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Since July 2023, Sean Doherty, previously acting head of school at North Bridge House Canonbury. He has also been assistant principal (assessment) at Harris Academy Bermondsey and head of science at Acland Burghley School. He read secondary educat

Maximum capacity of 45 students (this can fluctuate yearly – it was 30 when we visited), of whom, in any given year, around 20 are taking A levels for the first time and the rest are doing retakes. Occasionally, they enrol people in their early 20

Non-selective intake, but vast majority of students get their first choice of university – over three-quarters to Russell Group institutions. Indeed, most people choose the college because they want to successfully transition from A levels to a to

In 2024, 43 per cent A*/A at A level (80 per cent A*-B).

‘The only 1:1 teacher/student ratio college in London that we are aware of,’ says the college, ‘which reflects the Oxford tutorial model. Being bespoke is our unique selling point.’

While most teaching is one-to-one, the college tries to en

One of the prerequisites for acceptance to the college is that any young person with a mental health issue or an EHCP has to have external support. But WT offers support, too, with the principal acting as the SENCo, closely supported by the part-t

Art is everywhere (the college’s hallways and staircases look like the interior of a stately home), but this is not an ‘arty’ college – pictures come from the personal collection of David Game (of the David Game Group – a consortium of private col

Bearing in mind that the college is above a row of shops in central London with no outside space and that the 40-odd students are not all here on a daily basis, it will not come as a surprise that sports do not feature as a significant part of the

Second to none at Westminster Tutors, and the reason many parents chose this place over others. One parent told us that when her son was feeling very overwhelmed about his exams, the previous head spotted him and said, ‘Why don’t you come in and l

A clear mobile phone policy is a really important part of modern schooling. This school has provided us with their policy.

All are British residents, with all the cultural diversity you’d expect in the heart of London. Over half of the enrolments are by word of mouth; former teachers in other colleges have recommended a few, and a few alumni have sent their children h

It is inevitably not a cheap option, but compared to alternatives with larger classes, it offers value for money. The college says that, given the individualised tuition it offers, it is incomparable to its contemporaries. However, they add that p

Classrooms are tiny (although class sizes are tiny, too), and there is definitely an element of the unusual in the workings of this place, but there is also academic wizardry. Some may hanker after more facilities, but the students lack for nothin