A FINE START

YOUR GUIDE TO THE BEST SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE BEST EDUCATION LONDON HAS TO OFFER

Nurseries, schools and universities are not in short supply in Chelsea and . 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 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 go on to equally prestigious schools like Eton, Harrow and Westminster.

The range of local secondary schools is also impressive. There’s Godolphin & Latymer – a school praised as much for the niceness of their pupils as for their academic ability. St. Paul’s Girls’ 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.

Chelsea Creek 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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08 CHELSEA 07 PREP & PRIMARY SECONDARY SCHOOLS 06 SCHOOLS 01 St Paul’s School 01 Riverside Nursery BATTERSEA NINE 02 PARK ELMS 02 Thomas’s Fulham FULHAM 03 09 Emanuel School BARNES 10 03 Eaton Square School 04 St Paul’s Girls’ School 04 02 05 05 The Godolphin & Latymer School BARNES 07 Choir School COMMON 06 Harris Westminster 05 Thomas’s Battersea 07 The 06 The London Oratory School

07 L’École de Battersea UNIVERSITIES 02 08 Fulham Prep School CLAPHAM 01 King’s College London PUTNEY BATTERSEA 09  01 Newton Preparatory School 02 University of West London 10 Kensington Prep School 

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RIVERSIDE NURSERY THOMAS’S FULHAM EATON SQUARE SCHOOL WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL CHOIR SCHOOL 01 Battersea Reach, Ensign House, 03 79 Eccleston Square,  02 Hugon Road, SW6 3ES  Juniper Drive, Wandsworth London SW1V 1PP 04 Ambrosden Avenue, SW1P 1QH – Boys and girls SW18 1TA – Ages: 4 - 13 – Boys and girls – Boys – Boys and girls – Term fees: £7,300 – Ages: 4 - 13 – Ages: 4 - 13 – Ages: 3 months - 5 years – Registration: 1st September three years before – Term fees: £8,000 – Term fees: £5,600; boarding (choristers only) – Term fees: Disclosed upon application entry, when children are aged between one – Registration: Occurs at any stage prior to the £3,362 – Ofsted rating (2016): Outstanding and two years old assessment procedures taking place at the – Registration: Boys may be registered at any – Ofsted rating (2018): Outstanding age of three years, the year prior to entry time from birth. The registration fee is £200 OVERVIEW – ISI report (2018): Good – Parents accepting a firm offer will be asked for OVERVIEW a deposit of £2,000, refundable on their son’s Riverside is a private nursery school that aims OVERVIEW departure from the School to empower the children in its care to make their As part of the Thomas’s family, Thomas’s Fulham – ISI report (2018): Excellent own choices about how to learn and to pursue upholds the same ethos of jolly friendliness Headmaster Sebastian Hepher has been at the their natural curiosity. and anti-clique kindness. It’s a pretty, red-brick helm since 2010 and has overseen a steady OVERVIEW school in the heart of SW6, proud of its close-knit, improvement in — the already outstanding — WHAT TO EXPECT community feel. academics. Small class sizes give the school an As the name would suggest, this school is big on intimate, friendly feel and allow for bundles of music. The choir is exceptional and orchestral The learning rooms and baby suites are as WHAT TO EXPECT one-on-one time with each student. instruments are taught weekly. The inherent stimulating and well-designed as you’d expect for discipline present in music practice seeps into a nursery that follows a Montessori ethos. Right There is a sport to entice every budding Olympian WHAT TO EXPECT every other academic pursuit, too. down to the bookshelves built at kids’ height! from gymnastics and swimming to hockey. There’s A calendar of events taking in everything from plenty for arty children too with music and drama The school regularly makes a splash in swimming WHAT TO EXPECT Easter Egg hunts in the large garden to animal high on the agenda — and part of the standard competitions (they’ve been national champions) as visits from a local petting zoo make Riverside curriculum. Regular trips away (both locally and well as excelling in drama and the arts. The school The choir may be this school’s calling card, but Thomas’s Battersea an exciting place for young ones. farther afield) help to foster a spirit of adventure. exudes a sense of quintessential British charm. that doesn’t mean it is weak in other areas. Not in the slightest. There is a vibrant array of HOW IT PERFORMS HOW IT PERFORMS HOW IT PERFORMS extra-curricular activities — from magic club to newspaper club — as well as a thriving sporting An ‘Outstanding’ grade from OFSTED, The teachers here present the curriculum in These are academic whizzes (with Mandarin scene. While it is mostly a day school, the WHAT TO EXPECT glowing feedback from parents and hearty an exciting and innovative way — challenging on the syllabus, no less) who go on to bag choristers can board, but places are competitive THOMAS’S BATTERSEA recommendations from teachers at the primary scholarships and ace entrance exams. Students children on a daily basis. The majority of pupils — just six a year. 05 With Prince George becoming a pupil, there is schools that Riverside feeds, all point to a go on to attend top senior schools in London. are also shoe-ins to the shiny new Eaton Square 28 – 40 Battersea High Street, high performing nursery that helps shape Upper in Mayfair. HOW IT PERFORMS SW11 3JB an even greater frisson of parental expectation well rounded little individuals. surrounding the Thomas’s name – and the school – Boys and girls is proving more popular than ever. Unsurprisingly, pupils regularly win music – Ages: 4 - 13 scholarships to leading schools like Eton and A recent facelift — to the tune of £7m — has – Term fees: £7,500 Westminster. In general, the school has a spruced up the school’s classrooms and bestowed – Registration: 1st September three years before reputation for feeding into top secondary schools a new dining room and outdoor learning area. There entry, when children are aged between one in London and around the country. is an astro-turf on site and for all other sporting and two years old requirements, the school has access to nearby – Ofsted rating (2018): Outstanding Battersea Park and its excellent sports venues, Wandle Recreation Centre, Latchmere Leisure OVERVIEW Centre and The Queen Mother’s Sports Centre.

This day school welcoming boys and girls ticks all HOW IT PERFORMS the academic boxes without being overly formal or overbearing. Children are given the space to find Here children are given not just the tools to what they enjoy and the resources to pursue it. succeed in exams, but a curiosity for life-long Founded by David and Joanna Thomas, the learning. Thomas’s Battersea feeds some of the Thomas’s day schools in Clapham, Fulham, most prestigious schools in the country including Kensington and Battersea have, in their relatively Harrow, Eton, Marlborough, , Radley, short history, garnered accolades galore. The King’s College School, and Westminster. children do exceptionally well in their studies, the extra‑curricular offering is second to none but really it is the schools’ underpinning philosophy of ‘be kind’ which sets them apart. Empathy and compassion are cultivated just as rigorously The Godolphin & Latymer School as ambition.

6 7 FULHAM PREP SCHOOL NEWTON PREP SCHOOL KENSINGTON PREP SCHOOL

10 08 200 Greyhound Road, W14 9SD 09 149 Battersea Park Road, SW8 4BX 596 Fulham Road, SW6 5PA – Boys and girls – Boys and girls – Girls – Ages: 4 - 13 – Ages: 3 - 13 – Ages: 4 - 11 – Term fees: £7,100 – Term fees: £8,200 – Term fees: £5,900 – Ofsted rating (March 2020): Good – ISI report (2018): Good – ISI report (2015): Excellent

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Fulham Prep may be set in a traditional-looking Located in the heart of the community of Kensington Prep School is part of the Girls’ Victorian school building, but the atmosphere of Battersea, Newton Prep School is a long way from Day School Trust family, but certainly has the the place is relaxed and friendly – even slightly the stereotype of the traditional London prep feel of a school that is carving its own path. It quirky. Headmaster Neil Brooks points out that school. There’s clearly no compromise on the combines the academic rigour you’d expect with “we never forget our pupils are just children”. quality of learning and teaching, with the school a – perhaps more unexpected – commitment to Academic life is important here, but so is described as ‘academically ambitious’. the promotion of healthy living, the environment, happiness. The pre-prep is non-selective, but its and use of technology. What’s more, open‑ended reputation means names are put down at birth. WHAT TO EXPECT challenges with no ‘right answer’ are central to its claim of being ‘a thinking school’ – a philosophy WHAT TO EXPECT Newton Prep is blessed with the kind of spacious that has won it a raft of awards. facilities you wouldn’t necessarily expect from a As pupils near the end of their time with the school, city-centre school. An orchard and garden, full- WHAT TO EXPECT Fulham Prep takes great care in helping match size sports pitch, musical recital hall, auditorium Boys preparing for fencing class each individual with the right secondary school. It’s and gyms all make for a broad education and a Following an extensive refurbishment, Kensington evident how well teachers get to know the children real range of experiences. Then there’s the huge Prep School has some of the best facilities of any here. The school may be on a relatively compact library that visiting authors have described as the prep school in London, if not the country. site, but that doesn’t stop Fulham Prep putting on a best they’ve seen in any primary school. Classrooms are equipped with iPads and laptops. busy sports programme and vibrant music offering. Meanwhile, an ‘Explore Floor’ complete with THE LONDON ORATORY SCHOOL (JUNIOR HOUSE) L’ECOLE DE BATTERSEA HOW IT PERFORMS touch-screen walls, takes pupils out of textbooks HOW IT PERFORMS and into walk-through immersive environments – 06 WHAT TO EXPECT 07 Leavers will often have the best secondary schools from the Amazon rainforest to the London skyline. Seagrave Road, London, SW6 1RX Trott Street, London, SW11 3DS Graduates of Fulham Prep can be found in many in London in their sights, gaining places at the likes Innovations in the curriculum such as ‘creative – Boys – Boys and girls The academic rigour and strong choral tradition of the country’s best day and boarding schools. of James Allen Girls School and Westminster. Many thinking’ indicate that the school is really preparing – Ages: 7 - 11 are set against a firm Catholic ethos. Whilst music – Ages: 3 - 11 The challenging academic programme is geared will head there with academic scholarships. girls for the modern world. There are myriad – Term fees: Comprehensive takes centre stage, throughout the four years, – Term fees: £4,500 to meet the requirements of the toughest opportunities to put that into practice, with green – Admission: All applicants should register pupils will be taught all the staples of the national – Ofsted rating (2018): Outstanding entrance exams. NOTABLE FORMER PUPILS screen rooms for filmmaking, and even a recording an application on the admission system by curriculum, as well as being given a grounding in studio for producing podcasts and digital radio 31st October. Parents will be informed of the Latin and Italian. OVERVIEW – Amber Le Bon, model (Daughter of Yasmin shows. It would be easy to cynically dismiss all this outcome on 1st March Le Bon and Simon Le Bon) as gimmickry. But seeing how the pupils take to it – Ofsted rating (March 2009): Outstanding HOW IT PERFORMS Whilst primarily following the French curriculum, with gusto is enough to reassure that this is, in all teaching at L’Ecole de Battersea straddles both likelihood, the future of education. OVERVIEW Academic results are exemplary and the school French and English, with the intention that more than holds its own amongst its public- children develop fluency in both. The school HOW IT PERFORMS London Oratory instils in pupils a competitive school counterparts. Most boys admitted at the makes a real effort to foster family involvement, Academic results are outstanding, with many edge from a young age. Children are of course age of 7 will continue their education at London taking pride in its relationship with parents. pupils taking up places at the country’s leading nurtured and supported, but this isn’t a school Oratory through to 18. girls’ secondary schools, from St Paul’s to where they’ll be wrapped in cotton wool. WHAT TO EXPECT Cheltenham. The Sunday Times has named The Junior House focuses on specialist music NOTABLE FORMER PUPILS Kensington Prep the Independent Prep School of and choral tuition. The international flavour of the school runs deep – – Sons of , former Prime Minister from the sports on offer, to the food in the canteen. the year, and it’s in the running for the prestigious – Son of , former Deputy Prime Minister Set in striking Victorian buildings, L’Ecole de equivalent TES award too. Its innovative use Battersea puts on an impressively diverse range of technology and high percentage of leavers of activities, from coding and sewing to fencing. progressing on to top academic schools has earnt Kensington Prep more silverware from the likes of HOW IT PERFORMS ‘The Week’ and bestprepschools.co.uk.

The waiting list for a place is a long one; testament NOTABLE FORMER PUPILS to how highly the school is regarded. As you’d expect, many pupils head to the prestigious Lycee – Emily Davison, campaigner Francais to continue their education. The Godolphin & Latymer School

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ST PAUL’S SCHOOL LADY MARGARET SCHOOL EMANUEL SCHOOL

01 Lonsdale Road, SW13 9JT 02 , Fulham, 03 Battersea Rise, SW11 1HS London SW6 – Boys – Boys and girls – Ages: 13 - 18 – Girls – Ages: 10-18 – Term fees: £6,900; boarding £12,900 – Ages: 11 - 18 – Term fees: £6,400 – Registration: Three years before entry £175 fee – Term fees: n/a – Oxbridge: 5% – Admission: The Independent Schools – Registration: By November – Registration: 2 years before entry – £145 fee Examinations Board pre - test, CE, interview of year before entry – Admission: Pre-test, school’s own exam and and previous school’s report – Admission: Open from the 1st interview – Oxbridge: 29% November – September before entry – ISI report (2015): Excellent – ISI report (2017): Excellent – Ofsted rating (2015): Outstanding OVERVIEW OVERVIEW OVERVIEW A spectacular school building set in beautiful This is where the brightest and best are steered The notion of strong community is front and grounds, the sight of the Emanuel campus towards an even brighter and better future. And centre at Lady Margaret School. As a Church of is enough to put a smile on anyone’s face. yet, there isn’t that over-pressurised atmosphere , Christian values underpin the No surprise, given the school claims that it is you’ll find in most top performing schools. In fact, caring, compassionate environment that girls happiness that makes students successful. these high achievers are surprisingly low key. benefit from here. The aim of the school is to give students a “goodly heritage” speaks to a desire to WHAT TO EXPECT WHAT TO EXPECT ensure girls leave with a moral compass that’s as strong as their academic results. There is a keen focus on life beyond the classroom Having clocked over 500 years as a school, St at Emanuel, with a particular focus on drama. Paul’s has a piece of history in every magnificent WHAT TO EXPECT Sport, music and theatre are not an afterthought brick and cornice. With a £77m renovation in here, they’re central to the school experience. full swing, it’s about to become even more Collective worship forms part of the daily routine The facilities to support those pursuits are superb; magnificent still. St Paul’s has a whopping 45 at Lady Margaret School, helped by a special Emanuel is blessed with two rugby pitches, acres of land – plenty of room to accommodate relationship with the local parish church, St Dionis. a swimming pool, and a cutting‑edge arts centre. the boat house, various pitches, swimming pool, Citizenship and PSHE also feature prominently The library, meanwhile, is a stunning place that tennis courts and running track. Luckily students in the school’s curriculum. Expectations of girls pupils actually enjoy spending time in. The Godolphin & Latymer School are given a two-hour lunch break – ample time to are high, and not just in academic life. Pupils make use of all those sporting facilities. are actively encouraged try new extra-curricular HOW IT PERFORMS activities beyond their comfort zone. HOW IT PERFORMS A-Level results in 2019: HOW IT PERFORMS 82.5% of grades were A*-B 85% of pupils scored A*s and As in their A levels. ST PAUL’S GIRLS’ SCHOOL More and more are setting their academic sights A-Level results in 2019: NOTABLE FORMER PUPILS 04 Brook Green, W6 7BS OVERVIEW HOW IT PERFORMS overseas and attending Ivy League schools in the 84% of grades were A*-C US. Girls 64% of grades attained were A*-B – Sir Tim Berners-Lee, computer scientist – The atmosphere here is unexpectedly relaxed. Academic excellence is at this school’s heart, and – Ages: 11 - 18 NOTABLE FORMER PUPILS 34% of grades were A*-A – Michael Roux Jr, chef Pupils are not required to wear a uniform and the results speak for themselves. Girls regularly

– Michael Aspel, TV presenter – Term fees: £8,600 the emphasis is on cultivating individuality and have their pick of top universities in both the UK – Oxbridge: 47% academic independence. Relaxed perhaps, but and the USA. – Samuel Pepys, diarist, MP NOTABLE FORMER PUPILS – Richard Marquand, film director – Registration: By November of year before this school is no slacker with leavers regularly – Dan Snow, TV presenter skipping off to the top universities in the country. NOTABLE FORMER PUPILS entry; £125 fee – George Osborne, former Chancellor of the – Janet Street-Porter, journalist and broadcaster – Admission: School’s own exams, interview and Exchequer Rosalind Franklin, chemist previous school’s report WHAT TO EXPECT – Ed Vaisey, MP – – Dame Celia Johnson, actress – ISI report (2015): Excellent Paul Nash, painter – With its oak panelling and red brick, St Paul’s – Alexandra Shulman, former editor of Vogue certainly has the appearance to match its lofty academic successes. Naturally studious girls thrive here, but when they aren’t poring over their books they can be found taking part in one of the umpteen extra-curricular or sporting activities on offer. There are numerous well-established, interesting clubs and societies to choose from as well as a diverse range of sports. Think water polo, fencing, lacrosse and equestrian (among others). Not to mention all the philanthropic ventures. A ‘Paulina’ is nothing if not well‑rounded.

10 11 THE GODOLPHIN & LATYMER SCHOOL HARRIS WESTMINSTER SIXTH FORM 05 OVERVIEW HOW IT PERFORMS Iffley Road, W6 0PG 06 – Girls Steele House, 11 Tothill Street The school, and the girls who go here, ooze a A-Level results in 2019: SW1H 9LH – Ages: 11 - 18 down‑to‑earth confidence. Godolphin & Latymer 78% A*-A grades – Term fees: £7,600 is building a reputation for being that rare thing – Boys and girls IB average of 40 points – Oxbridge: 20% among London independent secondary schools – Ages: 16 - 18 – Registration: By November – grounded. The fact that the school interviews – Term fees: n/a everyone who applies is perhaps why it’s able to NOTABLE FORMER PUPILS of year before entry; £125 fee – Registration: Applications open from 3rd retain a refreshingly inclusive, compassionate air. – Admission: North London Girls’ Schools’ September - 9th December year before entry – Davina McCall, TV presenter Consortium exam and interview – Admission: Test and interview. Students take WHAT TO EXPECT – Baroness Coussins, parliamentarian – ISI report (2015): Excellent two entrance examinations, choosing from – Kate Beckinsale, actress their four subject choices and will have one The facilities are not only impressive, they’re Samantha Bond, actress – interview on their preferred subject choice geared to setting girls up for the modern world. – Nigella Lawson, broadcaster, food writer – Ofsted rating (2016): Outstanding Technology workshops, classroom iPads and music production suites all point to a school that isn’t content to rest on its laurels. Offering OVERVIEW older girls the choice between A-Levels or the Pupils walking between classes International Baccalaureate is indicative of a Established in 2014, Harris Westminster Sixth forward-thinking curriculum too. Form may be a newcomer to the London secondary education scene, but it is making serious waves. It was formed from an agreement between the prestigious and the Harris Federation, THE LONDON ORATORY SCHOOL who run outstanding maintained-sector schools 07 WHAT TO EXPECT across London. The result is a real ‘best-of-both Seagrave Road, London, SW6 1RX worlds’ which is proving you don’t need to be a Boys (ages 7 - 18) and girls (ages 16 - 18) – Outside of the classroom, the school is renowned public school to get large numbers of students – Term fees: £7,600 for the quality of its choral and instrumental into the very top universities. – Oxbridge: 5% music. There are no fewer than five highly WHAT TO EXPECT – Admission: All applicants should register an respected choirs, some of which contributed to application on the e admission system by 31st the soundtrack of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. October. Parents will be informed of the It also has a fine rugby pedigree, and several Admission is competitive, but once through the outcome on 1st March Old Oratorians have gone on to play the game door, Harris Westminster fosters a real sense professionally at international level. of ‘the sky is the limit’ ambition. It has been – No Ofsted or ISI assessment published described by some as a ‘two-year academic A chapel, arts centre with 305-seat auditorium, hothouse’, which gives some indication of the OVERVIEW 25-metre swimming pool, newly refurbished teaching rigour. gyms and outdoor space for tennis courts and ball The London Oratory School is one of England’s games, all serve to make the London Oratory one HOW IT PERFORMS oldest and most distinguished Catholic state- of the best-equipped schools of its kind. funded schools. Although perhaps best known A-Level results in 2019: as a boys’ school, girls are admitted into the sixth HOW IT PERFORMS form. It aims to provide education in accordance 91% of grades were A*-C with the principles and teachings of the Catholic Given that the London Oratory School admits 48% of grades were A*-A faith. The school doesn’t shy away from setting pupils of all abilities, its academic performance is out exactly what is expected of pupils, and nothing short of remarkable. Whilst the culture of indeed parents. It demands nothing short of high the school is perhaps stricter than the norm these standards of excellence in all activities. But it’s days, it clearly pays dividends in terms of results. that traditional focus on hard work and discipline A-Level results in 2019: that sees the London Oratory School outperform 35% of pupils achieved A*-A grades many of its illustrious fee-paying rivals. 1 in every 6 pupils gaining AAA or above

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– , actor – Hayley Atwell, actress – Sons of Tony Blair, former PM – Son of Nick Clegg, former Deputy PM

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KING’S COLLEGE LONDON

01 Strand, London, WC2R 2LS

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King’s is London’s most central university, with King’s students benefit from the university’s King’s College is one of the top 10 UK and ranked five campuses linked through the heart of the global reputation as well as opportunities for 33rd in the world in the QS World University capital, located only 33 minutes from Chelsea local and global connections with employers, Rankings 2020, comparing the top 800 global Creek. King’s has a distinguished reputation in: universities and organisations from government, higher education institutions.

– the humanities business and industry to charities, sport and culture. 94 per cent of master’s graduates are in NOTABLE ALUMNI – law full time work within six months of graduation – the sciences, including health areas such as (DHLE, 2014) and it is ranked in the UK’s top 5 – James Clerk Maxwell, psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry universities for graduate employability by the professor of Natural Philisophy – social sciences, including international affairs. The Times Higher Education – Rosalind Franklin, biophysicist

Old building of Imperial College of Science and Technology (1913):

Cloister passage leading to Guy’s Campus KCL King’s College King’s College London Royal School of Mines entrance. Prince Consort Road, Kensington, London

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02 St Mary’s Road, Ealing, 03 Gower St, Bloomsbury, 04 South Kensington Campus, London London, W5 5RF London WC1E 6BT SW7 2AZ

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The University of West London’s Ealing campuses The main UCL campuses are situated in and Specialising solely in science, engineering, are located just 34 minutes from Chelsea Creek around Bloomsbury in central London – making medicine and business, Imperial uses its by tube. The university offers undergraduate and it a very quick commute from the environs tight focus to offer an education that is truly postgraduate courses (both full-time and part-time) of Chelsea, Fulham or Battersea. As well as cutting‑edge in its field. This is a university with across a wide range of disciplines from music admitting the best of the best to study in its the big scientific questions and global challenges technology to civil engineering and culinary arts. hallowed halls (there are currently some 35,000 of the day in its sights. students), UCL is also a respected research WHAT TO EXPECT facility and manager of umpteen culturally WHAT TO EXPECT significant museums and collections. Seeing as its tagline is ‘the career university’, More than 140 nationalities are represented on it’s unsurprising that UWL places the emphasis WHAT TO EXPECT the Imperial College campus, making it one of heavily on practical placements and job fulfilment. the most international universities in the world. 98% of graduates succeed to further study or the This is one of the top universities not only in But with an excellent main campus in South workplace within six months of graduation. This England but the world. Matriculation is competitive Kensington bringing everyone together, it feels sort of career-focused outlook is in line with most here and students really need to make A*s and like a global community of specialists studying modern universities of its kind (higher education As at A-level in order to be successful. UCL is what they love with others who love it too. institutions granted university status since 1992). considered to be an academic all-rounder with Students will have access to world-class research top-notch teaching staff across all its courses – facilities, from full motion flight simulators and HOW IT PERFORMS from mathematics and medicine to physics and hydrodynamics labs to wind tunnels. psychology. But the campus is certainly conducive University of West London is entering the top 10 to studying hard. Beautiful buildings – all towering HOW IT PERFORMS London universities in 8th place and also ranked as columns and vaulted ceilings – serve to inspire 52nd nationally according to The Times & Sunday the burgeoning intellectual. Imperial College is consistently rated as one of Times Good University Guide 2020. the world’s best universities. According to The London School of Economics HOW IT PERFORMS Times World University Rankings 2018, it is the 3rd NOTABLE ALUMNI best performing in Europe, and 8th in the world. In the 2018/19 QS World University Rankings, UCL – Freddie Mercury, singer is ranked 10th in the world (and 5th in Europe). In NOTABLE ALUMNI – Chris Galvin, restauranteur the 2018 Times Higher Education World University LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS Rankings, UCL is ranked 16th in the world (and 5th – H.G. Wells, author in Europe). – Sir Alexander Fleming, physician 05 Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE – Thomas Huxley, biologist NOTABLE ALUMNI – Brian May, guitarist OVERVIEW HOW IT PERFORMS – Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer – Mahatma Gandhi, activist for England LSE is recognised as the world’s leading dedicated LSE regularly ranks first or second in the world for – Joseph Lister, surgeon and scientist social sciences institution. Whilst it carved out its social sciences. When included with institutions Christopher Nolan, director – reputation in economics (over a quarter of all Nobel with a broader scope, it places in the top 10 – A.A Gill, writer and journalist Prizes in Economics have been awarded to LSE nationally, and the top 50 globally. – Ricky Gervais, comedian alumni), the university offers courses in the fields of politics, law, business and more. NOTABLE ALUMNI

WHAT TO EXPECT – Clement Attlee, former PM – George Soros, investor and philanthropist 70% of the student body at LSE are international – Tsai Ing-wen, President of China students, making the Holborn-based campus a real – Mervyn King, former Governor of the global melting pot. There is a culture of big ambition Bank of England at LSE, with many leavers taking up positions in the – Stelios Haji-Ioannou, businessman City of London to embark on illustrious, and often lucrative, careers. The fact that, out of all European universities, LSE has educated the most billionaires says something about the self-assuredness of the institution itself and the people who study here.

16 17 Located in one of the world’s most exclusive neighbourhoods – just moments from the popular King’s Road – Chelsea Creek offers a collection of Manhattan, 1, 2 and 3-bedroom contemporary apartments and a unique waterside living.

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