Lochinver House School A GSG School
- Lochinver House School
Heath Road
Little Heath
Potters Bar
Hertfordshire
EN6 1LW - Head: Mr B Walker
- T 01707 653064
- F 01707 653064
- E [email protected]
- W www.lochinverhouse.com
- An independent school for boys aged from 3 to 13.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Hertfordshire
- Pupils: 340
- Religion: Not Applicable
- Fees: £11,175 - £14,685 pa
- 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..
Has its own garden – a haven in the north London urban jungle – where the youngest pupils grow vegetables, build, dig and have story time when weather permits. Staff described by head as ‘a perfect mix of experience and youthfulness,’ with a great balance of male and female staff. Parents generally agree that ‘the teaching staff really make the school'. Musical pursuits ‘very popular,’ says head, with two-thirds of all pupils learning an instrument and half of that number learning two. Compulsory recorder in year 2 and between six and eight musical recitals every year...
What the parents say...
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2011, Ben Walker BA PGCE CELTA. Educated at Lochinver House (head boy in 1977, badges proudly displayed in his office on a cut off blazer lapel), St Albans School and Reading University where he read English. A teacher by vocation, followed a non conventional path to his current position, joining retail group C&A as a management trainee after university. Realised after a year that the commercial world was ‘not really for me’ and took a PGCE at the Institute of Education. Spent 13 years in inner city state secondary schools, rising through the ranks, before he and his wife decided in 2002 to sell up and move the family to Kenya to carry out development work. They spent three years there starting a school, coordinating health care projects and working as Church Mission...
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Special Education Needs
Lochinver House School has a Learning Support Unit that provides assistance to boys that require extra support in the school. This unit works closely with all members of staff to provide the necessary support required. The SENCO can provide screening/ assessment to assist with any difficulty the child might have. The Learning Support Unit works closely with parents and outside agencies should this be necessary.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| 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 |
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Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haileybury | 2015 to 2017 | 14 | 3 | Sport scholarship (Major); Sports scholarship; Sport scholarship |
| St Albans School | 2015 to 2016 | 14 | ||
| Aldenham School | 2015 to 2017 | 13 | 5 | Music scholarship; Academic scholarship; Music scholarship; Academic scholarship; Sport scholarship |
| St Columba's College | 2015 to 2017 | 9 | 1 | Academic scholarship |
| The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School | 2015 to 2017 | 8 | 5 | Academic scholarship (2); Academic scholarship; Academic scholarships (2) |
| Mill Hill School | 2016 to 2017 | 4 | 2 | Science scholarship; Academic Scholarship |
| St Christopher School | 2015 to 2017 | 4 | 1 | Art scholarship |
| Merchant Taylors' School | 2015 to 2017 | 3 | 1 | Music scholarship |
| City of London School | 2015 to 2016 | 2 | 1 | Academic scholarship |
| Oundle School | 2015 to 2017 | 2 | ||
| St Edmund's College | 2015 | 2 | ||
| University College School | 2015 to 2017 | 2 | 1 | Academic scholarship |
| Berkhamsted School | 2016 | 1 | ||
| Bishop's Stortford College | 2015 | 1 | ||
| Charterhouse | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Harrow School | 2015 | 1 | ||
| Millfield School | 2015 | 1 | ||
| Stonyhurst College | 2017 | 1 | 1 | Academic scholarship |
| The John Lyon School | 2016 | 1 | ||
| Westminster School | 2015 | 1 | ||
| Wymondham College | 2015 | 1 |
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