St Mary's School, Hampstead A GSG School
- St Mary's School, Hampstead
47 Fitzjohn's Avenue
London
NW3 6PG - Head: Mrs Harriet Connor-Earl
- T 020 7435 1868
- F 020 7794 7922
- E [email protected]
- W www.stmh.co.uk/
- An independent school for girls aged from 2 to 11.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Camden
- Pupils: 300
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Fees: £15,945 pa
- Open days: Virtual visits with Headmistress and Director of Studies throughout term.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The brightest are stretched through a curriculum enriched with plenty of arts-related activities and sport. ‘We wanted to make teaching more relevant and incorporate risk-taking and thinking independently.' We particularly loved the idea of year 5 book club with the head herself in her lovely, tranquil office accompanied by freshly baked cookies (it sounds so wonderfully Enid Blyton; we hope it’s accompanied by lashings of ginger beer)...
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmistress
Since 2016, Harriet Connor-Earl BA (RE - from Brighton). In her late 30s, she is young for a head teacher - but definitely not green. She has been in the teaching profession for many years, starting off her career at a state secondary school in Haywards Heath before a stint in New York teaching at St Columbia Elementary School: ‘I taught grade 8, but a lot of the expectation was teaching to test, so you couldn’t be creative.’ She still enjoyed it and benefited from the experience. When she came back to the UK, she worked for two years at Chapter School for Girls in Kent, followed by four years at Warden Park School. Subsequently she became director of studies and boarding housemistress at Ardingly College Prep School, Sussex, before being offered the post...
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Special Education Needs
St Mary’s School has a thriving Learning Support Department. When a pupil is identified as having SEN, we take action to remove barriers to learning and put effective special educational needs provision in place. Quality First Teaching remains our first response in relation to the identification of SEN, but we also ensure that the child receives high quality additional support and interventions carefully matched to their needs. Pupils receive maximum support to develop and encourage their potential and specialist teachers offer small groups or individual 1:1 lessons. Through consultation with the form teacher and parents, a flexible strategy of support is formulated. A strong link between the school and the parents is encouraged and this partnership is seen as invaluable for the child’s continued development.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| 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 | Y |
| 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 |
Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Holland School, Regent's Park | 2020 | 7 | 1 |
| South Hampstead High School | 2020 | 5 | |
| Channing School | 2020 | 3 | |
| Queen's College London | 2020 | 3 | |
| More House School (London) | 2020 | 2 | |
| North Bridge House Senior Canonbury | 2020 | 2 | |
| City of London School for Girls | 2020 | 1 | |
| Godolphin & Latymer | 2020 | 1 | |
| Highgate School | 2020 | 1 | |
| Latymer Upper School | 2020 | 1 | |
| Marymount London | 2020 | 1 | |
| St George's College, Weybridge | 2020 | 1 | |
| St Margaret's School (London) | 2020 | 1 | |
| The St Marylebone C of E School | 2020 | 1 | |
| École Jeannine Manuel | 2020 | 1 | |
| St Paul's Girls' School | 2020 |
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