Education Factsheet

London Square Staines upon Thames is the exciting new flagship development set around a stunning piazza on the high street of this vibrant Thames-side town.

In and around Staines-upon-Thames are excellent educational opportunities for all ages from public to private schools. The nearby Royal Holloway University is now ranked 24th in the UK in the Times Higher Education Guide (2019) and with Waterloo only 35 minutes away by train, most of ’s world class universities are within very easy reach too. Schools and Colleges 25 23 1 7 MAGNA CARTA SCHOOL 13 STAINES PREPARATORY SCHOOL 21 19 Charterhouse, Godalming, RUNNYMEDE 3 Gresham Road, Staines-upon-Thames Surrey GU7 2DX Thorpe Road, Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2BT +44 (0)1483 291500 TW18 3HJ +44 (0)1784 450909 www.charterhouse.org.uk +44 (0)1784 454320 www.stainesprep.co.uk www.magnacarta.surrey.sch.uk Founded in 1611, Charterhouse is one of the UK’s ‘Educating today’s children for the challenges leading independent boarding schools, providing a Ofsted rated ‘Good’. Community school for of tomorrow’, this independent school caters for 22 first class education with outstanding boarding for boys and girls 11 to 16. School motto is Respect, the educational needs of children from 3 to 11. boys and girls aged 13 to 18. Learn, Aspire, Achieve, encouraging students to be self-assured, considerate and responsible. 14 2 EGHAM Sunningdale, SL5 9PY 8 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL +44 (0)1344 620159 26 London Road, Egham TW20 0HS Windsor Road, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7LH www.sunningdaleschool.co.uk +44 (0)1784 430800 +44 (0)1344 621488 A small country boarding prep school in Berkshire www.papplewick.org.uk www.acs-schools.com which offers an outstanding all-round education for 3 Co-education for ages 4 to 18, with 600 students A day, weekly, and full boarding preparatory school boys aged range 7-13. from over 60 different countries. It offers all four for around 190 boys between the ages of 6 and 13. IB Programmes and has new sports, art, DT and The boys gain entry to the top UK senior schools 15 STRODE’S COLLEGE science facilities. including Eton, Harrow and Charterhouse. High Street, Egham TW20 9DR 11 +44 (0)1784 437506 3 9 ST GEORGES SCHOOL, ASCOT www.strodes.ac.uk Eton College, Windsor, Wells Lane, Berkshire, Ascot, Berkshire SL4 6DW Berkshire SL5 7DZ Ofsted rated ‘Good’. Sixth form college with an excellent pass rate at A Level – in 2017, 70% of +44 (0)1753 370100 +44 (0)1344 629900 24 results were A*- C grades. BTEC Level 3 achieved 15 STAINES-UPON-THAMES www.etoncollege.com www.stgeorges-ascot.org.uk 100% pass rate in years 1 and 2. 18 7 13 8 10 Provides a full boarding education for about 1,300 Founded in 1348 to educate the choristers 5 16 boys aged 13-18. The Duke of Cambridge and the of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle the TASIS 2 school educates over three hundred boys and Duke of Sussex both attended the school. Coldharbour Lane, Thorpe, 4 6 girls aged 3-13 from a flourishing boarding 16 20 Surrey TW20 8TE 9 4 and day community. HEATHFIELD SCHOOL +44 (0)1932 565252 London Road, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 8BQ 12 10 ST JAMES SENIOR www.tasisengland.org 14 +44 (0)1344 898343 BOY’S SCHOOL The American School in is a mainstream, 1 www.heathfieldschool.net Church Road, Ashford, Surrey TW15 3DZ independently funded junior & senior school for 17 A leading independent boarding and day school +44 (0)1784 266930 mixed students in Egham. With an extensive visual arts program and well developed sports and co- for girls aged 11-18. Each girl benefits from a www.stjamesschools.co.uk/seniorboys Map courtesy of maps.google.com and shows approximate locations only variety of culture, physical, social, intellectual curricular activities for all ages. and creative activities. Relocated to a magnificent 30 acre site Universities in Ashford, Surrey in September 2010. The new site 17 WELLINGTON COLLEGE has been modernised and redeveloped to ensure a 18 20 22 5 HYTHE COMMUNITY PRIMARY Wellington College, Crowthorne, ROYAL HOLLOWAY, KINGSTON UNIVERSITY IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON state-of-the-art educational establishment. Thorpe Road, Staines-upon-Thames Berkshire RG45 7PU UNIVERSITY OF LONDON River House, 53-57 High Street, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ Egham Hill, Egham TW20 0EX TW18 3HD +44 (0)1344 444000 Kingston Upon Thames KT1 1LQ +44 (0)20 7589 5111 11 ST JOHN’S BEAUMONT SCHOOL +44 (0)1784 434455 +44 (0)20 8417 9000 www.imperial.ac.uk +44 (0)1784 452972 www.wellingtoncollege.org.uk Priest Hill, Old Windsor, Berkshire SL4 2JN www.royalholloway.ac.uk www.hythe.surrey.sch.uk www.kingston.ac.uk Number eight in the QS World University +44 (0)1784 432428 A British co-educational day and boarding public A public research university with three faculties, Rankings (2018), Imperial College has a Ofsted rated ‘Good’. A happy caring school www.sjbwindsor.uk school. Educating roughly 1,100 pupils, between A public research university whose specialities 20 academic departments and over 9,000 students world class reputation in science, engineering, dedicated to providing the best possible the ages of 13 and 18. include the arts, design, fashion, science, engineering from over 100 countries. It offers a comprehensive business and medicine. education in a stimulating and safe environment. An independent day and boarding Jesuit and business. Winner of The Guardian University range of vocational and academic courses. It encourages families to work in partnership preparatory school for boys aged 3 to 13 years Awards for teaching excellence, 2017. old. The School aims to provide a stimulating and Its stunning Grade I Listed Founders Building 23 with the school. SOAS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON is a unique feature. carefully structured environment for learning. 21 LONDON SCHOOL Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, 6 LALEHAM C OF E PRIMARY OF ECONOMICS AND London WC1 0HG 12 ST MARY’S SCHOOL, ASCOT 19 KING’S COLLEGE LONDON POLITICAL SCIENCE The Broadway, Laleham, +44 (0)20 7637 2388 St. Mary’s Road, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 9JF Strand, London WC2R 2LS Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE www.soas.ac.uk Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1SB +44 (0)20 7836 5454 +44 (0)1344 296600 +44(0)20 7405 7686 +44 (0)1784 453556 The world’s leading institution for the study www.st-marys-ascot.co.uk www.kcl.ac.uk www.lse.ac.uk www.lalehamcofeprimaryschool.co.uk of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, with a proud A Roman Catholic independent day and boarding Number twenty-three in the QS World LSE is globally respected and takes students from history of welcoming students from all over the Ofsted rated ‘Good’. A thriving community school school for girls. It was named 2015 “Public School University Rankings (2018), King’s has nearly 145 countries: two thirds are from outside the UK. world: 56% are from outside the UK. Students with a caring Christian ethos at the heart of of the Year” at the annual Tatler Schools Awards. 29,000 students including 9,000 from overseas, Its alumni include 30 past or present heads of state have the option of learning a language in addition everything it does. In 2018 the school achieved 1st place in the U.K. and enjoys an outstanding reputation in and 16 Nobel Prize winners. to their degree course. based on their GCSE results. humanities, law and sciences. Universities (continued)

24 ST MARY’S UNIVERSITY, 25 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON 26 UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON TWICKENHAM Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT St Mary’s Road, Ealing, London W5 2NU Waldegrave Road, Strawberry Hill, +44 (0)20 7679 2000 +44 (0)20 8579 5000 Twickenham TW1 4SX www.ucl.ac.uk www.uwl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 8240 4000 UCL is number seven in the QS World University The University works closely with communities www.stmarys.ac.uk Rankings (2018). Founded in 1826, it is London’s and businesses in West London. Its slogan A Roman Catholic foundation of further education, leading multidisciplinary university, with 38,000 ‘the career university’ is borne out by the with very high academic standards and a modern students from 150 countries. It continues to adhere fact that 97% of students are in employment outlook. St Mary’s welcomes students of all faiths, to its original principle of academic excellence and or further education within 6 months. 10% of whom are from overseas. research, aimed at addressing real-world problems.

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All details are correct at the time of going to press, June 2019.