Redcliffe School A GSG School
- Redcliffe School
47 Redcliffe Gardens
London
SW10 9JH - Head: Sarah Lemmon
- T 020 7352 9247
- E [email protected]
- W www.redcliffeschool.com
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 11.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Kensington & Chelsea
- Pupils: 130
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £19,170 pa
- Open days: Tours most Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9.30am during term time
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Children move about with purposeful expressions and an obvious certainty about their next destination, so this is definitely a well-orchestrated operation, although rather charmingly relaxed on the surface. Despite this cool rather than hothouse atmosphere, Redcliffe children leave with the full academic package: they may not have been offered the exotic curriculum options available in the larger local preps but they have no trouble in passing 8+ and 11+ and succeeding in the ferocious competition for places at demanding senior schools...
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmistress
Since September 2017, Sarah Lemmon (40s). SL is so happy in her work that she leaves her husband and son (an ex-Redcliffe pupil) outside Bath and commutes to London every week. Raised in Co Wicklow until she was 17, she has spent all her post-school life in London, not because it is the dull filling in a green sandwich but because she genuinely loves the city. Once graduated from Froebel College, she tested her natural instinct to become a teacher by doing a stint in the outside world but is clearly delighted that she made the choice to switch to education. She started teaching here 12 years ago and has climbed the ladder to the top, via the headship of the pre-prep, a cv that makes parents comfortable that she knows the school from...
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Special Education Needs
We provide onsite specialist learning support for children with specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, dyspraxia or dyscalculia. Individual Education Plans are written for pupils identified as having special needs, including those who are gifted and talented. These are accessible to all teaching staff and updated regularly.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| 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 | Y |
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Leavers' destinations
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latymer Upper School | 2019 | 2 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| The Harrodian School | 2019 | 2 | ||
| Francis Holland School, Regent's Park | 2019 | 1 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
| Francis Holland School, Sloane Square | 2019 | 1 | 2 | Academic Scholarship; Ballet Scholarship |
| Godolphin & Latymer | 2019 | 1 | ||
| Lady Margaret School | 2019 | 1 | ||
| Putney High School | 2019 | 1 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
| Queen's College London | 2019 | 1 | ||
| Queen's Gate School | 2019 | 1 | ||
| St James Senior Girls' School | 2019 | 1 | ||
| St Paul's Girls' School | 2019 | 1 | ||
| The St Marylebone C of E School | 2019 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
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