Are you applying for a school place and are unsure which year group your child will be joining? Below you can see which year group your child would be in during the current school year and which year group your child would join in September 2022 based when he or she was born. School year […]
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With the ongoing uncertainty during the pandemic, there are no final answers as to how 11+ academic testing will look in the autumn term, but at least there are plans, some of which might change. Here is an overview of what different schools in London are planning at the moment. Co-educational Schools Co-educational schools are
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This is a guest post by Faisal Nasim of exampapersplus.co.uk (see further info and bio below). What is the 7+? The 7+ assessment is a competitive selection exam used by an increasing number of top schools in London for entry into Year 3. Your child will sit the exam whilst in Year 2. Most schools
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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 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 if not more,
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Tucked away on quiet Cadogan Street behind Sloane Square is a special one form entry school called St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School. Once you pass through the green gate, you enter a beautiful playground, which I found out is only one of three playgrounds in the school. The first person I spotted at the school
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Are you applying for primary school places to start Reception in September 2019? At many oversubscribed London state primary schools, catchment areas have been expanding from 2017 to 2018, thanks in part to additional school places, in part as a response of a declining birth rate. Brexit may also have played a part, with more
Most schools have published their results by now, although some results are preliminary, but we are releasing the top 80 London secondary schools based on % of A* grades at GCSE already. It looks like the new tougher GCSE have benefitted the most academic schools in the country, as many of them report record results.
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The below ranking of top 100 state primary schools in London in based on 2017 SATS data published by the Department of Education. Schools are ranked by the percentage of pupils who achieve a higher level in reading, writing and maths. The average scaled scores in reading and maths are also provided. These overall scores
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The following preps sent a considerable number of boys to Harrow in the past years: London preps 2017 Northcote Lodge, Clapham 7 The Hall School 4 Eaton House the Manor 3 Thomas’s Battersea 3 Dulwich Prep 3 Wetherby Prep 3 Arnold House 2 Newton Prep 1 Hill House 1 WCCS 1 St Anthony’s Prep 1
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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. There is no further official list of feeders, but there is certainly a small group of schools that send a significant number of pupils to Latymer Upper School. 11+
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In recent years, an increasing number of readers and clients have asked me about state education and if it is really worth paying private school fees. For many expats, particularly those coming from countries where nearly everybody is state educated, the idea of paying high taxes and then having to pay school fees on top
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It is still very early days but the first pre-prep schools have started releasing their 7+ results. This post will be updated as schools release their results. Please see the summary of Westminster Under / St Paul’s / Sussex House feeders at the end of this post. Children’s House Upper School 7+ Most children off
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We are nearing the end of the 2018 admissions season, although some patient families are still lingering on waiting lists. Those who hoped for an easy ride thanks to Brexit or St Paul’s School’s decision to increase their 7+ intake this year may have been disappointed, with many of the top schools reporting record applicant
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Three years after its inception, Ecole Jeannine Manuel London welcomes 365 pupils representing 40 nationalities from nursery through Year 10. Next fall, the school will open its Upper School on Russell Square, steps from its Primary and Middle schools. In Year 11, the Upper School will enrol the school’s current Year 10 pupils as well
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For those of you preparing for upcoming 7+ exams in December and January, here is a helpful overview of very good past papers published by the top target schools in London, along with a few more from highly selective schools elsewhere in England. They vary in difficulty, so I recommend rather than going through paper
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One of the first decisions you have to make, assuming you are going private, is between the British system and international schools. There are considerable differences between the curricula and approaches, but even practical considerations. First, let us consider the practical aspects, as they can be a deciding factor even before you look into theoretical
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Following separate posts on leading feeder schools to Westminster School and Eton College, below is the same information for St Paul’s School in Barnes. First, here are pre-preps that feed St Paul’s Junior School at 7+ / 8+, to the extent that they publish this information: St Paul’s Junior School feeders 2018 7+ and 8+: –
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Alpha Plus Group is delighted to announce the opening of a new school called Wetherby Kensington. The school will open in September 2017 and will be located at 4 Wetherby Gardens, SW5 0JN, not far from Falkner House School for boys that will be opening on 20 Penywern Road at the same time. Wetherby Kensington
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St Anthony’s School for Girls, the new independent Catholic school located at Ivy House, North End Road, NW11, welcomed founding parents, governors, and other guests on the evening of 12 October to celebrate its official opening. The school is situated on the North End Road (A502) between Golders Green and Hampstead Heath, and it is
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There is a shortage of boys’ pre-preps in London, which is why competition for places at Wetherby or the popular co-educational prep schools is so intense. It is great news then that Falkner House is starting a pre-prep school for boys aged four to eight with an attached co-educational nursery, following their recent acquisition of 20
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