Belmont Mill Hill Preparatory School A GSG School
- Belmont Mill Hill Preparatory School
The Ridgeway
Mill Hill Village
London
NW7 4ED - Head: Leon Roberts
- T 020 8906 7270
- F 020 8906 3519
- E imanfredi@belmontschool.com
- W www.millhill.org.uk/prep/
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 7 to 13 with a linked senior school
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Barnet
- Pupils: 569
- Religion: Church of England/Christian
- Fees: £22,650 pa
- Open days: Saturday 30 September 2023
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Mill Hill School, Grimsdell Mill Hill Pre-Preparatory School, The Mount, Mill Hill International
What The Good Schools Guide says..
A Belmont child is a busy one. School opens at 7.30am for optional breakfast, and from there on in, a cascade of activities barely allows for an oxygen intake. A hundred clubs are on offer during lunchtime and after school, so if elastic or kicking a ball ain’t your thing – why not try ancient Greek? Colourful and interesting displays of student work adorn the corridors, and the pupils we witnessed, while not particularly noisy, were ‘spirited’. A couple of parents we spoke to said that academia...
What the school says...
Belmont Mill Hill Preparatory School is situated in the Green Belt on the borders of Hertfordshire and Middlesex, just ten miles from Central London. A part of the Mill Hill School Foundation which is set in 160 acres of beautiful grounds, Belmont stands in about 35 acres of its own woods. We provide a happy, secure and rich learning environment for boys and girls aged 7 to 13, the majority of whom move on at the end of Year 8 to the senior school, Mill Hill, which educates boys and girls from age 13 to 18. ...Read more
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Other features
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2015, Leon Roberts MA PGCE. Taught history for four years in the state sector including a stint in the Lake District (‘stunning place, tough environments’), then moved to London where he worked in two north London comprehensives before a job came up at Keble Prep as head of history. ‘It wasn’t intentional to move to the private sector, but it was a really exciting opportunity to be head of history and coach cricket – two of my passions.’ Four years later he applied for the job as deputy head of Belmont, before being promoted to senior deputy head in 2010 and finally taking on the headmaster’s role.
Although he moved to the private sector, he still very much has his ear to the ground within the state sector. He...
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Special Education Needs
Belmont has a Special Needs Coordinator who works with children in class and withdraws small groups. She oversees the work of the visiting specialist teachers who provide one to one tuition for an additional fee. Belmont is able to help children with mild dyslexia or dyspraxia, whose intellectual ability is above average. Nov 09.
Condition | Provision for in school |
---|---|
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
Aspergers | Y |
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 | |
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 |
Leavers' destinations
School | Year | Description |
---|---|---|
Mill Hill School | 2023 | 97% move onto Mill Hill Senior school |
Who came from where
School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
Grimsdell Mill Hill Pre-Preparatory School | 2023 | Grimsdell pupils moving up to Belmont for 2023/24 was 91% | ||
North Bridge House Preparatory School | 2023 | 1 |
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