Hawkesdown House A GSG School
- Hawkesdown House
27 Edge Street
London
W8 7PN - Head: Sarah Gillam
- T 020 7727 9090
- F 020 7727 9988
- E [email protected]
- W www.hawkesdown.co.uk
- An independent school for boys from 3-8, gradually becoming co-ed from 2018 and expanding to 11 years.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Kensington & Chelsea
- Pupils: 105
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £9,765 - £21,120 pa
- Open days: Thursday 9th June 2022
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Purpose built as a school. Fairly cramped premises with tiny outdoor courtyard but Kensington Gardens is used for daily ‘huff and puff’. Not bad as a back garden. PE takes place in school hall, as well as nearby Holland Park. About 30 per cent currently learn either the piano or violin. Choir meets regularly and performs at the carol service, Notting Hill Christmas market, harvest festival and summer concert. Mostly dual-income professional families. Majority British but with sizeable contingents from…
What the school says...
Hawkesdown House was founded in 2001. It has an early Nursery, The Walnut Tree Nursery for children aged 2+ which opened in April 2019, a Nursery class for 3+ and it now offers coeducational education through to Year 6. The School offers a broad, balanced curriculum, with excellent teaching, to encourage a love of knowledge and independent thinking. Sport, music and drama are all carefully integrated into the school week, to develop a wide mix of talents and interests, and for a happy and varied day. Pastoral care at the School is outstanding. The whole ethos of the School is for kindness, individual attention and very close links with parents. The School is a safe place where people are kind, considerate and capable, where a child can start their school life happily and make early friends with confidence. It is a place of fun, purpose and success providing an excellent education, inspiring and challenging the mind and the imagination. In a world that is changing at an accelerated rate, the School concentrates on knowing each child and understanding what is important to every family. Parents are fiercely loyal to this philosophy; it is borne out in excellent results and in the open, thoughtful and happy children. ...Read more
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since January 2022, Sarah Gillam, previously head of Maple Walk School in North West London, where she taught for nine years; before that, head at The White House Preparatory School Trust for five years. BEd from Cambridge.
Entrance
Names down as soon as possible after birth. Pupils can now join at 2 in the nursery or 4 in reception. Occasional places thereafter. Parents invited into the school two years before starting, to meet head individually. Confirmed or waiting list places offered 12-18 months ahead of start date.
Nursery is capped at 16, but room for 20 in reception. ‘We appreciate that many families may want their children to complete their own local nursery, and so we are happy to take them in reception too.' Sibling priority at every stage. Gradually becoming co-ed.
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Special Education Needs
How can we help? This is the first question that is addressed at our school. Hawkesdown House prides itself on being as inclusive as possible and welcomes all boys that the staff feel they can help, while remaining a mainstream school. Each boy is regarded on his own merits and the school will do all it can to meet individual needs. In cases where the school does not have the appropriate expertise, the headmistress always suggests a viable alternative and will facilitate an introduction to that school. Hawkesdown House works closely with many outside agencies and therapists are able to work in school with individual boys in several instances. 09-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| 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 | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's College Junior School (Wimbledon) | 2021 | |||
| St Paul's Juniors | 2021 | |||
| Summer Fields | 2021 | |||
| Sussex House School | 2021 | |||
| Westminster Cathedral Choir School | 2021 | |||
| Westminster Under School | 2021 |
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