I receive many emails from parents around the world relocating to London. Just in the last week, I have received emails from mums and dads in New York, Dubai, Portugal and Mumbai! The problems faced by internationals moving to London with children tend to be very similar – what year group will their child be joining? Is it […]

In May 2026 Reed’s School announced its decision to move to becoming a fully co-educational school and that they are welcoming the already co-educational prep school Feltonfleet into the Reed’s family of schools. Reed’s School is delighted to be able to welcome girls to their First Form (Year 7) from September 2027 and Third Form (Year

The 11+ intake at WUS has grown to 36+ places following its decision to admit boys and girls from September 2026. The list of individual schools sending a significant number of children to WUS at 11+ is small given the small intake, but there are a few prep schools with a decent number of offers

There are 180 11+ places available at Latymer Upper School, although 40 of those are usually taken up by pupils moving up from Latymer Prep School. Latymer Upper also aims to take a considerable share of pupils from state primary schools at this stage, which means only about 70 places are available for boys and

Feedback from parents this year is that the 11+ at SPGS was as hard and selective as ever. If anyone expected admission would be easier due to Westminster Under opening up places for girls, they were disappointed. In terms of prep schools with the most SPGS offers, the usual suspects are on the list, dominated

St James Senior School has announced it will begin a transition to co-education, welcoming both girls and boys into Year 7 and Year 12 from September 2027. Currently, boys are educated at the separate St James Boys’ Senior School in Ashford, Surrey. This will be welcome news for families in West London keen on co-educational