Orchard House School A GSG School
- Orchard House School
16 Newton Grove
London
W4 1LB - Head: Mr Kit Thompson
- T 020 8742 8544
- F 020 8742 8522
- E info@orchardhs.org.uk
- W www.orchardhs.org.uk
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 11.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Ealing
- Pupils: 303
- Religion: None
- Fees: £21,300 - £22,194 pa
- Open days: Personal tours with the Headmaster every week are available.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Teaching receives widespread praise. ‘They teach well beyond the syllabus and in the most imaginative way,’ said one parent. Sport has gone from zero to hero under the guidance of the school’s award-winning head of sport. ‘The sport is phenomenal. The children are encouraged in every direction,’ said one mother. The school’s values are ‘honesty, respect, responsibility, equality, kindness, achievement, self-belief, collaboration’, but the head places particular emphasis on ‘kindness and tolerance’ and encouraging every child to find their passion. Punishments are issued for misdemeanours, but clearly children are generally well behaved since the ‘broken paper-clip’ incident seems to have been a crisis moment…
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Head teacher
Since 2021, Kit Thompson BA (Hons), PGCE. From an army background, Mr Thompson attended Downside School as a boarder, followed by a BA in anthropology and retail management at Oxford Brookes. Then he spent four years working in the City, before training as a primary school teacher at the University of Roehampton. His extensive prep-school experience includes time as director of studies at Tockington Manor School in Bristol, deputy head (academic) at Twyford School in Winchester (where his wife still teaches) and, most recently, head of nearby Unicorn School in Kew. Parents have been quick to identify his many positive qualities. ‘You can imagine Mr Thompson as a chief executive,’ said one. ‘He’s quiet and understated, kind and approachable, but he has a clear plan, which he gets on with. You can...
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Special Education Needs
Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's House School | 2023 | 3 | ||
| Notting Hill and Ealing High School | 2023 | 3 | 3 | 1 Academic Scholarship; 1 Music Scholarship; 1 Sport Scholarship |
| St James Senior Girls' School | 2023 | 3 | ||
| Benenden School | 2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 Sport Scholarship |
| Godolphin & Latymer | 2023 | 2 | ||
| St Benedict's School | 2023 | 2 | ||
| Surbiton High School | 2023 | 2 | ||
| Chiswick School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Francis Holland School, Sloane Square | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Hampton School | 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 Academic Scholarship |
| Kew House School | 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 Music Scholarship |
| Kingston Grammar School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Latymer Upper School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Putney High School GDST | 2023 | 1 | 1 Sport Scholarship | |
| Reed's School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| South Hampstead High School | 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 Academic Scholarship |
| St George's School (Ascot) | 2023 | 1 | ||
| St Paul's School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| The Harrodian School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Winchester College | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Wycombe Abbey | 2023 | 1 |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Eaton House Belgravia | 2023 | 1 |
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