Finally, more schools are reporting senior school results for 2012 (find previous results here). These are the highlights: Kensington Prep School: out of 34 girls, a whopping 17 were admitted to the Godolphin & Latymer School 2 got accepted to the St Paul’s Girls’ School 3 at Latymer Upper School 2 at City of London School [...]
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This is the second post in my series on school fees and financing. In the last post, I highlighted those prep schools with the most affordable fees. In this post, I want to highlight all the prep schools that offer scholarships and bursaries among those featured on London Pre-Prep’s top 25 prep schools and what the [...]
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Opting for the private school route in Central London is a large financial commitment for most families, particularly in these times and for those parents with two or more children. Adding the cost of uniforms, school trips and extracurriculars to the fees, you can expect to pay up to £20,000 per child per annum, and this [...]
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3 weeks ago, I highlighted in my newsletter that Cameron House School in Chelsea was the first prep school to report 11+ examination results for 2012. I am now happy to share that most prep schools profiled here are publishing their results for future schools their pupils have gained access to and I can provide [...]
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I just found out about this new CBeebies show on BBC that tries teaching toddlers all kinds of different languages with a special focus on Mandarin. It is called the LINGO SHOW and UK based readers can watch the show on the bbc iplayer here. Given that many pre-prep schools in London teach French from [...]
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The highest performing London boroughs for state primaries, as measured by pupil achievement in English, Maths and Sciences are (the list below names the borough and gives the average score per pupil): 1. Richmond 29.3 2. [...]
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Looking at curricula and extracurricular activities at London independent schools, what strikes me is their lack of originality in designing teaching and personal development. Being independent, they have a lot of freedom in terms of how they can teach kids and what to teach, but almost all follow a very narrow curriculum and an identical [...]
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Falkner House is located a very short walk from Gloucester Road tube station in South Kensington, in a lovely old house on Brechin Place. It is a family run school with no external owners or governing body. The headmistress, Mrs Anita Griggs, a former Economics A-Level teacher at St Paul’s Girls’ School, inherited the school [...]
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A place at Eton College is one of the most sought after boarding school choices for boys in the UK, and I have recently been asked several times to compile a list of London schools that best prepare for entry to Eton College. The top London feeder schools are (in brackets the number of boys [...]
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Last weekend, parents at the Royal School Hampstead, an independent girls school founded in 1855, received a letter notifying them that the school had been sold to the Cognita Schools Group and is to be merged with the co-educational North Bridge House School. The former Royal School site will be used for the Senior School [...]
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