Ages
Pricey it may be, but Thomas’s never rests on its laurels to ensure it’s producing immensely happy, busy pupils and providing a very rich array of experiences around core learning. Little wonder busy London parents flock here.
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Overview & data
- Pupil numbers
- 437 ·
- Religion
- None
- Fees
- £26,853 - £30,048 pa
- Local authority
- London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- Linked schools
Headteacher
Headmistress
Miss Annette Dobson
Since 2005, Annette Dobson, head since the school opened, having cut her Thomas’s teeth heading the lower school at Thomas’s Clapham, via North Bridge House, after training as a teacher at Homerton College, Cambridge. Over time, her role has evolv
Entrance
Register three years before your child’s start date, though it’s not as necessary to do so quite as far ahead as it once was. Still more than two applicants a place, says head, which a gentle play-based assessment helps to filter, to learn ‘if we
- Open days
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Exit
Between a third and a half move to Thomas's Clapham for years 8 and 9 (especially boys planning to board at 13). Remaining pupils typically progress to 25+ other secondaries - few preps must have their finger on the pulse of quite so many. Most po
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Teaching & learning
Learning support & SEN
Mobile phone policy
A clear mobile phone policy is a really important part of modern schooling. This school has provided us with their policy.
Mobile phone policy
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Children are not permitted to bring mobile phones to school unless permission is given to walk to and from school without an adult, in which case a basic mobile phone is allowed. This must be handed to the office staff on arrival and collected at the end of the day. Mobile phones are not permitted on school trips whether day or residential. We politely request that parents do not use mobile phones in the school building.
Pupils
Money matters
Noticeably dearer than most competitors, with fees and extras set by central management team. Small sibling discounts available, and a small number of bursaries ‘as the need arises’ — usually two or three at any one time.
- Fee information
- £26,853 - £30,048 pa
Our view
‘Creative use of space’ is the usual theme visiting London preps; here it is ‘creativity and space’. With vast windows, bright interiors and broad, block-wood corridors, South Park and its courts and cricket nets right opposite - plus a sizable, f
The last word
Pricey it may be, but Thomas’s never rests on its laurels to ensure it’s producing immensely happy, busy pupils and providing a very rich array of experiences around core learning. Little wonder busy London parents flock here.
