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Some of the most innovative approaches to tech and environmental issues we’ve seen in any school, let alone a prep: digital and sustainability strategies are closely interlinked, with ‘Earth Day unplugged’ taking a step back to reflect on digital learning. ‘Consistently exceptional teachers’ who are ‘passionate about their subjects’ and ‘have a real sense of fun and curiosity’ that pupils adore; parents agree ‘it’s not a hothouse – there are lots of avenues for growth’. Some worry that girls are not specifically prepped for the 11-plus, but…

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Since 2021, Kate Bevan, previously head of the junior school at Ibstock Place. Read history at Exeter, then a PGCE at Cambridge, where she discovered that ‘teaching is the best job; children are a joy’. She kicked off her teaching career in Twickenham state school St Stephen’s before spending 13 years at Danes Hill School – including as head of year, head of history and director of studies – before moving to Ibstock Place. She sees girls’ schools as forward-looking places where ‘we can show our pupils so many different ways of being a woman’; joining NHEHS has been ‘like coming home’.

Bright and sparky, bubbling over with enthusiasm for her school, she loves that there is ‘space to breathe’ in the beautiful new buildings. Parents applaud her ‘energy and...

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