Orley Farm School, Harrow | The Good Schools Guide

Orley Farm School
South Hill Avenue
Harrow
Middlesex
HA1 3NU
Head: Mr Tim Calvey
T 020 8869 7600
F 020 8869 7601
E office@orleyfarm.harrow.sch.uk
W www.orleyfarm.harrow.sch.uk
An independent school for boys and girls aged from 4 to 13.
Boarding: No
Local authority: Harrow
Pupils: 495
Religion: Not Applicable
Fees: £13,749 - £15,861 pa
Open days: Wednesday mornings by appointment
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..

The only co-ed school in the area, Orley Farm occupies a Tardis-like plot. Delightful grounds sprawl behind the main school building, providing space for the Orley Farm chickens (the box of freshly laid eggs we were given on departure, rather than the usual piles of self-promoting literature, could almost be a metaphor for how this school differs from others). You can’t help feeling that an Orley Farm education is about so much more than just powering towards…

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Headmaster

Since 2013, Mr Tim Calvey (40s), formerly school’s deputy head and art teacher, rocketed to headship following the sudden departure of his predecessor following an ‘error of judgement’ (worth googling, even just to learn what ‘acrostic’ means). Hailing from a teaching dynasty, grew up in Zimbabwe in the boarding house run by his father. Passionate about sport and art, got his teaching degree at Christ Church University before cutting his teeth at Northbourne Park School in Kent under an inspirational head ‘who pushed all the boundaries,’ then landing at Eagle House (Wellington College’s prep) around the same time as Anthony Seldon took the helm at the senior school – spending a six year period there that ‘shaped him.’ In true Seldon style, impassioned by well-being and development – ‘we have to find ways to...

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