Belmont Mill Hill Preparatory School A GSG School
- Belmont Mill Hill Preparatory School
The Ridgeway
Mill Hill Village
London
NW7 4ED - Head: Dr Susannah Abbott
- T 020 8906 7270
- F 020 8906 3519
- E [email protected]
- 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: £23,850 pa
- Open days: September
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: Mill Hill School, Grimsdell Mill Hill Pre-Preparatory School, 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 September 2024, Dr Susannah Abbott, previously senior deputy head of Queen’s College, London and acting head of Queen’s College Prep. Before that, she taught for 10 years at Harrow School, becoming the first ever female housemaster there. She has an undergraduate degree and PhD in history and has also taught undergraduates at Reading University. She is a keen sportswoman, having played football in the premiership and appearing in the FA Cup final in 2003; she is now a member of the FA Council, representing all independent schools in the country.
Entrance
Automatic entry from pre-prep (Grimsdell) to prep (over three-quarters of entry) – a few rare exceptions. For external candidates, between 10 and 15 places available at 7+ – as max 60 in year 3. For families outside the Foundation, 11+ is the main point...
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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 | 2024 | 94% went to this school | ||
| Lyonsdown School | 2024 | 2 | ||
| St Christopher's School | 2024 | 1 |
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