JOHN CATT’S Preparatory Schools 2018 A guide to 1500 independent preparatory and junior schools in the United Kingdom 1 providing education for 2 ⁄2 to 13-year-olds 21ST EDITION The UK’s Leading Supplier of School and Specialist Minibuses • Fully Type Approved 9 - 17 Seat Choose with confidence, our knowledge and School Minibuses support make the difference • All The Leading Manufacturers • D1 and B Licence Driver Options 01202 827678 • New Euro Six Engines, Low Emission redkite-minibuses.com Zone (LEZ) Compliant [email protected] • Finance Option To Suit all Budgets • Nationwide Service and Support FORD PEUGEOT VAUXHALL APPROVED SUPPLIERS JOHN CATT’S Preparatory Schools 2018 21st Edition Editor: Jonathan Barnes Published in 2018 by John Catt Educational Ltd, 12 Deben Mill Business Centre, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1BL UK Tel: 01394 389850 Fax: 01394 386893 Email: [email protected] Website: www.johncatt.com © 2017 John Catt Educational Ltd All rights reserved. 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ISBN: 978 1 911382 50 8 Contacts Editor Jonathan Barnes Advertising & School Profiles Tel: +44 (0) 1394 389850 Email: [email protected] Distribution/Book Sales Tel: +44 (0) 1394 389863 Email: [email protected] Contents Editorial Foreword – Why British prep schools continue to be at the forefront of education, Tania Botting ........ 5 How to use this guidebook................................................................................................................................... 8 Choosing a school – things to consider ........................................................................................................... 10 Why many see their prep school years as ‘the best of their life’, Roger Leake ........................................ 12 Fun, community and independence – the benefits of boarding at prep school, Richard Whymark 14 A decade of difference, John Weeks ............................................................................................................. 16 It is good to talk!, Rebecca Chere ................................................................................................................... 18 The importance of preparing children for the future, Philippa Cawthorne.............................................20 An all-through education in London, Andrew Johnson ...............................................................................22 Fostering a culture of wellbeing, Tracey Gray ............................................................................................... 24 ‘Little Miss Inventor? Any one of our pupils!’, Croydon High Junior School ............................................... 26 ‘Life is co-ed and we’re preparing children for a happy and successful life’, Sean Skehan ................ 28 Why it’s a great time to be a girl, Angela Drew .............................................................................................30 The importance of creative and expressive arts in school, Catherine Ford ............................................ 32 Living the dream…, Caroline Goodsman .......................................................................................................34 Explore the Ionian islands of Greece by yacht – the ultimate family holiday ......................................... 36 Initial advice .........................................................................................................................................................38 Help in finding the fees, Chris Procter ..............................................................................................................44 Profiles Schools in the UK .................................................................................................................................................. 47 England Central & West ....................................................................................................................................48 East .......................................................................................................................................................53 Greater London.................................................................................................................................. 61 London .................................................................................................................................................68 North-West...........................................................................................................................................83 South-East ............................................................................................................................................85 South-West ........................................................................................................................................... 96 West Midlands ..................................................................................................................................100 Yorkshire & Humberside ..................................................................................................................104 Scotland .............................................................................................................................................................105 Geographical directory of schools in the United Kingdom ....................................................................D109 Channel Islands ............................................................................................................................................... D111 England Central & West ................................................................................................................................D113 East ................................................................................................................................................... D119 East Midlands ..................................................................................................................................D127 Greater London..............................................................................................................................D133 London .............................................................................................................................................D139 North-East ........................................................................................................................................D149 North-West (including Isle of Man) .............................................................................................D151 South-East ........................................................................................................................................D157 South-West .......................................................................................................................................D169 West Midlands ................................................................................................................................D173 Yorkshire & Humberside ................................................................................................................D179 Northern Ireland ..............................................................................................................................................D185 Scotland ...........................................................................................................................................................D187 Wales ...........................................................................................................................................................D193 Index ............................................................................................................................................................. 197 WWW.STORAGETRUNKS.CO.UK UK MANUFACTURER OF BOARDING, SHIPPING AND STORAGE TRUNKS 20 SIZES IN OVER 100 STYLES AND TRIMS LARGE BOARDING TRUNKS MEDIUM BOARDING TRUNKS SCHOOL TUCK BOXES [email protected] Trunks direct from the factory with a lifetime guarantee Sales office hours: 01702 216 222 - Outside office hours: 07768 364 726 Logicline Trunks Ltd, Unit 3 High House Farm, Barling Road, Barling, Essex SS3 0LZ Storage Trunks.indd 1 31/01/2018 11:02 Why British prep schools continue to be at the forefront of education Tania Botting, vice-chairman of the Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS) and Headmistress of Greenfield School, Woking, writes the foreword to this year’s guidebook There can be no Major factors in this current lack of preparation have doubt that our been the narrow, frequently changed and distorted children are living in curriculums and too