Northcote Lodge School A GSG School
- Northcote Lodge School
26 Bolingbroke Grove
London
SW11 6EL - Head: Clive Smith-Langridge
- T 020 8682 8888
- F 020 8682 8879
- E [email protected]
- W www.northwoodschools.com
- An independent school for boys aged from 8 to 13.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Wandsworth
- Pupils: 260
- Religion: Christian
- Fees: £20,640 pa
- Open days: Private tours by appointment with the Registrar.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Broomwood Hall
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Boys wear tweedy jackets, soft blue shirts and look like miniature gentlemen, but frayed cuffs and stubborn mud stains speak of rough and tumble rather than any concerns over dry-cleaning. When we enquire whether houses are fiercely competitive as we have seen elsewhere the boys are slightly baffled. Parents tell us: ‘There is a competitive spirit but it is one with a great comraderie’. Such is the gentleness of the boys...
What the school says...
We may be a London prep school but in our outlook and ethos we are closer to a traditional country prep school in that our focus is on educating the 'whole boy'. Most boys leave us at 13 to some of the country's top public schools - both day and boarding. We are rightly proud of our boys’ outstanding successes in Common Entrance, but we’re just as proud of their feats on the sports field as well as in the music, art and drama that are embedded into our broad and wide-ranging curriculum. Perhaps more than this, we measure our success, as a school, by the character and manners of our boys.
With 260 boys and no plans to grow, we're small enough to know each boy well but large enough to field successful teams against much bigger schools. ...Read more
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since January 2019, Clive Smith-Langridge, previously head of Packwood Haugh. Limbered up for the role by spending 16 years in marketing before switching to boarding schools (has also been deputy head at Walhampton). Brings essential savvy plus the experience of having captained a Chile cricket XI vs Brazil. Married to Sally; two daughters.
Entrance
Entry points at 8+ and 11+. At least 80 per cent from Broomwood Hall Lower School (they have automatic entry), the sibling school round the corner. The remaining 10 or so places for external candidates is via short online assessment and group activity and all candidates meet the head. These applicants must register for the main list some 20 months before date of entry although late registrations will be considered for the 'headmaster's list'. This is reserved for boys who show exceptional...
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Special Education Needs
We provide support teaching from our full time Learning Support teacher for those with mild special needs. A prospective pupil requiring more than one hour's support during the week would probably not be best served by Northcote Lodge. Currently about a sixth of boys receive half an hour or more of support each week. The majority of such boys will be in Years 4 and 5. As they move up the school many find that such help is no longer required. 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 | Y |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dulwich College | 2020 | 2 | 2 | Academic Scholarship(2); Art Exhibition |
| Royal Russell School | 2020 | 2 | 2 | Drama Scholarship; Sport Scholarship |
| Blundell's School | 2020 | 1 | 1 | AV Hill Academic Scholarship |
| Lancing College | 2020 | 1 | 1 | Sports Scholarship |
| Millfield School | 2020 | 1 | 1 | Sports Scholarship |
| Stowe School | 2020 | 1 | 1 | Sports Scholarship |
| Trinity School | 2020 | 1 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
| Whitgift School | 2020 | 1 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
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