11+ results: how do waiting lists work?
Feb 10th is D-Day for independent school 11+ results in London and many parents will be eagerly refreshing their emails in the morning. When are 11+ results released? Admissions departments will send...
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City Junior School to hold additional 7+ assessments
Image: City Junior School City Junior School recently held 7+ assessments for Year 3 entry in September 2023. Following the first round of offers, the school has decided to run a second round of 7+...
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St Paul’s Cathedral School to hold additional 7+ assessments
Image: St Paul’s Cathedral School website Potentially related to City Junior School’s decision to hold an extra assessment process for 7+ entry in September 2023, the co-educational prep St Paul’s...
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King’s House School to become co-educational
We are very excited to announce that King’s House School – up to now a boys’ prep school in Richmond – will become co-educational from September 2024, when girls will be able to join Reception for the...
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Easter holiday camps
Looking for Easter camp inspiration? Here is an overview of camps and activities that we can recommend or have been recommended by other parents across London: SPORTS Netball – there is a huge choice...
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Mark Snell appointed New Head For Eaton House Belgravia
Mr Mark Snell, the current Headmaster of Wetherby School, will be joining Eaton House Belgravia as Headmaster from September, 2023. He brings with him a strong understanding of London schools and...
View Article11+ results London prep schools 2023
While we’ll likely have to wait for another week until most of the big prep schools publish their full results, a few prep schools have started sharing the results and we will update them here as soon...
View ArticleStrategic Announcement by Dulwich Prep
From September 2025, Dulwich Prep will extend their offering for boys to 16 by opening a senior section at Alleyn Park encompassing Years 9, 10 and 11, thereby giving families the additional choice of...
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Francis Holland Sloane Square appoints New Head
Alexandra Haydon has been appointed to succeed Lucy Elphinstone as the next Head of Francis Holland School, Sloane Square in January 2024. Alexandra is currently Deputy Head, Academic at Millfield,...
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7+/8+ results 2023
Image: Eaton House Belgravia Most pre-prep schools have released their 7+/8+ by now, which hasn’t always been the case in the past few years. Below we share results for those pre-prep schools that...
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École Jeannine Manuel reports outstanding university placements
Ecole Jeannine Manuel, Bedford Square École Jeannine Manuel has grown significantly since opening in 2015, now welcoming 600 students representing 40 nationalities across 3 sites in Bloomsbury, all...
View ArticleA-Level results 2023: school ranking
17 August 2023 was A-Level results day in the UK! While pictures of smiling teenagers jumping in the air and heart-warming individual success stories are great, some parents want to see numbers, too!...
View ArticleLondon GCSE ranking 2023
Thursday 24 August was GCSE results day and here are the top 100 London secondary schools based on results released so far. Many more exciting stories are coming in so the below table will be updated...
View ArticleSHHS appoints New Head from September 2023
Mrs Anna Paul has been appointed as the new Head of South Hampstead High School GDST from September 2023 Mrs Paul brings with her an impressive record of achieving academic excellence over the course...
View ArticleLondon’s top 100 state primary schools 2023
Due to Covid, there had been no nationally standardised testing (SATS) until summer 2023. As a result, there was no up to date published data of state primary schools in England since 2019. With the...
View ArticleWestminster School to become fully co-educational by 2030
2026 will see the start of one of the most significant and exciting set of changes in the almost 500-year history of Westminster — the introduction of girls into all years, and a new pre-prep. To help...
View Article11+ results London prep schools 2024
While some – particularly co-educational – prep schools have yet to publish their full results, below is a thorough overview of results published so far. I have shared my thoughts on this year’s 11+...
View ArticleAbercorn School and St John’s Wood Pre-Prep to close
The past week has brought sad news from the independent school sector in St John’s Wood. On July 31, parents shared that Abercorn School had announced its closure with immediate effect, leaving...
View ArticleIB Diploma Results 2024
Many London IB schools have recently shared their May 2024 IB results. It must feel good for those students to have their results already, while the rest of 18 year olds are awaiting A-Level results...
View ArticleOverview of co-educational schools in London for all ages
One distinguishing feature of British private schools is that many of them still separate children by gender from as early as 3 or 4 years old. While there are more co-educational prep schools, from...
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