King's House School A GSG School
- King's House School
68 King's Road
Richmond
Surrey
TW10 6ES - Head: Mr Mark Turner
- T 020 8940 1878
- F 020 8939 2501
- E [email protected]
- W kingshouseschool.org/
- An independent school for boys aged from 3 to 13 with girls and boys in the nursery.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Richmond-Upon-Thames
- Pupils: 420
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £5,580 - £18,570 pa
- Open days: Friday 1 October, Friday 12 November, Friday 26 November. Starting at 9.30am, meet the Heads of Schools, hear from the Headmaster, Mr Turner, and tour the school.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Space is at a premium, the library fills in a corridor and a piano lesson seemed to be going on in a passageway. The IT room contained a lot of slightly restless boys learning computer basics. But, no worry, there is plenty of room for burning energy outside in the big playground which, cleverly, has a partially covered area. Communication certainly seems to be a great strength; no parent could say they are not kept fully up to date. From the headmaster’s termly letter to the weekly school newsletters, everything is covered...
What the school says...
King's House School, Richmond is a non-selective independent day preparatory school for boys aged 3 to 13 years, with girls in the nursery.
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2011, Mark Turner BA PGCE NPQH (40s). Studied French and Spanish at Bristol before training at Sandhurst with six years in the army. After leaving, taught at Merchant Taylors' before joining Durston House, Ealing where he was deputy head for nine years. Married with four children, two of whom were at the school. Feels he is lucky to head such a good, friendly, and mainly local school. Says it has a strong sense of community and provides a broad education. Parents like the fact that he teaches French to year 4, thereby getting to know the senior boys, and say he's ‘very approachable’ and ‘a classic boys’ prep school headmaster’. Feel that he has made the school gentler. One of his aims is to unite the three sections of the school: at the...
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Special Education Needs
We have two specialist SEN teachers and one assistant. All three are permanent members of the school staff who attend staff meetings and take a full role within the school. Boys who need learning support are all given an IEP which is distributed to the pupil, his parents and to all staff who teach him. This is updated each term. Support can be in the form of withdrawal lessons, in class support, early morning Touch Type, Read and Spell lessons or a combination of all three. We allow laptop use where necessary in class and for homework. All Year 7 and 8 students have a Chromebook for their school work. Each year we conduct full assessments of all pupils to help to identify those who are struggling or who need extension work.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epsom College | 2021 | 6 | ||
| Hampton School | 2021 | 5 | 1 | 1 Sport Scholarship |
| St Paul's School | 2021 | 5 | 2 | 2 Academic Scholarships |
| Charterhouse | 2021 | 3 | ||
| Harrow School | 2021 | 3 | 1 | 1 Sport Scholarship |
| Brighton College | 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 Music Scholarship |
| Eton College | 2021 | 1 | ||
| Radley College | 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 Sport Scholarship |
| Reed's School | 2021 | 1 | ||
| The Harrodian School | 2021 | 1 | ||
| Wellington College | 2021 | 1 | ||
| Westminster School | 2021 | 1 | ||
| Winchester College | 2021 | 1 |
Who came from where
| School | Year |
|---|---|
| Merlin School | 2021 |
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