Westminster Under School, London | The Good Schools Guide

Westminster Under School
Adrian House
27 Vincent Square
London
SW1P 2NN
Head: Mr Mark O'Donnell
T 020 7821 5788
F 020 7821 0458
E [email protected]
W www.westminsterunder.org.uk
An independent school for boys aged from 7 to 13.
Boarding: No
Local authority: Westminster
Pupils: 300
Religion: Church of England
Fees: £20,502 pa
Open days: Autumn term
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Linked schools: Westminster School

What The Good Schools Guide says..

The school is top of the tree academically. Well-qualified, very committed staff provide lively, challenging teaching. One teacher told us: ‘It’s the happiest school I’ve ever worked in. It’s teaching heaven.’ The pupils we met brimmed with energy and enthusiasm too. On the day of our visit the results of the national Townsend-Warner History Prize for prep schools had just arrived and boys flocked round the noticeboard, eager to see how they’d fared...

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What the school says...

A happy school with high academic standards and providing an all - round education in which the individual is nurtured and valued. Strong music and sporting provision. Excellent art.

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What The Good Schools Guide says

Master

Since 2016, Mark O’Donnell BA MSc (Arch), previously head of St Martin’s Ampleforth, the prep school for Ampleforth College, and before that head of Alleyn’s Junior School in south London. Educated at St John’s Beaumont, Stonyhurst and Saint Ignatius’ College in New South Wales, then studied history and linguistics at Macquarie University. He originally planned a career in architectural conservation but discovered that he loved teaching. He has a masters in education from Harvard and a postgraduate diploma in education from Oxford. He‘s also a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award assessor and an Alpine ski leader. He organises skiing activities and events for the Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS).

Alongside his head’s duties, he teaches year 7 English and sport and describes himself...

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Special Education Needs

We have no special Needs Unit. We do have a part-time Study Skills Co-ordinator who offers support to boys experiencing difficulties with handwriting, learning, organisation etc. 09-09

Condition	Provision for in school
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Aspergers	Y
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders	Y
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
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

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School	Year	Places
Connaught House School	2019	1
Hawkesdown House	2019	1
Ravenscourt Park Preparatory School	2019	1
The Mall School	2019	1
Wetherby School	2019	10

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