Claremont Fan Court School

Since 2021, William Brierly BSc PGCE, previously head of the senior school for three years and before that senior deputy head of King’s College School, Wimbledon, where he himself was educated. Read politics and economics at the University of

Pre-nursery and nursery children are invited to a short ‘stay and play’ session while reception children and above spend the morning with pupils of the same age and complete ‘gentle tasks’ in line with age-related expectations. Assessment mornings

Most junior pupils head to the senior school at 11. A handful don’t, mainly for financial reasons, relocation or because they want single-sex education at senior level. Junior school pupils were awarded 16 scholarships to the senior school in

In 2025, 57 per cent 9-7 at GCSE; 51 per cent A*/A at A level (84 per cent A*-B).

Thirty subjects on offer at A level, including film studies, media studies, PE, psychology and sociology, plus level 3 diplomas in criminology and food science and nutrition. Maths is the most popular A level, with three or four classes per year

SEN department is housed in the wellbeing hub adjoining the former gardeners’ cottage, originally designed by Sir John Vanbrugh. Twelve per cent of junior pupils and 13 per cent of senior pupils are on the SEN register, for needs such as dyslexia,

Endless opportunities to perform – recent productions include the junior school’s Peter Pan, sixth form charity panto and the senior school’s Matilda involving 73 pupils on the stage and 10 backstage. A talented pupil who played Matilda recently

With such extensive grounds there are football, rugby and lacrosse pitches galore, plus tennis courts, netball courts, cricket field, athletics facilities, swimming pool and a sports hall and gym. Core competitive sports are lacrosse and netball for

Six houses in the senior school and all year 7 to 11 pupils are assigned to a vertical tutor group, usually keeping the same tutor all the way through. Sixth formers have the same tutor in years 12 and 13. Staff say vertical tutoring offers

The school is almost 50:50 boys and girls and the head says it ‘bangs the drum for co-ed’. Pupils come from far and wide across Surrey and south-west London – from Earlsfield, Putney, Teddington, Twickenham, Wimbledon, Woking and more. Many travel by

Scholarships of up to £1,000 of tuition fees per annum offered to pupils entering year 3, year 7, year 9 and year 12. Some means-tested bursaries, subject to availability, including at least one 100 per cent bursary offered every year to a year 7

A friendly school in a breathtaking setting that’s grown in size and popularity. It offers myriad opportunities and a first-class education while allowing children to have fun, be themselves and fulfil their potential, be it academic, sporting or