Garden House School A GSG School
- Garden House School
Turks Row
London
SW3 4TW - Head: Annie Lee, Mrs J Adlard, Christian Warland
- T 020 7730 1652
- F 020 7730 0470
- E [email protected]
- W www.gardenhouseschool.co.uk
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 11.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Kensington & Chelsea
- Pupils: 475
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £22,500 - £23,550 pa
- Open days: Viewing mornings by appointment
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
We walked into a particularly sweet atmosphere as it was Cake Day and the Bratby of John Betjeman (strong as it is) was eclipsed by tables loaded with a kaleidoscope of wildly decorated cupcakes. Fingers pointed proudly at their own creations and one small boy, beaming at us, whispered ‘I just ate a volcano’ – proof that even cupcakes can be woven into the curriculum...
What the school says...
The boys' Upper School is now established, educating our boys up to the age of 11 years. The senior boys are taught separately from the girls as is the case lower down the School. The School goes from strength to strength, Mrs Charlotte Crofton nee Faber, a Garden House old girl and a senior teacher is flourishing as Head of the Girls' Upper School. Mrs Julia Adlard is Head of the Lower Girls' School. ...Read more
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Principal
Since 1973, Jillian Oddy BA, who is also the owner. The structure at the top of the school appears quadrangular but in effect is a triangle topped by a circle - Jill Oddy.
Head of girls since September 2017 is Annie Lee BA MA PGCE (50s). The newest piece of the equilateral triangle, she is a woman whose self-assurance is barely masked by her good manners and understated exterior. Her music degree led to teaching posts including Wimbledon High School and her last job as head of All Hallows in Somerset and she keeps her hand in playing piano in assembly. Parents feel that she has done a very good job in filling the small number of cracks and improving the staff training and consistency.
Head of boys...
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Special Education Needs
We are a non selective school. We support children with mild learning difficulties on a one to one basis or in small groups. We do not take children with specific learning difficulties but as can be seen below we can cater for difficulties in children already on our roll. We are able to use outside agencies to come into school to help with speech problems, dyslexia and dyscalculia.
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