Broomwood Prep – Boys A GSG School
- Broomwood Prep – Boys
26 Bolingbroke Grove
London
SW11 6EL - Head: Kevin Doble - Group Principal and Head
- T 020 8682 8888
- F 020 8682 8879
- E admissions@broomwood.com
- W www.broomwood.com/
- An independent school for boys aged from 8 to 13.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Wandsworth
- Pupils: 230
- Religion: Christian
- Fees: £24,300 pa
- Open days: One a term - usually October, March and May. Regular showarounds too.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Broomwood Prep – Girls , Broomwood Pre-Prep
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Committed staff provide mostly inspiring teaching and ‘really get what makes each child tick,’ according to parents. ‘I haven’t come across a single teacher where I’ve thought, “Damn, I didn’t want them,”’ approved one. Their superpower? Transforming shy boys lacking in confidence into enthusiastic learners and talented public speakers. All boys are issued iPads and there’s good use of technology well integrated into teaching – so much so that the head is thinking of turning the IT suite into another art space – ‘We’ve come full cycle!’ he laughs. Classrooms full of...
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.
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
Group Principal and Head
Since February 2023, Kevin Doble, group principal and head. BA in law and political sciences, PGCE and postgrad degree in management. Previously chief executive of the Northwood Schools Group since 2021 and before that, executive head of Shrewsbury House prep. He has also been second master and acting head at Edge Grove prep and head of English at Newlands School and Vinehall prep.
Eloquent, witty and driven, he was educated at St John’s College, Johannesburg, then went ‘ever so briefly’ into banking. Coaching hockey and cricket in the UK lured him away from the ‘glorious mudslide of international finance,’ he smiled – ‘I never went back!’ Three decades later, it’s evident he still relishes the vitality of the school day, and parents think the world of him: ‘really...
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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 |
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