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A school with heart, although it is not always easy to feel the beat of it, on account of its impersonal systems and sometimes mechanical, rather than personal, communication. Schools that are a part of a large commercial organisation can often fall foul of the personal touch, though this suggestion is vehemently denied by the school. But the school is on a mission to marry these contradictions and we are confident the school can only get stronger.
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Overview & data
- Pupil numbers
- 160 ·
- Religion
- None
- Fees
- £27,018 - £28,197 pa
- Local authority
- London Borough of Camden
- Linked schools
Headteacher
Headteacher
Sarah Cartwright-Styles
Since September 2024, Sarah Cartwright-Styles, formerly head of Francis Holland Junior School in Sloane Square, St Hilda’s Preparatory School, Bluebird Nursery School in Bushey, and North London Collegiate Junior School.
Entrance
Children automatically filter through to the pre-prep from the nursery school at the age of 4, so few external places at this stage. External families are invited in to meet the head prior to admission and places are allocated at her discretion, with
- Open days
- September
Exit
Automatic entry to North Bridge House Prep in year 3 – about 75 choose to progress here. Some still take the 7+ to eg UCS, South Hampstead, Highgate, North London Collegiate, Haberdashers’, Belmont, Devonshire House or Westminster Under. But the
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Pupils
Money matters
- Fee information
- £27,018 - £28,197 pa
Our view
The pre-prep (reception, years 1 and 2) is housed in a five-storey red-brick Victorian building in a leafy Hampstead cul de sac. The nursery (nursery and pre-reception) is round the corner in Fitzjohn’s Avenue in a similar building with big open
The last word
A school with heart, although it is not always easy to feel the beat of it, on account of its impersonal systems and sometimes mechanical, rather than personal, communication. Schools that are a part of a large commercial organisation can often fall
