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Glendower Preparatory School

Independent girls prep school in Kensington and Chelsea for ages 3–11. Selective entry, top-tier London fees.

  • Rank #101
  • ISI Standards met
  • Fees £32.9k/yr
  • girls
  • South Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea

Entry points & fees

EntryYearPlacesAssessmentDay fee (max)
4+Reception40Observation£32.9k
7+Year 3—Reasoning test£32.9k

Houseroom Index

Our composite score, broken down by pillar.

Index score

92

/ 100

National rank #101

Academic70
Destinations60
Future-ready62
Pastoral95
Value-add60
Access & breadth90
External consensus70

Inspections

ISI

Excellent

Inspected 2023-01-01

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Editorial verdict

teaching

Well, this school is quite good. We will consider to move for the right school. The schools I have looked (Lambrook, Eagle House and few schools in ascot) are not academic enough. At lambrook they showed me what children were doing at reception and year 1. At that time my daughter was 25 months and she could already manage some of the tasks so I am not sure I liked it :( Haha- ok. Each to their own. Think you are missing out though. My DH and I are both very experienced senior teachers, he's in the Independent sector and I'm in Primary. We are Oxbridge graduates, DH has a PhD in Educational Policy and we are keen on our son having a top notch education. We did a huge amount of research befo…

pastoral

My dd is at Glendower at the moment, and interestingly we looked at Lambrook before she ended up there (job move meant relocation from Bracknell area into London anyway). Glendower is lovely and yes, academic and a bit pushy, but honestly I wouldn't journey in from such a distance for it, and I'm not sure it's worth relocating for. Lambrook looked just as good. We plumped for Glendower partly because our dd is one of those who always ends up being top in most things and I wanted her to be with other girls who were academically great, and who could beat her! I thought that would be healthier for her ego ... All we ended up with was her being top of her year for everything in Glendower - no di…

pupils

Advanced search Saved [Active](https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/active) [Unanswered threads](https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/active?tab=unanswered) Join our Primary Education forum to discuss [starting school](https://www.mumsnet.com/articles/starting-primary-school) and helping your child get the most out of it. I was really wondering if there are girls who travel from other boroughs or the school takes only local children. Thanks for your reply. I just read their website and it says they will give preference to the local children. Seriously?!!! You are going to travel from Berks to South Ken for a prep school?!?! Why are you contemplating this? Why not choose a prep school in berkshire? Ther…

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