Wetherby School Kensington A GSG School
- Wetherby School Kensington
4 Wetherby Gardens
Kensington
SW5 0JN - Head: Liz McLaughlin
- T 0203 910 9760
- E learn@wetherbykensington.co.uk
- W www.wetherby-k…nsington.co.uk/
- An independent school for boys aged from 2 to 8.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Kensington & Chelsea
- Pupils: 178
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £26,835 pa
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- Linked schools: Wetherby School, Wetherby Preparatory School, Wetherby Senior School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Boys only prep schools are increasingly rare and though parents tend to select Wetherby Kensington for other reasons, they become converts to segregation. ‘I’m not used to single sex but I now appreciate boys learn differently, and Wetherby really knows how to teach boys.’ Staff are well qualified, bright eyed and bushy tailed, and each class has both a teacher and TA. Teaching is imaginative – in one class we watched, boys were...
What the school says...
An independent Pre-Prep school situated in the heart of Kensington and Chelsea, for boys aged 4-8 years old.
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
From April 2023, Liz McLaughlin, currently head of Falcon’s Pre-Prep in Chiswick, will be the new head. Until the new head starts, Mark Snell, head of Wetherby School, is also interim head of Wetherby Kensington.
Entrance
Wetherby Pembridge Minors (Holland Park) is a new nursery (it opened in September 2023) that is part of Wetherby Kensington. It takes boys and girls from ages 2-4 at its site in Edge Street, W8. Boys from the nursery get a priority place at Wetherby School Kensington when they leave, but this is not guaranteed.
Register as soon after birth as possible. Acceptance (based on date of registration, proximity, and recommendations from other parents) is on a monthly basis to ensure an even spread of birthdays across the year. Chance vacancies further up the school involve...
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Special Education Needs
At Wetherby Kensington, we understand that all of our boys learn in different ways. The main aim of Learning Support within the school is to build each child’s self-esteem, self-confidence and resilience with the goal of creating happy and independent learners who are able to face challenges positively. Our teachers plan lessons recognising these differences and being fully aware of the importance of quality first teaching and differentiation to provide scaffolding, consolidation and challenge. The school also has very good relationships with a variety of external specialists such as occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, educational psychologists and an audiologist who can provide support where necessary. Speech and language therapists asses the boys language when they first begin at the school and are then able to offer in school sessions for the boys. Hearing tests are also offered when the boys begin school in Reception. The school will provide a bespoke individualised programme for a boy with identified learning needs based on recommendations from external reports. Our Learning Support Department is fully involved throughout the whole school, providing, in-class, small group and one-to-one support for boys of all abilities. We support boys in the school in their English and maths lessons and also provide boys with dyslexia and dyscalculia specialist sessions at school. At Wetherby Kensington we assess the needs of each boy on an individual basis and ensure that all boys are able to access our curriculum.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | Y |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | Y |
| 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 | Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wetherby Preparatory School | 2023 | 6 | |
| St Paul's Juniors | 2023 | 2 | |
| Falkner House | 2023 | 1 | |
| Highgate Junior School | 2023 | 1 | |
| King's College Junior School (Wimbledon) | 2023 | 1 | |
| Latymer Prep School | 2023 | 1 | |
| Magdalen College School | 2023 | 1 | |
| Papplewick School | 2023 | 1 | |
| Westminster Cathedral Choir School | 2023 | 1 | |
| Westminster Under School | 2023 | 1 | |
| Knightsbridge School | 2023 | 1 |
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