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There’s plenty of tradition – interspersed with surprises. Yes, there’s a school dog (sometimes several) but also a rescue axolotl (called Lovalotl). Houses are conventional (animals) but many class names are not. ‘The Upper Hydras are in their last week at school,’ reads enjoyable newsletter headline. Similarly, uniform list itemises blazers (with crest) and a school duffle coat, then hits you with the ‘iconic’ baseball jacket, optional from year 4 upwards, in bright yellow and blue combo (handy for school trip head counts). Every parent we talked to…

 

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Proprietor and co-principal

Since 1999, Ms Lucy Meyer BSc, MPhil (Cantab). Ms Meyer (‘Lucy’ to all – first name terms used throughout the school) has qualifications in psychology of education (Reading and Cambridge) and has also written articles and books on maths and trained 11-plus SATs examiners.

After accepting that destiny lay in teaching (first in immediate family to stray from sanctioned careers of law and medicine), first post was in an Ealing state school, followed by six years at a Hampstead independent, both primers in their own way in how (and often how not) to teach.

Legacy from step-grandmother would have paid for ‘a really lovely racing car’. Instead, fortunately for pupils, decided to start a school. It’s run by a tight-knit and long-standing team. Ms...

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