Knightsbridge School A GSG School
- Knightsbridge School
67 Pont Street
London
SW1X 0BD - Head: Mrs Shona Colaço
- T 020 7590 9000
- F 020 7589 9055
- E [email protected]
- W www.knightsbridgeschool.com
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 16.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Kensington & Chelsea
- Pupils: 400
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £23,925 - £26,820 pa
- Open days: Tours of the school are by appointment on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
We have seldom seen such engaged children, with quiet learning in every room. Teachers are all smiles and energy – mainly young and energetic but some wise and older too, so well balanced by experience and thoughtfulness. Curriculum trad and sensible, complemented by Macs and Chromebooks and laptops with in-class charger units and all used with proper educational values rather than for their own sakes. Performing arts on curriculum throughout – including through GCSEs. ‘We’re about the whole child and we don’t want them to have to park things they really love,’ says school, though we noted that none of the…
What the school says...
Knightsbridge School (KS) offers a broad, balanced and challenging curriculum preparing both boys and girls for 8+,11+ and 13+ Common Entrance entry to public day and boarding schools. Pastoral Care: KS fosters a strong sense of community and welcomes parental involvement. It provides a warm, supportive environment where children flourish.
HEADS MOTTO: Keep It Simple, Keep Smiling through Adversity and Keep Striving
Outstanding Characteristics:
Keep Smiling is the school motto and KS stands for Keep Studying, Keep Striving, Keep Striding, Keep Sporty, Keep Scootering, Keep Singing and Keep It Simple! ...Read more
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Principal
Since the school opened in 2006, Magoo Giles, known universally and affectionately as Magoo. Married with two children, both of whom attended the school. Via Summer Fields, Eton, the Coldstream Guards and two years as personal equerry to the Queen, he spent six years as head of nearby Garden House Boys' School. If he wasn't a teacher from the off, he should have been - he exudes ebullience, dedication and high educational values. With the backing of 50 friends and family members, he got hold of the building on the corner of Lennox Gardens and Pont Street - formerly home of the Hellenic College - and began to create a dream come true. Magoo is energy, enthusiasm, loquacity and huge fun in pinstripes. He is not out to process children for any particular school...
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| Hall Grove School | 2023 | 1 | |
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