Walthamstow Hall Junior A GSG School
- Walthamstow Hall Junior
Bradbourne Park Road
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 3LD - Head: Ms Louise Chamberlain
- T 01732 453815
- E registrar@whall.school
- W www.walthamstow-hall.co.uk
- A mainstream independent school for girls aged from 3 to 11 with a linked senior school.
- Read about the best schools in West Kent and East Kent
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Kent
- Pupils: 125
- Religion: Christian Inter-denominational
- Fees: £13,515 - £17,310 pa
- Open days: February
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: Walthamstow Hall Senior
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The one-school ethos really benefits sport, with swimming all year in the senior school pool, regular use of the sports hall and year 9 pupils coming over to help with lessons, sports day and clubs. Plenty of fixtures in netball - on a good week, fielding four teams (although, as a small school, they admit they have to work hard to ensure all teams get same amount of fixture time). Drama on curriculum, focusing on building confidence – everything from drama games through to character development. Music for all, including whole class ukulele lessons in year 6. Pupils rave about the...
What the school says...
Walthamstow Hall Junior School provides a broad and rich education to foster enquiring minds, independence, confidence and respect for others.
We aim to enable each girl to achieve her potential and are proud of our academic standards, caring ethos, wide range of opportunities and first-class facilities. High expectations in every sense enable exceptional results be achieved in all areas. There is both hard work and lots of fun in a positive environment which is happy and relaxed with a real sense of purpose.
From Reception upwards pupils benefit from being in optimum sized classes. This guarantees individual attention throughout with obvious benefits including a seamless and highly effective preparation for Senior School Entrance Exams with out the need for last minute cramming. ...Read more
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmistress
Since June 2023, Louise Chamberlain, previously vice principal at CATS, Cambridge, for a year. Before that, head of biology, assistant head of welfare and deputy head of pastoral care for 14 years at Worth School. Degree in applied microbiological sciences from Nottingham, PGCE from Newcastle.
Very much invested in the one-school ethos so while based in the senior school, she also spends plenty of time at the junior school – including for coffee mornings, leading assemblies and events etc. ‘She just pops in and makes an effort to get to know everyone,’ confirm pupils, who describe her as having ‘a nice smile’ and being ‘really interested in everything’. Parents feel she has ‘got the tone bang on’ around next steps, presenting all options in a balanced way ‘to find...
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Special Education Needs
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| 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 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walthamstow Hall Senior | 2023 | 20 | 3 | Sports Exhibitions (3) |
| Caterham School | 2023 | 1 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
| Cheltenham Ladies' College | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Sevenoaks Preparatory School | 2023 | 1 |
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