Royal Masonic School Cadogan House A GSG School
- Royal Masonic School Cadogan House
Rickmansworth Park
Rickmansworth
Hertfordshire
WD3 4HF - Head: Mr Ian Connors
- T 01923 773168
- F 01923 896729
- E [email protected]…sonic.herts.sch.uk
- W www.rmsforgirls.org.uk/
- A mainstream independent school for girls aged from 4 to 11 with a linked senior school
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Hertfordshire
- Pupils: 225
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: Day £11,475 - £14,025; Boarding £21,150 - £22,305 pa
- Open days: Open day and open morning October 2021
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: Royal Masonic School for Girls
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The creative displays of artistic endeavours and handwritten work, along with educational themes that are imaginatively brought to life in every inch of this school, are like nothing else we’ve seen. We walked through World War I trenches in one corridor, only to find a classroom-come-rainforest. We saw the cosiest, most welcoming book-corners known to mankind and ancient Egyptian art practically jumping off the noticeboards. Girls are guaranteed a place at the Royal Masonic School and about 85 per cent take it, making it the clear choice for parents looking for a one stop shop. A tip-top girls’ school for those that favour the ....
What the school says...
In September 2012 we opened a second, parallel Reception class where girls are taught in classes of a maximum of 14. There is a planned expansion in each year group until the school maximum class size of 24 may be reached in Year 6.
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2014, Ian Connors BA PGCE TEFL MBA (in education management) NPQH (40s), previously head of primary at Harrow International School, Bangkok. Degree in English and American history and literature. Has also been director of studies at King Edward's School, Bath and head of a Cambridgeshire primary school.
Informal, warm and unguarded, this is a truly hands-on headmaster. As often as he’s in his surprisingly modest office, he’s actually teaching (‘I can’t create a happy, successful school if I don’t even know what it’s like at the coalface’), as we saw for himself when we observed his lively ICT class, where he won instant brownie points among the girls for teaching the educational version of Minecraft. ‘He’s all about getting the children to engage,’ say parents – so while more old-school...
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