Orley Farm School A GSG School
- 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: 514 (329 boys; 185 girls)
- Religion: Not Applicable
- Fees: £16,716 - £19,287 pa
- Open days: Open Days: October Wednesday mornings by appointment.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
‘The tutoring culture is the parents’ and not the school’s, and it’s very difficult to shake,’ says one. ‘Trust us’ is the school’s message, and clearly they should: VR and NVR preparation starts in year 4 (earlier than in many schools), there’s exam technique and interview prep, access to ATOM learning, and teachers offer supplementary...
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2013, Tim Calvey, formerly school's deputy head and art teacher. With his brightly-lined pinstriped suits and slick social media livestreams, we’d expected a slightly bombastic, larger than life head. In fact, Tim Calvey (recipient of a huge 50th birthday cake on the day of our visit) is reflective, a listener, extremely alive to the issues and challenges in people’s lives and intent on defusing parents' over-zealous academic aspirations for their children. The son of teachers (a familiar tale with prep heads), Mr Calvey was raised (less typically) in Zimbabwe and vowed (as most do) ‘never to teach’ after reading art. With his wife, who also works at Orley Farm, Mr Calvey has run boarding houses in the past, one aspect of school life he misses.
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Special Education Needs
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | Y |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | Y |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | Y |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| Hospital School | Y |
| Mental health | Y |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | Y |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | Y |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | Y |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| PD - Physical Disability | Y |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment | Y |
Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The John Lyon School | 2023 | 15 | 14 | 1 Sports Scholarship; 2 Drama Scholarships; 7 Academic scholarships; 1 Art Scholarship; 3 Music Scholarships |
| Merchant Taylors' School | 2023 | 10 | 2 | 1 Academic Scholarship; 1 Entrance Scholarship |
| St Helen's School | 2023 | 7 | 1 | 1 Academic Scholarship; 1 Sports Scholarship |
| St Margaret's School | 2023 | 4 | 2 | 1 STEM Scholarship; 1 Drama Scholarship |
| St Paul's School | 2023 | 4 | ||
| Haberdashers’ Boys’ School | 2023 | 3 | ||
| Harrow School | 2023 | 3 | 4 | 2 Clay Prizes for top performances in Biology and Physics; 2 top five Common Entrance performances in Geography and Chemistry |
| Notting Hill and Ealing High School | 2023 | 3 | ||
| Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College | 2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 Drama Scholarship |
| Marlborough College | 2023 | 2 | ||
| North London Collegiate School | 2023 | 2 | ||
| Avanti House School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Downe House School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Harrow International School Appi, Japan | 2023 | 1 | 2 | 1 Drama Scholarship; 1 English Scholarship |
| Northwood College for Girls | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Radley College | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Royal Masonic School for Girls | 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 Drama Scholarship |
| St Albans School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| The St Marylebone CE School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Watford Grammar School for Girls | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Westminster School | 2023 | 1 |
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