EDUCATION IN REACH
YOUR GUIDE TO THE BEST SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES IN LONDON WELCOME
Nurseries, schools and universities are not in short supply in Chelsea and Fulham. With London being recognised as a leading global centre for higher education, St George developments in West London have easy access to the local area’s best schools and the City’s many prestigious universities, providing a sound investment for children and the future.
At primary level, schools like Thomas’s Battersea and Kensington Prep School offer children a well‑rounded education with Ofsted ratings of outstanding and excellent. Thomas’s Battersea’s most recent claim to fame is the arrival of Prince George as a student and with exceptional teaching staff and extensive facilities Thomas’s has very quickly become a popular school for boys and girls aged between 4-13. Children tend to THE BEST go on to equally prestigious schools like Eton, Harrow and Westminster. EDUCATION The range of local secondary schools is also impressive. There’s Godolphin LONDON HAS & Latymer – a school praised as much for the niceness of their pupils as for their academic ability. St. Paul’s Girls’ TO OFFER School, meanwhile, is renowned for its musical department and academically, children perform highly with, on average, half the class feeding into Oxford and Cambridge and some of London’s world renowned universities such as King’s College and London School of Economics.
Fulham Reach is not only a stunning place to live, but offers a complete lifestyle and a way into some of the best education London has to offer
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01 | Page 06 PRIMARY SCHOOLS
02 | Page 10 SECONDARY SCHOOLS
03 | Page 14 UNIVERSITIES
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Wa A e e From Fulham Reach you have easy access to the SHOREDITCH local areas best schools and London’s finest universities REGENT’S PARK 2 CLERKENWELL
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4 5 PREP & PRIMARY
RIVERSIDE NURSERY How it performs of SW6, proud of its close-knit, magic club to newspaper club — An ‘Outstanding’ grade from community feel. as well as a thriving sporting scene. 1 Battersea Reach, Ensign OFSTED, glowing feedback While it is mostly a day school, the What to expect House, Juniper Drive, from parents and hearty choristers can board, but places Wandsworth SW18 1TA recommendations from teachers at There is a sport to entice every are competitive — just six a year. the primary schools that Riverside budding Olympian from gymnastics – Boys and girls How it performs feeds, all point to a high performing and swimming to hockey. There’s – Ages: 3 months - 5 years nursery that helps shape plenty for arty children too with music Unsurprisingly, pupils regularly
– Term fees: Disclosed upon well rounded little individuals and drama high on the agenda — win music scholarships to leading application and part of the standard curriculum. schools like Eton and Westminster. – Ofsted rating (2016): Outstanding Regular trips away (both locally and In general, the school has a THOMAS’S FULHAM farther afield) help to foster a spirit reputation for feeding into top Overview of adventure. secondary schools in London 7 Riverside is a private nursery school Hugon Road, SW6 3ES and around the country How it performs that aims to empower the children – Boys and girls in its care to make their own choices The teachers here present the – Ages: 4 - 13 about how to learn and to pursue curriculum in an exciting and EATON SQUARE – Term fees: £6,357 innovative way — challenging their natural curiosity. SCHOOL Thomas’s Battersea – Registration: 1st September three children on a daily basis. The 9 What to expect years before entry, when children majority of pupils go on to attend 79 Eccleston Square, The learning rooms and baby suites are aged between one and two top senior schools in London London SW1 V1PP are as stimulating and well-designed years old – Boys and girls THOMAS’S BATTERSEA as you’d expect for a nursery that – Ofsted rating (2018): Outstanding – Ages: 4 - 13 6 follows a Montessori ethos. Right WESTMINSTER 28 – 40 Battersea High What to expect Overview – Term fees: £7,300 Street, SW11 3JB down to the bookshelves built at kids’ CATHEDRAL CHOIR With Prince George becoming – Registration: Occurs at any height! A calendar of events taking in As part of the Thomas’s family, – Boys and girls a pupil, there is an even greater everything from Easter Egg hunts in Thomas’s Fulham upholds the SCHOOL stage prior to the assessment – Ages: 4 - 13 frisson of parental expectation the large garden to animal visits from same ethos of jolly friendliness 8 procedures taking place at the Ambrosden Avenue, surrounding the Thomas’s name a local petting zoo make Riverside and anti-clique kindness. It’s a age of three years, the year prior – Term Fees £6,629 st – and the school is proving more SW1P 1QH to entry – Registration: 1 September an exciting place for young ones. pretty, red-brick school in the heart popular than ever. – Boys – ISI report (2016): Excellent three years before entry, when – Ages: 4 - 13 children are aged between one A recent facelift — to the tune and two years old – Term fees: £6,194; boarding Overview of £7m — has spruced up the
(choristers only) £3,249 Headmaster Sebastian Hepher has – Ofsted rating (2018): Outstanding school’s classrooms and bestowed a new dining room and outdoor – Registration: Boys may be been at the helm since 2010 and Overview learning area. There is an astro-turf registered at any time from birth. has overseen a steady improvement on site and for all other sporting The registration fee is £200 in — the already outstanding — This day school welcoming boys academics. Small class sizes give and girls ticks all the academic requirements, the school has – Parents accepting a firm offer the school an intimate, friendly feel boxes without being overly formal access to nearby Battersea Park will be asked for a deposit of and allow for bundles of one-on-one or overbearing. Children are given and its excellent sports venues, £2,000, refundable on their son’s time with each student. the space to find what they enjoy Wandle Recreation Centre, departure from the School and the resources to pursue it. Latchmere Leisure Centre and – ISI report (2015): Excellent What to expect The Queen Mother’s Sports Centre. Founded by David and Joanna The school regularly makes a Overview Thomas, the Thomas’s day schools splash in swimming competitions in Clapham, Fulham, Kensington How it performs As the name would suggest, this (they’ve been national champions) and Battersea have, in their Here children are given not just school is big on music. The choir as well as excelling in drama and relatively short history, garnered the tools to succeed in exams, is exceptional and orchestral the arts. The school exudes a sense accolades galore. The children do but a curiosity for life-long instruments are taught weekly. of quintessential British charm. The inherent discipline present in exceptionally well in their studies, learning. Thomas’s Battersea feeds some of the most music practice seeps into every How it performs the extra‑curricular offering is second to none but really it is the prestigious schools in the other academic pursuit, too. These are academic whizzes (with schools’ underpinning philosophy country including Harrow, Eton, Mandarin on the syllabus, no less) of ‘be kind’ which sets them Marlborough, City of London, What to expect who go on to bag scholarships and apart. Empathy and compassion Radley, King’s College School, The choir may be this school’s ace entrance exams. Students are are cultivated just as rigorously and Westminster. calling card, but that doesn’t mean also shoe-ins to the shiny new Eaton as ambition. it is weak in other areas. Not in the Square Upper in Mayfair slightest. There is a vibrant array The Godolphin & Latymer School of extra-curricular activities — from
6 7 THE LONDON How it performs What to expect NEWTON PREP Academic results are exemplary The international flavour of the school ORATORY SCHOOL and the school more than holds runs deep – from the sports on offer, SCHOOL its own amongst its public-school to the food in the canteen. Set in (JUNIOR HOUSE) 5 counterparts. Most boys admitted striking Victorian buildings, L’Ecole 149 Battersea Park Road, 10 SW8 4BX Seagrave Road, London, at the age of 7 will continue their de Battersea puts on an impressively SW6 1RX education at London Oratory diverse range of activities, from – Boys and girls through to 18. coding and sewing to fencing. – Boys – Ages: 3 - 13 – Term fees: £6,310 – Ages: 7 - 11 Notable former pupils How it performs – ISI report (2015): Excellent – Term fees: Comprehensive Sons of Tony Blair, The waiting list for a place is a long – Admission: All applicants should one; testament to how highly the former Prime Minister. Overview register an application on the Son of Nick Clegg, school is regarded. As you’d expect, st Located in the heart of the admission system by 31 October. former Deputy Prime Minister many pupils head to the prestigious Parents will be informed of the Lycee Francais to continue their community of Battersea, Newton outcome on 1st March education Prep School is a long way from the stereotype of the traditional – No Ofsted or ISI assessment L’ECOLE DE London prep school. There’s clearly published BATTERSEA FULHAM PREP no compromise on the quality of learning and teaching, with the Overview 2 Trott Street, London, SCHOOL school described as ‘academically London Oratory instils in pupils a Boys preparing fencing class SW11 3DS 3 ambitious’. competitive edge from a young age. 200 Greyhound Road, – Boys and girls Children are of course nurtured and W14 9SD What to expect supported, but this isn’t a school – Ages: 3 - 11 – Boys and girls Newton Prep is blessed with the kind where they’ll be wrapped in cotton – Term fees: £4,100 KENSINGTON PREP SCHOOL – Ages: 4 - 13 of spacious facilities you wouldn’t wool. The Junior House focuses on – No Ofsted or ISI assessment 4 – Term fees: £6,047 necessarily expect from a city-centre 596 Fulham Road, SW6 5PA the curriculum such as ‘creative specialist music and choral tuition. published thinking’ indicate that the school – Ofsted rating (2018): Outstanding school. An orchard and garden, full- – Girls size sports pitch, musical recital hall, is really preparing girls for the What to expect – Ages: 4 - 11 Overview auditorium and gyms all make for a modern world. There are myriad The academic rigour and strong Overview – Term fees: £5,524 Whilst primarily following the French broad education and a real range of opportunities to put that into choral tradition are set against a firm Fulham Prep may be set in a curriculum, teaching at L’Ecole de experiences. Then there’s the huge – ISI report (2015): Excellent practice, with green screen Catholic ethos. Whilst music takes traditional-looking Victorian school Battersea straddles both French library that visiting authors have rooms for filmmaking, and even centre stage, throughout the four building, but the atmosphere of the and English, with the intention that described as the best they’ve seen Overview a recording studio for producing years, pupils will be taught all the place is relaxed and friendly – even children develop fluency in both. in any primary school. Kensington Prep School is part of podcasts and digital radio shows. staples of the national curriculum, The school makes a real effort to slightly quirky. Headmaster Neil the Girls’ Day School Trust family, It would be easy to cynically as well as being given a grounding foster family involvement, taking Brooks points out that “we never How it performs but certainly has the feel of a in Latin and Italian. forget our pupils are just children”. dismiss all this as gimmickry. pride in its relationship with parents. Leavers will often have the best school that is carving its own path. Academic life is important here, But seeing how the pupils take to secondary schools in London in their It combines the academic rigour but so is happiness. The pre-prep it with gusto is enough to reassure sights, gaining places at the likes you’d expect with a – perhaps is non-selective, but its reputation that this is, in all likelihood, of James Allen Girls School and more unexpected – commitment to means names are put down at birth. the future of education. Westminster. Many will head there the promotion of healthy living, the environment, and use of technology. What to expect with academic scholarships. What’s more, open‑ended How it performs As pupils near the end of their time Notable former pupils challenges with no ‘right answer’ Academic results are outstanding, with the school, Fulham Prep takes are central to its claim of being ‘a with many pupils taking up places great care in helping match each Amber Le Bon, model (Daughter of Yasmin le Bon and Simon Le Bon) thinking school’ – a philosophy that at the country’s leading girls’ individual with the right secondary has won it a raft of awards. secondary schools, from St Paul’s school. It’s evident how well teachers to Cheltenham. The Sunday Times get to know the children here. The What to expect has named Kensington Prep the school may be on a relatively compact Independent Prep School of the Following an extensive site, but that doesn’t stop Fulham Prep year, and it’s in the running for refurbishment, Kensington Prep putting on a busy sports programme the prestigious equivalent TES School has some of the best and vibrant music offering. award too. Its innovative use of facilities of any prep school technology and high percentage How it performs in London, if not the country. of leavers progressing on to top Graduates of Fulham Prep can Classrooms are equipped with academic schools has earnt be found in many of the country’s iPads and laptops. Meanwhile, Kensington Prep more silverware best day and boarding schools. an ‘Explore Floor’ complete with from the likes of ‘The Week’ The challenging academic touch-screen walls, takes pupils and bestprepschools.co.uk. programme is geared to meet out of textbooks and into walk- the requirements of the toughest through immersive environments Notable former pupils entrance exams – from the Amazon rainforest to – Emily Davison, campaigner the London skyline. Innovations in The Godolphin & Latymer School Pupil in library
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ST PAUL’S SCHOOL a school, St Paul’s has a piece of LADY MARGARET EMANUEL SCHOOL history in every magnificent brick 6 3 Lonsdale Road, SW13 9JT and cornice. With a £77m renovation SCHOOL Battersea Rise, SW11 1HS in full swing, it’s about to become 1 – Boys and girls – Boys even more magnificent still. St Paul’s Parsons Green, Fulham,
– Ages: 13 - 18 has a whopping 45 acres of land London SW6 – Ages: 10-18
– Term fees: £8,101; boarding – plenty of room to accommodate – Girls – Term fees: £5,999
£12,133 the boat house, various pitches, – Ages: 11 - 18 – Oxbridge: 5% swimming pool, tennis courts and – Registration: Three years before – Term fees: n/a – Registration: 2 years before entry £175 fee running track. Luckily students are entry – £145 fee – Registration: By November given a two-hour lunch break – – Admission: The Independent of year before entry – Admission: Pre-test, school’s own Schools Examinations Board ample time to make use of all those exam and interview – Admission: Open from the pre - test, CE, interview and sporting facilities. 1st November – September – ISI report (2015): Excellent previous school’s report How it performs before entry – Oxbridge: 29% Overview 85% of pupils scored A*s and As – Ofsted rating (2015): Outstanding – ISI report (2017): Excellent A spectacular school building set in in their A levels. More and more Overview beautiful grounds, the sight of the Overview are setting their academic sights Emanuel campus is enough to put a The notion of strong community is overseas and attending Ivy League smile on anyone’s face. No surprise, This is where the brightest and best front and centre at Lady Margaret schools in the US. given the school claims that it is are steered towards an even brighter School. As a Church of England happiness that makes students and better future. And yet, there isn’t Notable former pupils academy, Christian values underpin that over-pressurised atmosphere successful. – Samuel Pepys, diarist, MP the caring, compassionate Young violinist you’ll find in most top performing – Dan Snow, TV presenter environment that girls benefit from What to expect schools. In fact, these high achievers here. The aim of the school is to give – George Osborne, former There is a keen focus on life beyond are surprisingly low key. students a “goodly heritage” speaks Chancellor of the Exchequer the classroom at Emanuel, with a to a desire to ensure girls leave with ST PAUL’S GIRLS’ SCHOOL What to expect – Ed Vaisey, MP particular focus on drama. Sport, a moral compass that’s as strong 5 Having clocked over 500 years as – Paul Nash, painter music and theatre are not an Brook Green, W6 7BS Naturally studious girls thrive as their academic results. afterthought here, they’re central to here, but when they aren’t poring – Girls the school experience. The facilities over their books they can be What to expect to support those pursuits are superb; – Ages: 11 - 18 found taking part in one of the Collective worship forms part of the Emanuel is blessed with two rugby – Term fees: £8,577 umpteen extra-curricular or daily routine at Lady Margaret School, pitches, a swimming pool, and a – Oxbridge: 47% sporting activities on offer. There helped by a special relationship with cutting‑edge arts centre. The library, – Registration: By November are numerous well-established, the local parish church, St Dionis. meanwhile, is a stunning place of year before entry; £125 fee interesting clubs and societies to Citizenship and PSHE also feature that pupils actually enjoy spending choose from as well as a diverse prominently in the school’s curriculum. – Admission: School’s own time in. range of sports. Think water polo, Expectations of girls are high, and exams, interview and previous fencing, lacrosse and equestrian not just in academic life. Pupils are school’s report How it performs (among others). Not to mention actively encouraged try new extra- – ISI report (2015): Excellent A-Level results in 2017: all the philanthropic ventures. curricular activities beyond their A ‘Paulina’ is nothing if not comfort zone. 68% A*-B grades Overview The atmosphere here is well‑rounded. How it performs Notable former pupils unexpectedly relaxed. Pupils are A-Level results in 2017: – Sir Tim Berners-Lee, not required to wear a uniform How it performs 89% of grades were A*-C computer scientist and the emphasis is on cultivating Academic excellence is at this – Michael Roux Jr, chef individuality and academic school’s heart, and the results 69% of grades attained were A*-B – Michael Aspel, independence. Relaxed perhaps, speak for themselves. Girls 36% of grades were A*-A TV presenter but this school is no slacker with regularly have their pick of top – Richard Marquand, film director leavers regularly skipping off to universities in both the UK and Notable former pupils the top universities in the country. the USA. – Janet Street-Porter, journalist and broadcaster What to expect Notable former pupils With its oak panelling and red – Rosalind Franklin, chemist brick, St Paul’s certainly has the – Dame Celia Johnson, actress appearance to match its lofty – Alexandra Shulman, former academic successes. editor of Vogue Pupils walking between classes
10 11 THE GODOLPHIN & What to expect HARRIS an agreement between the The facilities are not only impressive, prestigious Westminster School LATYMER SCHOOL they’re geared to setting girls up WESTMINSTER and the Harris Federation, who run outstanding maintained-sector 4 for the modern world. Technology SIXTH FORM Iffley Road, W6 0PG workshops, classroom iPads and schools across London. The result 7 is a real ‘best-of-both worlds’ – Girls music production suites all point Steele House, 11 Tothill Street which is proving you don’t need – Ages: 11 - 18 to a school that isn’t content to SW1H 9LH rest on its laurels. Offering older to be a public school to get large – Term fees: £6,978 – Boys and girls girls the choice between A-Levels numbers of students into the very top – Oxbridge: 20% or the International Baccalaureate – Ages: 16 - 18 universities. – Registration: By November is indicative of a forward-thinking – Term fees: n/a of year before entry; £125 fee What to expect curriculum too. – Registration: Applications open – Admission: North London from 3rd September - 9th December Admission is competitive, but once The Godolphin & Latymer School Girls’ Schools’ Consortium How it performs year before entry through the door, Harris Westminster exam and interview A-Level results in 2017: – Admission: Test and interview. fosters a real sense of ‘the sky is the limit’ ambition. It has been described – ISI report (2015): Excellent 77% A*-A grades Students take two entrance by some as a ‘two-year academic THE LONDON ORATORY SCHOOL IB average of 40 points examinations, choosing from their Overview hothouse’, which gives some 2 four subject choices and will have Seagrave Road, London, the Rings trilogy. It also has a The school, and the girls who indication of the teaching rigour. one interview on their preferred SW6 1RX fine rugby pedigree, and several go here, ooze a down‑to‑earth Notable former pupils subject choice Old Oratorians have gone on confidence. Godolphin & Latymer – Davina McCall, TV presenter How it performs – Boys (ages 7 - 18) and girls – Ofsted rating (2016): Outstanding to play the game professionally is building a reputation for being – Baroness Coussins, A-Level results in 2017: (ages 16 - 18) at international level. that rare thing among London parliamentarian Overview 86% of grades were A*-C – Term fees: n/a independent secondary schools – Kate Beckinsale, actress Established in 2014, Harris 43% of grades were A*-A – Oxbridge: 5% A chapel, arts centre with 305-seat – grounded. The fact that the – Samantha Bond, actress Westminster Sixth Form may be a – Admission: All applicants auditorium, 25-metre swimming school interviews everyone who – Nigella Lawson, broadcaster, newcomer to the London secondary should register an application pool, newly refurbished gyms and applies is perhaps why it’s able food writer education scene, but it is making on the e admission system outdoor space for tennis courts to retain a refreshingly inclusive, serious waves. It was formed from by 31st October. Parents will and ball games, all serve to make compassionate air. be informed of the outcome the London Oratory one of the on 1st March best-equipped schools of its kind. – No Ofsted or ISI assessment How it performs published Given that the London Overview Oratory School admits pupils of all abilities, its academic The London Oratory School is performance is nothing short of one of England’s oldest and most remarkable. Whilst the culture of distinguished Catholic state- the school is perhaps stricter than funded schools. Although perhaps the norm these days, it clearly best known as a boys’ school, pays dividends in terms of results. girls are admitted into the sixth form. It aims to provide education A-Level results in 2017: in accordance with the principles 25% of pupils achieved 3 A*-A and teachings of the Catholic grades faith. The school doesn’t shy away 73% of pupils achieved 3 A*-B from setting out exactly what is grades expected of pupils, and indeed parents. It demands nothing short 9 students achieved places of high standards of excellence in at Oxbridge all activities. But it’s that traditional 5 students secured places focus on hard work and discipline at medical schools that sees the London Oratory School outperform many of Notable former pupils its illustrious fee-paying rivals. – Simon Callow, actor – Hayley Atwell, actress What to expect – Sons of Tony Blair, former PM Outside of the classroom, the – Son of Nick Clegg, school is renowned for the quality former Deputy PM of its choral and instrumental music. There are no fewer than five highly respected choirs, some of which contributed to the soundtrack of the Lord of The Godolphin & Latymer School The Godolphin & Latymer School
12 13 UNIVERSITIES London School of Economics
UNIVERSITY OF UWL places the emphasis heavily UNIVERSITY on practical placements and job IMPERIAL COLLEGE WEST LONDON fulfilment. 98% of graduates succeed COLLEGE LONDON LONDON to further study or the workplace 2 1 3 St Mary’s Road, Ealing, within six months of graduation. Gower St, Bloomsbury, South Kensington Campus, London, W5 5RF This sort of career-focused London WC1E 6BT London SW7 2AZ outlook is in line with most modern Overview universities of its kind (higher Overview Overview The University of West London’s education institutions granted The main UCL campuses are Specialising solely in science, Ealing campuses are located just university status since 1992). situated in and around Bloomsbury engineering, medicine and business, an 30 minutes from Fulham Reach in central London – making it a very Imperial uses its tight focus to How it performs by tube. The university offers quick commute from the environs offer an education that is truly The Times University Guide 2018 undergraduate and postgraduate of Chelsea, Fulham or Battersea. cutting‑edge in its field. This is rankings placed the University courses (both full-time and part-time) As well as admitting the best of the a university with the big scientific of West London in 56th place across a wide range of disciplines best to study in its hallowed halls questions and global challenges nationally on 24th September 2017. from music technology to civil (there are currently some 35,000 of the day in its sights. engineering and culinary arts. The University now sits firmly students), UCL is also a respected in the top half of UK universities. research facility and manager What to expect What to expect of umpteen culturally significant More than 140 nationalities are Notable alumni Seeing as its tagline is ‘the career museums and collections. represented on the Imperial College – Freddie Mercury, singer university’, it’s unsurprising that campus, making it one of the most – Chris Galvin, restauranteur What to expect international universities in the world. This is one of the top universities But with an excellent main campus in not only in England but the world. South Kensington bringing everyone Matriculation is competitive here together, it feels like a global and students really need to make community of specialists studying A*s and As at A-level in order to what they love with others who love be successful. UCL is considered it too. Students will have access to be an academic all-rounder with to world-class research facilities, top-notch teaching staff across all from full motion flight simulators and its courses – from mathematics and hydrodynamics labs to wind tunnels. medicine to physics and psychology. But the campus is certainly How it performs conducive to studying hard. Beautiful Imperial College is consistently buildings – all towering columns and rated as one of the world’s best Overview says something about the self- vaulted ceilings – serve to inspire universities. According to The Times LSE is recognised as the world’s assuredness of the institution itself the burgeoning intellectual. World University Rankings 2018, leading dedicated social sciences and the people who study here. it is the 3rd best performing in institution. Whilst it carved out How it performs How it performs Europe, and 8th in the world. its reputation in economics (over In the 2018/19 QS World University a quarter of all Nobel Prizes in LSE regularly ranks first or second th Rankings, UCL is ranked 10 in the Notable alumni Economics have been awarded in the world for social sciences. th world (and 5 in Europe). In the – H.G. Wells, author to LSE alumni), the university offers When included with institutions 2018 Times Higher Education World – Sir Alexander Fleming, physician courses in the fields of politics, law, with a broader scope, it places in University Rankings, UCL is ranked the top 10 nationally, and the top – Thomas Huxley, biologist business and more. 16th in the world (and 5th in Europe). 50 globally. – Brian May, guitarist What to expect – Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Notable alumni Notable alumni 70% of the student body at LSE are Officer for England – Mahatma Gandhi, activist international students, making the – Clement Attlee, former PM – Joseph Lister, surgeon and Holborn-based campus a real global – George Soros, investor and scientist LONDON SCHOOL melting pot. There is a culture of big philanthropist – Christopher Nolan, director ambition at LSE, with many leavers – Tsai Ing-wen, President of China – A.A Gill, writer and journalist OF ECONOMICS taking up positions in the City of – Mervyn King, former Governor of
– Ricky Gervais, comedian 4 London to embark on illustrious, and the Bank of England Houghton Street, London often lucrative, careers. The fact that, – Stelios Haji-Ioannou, WC2A 2AE out of all European universities, LSE businessman has educated the most billionaires Old building of Imperial College of Science and Technology (1913): Royal School of Mines entrance. Prince Consort Road, Kensington, London
14 15 KING’S COLLEGE LONDON
5 Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
Overview King’s lays claim to being the fourth oldest university in the country, having been established in 1829. Its historic heart is on the Strand, but four other campuses across London cater for its 30,000-strong student body. It has an impressive academic reputation in many areas but is world-renowned for its healthcare education – across medicine, dentistry and nursing in particular.
What to expect Some of King’s facilities are spread across multiple sites, but it still manages to retain a sense Khadija Najefi, of Kings College and Young Leaders UK (YLUK) introduces rd of identity that is the envy of most President Barack Obama at an rally in London. 23 April 2016 London universities. Many of the buildings it occupies are steeped in history – from the Round Reading Room and the Maughan Library, to the imposing Bush House and the Grade I listed King’s College Chapel on the Strand.
How it performs Depending on the criteria involved, King’s places 28th nationally in The Times University Guide 2018, and 23rd globally according to the 2018 QS World University Rankings. Whatever the measure, though, it’s up there with the very best.
Notable alumni John Keats, poet Peter Higgs, physicist Archbishop Desmond Tutu Alain de Botton, philosopher and writer Thomas Hardy, novelist
King;s College London Cloister passage leading to Guy’s Campus KCL King’s College
16 17 FULHAM REACH
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