Mander Portman Woodward (MPW) A GSG School
- Mander Portman Woodward (MPW)
90-92 Queen's Gate
London
SW7 5AB - Head: Dr Sally Powell
- T 020 7835 1355
- F 020 7259 2705
- E [email protected]
- W www.mpw.ac.uk
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 14 to 19.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Kensington & Chelsea
- Pupils: 601; sixth formers: 509
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £34,233 pa
- Open days: Throughout the year
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
For most students, the individualised teaching style is very different from anything they have experienced before: ‘My son discovered a deep well of self-motivation,’ says one parent. Overall feel is more opulent home than school – orchids and apricot roses on deep mantelpieces, no bells between lessons, no prize-winner noticeboards and no uniform (unless you count cashmere beanies and big scarves). ‘There are rules,’ says one student, ‘just not silly…
What the school says...
Founded in 1973, Mander Portman Woodward provides bespoke Fifth and Sixth Form education, offering GCSEs and A levels in over 40 subjects. We welcome students from Year 10 upwards who are seeking a socially relaxed yet academically disciplined college to help them achieve their goals. We are distinctive in many ways, not least in our small classes of no more than eight students and our focus on exam preparation, but also in the outstanding personal support for students through our Director of Studies system. A full team of staff offer specialist university entrance guidance. We have fully equipped media studies, computing and film rooms, plus drama and art studios, a photography darkroom and five science laboratories. Our extra-curricular programme is comprehensive. Among other options, we offer rugby, football, creative writing, street jazz dancing, basketball, gym membership, conversational Italian, instrumental lessons, debating, Duke of Edinburgh, and community service. We also run revision courses over one year, one term and during the Easter holidays. ...Read more
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Principal
Since September 2023, Dr Sally Powell. English, drama and theatre studies at Royal Holloway, then PhD in Victorian fiction at Oxford University. Spent 22 years at Collingham College, the last 11 as principal. Was chair of CIFE (Conference for Independent Further Education). Poised, polished and a passionate advocate of the tutorial model, Sally Powell believes it is ‘the jewel in the crown of the independent sixth form sector’. ‘Students benefit unreservedly from small classes, a tutorial style of teaching, and individual attention,’ she says. ‘They hear their own voices and grow in maturity. And the micro rules, which up till now may have been the bane of these students’ lives, melt away.’ ‘Our students want to take ownership of their learning, they don’t want parents helicoptering overhead,’ she says knowingly, but she is also...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
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Special Education Needs
School's description of their SEN provision:
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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