Colfe's School A GSG School
- Colfe's School
Horn Park Lane
London
SE12 8AW - Head: Richard F Russell
- T 020 8852 2283
- F 020 8297 1216
- E [email protected]
- W www.colfes.com
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Greenwich
- Pupils: 1201; sixth formers: 180
- Religion: Christian
- Fees: £13,167 - £17,775 pa
- Open days: Virtual Admissions launched
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Pastoral care is in the bones of this school with clear focus on development of balanced and resilient individuals who have been well equipped for life inside and outside the classroom. One parent told us that Colfe’s is a ‘360˚education’: a balance of academic, pastoral and extra curricular. Vertical tutoring throughout senior school matches sixth form mentors with newbies in year 7. ‘Ahead of most schools on...
What the school says...
Entrance examination consists of: 11 + Maths & English. Also 16+. Scholarships: 11+ and16+.
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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
Headmaster
Since 2005, Richard Russell MA (60s). Admits that teaching wasn’t exactly calling him as a vocation when he started out fresh from Cambridge with a classics degree, but it was the only profession he could think of that would guarantee long summer holidays and thus enable him to indulge his passion for Mediterranean archaeology. He and his wife Alison have since acquired a property in Sicily and his love of classics remains undiminished. We are told that junior Colfeians are both enthralled and delighted when Mr Russell joins their assemblies, gowned and headmasterly, and full of tales of derring–do from ancient times.
He arrived at Colfe’s via prestigious Sevenoaks School in Kent and latterly Forest School, another co-ed independent near Epping. His lilt reflects an upbringing in Belfast rather than...
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Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
The School must be fully informed of any diagnosed learning difficulties at the time of application. Reasonable adjustments may be offered to pupils in entrance assessments, provided that this is on the recommendation of an Educational Psychologist's or other relevant professional’s report. The scripts of pupils with SEN are scrutinised specifically and sympathetically as part of the selection procedure. The School will discuss thoroughly with parents (and their child's medical advisers, if appropriate) the adjustments that can reasonably be made for the child if they become a pupil at the School, to ensure that the prospective pupil is not put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a pupil who is not disadvantaged because of a disability. There may be exceptional circumstances in which we are not able to offer a place for reasons relating to a child’s condition. For example, if, despite reasonable adjustments, we feel that a prospective pupil is not going to be able to access the education offered, or that their health and safety or those of other pupils or staff may be put at risk, we reserve the right to decline a place at the School.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| 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 |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Michael's Preparatory School | 2021 | 1 |
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