealing, W5 2DS harvingtonschool.com

Hawkesdown House School Kensington, W8 7PN hawkesdown.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mrs Claire Renton Bourne 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

Holland Park School

Notting Hill Gate, W11 1QQ nottinghillprep.com

Orchard House School

Thomas’s Kensington

Chiswick, W4 1LB orchardhs.org.uk

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

Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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

Pembridge Hall School

Wetherby Pre-Preparatory School

Notting Hill Gate, W2 4EH pembridgehall.co.uk

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

Headteacher: Mr David Hyman Total pupils: 425 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Nick Baker Prep • Day • Boys

Queen’s College London

Abercorn School

Regent’s Park, W1G 8BT qcl.org.uk

Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

International School of London

Ravenscourt Park Preparatory School

Chepstow House School

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

Headteacher: Mr Graeme Smith Total pupils: 117 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Angela Barr Total pupils: 172 Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Latymer Prep School

Saint Augustine’s Priory School

Connaught House School

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

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

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

Latymer Upper School

St Benedict’s School

Davies Laing & Dick College

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

Headteacher: Mr C J Cleugh Total pupils: 1104 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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

Lionheart School

St Benedict’s Junior School

Durston House

Headteacher: Mr Rupert Syme Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

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

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

Notting Hill, W11 3EP chepstowhouseschool.co.uk

Bayswater, W2 2HL connaughthouseschool.co.uk

Marylebone, W1U 2QB dldcollege.co.uk

Ealing, W5 2DR durstonhouse.org

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

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

Headteacher: Mr Gordon Milne Total pupils: 354 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

The Falcons Preparatory Girls School Ealing, W5 3XD falconsgirls.co.uk

Gunnersbury, W3 8LG islschools.org

Hammersmith, W6 9TA latymerprep.org

Hammersmith, W6 9LR latymer-upper.org

West Kensington, W14 0HB lion heart-education.com

Maria Montessori Children’s House – Bayswater Bayswater, W2 4LA mariamontessorischools.co.uk

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

Maria Montessori Children’s House – Notting Hill

Notting Hill Gate, W11 4UH norlandplace.com

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

Headteacher: Mrs Ruth Mercer Total pupils: 786 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

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

Great Beginnings Montessori Nursery School

Notting Hill and Ealing High School Senior

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

Ealing, W13 8AX nhehs.gdst.net

Headteacher: Ms L Hunt Total pupils: 600 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

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St Paul’s Girls’ School Hammersmith, W6 7BS spgs.org

Headteacher: Mrs Clarissa Farr Total pupils: 741 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Southbank International School, Kensington 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

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

Marylebone, W1H 2EA wetherbyprep.co.uk

North West London St John’s Wood, NW8 9XP abercornschool.com

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Deputy Head: Rebecca Stewart Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Abercorn Pre-Prep

Marylebone, NW1 6JF abercornschool.com

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

Abercorn Prep

Marylebone, W1H 1PN abercornschool.com

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

Abingdon House School Marylebone, NW1 6LG abingdonhouseschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Roy English Total pupils: 55 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The American School in London St John’s Wood, NW8 0NP asl.org

Headteacher: Coreen Hester Total pupils: 1,360 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Arnold House School

St John’s Wood, NW8 0LH arnoldhouse.co.uk Headteacher: Mr V W P Thomas Total pupils: 273 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Belmont Mill Hill Preparatory School

Mill Hill Village, NW7 4ED belmontschool.com

Headteacher: Mrs L Duncan Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Co-Ed

Brampton College

Hendon, NW4 4DQ bramptoncollege.com Headteacher: Mr B Canetti Total pupils: 252 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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

Headteacher: Mrs T Dunbar Total pupils: 250 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Devonshire House Preparatory School

Hampstead, NW3 6AE devonshirehouseschool.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mrs S Piper Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Ealing, W5 2XP stbenedicts.org.uk

Norland Place School

The Godolphin & Latymer School

Headteacher: Ms Wendy Innes Total pupils: 64 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Ealing, W5 2ES stbenedicts.org.uk

Headteacher: Sarah Labram Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Patrick Mattar Total pupils: 244 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Marylebone, W1H 5JE greatbeginningsnursery.com

Ealing, W5 2JL saintaugustinespriory.org.uk

West Kensington, W14 8SH stjamesgirls.co.uk

Headteacher: Miss Joan McGillewie Total pupils: 78 Prep • Day • Girls

Hammersmith, W6 0PG godolphinandlatymer.com

Hammersmith, W6 0SL rpps.co.uk

Notting Hill, W11 1JG mariamontessorischools.co.uk Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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

Wetherby Preparatory School

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

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

Hammersmith, W6 7EA butehouse.co.uk

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

Portland Place School

Holland Park, W8 7AF hollandparkschool.co.uk

Bute House Preparatory School for Girls

Hyde Park, W1H 5YZ syts.co.uk

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St Mary’s School

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Headteacher: Mrs V Durham Total pupils: 477 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Miss Angela Rawlinson Total pupils: 297 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Miss Emma Gowers Total pupils: 233 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Regent’s Park, NW1 6XR fhs-nw1.org.uk

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 Fine Art College Belsize Park, NW3 4YD hampsteadfnearts.com

Headteacher: Ms C Cave Total pupils: 151 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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: Mrs Dawn Moore 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

Neasden, NW2 7RX neasdenmontessori.co.uk

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 London, NW3 5UD northbridgehouse.com

Headteacher: Jonathan Taylor Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Oak Tree Nursery

Hampstead, NW3 6PD devonshirehouseschool.co.uk/ oak-tree-nursery Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

The Phoenix Pre-Prep School Hampstead, NW3 5LF ucs.org.uk

Headteacher: Miss Nik Watt Total pupils: 125 Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Saint Christina’s RC Preparatory School

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

Headteacher: Mrs Paula Mortime Total pupils: 228 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls • Boys

Sarum Hall School

Hampstead, NW3 3EL sarumhallschool.co.uk

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

Maria Montessori Children’s House – Hampstead

South Hampstead High Junior

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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

Maria Montessori Children’s House – West Hampstead

South Hampstead High Senior

Hampstead, NW3 5NW mariamontessorischools.co.uk

West Hampstead, NW6 4SN mariamontessorischools.co.uk

Hampstead, NW3 5RN shhs.gdst.net

Hampstead, NW3 5SS shhs.gdst.net

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Miss Helen Pike Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Mill Hill School

Southbank International School

Mill Hill, NW7 1QS millhill.org.uk

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

The Mount School Mill Hill, NW7 2RX mountschool.com

Hampstead, NW3 5TH southbank.org

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: Mrs Cozens Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

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

Mulberry House School

St Christopher’s School

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

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

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Headteacher: Mrs Alison McNeill Total pupils: 81 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

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

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

The Swaminarayan School Neasden, NW10 8HE swaminarayan.brent.sch.uk

Islington, N7 9EY thegowerschool.co.uk

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

Headteacher: Mr Nilesh Manani Total pupils: 494 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Bernadette Mclaughlin Total pupils: 82 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Trevor-Roberts School

Highgate Pre-Preparatory School

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

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

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

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

Highgate, N6 4PH highgateschool.org.uk

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

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

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

Highgate School

University College School Senior

Hampstead, NW3 6XH ucs.org.uk

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

The Village School

Highgate, N6 4AY highgateschool.org.uk

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

Keble School

Winchmore Hill, N21 1BG kebleprep.co.uk

Belsize Park, NW3 3YN thevillageschool.org.uk

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

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

Maria Montessori School Hornsey Rise

North London

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Andover Pre School Islington, N7 7RU

Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

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

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

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

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Tapp Total pupils: 83 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Beckett House Montessori Nursery School Islington, N1 0LL beckett-house.co.uk Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Channing Junior School Highgate, N6 5JR channing.co.uk

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

Channing Senior School Highgate, N6 5HF channing.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Barbara Elliott Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Dwight School London

Hornsey Rise N19 mariamontessorischools.co.uk

The Montessori House Muswell Hill, N10 3LS montessori-house.co.uk

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Norfolk House School Muswell Hill, N10 2EG norfolkhouseschool.org

Headteacher: Ms Samantha Habgood Total pupils: 255 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

North Bridge House School London, N1 2NQ northbridgehouse.com

Headteacher: Georgina Masefield Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Palmer’s Green High School Palmer’s Green, N21 3LJ pghs.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Christine Edmundson Total pupils: 277 Nursery • Prep • Junior • Senior • Day • Girls

St Andrew’s Montessori

Islington, N1 1BQ saintandrewsmontessori.com Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Paul’s Steiner School

Islington, N1 2QH stpaulssteinerschool.org

Headteacher: Mrs R Miller Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Barnet, N11 3LX dwightlondon.org

Salcombe Prep School

Headteacher: Mr D Rose Total pupils: 356 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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

Enfield, N14 4P salcombeprep.co.uk

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

Hampstead, NW3 5AE st-christophers.hampstead.sch.uk

Hampstead, NW3 6PG stmh.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mrs M O’Connor 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

St Paul’s Cathedral School City of London, EC4M 9AD lyceumschool.co.uk

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

The Lyceum School

City of London, EC2A 4JH spcslondon.com

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Headteacher: Mr Neil Chippington Total pupils: 252 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Bethnal Green Montessori School Bethnal Green, E2 7DA montessori.org.uk

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Forest School

Snaresbrook, E17 3PY forest.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Kerr-Dineen 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 Robert Francis Total pupils: 380 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Grangewood Independent School

Forest Gate, E7 8QT grangewoodschool.com

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

Normanhurst School

North Chingford, E4 7BA normanhurstschool.co.uk

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

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South Woodford, E18 2EA snaresbrookcollege.org.uk

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Clapham Montessori

Dulwich, SE22 8SU alleyns.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Marion Gibbs Total pupils: 1081 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

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Alleyn’s School

Headteacher: Dr Gary Savage Total pupils: 164 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Dulwich, SE22 8TE jags.org.uk

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

Clapham, SW4 0DX montessoriclapham.co.uk

Clapham Park Montessori Clapham, SW4 9EH montessoriclapham.co.uk

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bellerbys College London

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

Colet Court

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

Park School for Girls

Headteacher: Mr Tim Meunier Total pupils: 439 Prep • Day • Boys

Blackheath High School

Headteacher: Mrs E Gallagher Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

Collingham Independent GCSE and Sixth Form College

London, SE8 3DE bellerbys.com

Blackheath, SE3 7AG blackheathhighschool.gdst.net

Headteacher: Mrs C Chandler-Thompson Total pupils: 737 Nursery • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Blackheath Preparatory School Blackheath, SE3 ONJ blackheathprepschool.com

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

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

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

Dulwich Prep London Dulwich, SE21 7AA dcpslondon.org

Ilford, IG1 4RS parkschool.org.uk

Riverston School

Eltham, SE12 8UF riverstonschool.co.uk

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

Barnes, SW13 9JT coletcourt.org.uk

Earl’s Court, SW5 0HL collingham.co.uk

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

Rosemead Preparatory School

Dolphin School (Incorporating Noah’s Ark Nursery Schools)

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

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Dulwich, SE21 8HZ rosemeadprepschool.org.uk

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

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

Wandsworth SW11 6QW, SW12, SW18 dolphinschool.org.uk noahsarknurseryschools.org.uk

The Dominie

Battersea, SW11 4DX thedominie.co.uk

Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Donhead School

Wimbledon, SW19 4NP donhead.org.uk

St Olave’s Preparatory School

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

Headteacher: Mr James Tilly Total pupils: 220 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Eaton House School

Dulwich College

Sydenham High School

Headteacher: Miss Lucy Watts Pre-Prep • Day • Boys

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

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

Dulwich, SE21 7LD dulwich.org.uk

Eltham College Junior School Eltham, SE9 4RW eltham-college.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Edmund Cavendish Prep • Day • Boys

Eltham College

Eltham, SE9 4QF eltham-college.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Guy Sanderson Total pupils: 870 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys • Co-Ed

New Eltham, SE9 3QS stolaves.org.uk

Sydenham, SE26 6BL sydenhamhighschool.gdst.net Headteacher: Mrs Kathryn Pullen Total pupils: 616 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Virgo Fidelis Preparatory School Upper Norwood, SE19 1RS vfps.org

Headteacher: Mrs Meg Baines Total pupils: 170 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Dorothy Nancekievil Total pupils: 680 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Wimbledon, SW19 5QD applesandhoney.org

Greenwich Steiner School

Barnes Montessori Nursery

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

Barnes, SW13 9QL barnesmontessori.co.uk

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Herne Hill Pre-Preparatory School

Broomwood Hall

Headteacher: Mrs Alison Jane Beales Total pupils: 287 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Carole Jenkinson Total pupils: 631 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls • Co-Ed

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

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

Clapham, SW4 9RU eatonhouseschools.com

Eaton House The Vale School

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Herne Hill, SE24 9LY hernehillschool.co.uk

Eaton House The Manor Girls’ School

Belgravia, SW1W 0DH abbeylondon.co.uk

Abbey College London

Apples and Honey, The Nursery on the Common

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Jeremy Edwards Total pupils: 190 Prep • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Segrave Total pupils: 180 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Farringtons School

Blackheath, SE3 7SE greenwichsteinerschool.org.uk

Clapham, SW4 9RU eatonhouseschools.com

South West London Headteacher: Rachel Borland 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Chislehurst, BR7 6LR farringtons.org.uk

Belgravia, SW1W 9BA eatonhouseschools.com

Balham, SW12 8NR broomwood.co.uk

Cameron House

Chelsea, SW3 6AH cameronhouseschool.org Headteacher: Mrs Lucie Moore Total pupils: 120 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

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

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Belgravia, SW1V 1PP eatonsquareschool.com

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

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Emanuel School

Balham, SW12 8RS hornsbyhouse.org.uk

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

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Battersea, SW11 1HS emanuel.org.uk

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Westminster, SW1P 4AU fairleyhouse.org.uk

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

Falkner House

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 Adrian Floyd Total pupils: 322 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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

Putney, SW15 2NQ hurlinghamschool.co.uk

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Ibstock Place School

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Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Brough Total pupils: 326 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Roehampton, SW15 5PY ibstockplaceschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Anna Sylvester-Johnson Total pupils: 931 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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

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

Francis Holland School

King’s College School

Headteacher: Mrs Lucy Elphinstone Total pupils: 489 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

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

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

Principal: Mrs Jane Emmett Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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

Principal: Mrs Jane Emmett Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Garden House School

Chelsea, SW3 4TW gardenhouseschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Wendy Challen Total pupils: 497 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

GEMS Hampshire School Chelsea, SW3 6NB ths.westminster.sch.uk

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

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Headteacher: Mr J.E.J.N Giles Total pupils: 386 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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

Headteacher: Timothy Hobbs Senior • Day • Co-Ed

The Harrodian School Barnes, SW13 9QN harrodian.com

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

Little GEMS Nursery Chelsea, SW7 4NX ths.westminster.sch.uk Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr Steven Boyes Total pupils: 595 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Putney, SW15 2BZ merlinschool.net Headteacher: Mrs Kate Prest Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 4-13 years Total pupils: 405, boys 209, girls 196 Type: Day Fees: Nursery: Weekly from £5,948 Pre-Prep: Weekly from £5,948 Prep: Weekly from £6,330

The Moat School Fulham, SW6 6EG moatschool.org.uk

Motto: Junior School: “Play Hard, Work Hard”.

Seniors: “Work Hard, Play Hard”.

Headteacher: Clare King Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Entrance procedure: Informal interview of both parents and children at the appropriate level. Prospective boys and girls for Year 1 and above will be expected to spend a day of assessment at the school

More House School

Knightsbridge, SW1X 0AA morehouse.org.uk

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

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Knightsbridge School

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Merlin Pre-Prep School

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

Entry is selective by assessment.

Knightsbridge, SW1X 0BD knightsbridgeschool.com

Headteacher: Ms Sarah Knollys Total pupils: 255 Prep • Day • Girls

Putney Vale, SW15 3EQ hsw.co.uk

Registration deadline for 4+ entry in September 2016: 30 September 2015.

Knightsbridge School

South Kensington, SW7 5AB mpw.co.uk

Hall School Wimbledon (Junior)

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

Wimbledon, SW19 4TT kcs.org.uk

Glendower Preparatory School South Kensington, SW7 5JX glendowerprep.org

The quality of the pupils’ achievements and learning is exceptional

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Newton Prep

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

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

Northcote Lodge

St Philip’s Prep School for Boys

Headteacher: Mr John Hansford Total pupils: 221 Prep • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Mr Harry Biggs-Davison Prep • Day • Boys

Battersea, SW8 4BX newtonprepschool.co.uk

Battersea, SW11 6EL northcotelodge.co.uk

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

Headteacher: Mr Ciro Candia Total pupils: 178 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Barnes, SW13 9JT stpaulsschool.org.uk

South Kensington, SW7 4NE stphilipschool.co.uk

Sinclair House School, Lower Nursery Fulham, SW6 6AU sinclairhouseschool.co.uk Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

The Park Kindergarten

Sinclair House School, Upper Nursery

Battersea, SW11 4LH thekindergartens.com

Fulham, SW6 6DA sinclairhouseschool.co.uk

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Sinclair House School, Preparatory

Fulham, SW6 4LJ parsonsgreenprep.co.uk

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Prospect House School

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

Saturday 26th September 2015, 09.00 – 12.00

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Putney High School

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

Co-education Juniors 3 – 11, Seniors 11 – 16, Sixth Form 16 - 18

Headteacher: Dr Denise Lodge Total pupils: 911 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Streatham & Clapham High School - Senior

Perry Street, Chislehurst, Kent BR7 6LR T: 020 8467 0256

Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Putney, SW15 3NT prospecths.org.uk

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

Putney, SW15 6BH putneyhigh.gdst.net

Queen’s Gate School

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Streatham, SW16 1AW schs.gdst.net

South Kensington, SW7 5LE queensgate.org.uk

Headteacher: Dr Millan Sachania Total pupils: 688 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mrs R Kamaryc Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

The Study Preparatory School

Ravenstone Prep School

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Headteacher: Mr Graeme Smith Total pupils: 117 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Redcliffe School

Chelsea, SW10 9JH redcliffeschool.com

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

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Wimbledon Village, SW19 5ER thestudyprep.co.uk Headteacher: Mrs Susan Pepper Total pupils: 322 Prep • Day • Girls

Sussex House

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

Thomas’s Kindergarten Battersea

The Roche Nursery Fulham

Battersea, SW11 3NA thomas-s.co.uk

Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Ms S Nevin Total pupils: 48 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

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

The Roche Nursery Keswick East Putney, SW15 2JE therocheschool.co.uk/nurseries Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

The Roche Nursery Wandsworth Wandsworth, SW18 1HW therocheschool.co.uk/nurseries Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

The Roche School

Wandsworth, SW18 1HW therocheschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Dr James Roche Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Nicholas Prep School

South Kensington, SW7 1PT stnicholasprep.co.uk

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Thomas’s Kindergarten Pimlico Pimlico, SW1W 8PD thomas-s.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms T Spierenburg Total pupils: 54 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

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Hampton School

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

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Tower House School East Sheen, SW14 8LF thsboys.org.uk

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

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Milton Total pupils: 35 Prep • Boarding • Boys

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

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

Westminster School

Westminster, SW1P 3PF westminster.org.uk

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: Mrs Elizabeth Hill Total pupils: 284 Prep • Day • Boys

Wimbledon High School Wimbledon, SW19 4AB wimbledonhigh.gdst.net

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

Greater London: Croydon Trinity School

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Headteacher: Mr M J Bishop Total pupils: 985 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys • Co-Ed

Whitgift

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

Edgware

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

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

Hampton, TW12 3HD hamptonschool.org.uk

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

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

Harrow

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

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

Harrow, HA1 1SH buckcoll.org

Headteacher: Mrs Loraine Cavanagh Total pupils: 113 Senior • Day • Boys

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 Harrow, HA2 0HN johnlyon.org

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

Hillingdon

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

Headteacher: Mrs Linda LaPine Total pupils: 555 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

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Orley Farm School

Isleworth

Headteacher: Mr Tim Smith Total pupils: 224 Pre-Prep • Co-Ed • Prep • Day • Boys

Newland House School

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

Hampton

Denmead School

Independent Day School for Girls from 4-18 years

Buckingham College

New Pre-Prep Development Opens September 2016

Year 3 Entry via 7+ Assessment

t: 020 8865 1305 e: admissions@newlandhouse.net www.newlandhouse.net Newland House School, Waldegrave Park, Twickenham TW1 4TQ

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St James provides for the intellectual, emotional and spiritual development of every pupil.

Open Events 2015 Sixth Form Open Evening Wednesday 30th September 5.15pm – 7.30pm

Open Morning Saturday 3rd October

9.30am – 12.15pm

Open Evening Wednesday 7th October

4.15pm – 6.30pm

School in Action Wednesday 4th November

9.00am – 10.45am

To book: 020 7348 1748 admissions@sjsg.org.uk www.stjamesgirls.co.uk Earsby Street | London W14 8SH

ST JAMES

Registered Charity No. 270156

Senior Girls’ School

London’s leading day school for specific learning difficulties 020 7976 5456 fairleyhouse.org.uk

...and all of a sudden, nothing is impossible.

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LONDON | Greater London Kew

Kew College

Kew, TW9 3HQ kewcollege.com

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

Kingston-Upon-Thames 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 Headteacher: Mr SR Lehec Total pupils: 819 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Marymount International School Kingston-upon-Thames, KT2 7PE marymountlondon.com

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

Surbiton High Junior Girls’ School Kingston-Upon-Thames, KT1 2HW surbitonhigh.com Headteacher: Ms Cath Bufton Total pupils: 289 Prep • Day • Girls

BREASIDE

Pinner

Buckingham College Prep School Pinner, HA5 5DT buckprep.org

PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Headteacher: Mrs Loraine Cavanagh Total pupils: 113 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

For boys and girls aged 2½-11 years

OPEN DAY

Heathfield School for Girls Pinner, HA5 1NB heathfield.gdst.net

Headteacher: Mrs Jacqualyn Pain Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Wednesday 7th October 2015 - 9.30am - 12noon We are “Outstanding”

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

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

Richmond

The Falcons School for Boys Richmond, TW9 2SS falconboys.co.uk

Breaside is celebrating another year of outstanding results for pupils who have successfully passed exams for entry to highly selective Grammar schools and Independent schools across several boroughs.

Headteacher: Mr Gordon Milne Total pupils: 354 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Kew Day Nursery

Richmond, TW9 4ES asquithnurseries.com

Headteacher: Ms Ashley Patterson Total pupils: 66 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Surbiton High School

Kew Green Preparatory School

Headteacher: Ms Ann Haydon Total pupils: 1466 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Boys • Girls

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

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

Northwood

Merchant Taylors’ School

Outstanding October 2014

King’s House School Richmond, TW10 6ES kingshouseschool.org

Headteacher: Mr Simon Everson Total pupils: 891 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Old Vicarage School

Northwood, HA6 2YE northwoodcollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Miss Jacqualyn Pain Total pupils: 931 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

St Helen’s

Northwood, HA6 3AS sthelens.london

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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 2DJ stmartins.org.uk

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

Twinkle Stars Montessori Northwood, HA6 1QS tsmn.co.uk

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Co-Ed Preparatory School and Nursery Boys 2½ - 13 & Girls 2½ - 11

Richmond, TW10 6QX oldvicarageschool.com

“Excellent personal development contributes

QUAINTON HALL SCHOOL & NURSERY to the good standard of achievement” ISI Inspection

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Headteacher: Mrs Gillian Linthwaite Total pupils: 194 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Hindes Road, Harrow HA1 1RX IAPS/Church ofRegistration England for 7+ and 11+ Entry is now open.

Unicorn School

Open day Saturday 19th September 2015 10.00am to 12.30pm

Richmond, TW9 3JX unicornschool.org.uk

Boys 2½ - 13 Girls 2½ - 11

Headteacher: Mr Kit Thompson Total pupils: 172 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Shepperton WE EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO PROSPECTIVE Halliford School

Shepperton, TW17 9HX hallifordschool.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr Simon Wilson Total pupils: 426 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys • Co-Ed

• Excellent Academic Results

• Exceptionally broad curriculum • Extensive extra-curricular activities Staines • Wide variety of team sports Staines Preparatory School • Outstanding facilities including an indoor pool Staines, TW18 2BT • An open and friendly school community stainesprep.co.uk • Breakfast club and after school care Headteacher: Mrs Samantha Sawyer Total pupils: 399 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Twickenham The Mall School

Further details from the Admissions' Secretary: 020 8427 1304

For Further information: admin@quaintonhall.org.uk www.quaintonhall.org.uk Twickenham, TW2 5NQ themallschool.org.uk Quainton Hall School, Hindes Road, Harrow, Walsingham College (Affiliated Schools) Charity No. 312638 Headteacher: Mr David Price Total pupils: 323 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

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Headteacher: Mrs Parin Abhilai Total pupils: 60 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Quainton Hall School

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Headteacher: Mr Mark Turner Total pupils: 456 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Northwood College

41 Orchard Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 2PR Tel: 020 8460 0916 info@breaside.co.uk www.breaside.co.uk

Richmond, TW9 3AF kgps.co.uk

Northwood, HA6 2HT mtsn.org.uk

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If you are unable to attend please make an appointment for a personal tour of the school.

We will be delighted to welcome you to Breaside.

Middlesex, HA1 1RX Email: admin@quaintonhall.org.uk www.quaintonhall.org.uk Telephone: 020 8861 8861

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Parsons Green Prep www.parsonsgreenprep.co.uk Parsons Green Prep Eridge House Eridge House Parsons Green PrepPark Road 1 Fulham 1 Fulham Park Road Eridge House SW6 4LJ 1London Fulham London Park Road SW6 4LJ London SW6 4LJ7371 9009 T: 020 T: 020 7371 9009 T:E:020 7371 9009 E: admissions@parsonsgreenprep.co.uk admissions@parsonsgreenprep.co.uk E: admissions@parsonsgreenprep.co.uk

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 large enough to accommodate variety.

Current parent

A London co-educational prep school for children aged 3-13 Open Day: Saturday 10th October 2015 Headmistress’s Tours every Friday morning by appointment hmpa@newtonprep.co.uk 020 7720 4091

www.newtonprepschool.co.uk Bright children, exceptional opportunities

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MTS

Merchant Taylors’ School Excellence, integrity and distinction since 1561

Open Morning

1561

September 26th 2015 10.00 - 12.30

Change your son’s life in 45 minutes • A traditional boys’ education for your son • ‘Exceptional’ – 2014 School Inspection • Inspirational teaching

• Unique tutorial system

• Civilized, friendly & unpressured • Magnificent sports fields

• Superb facilities set in 250 acres

Sixth Form Open Evening

• 2017 Registration: 13+ February 28 2016 • 2016 Registration: 11+ November 30 2015 16+ December 31 2015 • Bursaries • Academic, Art, Design Technology, Drama, Music and Sport Scholarships

October 5th 2015 17.00 - 19.00

Getting here

Online

Coaches : Barnet, Beaconsfield, Ealing, Harpenden, Harrow, Highgate, Mill Hill, Radlett, Swakeleys, St John’s Wood

Visit us at www.mtsn.org.uk Find us on Facebook Merchant Taylors’ School Follow us on Twitter @MerchantTaylors

Car : MTS is 15 minutes from the M1, the M25 and the A40 Transit : MTS is adjacent to Moor Park (Metropolitan Line) and is accessible from any Jubilee/Metropolitan Line station. Chiltern line trains from Marylebone change at Harrow; from Aylesbury change at Rickmansworth

Guided tours (last tour 11.45)

Excellence, integrity and distinction since 1561.

Please contact Gregg McCann, Admissions Officer admissions@mtsn.org.uk +44(0)1923 845514 Merchant Taylors’ School Northwood Middlesex HA6 2HT

For boys 11 - 18

LONDON

Mr Brennan welcomes you to visit our happy and thriving school For a school tour please contact Miss Ollie o.baskett@thehampshireschoolchelsea.co.uk

“Pupil success is the result of the excellent quality of teaching.”

“Pupils personal development is excellent.”

“Relationships are warm and friendly and great priority is given to each pupil’s well-being.”

“The school has an excellent relationship with parents who are strongly supportive of the education provided.”

The Hampshire School C H E L S E A EARLY YEARS, PRE-PREPARATORY & PREPARATORY

15 Manresa Road, London. SW3 6NB

Tel: 020 7352 7077

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School Open House Thursday 12 November Nursery Open Mornings Knightsbridge – Thursday 15 October Pimlico – Thursday 5 November Belgravia – Monday 9 November Booking is essential Eaton Square School is an independent, coeducational Nursery, Pre-Preparatory and Preparatory school in the heart of central London, educating children from the age of 2 ½ to 13 years old. The main school is in Belgravia, with four nursery schools located across London.

79 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1PP T: 020 7931 9469 E: registrar@eatonsquareschool.com

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Open Mornings Elvaston Place - Thursday 12 November at 9am The Long Garden - Wednesday 18 November at 9.30am Booking is essential Ravenstone Schools offer your child a unique, well-rounded education, with 2 locations in central London. Our Nursery & Pre-Prep is located next to Hyde Park (W2) and takes children ages 2 - 5. Our Preparatory is in South Kensington (SW7) and takes ages 4 - 11.

The Long Garden, St George’s Fields, Albion Street, London W2 2AX T: 020 7262 1190 E: admissions@ravenstoneschools.com 24 Elvaston Place, London SW7 5NL T: 020 7225 3131 E: registrar@ravenstoneschools.com

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Open Mornings First Tuesday of each month at 9.30am Booking is essential

The Lyceum is a small, non-selective, independent nursery and school for boys and girls aged 3-11, with a unique educational philosophy delivered through topic-based learning. The school is situated in the City of London, near to Old Street and Shoreditch.

6 Paul Street, City of London EC2A 4JH T: 020 7247 1588 E: admin@lyceumschool.co.uk

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LONDON

Whitgift.

One of Britain’s finest independent day and boarding schools for boys aged 10-18

‘Some might say it’s just bricks and mortar. Others may say it’s just a school. But Whitgift is so much more than that’ Old Whitgiftian (2006–2014)

OPEN MORNING | SATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2015 OPEN EVENING | TUESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2015 SIXTH FORM AND BOARDING | BY APPOINTMENT admissions@whitgift.co.uk +44 (0)20 8633 9935 www.whitgift.co.uk/opendays

Haling Park, South Croydon, CR2 6YT, United Kingdom

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Outstanding academic results Outstanding results Scholarships academic and bursaries Scholarships and bursaries available at 11+ & 16+ available 11+ & 16+ Focus onatthe individual Focus onco-curricular the individualprogramme Exciting Exciting Excellentco-curricular pastoral careprogramme Excellent pastoral care from Situated less than 200m Situated less Tube than Station 200m from Northwood Northwood Tube Station

St Helen’s School St Helen’s School An Independent Day School for Girls aged 3 - 18 An Independent Day School for Girls aged 3 - 18 Eastbury Road, Northwood, HA6 3AS Eastbury Road, Northwood, HA6 3AS

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Berkshire Ascot

1 Heathfield School 2 St George’s School

Bradfield

14 Stowe School

15 Farleigh School 16 Farnborough Hill

Reading 7 The Abbey School

Sandhurst

8 Eagle House School

Sunningdale

9 Sunningdale School

Thatcham

10 Downe House School

Buckinghamshire Gerrards Cross

11 St Mary’s School 12 Gayhurst School

High Wycombe

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Andover

Crowthorne

5 Cheam School 6 Horris Hill School

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Hampshire Farnborough

Newbury

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Stowe

3 Bradfield College 4 Wellington College

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Swindon

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Hook

17 Lord Wandsworth College 18 Walhampton School

Basingstoke

Petersfield

19 Bedales School

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Romsey

20 Hampshire Collegiate School

Henley-on-Thames

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Oxfordshire

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21 Shiplake College

Oxford

22 Cokethorpe School 23 Headington School 24 Wychwood School

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Where boys flourish, gaining in intellectual curiosity, resilience and success to top senior schools

“The school offers the facilities & flexibility without the fanfare” Parent

Our boys are successful in gaining places at Eton & Winchester along with a cohort of other top schools Horris Hill, Newtown, Newbury RG20 9DJ

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Berkshire

Dolphin School

Lambrook School

Reading Blue Coat School

Reading, RG2 7AR theabbey.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Tom Lewis Total pupils: 208 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Perry Total pupils: 521 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Michael Windsor Total pupils: 740 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys • Co-Ed

The Abbey Junior School

Hurst, RG10 0FR dolphinschool.com

Headteacher: Ms Nicola Dick-Cleland Total pupils: 380 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Downe House School

The Abbey School Reading, RG1 5DZ theabbey.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mrs Rachel Dent Total pupils: 1050 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Nr Ascot, RG42 6LU lambrook.berks.sch.uk

Thatcham, RG18 9JJ downehouse.net

Leighton Park School

Headteacher: Mrs E McKendrick Total pupils: 574 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Nigel Williams Total pupils: 473 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Eagle House School

Reading, RG2 7ED leightonpark.com

Bearwood College

Sandhurst, GU47 8PH eaglehouseschool.com

Luckley House School

Headteacher: Mr Donald Wilkinson Total pupils: 302 Nursery • Pre-prep • Prep • Senior • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr A P N Barnard Total pupils: 390 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Jane Tudor Total pupils: 200 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Bradfield College

Elstree School

Winnersh, RG41 5BG bearwoodcollege.co.uk

Bradfield, RG7 6AU bradfieldcollege.org.uk

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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: Mrs Susan Manser and Mrs Dawn Fleming Total pupils: 120 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls • Co-Ed

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Reading, RG7 5TD elstreeschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Inglis Total pupils: 258 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

Wokingham, RG40 3EU luckleyhouseschool.org

Ludgrove

Wokingham, RG40 3AB ludgrove.net

Headteacher: Mr Simon Barber Total pupils: 188 Prep • Boarding • Boys

Eton College

LVS Ascot

Headteacher: Mr S Henderson Total pupils: 1313 Senior • 6th Form • Boarding • Boys

Headteacher: Mrs Christine Cunniffe Total pupils: 889 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Windsor, SL4 6DW etoncollege.com

Eton End PNEU School

Ascot, SL5 8DR lvs.ascot.sch.uk

Sonning-on-Thames, RG4 6SU rbcs.org.uk

St Andrew’s School

Reading, RG8 8QA standrewspangbourne.co.uk

Headteacher: Dr David Livingstone 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 stedwards.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Grant Mottram Total pupils: 126 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

St Gabriel’s School Newbury, RG20 9BD stgabriels.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr A S Jones Total pupils: 437 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

St George’s School

Ascot, SL5 7DZ stgeorges-ascot.org.uk

Datchet, SL3 9AX etonend.org

The Marist Schools

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Brockhurst School

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Stokes Total pupils: 185 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls • Boys

Headteacher: Mr David J W Fleming Total pupils: 156 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

Heathfield School

Headteachers: Miss Jenny Finlayson and Mr Karl McCloskey Total pupils: 521 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

St George’s School

Marlston House School

Headteacher: Mrs Jo Heywood Total pupils: 190 Senior • 6th Form • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Riley Total pupils: 178 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding• Girls

Hemdean House School

Hermitage, RG18 9UL brockmarl.org.uk

Hermitage, RG18 9UL brockmarl.org.uk

Ascot, SL5 8BQ heathfieldschool.net

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Reading, RG4 7SD hemdeanhouse.co.uk

Cheam School

Headteacher: Mrs Deborah Lee Total pupils: 147 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls • Co-Ed

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Herries School

Newbury, RG19 8LD cheamschool.com

Headteacher: Mr M R Johnson 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: Mr Paul Bevis 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

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Headteacher: Ms Sophie Green Total pupils: 101 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Highfield Prep School Maidenhead, SL6 1PD highfieldprep.org

Headteacher: Ms Annie Lee 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 Headteacher: Mr Giles Tollit Total pupils: 114 Prep • Day • Boarding • Boys

Oratory Prep School Reading, RG8 7SF oratoryprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Joseph Smith Total pupils: 410 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Oratory School Reading, RG8 0PJ oratory.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Adrian J Wyles Total pupils: 366 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Boys

Padworth College Reading, RG7 4NR padworth.com

Headteachers: Mr Chris Randell and Mr John Aguilar Total pupils: 104 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Pangbourne College

Reading, RG8 8LA pangbournecollege.com

Headteacher: Mr Thomas Garnier Total pupils: 404 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Windsor, SL4 1QF stgwindsor.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Chris McDade Total pupils: 325 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

St John’s Beaumont

Old Windsor, SL4 2JN stjohnsbeaumont.org.uk

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

St Mary’s School, Ascot Ascot, SL5 9JF st-marys-ascot.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Mary Breen Total pupils: 385 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

St Piran’s School

Maidenhead, SL6 7LZ stpirans.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Carol de Labat Total pupils: 55 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Papplewick School

Sunningdale School

Headteacher: Mr T W Bunbury Total pupils: 199 Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Boys

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Ascot, SL5 7LH papplewick.org.uk

Hurst Lodge School

Queen Anne’s School

Headteacher: Miss Victoria Smit Total pupils: 198 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs J Harrington Total pupils: 443 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Ascot, SL5 9JU hurstlodge.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Rachel Owens Total pupils: 269 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Girls

Caversham, RG4 6DX qas.org.uk

Sunningdale, SL5 9PY sunningdaleschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr T A C N Dawson Total pupils: 105 Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Boys

Upton House School Windsor, SL4 3DF uptonhouse.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Madeleine Collins Total pupils: 265 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr J P Wansey Total pupils: 537 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Dean, SL6 9BD herries.org.uk

Ascot, SL5 7PS themaristschools.com

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ST GEORGE’S ASCOT WINNER OF THE

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• • 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 • • 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

• • 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)

Email: registrar@cheamschool.co.uk Web: www.cheamschool.com Tel: 01635 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 Email: registrar@cheamschool.co.uk Web: www.cheamschool.com Tel:268242 01635 268242 Cheam School, Headley, Newbury, Berkshire RG19 8LD

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SOUTH | Buckinghamshire | Hampshire The Village Montessori Nursery School Southend, RG7 6HW montessorinursery.org.uk

Headteacher: Ms Jacqueline Maclean Total pupils: 36 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Waverley School

Wokingham, RG40 4YD waverleyschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Suzanne Whitcher Total pupils: 210 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Wellington College

Crowthorne, RG45 7PU wellingtoncollege.org.uk

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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

Headteacher: Mrs Clare Page Total pupils: 286 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Akeley Wood School Senior (11-13 years) Buckingham, MK18 5AN akeleywoodschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Jenny Clough 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

Davenies School

St Teresa’s School

Bedales School

Headteacher: Mr C Watson Total pupils: 333 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Mrs Thalia Milton Total pupils: 150 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Beaconsfield, HP9 1AA davenies.co.uk

Gateway School

Great Missenden, HP16 9AA gatewayschool-bucks.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Sue La Farge Total pupils: 329 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Gayhurst School

Gerrards Cross, SL9 8RJ gayhurstschool.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr A J Sims Total pupils: 352 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Godstowe Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mr Tim Walford Total pupils: 112 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr S J G Doggart Total pupils: 285 Prep • Day • Boarding • Boys

Chesham Preparatory School Chesham, HP5 3QF cheshamprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Michael Davies Total pupils: 402 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Amersham, HP6 5QB heathertonhouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr P H Rushforth Total pupils: 146 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

High March School

Beaconsfield, HP9 2PZ highmarch.co.uk

Thorpe House School

Gerrards Cross, SL9 8QA thorpehouse.co.uk

Milton Keynes, MK7 6BB waltonpps.co.uk

Milton Keynes, MK14 6DP webberindependentschool.com

High Wycombe, HP11 1PE wycombeabbey.com

Headteacher: Mrs Rhiannon Wilkinson Total pupils: 552 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Mrs Helen Ness-Gifford Total pupils: 525 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

St Mary’s School

Headteacher: Mr Simon Spencer Total pupils: 271 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Ditcham Park School Petersfield, GU31 5RN ditchampark.com

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Rowley Total pupils: 347 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

New Milton, BH25 7AQ durlstoncourt.co.uk

Farleigh School

Andover, SP11 7PW farleighschool.com

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Headteacher: Fr Simon Everson Total pupils: 429 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Farnborough Hill

Farnborough, GU14 8AT farnborough-hill.org.uk

Forres Sandle Manor

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

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

Headteacher: Mr Dick Jaine Total pupils: 436 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Gregg School

Southampton, SO18 2GF gregg.southampton.sch.uk Headteacher: Mrs S Sellers Total pupils: 230 Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Bedales School - Dunhurst

Hampshire Collegiate Prep School

Headteacher: Mrs Jane Grubb Total pupils: 189 Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Helen Donnelly Total pupils: 139 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Petersfield, GU32 2DR bedales.org.uk

Romsey, SO51 6ZA hampshirecs.org.uk

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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

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Hook, RG27 0AR daneshillprepschool.com

Alton, GU34 2NG altonconvent.org.uk

Alton Convent School

Ballard School

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Daneshill Preparatory School

Hampshire

Headteacher: Mrs H A Pauley Total pupils: 437 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

High Wycombe, HP15 6LP piperscorner.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Simon Williams Total pupils: 1065 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr Graham Maher Total pupils: 563 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Co-Ed • Senior • 6th Form• Day • Girls

Pipers Corner School

Petersfield, GU31 4AS churcherscollege.com

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Buckle Total pupils: 560 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Milton Keynes Preparatory School

Milton Keynes, MK3 7EG mkprep.co.uk

Churcher’s College

Headteacher: Mr Richard May Total pupils: 311 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Wycombe Abbey School

Gerrards Cross, SL9 8RR maltmansgreen.com

Headteacher: Mr Ian Adams Total pupils: 230 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Webber Independent School

Kingscote Pre-Preparatory School Headteacher: Ms Natasha Doran Total pupils: 91 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Liphook, GU30 7HT churcherscollege.com

Durlston Court School

Headteacher: Mrs Sue Clifford Total pupils: 306 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Gerrards Cross, SL9 8PZ kingscoteschool.info

Headteacher: Mrs Hazel Kellett Total pupils: 113 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Chantelle McLaughlan Total pupils: 120 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Sue Vig Total pupils: 146 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Gerrards Cross, SL9 8JQ stmarysschool.co.uk

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Milton Keynes, MK17 0HJ thorntoncollege.com

Walton Pre-Prep School and Nursery

Dair House School

Farnham Royal, SL2 3BY dairhouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Simon Hitchings Total pupils: 370 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Deborah Berkin Total pupils: 242 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Broughton Manor Preparatory School

Slough, SL2 3SL caldicott.com

Churcher’s College Junior School

Milton Keynes, MK17 0HZ swanbourne.org

Headteacher: Mr Terence Ayres Total pupils: 296 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Boys

Heatherton House School

Boundary Oak School

Swanbourne House School

Headteacher: Dr A Wallersteiner Total pupils: 768 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Grove Independent School Milton Keynes, MK5 8HD groveindependentschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Keith Budge Total pupils: 455 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Fareham, PO17 5BL boundaryoak.co.uk

Griffin House Preparatory School Aylesbury, HP 17 0XP griffinhouseschool.co.uk

Petersfield, GU32 2DG bedales.org.uk

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Headteacher: Miss A.T. Williams Total pupils: 383 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Mr David Gainer Total pupils: 434 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Mrs J R Pardon Total pupils: 425 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Caldicott

Stowe, MK18 5EH stowe.co.uk

Thornton School

Maltman’s Green

Headteacher: Mr James Canwell Total pupils: 329 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Stowe School

High Wycombe, HP13 6PR godstowe.org

Headteacher: Mr Michael Spinney Total pupils: 508 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Milton Keynes, MK10 9AA bmprep.co.uk

Princes Risborough, HP27 0JW st-teresas.bucks.sch.uk

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Bedales Schools

Bedales School, Church Road, Steep, Petersfield, GU32 2DG ‘The friendship bonds at boarding school are much stronger and secure than I ever would have thought’ (current Downe House girl)

DOWNE HOUSE An Independent School for girls aged 11 - 18 Open Days: 28 Nov 2015, 23 Jan, 19 Mar 2016 Please contact registrar@downehouse.net to book an appointment. t 01635 200286 www.downehouse.net Cold Ash, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG18 9JJ

why pipers corner?

Academic excellence Small friendly classes Nurturing and challenging environment Set in 36 acres of beautiful countryside

Open Morning Saturday 3 October 2015 1000 – 1300 hours Day School for girls aged 4–18 Reg Charity No. 310635 Great Kingshill, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP15 6LP • E: theschool@piperscorner.co.uk • T: 01494 718 255 • www.piperscorner.co.uk @PipersCornerSch www.facebook.com/PipersCornerSchool

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T: 01730 711733 W: www.bedales.org.uk E: admissions@bedales.org.uk Head Teacher: Keith Budge Admissions: Janie Jarman, Registrar E: jjarman@bedales.org.uk

Key facts

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 3–8 (Dunannie); 8–13 (Dunhurst); 13–18 (Bedales) Total pupils: 728, boys 331, girls 397 Type: Day, Boarding Fees: Nursery – Half day from £31.50, Pre-Prep – Day from £2,735 per term. Prep – Day from £5,985. Half boarding (3 nights) from £6,875. Full Boarding from £7,715 per term. Flexi Boarding from £42 per night.

Senior – Day from £8,825. Full Boarding from £11,230 per term.

Faith: Non-denominational.

Motto: Work of Each for Weal of All. Entrance procedure: Main entry points at 2 yrs 9 months, 7+, 8+, 11+, 13+, 16+. Selection by assessment/residential assessment and interview.

School Philosophy: Bedales was founded to be different. Where other independent boarding schools imposed conformity, we have always nurtured individuality, initiative and an enquiring mind. Our founder, J H Badley, wanted to educate the whole person – ‘head, hand and heart’ and this is still the cornerstone around which our innovative education system is built. Our primary aim is to develop inquisitive thinkers with a love of learning who cherish independent thought.

Academic Record: Our top higher education destinations are a diverse mix of Oxbridge, red brick and art college. 38% of all A Level grades were at A* - A in 2014, with students securing places at universities including Cambridge, Exeter, Edinburgh, London, Bristol, art colleges such as Falmouth and Brighton, and international institutions including New York University, Fanshawe College in Ontario and the University of British Columbia.

Extra-curricular: From the moment they enter the school, students are encouraged to take part in the wider life of the community. The activities’ programme is open to all students, who can choose from a wide range of cerebral, social, and physical activities to further an existing interest or to try something new. For example, they may represent the school in competitive sports, join a choir, orchestra or band, take part in drama performances or write for one of the many publications.

Notable Achievements and Alumni: Students at Bedales have the opportunity to find their passions from the broad offering; many go on to pursue a career in subjects where their interest was sparked at Bedales. In 2006, Bedales introduced the innovative Bedales Assessed Courses (BACs) to complement GCSEs and to stimulate students and staff to follow their interests and areas of expertise. Subjects include Classical Music, Ancient Civilisations and Outdoor Work.

Open Days: Bedales Wed 23 Sept 2015 - Sixth Form 2016 entry, Sat 17 Oct 2015, Sat 28 Nov, Sat 6 Feb 2016, Sat 19 Mar, Sat 14 May Dunhurst – Sat 19 Sept 2015, Sat 27 Feb 2016 Please call to book or to make an individual appointment.

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SOUTH | Hampshire | Oxfordshire Hampshire Collegiate School

Rookwood School

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Headteacher: Mrs L Whetstone Total pupils: 314 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Romsey, SO51 6ZE hampshirecs.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs E-K Henry Total pupils: 374 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Highfield and Brookham Schools

Liphook, GU30 7LQ highfieldschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Phillip Evitt and Mrs Diane Gardiner Total pupils: 481 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Hill Head Preparatory School Fareham, PO14 3LW hill-head-prep-school.co.uk

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

King Edward VI School Southampton, SO15 5UQ kes.hants.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr A J Thould Total pupils: 979 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Lord Wandsworth College Hook, RG29 1TB lordwandsworth.org

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Headteacher: 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

Headteacher: Mr James Priory Total pupils: 427 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Portsmouth High Nursery and Junior School Southsea, PO5 3ES portsmouthhigh.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Paul Marshallsay Total pupils: 110 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Portsmouth High School Senior and Sixth Form 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

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St John’s College

Southsea, PO5 3QW stjohnscollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Graham Best 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

London Road, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 8BQ

T: 01344 898342 E: registrar@heathfieldschool.net W: heathfieldschool.net Head Teacher: Mrs Jo Heywood Admissions: Mrs Rebecca Farha

St Nicolas’ School

Fleet, GU52 0RF st-nicholas.hants.sch.uk

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Headteacher: Mrs Annette Whatmough Total pupils: 410 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls • Co-Ed

Gender / Ages: girls, 11-18 years Total pupils: 200 Type: Boarding and Day, (Day girls admitted from September 2015) Fees: Day – £7,560 (I-II) and £7,770 (III-UVI) per term, Boarding – Form I & II £10,800, Form III – UVI £11,100 per term Entrance procedure: Assessment and Interview

St Swithun’s School Winchester, SO21 1HA stswithuns.com

Headteacher: Ms Jane Gandee Total pupils: 510 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Girls • Co-Ed

School Philosophy: We focus on the individual. We make education a positive experience where each girl gains a sense of personal achievement and develops confidence and self esteem. Our pastoral care is renowned and we believe girls can only flourish academically if their well-being comes first.

St Winifred’s School

Southampton, SO17 1EJ stwinifreds.southampton.sch.uk

Open Days: Sat 7 Nov 2015, 10am – 12 noon & Sat 19 March, 10am – 12.30pm Contact: Mrs Rebecca Farha, Registrar, to reserve your place

Headteacher: Mrs Sheri Sellers 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

St Mary’s School

Seedlings Montessori

Southampton, SO18 5RJ seedlingsmontessori.co.uk

Gerrards Cross Independent Day School for Girls 3 to 18

St Mary’s School

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Sherborne House School

SeniorGerrards House Cross Open Day: Gerrards Cross Wednesday 5 March 20143 to 18 Independent Day School for Girls

Chandler’s Ford, S053 1EU sherbornehouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Heather Hopson-Hill Total pupils: 297 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Independent Day School for Girls 4 to 18

Senior House Day: Prep OpenOpen Days: Wednesday 5 March 2014 Wednesday 29 January 2014

Stanbridge Earls School

Whole School Open Day

Romsey, SO51 0ZS stanbridgeearls.co.uk

Wednesday 12 March 2014

Prep Open Days: Saturday 10 October Wednesday May 2014 Wednesday 2914 January 2014 10am to 12.30pm Wednesday 25March June 2014 2014 Wednesday 12

Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Steventon Children’s House Nr Basingstoke, RG25 3BD steventonchildrenshouse.co.uk

Wednesday 14 May 2014 Wednesday 25 June 2014

Or viewings by appointment with Registrar

Headteacher: Mrs Marianne Preece Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Mary’s School, Packhorse Road, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 8JQ (01753) registrar@st-marys.bucks.sch.uk Or883370 viewings by appointment with Registrar www.stmarysschool.co.uk

Stroud School

Romsey, SO51 9ZH stroud-romsey.com

St Mary’s School, Packhorse Road, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 8JQ (01753) 883370 registrar@st-marys.bucks.sch.uk www.stmarysschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Joel Worrall Total pupils: 342 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Twyford School

Winchester, SO21 1NW twyfordschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Joel Worrall Total pupils: 342 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Miss P Kirk Total pupils: 272 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Heathfield School

Andover, SP10 3AL rookwood.hants.sch.uk

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Open Mornings Lower School Saturday 19 September 2015 Saturday 16 January 2016 Saturday 12 March 2016 Saturday 14 May 2016 Upper School Saturday 10 October 2015

Stowe is an independent co-educational boarding and day school inspiring pupils aged between 13 and 18.

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SOUTH | Oxfordshire Walhampton School

Cokethorpe School

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Lymington, SO41 5ZG walhampton.com

Headteacher: Mr Titus Mills Total pupils: 333 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

West Hill Park

Titchfield, PO14 4BS westhillpark.com

Headteacher: Mr Alastair Ramsay Total pupils: 262 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr D J Ettinger Total pupils: 659 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Cothill House

Abingdon, OX13 6JL cothill.net

Headteacher: Mr Duncan Bailey Total pupils: 193 Prep • Boarding • Boys

Winchester College

Cranford House School

Headteacher: Dr Ralph Townsend Total pupils: 678 Senior • 6th Form • Boarding • Boys

Headteacher: Dr James Raymond Total pupils: 375 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Winchester, SO23 9NA winchestercollege.org

Wykeham House School Fareham, PO16 0BW wykehamhouse.com

Headteacher: Mrs L R Clarke Total pupils: 153 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

Yateley Manor School Yateley, GU46 7UQ yateleymanor.com

Headteacher: Mr Rob Williams Total pupils: 394 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Oxfordshire

Abingdon Preparatory School Frilford, OX13 5NX abingdon.org.uk/prep

Headteacher: Mr Crispin Hyde-Dunn Total pupils: 252 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Abingdon School

Abingdon, OX14 1DE abingdon.org.uk

Headteacher: Miss Felicity Lusk Total pupils: 961 Senior • Day • Boarding • Boys

Wallingford, OX10 9HT cranfordhouse.net

Oxford, OX2 6JX doverbroecks.com

Headteacher: Mr Alasdair MacPherson Total pupils: 255 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Oxford, OX2 6SS dragonschool.org

Headteacher: Mr J R Baugh Total pupils: 844 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Faringdon, SN7 7JF ferndaleschool.co.uk

Headington Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mr Edward Way Total pupils: 118 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys • Girls

Chandlings School Oxford, OX1 5ND chandlings.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr John Walker Total pupils: 494 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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

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Kingham Hill School

Headteacher: Mr Nick Seward Total pupils: 289 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Magdalen College School

Headteacher: Mr Richard Murray Total pupils: 157 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Dr Tim Hands Total pupils: 902 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Thursday 24 September 2015, 9.30-11.30 For more information please contact the school on 01753 279140

Oxford, OX4 1DZ mcsoxford.org

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Chipping Norton, OX7 6TH kinghamhill.org.uk

Christ Church Cathedral School Oxford, OX1 1QW cccs.org.uk

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Headteacher: Mrs Fiona Shires Total pupils: 120 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bloxham School

Banbury, OX17 2BS carrdusschool.co.uk

Open Days: Senior School: Thurs 24 Sept 2015 5.30-8.30pm. Junior School: Fri 2 Oct 9.15-11.00am Senior School: Fri 9 Oct 9.00-10.30am

Ferndale Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mr Christopher Upton Total pupils: 300 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Carrdus School

School Philosophy: The Abbey is a warm and welcoming community where exceptional academic results are achieved in a supportive pastoral environment.

Girls develop a balanced approach to life and learning that enables them to live successful and fulfilling lives.

Dragon School

Headteacher: Mr Simon Mower Total pupils: 888 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr John Floyd Total pupils: 112 Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 3-18 years Total pupils: 1110, girls 1110 Type: Day Fees: Nursery: £3,110. Pre-Prep – Day from £3,640. Prep: £3830.

Senior £5,030 per term Entrance procedure: Junior School: Assessment tailored to child’s age. Senior School: Entry for year 7 is via examination in English, Maths and Reasoning.

d’Overbroeck’s College

Oxford, OX1 1BP greenes.org.uk

Chesterton, OX26 1UY bruernabbey.org

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Headteacher: Mr Mark Olejnik Total pupils: 150 Senior • Day • Co-Ed

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Bruern Abbey School

T: 0118 9872256 E: schooloffice@theabbey.co.uk W: www.theabbey.co.uk Head Teacher: Rachel Dent Admissions: Sarah Radford E: admissions@theabbey.co.uk

Oxford, OX2 6HX doverbroecks.com

Oxford, OX2 0DJ bellerbys.com

Headteacher: Mr Paul Sanderson Total pupils: 399 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Banbury, OX15 4PE bloxhamschool.com

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Witney, OX29 7PU cokethorpe.org.uk

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St Clare’s, Oxford

Headteacher: Mr Piers Heyworth Total pupils: 375 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls • Boys • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Paula Holloway Total pupils: 274 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Abingdon, OX13 6LN manorprep.org

Moulsford Preparatory School Moulsford, OX10 9HR moulsford.com

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 Abingdon, OX14 2HB olab.org.uk

St Edward’s Oxford Oxford, OX2 7NN stedwardsoxford.org

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

St Hugh’s

Faringdon, SN7 8PT st-hughs.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr A J P Nott Total pupils: 330 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Brendan O’Neill Total pupils: 129 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St John’s Priory

Our Lady’s Abingdon Senior School

Headteacher: Mr Paul Cawley-Wakefield Total pupils: 93 Nursery • Pre-prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Abingdon, OX14 3PS olab.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Stephen Oliver Total pupils: 470 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Oxford High School Oxford, OX2 6XA oxfordhigh.gdst.net

Headteacher: Mrs Judith Carlisle Total pupils: 893 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Oxford Tutorial College Oxford, OX1 4HT otc.ac.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Julia Southby 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Radley College

Abingdon, OX14 2HR radley.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr John Moule Total pupils: 687 Senior • 6th Form • Boarding • Boys

Rupert House School

Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BN ruperthouse.org Headteacher: Mrs Clare Lynas Total pupils: 208 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

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

Sibford School

Banbury, OX15 5QL sibfordschool.co.uk

Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Henley-on-Thames, RG9 4BW shiplake.org.uk

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Headteacher: Mr A G S Davies Total pupils: 421 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Boys • Co-Ed

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Banbury, OX15 5QL sibfordschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Michael Goodwin 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

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

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Farleigh School

Oxford, OX2 7AL stclares.ac.uk

Red Rice, Andover, Hampshire SP11 7PW

T: 01264 710766 E: office@farleighschool.com W: www.farleighschool.com Head Teacher: Fr Simon Everson Admissions: Mrs Catherine Hall E: admissions@farleighschool.com

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Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 3-13 years Total pupils: 440, boys 229, girls 211 Type: Day, Weekly, Flexi, Full Boarding Fees: Kindergarten – Day from £1,635 Pre-Prep – Day from £3,275 Junior (Years 3-6) – Day from £5,955. Full and weekly boarding £6,985.

Senior (Years 7-8) – Day from £5,955. Full and weekly boarding £7,750.

HMF Boarding Fee (Years 3-8) £6,588 per term.

Flexi-Boarding £44/night Typical class size: 14 Main exit schools: Ampleforth, Downside, Eton, Godolphin, Marlborough, Radley, Sherborne, Sherborne Girls, St Mary’s Ascot, St Mary’s Shaftesbury Faith: Catholic.

Entrance procedure: Non-selective

School Philosophy: Farleigh is a leading Catholic, co-educational prep school for children aged 3 to 13. Welcoming boarders and day pupils from all denominations, Farleigh is a special place for children to enjoy part of their childhood. The warm and inclusive atmosphere combines with a teaching and learning environment that has real momentum. The broad curriculum and commitment to academic, creative, cultural and sporting excellence gives every child the freedom, the space and countless opportunities to grow in confidence and to discover their talents.

Academic Record: Farleigh has an outstanding track record of sending pupils to leading senior schools via Common Entrance and 13+ scholarships, with approximately one third of pupils gaining awards to their chosen senior school.

Extra-curricular: Children can choose from a very wide range of curriculum enhancing activities, from the sporting (such as girls’ football, lacrosse, boys’ hockey, rugby sevens, swim squad, tennis, judo) to the creative (pottery, art, design), cerebral (debating, philosophy), community service (we have a close relationship with children at Icknield Special School) and practical (cooking, woodland craft).

Open Day: Saturday 19th September 2015, to register email: opendays@farleighschool.com

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Oxford, OX3 7TD Independent HMC boarding and day school for 430 pupils Boys aged 11-18 • Girls aged 16-18 Situated in an inspirational 45 acre site on the banks of the River Thames A full ISI inspection in 2015 judged Shiplake as EXCELLENT across every inspection category, the highest possible grade of achievement.

Upcoming Open Mornings Whole School: Saturday 3 October 2015 Sixth Form: Saturday 10 October 2015

www.shiplake.org.uk

T: 01865 759 113 E: admissions@headington.org W: headington.org Head Teacher: Mrs Caroline Jordan, MA Oxon Admissions: Mrs Sue Sowden

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Gender / Ages: girls, 3-18 years Total pupils: 1052 Type: Day, Weekly, Full Boarding Fees: Nursery – Day from £1,280 - £2,660 per term Pre-Prep – Day from £2,660 - £3,115 per term Prep – Day from £3,520 - £3,960, Weekly from £7,300 - £7,550, Full Boarding from £8,000 - £8,250 per term Senior – Day from £4,960 - £5,480, Weekly Boarding from £8,370 - £9,550, Full Boarding from £9,200 - £10,700 per term Typical class size: Prep – 16, Senior – 18, Sixth Form – 10 Faith: Anglican Motto: Fight the good fight of faith Entrance procedure: The School’s main entry points are 11+, 13+ and 16+, please see our website for details.

School Philosophy: At Headington girls have the opportunity to discover their own particular talents with a wealth of choices both inside and out of the classroom. We are not aggressively selective and yet our students leave us with outstanding academic credentials. This is testimony to our pastoral care, extensive extra-curricular programme and commitment to excellence in teaching at all levels and in all subjects. The diversity of our international community and the proximity to and links with the universities in Oxford broaden the girls’ horizons, helping to ensure that they leave us as self-assured young women equipped with the tools to succeed in a global society.

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Academic Record: As well as outstanding academic achievements, our students have the confidence and life skills to embrace a truly international world. Sixth Form girls can choose between studying A Levels or the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma and students go on to leading UK universities including Oxford and Cambridge and many other Russell Group universities as well as a number of universities abroad.

Extra-curricular: There are more than 80 extra-curricular activities on offer each week, spanning a wide range of subjects and hobbies from rowing, dance and drama to astronomy, CCF and robotics. The School has a range of outstanding facilities including a purpose-built Theatre, state-of-the-art Music School and floodlit all-weather pitches.

Notable Achievements and Alumni: The School has an outstanding academic record, consistently in the Top 10 IB Schools in the UK. Headington’s Boat Club is one of the most successful in the UK, ranking high in national and international events. Alumae include Barbara Woodhouse, Baroness Young, Julia Somerville, Emma Watson and Lily van den Broecke.

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St Edmund’s is an independent, Catholic co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 3 - 18

England’s oldest Catholic school

Scholarships & Bursaries available For further information on a St Edmund’s education or to arrange a tour please visit our website or call 01920 824 239

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The Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School

Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8RP abbotshill.herts.sch.uk

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Abbot’s Hill School

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

Elstree, WD6 3AF habsboys.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr P B Hamilton Total pupils: 1162 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls Elstree, WD6 3BT habsgirls.org.uk

Headteacher: Miss Biddie O’Connor Total pupils: 1186 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Haileybury College Hertford, SG13 7NU haileybury.com

Headteacher: Mr Vernon Hales Total pupils: 335 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Boys

Headteacher: Mr J S Davies Total pupils: 770 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Heath Mount School

St Albans, AL3 8AW beechwoodpark.net

Headteacher: Mr Patrick Atkinson Total pupils: 488 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Berkhamsted Pre-Preparatory School Berkhamsted, HP4 2SZ berkhamstedschool.org

Headteacher: Ms K O’Connor Total pupils: 119 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Berkhamsted Preparatory School Berkhamsted, HP4 3DW berkhamstedschool.org Headteacher: Mr Jamie Hornshaw Total pupils: 621 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Berkhamsted School Berkhamsted, HP4 2DJ berkhamstedschool.org

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Bishop’s Stortford College Bishop’s Stortford, CM23 2PJ bishops-stortford-college.herts.sch.uk Headteacher: Mr Jeremy Gladwin Total pupils: 573 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

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Headteacher: Mr Robert W Middleton Total pupils: 442 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Howe Green House School Bishop’s Stortford, CM22 7UF howesgreenhouseschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Deborah Mills Total pupils: 176 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Immanuel College

Bushey, WD23 4EB immanuelcollege.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Charles Dormer Total pupils: 477 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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Hitchin, SG4 7JX kingshottschool.com

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Headteacher: Dr Trevor Lee Total pupils: 350 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Mr Daniel Sayers Total pupils: 165 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Rickmansworth, WD3 1LW northwoodprep.co.uk

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Hitchin, SG4 7RT princesshelenacollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Sue Wallace-Woodroffe Total pupils: 182 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Purcell School of Music Bushey, WD23 2TS purcell-school.org

Headteacher: Mr David Thomas Total pupils: 179 Senior • 6th Form • Boarding • Co-Ed

Queenswood School Hatfield, AL9 6NS queenswood.org

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The Royal Masonic School for Girls

Rickmansworth, WD3 4HF royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk

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Headteacher: Mrs D Rose Total pupils: 964 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Ben Walker Total pupils: 349 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

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Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1TL lockerspark.herts.sch.uk Headteacher: Mr Christopher Wilson Total pupils: 151 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

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New Barnet, EN5 1SA lyonsdownschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mrs Lynn Maggs-Wellings Total pupils: 197 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Manor Lodge School Shenley, WD7 9BG manorlodgeschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Gil Dunn Total pupils: 434 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Joseph’s In The Park School Hertingfordbury, SG14 2LX stjosephsinthepark.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Neil Jones Total pupils: 150 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Bushey, WD23 1DT stmargaretsbushey.co.uk

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Hadley Wood, EN4 0NJ st-marthas.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Matthew Burke Total pupils: 191 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mrs Lynda Corry Total pupils: 284 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

St Albans High School for Girls Preparatory School Wheathampstead, AL4 8DJ stahs.org.uk Headteacher: Mrs Jenny Brown Total pupils: 293 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Gillespie Total pupils: 825 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys • Co-Ed

Potters Bar, EN6 1LW lochinverhouse.herts.sch.uk

Headteacher: Miss Sarah Jane Styles Total pupils: 174 Nursery • Co-Ed • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mrs Jenny Brown Total pupils: 653 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Little Acorns Montessori School

Lochinver House School

Bushey, WD23 3DA sthildas-school.co.uk

Sherrardswood School

St Albans, AL1 3SJ stahs.org.uk

St Albans School

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

St Hilda’s School

St Albans High School for Girls

Headteacher: Mr Iain Gilmour Total pupils: 397 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bushey, WD23 2ES littleacorns-montessori.org

Harpenden, AL5 2ES sthildasharpenden.co.uk

St Albans, AL3 4HB st-albans.herts.sch.uk

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

Welwyn, AL6 0BJ sherrardswood.co.uk

Stanborough Primary and Nursery School Watford, WD25 0DQ stanboroughprimary.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs K Hanson Total pupils: 105 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Stanborough School Watford, WD25 9JT spsch.org

Headteacher: Mrs Lorraine Dixon Total pupils: 83 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Stormont School

Potters Bar, EN6 5HA stormont.herts.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Sharon Martin Total pupils: 167 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

St Albans, AL3 4AW stcolumbascollege.org

Tring Park School for the Performing Arts

St Edmund’s College & Prep School

Headteacher: Mr S Anderson Total pupils: 333 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr David Buxton Total pupils: 864 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Tring, HP23 5LX tringpark.com

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Ware, SG11 1DS stedmundscollege.org

Twinkle Stars Montessori

Headteacher: Mr Steven Cartwright Total pupils: 811 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Donna Greenberg Total pupils: 28 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

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Barnet, EN5 1JE twinkle-stars.co.uk

St Francis’ College

Westbrook Hay Prep School

Headteacher: Mrs Bronwen Goulding Total pupils: 423 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

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Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3PJ st-francis.herts.sch.uk

Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2RF westbrookhay.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Keith Young Total pupils: 336 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Co-Ed

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Hertford, SG14 3NG heathmount.org

Northwood Prep

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BERKHAMSTED The School that grows with you

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Open Days 2015 : Thursday 1, Friday 2 & Saturday 3 October Call 01442 358001 or visit our website for full details www.berkhamstedschool.org A member of the Berkhamsted Schools Group

Registered Charity No. 310630

The only Round Square independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18 years in the UK. Close to A2, A20 & M25, 17 minutes from London by fast train. Local daily transport available.

TASTER AFTERNOON & SLEEPOVER

Friday 2nd/Saturday 3rd October 2015

An opportunity for your daughter to experience life at Cobham Hall.

OPEN MORNING

Saturday 3rd October 2015 9.30am - 12.30pm

Find out more about how the School’s Round Square ethos sets us apart from other schools and the opportunties for scholarships and bursaries.

“There’s more in you than you think.”

01474 823371 www.cobhamhall.com

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SOUTH EAST | Hertfordshire | Isle of Wight | Kent York House School

Bronte Nursery

Hilden Grange School

Marlborough House School

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Headteacher: Mr Nicholas Clements Total pupils: 70 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr J Withers Total pupils: 336 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Martyn Ward Total pupils: 301 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Co-Ed

Rickmansworth, WD3 4LW york-house.com Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Gray Total pupils: 303 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Isle of Wight 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

Kent

Ashford Prep School Ashford, TN23 3DJ ashfordschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Richard Yeates Total pupils: 238 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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

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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

Gravesend, DA11 0HU brontenursery.co.uk

Bronte School

Gravesend, DA11 OHN bronteschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Nicholas Clements Total pupils: 131 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Canterbury Steiner School Canterbury, CT4 5RU canterburysteinerschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr E Van-Menen Total pupils: 211 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

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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Headteacher: Mr Paul Mitchell Total pupils: 185 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Combe Bank School Sevenoaks, TN14 6AE combebank.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Julie Tricks Total pupils: 237 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Co-Ed • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Derwent Lodge Girls Prep School Tonbridge, TN11 0NJ somerhill.org

Headteacher: Mrs Samantha Michau Total pupils: 133 Prep • Day • Girls

Dover College

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

Headteacher: Mrs Dorothy Nancekievill Total pupils: 680 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Tonbridge, TN10 3BX hildengrange.co.uk

Hilden Oaks School & Nursery Tonbridge, TN10 3BU hildenoaks.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs S A Webb Total pupils: 218 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Holmewood House School

Headteacher: Mr James D B Marjoribanks Total pupils: 440 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Michael Piercy Total pupils: 399 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

Sevenoaks, TN13 2PB newbeacon.org.uk

Junior King’s School

Northbourne Park School

Canterbury, CT2 OAY junior-kings.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Peter Wells Total pupils: 340 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Kent College Nursery, Infant and Junior School Canterbury, CT2 9AQ kentcollege.com

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Headteacher: Mr A J Carter Total pupils: 167 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Kent College

Canterbury, CT2 9DT kentcollege.com

Headteacher: Dr David Lamper Total pupils: 690 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Kent College

Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4AX kent-college.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Sally-Anne Huang 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: Ms Sarah Skillern 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

Headteacher: Mrs Paula Anderson Total pupils: 373 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Jeremy Walker Total pupils: 272 Senior • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Breaside Preparatory School

Rochester, ME3 7PA gadshill.org

Bromley, Kent BR1 2PR breaside.co.uk

Gad’s Hill School

Headteacher: Mrs Angela Culley Total pupils: 197 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Ms Alison Cordingley Total pupils: 73 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bromley, BR2 0BS bishopchallonerschool.com

Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5SN meadschool.info

The New Beacon

King’s Rochester Senior School

Hildenborough, TN11 8ND fossebankschool.co.uk

Mead School

Tunbridge Wells, TN3 0EB holmewood.kent.sch.uk

Fosse Bank School

Bishop Challoner School

Cranbrook, TN18 4PY marlboroughhouseschool.co.uk

Rochester, ME1 1TE kings-rochester.co.uk

The King’s School Canterbury, CT1 2ES kings-school.co.uk

Deal, CT14 0NW northbournepark.com

Headteacher: Mr Sebastian Rees Total pupils: 140 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Rochester Independent College Rochester, ME1 1XF rochester-college.org

Headteacher: Mr Brian Pain, Mrs Pauline Bailey, Mr Alistair Brownlow Total pupils: 255 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Rose Hill School

Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9SY rosehillschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr P D Westcombe Total pupils: 304 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Russell House School Sevenoaks, TN14 5QU

Headteacher: Mr Craig McCarthy Total pupils: 206

russellhouseschool.co.uk

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

Sackville School

Hildenborough, TN11 9HN sackvilleschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr John Hewitt Total pupils: 160 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Somerhill Pre-Prep Tonbridge, TN11 0NJ somerhill.org

Headteacher: Ms Zoë Humm Total pupils: 130 Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St David’s College

West Wickham, BR4 0QS stdavidscollege.com Headteachers: Mrs Ann Wagstaff, Mrs Julia Foulger Total pupils: 147 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Edmund’s School Canterbury Canterbury, CT2 8HU stedmunds.org.uk

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Headteacher: Mr Peter Roberts Total pupils: 826 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Louise Moelwyn-Hughes Total pupils: 535 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Karen A Nicholson Total pupils: 257 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr D G Craggs Total pupils: 388 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Bromley High School

The Granville School

Lorenden Preparatory School

St Joseph’s Convent School

Headteacher: Mrs Angela Drew Total pupils: 871 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mrs Jane Scott Total pupils: 204 Nursery • Co-Ed • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mrs Ros Simmonds Total pupils: 107 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Carola Timney Total pupils: 143 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bromley, BR1 2TW bromleyhigh.gdst.net

Faversham, ME13 0EN lorenden.org.uk

Gravesend, DA12 1NR sjcps.org

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Holmewood House

Bringing out ‘‘ the best in boys’’

Barrow Lane, Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0EB T: 01892 860006 E: registrar@holmewoodhouse.co.uk W: holmewoodhouse.co.uk Head Teacher: James Marjoribanks Admissions: Mrs Karen Gwinnett

Key facts

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 3-13 years Total pupils: 440, boys 238, girls 202 Type: Day, Weekly, Flexi Boarding Fees: Nursery – from £1,800 per term. Pre-Prep – £3,300-£3,805 per term.

Prep: Day from £5,700-£5,820, Weekly Boarding £6,880 per term, Flexi Boarding £34 per night Entrance procedure: Taster day and informal assessment

School Philosophy: “My philosophy is simple: to offer the best prep school experience in the sector. Children are enthused and encouraged to achieve their very best every day and staff are entrusted with the privilege of making this happen. Achieving the extraordinary is an ordinary occurrence.” Headmaster Open Mornings: 8 October or call to make an appointment

A day in the life of Aldro... come and see for yourself If you would like to attend an Open Morning, to request a prospectus, or to arrange an individual tour, please contact the Admissions Office on 01483 409019 or email: admissions@aldro.org Aldro, Lombard Street, Shackleford, Godalming, Surrey GU8 6AS www.aldro.org

St Lawrence College

College Road, Ramsgate, Kent CT11 7AE

T: 01843 572931 E: admissions@slcuk.com W: slcuk.com Principal: Mr Antony Spencer Admissions: Mr Simon Heard, Deputy Head (Registrar)

Key facts

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 3-18 years Total pupils: 600, boys 320, girls 280 Type: Day, Boarding Fees: Nursery: Day from £36. Pre-Prep: Day from £2349 per term.

Prep: Day from £2963 per term. Full Boarding from £7880 per term.

Senior: Day from £5243 per term. Full Boarding from £10484 per term.

Entrance procedure: Visit, report. Scholarships at 7+, 11+, 13+ & 16+

School Philosophy: Academic success, traditional values and a warm and welcoming ambience. Small enough to ensure that individual pupils receive the attention and care they require, but large enough to provide outstanding modern facilities, and with a reputation for punching well above its weight in school competitions.

Open Days: Junior: Friday 2 Oct 2015, Senior: Saturday 3 Oct 2015

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SOUTH EAST | Kent | Surrey St Lawrence College Junior School Ramsgate, CT11 7AF slcuk.com

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Headteacher: Mr Simon J E Whittle Total pupils: 200 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Lawrence College Ramsgate, CT11 7AE slcuk.com

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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

Walthamstow Hall Junior School

Belmont Preparatory School

Collingwood School

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Headteacher: Mrs H Skrine Total pupils: 186 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr David PG Cobb Total pupils: 101 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Sevenoaks, TN13 3LD walthomstow-hall.co.uk

Headteachers: Mrs Diane Wood and Mrs J Milner Total pupils: 621 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Walthamstow Hall

Sevenoaks, TN13 3UL

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Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Wellesley House

Broadstairs, CT10 2DG wellesleyhouse.org

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Headteacher: Mr S O’Malley Total pupils: 138 Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Jill Aisher Total pupils: 471 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

West Lodge School

Saint Ronan’s

Headteacher: Mrs Susan Webb Total pupils: 163 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr William Trelawny-Vernon Total pupils: 376 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Wickham Court School

Hawkhurst, TN18 5DJ saintronans.co.uk

Sevenoaks Preparatory School Sevenoaks, TN15 0JU theprep.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr L Harrison Total pupils: 384 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Sevenoaks School

Sevenoaks, TN13 1HU sevenoaksschool.org

Headteacher: Mrs Katy Ricks Total pupils: 1035 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Solefield School

Sevenoaks, TN13 1PH solefieldschool.org

Headteacher: Mr Dougal A Philips Total pupils: 179 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Somerhill Pre Prep Tonbridge, TN11 0NJ somerhill.org

Headteacher: Mrs Samantha Michau Total pupils: 133 Pre-Prep • Day • Co-ed

Spring Grove School

Wye, TN25 5EZ springgroveschool.co.uk

Sidcup, DA15 7DU westlodge.org.uk

West Wickham, BR4 9HW wickhamcourt.org

Headteacher: Mrs Lisa Harries Total pupils: 95 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Yardley Court Boys Prep School

Tonbridge, TN11 0NJ somerhill.org

Headteacher: Mr J T Coakley Total pupils: 470 Prep • Day • Boys

Surrey

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

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Dorking, RH5 6EA boxhillschool.com Headteacher: Mr Corydon Lowde Total pupils: 416 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

ACS Egham International School Egham, TW20 0HS acs-schools.com

Godalming, GU8 6AS aldro.org

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Headteacher: Mr James Hanson Total pupils: 220 Prep • Day • Boarding • Boys

Amesbury School

Hindhead, GU26 6BL amesburyschool.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr N G Taylor Total pupils: 334 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Barfield School

Farnham, GU10 1PB barfieldschool.com

Cranleigh Preparatory School Cranleigh, GU6 8QH cranleigh.org

Headteacher: Mr M T Wilson Total pupils: 302 Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Cranleigh School

Cranmore School

Cambridge Tutors College Croydon, CR0 5SX ctc.ac.uk

Headteacher: Mr Mark Eagers Total pupils: 212 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Canbury School

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

Caterham, CR3 6YB caterhamprepschool.co.uk

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: Mr Richard Pleming Total pupils: 793 Senior • Day • Boarding • Boys • 6th Form • Co-Ed

Chinthurst School

Tadworth, KT20 5QZ chinthurstschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Tim Button Total pupils: 152 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

City of London Freemen’s School Ashstead, KT21 1ET clfs.surrey.sch.uk

SEE ADVERTISEMENT Headteacher: Mr Philip MacDonald Total pupils: 887 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Claremont Fan Court School

Barrow Hills School

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Headteacher: Mr Matthew Unsworth Total pupils: 235 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Anne Sweeney Total pupils: 135 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls • Boys to 5

Headteacher: Ms P Burgess Total pupils: 89 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Tadworth, KT20 7ST bramleyschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr James Reid Total pupils: 156 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Godalming, GU8 5NY barrowhills.org.uk

Woking, GU24 8TE coworthflexlands.co.uk

Cranleigh, GU6 8QQ cranleigh.org

Caterham School

Headteacher: Mr Antony Eysele Total pupils: 1503 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Coworth-Flexlands School

Bramley School and Nursery

ACS Cobham International School Cobham, KT11 1BL acs-schools.com

Wallington, SM6 0BD collingwoodschool.org.uk

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

Headteacher: Mr Martin Reader Total pupils: 628 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

West Horsley, KT24 6AT cranmoreprep.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr Michael Connolly Total pupils: 467 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Croydon High School

South Croydon, CR2 8YB croydonhigh.gdst.net

Headteacher: Mrs Deborah Leonard Total pupils: 564 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Cumnor House School, Treetops Nursery South Croydon, CR2 6DH cumnorhouse.com

Headteacher: Mrs Charlotte Figueira Total pupils: 110 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Cumnor House School for Boys South Croydon, CR2 6DA cumnorhouse.com

Headteacher: Mr Peter Clare-Hunt Total pupils: 390 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Cumnor House School for Girls Purley, CR8 3HB cumnorhouse.com

Headteacher: Mr Peter Kelly Total pupils: 180 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Danes Hill Pre-Prep Oxshott, KT22 OQQ daneshillschool.co.uk 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

Leatherhead, KT22 8TJ downsend.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Ian Thorpe Total pupils: 464 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Duke of Kent School

Ewhurst, GU6 7NS dukeofkentschool.org.uk Headteacher: Mrs Judith Fremont-Barnes Total pupils: 236 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr T H P Haynes Total pupils: 788 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Boys

Box Hill School

Headteacher: Mr H W G Tuckett Total pupils: 293 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Aldro

Maidstone, ME17 3RF svs.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Cowell Total pupils: 362 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr S Collins Total pupils: 358 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Steephill School

Sutton Valence Preparatory School

Englefield, TW20 0YJ bishopsgate-school.co.uk

Caterham Preparatory School

Tadworth, KT20 6AJ aberdourschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr W J B Jones Total pupils: 193 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Birtwell Total pupils: 122 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bishopsgate School

Aberdour School

Headteacher: Mr Jeremy Lewis Total pupils: 617 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Longfield, DA3 7BG steephill.co.uk

Dorking, RH5 6LQ belmont-school.org

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AUTUMN 2015 | INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS | 129

SOUTH EAST | Surrey Dunottar Reigate School for Girls Reigate, RH2 7EL dunottarschool.com

Headteacher: Mrs Rowena Cole Total pupils: 126 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Edgeborough School Farnham, GU10 3AH edgeborough.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Chris Davies Total pupils: 330 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Hall Grove School 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

Elgin Nursery

Hampton Court House

Headteacher: Ms Andrea Domniy Total pupils: 42 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Guy Holloway Total pupils: 235 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Croydon, CR0 6XA elginnursery.co.uk

Elmhurst School

South Croydon, CR2 7DW elmhurstschool.net Headteacher: Mr Charles South Total pupils: 158 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Englefield Green Montessori

Leatherhead, KT8 9BS hamptoncourthouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Robert Smith Total pupils: 157 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Epsom College

Headteacher: Mr Michael Stone Total pupils: 345 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

The Hawthorns

Ewell Castle School

Headteacher: Mr Adrian E Floyd Total pupils: 528 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr Peter Harris Total pupils: 531 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Co-Ed • Senior • Boys

Feltonfleet School Cobham, KT11 1DR feltonfleet.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Alastair Morrison Total pupils: 400 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Frensham Heights Farnham, GU10 4EA frenshamheights.org

Headteacher: Mr A Fisher Total pupils: 523 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Glenesk Pre-Preparatory School East Horsley, KT24 6NS gleneskschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Sue Christi-Hall Total pupils: 133 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Greenacre School for Girls Banstead, SM7 3RA greenacre.surrey.sch.uk

Hazelwood School

Oxted, RH8 0QU hazelwoodschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mrs Maxine Shaw Total pupils: 570 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Hoe Bridge School

Old Woking, GU22 8JE hoebridgeschool.co.uk

Homefield Preparatory School Sutton, SM1 2TE homefield.sutton.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr John Towers Total pupils: 348 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Hurtwood House School Headteacher: Mr C M Jackson, Mr K R B Jackson Total pupils: 347 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Dr James A Doran Total pupils: 250 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Guildford, GU1 1SJ guildfordhigh.surrey.sch.uk

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

Woking, GU22 8HY islschools.org/surrey

King Edward’s School Nr Godalming, GU8 5SG kesw.org

SEE ADVERTISEMENT Headteacher: Mr John Attwater Total pupils: 391 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mrs Fiona Boulton Total pupils: 986 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

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

Dorking, RH5 6NU hurtwoodhouse.com

Greenfield

Guildford High School

School Philosophy: The school is dedicated to developing each student’s full potential, thus providing a stable foundation to help meet the demands of a changing world. Students are educated to be responsible, compassionate and caring members of the community with skills that will enable them to think creatively, reason critically, communicate effectively and learn continuously. The school offers the International Baccalaureate curricula thereby meeting the needs of the international student body and providing a unique environment of cultural exchange and understanding. All religions are accepted and respected.

Marymount is dedicated to promoting dignity and developing the integrity of each person in an atmosphere of justice, love and respect.

Headteacher: Mr Nick Arkell Total pupils: 493 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

International School of London, Surrey

Headteacher: Mrs Tania Botting Total pupils: 199 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Gender / Ages: girls, 11-18 years Total pupils: 260 Type: Day, 5-day and 7-day Boarding Fees: Senior – Day from £18,680–£21,340, Weekly Boarding from £31,910–£34,570, Full Boarding from £33,450–£36,110 Typical class size: Senior – 12, Sixth Form – 12 Main University destinations: Oxbridge UK; Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Boston USA; Imperial College, University College, LSE, Kings College London; Universities of Bristol, Warwick, St Andrew’s, Durham, Leeds, Southampton, York, Exeter, Bath UK; Chinese University of Hong Kong; Universities of Tokyo, Keio Japan Faith: Catholic Motto: “That all may have life” Entrance procedure: Entrance test in Mathematics and English, interview with Headmistress

Redhill, RH1 4QJ hawthorns.com

Headteacher: Mrs L E Redding Total pupils: 284 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Woking, GU22 7TP greenfield.surrey.sch.uk

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Camberley, GU17 9HU hawleyplace.com

Headteacher: Mr Jay Piggot Total pupils: 742 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Ewell, KT17 2AW ewellcastle.co.uk

T: 020 8949 0571 W: www.marymountlondon.com Head Teacher: Ms Sarah Gallagher Admissions: Mrs Cheryl Eysele E: admissions@marymountlondon.com

Haslemere, GU27 2JP haslemereprep.co.uk

Hawley Place School

Epsom, KT17 4JQ epsomcollege.org.uk

George Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 7PE

Haslemere Preparatory School

Egham, TW20 0UE egmos.com

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Dearden Total pupils: 22 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Marymount International School London

Bagshot, GU19 5HZ hallgrove.co.uk

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AUTUMN 2015 | INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS | 131

SOUTH EAST | Surrey Kingswood House School

Moon Hall College

Headteacher: Mr Peter Brooks Total pupils: 175 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Berry Baker Total pupils: 110 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Epsom, KT19 8LG kingswoodhouse.org

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 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Moon Hall School

Nr Dorking, RH5 6LQ moonhallschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mrs P Loré Total pupils: 45 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

More House School

Farnham, GU10 3AP morehouseschool.co.uk

The Larks

Headteacher: Mr B G Huggett Total pupils: 444 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Boys

Headteacher: Mrs Jane O’Keefe Total pupils: 200 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Notre Dame School

Oxted, RH8 0AA the-larks.co.uk

Lingfield Notre Dame

Lingfield, RH7 6PH lingfieldnotredame.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Richard Bool Total pupils: 928 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Little Grove Pre-School Bagshot, GU19 5HZ littlegrove.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Karen Henderson-Williams Total pupils: 35 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Longacre School

Guildford, GU5 0NQ longacre.surrey.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Alexia Bracewell Total pupils: 211 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Lyndhurst School

Camberley, GU15 3NE lyndhurstschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Rudkin Total pupils: 118 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Manor House

Little Bookham, KT23 4EN manorhouseschool.org

Headteacher: Miss Zara Axton Total pupils: 293 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

Marymount International School

Kingston-upon-Thames, KT2 7PE marymountlondon.com

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Oakhyrst Grange School Headteacher: Mr Alex Gear Total pupils: 154 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Purley, CR8 2AN oakwoodschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Ciro Candia Total pupils: 174 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Old Palace of John Whitgift School Junior South Croydon, CR2 7YN oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Gill Stone Total pupils: 150 Nursery • Prep • Day • Girls • Co-Ed

Old Palace of John Whitgift School Senior Headteacher: Mrs Carol Jewell Total pupils: 700 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Park Hill School and Nursery

Kingston-upon-Thames, KT2 7SH parkhillschool.com Headteacher: Mrs Helen Marshall Total pupils: 99 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Academic Record: We have high academic expectations. The curriculum offers breadth and challenge, providing the core skills and knowledge each girl needs to gain a firm foundation to her education. Our girls achieve outstanding examination success and gain places at the most highly selective universities (on average 10% of our Sixth Form are offered places at Oxbridge)

Cobham, KT11 3PX parkside-school.co.uk

Extra-curricular: Tormead offers a varied programme; all sport is played to a high standard, with the gymnastics team successful at National level. There are orchestras, bands and ensembles which perform weekly as well as termly drama productions and Glee Club musicals.

Headteacher: Mr Mark Beach Total pupils: 255 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Prior’s Field

Notable Achievements and Alumni: Current pupils have had their work exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, volunteered to help communities in Zambia and Vietnam, performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, won Young Enterprise Awards and excelled at national sailing, athletics, netball, ice hockey and gymnastics competitions. Old Girls have won national enterprise awards, designed award winning sculptures, written speeches for the Prime Minister and are award winning broadcasters.

Godalming, GU7 2RH priorsfieldschool.com

SEE ADVERTISEMENT Headteacher: Mrs J A Roseblade Total pupils: 453 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Milton Hall Montessori Nursery

Priory Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mrs Sutindar Lal Total pupils: 36 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Graham Malcolm Total pupils: 208 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Open Days: Junior School: 9.15am: 16 Sept, 9 Oct Senior School: 9.30am: 15 Sept, 25 Sept, 7 Oct, 15 Oct Sixth Form: 7pm: 1 Oct

Banstead, SM7 2AJ priory-banstead.surrey.sch.uk

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School Philosophy: We are committed to providing an excellent, all round education in a stimulating and supportive environment. Our academic expectations are high, and we value our students’ impressive record of examination successes and university places. We are equally proud of their cultural and sporting achievements, and of their contributions to the life of the wider community. There is an emphasis on preparing the girls for life beyond school and their effort as well as achievement is celebrated.

Croydon, CR0 1AX oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Stephen Ilett Total pupils: 215 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Englefield, TW20 0QT miltonhall.co.uk

Gender / Ages: Girls 4-18 years Total pupils: 750 Type: Day Fees: Day From £2,430 to £4,690 per term.

Typical class size: Prep – 20, Senior – 24, Sixth Form – varies from 2 – 12 depending on the subject.

Motto: We are committed to providing an excellent, all round education in a warm, stimulating and supportive environment.

Entrance procedure: As an academically selective School, an offer of a place is based on the results of entrance tests and a reference from the pupil’s current school. Main points of entry are at the ages of 4 (Reception), 7 (Year 3), 11 (Year 7) and in the Sixth Form. Places occasionally become available in other year groups and we are pleased to consider applications at any stage. Please email the Registrar registrar@tormeadschool.org.uk for more information.

Oakwood School

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Esher, KT10 9EG milbournelodge.co.uk

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Caterham, CR3 6AF oakhyrstgrangeschool.co.uk

Micklefield School

Milbourne Lodge School

T: 01483 575101 W: tormeadschool.org.uk Head Teacher: Mrs Christina Foord Admissions: Mrs Claire Poole E: registrar@tormeadschool.org.uk E: office@tormeadschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr David Plummer Total pupils: 600 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Parkside School

Headteacher: Mrs L Rose Total pupils: 298 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Cranley Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 2JD

Cobham, KT11 1HA notredame.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Sarah Gallagher Total pupils: 260 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Reigate, RH2 9DU micklefieldschool.co.uk

Tormead School

Leigh, RH2 8RE moonhallcollege.co.uk

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Independent Day and Boarding School for girls aged 4 to 18

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Welcoming you to our beautiful 74 acre Bushey campus on: Open Day Saturday 26 September 2015 Sixth Form Open Evening Tuesday 6 October 2015 School at Work Mornings 9.30am - 12.00pm Thursday 5 November 2015 Thursday 25 February 2016 Thursday 5 May 2016

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SOUTH EAST | Surrey 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 reigategrammar.org

Headteacher: Mr Marcus Culverwell Total pupils: 336 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Reigate Grammar School Reigate, RH2 0QS reigategrammar.org

St Christopher’s Nursery and Pre-Prep

Epsom, KT18 5HE st-christophers.surrey.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Anne Caroline Thackray Total pupils: 165 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Purley, CR8 3AL stdavidsschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Cressida Mardell Total pupils: 149 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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

Ripley Court School

St George’s Weybridge

Headteacher: Mr A J Gough Total pupils: 267 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Rokeby

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

Rowan Preparatory School Esher, KT10 0LX rowanprepschool.co.uk

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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 Paul D Spencer Ellis Total pupils: 960 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Royal Grammar School Guildford, GU1 3BB rgs-guildford.co.uk

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Headteacher: Dr J M Cox Total pupils: 924 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Royal Russell School 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

Rydes Hill Preparatory School and Nursery

Weybridge, KT15 2QS stgeorgesweybridge.com

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Headteacher: Mr J A Peake Total pupils: 950 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

St Hilary’s School

Godalming, GU7 1RZ sthilarysschool.com

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Headteacher: Mrs Jane Wittingham Total pupils: 268 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Ives School

Haslemere, GU27 2ES stiveshaslemere.com

Headteacher: Mrs Kay Goldsworthy Total pupils: 115 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys • Girls

St James Senior Boys’ School Ashford, TW15 3DZ stjamesboys.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr David Brazier Total pupils: 382 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

Leatherhead, KT22 8SP stjohnsleatherhead.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Mike Farmer Total pupils: 331 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

“Pupils achieve excellent standards in their work and activities.”

Independent Schools Inspectorate, 2014

Shrewsbury House Preparatory School

Within walking distance of Sevenoaks station.

Mini-bus services from Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, West Malling and Oxted.

Surbiton, KT6 6RL shrewsburyhouse.net

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

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Shrewsbury Lodge School

Now accepting enquiries and applications for Year 7, 9 and 12 entry in September 2016 and 2017.

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Esher, KT10 9EA shrewsburylodge.com

Headteacher: Mrs Gillian Hope Total pupils: 143 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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“The range of opportunities to participate in sporting pursuits, both competitive and recreational, is excellent.”

Sutton, SM2 5LH seatonhouse.sutton.sch.uk

St Catherine’s School, Bramley

Headteacher: Mrs Alice Phillips (senior) and Miss Naomi Bartholomew (prep) Total pupils: 892 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

“Opportunities to participate in a rich panoply of artistic, musical, dramatic, creative and academic clubs and activities abound.”

Dorking, RH56ST stteresasschool.com

St Andrew’s School

Guildford, GU5 0DF stcatherines.info

“Pupils are eager and committed learners. They evidently enjoy learning and are ambitious to succeed.”

St Teresa’s School

Headteacher: Mrs Debbie Morrison Total pupils: 160 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Adrian Perks Total pupils: 313 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Good Schools Guide

Headteacher: Mr Martin Collier Total pupils: 656 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Seaton House School

Woking, GU21 4QW st-andrews.woking.sch.uk

“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.”

St John’s School

Guildford, GU2 8BP rydeshill.com

Headteacher: Mrs Stephanie Bell Total pupils: 190 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Open Morning Saturday 26th September 2015 10.00am - 12.15pm

St Edmund’s School

Headteacher: Mr Shaun Fenton Total pupils: 947 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Ripley, GU23 6NE ripleycourt.co.uk

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St David’s School

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SOUTH EAST | Surrey | Sussex East 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

Surbiton High Boys’ Preparatory School Surbiton, KT6 4SP surbitonhigh.com

Headteacher: Ms Cath Bufton Total pupils: 147 Prep • Day • Boys

Surbiton High School

Kingston-Upon-Thames, KT1 2JT surbitonhigh.com Headteacher: Ms Ann Haydon Total pupils: 1034 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Boys • Girls

Sutton High School Sutton, SM1 2AX suttonhigh.gdst.net

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

Headteacher: Dr Mindy Hong Total pupils: 720 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Tormead School

Guildford, GU1 2JD tormeadschool.org.uk

SEE PROFILE LISTING Headteacher: Mrs Louise Salmond Smith, Mrs Christina Foord Total pupils: 750 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Westward School

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

SEE ADVERTISEMENT Headteacher: Mrs Jayne Triffitt Total pupils: 543 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Girls

Woodcote House

Windlesham, GU20 6PF woodcotehouseschool.co.uk

SEE ADVERTISEMENT Headteacher: Mr Henry Knight Total pupils: 93 Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Boys

Yehudi Mednuhin School Cobham, KT11 3QQ yehudimenuhinschool.co.uk

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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 stbedesschool.org

Headteacher: Mr Giles Entwisle Total pupils: 373 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bede’s School

Upper Dicker, BN27 3QH stbedesschool.org

Headteacher: Dr Richard Maloney Total pupils: 750 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bellerbys College Brighton Brighton, BN1 4LF bellerbys.com

Headteacher: Mr Simon Mower Total pupils: 888 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bricklehurst Manor Wadhurst, TN5 7EL bricklehurst.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs C Flowers Total pupils: 122 Nursery • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Open Morning

Brighton & Hove High School Junior School Hove, BN3 6NH bhhs.gdst.net

Headteacher: Mrs Sian Cattaneo Total pupils: 243 Nursery • Prep • Day • Girls

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Brighton & Hove High School Brighton, BN1 3AT bhhs.gdst.net

By appointment only, please call the Registrar

Headteacher: Ms Jennifer Smith Total pupils: 338 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Catholic boarding and day school All girls, ages 11-18 700 acres in Surrey 35 minutes from Central London 20 minutes from Gatwick Airport 100% ‘excellent’ in every category

Brighton & Hove Montessori School

Brighton, BH1 6FB brighton-montessori.org.uk Headteacher: Ms Daisy Cockburn Total pupils: 25 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Brighton College Pre-Prep School Brighton, BN2 5JF brightoncollege.org.uk

Headteacher: Ms Jo Williams Total pupils: 223 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

ISI Inspection Report 2012

Brighton College Prep School

T: 01883 654206

Brighton, BN2 0EU brightoncollege.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Harry Hastings Total pupils: 302 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Dr Richard Hillier Total pupils: 77 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Sussex - East

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Co-educational Preparatory Day School 3 to 13 years

Open Day Saturday 26 September 9.30am - 12pm | Headmaster’s talk at 10.30am To arrange a visit, please contact To arrange visit, please the aSchool office: contact the School office: Oakwood Preparatory School, Oakwood Preparatory School, Chichester West Sussex PO18 9AN ChichesterT:West PO18 9AN 01243Sussex 575209 T: 01243 575209 E: office@oakwoodschool.co.uk E: www.oakwoodschool.co.uk office@oakwoodschool.co.uk www.oakwoodschool.co.uk

Set in 160 acres of stunning park and woodland between the Set in Downs 160 acres stunning park and woodland between the South andofChichester Harbour, children at Oakwood South Downs Harbour, childrenenvironment. at Oakwood learn and play and in aChichester beautiful, safe and spacious learn and play in a beautiful, safe and spacious environment.

As well as receiving an exceptional academic education, As well as pupils receiving exceptional academic education, Oakwood are an nurtured to become caring, polite, and Oakwood pupilschildren. are nurtured to become caring, polite, and well-mannered well-mannered children.

At Oakwood we build the foundations for your children to At Oakwood we build the foundations for your children to reach their absolute potential. reach their absolute potential.

“The pupils’ all-round achievement is outstanding” “The pupils’ all-round achievement is outstanding” – Independent Schools Inspectorate – Independent Schools Inspectorate

Bursaries available. Administered by Charitable Trust No. 311076

Come and explore a brighter future for your child...

Small class sizes with a broad and exciting academic curriculum.

Excellent sporting provision and a remarkable range of co-curricular activities.

Set in 47 acres there is plenty of room for young minds to grow.

EST. 1910

YORK HOUSE SCHOOL Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 4LW 01923 772395 | yhsoffice@york-house.com | @SchoolYorkHouse

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Discover Freemen’s.

City of London Freemen’s Co-Ed Day & Boarding School, Surrey: the freedom of the country; connected to the City.

Open Events Saturday 3 October and 7 November from 9:45am to 12pm Entry: Junior; Years 3-7, Senior; Year 9 & Sixth Form; Year 12 For Admissions call Jodi-Lynne on 01372 822423 Ext 123 or email her at admissions@CLFS.surrey.sch.uk Visit www.CLFS.surrey.sch.uk

Think You Know Us? Think Again!

Girls joining us in the Senior School from September in addi on to the Prep School and Sixth Form

An Independent Co­educa onal Day School for Boys and Girls aged 3 ­ 18 years

OPEN EVENTS

Tuesday 29th September ­ Sixth Form ­ 6pm – 8pm Saturday 10th October ­ Whole School ­ 10am – 12 noon Tuesday 13th October ­ Whole School ­ 9am – 10.30am Friday 20th November ­ Whole School ­ 9am – 10.30am

E: admissions@ewellcastle.co.uk T: 020 8393 1413 Church Street, Ewell, Surrey, KT17 2AW ewellcastle.co.uk

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St Andrew’s Prep

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Headteacher: Mr Gareth Jones Total pupils: 374 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Brighton, BN2 0AL brightoncollege.org.uk 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

Headteacher: Mr Simon P Davies Total pupils: 631 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Eastbourne Montessori School Eastbourne, BN21 1NP eastbournemontessorischool.com Headteacher: Mrs Lucy Forrester Total pupils: 19 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • 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 Grant Hudson Total pupils: 135 Nursery • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Lancing College Preparatory School at Hove Hove, BN3 6LU lancingcollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Alan P Laurent Total pupils: 244 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Lewes Old Grammar School Lewes, BN7 1XS oldgrammar.e-sussex.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr R Blewitt Total pupils: 574 Nursery • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Mayfield School

Mayfield, TN20 6PH mayfieldgirls.org

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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

Headteacher: Mr James Sheridan Total pupils: 306 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Northease Manor School Lewes, BN7 3EY northease.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Carmen Harvey-Browne Total pupils: 96 Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Christopher’s School Hove, BN3 4AD stchristophershove.org.uk Headteacher: Mr Julan Withers Total pupils: 284 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School Mayfield, TN20 6HR skippershill.com

Headteacher: Mr T W Lewis Total pupils: 136 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Vinehall School

Robertsbridge, TN32 5JL vinehallschool.info

Headteacher: Mr Richard Follett Total pupils: 251 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Open Mornings Open Mornings Open Mornings Whole School - 10.00am-12.30pm Introductory talk at 10.00am Saturday 19 September Whole School - 10.00am-12.30pm Saturday 3 October Whole School - 10.00am-12.30pm Introductory talk at 10.00am Introductory talk at 10.00am 19- September WholeSaturday School 10.00am-12.30pm Sixth Form Open Evening Saturday 19 September Saturday 3 October Introductory talk at 10.00am Saturday 3 October Monday 28 September at 6.00pm Saturday 19 September Sixth Form Open Evening Saturday 3information, October tel 01372 473624 For further Sixth Form Open Evening Monday 28 September at 6.00pm or email info@claremont.surrey.sch.uk Monday 28 September at 6.00pm Sixth Form Open Evening

For further information, tel 01372 473624

or email info@claremont.surrey.sch.uk Monday September 6.00pm For further28 information, telat 01372 473624

or email info@claremont.surrey.sch.uk For further information, tel 01372 473624 or email info@claremont.surrey.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Ben Figgis Total pupils: 932 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Brambletye

East Grinstead, RH19 3PD brambletye.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr Nigel Westlake Total pupils: 264 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Broadwater Manor School Worthing, BN14 8HU broadwatermanor.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Heather Beeby Total pupils: 128 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Burgess Hill School for Girls

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The quality of the pupils’

academic

achievements is

excellent

Burgess Hill, RH15 0EG burgesshill-school.com

Headteacher: Mrs Heather Miller, Mrs Kathryn Bell Total pupils: 526 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Christ’s Hospital School Horsham, RH13 0LJ christs-hospital.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr John Franklin Total pupils: 863 Senior • 6th Form • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Friday 25 September & Saturday 3 October 2015 09.30 -12.00

Copthorne Preparatory School Copthorne, RH10 3HR copthorneprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr C J Jones Total pupils: 319 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Thomas Rogerson Total pupils: 155 Prep • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Hillary Blake Total pupils: 117 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

An independent co-educational school for pupils aged 2½ to 18 years

An independent co-educational school for pupils aged 2½ to 18 years

Nr Haywards Heath, RH17 6SQ ardingly.com

Headteacher: Mr Oliver Blond Total pupils: 423 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Girls

Wadhurst, TN5 6DQ sacredheartwadhurst.org.uk

Open Mornings

Ardingly College

Cottesmore School

Sacred Heart School

An independent co-educational school for pupils aged 2½ to 18 years

Sussex - West

Roedean School

Brighton, BN2 5RQ roedean.co.uk

Claremont ClaremontFan FanCourt Court School School Claremont Fan Court School

Eastbourne, BN20 7RP standrewsprep.co.uk

Pease Pottage, RH11 9AU cottesmoreschool.co.uk

Dorset House

Pulborough, RH20 1PB dorsethouseschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Richard Brown Total pupils: 134 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Cranmore School

Independent Preparatory School for girls and boys 2 ½ - 13

01483 280340

www.cranmoreprep.co.uk

We are delighted to announce that Cranmore is extending its provision for girls by introducing full co-education in stages from September 2016 admissions@cranmoreprep.co.uk West Horsley, Surrey KT24 6AT

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The Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School Nurturing Excellence

Open Day Saturday 3 October 2015 1–4pm Booked tours available through the year

An outstanding independent day school for boys aged between 5 and 18.

www.habsboys.org.uk registered charity no: 313996

Butterfly Lane, Elstree, Hertfordshire WD6 3AF Tel: 020 8266 1700 admissions@habsboys.org.uk Headmaster Peter B Hamilton MA

The Royal Masonic School for Girls…

OPEN DAY Sunday 11th October 2.00pm – 5.00pm

Morning Visits also available on

Monday 12th October and Tuesday 13th October Tennyson Ruspini House

Kirsten Oxford Scholar

Cadogan House Pre Prep and Prep Department: 9.00am – 10.00am Senior School: 10.30am – 12.00pm (last tour at 11.00am)

www.royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire WD3 4HF

+44 (0)1923 773168 Registered Charity No. 276784

Florence Singer

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This is your Experience

Caring, Down to Earth, Vibrant Co-ed Nursery and Prep school in the Heart of Sussex.

For a private tour please call our registrar on 01444 483528. www.greatwalstead.co.uk

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Scholarship

Success

Brambletye Prep, Pre-Prep and Nursery for children aged 2½ to 13 years

48 awards to

Senior Schools in the last two years

Meet the New Head!

Open Day Saturday

17th October

Lewes Road, East Grinstead, Sussex, RH19 3PD | 01342 321004 registrar@brambletye.com | www.brambletye.co.uk independentschoolparent.com independentschoolparent.com

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Open Day

Visit the Stretch & Challenge Zone

www.stedmunds.org.uk

Saturday 26 September Tours 9.30am –12.00pm

Educating mind, body, heart & soul ‘Excellent Academic Achievement’ ‘Excellent Pastoral Care’ ‘Excellent spiritual, moral, social and cultural development’ Inspectorate Report 2012

To see rst hand how we can help your daughter to ourish academically and to develop her talents – wherever they lie – and discover hidden ones, join us for an open morning or personal visit.

New Sixth Form Centre Oxbridge Success Full & Weekly Boarding Creative Thinking 01435 874642 admissions@mayeldgirls.org The Old Palace, Mayeld, East Sussex TN20 6PH

www.mayeldgirls.org

Open Mornings: Wednesday 16 September, Friday 20 November 2015

An independent Catholic boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18

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Royal Grammar School, Guildford INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AWARDS 2013-14

THE WEEK

High Street, Guildford, Surrey GU1 3BB

T: 01483 880600 E: admissions@rgs-guildford.co.uk W: rgs-guildford.co.uk Head Teacher: Dr Jon Cox Admissions: Mrs Kathryn Sweet

Key facts

OPEN MORNINGS COLLEGE 26TH SEPTEMBER PRE-PREP & PREP 3RD OCTOBER

(11+, 13+, 16+) (3+ TO 10+)

PLEASE VISIT BRIGHTONCOLLEGE.ORG.UK OR CALL 01273 258693

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Gender / Ages: boys, 11-18 years Total pupils: 900 Type: Day Fees: Senior – Day from £5,495 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 9 January 2016 for 11+ entry in September 2016 or 13+ entry in September 2018.

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 have the opportunity to experience the widest range of enriching activities providing them with a broad and balanced education; 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 upon society.

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An outstanding Independent Prep School for boys and girls aged 3-13 years

Happiness, Confidence, Success

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, with over 340 offers achieved at Oxford and Cambridge in the last decade, including 42 offers for 2015.

Extra-curricular: The School provides state-of-the-art facilities conducive to performance at the very highest level as well as to nurturing young talent and enthusiasm. Art, drama, music and sport, and a rich and diverse array of clubs and societies, cater to all abilities and interests.

The pupils’ overall achievement is excellent, well supported by a broad and very well planned curriculum.

OPEN MORNING Saturday 3rd October 9.30am – 12.30pm

Independent Schools Inspectorate

Contact: 01442 256143

www.westbrookhay.co.uk London Road, Hemel Hempstead HP1 2RF

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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 3 October 2015 from 10.00am to 12.30pm

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He has unquestionable expertise and in-depth knowledge of this fast moving industry. His personalised service delivers independent, informed and invaluable advice, and he works to attain the best possible price, maximise potential profit and ensure a smooth transaction.

The question to ask yourself should not be “Can I afford an independent advisor?” but “Can I afford NOT to take the advice of an independent expert?”

For buyers, he finds their dream home or building project (sometimes even before the property has appeared on the market), and then guides them to a successful completion. When acting for vendors, he informs them how to gain the best possible price and achieve a quick sale. For clients in the midst of a purchase/sale which is proving difficult or has stalled, Peter will work as a go-between to deliver a stress-free, successful solution for all parties. All first consultations are free, and as he puts it “An opening conversation costs nothing, but making the wrong decision can cost tens of thousands.” Peter looks forward to hearing from you soon.

Peter Wright Property Search is an advisory service which enables individual and investment clients across London and the South East successfully to find their ideal residence or sell their property. Peter has 32 years of experience in the property industry, and worked for a major national estate agent for 17 years, becoming the South East Managing Director.

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Devon

Bideford 1

Kingsley School

Tiverton

2 Blundell’s School

Dorset

Blandford Forum

3 Bryanston School 4 Hanford School

Bournemouth

5 Talbot Heath School

Shaftesbury

Bristol

10 Badminton School

Gloucestershire Cheltenham

11 Dean Close School

Stroud

12 Beaudesert Park School

Stonehouse

13 Wycliffe College

Tetbury

14 Westonbirt School

Somerset

Wiltshire

15 Bruton School for Girls

21 St Margaret’s Preparatory

Bruton

Crewkerne 16 Perrott Hill

Street 17 Millfield School

Sparkford 18 Hazlegrove

Taunton 19 King’s College Taunton 20 King’s Hall School

Calne

Devizes 22 Dauntsey’s School

Salisbury 23 Chafyn Grove School 24 Godolphin School

Shrivenham 25 Pinewood School

6 St Mary’s School

Wimborne

7 Canford School

Sherborne

8 Leweston School 9 Sherborne Girls

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HANFORD Independent boarding and day school for girls aged 7 to 13

OPEN AFTERNOON / EVENING FRI 2nd OCT from 2pm

Your daughter is unique, her education will be.

Cherishing childhood, valuing individuality and nurturing talent Open Morning Saturday 10th October

• Bournemouth and Poole’s No.1 School for Girls based on 2015 A level grades 78% A*- B, 55% A*- A (double the national average) • Kindergarten to 6th Form • Full, weekly & flexi boarding • iPads for all from Y3 upwards • National finalists in sixteen sports • UK No.1 Tennis School for Girls • Superb Music & Drama achievements • Private travel arrangements for outlying areas

Talbot Heath Independent School for Girls aged 3-18

Building confidence & character since 1886

To arrange a visit please call Karen on 01258 860219 or email admissions@hanford.dorset.sch.uk www.hanfordschool.co.uk Child Okeford, Blandford, Dorset DT11 8HN

Rothesay Rd | Bournemouth Tel: 01202 761881 | talbotheath.org facebook.com/TalbotHeathSchool @TalbotHeathSch

happy days *A level results 63% A, A* & B*

*95% of Sixth Form go on to university* *Outstanding Dyslexia Centre*

*50+ extra curricular clubs including the popular surf club* *Home-from-home Boarding*

Outstanding achievements, outstanding individuals.

Kingsley School, Northdown Road, Bideford, Devon, EX39 3LY t: 01237 426200 www.kingsleyschoolbideford.co.uk Member of the Methodist Independent Schools Group

Nursery | Pre School | Junior School | Senior School | Sixth Form

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Truro Prep School

Guernsey, GY1 2PY elizabethcollege.gg

Headteacher: Mr M J Lovett Total pupils: 261 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Elizabeth College

Headteacher: Mr George Hartley Total pupils: 891 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

The Ladies’ College

Devon

Blundell’s School

Guernsey, GY1 1RW ladiescollege.com

Tiverton, EX16 4DN blundells.org

St George’s Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mrs Nicola Huggett Total pupils: 584 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Ashley Clancy Total pupils: 588 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Jersey, JE3 7DB stgeorgesprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Colin Moore Total pupils: 219 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Michael’s Preparatory 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

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Bramdean School

Exeter, EX1 2QR bramdeanschool.co.uk

Exeter, EX1 1HX exetercs.org

Headteacher: Mr Stephen Yeo Total pupils: 298 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Cornwall

Headteacher: Mr Richard Atkins Total pupils: 4017 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Penzance, TR18 4JR bolithoschool.co.uk

Exeter School

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

St Joseph’s School

Launceston, PL15 8HN stjosephscornwall.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Sue Rower Total pupils: 229 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

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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Gender / Ages: boys and girls, Senior school 11 – 18; prep school 21/2 - 11 Total pupils: 818, boys 469, girls 349 Type: Prep school day and boarding (Years 5 and 6); Senior school day and boarding (weekly, flexi, full) Fees: Nursery - Daily from £1848 per term.

Pre-Prep – Daily from £2090 per term.

Prep – Daily from £3620 per term. Boarding (Years 5 and 6) tbc.

Senior – (from Year 7). Daily from £4290 per term.

Weekly from £6545 per term. Flexi Boarding from £4960 per term.

Full Boarding from £7230 per term.

Typical class size: Prep – 16, Senior – 16, Sixth Form – 10 Faith: Church of England Motto: Pro Patria Populoque (For the country and the people) Entrance procedure: School exam, common entrance, interview.

Exeter, EX4 4JS exe-coll.ac.uk

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: Mr Matthew Foale Total pupils: 245 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

School Philosophy: Through the building of character, social responsibility, independence, excellence and adventure, Blundell’s supports and guides young people to achieve their very best in whatever sphere they choose, and prepares them for the challenging world beyond school.

Kingsley School

Bideford, EX39 3LY kingsleyschoolbideford.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr Simon Woolcott Total pupils: 398 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Academic Record: A broad, challenging and stimulating range of academic subjects are offered, supported by a rich programme of lectures, conferences and visits GCSE: 95% A* - C, 47% A* - A; A level: 87% A* - C, 73% A* - B. 90% of pupils go onto higher education, the majority to universities of their choice including Oxbridge.

The Maynard School Exeter, EX1 1SJ maynard.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Bee Hughes Total pupils: 353 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Extra-curricular: The extra-curricular programme is extensive and enriched by many trips and expeditions. It encompasses creative, sporting, spiritual, academic and practical activities, while personal development is fostered through CCF, the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme, Young Enterprise, inter-house debating, musical and other internal and external competitions.

Plymouth College Prep Plymouth, PL1 3JL plymouthcollege.com

Headteacher: Mr Christopher Gatherer Total pupils: 230 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Notable Achievements and Alumni: Individual and group awards at regional and national competitions in several subjects including Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Design and Technology. Four Oxbridge offers for entry in 2015.National, regional and county representation and champions in many sports.

Plymouth College

Plymouth, PL4 6RN plymouthcollege.com

Headteacher: Dr Simon Wormleighton Total pupils: 508 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Past pupils include Professor A V Hill (Nobel Prize winner) and Sir Christopher Ondaatje (author).

St Christopher’s School

Totnes, TQ9 6PF st-christophers.devon.sch.uk

Headteacher: Ms Victoria Kennington Total pupils: 89 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Open Days: Saturday 19 September: senior school morning at 9.45am; prep school afternoon at 1.30pm. Please ring to reserve a place.

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Headteacher: Mr Andrew Gordon-Brown Total pupils: 751 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

T: 01884 252543 W: www.blundells.org Head Teacher: Senior school: Nicola Huggett MA (Oxon); Prep school: Andy Southgate BA Ed (Hons) Admissions: Mrs Tracy Frankpitt E: info@blundells.org

Exeter Cathedral School

Exeter College

Headteacher: Mr Gordon McGinn Total pupils: 203 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Tiverton, Devon EX16 4DN

Headteacher: Mr T Connett Total pupils: 200 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Alun Watkins Total pupils: 693 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

GEMS Bolitho School

Blundell’s School

Truro, TR1 3QN truroprep.com

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Day and boarding school in Dorset for 11s - 18s ‘A real gem among the girls’ only full-boarding schools’ Good Schools Guide

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B R YA N S T O N 13–18 co-ed boarding and day school

Extensive one-to-one academic mentoring Developing active, independent learners Broad curriculum and choice of academic options Wealth of sporting and artistic opportunities Exceptional music and drama Over 100 different extra-curricular activities Nurturing and valuing talent in all its forms

Scholarships and bursaries at 13+ and 16+ Coach service to and from London at start and end of term and on selected weekends

One-to-one attention for the individual is at the heart of all we do

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St John’s International School

Canford School

Headteacher: Mr Simon Larter Total pupils: 149 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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St Peter’s School

Castle Court School

Headteacher: Mr Noel Neeson Total pupils: 302 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Richard Stevenson Total pupils: 355 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Shebbear College

Blandford Forum, DT11 8PH clayesmore.com

Sidmouth, EX10 8RG stjohnsdevon.co.uk

Nr Exmouth, EX8 5AU stpetersprep.co.uk

Shebbear, EX21 5HJ shebbearcollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr S D Weale Total pupils: 331 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

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: Mr Tim Waters 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: Mr Andrew Moore and Mr J F Vick Total pupils: 604 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Dorset

Ashley Cross Montessori Day Nursery

Poole, BH14 OJU montessorieducation.co.uk/ashleycross Headteacher: Ms Vanessa Lott Total pupils: 26 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Bay Tree Montessori

Bournemouth, BH9 1JA montessorieducation.co.uk/baytree Headteacher: Mr Alex Shepherd Total pupils: 32 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Ben A M Vessey Total pupils: 640 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Wimborne, BH21 3RF castlecourt.com

Clayesmore Prep School Headteacher: Mr William Dunlop Total pupils: 239 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Clayesmore Senior School Blandford Forum, DT11 8LL clayesmore.com

Wimborne, BH21 7AF dumpton.com

Bournemouth Montessori Centre

Bournemouth, BH1 1RP bournemouthmontessori.co.uk/ nursery

Blandford, DT11 8HN hanfordschool.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr N S Mackay Total pupils: 83 Prep • Day • Boarding • Girls

International College, Sherborne School Sherborne, DT9 4EZ sherborne-ic.net

Knighton House

Blandford, DT11 0PY knightonhouse.dorset.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Wicks Total pupils: 114 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls • Co-Ed

Leweston School

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Nr Blandford, DT11 0BZ miltonabbey.co.uk

The Park School

Bournemouth, BH8 9BJ parkschool.co.uk

Notable Achievements and Alumni: National sporting representation this year included Canfordian Henry Baugniet selected for the U16s England squad and Jonathan Naylor continuing to represent GB at Rowing. OC Anastasia Chitty was President of the winning Oxford crew at this year’s boat race. Boys’ Hockey sides were all county champions with girls’ Hockey all qualifying for West of England and U16s reaching the Nationals. Bath Rugby has appointed Canford as a major satellite training centre and pupil Otto Gray currently represents Ireland U18s. In Drama, Canfordians Anna Cooper and Imani Thomson gained coveted places with the National Youth Theatre this year, and in Music pupils performed Mozart’s Requiem at the Lighthouse. Alumni: Viscount Portman, Sir John Drummond, Derek Jarman, General Sir Brian Kenny, Air Chief Marshal Sir Roger Palin, Ben Gollings, Alan Hollingshurst, Sir Henry Cecil.

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Edwards Total pupils: 362 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Port Regis Preparatory School Shaftesbury, SP7 9QA portregis.com

St Mary’s School

Shaftesbury, SP7 9LP

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Headteacher: Mr Richard James Total pupils: 264 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

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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.

Headteacher: Mr Magnus Bashaarat Total pupils: 229 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bryanston School

Headteacher: Ms S J Thomas Total pupils: 671 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Academic Record: Canford ranks highly among the top co-educational boarding schools in the UK based on A level statistics. Last year, a quarter of all examinations were awarded the top A* grade and 83% of all grades were A*/B. Fifty seven pupils have gained places at Oxbridge in the past five years, with on average twelve per year. Over 95% of pupils move on to university, the majority to those in the Russell Group and Top 12, with over one hundred pupils gaining coveted places at Medical Schools in the past twelve years and increasing interest in Ivy League institutions in the US.

Sherborne, DT9 6EN leweston.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Benedict Dunhill Total pupils: 306 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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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.

Headteacher: Mrs Mary Arnal Total pupils: 138 Senior • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Ms Louise Pritchard Total pupils: 25 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Blandford Forum, DT11 OPX bryanston.co.uk

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 13-18 years Total pupils: 640, boys 375, girls 265 Type: Day, Full Boarding Fees: Senior – Daily from £25,008, Full Boarding from £32,616 per annum Faith: Church of England Motto: Nisi Dominus Frustra Entrance procedure: Pre-assessment in Year 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

Hanford School

Milton Abbey School

Headteacher: Mr Russell Slatford Total pupils: 395 Prep • Senior • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr A W Browning Total pupils: 352 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Ms Kay Smith Total pupils: 111 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bournemouth, BH5 2DY bournemouthcollegiateschool.co.uk

T: 01202 847207 E: admissions@canford.com W: canford.com Headmaster: Mr Ben Vessey, MA, MBA Admissions: The Registrar

Dumpton School

Headteacher: Mrs Kate Reynolds Total pupils: 300 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Bournemouth Collegiate School

Canford Magna, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 3AD

Headteacher: Mr Martin Cooke Total pupils: 481 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bournemouth Collegiate Prep School

Poole, BH14 9JY bournemouthcollegiateschool.co.uk

Canford School

Wimborne, BH21 3AD canford.com

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St Mary’s Shaftesbury

OPEN DAYS Sixth Form Open Evening

Friday 18th September Whole School Open Evening

Thursday 8th October

Whole School Open Morning

Saturday 10th October Call us for more information and to book your place.

St Mary’s Shaftesbury, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 9LP T: 01747 852416 E: registrar@st-marys-shaftesbury.co.uk W: www.st-marys-shaftesbury.co.uk Head Teacher: Richard James Admissions: Mrs Sally Awdry

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t: 0117 905 5271

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Beaudesert Park School, Gloucestershire

Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire GL6 9AF

T: 01453 832 072 E: office@beaudesert.gloucs.sch.uk W: www.beaudesert.gloucs.sch.uk Head Teacher: James Womersley Admissions: Theresa Yates-Round

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Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 3-13 years Total pupils: 436, boys 234, girls 202 Type: Day, Flexi, Weekly Fees: Nursery – From £1,675 per term based on 5 sessions or 3 days per week. Pre-Prep: Day from £2,710 Prep: Day from £3,680 per term.

Weekly boarding £6,900 per term. Flexi-boarding is £36 per night.

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, excellent facilities and a flexible approach to boarding and after-school care all help make Beaudesert a family-friendly choice.

Open Days: Friday 23rd October 2015 between 9.30am and 12noon, or at other times to suit.

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Gender / Ages: girls, 11-18 years Total pupils: 275 Type: Day, Boarding Fees: Senior – Day from £6,445, Full Boarding from £9,350 per term Typical class size: Prep – 15, Senior – 20, Sixth Form – 10 Main exit schools: Oxford, Cambridge and Russell Group Universities Faith: Catholic Motto: Inspiring independent minds Entrance procedure: Own entrance exam

School Philosophy: St Mary’s Shaftesbury is one of the leading independent schools in the South West for girls aged 11-18. Set in 55 acres of beautiful countryside, it is an inspiring educational environment, situated on the Wiltshire/Dorset border. Its unique ethos sets it apart, creating a happy and friendly community. Dedicated teachers and excellent pastoral care enable girls to achieve their ambitions in a relaxed but stimulating environment, preparing them to achieve Oxbridge and Russell Group university success. Instilling confidence in all and allowing the opportunity for girls to flourish and mature in a comfortable setting fosters individual success.

Academic Record: Last year, girls gained outstanding A Level and GCSE results with 48% achieving A* - A at A Level and at GCSE over 33% of all grades were A*. Girls took up places at Oxford, Cambridge, Exeter and Newcastle, plus many more to study a wide range of subjects from Law and Classics to History and Politics, Biomedical Sciences, Nuclear Astrophysics, Geography, Art, French and Arabic.

Extra-curricular: Girls also thrive outside the classroom and, with the wide-ranging activities on offer, they excel at sport, music, art and drama and enjoy participating in debating, photography, the Business Enterprise Scheme, Sports Leaders, Duke of Edinburgh Awards, life guarding, charity expeditions and an extensive variety of other clubs and societies.

Open Days: Saturday 3rd October and Friday 13th November

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Sherborne Preparatory School

Berkhampstead School

Headteacher: Mr P S Tait Total pupils: 238 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Richard Cross Total pupils: 270 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Sherborne, DT9 3NY sherborneprep.org

Sherborne School

Sherborne, DT9 3AP sherborne.org

Bredon School

Nr Tewkesbury, GL20 6AH bredonschool.org

Headteacher: Mr Ralph Barlow Total pupils: 554 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Boys

Headteacher: Mr David A T Ward Total pupils: 231 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • 6th Form • Senior • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Sherborne Girls

Bristol Grammar School

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Headteacher: Mr R I MacKinnon Total pupils: 956 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Sherborne, DT9 3QN sherborne.com

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

Talbot Heath School

Bristol, BS8 1SR bristolgrammarschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Jo Newman Total pupils: 240 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Karen Leahy, Mrs Angharad Holloway Total pupils: 521 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Whybrow Total pupils: 392 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Weymouth, DT4 0SA thornlow.co.uk

Cheltenham, GL53 7AB cheltenhamcollege.org

Willow Lodge Montessori School and Baby Nursery

The Cheltenham Ladies’ College

Headteacher: Ms Gemma Florance Total pupils: 56 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Ms Eve Jardine-Young Total pupils: 840 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Yarrells School

Clifton College Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mrs Charlotte Oosthuizen 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

Angel Day Nursery

Cheltenham, GL53 7PX angeldaynursery.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Thompson Total pupils: 72 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Badminton School

Bristol, BS9 3BA badmintonschool.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mrs Rebecca Tear Total pupils: 448 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Beaudesert Park School Stroud, GL6 9AF beaudesert.gloucs.sch.uk

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Cheltenham, GL50 3EP cheltladiescollege.org

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 shoulder 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 the outdoor education programme promotes self-reliance and resourcefulness.

It’s all about ordinary children getting caught up in the spirit of the place and achieving extraordinary things.

Bristol, BS8 3HE cliftoncollegeuk.com/prep Headteacher: Mr John Milne Total pupils: 260 Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Clifton College

Bristol, BS8 3JH cliftoncollegeuk.com/upper Headteacher: Mr Mark Moore Total pupils: 709 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Academic Record: Hazlegrove pupils have achieved an outstanding scholarship record with Year 8 pupils gaining over 90 scholarships and awards, to 18 different senior schools, in the last three years. Of these awards, 23 were academic scholarships and 2 academic awards and include schools such as Bryanston, Winchester, Marlborough and St Mary’s Ascot.

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

Extra-curricular: With over 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!

Colston’s School

Bristol, BS16 1BJ colstons.bristol.sch.uk Headteacher: Mr Jeremy McCullough Total pupils: 502 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Notable Achievements: Sports teams regularly achieve Regional success going on to compete on a National stage with some acclaim. The standard of music both individually and collectively is remarkable – the level of pupil achievement is exceptionally high with pupils often taking Grade 6 or over and Grade 5 theory.

Dean Close Preparatory School Cheltenham, GL51 6QS deanclose.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Roger Jones Total pupils: 400 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Open Days: Open days are held every term. Autumn Term 2015: Saturday 10 Oct, Tuesday 13 Oct and Saturday 17 Oct all at 11am.

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Headteacher: Mr James Womersley Total pupils: 436 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Co-Ed

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 21/2 - 13 years Total pupils: 384, boys 203, girls 181 Type: Day and Boarding Fees: Pre-Prep - £2,680. Prep – Day: £4,259 - £5,433, Boarding: £6,242 - £7,964, Flexi boarding charged at £38 per night Typical class size: Prep 15 Main exit schools: Bryanston, Eton, King’s Bruton, Marlborough, Millfield, Sherborne, Sherborne Girls, Wells Cathedral and Winchester.

Faith: Christian Motto: Deo Juvante (With God’s Help) Entrance procedure: Taster day, assessment and school reports.

Cheltenham, GL53 7LD cheltenhamcollege.org

Headteacher: Dr Alex Peterken Total pupils: 661 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Upton, BH16 5EU yarrells.co.uk

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Cheltenham College

Headteacher: Mrs Naomi Fowke Total pupils: 56 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Poole, BH16 6JE willowlodgeschool.co.uk

T: 01963 442606 W: hazlegrove.co.uk Head Teacher: Mr Richard Fenwick MA Admissions: Mrs Fiona O’Neill E: admissions@hazlegrove.co.uk

Bristol, BS8 3EZ cliftoncollegeuk.com/butcombe

Cheltenham College Prep School

Thornlow Preparatory School

Hazlegrove, Sparkford, Somerset BA22 7JA

Butcombe, Clifton College Pre-Preparatory School

Bournemouth, BH4 9NJ talbotheath.org

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Hazlegrove Preparatory School

Cheltenham, GL52 2QA berkhampsteadschool.co.uk

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Come and meet staff, pupils and Headmistress Natasha Dangerfield.

Tea, coffee and pastries will be served.

Westonbirt Schools Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8QG E: enquiries@westonbirt.org T: 01666 880333 www.westonbirt.org DCPS - THE GUIDE TO INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AUTUMN 2015â&#x20AC;&#x2C6; Advert 1 (99mm x 129mm) July 2015

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Outstanding Facilities: 550-seat theatre, 2 water based astroturf pitches, a 25m indoor swimming pool, climbing wall, indoor rifle range, dance studio & gymnasium.

Co-educational

LEWESTON Situated just outside Sherborne in 46 acres of beautiful Dorset parkland, Leweston School offers a challenging and inspiring education to girls aged 3 months to 18 years and boys aged 3 months to 8 years.

Whole School Open Mornings Friday 2 October Bank Holiday Monday 2 May 2016

www.deanclose.org.uk For more information, call 01242 258001 or email registrar@deanclose.org.uk

Boarding and Day

Age 2.9 - 18

9.45am -1.00pm

For more information please contact the Admissions Team on 01963 211010 or email: admissions@leweston.dorset.sch.uk

www.leweston.co.uk

A Catholic Foundation which welcomes pupils of all denominations Leweston School Trust is a registered charity number 295175

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Rose Hill Westonbirt School

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Headteacher: Mr Neil Shaw Total pupils: 140 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Cheltenham, GL51 6HE deanclose.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Lancashire 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

Fairfield School

Bristol, BS48 3PD fairfieldschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs L Barton Total pupils: 103 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Hatherop Castle Preparatory School Cirencester, GL7 3NB hatheropcastle.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr P Easterbrook Total pupils: 158 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Tetbury, GL8 8QG rhwestonbirt.co.uk

St Edward’s Junior School Cheltenham, GL52 6NR stedwards.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Stephen McKernan Total pupils: 320 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Edward’s Senior School Cheltenham, GL53 8EY stedwards.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Pat Clayfield Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Bristol, BS32 4NY tockingtonmanorschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Stephen Symonds Total pupils: 196 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Westonbirt School

Hopelands School

Tetbury, GL8 8QG westonbirtschools.co.uk

Stonehouse, GL10 2AD hopelands.org.uk

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Headteacher: Mrs Sheila Bradburn Total pupils: 88 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Natasha Dangerfield Total pupils: 172 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

King’s School

Wycliffe College

Headteacher: Mr Alistair Macnaughton Total pupils: 541 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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Gloucester, GL1 2BG thekingsschool.co.uk

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

Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Bateson Total pupils: 308 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Rendcomb College

Cirencester, GL7 7HA rendcombcollege.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Roland Martin Total pupils: 411 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Stonehouse, GL10 2JQ wycliffe.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Nick Gregory Total pupils: 399 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Somerset

All Hallows Preparatory School Shepton Mallet, BA4 4SF allhallows.somerset.sch.uk

Headteacher: Dr Trevor Richards Total pupils: 271 Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bridgwater College Bridgwater, TA6 4PZ bridgwater.ac.uk

Headteacher: Mr Mike Robbins Total pupils: 3307 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bruton School for Girls Bruton, BA10 0NT brutonschool.co.uk

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Chilton Cantelo School

Yeovil, BA10 0NT chiltoncanteloschool.co.uk

Saturday 3rd October

Headteacher: Mrs Verity White Total pupils: 286 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

10 am arrival

Clevedon Montessori School

Please contact us to reserve your place

Clevedon, BS21 7RR clevedonmontessorischool.co.uk

Co-educational day & boarding: ages 13 –18 telephone: 01823 328204 admissions@kings-taunton.co.uk www.kings-taunton.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Maureen Burgoyne Total pupils: 25 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Downside School

Headteacher: Mr Robert A MacDonald Total pupils: 296 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Dr James Whitehead Total pupils: 348 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bath, BA3 4RJ downside.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mrs Nicola Botteril Total pupils: 227 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

The Richard Pate School Cheltenham, GL53 9RP richardpate.co.uk

OPEN DAY

Tockington Manor

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Bruton School for Girls Keith Holland & Associates family eyecare

Sunny Hill, Bruton, Somerset, BA10 0NT

T: 01749 814400 E: admissions@brutonschool.co.uk W: www.brutonschool.co.uk Head Teacher: Mrs Nicola Botterill Admissions: Mrs Carrie Crook

Key facts

every child’s eyes are as unique as their fingerprints

Not all opticians are the same either!

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 3-7 years girls from 7-18 Total pupils: 250 Type: Day, Flexi, Weekly, Full Boarding Fees: Nursery – Day from £20. Pre-Prep – Day from £1,810-£2,412. Prep: Day from £3,619. Weekly from £5,985. Full Boarding from £6,602 per term.

Senior: Day from £5,045. Weekly from £7,780. Full Boarding from £8,517.

Entrance procedure: Please see website for details.

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 offer 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.

Open Days: 3 October, 6 March and May

Contact us to find out what makes us different

01242 233 500 Are your children best equipped to learn?

Over 80% of our learning comes through vision and many children have difficulties with

learning due to underlying visual problems that are not detected in a standard eye examination. If your child complains of print moving, headaches, becomes quickly tired when reading or has problems with copying from the board, a more in-depth visual assessment may be beneficial

www.keithholland.co.uk 27 St George’s Road | Cheltenham | GL50 3DT

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Giving young people the confidence to achieve Small class sizes, individual learning and superb facilities lead to lifechanging opportunities and excellent results. Daily mini bus service available.

Wycliffe Nursery, Preparatory, Senior School & Sixth Form Co-educational day and boarding school for 2-18 years For more information please call: Charlotte Phillips (Senior) on 01453 820412 or Wendy Robertson (Preparatory) on 01453 820471.

Stonehouse, Gloucestershire GL10 2JQ | Twitter @WycliffeCollege

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SOUTH WEST | Somerset | Wiltshire Hazlegrove

Monkton Senior

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Headteacher: Mr Richard Blackhouse Total pupils: 641 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Sparkford, BA22 7JA hazlegrove.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Richard B Fenwick Total pupils: 378 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

King Edward’s Junior School Bath, BA2 6JA kesbath.com

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 Taunton, TA1 3LA kings-taunton.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr RR Biggs Total pupils: 448 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

King’s Hall School

Taunton, TA2 8AA kingshalltaunton.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr Justin Chippendale Total pupils: 289 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

King’s Bruton

Bruton, BA10 0ED kingsbruton.com

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Headteacher: Mr I S Wilmshurst Total pupils: 330 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

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

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

Highbridge, TA9 4NP priorygroup.com

Headteacher: Mr Chris Sweeney Total pupils: 78 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bath, BA2 7HG monktoncombeschool.com

Paragon School

Bath, BA2 4LT paragonschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Harvey Total pupils: 279 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Park School Yeovil, BA20 1DH parkschool.com

Headteacher: Mrs Jane M Huntington Total pupils: 186 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Crewkerne, TA18 7SL perrotthill.com

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Headteacher: Mr Robert Morse Total pupils: 228 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

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: Mr Christopher J Alcock 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

Headteacher: Mrs M Kingham Total pupils: 40 Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Shapwick School

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Headteacher: Mr A Wylie Total pupils: 115 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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

Headteacher: Mrs Katheryn Morrell Total pupils: 120 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Monkton Prep

Bath, BA2 7ET monktoncombeschool.com

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Friday 2nd October

Nr Bridgwater, TA7 9NJ shapwickschool.com

10 am arrival Please contact us to reserve your place

Sidcot School

Winscombe, BS25 1PD sidcot.org.uk

Little visitors are welcome to join all the fun of a Forest School session—for over 3s—starting 9.30 am

Headteacher: Mr Iain Kilpatrick Total pupils: 583 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Co-educational day & boarding: ages 2 –13 telephone: 01823 285921 admissions@kingshalltaunton.co.uk www.kingshalltaunton.co.uk

Sunny Hill Preparatory School Bruton, BA10 0NT brutonschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Helen Snow Total pupils: 50 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Boys • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr Andrew Marshall-Taylor Total pupils: 115 Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

B E PA RT O F T H E ADVENTURE

Burtle, TA7 8NJ shapwickschool.com

Millfield School

Street, BA16 0YD millfieldschool.com

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Perrott Hill

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Book an Open Day at Millfield Prep on Saturday 3 October or at Millfield on Saturday 10 October

Mathematician Flautist Tennis Player millfieldschool.com/everyfield

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Meadowpark Nursery

Headteachers: Mr Duncan Sinclair and Mr Lee Glaser Total pupils: 1009 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Rajvinder Kular Total pupils: 136 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Taunton, TA2 6AD tauntonschool.co.uk

Wellington School

Wellington, TA21 8NT wellington-school.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Henry Price Total pupils: 814 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Wells Cathedral School Wells, BA5 2ST wellscathedralschool.com

Headteacher: Mrs E Cairncross Total pupils: 706 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Wiltshire

Appleford School

Nr Salisbury, SP3 4HL applefordschool.org

Headteacher: Mr David King Total pupils: 105 Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Chafyn Grove School

Swindon, SN6 6BA meadowparkschool.co.uk

Meadowpark School

Swindon, SN6 6DD meadowparkschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Rajvinder Kular Total pupils: 37 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Pinewood School

Shrivenham, SN6 8HZ pinewoodschool.co.uk

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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 thepriorfoundation.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

Headteacher: Mr David Sibson Total pupils: 241 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Salisbury, SP1 1LR chafyngrove.co.uk

St Margaret’s Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mr Eddy Newton Total pupils: 302 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Dauntsey’s School Devizes, SN10 4HE dauntseys.org

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Headteacher: Mr Mark Lascelles Total pupils: 799 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Godolphin Preparatory School Salisbury, SP1 2RB godolphin.org

Headteacher: Ms Julia Miller Total pupils: 85 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Girls

Godolphin School Salisbury, SP1 2RA godolphin.org

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Headteacher: Mrs Emma Hattersley Total pupils: 415 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Heywood Prep School Corsham, SN13 0AP heywoodprep.com

Headteacher: Mr Guy Barrett Total pupils: 181 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Leaden Hall School Salisbury, SP1 2EP leaden-hall.com

Headteacher: Mrs Julia Eager Total pupils: 137 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Girls

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

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St Margaret’s Preparatory School, Calne

Calne, SN11 0DF stmargaretsprep.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs K E Cordon Total pupils: 220 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Mary’s Calne Calne, SN11 0DF stmaryscalne.org

Headteacher: Dr Felicia Kirk Total pupils: 348 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

SABIS International School Marshfield, Nr Bath, SN14 8AG sisuk-sabis.net

Headteacher: Mr John Nicholson Total pupils: 62 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

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

Headteacher: Mr Martin J S Harris Total pupils: 204 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Stepping Stones Pre-Prep and Nursery School Marlborough, SN8 3JT steppingstonesschool.org.uk Headteacher: Ms Kate Easter 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

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

Key facts

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 3-11 years Total pupils: 220, boys 98, girls 122 Type: Day Fees: Nursery: Daily from £26.70 (morning sessions), Weekly £250.50 (5 full days). Termly £1,523 per term Pre-Prep: £3,135 - £3,480 per term Prep: £3,705 - £4,120 per term Typical class size: Prep – 16-18 Main exit schools: Dauntsey’s, St Mary’s Calne, Prior Park College, Monkton Combe, Kingswood, King Edward’s Bath, The Royal High Bath, Cheltenham Ladies College, Downe House.

Faith: Christian Motto: Commit to Excellence Entrance procedure: Taster Days, School Report, Headmistress Interview and Skills Assessment for children entering Key Stage 2.

School Philosophy: At St Margaret’s we have an ethos that is based on ‘traditional values with an innovative approach’, providing a happy and purposeful environment for all children in a friendly, caring community. Within this context, we hope that our boys and girls will learn the value of hard work and how to accept discipline and responsibility. We aim to foster creativity and to help our children become independent learners.

Our curriculum comprises an extensive range of activities, designed to promote not only learning, but also personal growth and development. We expect good manners and consideration for the needs of others but at the same time we want the children to be inspired, not be afraid to take risks and above all, have fun and enjoy learning!

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.

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. Award winning Chamber Choir. Youth Sport Trust Gold Quality Mark.

Individual visits welcome throughout the year.

Open Morning Thursday 15th October 2015

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Nursery & Pre-Prep Open Morning For Prospective Parents for Autumn 2016 & 2017 entry

Thursday 15th October 2015 – 9.30am To register for the Open Morning please contact the Registrar on 01793 782554 sarahwalters@pinewoodschool.co.uk

www.pinewoodschool.co.uk Pinewood Bourton Shrivenham Wiltshire SN6 8HZ

Perrott Hill’s recent Independent Schools Report is outstanding, with the top mark of ‘Excellent’ awarded in every category.

Perrott Hill, North Perrott, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7SL Visit us at perrotthill.com or call us on 01460 72051

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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.

King’s Lynn Wisbech Peterborough

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CAMBRIDGESHIRE

1 St Faith’s 2 St Mary’s School 3 The Leys

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Chelmsford

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Ipswich

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9.30am - 12.30pm, Saturday 3 October 2015

Senior School:

Open Morning Saturday 3 October 2015 Tours at 09.15 and 10.45 Exceptional Independent Education For Girls and Boys (4-13) Book your tour on: www.stfaiths.co.uk The Leys and St Faith’s Foundation. Registered Charity No: 1144035

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9.30am - 12.30pm, Saturday 10 October 2015

Come along to one of our Open Days to find out why.

Book your place via our website, by contacting our admissions team on 01223 224167, or by emailing admissions@stmaryscambridge.co.uk

Sixth Form:

6.30pm - 9.00pm, Tuesday 3 November 2015

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St Mary’s Junior School

Chigwell School

Holmwood House Nursery School

Cambridge, (Queens campus), CB2 1LU bellerbys.com

Headteacher: Mr Christepher Hald Total pupils: 165 Prep • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Michael Punt Total pupils: 886 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteachers: Ms Claire Angel and Ms Katy Platten Total pupils: 45 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Bellerbys College Cambridge

Cambridge, CB2 7EB stmaryscambridge.co.uk

Chigwell, IG7 6QF chigwell-school.org

Headteacher: Mr Nicholas Waite Total pupils: 234 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Mary’s Senior School

Colchester High School

Cambridge Centre for Sixth Form Studies (CCSS)

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Headteacher: Mr David J Young Total pupils: 502 Nursery • Junior • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Cambridge, CB1 2JF ccss.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Stuart Nicholson Total pupils: 151 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Cambridge International School Cambridge, CB1 8DW cambridgeinternationalschool.co.uk Headteacher: Dr Harriet Sturdy Total pupils: 337 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

CATS College Cambridge Cambridge, CB5 8AD catscollege.com

Headteacher: Mr Stuart White 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

Headteacher: Mrs Susan Freestone Total pupils: 465 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Leys School

Cambridge, CB2 7AD theleys.net

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Cambridge, CB2 1LY stmaryscambridge.co.uk

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

Headteacher: Miss P M Kelleher Total pupils: 1078 Pre-prep • 6th form • Day • Co-Ed • Junior • Senior • Day • Girls

Whitehall School

Somersham, PE28 3EH whitehallschool.com

Headteacher: Ms Rebecca Hutley Total pupils: 64 Nursery • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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: Gareth Davies Total pupils: 311 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Avon House Preparatory School Woodford Green, IG8 0PN avonhouseschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Amanda Campbell Total pupils: 197 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Martin Priestley Total pupils: 566 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bancroft’s School

The Perse School

Headteachers: Mr Joe Layburn and Mrs Mary E Ireland Total pupils: 1131 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Cambridge, CB2 8QF perse.co.uk

Headteachers: Mr James Piper, Mrs Sarah Waddington, Mr Edward Elliott Total pupils: 1529 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

The Peterborough School

Peterborough, PE3 6AP thepeterboroughschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Adrian Meadows Total pupils: 525 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Faith’s School

Cambridge, CB2 8AG stfaiths.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr Nigel Helliwell Total pupils: 546 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St John’s College School Cambridge, CB3 9AA sjcs.co.uk

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Belmont Day Nursery

Colchester, CO3 3HD colchesterhighschool.co.uk

Holmwood House Preparatory School

Coopersale Hall School

Headteacher: Mr Alexander J Mitchell Total pupils: 285 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

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: Mr Peter Jones Total pupils: 307 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Maldon Court School

Elm Green Preparatory School

Headteachers: Mrs Elaine Mason and Mrs Ann Olive Total pupils: 148 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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

Headteacher: Mrs J Burrett Total pupils: 487 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Felsted School

Felsted, CM6 3LL felsted.org

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Headteacher: Dr Michael Walker Total pupils: 534 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Friends’ School

Saffron Walden, CB11 3EB friends.org.uk

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Headteacher: Mrs Susan-Jayne Gooding Total pupils: 173 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Romford, RM 2 5JR gideaparkcollege.co.uk

Brentwood Prep School

Gosfield School

Headteacher: Mr K J Whiskerd Total pupils: 408 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Dr Sarah Welch Total pupils: 213 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteachers: Mr Jason Whiskerd and Mr Ian Davies Total pupils: 1591 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Colchester, CO6 4JR littlegarth.essex.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Tracy Handford Total pupils: 220 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Gillian Haddon Total pupils: 175 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

Brentwood, CM15 8EE brentwoodschool.co.uk

Littlegarth School

Headteacher: Mr P G M Nicholson Total pupils: 199 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Saffron Walden, CB10 2AL damebradburys.com

Gidea Park College

Brentwood School

Headteacher: Ms Lisa Sevilla Total pupils: 199 Nursery • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Dame Bradbury’s School

Braeside School for Girls

Brentwood, CM15 8EQ brentwoodschool.co.uk

Ilford, IG1 4QR iups.org.uk

Loyola Preparatory School

Total pupils: 53 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5SD braesideschool.co.uk

Ilford Ursuline Prep School

Headteacher: Mrs M Bradfield Total pupils: 155 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteachers: Mrs Ruth Darvill and Mrs Anna Chaudhri Total pupils: 348 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Ilford, IG1 1YW belmontdaynursery.com

Colchester, CO3 9ST holmwood.essex.sch.uk

Halstead, CO9 1PF gosfieldschool.org.uk

Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5NH loyola.essex.sch.uk

Maldon, CM9 4QE maldoncourtschool.org

New Hall School

Chelmsford, CM3 3HS newhallschool.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mrs Katherine Jeffrey Total pupils: 1166 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Oaklands School

Loughton, IG10 4RA oaklandsschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Cheryl Macnair Total pupils: 245 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Park School for Girls Ilford, IG1 4RS parkschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs E A Gallagher Total pupils: 172 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

Raphael Independent School Hornchurch, RM11 1XY raphaelschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Jacobus Luis Total pupils: 135 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

St Anne’s Preparatory School Chelmsford, CM2 0AW stannesprep.essex.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs F Pirrie Total pupils: 153 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Aubyn’s School

Woodford Green, IG8 9DU staubyns.com

Headteacher: Mr Leonard Blom Total pupils: 521 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Heathcote School

St Cedd’s School

Headteacher: Miss Hannah Petersen Total pupils: 98 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Dr Pamela Edmonds Total pupils: 405 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Danbury, CM3 4QB heathcoteschool.co.uk

Chelmsford, CM2 0AR stcedds.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr K L Jones Total pupils: 457 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Woodford Green, IG8 0RF bancrofts.org

Colchester, CO6 4DX holmwood.essex.sch.uk

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EAST ANGLIA | Cambridgeshire | Norfolk | Suffolk St Hilda’s School

Westcliff-on-Sea, SSO 8NE sthildasschool.co.uk

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

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

Woodlands Schools, Hutton Manor

Riddlesworth Hall Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mrs Paula Hobbs Total pupils: 197 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Paul Cochrane Total pupils: 57 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteachers: Miss Vivienne Davis, Mr James Sinclair and Mr Ashley Martin Total pupils: 321 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Sacred Heart School

Framlingham College

Headteacher: Sister Francis Ridler Total pupils: 108 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr P B Taylor Total pupils: 409 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Nicholas House School

Ipswich, IP9 1AZ ipswichhigh.gdst.net

Brentwood, CM13 1SD woodlandsschools.co.uk

Norfolk

Beeston Hall School Cromer, NR27 9NQ beestonhall.co.uk

St Margaret’s Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mr Robin Gainher Total pupils: 122 Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Elaine Powling Total pupils: 192 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Glebe House School and Nursery

Halstead, CO9 1SE stmargaretsprep.com

St Mary’s School

Colchester, CO3 3RB stmaryscolchester.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Hilary Vipond Total pupils: 384 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

St Michael’s Preparatory School 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: Mr Keith Knight 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: Mr Robert Whitaker 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

Hunstanton, PE36 6HW glebehouseschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr John Crofts Total pupils: 176 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Gresham’s Pre-Prep School Holt, NR25 6BB greshams.com

Headteacher: Ms Janette Davidson Total pupils: 127 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Gresham’s Prep School Holt, NR25 6EY greshams.com

Headteacher: Mr J H W Quick Total pupils: 321 Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Ipswich Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mr Mike Crossley Total pupils: 290 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Ms Amanda Childs Total pupils: 310 Nursery • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Norwich, NR8 6HU taverhamhall.co.uk

Thetford Grammar School Thetford, IP24 3AF thetgram.norfolk.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr G J Price Total pupils: 262 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Norwich, NR7 0EA thlps.co.uk

Town Close House Prep School

Headteacher: Mr Stephen Crump Total pupils: 164 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Nick Bevington Total pupils: 468 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Norwich, NR14 6BJ langleyschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Dominic Findlay Total pupils: 720 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

New Eccles Hall School Nr Norwich, NR16 2NZ neweccleshall.com

Headteacher: Mr R Allard Total pupils: 130 Junior • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Norwich High School for Girls Norwich, NR2 2HU norwichhigh.gdst.net

Norwich School

Norwich, NR1 4DD norwich-school.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Steffan Griffiths Total pupils: 1044 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Woodlands Schools, Great Warely

Notre Dame Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mrs Barbara Harding Total pupils: 126 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Kieran J O’Herlihy Total pupils: 202 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Norwich, NR2 3TA notredameprepschool.co.uk

Norwich, NR2 2LR townclose.com

Suffolk

The Abbey Preparatory, Woodbridge School Woodbridge, IP12 1DS woodbridge.suffolk.sch.uk Headteacher: Mr N J Garrett Total pupils: 230 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Barnardiston Hall Preparatory Nr Haverhill, CB9 7TG barnardiston.com

Headteacher: Mr T W T Dodgson Total pupils: 218 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Brandeston Hall

Nr Woodbridge, IP13 7AH framcollege.co.uk/brandeston-hall Headteacher: Mr Martin K Myers-Allen Total pupils: 224 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: Mr Gareth Williams Total pupils: 99 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Ipswich, IP1 3QW ipswich.suffolk.sch.uk

Ipswich School

Ipswich, IP1 3SG ipswich.suffolk.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Nicholas Weave Total pupils: 747 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Moreton Hall Preparatory School Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7BJ moretonhallprep.org

Headteacher: Mr Simon Head 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 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 woodbridge.suffolk.sch.uk/ queenshouse Headteacher: Mr John Brett Total pupils: 112 Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Royal Hospital School Ipswich, IP9 2RX royalhospitalschool.org

Headteacher: Mr James Lockwood Total pupils: 687 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Saint Felix School

Southwold, IP18 6SD stfelix.co.uk Headteacher: Miss Fran D’Alcorn Total pupils: 292 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mrs J Hart Total pupils: 371 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Ipswich High School for Girls

Taverham Hall Preparatory School

Hethersett Old Hall School

Langley School

Woodbridge, IP13 9EY framcollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Oona Carlin Total pupils: 572 Nursery • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Philip Oldroyd Total pupils: 196 Nursery • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Norwich, NR9 3DW hethersettoldhallschool.co.uk

Stowmarket, IP14 3EF finboroughschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Martin Castle Total pupils: 59 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Dougals Robb Total pupils: 463 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Holt, NR25 6EA greshams.com

Woodford Green Prep School

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North Walsham, NR28 9AT stnicholashouse.com

Gresham’s School

Headteacher: Mr Jason Morrow Total pupils: 677 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Brentwood, CM13 3LA woodlandsschools.co.uk

Swaffham, PE37 7QW sacredheartschool.co.uk

Thorpe House Langley Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mr S C Trowell Total pupils: 254 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Woodford Green, IG8 0BZ wgprep.co.uk

Nr Diss, IP22 2TA riddlesworthhall.com

Finborough School

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Friends’ School Saffron Walden

New Hall School

An independent ‘diamond model’ school, 30 minutes from London Magnificent campus with extensive and safe grounds Day (3-18 years) • Boarding (7-18 years) Preparatory • Girls’ Division • Boys’ Division • Sixth Form

Mount Pleasant Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3EB T: 01799 525351 E: admissions@friends.org.uk W: friends.org.uk Head Teacher: Anna Chaudhri Admissions: Alison Stanbury

Key facts The boarding provision is “excellent”

Open Mornings:

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Saturday 26 September 2015 & 30 April 2016 9.00am - 12.00noon To book your place, visit newhallschool.co.uk/openmorning.

Alternatively, please call 01245 236 098 to arrange a visit at a time to suit you.

newhallschool.co.uk The Avenue, Boreham, Chelmsford, CM3 3HS “A Catholic foundation and ethos, welcoming all”

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Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 3-18 years Total pupils: 390, boys 203, girls 187 Type: Day, Flexi, Weekly, Full Boarding Fees: Pre-Prep – Day from £2,615. Prep – Day from £3,885 Senior – Day from £5,240, Weekly from £6,685, Full Boarding from £7,290 per term, Flexi Boarding from £50 per night Entrance procedure: Please see our website for details

School Philosophy: Friends’ is committed to giving children the confidence they need to achieve their best, from Nursery through to the Sixth Form within a lively and caring community Open Days: Saturday 17 October, 10am

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Stoke College

Headteacher: Mrs D Clarke Total pupils: 551 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr M Parker Total pupils: 166 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Ipswich, IP2 9DR stjos.co.uk

Sudbury, CO10 8JE stokecollege.co.uk

Woodbridge School

South Lee School

Book online at www.theleys.net 01223 508904 admissions@theleys.net

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Woodbridge, IP12 4JH woodbridge.suffolk.sch.uk

Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2BT southlee.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Neil Tetley Total pupils: 578 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr D Whipp Total pupils: 244 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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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.

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Ockbrook 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

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

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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 msmcollege.com/barlborough-hallschool Headteacher: Mr Nic Boys 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

Derby, DE23 3DT derbyhigh.derby.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Denise Gould Total pupils: 541 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Foremarke Hall Milton, DE65 6EJ foremarke.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Richard Merriman Total pupils: 455 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Mount St Mary’s College Nr Sheffield, S21 3yL msmcollege.com

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Repton School

Derby, DE65 6FH repton.org.uk

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Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Tennant Total pupils: 656 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

S. Anselm’s School Bakewell, DE45 1DP sanselms.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr Peter Phillips Total pupils: 195 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Headteacher: Mr Andrew Lamb Total pupils: 126 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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The Dixie Grammar School Market Bosworth, CV13 0LE dixie.org.uk

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Headteacher: Mr Richard Lynn Total pupils: 461 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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Fairfield Preparatory School Loughborough, LE11 2AE lesfairfield.org Headteacher: Mr A Earnshaw Total pupils: 487 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Grace Dieu Manor School Thringstone, LE67 5UG gracedieu.com

Headteacher: Mr Peter Stephen Fisher Total pupils: 268 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Leicester Grammar School Leicester, LE8 9FL leicestergrammar.org.uk

Headteachers: Mrs Caroline Rigby and Mr CPM King Total pupils: 1216 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Leicester High School for Girls Leicester, LE2 2PP leicesterhigh.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Alan Whelpdale Total pupils: 373 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

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Loughborough, LE11 2DU lesgrammar.org

Headteacher: Mr Paul Fisher Total pupils: 1001 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

Loughborough High School Loughborough, LE11 2DU leshigh.org

Headteacher: Mrs Gwen Byrom Total pupils: 602 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

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Headteacher: Mr Nicholas Cuddihy Total pupils: 259 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Ockbrook, DE72 3RJ ockbrooksch.co.uk

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Manor House School

St James’ School

Pitsford School

Nottingham High School

Headteacher: Mrs Linda Wordsworth 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

Headteacher: Mr Noel Toone Total pupils: 312 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteachers: Mrs Clare Bruce and Mr Kevin Fear Total pupils: 971 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Ashby-de-la-Zouch, LE65 1BR manorhouseashby.co.uk

OLCS Our Lady’s Convent School Loughborough, LE11 2DZ olcs.leics.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Patricia Hawley Total pupils: 245 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Co-Ed • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Ratcliffe College

Leicester, LE7 4SG ratcliffe-college.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Gareth Lloyd 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 J 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

Copthill School

Stamford, PE9 3AD copthill.com Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Teesdale Total pupils: 315 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Grantham Preparatory School Grantham, NG31 7UF tgps.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Kathryn Korcz Total pupils: 108 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Kirkstone House School

Nr Peterborough, PE6 9PA kirkstonehouseschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mrs Corinne Jones Total pupils: 170 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Lincoln Minster School

Lincoln, LN2 5RW lincolnminsterschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Clive Rickart Total pupils: 647 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Lincolnshire Montessori

Stallingborough, DN41 8AJ lincolnshiremontessori.co.uk Headteacher: Ms Sylvia Fields Total pupils: 64 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Hugh’s School

Woodhall Spa, LN10 6TQ st-hughs.lincs.sch.uk Headteacher: Mr Chris Ward Total pupils: 185 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Grimsby, DN34 4SY saintjamesschool.co.uk

Pitsford, NN6 9AX pitsfordschool.com

St Martin’s Preparatory School

St Peter’s School

Headteacher: Mr S Thompson Total pupils: 124 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs M Chapman Total pupils: 114 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Grimsby, DN34 5AA stmartinsprep.com

Stamford High School (Girls) Stamford, PE9 2LL ses.lincs.sch.uk

Kettering, NN15 6DJ st-peters.org.uk

Spratton Hall School

Northampton, NN6 8HP sprattonhall.com

Headteacher: Mrs Dyl Powell Total pupils: 601 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Simon Clarke Total pupils: 388 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Stamford Junior School

Wellingborough, NN8 2BX wellingboroughschool.org

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: Mr Willian Phelan 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

Wellingborough School 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

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Headteacher: Mrs Emma Goldsmith Total pupils: 325 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Nottinghamshire

Dagfa School Nottingham Nottingham, NG9 2FU dagfaschool.notts.sch.uk

Headteacher: Dr Peter Woodroffe Total pupils: 191 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Beachborough School

The Elms School

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Headteacher: Mr K B Morrow Total pupils: 400 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Nr Brackley, NN13 5LB beachborough.com

Headteacher: Mr Jeremy Banks Total pupils: 447 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Co-Ed

Great Houghton School Northampton, NN4 7AG ghschool.net

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • 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 maidfordmontessori.org 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: Mrs Sarah Dixon Total pupils: 681 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Nottingham, NG10 4AD elmsschool.net

Grosvenor School

Nottingham, NG12 4BS grosvenorschool.co.uk

Nottingham, NG7 4ED nottinghamhigh.co.uk

Plumtree School

Nottingham, NG12 5ND plumtreeschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs J Howarth Total pupils: 100 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Joseph’s School

Nottingham, NG1 5AW st-josephs.nottingham.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Elizabeth Boyer Total pupils: 147 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Salterford House School

Nottingham, NG14 6NZ salterfordhouseschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs M Venables Total pupils: 96 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Trent College

Nottingham, NG10 4AD trentcollege.net

Headteacher: Mr Bill Penty Total pupils: 1131 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Wellow House School

Nr Newark, NG22 0EA wellowhouse.notts.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Peter Cook Total pupils: 149 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Co-Ed

Worksop College Preparatory School, Ranby House Retford, DN22 8HX wsnl.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Christian Pritchard Total pupils: 230 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Worksop College Worksop, S80 3AP wsnl.co.uk

Highfields School

Headteacher: Mr G W Horgan Total pupils: 368 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs C L Fraser Total pupils: 123 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Rutland

Hollygirt School

Oakham, LE15 6QW brooke.rutland.sch.uk

Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Newark, NG24 3AL highfieldsschool.co.uk

Nottingham, NG3 4GF hollygirt.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Pamela Hutley Total pupils: 156 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Nottingham Girls’ High Junior School

Nottingham, NG1 4HX nottinghamgirlshigh.gdst.net Headteacher: Mrs Faith Potter Total pupils: 285 Prep • Day • Girls

Brooke Priory School Headteacher: Mrs E S Bell Total pupils: 185 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Oakham School

Oakham, LE15 6DT oakham.rutland.sch.uk

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Headteacher: Mr Nigel M Lashbrook Total pupils: 1041 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Nottingham Girls’ High School

Uppingham School

Headteacher: Mrs Susan M Gorham Total pupils: 986 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Richard Harman Total pupils: 793 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Nottingham, NG1 4JB nottinghamgirlshigh.gdst.net

Rutland, LE15 9QE uppingham.co.uk

Oundle School

Oundle, PE8 4GH oundleschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Charles Bush Total pupils: 1100 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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OPEN MORNING Friday 9th October 9.30am - 12.00noon

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Safe in the heart of England Come and see for yourself Call us now to book an Open Morning or individual visit 01572 758758 admissions@oakham.rutland.sch.uk

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Oakham is a great co-educational boarding and day school for 10 -18 year olds offering A Levels and the IB

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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.

Herefordshire

West Midlands

1 Lucton School

5 Edgbaston High School

Staffordshire

Wolverhampton

Lucton

Uttoxeter

2 Abbotsholme School

Shropshire Shrewsbury

3 Shrewsbury School

Warwickshire Rugby

Stoke-on-Trent

STAFFORDSHIRE 2 Shrewsbury

Birmingham

6 The Royal School Wolverhampton

Worcestershire

3

Wolverhampton 6

SHROPSHIRE

Abberley

8 Bromsgrove School

5 Birmingham

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Coventry

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7 Abberley Hall School

Bromsgrove

Derby

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4

7 WARWICKSHIRE WORCESTERSHIRE

HEREFORDSHIRE

4 Bilton Grange School

Tewkesbury

LUCTON SCHOOL

Prep School Senior School • Sixth Form

“An outstanding educational opportunity – in a safe rural environment” Boarding, Day and flexi-boarding. School buses serving: Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire & Powys Tel: 01568 782000 • Email: admissions@luctonschool.org • www.luctonschool.org

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Bilton Grange Preparatory School

Co-educational Prep School for children aged 4-13 set in 100 rural acres just outside Rugby

Day and flexi/weekly/ full boarding Open Mornings throughout the year – come along and find out more by calling the Registrar on 01788 818249 or emailing admissions@biltongrange.co.uk

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Tel: 01902 349 109 Tel: 01902 349 109

Penn Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV3 OEG Penn Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV3 OEG mo@royal.wolverhampton.sch.uk www.theroyalschool.co.uk mo@royal.wolverhampton.sch.uk www.theroyalschool.co.uk

As a specialist institution UCA gives you the opportunity to be completely immersed in your chosen area. Offering a range of courses in art, architecture, design, fashion, communications, graphics and media across four campuses in the South East of England.

Rising 33 places in the Complete University Guide league table over the last two years, and 25 places in The Sunday Times University league table, the University for the Creative Arts continues to thrive, and provides the creative industries with some of its brightest talent.

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WEST MIDLANDS| Herefordshire | Shropshire | Staffordshire | Warwickshire Herefordshire Hereford Cathedral Junior School Hereford, HR1 2NW herefordcs.com

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

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Headteacher: Mrs Gill Thorne Total pupils: 348 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Richard’s School Bromyard, HR7 4TD st-richards.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Fred de Falbe Total pupils: 111 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Shropshire

Adcote School for Girls Shrewsbury, SY4 2JY adcoteschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Gary Wright 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: Mr R M Walden 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

Ludlow, SY8 4DZ moorpark.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Jon Bartlett Total pupils: 290 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Moreton Hall

Oswestry, SY11 3EN moretonhallschool.com

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

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Edenhurst Preparatory School

Vernon Lodge

Headteacher: Mr Julian Noad Total pupils: 420 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr N H F Copestick Total pupils: 203 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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

Oswestry, SY11 2TL oswestryschool.org.uk

Packwood Haugh

Shrewsbury, SY4 1HX packwood-haugh.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Clive Smith-Langridge Total pupils: 207 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Prestfelde School

Shrewsbury, SY2 6NZ prestfelde.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Mark Groome Total pupils: 287 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Shrewsbury High Prep School Shrewsbury, SY3 9AH shrewsburyhigh.gdst.net

Headteacher: Ms Caroline James 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

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Headteacher: Mr Mark Turner Total pupils: 795 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Wrekin College

Wellington, TF1 3BH wrekincollege.com

Headteacher: Dr Haydn Griffiths Total pupils: 385 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Staffordshire

Abbots Bromley Preparatory School Rugeley, WS15 3BW abbotsbromley.net

Headteacher: Ms Ann Johnson Total pupils: 65 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Abbots Bromley School Rugeley, WS15 3BW abbotsbromley.net

Headteacher: Mrs Victoria Musgrave Total pupils: 165 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 2PU edenhurst.co.uk

Lichfield Cathedral School Lichfield, WS13 7LH lichfieldcathedralschool.com

Headteacher: Mrs Susan Hamman Total pupils: 413 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Little Chasers Nursery Cannock, WS11 0AL chaseacademy.com

Headteacher: Ms Carla Corbett Total pupils: 31 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Maple Hayes Dyslexia School Lichfield, WS13 8BL dyslexia.gb.com

Headteacher: Dr D J Brown Total pupils: 113 Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Newcastle-under-Lyme Junior School

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

Headteacher: Mrs Jackie Medhurst 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

Warwickshire

Arnold Lodge School

Leamington Spa, CV32 5TW arnoldlodge.com

Headteacher: Mrs Nicola Craig Total pupils: 225 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Bilton Grange School Nr Rugby, CV22 6QU biltongrange.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr Alex Osiatynski Total pupils: 300 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Crackley Hall School Kenilworth, CV8 2FT crackleyhall.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Robert Duigan Total pupils: 276 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Bede’s Preparatory School Nr Stafford, ST17 0XN saintbedes.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Charles Stafford Northcote Total pupils: 101 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Dominic’s High School for Girls

Nr Wolverhampton, ST19 9BA stdominicsschool.co.uk

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

Headteacher: Mr Harvey Trump Total pupils: 199 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mrs Elizabeth Surber Total pupils: 611 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

St Dominic’s Priory School

Royal Leamington Spa, CV32 5RD thekingsleyschool.com

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

Smallwood Manor Nursery, Prep and Pre-Preparatory School

Chase Grammar School

Headteacher: Mr IM Raybould Total pupils: 148 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr R H Marshall Total pupils: 155 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Cannock, WS11 0UR chasegrammar.com

Nr Stafford, ST18 9SU yarletschool.org

Crescent School

Headteacher: Mr Nick Rugg Total pupils: 664 Nursery • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Abbotsholme School

Headteacher: Mr Steve Fairclough Total pupils: 350 Nursery • Prep • Senior • 6th Form Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Yarlet School

Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1DB nuls.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs S D Hutchinson Total pupils: 134 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Uttoxeter, ST14 5BS abbotsholme.co.uk

Preparatory School Nr Brewood, ST19 9LJ vernonlodge.co.uk

Uttoxeter, ST14 8NS smallwoodmanor.co.uk

The Kingsley School

Headteachers: Miss Anne Hornsby and 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 Jerry Gear Total pupils: 147 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Ed Hester Total pupils: 868 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Stafford Grammar School

Rugby School

Headteacher: Mr M R Darley Total pupils: 378 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Peter Green Total pupils: 805 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Stafford Preparatory School

Stratford Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mr Clive O’Donnell Total pupils: 120 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteachers: Mrs C Quinn and Mr Neil Musk Total pupils: 122 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Stafford, ST18 9AT staffordgrammar.co.uk

Stafford, ST18 9AT staffordprep.co.uk

Rugby, CV22 5EH rugbyschool.net

Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6BG stratfordprep.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr Martin C Stott Total pupils: 233 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Oswestry School

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SHREWSBURY SCHOOL Co-educational boarding & day school for pupils aged 13-18 www.shrewsbury.org.uk

Abbotsholme School every moment matters

Abbotsholme is a day and boarding school for girls and boys ages 2-18, providing a progressive education for the modern world. We develop enquiring minds and independent thinkers through respect, honesty, humility, integrity and courage.

• Warm, friendly, family school delivering a true all round education • Small class sizes allowing individual support to ensure we add value to every pupil in the school whether through classroom or non-classroom based learning • Outstanding and varied extra-curricular opportunities including renowned outdoor education activities with Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme taken to Gold level Indoor climbing wall, 70-acre working farm and BHS approved Equestrian Centre • Flexi, weekly and full boarding options available in small boarding homes with caring house parents • A Levels and BTECS offered to Sixth Form pupils who have their own Sixth Form Centre for independent learning, and a unique Sixth Form Log Cabin Boarding complex

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• One of only 11 Round Square Schools in the UK • All inclusive school fees with no hidden extras • Scholarships, bursaries and forces bursaries available Contact the Admissions team on 01889 594 265 or email admissions@abbotsholme.co.uk or visit www.abbotsholme.co.uk Abbotsholme School, Rocester, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire ST14 5BS Open Day: Saturday 26th Sept, 9.30am – 4.30pm Year 7 Information Evening: Friday 9th Oct, 5.30pm Sixth Form Information Evening: Friday 13th Nov, 5.30pm Scholarship Morning: Saturday 21st Nov, 8.15am

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WEST MIDLANDS | Warwickshire | West Midlands | Worcestershire Twycross House Pre-Prep School Nr Atherstone, CV9 3PQ twycrosshouseschool.org.uk Headteacher: Mrs R T Assinder Total pupils: 151 Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Highclare School, St Paul’s

St Martin’s School

The Elms

Headteacher: Mrs J Booker Total pupils: 172 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Ms Nicola Edgar Total pupils: 477 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mr Alastair Thomas Total pupils: 182 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Sutton Coldfield, B4 2SY highclareschool.co.uk

Twycross House School

Highclare School, The Abbey

Headteacher: Mr S D Assinder Total pupils: 328 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs A Moore Total pupils: 206 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Nr Atherstone, CV9 3PL twycrosshouseschool.org.uk

Warwick Preparatory School Warwick, CV34 6PL warwickprep.com

Headteacher: Mr Mark Turner Total pupils: 457 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Warwick School

Warwick, CV34 6PP warwickschool.org

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

Headteacher: Mr J W Watson Total pupils: 757 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Birchfield Preparatory School Wolverhampton, WV7 3AF birchfieldschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Hugh V Myott Total pupils: 138 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Co-Ed

The Blue Coat School Birmingham, B17 0HR thebluecoatschool.com

Headteacher: Mr A D J Browning Total pupils: 569 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Davenport Lodge School Coventry, CV5 6QA davenportlodgeschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Susan Nalus Total pupils: 130 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Edgbaston High School Birmingham, B15 3TS edgbastonhigh.co.uk

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Headteacher: Dr Ruth A Weeks Total pupils: 928 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 L Morgan Total pupils: 259 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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Birmingham, B23 6QL highclareschool.co.uk

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

Solihull, B91 3EN saintmartins-school.com

Solihull School

Heathfield School

Headteacher: Mr David E J J Lloyd Total pupils: 1028 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr R H Brierly 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

Headteacher: Mr David Williams Total pupils: 312 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Birmingham, B15 2UA kes.org.uk

West House School

King Henry VIII Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mr A M Lyttle Total pupils: 308 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Boys

Headteacher: Mr J A Claughton Total pupils: 852 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Birmingham, B15 2NX westhouseprep.com

Coventry, CV3 6PT khps.co.uk

Wolverhampton Grammar School

King Henry VIII School

Headteacher: Mrs Kathy Crewe-Read Total pupils: 714 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Nicholas Lovell Total pupils: 507 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Coventry, CV3 6AQ khviii.com

Headteacher: Mr Jason Slack Total pupils: 723 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Mayfield Preparatory School Walsall, WS1 2PD mayfieldprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Matthew Draper Total pupils: 210 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Newbridge Preparatory School Wolverhampton, WV6 0LH newbridgeprepschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Fisher Total pupils: 145 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Norfolk House School

Birmingham, B15 3PS norfolkhouseschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Morris Total pupils: 279 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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

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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 Birmingham, B15 1RX sgse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Gary Neal Total pupils: 432 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Malvern, WR13 6EF elmsschool.co.uk

Wolverhampton, WV3 9RB wgs.org.uk

Worcestershire

Abberley Hall School Worcester, WR6 6DD abberleyhall.co.uk

SEE ADVERTISEMENT Headteacher: Will Lockett Total pupils: 300 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bowbrook House School

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

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

Kidderminster, DY10 3QE heathfieldshool.co.uk

Holy Trinity International School Kidderminster, DY10 2BY holytrinity.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs P Leek-Wright Total pupils: 470 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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

King’s St Albans

Worcester, WR1 2NJ ksw.org.uk Headteacher: Mr Ian Grffin Total pupils: 211 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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

The Knoll School

Kidderminster, DY11 6EA knollschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr N J Humphreys Total pupils: 123 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • 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

Malvern St James Girls’ School Great Malvern, WR14 3BA malvernstjames.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Patricia Woodhouse Total pupils: 430 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Moffats School

Nr Bewdley, DY12 3AY moffats.co.uk Headteacher: Mrs Robin McCarthy Total pupils: 60 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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

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Bromsgrove School

Worcester, WR1 3DL rgsw.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Laura Brown Total pupils: 151 Nursery • Pre-prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

St Mary’s

Worcester, WR5 2HP stmarys.org.uk

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

St Michael’s College

Tenbury Wells, WR15 8PH st-michaels.uk.com

Headteacher: Mr Stuart Higgins Total pupils: 140 Senior • 6th Form • Boarding • Co-Ed

Winterfold House

Chaddesley Corbett, DY10 4PW winterfoldhouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr W C R Ibbetson-Price Total pupils: 319 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Worcester Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire B61 7DU T: 01527 579679 W: Bromsgrove-school.co.uk Head Teacher: Peter Clague BA, MBA Admissions: Rachel Scannell E: admissions@bromsgrove-school.co.uk

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ABBERLEY HALL

Co-educational Boarding and Day School for 2-13 years

Outstanding academic record in preparing pupils for all public and senior schools. l 90 acre grounds l Exceptional facilities l New science complex l Indoor swimming pool l Sports Hall l Rifle range

l Art & DT centre l Large music suite l Astroturf l Riding stables l Modern language laboratory l French alpine chalet

We also offer a wide range of evening and weekend activities from calligraphy to abseiling.

Contact Mrs G Portsmouth, Registrar Abberley Hall. Worcestershire WR6 6DD admissions@abberleyhall.co.uk www.abberleyhall.co.uk

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Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 7-18 years Total pupils: 1649, boys 915, girls 734 Type: Day, Weekly Boarding and Full Boarding Fees: Prep: Day from £3,445 - £4,475, Weekly Boarding from £5,190 - £6,280, Full Boarding from £7,120 – £8,775 per term Senior: Day £4,940, Weekly Boarding £7,190, Full Boarding £10,810 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

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 that Bromsgrove “inhabits the academic stratosphere” and lauds our titanic extra curricular programme as one of the finest it has seen, 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.

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 Days: 11+ & 13+ Saturday 17th October Prep School (Years 3 – 6) Saturday 10th October Sixth Form Saturday 14th November

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NORTH OF ENGLAND

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 Clitheroe 1

Barnard Castle School

Cumbria Sedbergh

North Yorkshire

NORTHUMBERLAND TYNE & WEAR

Carlisle

COUNTY DURHAM 1

CUMBRIA

Whitby

York

4 Queen Ethelburga’s College 5 Queen Margaret’s School 6 St Peter’s School

2

NORTH YORKSHIRE LANCASHIRE 3

2 Sedbergh School

Leeds

6 4 5

EAST YORKSHIRE

WEST YORKSHIRE GREATER SOUTH MANCHESTER YORKSHIRE MERSEYSIDE

Lancashire Clitheroe

Liverpool

3 Stonyhurst College

Hull

Sheffield

CHESHIRE

Lincoln

Stoke-on-Trent

Open Days: Saturday October 10th (Prep: ages -13) Using3 your School Branding System© th Saturday NovemberThe7logo (Senior: ages 13-18) This is the new logo for all members of the Jesuit Institute group of schools and should be used across all communications materials within the school to help promote the links with the Jesuit Institute.

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 discretely and we would recommend they feature no smaller than 35mm wide.

There are 3 versions of the logo supplied on your CD, including 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 proportion.

We have also created an extra logo artwork for use when applied to uniform and is being stitched or embroidered.

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Leading Catholic, Co-educational Boarding and Day School

Tel 01254 827073 admissions@stonyhurst.ac.uk Stonyhurst, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 9PZ

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NORTH OF ENGLAND | Cheshire | County Durham | Cumbria | Greater Manchester Cheshire

Greenbank School

Ramillies Hall School

Chester, CH2 3HR abbeygateschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Janet Lowe Total pupils: 199 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Miss D M Patterson Total pupils: 143 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 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

Alderley Edge School for Girls Alderley Edge, SK9 7QE aesg.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Susan Goff Total pupils: 539 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Aldford Junior School

Chester, CH3 6HZ abbeygatecollege.co.uk/junior Headteacher: Ms Rebecca Findlay Total pupils: 134 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

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: Mrs Geraldine Yandell Total pupils: 192 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Brabyns Preparatory School Stockport, SK6 7DB brabynsprepschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Lee Sanders Total pupils: 131 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Cheadle Hulme 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.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Simon Leyshon Total pupils: 154 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Girls

Cheadle, SK8 6HU greenbankschool.co.uk

Hale Preparatory School Hale, WA15 9AS haleprepschool.com

Headteacher: Mr J F Connor Total pupils: 199 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Hammond School

Chester, CH2 4ES thehammondschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mrs Maggie Evans Total pupils: 260 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Hillcrest Grammar School Stockport, SK3 8HB hillcrest.stockport.sch.uk

Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

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

Chester, CH4 7QL kingschester.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Chris Ramsey Total pupils: 988 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Lady Barn House School Cheadle, SK8 1JE ladybarnhouse.org

Headteacher: Mrs Sheila Marsh Total pupils: 469 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Loreto Preparatory School Altrincham, WA14 4GZ loretoprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Helen Norwood Total pupils: 156 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

North Cestrian Grammar School Altrincham, WA14 4AJ ncgs.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Lucy Davies Total pupils: 195 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Pownhall Hall School

Forest Preparatory School Altrincham, WA15 6LJ forestschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Rick Hyde Total pupils: 198 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Grange School (Junior) 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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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 terranovaschool.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

Headteacher: Mr Lee Bergin Total pupils: 251 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Wilmslow, SK9 5DW pownallhall.cheshire.sch.uk Headteacher: Mr David Goulbourn Total pupils: 210 Nursery • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Queen’s Lower School Chester, CH2 1AW queens.cheshire.sch.uk

County Durham

Barnard Castle Prep School Barnard Castle, DL12 8UW barnardcastleschool.org.uk

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Cumbria

Austin Friars St Monica’s School Carlisle, CA3 9PB austinfriars.cumbria.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Matthew Harris Total pupils: 471 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Chetwynde School

Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 0NY chetwynde.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Russell Collier 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: Mr Nigel A Rice Total pupils: 133 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Bees School

St Bees, CA27 0DS st-bees-school.org

Headteacher: Mr James Davies Total pupils: 295 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Casterton, Sedbergh Prep School Kirkby Lonsdsale, LA6 2SG sedberghschool.org

Headteacher: Mr Scott Carnochan Total pupils: 199 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Sedbergh School

Sedbergh, LA10 5HG sedberghschool.org

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Headteacher: Mr Carl Rycroft Total pupils: 200 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Fleck Total pupils: 583 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Barnard Castle School

Windermere Preparatory 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

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

Windermere, LA23 1AP windermereschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Ben Freeman 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: Mrs R Cookson Total pupils: 216 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Mrs Lynne Renwich Total pupils: 228 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

The Queen’s School

Polam Hall School

Bridgewater School

Headteacher: Mr John Moreland Total pupils: 443 Nursery • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Judy Nairn Total pupils: 410 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Chester, CH1 2NN queens.cheshire.sch.uk Headteacher: Mrs E S Clark Total pupils: 438 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Darlington, DL1 5PA polamhall.com

Headteacher: Mrs Pam Shiels Total pupils: 177 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Worsley, M28 2WQ bridgewater-school.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr Chris Jeffery Total pupils: 730 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

The Ryleys

The King’s School, Chester

The Firs School Chester, CH2 2HJ firsschool.net

Cheadle, SK8 7AJ ramillieshall.co.uk

NORTH OF ENGLAND

St Peter’s School, York

She believes she can.

Clifton, York, YO30 6AB

T: 01904 527300 W: www.stpetersyork.org.uk Head Teacher: Mr Leo Winkley Admissions: Gillian Daniells E: enquiries@stpetersyork.org.uk

So she will.

01904 727630 www.queenmargarets.com An independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11-18

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Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 3-18.

Total pupils: 1110, boys 646, girls 464.

Type: Boarding 10-18 and Day 3-18.

Fees: Nursery – Full-time £2,435 per team. Mornings only £1,355 per term. Afternoons only £1,130 per term. Pre-Prep – Reception and Years 1 & 2: £2,630 per term. Year 3: £2,735 per term. Prep – Day from £3,775 per term (J1 & J2/Year 4 & 5) to £4,565 (J4 & J5/Year 7 & 8). Full Boarding from £7,040 (J3/Year 6) per term to £7,765 (J4 & J5/Year 7 & 8). Flexi Boarding £40 per night – in addition to day fees. Senior Day £5,520 per term. Full Boarding £9,125 per term. Typical class size: Prep – avg. 20, Senior – avg. 20, Sixth Form – avg. 12-15 Faith: Christian Motto: Super Antiquas Vias (“Upon ancient roads”).

Entrance procedure: Applying at least a year in advance, and certainly by 31 December 2015. Entrance examinations take place Saturday 14 November 2015 (16+) and Saturday 16 January 2016 (13+).

School Philosophy: School should be serious fun. A good school should offer a happy but challenging environment in which its pupils can develop as people and work out where they want to go in life.

Together, we aim to deliver a dynamic, all-round education that develops the abilities and enthusiasms of each and every pupil. We believe in providing an education that lasts a lifetime.

We want our pupils to live thoughtfully and actively, seizing life’s opportunities and always seeking to give of their best.

Academic Record: St Peter’s has a well-founded reputation for academic excellence. We support our pupils in whatever path they choose to follow after leaving us, including further study at leading universities in the UK and internationally.

In 2014, 79% of all A-levels were passed at A*-B, and the average for our pupils is AAA – the standard requirement for entry to Russell Group universities. At GCSE, 86% were passed at A*-B. Two thirds of all our passes were at A* or A grade.

Happy, balanced and successful.

An idyllic environment allows children to grow without many of the pressures of contemporary urban life, combined with a formidably competitive fee structure.

Extra-curricular: Our varied co-curriculum of sport, drama, music, activities, clubs and societies helps pupils to discover and explore new interests, skills and talents. We want each child to develop their own unique character and natural curiosity. There is something for everyone. Enthusiastic participation is the only requirement.

Contact: Julia Simpson T: +44(0)1833 696030 | admissions@barneyschool.org.uk “THE PUPILS’ ATTITUDE TO LEARNING IS QUITE OUTSTANDING. THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL, PUPILS ARE KEEN TO WORK AND TO SUCCEED.” Independent Schools Inspectorate INDEPENDENT DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS 4 TO 18 YEARS

Notable Achievements and Alumni: A selection: Guy Fawkes; John Barry (composer and conductor of film music, including 11 of the James Bond soundtracks); Jonny Bairstow (cricketer); Greg Wise (actor); Katherine Downes (BBC Sport presenter); Harry Gration (BBC presenter).

Open Days: St Olave’s 8-13: 3 October 2015 St Peter’s 13-18: 10 October 2015

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NORTH OF ENGLAND | Greater Manchester | Isle of Man | Lancashire Chetham’s School of Music Manchester, M3 1SB chethams.com

Headteacher: Mrs Claire Moreland Total pupils: 293 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Clarendon Cottage Preparatory School

Manchester, M30 9BJ clarendoncottage-school.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Emma Howard Total pupils: 125 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Forest Park Preparatory School Sale, M33 6NB forestparkschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Karen Horrocks Total pupils: 193 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Manchester Grammar School Manchester, M13 0XT mgs.org

Headteacher: Dr Martin Boulton Total pupils: 1509 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Manchester High School for Girls Manchester, M14 6HS manchesterhigh.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs A C Hewitt Total pupils: 929 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Moor Allerton School

Beech House Upper Prep and Senior School Rochdale, OL11 4JQ beechhouseschool.co.uk Headteacher: Mr K A Sartain Total pupils: 137 Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Bolton School Nursery Bolton, BL1 4RL boltonschool.org/nursery

Headteacher: Ms Claire Thompson Total pupils: 33 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Bolton School, Beech House Infants School Bolton, BL1 4PB boltonschool.org/infants

Headteacher: Mrs Deborah Northin Total pupils: 143 Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bolton School Junior Boys’ School

Bolton, BL1 4RD boltonschool.org/juniorboys Headteacher: Mrs Susan Faulkner Total pupils: 190 Prep • Day • Boys

Bolton School Junior Girls’ School Bolton, BL1 4PB boltonschool.org/juniorgirls Headteacher: Mrs Ruth Brierly Total pupils: 170 Prep • Day • Girls

Manchester, M20 2PW moorallertonschool.com

Bolton School Boys’ Division

St Bede’s College

Headteacher: Mr Philip Britton Total pupils: 1103 Senior • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Mrs Ruth Adams Total pupils: 239 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bolton, BL1 4PA boltonschool.org/seniorboys

Headteacher: Mrs A S Roberts Total pupils: 129 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs C Laverick Prep • Day • Girls

Kirkham Grammar School Preston, PR4 2BH kirkhamgrammar.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Richard Laithwaite Total pupils: 678 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Moorland School

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

Oakhill College

Clitheroe, BB7 9AF oakhillcollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Carmel Riley Total pupils: 270 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Blackburn, BB2 7AA westholmeschool.com

Westholme Boys’ Junior School Blackburn, BB2 7AF westholmeschool.com

Headteacher: Mrs C Laverick Prep • Day • Boys

Westholme Senior School Blackburn, BB2 6QU westholmeschool.com

Headteacher: Mrs Lynne M Horner Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys • Girls

Merseyside

Belvedere Preparatory School Liverpool, L8 3TF belvedereprep.com

Headteacher: Miss Clare Burnham Total pupils: 163 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Oldham Hulme Grammar Schools

Birkenhead School

Headteacher: Mr Craig Mairs Total pupils: 767 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Dr J H Grundy Total pupils: 816 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Oldham, OL8 4BX ohgs.co.uk

Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School Blackburn, BB2 6DF qegs.blackburn.com

Headteacher: Mr S A Corns Total pupils: 533 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Wirral, CH43 2JD birkenheadschool.co.uk

Carleton House Preparatory School Liverpool, L18 3EE carletonhouse.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Anne Daniels Total pupils: 184 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Kingsmead School

Headteacher: Miss Sue Hincks Total pupils: 1284 Senior • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Miss Elaine Purves Total pupils: 615 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Mark Gibbons Total pupils: 191 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Bury Grammar School Boys

Scarisbrick Hall School

Liverpool College

Headteacher: Mr Richard Marshall Total pupils: 536 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Headteachers: Mr Jeff Shaw and Mr Tony McCoy Total pupils: 463 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Hans van Mourik Broekman Total pupils: 960 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Bolton School Girls’ Division

Withington Girls’ School

Manchester, M14 6BL withington.manchester.sch.uk

Westholme Girls’ Junior School

Preston, PR4 2BD kirkhamgrammar.co.uk

Rossall School

Manchester, M16 8HX stbedescollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Richard Robson Total pupils: 706 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Kirkham Grammar School Junior

Bolton, BL1 4PB boltonschool.org/seniorgirls

Fleetwood, FY7 8JW rossallschool.org.uk

Wirral, CH47 0LL kingsmeadschool.com

Liverpool, L18 8BG liverpoolcollege.org.uk

Bury, BL9 OHN bgsboys.co.uk

Ormskirk, L40 9RQ scarisbrickhallschool.co.uk

Isle Of Man

Bury Grammar School Girls

St Joseph’s Park Hill School

Merchant Taylors’ Boys School

Castletown, IM9 1RD kwc.im

Headteacher: Mrs R S Geogrhiou Total pupils: 773 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Headteacher: Miss Elaine Purves Total pupils: 104 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr David Cook Total pupils: 720 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Mrs Sue Marks Total pupils: 635 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

The Buchan School Headteacher: Miss Jane Corlett Total pupils: 208 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

King William’s College Castletown, IM9 1TP kwc.im

Headteacher: Mr Martin Humphreys Total pupils: 371 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Lancashire AKS

Lytham, FY8 1DT arnoldkeqms.com

Headteacher: Mr Mike Walton Total pupils: 763 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Bury, BL9 OHH bgsg.bury.sch.uk

Burnley, BB12 6TG parkhillschool.co.uk

Clevelands Preparatory School

St Pius X Prep School

Headteacher: Mrs Lesley Parlane Total pupils: 129 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Miss B Banks Total pupils: 264 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Bolton, BL1 5DH clevelandsprepschool.co.uk

Firwood Manor Prep School Oldham, OL9 OAD firwoodmanor.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Greenwood Total pupils: 86 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Highfield Priory School Preston, PR2 5RW highfieldpriory.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Jeremy Duke Total pupils: 258 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Preston, PR2 8RD stpiusx.co.uk

Stonyhurst College

Liverpool, L23 0QP merchanttaylors.com/senior-boys

Merchant Taylors’ Preparatory School (Stanfield) Liverpool, L23 5TH merchanttaylors.com/junior-girls Headteacher: Miss J Yardley Total pupils: 287 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Clitheroe, BB7 9PZ stonyhurst.ac.uk

Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School

Headteacher: Mr A R Johnson Total pupils: 720 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs L A Robinson Total pupils: 804 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

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Liverpool, L23 5SP merchanttaylors.com/senior-girls

Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall

Prenton Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mr Ian Murphy Total pupils: 259 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr M T R Jones Total pupils: 110 Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Clitheroe, BB7 9PU stonyhurst.ac.uk

Wirral, CH43 5SY prentonprep.co.uk

Beech House Lower Prep School

Hulme Preparatory School

Westholme Infant School

Redcourt - St Anselm’s

Headteacher: Mr K A Sartain Total pupils: 115 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs C A Wilkinson Total pupils: 276 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Stuart Lewis Total pupils: 95 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Kevin Shaun Davey Total pupils: 216 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Rochdale, OL16 1UT beechhouseschool.co.uk

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Oldham, OL8 1RE hulme-grammar.oldham.sch.uk

Blackburn, BB2 6PS westholmeschool.com

Birkenhead, CH43 1TX redcourtstanselms.com

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Headteacher: Mr Bradley Lavagna-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

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

The King’s School

Tynemouth, NE30 4RF kings-tynemouth.org.uk

Headteacher: Ms Gill Hewlett Total pupils: 1197 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Yorkshire - North

Malsis School

York, YO62 4ER college.ampleforth.org.uk

Headteacher: Emily Bayley Total pupils: 84 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Ampleforth College

Headteacher: Mr D Lambon Total pupils: 611 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Ashville College

Harrogate, HG2 9JP ashville.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Mark Lauder Total pupils: 778 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Aysgarth Preparatory School Bedale, DL8 1TF aysgarthschool.com

Headteacher: Mr R Morse Total pupils: 221 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Co-Ed • Prep • Day • Boarding • Boys

Longridge Towers School

Newcastle Preparatory School

Belmont Grosvenor School

Headteacher: Mr Timothy Manning Total pupils: 276 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs M Coates Total pupils: 266 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Jane Y Merriman Total pupils: 197 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Berwick-Upon-Tweed, TD15 2XQ lts.org.uk

Mowden Hall School Stocksfield, NE43 7TP mowdenhall.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Neal Bailey Total pupils: 163 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Tees Valley

Glenfield Nursery

Stockton-on-Tees, TS16 0DA glenfield-nursery.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Jean Brown Total pupils: 20 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Red House School

Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 1DX redhouseschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr A R W Taylor Total pupils: 410 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Teeside 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

Yarm Preparatory School

Nr Stockton-on-Tees, TS15 9ES yarmschool.org

Headteacher: Mr Bill Sawyer Total pupils: 361 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Yarm School

Nr Stockton-on-Tees, TS15 9EJ yarmschool.org Headteacher: Mr David M Dunn Total pupils: 1100 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Tyne & Wear

Argyle House School

Sunderland, SR2 7LA argylehouseschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Christopher Johnson Total pupils: 191 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Central Newcastle High School (Junior) Gosforth, NE3 4ES newcastlehigh.gdst.net

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Harrogate, HG3 2JG belmontgrosvenor.co.uk

Newcastle Junior School for Boys

Bootham Junior School

Headteacher: Mr Simon Asker Total pupils: 173 Prep • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Ms Helen Todd Total pupils: 153 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Co-Ed

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 4ES newcastleschool.co.uk

York, YO30 6NP boothamschool.com

Newcastle School for Boys

Bootham School

Headteacher: Mr D J Tickner Total pupils: 400 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Taylor Total pupils: 445 Senior • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School

Scarborough, YO11 2TT bramcoteschool.com

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 1NH newcastleschool.co.uk

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE2 3BA churchhigh.com Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Royal Grammar School

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE2 4DX rgs.newcastle.sch.uk Headteacher: Dr Bernard Trafford Total pupils: 1277 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Sunderland High School Sunderland, SR2 8HY sunderlandhigh.co.uk

Headteacher: Dr Angela Slater Total pupils: 287 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Westfield School

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

Yorkshire - East

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

York, YO30 7BU boothamschool.com

Bramcote School

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

Nr Skipton, BD20 8DT malsis.com

Minster School

York, YO1 7JA minsterschoolyork.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr A Donaldson Total pupils: 163 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The Mount School York, YO24 4DD mountschool.com

Headteachers: Miss Rachel Capper and Ms Julie Lodrick Total pupils: 287 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Pocklington Prep School Pocklington, YO42 2NH pocklingtonschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Ian Wright Total pupils: 182 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

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

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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

Clifton School and Nursery

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Headteacher: Mr Philip Hardy Total pupils: 212 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Queen Mary’s School

York, YO30 6AB cliftonyork.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Carole Cameron Total pupils: 357 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Fyling Hall School

Nr Thirsk, YO7 3BZ queenmarys.org

Headteacher: Mr Steven Allen Total pupils: 165 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

The Read School

Robin Hood’s Bay, YO22 4QD fylinghall.org

Headteacher: Mr Robert McKenzie Johnston Total pupils: 252 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Giggleswick Junior School

Selby, YO8 8NL readschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr M Brotherton Total pupils: 97 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Martin’s Ampleforth

Settle, BD24 0DG giggleswick.org.uk

Giggleswick School Settle, BD24 0DE giggleswick.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Mark M Turnbull Total pupils: 390 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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

Headteacher: Dr J A Sweetman Total pupils: 224 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

York, YO62 4HP stmartins.ampleforth.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Mark O’Donnell Total pupils: 170 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Olave’s School York, YO30 7WA stolavesyork.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Andy Falconer Total pupils: 341 Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Peter’s School

Hymers College

HLC Bankfield Pre-Prep

York, YO30 6AB stpetersyork.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr D Elstone Total pupils: 976 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Emily Bayley Total pupils: 84 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Leo Winkley Total pupils: 549 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Hull, HU3 1LW hymerscollege.co.uk

Harrogate, HG1 2EY hlc.org.uk

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Headteacher: Ms Angela Charlton Total pupils: 300 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Girls

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE2 4RH newcastleprepschool.org.uk

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NORTH OF ENGLAND | Yorkshire - North | Yorkshire - South | Yorkshire - West Scarborough College

Dale House School

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School

Headteacher: Mr Charles Ellison Total pupils: 350 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs S M G Fletcher Total pupils: 93 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr David Craig Total pupils: 707 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

Scarborough, YO11 3BA scarboroughcollege.co.uk

Terrington Hall School York, YO60 6PR terringtonhall.com

Headteacher: Mr Stephen Mulryne Total pupils: 145 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Yorkshire - South

Ashdell Preparatory School Sheffield, S10 3BL ashdellprep.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Anne B Camm Total pupils: 127 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Birkdale Prep School Sheffield, S10 2NS birkdaleschool.org.uk

Headteacher: Dr Paul Owen Total pupils: 816 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Birkdale School

Sheffield, S10 3DH birkdaleschool.org.uk

Senior • Boys • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Hill House School

Doncaster, DN9 3GG hillhouse.doncaster.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr David Holland Total pupils: 710 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Mylnhurst Preparatory School and Nursery Sheffield, S11 9HJ mylnhurst.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Christopher Emmott Total pupils: 197 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Rudston Preparatory School Rotherham, S60 2SW rudstonschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Guy Willatt Total pupils: 96 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Sheffield High School Junior

Batley, WF17 8HL dhschool.co.uk

The Froebelian School

Rastrick Independent School

Headteacher: Mr J Tranmer Total pupils: 180 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs S A Vaughey Total pupils: 124 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Leeds, LS18 4LB froebelian.com

Richmond House School

Headteacher: Mrs Deborah Newman Total pupils: 390 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs J Disley Total pupils: 206 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Leeds, LS28 8DS fulneckschool.co.uk

Gateways School

Leeds, LS17 9LE gatewaysschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Dr Tracy Johnson Total pupils: 356 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Co-Ed • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

The Gleddings Preparatory School Halifax, HX3 0JB thegleddings.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs P J 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

Hipperholme Grammar School

Sheffield High School Senior

Westbourne School

Sheffield, S10 2QT westbourneschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr J B Hicks Total pupils: 339 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Yorkshire - West

Wakefield Girls’ High School Wakefield, WF1 2QS wgsf.org.uk

Headteacher: Mrs G Wallwork Total pupils: 671 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Leeds, LS16 5LG rhschool.org

Westville House School

Rishworth School

Headteacher: Mrs R James Total pupils: 129 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Rishworth, HX6 4QA rishworth-school.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Alastair Gloag Total pupils: 460 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly• Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Silcoates St Hildas Horbury, WF4 6BB silcoates.org.uk

Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Silcoates School

Wakefield, WF2 0PD silcoates.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr D S Wideman Total pupils: 640 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Ilkley, LS29 0DQ westvilleschool.co.uk

Woodhouse Grove School

Apperley Bridge, BD10 0NR woodhousegrove.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr David Humphreys Total pupils: 699 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Woodhouse Grove School, Bronte House Apperley Bridge, BD10 0PQ brontehouse.co.uk Headteacher: Mr Simon Dunn Total pupils: 310 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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Queen Ethelburga’s College

Moorfield School

Ilkley, LS29 8RL moorfieldschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Jessica Crossley Total pupils: 120 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Moorlands School

Leeds, LS16 5PF moorlandsschool.com

Headteacher: Mr Martin McElhone Total pupils: 142 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Mulberry House Nursery

Headteacher: Mr Anton Maree Total pupils: 474 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs D St C Cawthorne Total pupils: 78 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Pontefract, WF7 7LT ackworthschool.com

Wakefield, WF1 2DG wgsf.org.uk/mulberry-house

Bradford Grammar School

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (Junior)

Headteacher: Mr Kevin Riley Total pupils: 1109 Senior • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Louise Gray Total pupils: 380 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

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Headteacher: Mrs G Wallwork Total pupils: 671 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Bingley, BD16 4AP ladylanepark.bradford.sch.uk

Ackworth School

Bradford, BD9 4JP bradfordgrammar.com

Wakefield, WF1 2QX wgsf.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Jack Williams Total pupils: 216 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Gill Wilson Total pupils: 169 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Valerie Dunsford Total pupils: 736 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Wakefield Girls’ High School (Junior)

Halifax, HX3 8JE hgsf.org.uk

Lady Lane Park School and Nursery

Sheffield, S10 2PE sheffieldhighschool.org.uk

Brighouse, HD6 3HF rastrickschool.co.uk

Fulneck School

Sheffield, S10 2QH sheffieldhighschool.org.uk Headteacher: Mrs Anne Jones Total pupils: 210 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Girls

Wakefield, WF1 3QX wgsf.org.uk

Wakefield, WF1 3QY wgsf.org.uk

Thorpe Underwood hall, Ouseburn, York YO26 9SS T: 01423 333330 E: info@qe.org W: qe.org Head Teacher: Steven Jandrell Admissions: Pat Jewitt

Key facts

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 5-19 years Total pupils: 1650, boys 839, girls 811 Type: Day, Flexi, Full Boarding Fees: Prep – Day from £2,595, Flexi POA, Full Boarding from £9,186.

Senior: Day from £4,485, Flexi POA, Full Boarding from £10,433 per term

School Philosophy: To be the best that I can with the gifts that I have.

Open Days: 3rd October 2015, 21st November 2015, 23rd January 2016, 12th March 2016, 7th May 2016, 11th June 2016

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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.

Edinburgh 1

Fettes College

WESTERN ISLES

Inverness

HIGHLAND

Perth and Kinross 2 Glenalmond College 3 Strathallan School

Stirling

4 Beaconhurst

MORAY Aberdeen

ABERDEENSHIRE Fort William

PERTH ANDANGUS KINROSS

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SCOTLAND Aberdeenshire

Edinburgh

Stewart’s Melville College

West End Montessori Pre-School

Aberdeen, AB10 1FE rgc.aberdeen.sch.uk

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

Robert Gordon’s College

Cargilfield Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mr Simon Mills Total pupils: 1667 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Robert Taylor Total pupils: 305 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

St Margaret’s School for Girls

The Edinburgh Academy Nursery and Junior School

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 Lomond School

Helensburgh, G84 9JX lomond-school.com

Headteacher: Mrs Johanna Urquhart Total pupils: 405 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Ayrshire

Wellington School Ayr, KA7 2XH wellingtonschool.org

Headteacher: Mr S P Johnson Total pupils: 480 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Clackmannanshire Dollar Academy

Dollar, FK14 7DU dollaracademy.org

Headteacher: Mr David Knapman Total pupils: 1216 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

East Lothian Belhaven Hill

Dunbar, EH42 1NN belhavenhill.com

Headteacher: Mr Innes MacAskill 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

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 Marco G Longmore Total pupils: 909 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Edinburgh Montessori Arts School Edinburgh, EH16 6AE emaschool.co.uk

Edinburgh, EH4 3EZ esms.org.uk

St Mary’s Music School

Edinburgh, EH12 5EL st-marys-music-school.co.uk

Headteacher: Dr Kenneth Taylor Total pupils: 83 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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

Glasgow

Belmont House School Glasgow, G77 5DU belmontschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Emma Rattigan Total pupils: 53 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr M D Shanks Total pupils: 260 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

ESMS Junior School

Craigholme School

Headteacher: Mr Bryan Lewis Total pupils: 1255 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Brendan Farrelly Total pupils: 308 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Girls

Edinburgh, EH4 3NT esms.org.uk

Fettes College

Edinburgh, EH4 1QX fettes.com

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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

The Mary Erskine Junior School Edinburgh, EH4 3NT esms.edin.sch.uk

Glasgow, G41 4HS craigholme.co.uk

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 glasgowhigh.com

Headteacher: Mrs Karen Waugh Total pupils: 359 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

The High School of Glasgow (Senior) Glasgow, G13 1PL glasgowhigh.com

Glasgow, G42 7RN hutchesons.org

Headteacher: Dr K M Greig Total pupils: 470 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Hutchesons’ Grammar School Glasgow, G41 4NW hutchesons.org

Kelvinside Academy

Glasgow, G12 0SW kelvinsideacademy.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Robert Karling Total pupils: 565 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

St George’s School for Girls

St Aloysius’ College

Headteacher: Dr Graham Hawley Total pupils: 619 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Anne Everest Total pupils: 824 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Girls

Headteacher: Mr John Browne Total pupils: 1092 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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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

Moray

Gordonstoun School Elgin, IV30 5RF gordonstoun.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Simon H C Reid Total pupils: 600 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Perth and Kinross Ardvreck School

Crieff, PH7 4EX ardvreckschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Richard Harvey Total pupils: 119 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Craigclowan Preparatory School Perth, PH2 8PS craigclowan-school.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Patrick Borderie Total pupils: 252 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Glenalmond College

Perth, PH1 3RY glenalmondcollege.co.uk

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Headteacher: Ms Elaine Logan Total pupils: 377 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mrs Dorothy MacGinty Total pupils: 308 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Merchiston Castle School

Edinburgh, EH12 6BG st-georges.edin.sch.uk

Kilmacolm, PA13 4EQ st-columbas.org

Hutchesons’ Grammar School Primary

Loretto School

Musselburgh, EH21 7RE lorettoschool.co.uk

St Columba’s School

Kilgraston

Headteacher: Dr K M Greig Total pupils: 1482 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Hunter Total pupils: 471 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

Inverclyde

Headteacher: Mr Colin D R Mair Total pupils: 1039 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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

Edinburgh, EH13 0PU merchiston.co.uk

Glasgow, G3 6AP westendmontessoripre-school.com

Glasgow, G3 6RJ staloysius.org

Perth, PH2 9BQ kilgraston.com

Morrison’s Academy Crieff, PH7 3AN morrisonsacademy.org

Headteacher: Mr Simon Pengelley Total pupils: 486 Nursery • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

The New School Butterstone Dunkeld, PH8 0HJ thenewschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Scott Gordon Total pupils: 40 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Strathallan School Perth, PH2 9EG strathallan.co.uk

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Headteacher: Mr B K Thompson Total pupils: 552 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

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SCOTLAND

A strong foundation for the future, a family for life A full-boarding school which accepts day pupils in the heart of Edinburgh Co-educational 7-18 • Excellent IB, A Level and GCSE results Superb pastoral care • Strong sporting tradition • Bursaries, Scholarships & Awards available Please call our Registrar on 0131 311 6744 admissions@fettes.com www.fettes.com independentschoolparent.com

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SCOTLAND

Strathallan School

Forgandenny, Perthshire, PH2 9EG

Glenalmond College is a leading boarding and day school for boys and girls aged 12-18, located on a stunning 300-acre campus just outside Perth.

Come along to the free Open Day to find out more about life at Glenalmond College.

Scottish Charity SC006123

T: 01738 842000 E: registrar@glenalmondcollege.co.uk www.glenalmondcollege.co.uk/OpenDay

inspiring learning

Scottish Borders

St Mary’s Preparatory School Melrose, TD6 9LN stmarysmelrose.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr William Harvey Total pupils: 177 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

South Lanarkshire Fernhill School

Rutherglen, G73 4SG fernhillschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Dr Laura Murphy Total pupils: 200 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Hamilton College

Hamilton, ML3 0AY hamiltoncollege.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr John J Taylor Total pupils: 600 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

T: 01738 812546 E: secretary@strathallan.co.uk W: strathallan.co.uk Head Teacher: Mr Bruce Thompson Admissions: Mrs Felicity Legge E: admissions@strathallan.co.uk

Key facts

Gender / Ages: boys and girls, 9-18 years Total pupils: 552, boys 304, girls 248 Type: Day, Full Boarding Fees: Junior – Day £4,482, Full Boarding £7,182 per term Fees: Senior – Day £6,833, Full Boarding £10,070 per term Typical class size: 18-20 Main exit schools: Pupils remain at Strathallan for the duration of their schooling and then go onto University.

Faith: Multi Denominational.

Motto: Labor Omnia Vincit.

Entrance procedure: Junior – School Reports and Maths & English Assessments; Senior – School Reports only.

School Philosophy: Founded over a century ago, we continue to thrive on the core values set out by our founder Harry Riley: “At Strathallan we aim to provide outstanding education, academic, social and extra-curricular elements, which give opportunities for all pupils to excel, developing their ability to benefit themselves and others.” We believe that giving each pupil a chance to shine in something, gaining experience and confidence to develop their talents along the way, would be beneficial to wider society.

Academic Record: At Strathallan we aim to provide an outstanding all round education across academic, social and extra-curricular elements, which give opportunities for all pupils to do well and the confidence to achieve. We achieve excellent academic results based on small class sizes, dedicated teaching staff and a world of opportunities.

Extra-curricular: A number of activities to choose from on a weekly basis, from chess to riding, debating to dance. There are many opportunities through a wide and varied programme available and something for everyone.

Stirling

Beaconhurst School Stirling, FK9 4RR beaconhurst.com

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Headteacher: Mr John J Taylor Total pupils: 600 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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Open Days: Senior: (entry from aged 13+) Saturday 31st October 2015 Senior: (entry from aged 13+) Saturday 31st October 2015 General: (entry age 9+) Saturday 5th March 2016

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NORTHERN SCOTLAND IRELAND

Northern Ireland

County Antrim

Royal Belfast Academical Institution

Belfast Royal Academy

Belfast, BT1 6DL rbai.org.uk

Belfast, BT14 6JL belfastroyalacademy.com

Headteacher: Mr J M G Dickson Total pupils: 1555 Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Ben Madigan Preparatory School, Belfast Royal Academy Belfast, BT15 5GP benmadigan.com

Headteacher: Mrs V McCraig Total pupils: 124 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Coleraine

Headteacher: Miss J A Williamson Total pupils: 1184 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys

LONDONDERRY COUNTY ANTRIM

Victoria College

Ballymena

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

TYRONE

Omagh

Carrickfergus

Cookstown

Belfast

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

County Down

FERMANAGH Enniskillen

Rockport School

ARMAGH

Holywood, BT18 0DD rockportschool.com

Headteacher: Mr George Vance Total pupils: 180 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Newry

Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Inchmarlo Preparatory School

Londonderry

Coleraine Academical Institution

Foyle College

Headteacher: Mr A Smyth Total pupils: 190 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Dr David Carruthers Total pupils: 761 Senior • Day • Boys

Headteacher: Patrick Allen Total pupils: 960 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Belfast, BT9 6JR inchmarlo.org.uk

Coleraine, BT51 3LA coleraineai.com

COUNTY DOWN

Londonderry, BT48 0AW foylenet.org.uk

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YACHT CHARTER

S

GREECE & THE CARIBBEAN

www.sailionian.com A Perfect Family Sailing Holiday

• Bareboat Charter • Skippered Charter • Assisted Sailing • RYA training courses • Yacht ownership schemes

• We are family run • All yachts are in excellent condition • Yachts from 30 to 56 ft • Dinghy & Outboard included • Go sailing on the day of arrival • Wifi available on board • Why not Indulge yourselves on a luxury Skippered charter

S ail

St. Vincent & The

Grenadines

www.sailgrenadines.com

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WALES

Wales Carmarthenshire

Holyhead Bangor

Llandovery College

St John’s College

Headteacher: Mr Guy Ayling Total pupils: 323 Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Dr David Neville Total pupils: 482 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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 Ruthin School

Ruthin, LL15 1EE ruthinschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Toby Belfield Total pupils: 262 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Co-Ed

Conwy

Llantwit Mayor, CF61 1WF atlanticcollege.org

Headteacher: Mr John Walmsley Total pupils: 370 6th Form • Boarding • Co-Ed

POWYS

Penarth, CF64 2EF westbourneschool.com

Headteacher: Ms Carol Clint Total pupils: 61 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Westbourne School - Senior

CEREDIGION PEMBROKESHIRE CARMARTHENSHIRE

Penarth, CF64 2AJ westbourneschool.com

Gwynedd

Rydal Penrhos School

Bangor, LL57 2EL st-gerards.org

St David’s College

Aberystwyth

Westbourne School Nursery and Junior

Headteacher: Mr Roger McDuff Total pupils: 178 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Headteacher: Mr Patrick Lee-Browne Total pupils: 255 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Boarding • Co-Ed

GWYNEDD

UWC Atlantic College

Headteacher: Mr Kenneth Underhill Total pupils: 93 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Conwy, LL29 7BT rydalpenrhos.com

CONWY DENBIGHSHIRE

Cardiff, CF3 5YX stjohnscollegecardiff.com

Rydal Penrhos Preparatory School Conwy, LL29 7BP rydalpenrhos.com

MONMOUTHSHIRE Swansea

Cardiff

St Gerard’s School Headteacher: Miss Anne Parkinson Total pupils: 182 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Monmouthshire

Rougemont School

Newport, NP20 6QB rougemontschool.co.uk

The Grange, Monmouth Preparatory School

Headteacher: Mr R A Carnevale Total pupils: 568 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Glamorgan

Headteacher: Mrs Elaine Thomas Total pupils: 110 Prep • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Boys

St John’s-on-the-Hill School, Celtic Springs Day Nursery

Cardiff, CF24 0AA ccoex.com

Haberdashers’ Agincourt School and Nursery

Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

Conwy, LL30 1RD stdavidscollege.co.uk

Senior • 6th Form • Day • Weekly • Flexi • Boarding • Co-Ed

Cardiff Sixth Form Headteachers: Mr Imran Ali-Farzal 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: Mr Stephen W Morris Total pupils: 743 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

Howell’s School, Llandaff Cardiff, CF5 2YD howells-cardiff.gdst.net

Headteacher: Mrs Sally Davis Total pupils: 832 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boys • Girls

Kings Monkton School Cardiff, CF24 3XL kingsmonkton.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr Paul Norton Total pupils: 215 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Prep • Senior • 6th Form • Day • Co-Ed

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Flint

Monmouth, NP25 3NG habs-monmouth.org

Monmouth, NP25 3SY habs-monmouth.org

Headteacher: Mrs Jennifer Phillips Total pupils: 126 Nursery • Pre-Prep • Day • Co-Ed

Haberdashers’ Monmouth School for Girls Monmouth, NP25 5XT habs-monmouth.org

Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Pascoe Total pupils: 572 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Girls

Inglefield House

Monmouth, NP25 5XT inglefieldhouse.org

Headteacher: Mrs Hilary Phillips Total pupils: 112 Prep • Day • Boarding • Girls

Monmouth School

Monmouth, NP25 3XP monmouthschool.org

Headteacher: Dr Andrew Daniel Total pupils: 563 Senior • 6th Form • Day • Boarding • Boys

Newport, NP10 8FZ stjohnsonthehill.co.uk

St John’s-on-the-Hill School, St Arvans Day Nursery Chepstow, NP16 6DN stjohnsonthehill.co.uk

Headteacher: Ms Julie Dyson Total pupils: 58 Nursery • Day • Co-Ed

St John’s-on-the-Hill School Chepstow, NP16 7LE stjohnsonthehill.co.uk

Headteacher: Mr Nicholas Folland Total pupils: 524 Pre-Prep • Prep • Day • Flexi • Boarding • 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

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A S I Y WH

TRYTRY? CALLED A

The original rules, written at Rugby School, stated that grounding the ball only gave the opportunity to ‘try’ to score with a kick at goal. No points were given for grounding the ball behind the opponent’s goal line.

A NAUGHTY

BOY

In 1823 William Webb Ellis, who, with a fine disregard for the rules of football as played in his time, first took the ball in his arms and ran with it, thus originating the distinctive feature of the rugby game.

BROKE THE

RULES…

A S I Y WH

In 1839, to mark the visit of Queen Adelaide, boys wore special caps in her honour. Those boys considered good enough to play for Rugby School’s main teams were given ‘following up’ caps, which later developed into the international cap awarded to the country’s top players.

BOY CAP CALLED A

CAP?

Rugby, where the whole person is the whole point www.rugbyschool.co.uk