Garden House School
| Garden House School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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Turks Row Latin: Non Sibi sed Omnibus ("Not for one, for all") | |
| Established | 1951 |
| Founder | Margery de Brissac Bernard |
| Local authority | Kensington and Chelsea |
| Department for Education URN | 100522 Tables |
| Head | Emma Studd (Upper Girls) Julia Adlard (Lower Girls) Dan Jameson (Boys) |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 3 to 11 |
| Enrolment | 500~ |
| Colour(s) | Teal |
| Website | www |
Garden House School is a co-educational day
The school shares its garden with the historic grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, and occupies the Cavalry House,[4] part of the Duke of York's Headquarters on Turks Row,[5] which is a Grade II Listed Building.[6]
History
Garden House School was founded in 1951 by a former gardener, Margery de Brissac Bernard,[7] (1896–1994), as a single pre-preparatory school. It was based in Sloane Gardens and Pont Street in Chelsea. During the following twenty years, the school educated the children and grand-children of diplomats and Prime Ministers including Winston Churchill and Alec Douglas-Home. In 1973, a parent and teaching assistant, Mrs Jillian Oddy, took over the school, expanding its range to include a Kindergarten and two major pre-prep and prep schools, and by creating two new pre-schools in the United States, one in New York City and another in Briarcliff Manor, New York.
In 2004, the school moved into a single, purpose-designed building in the south side of the new Duke of York's development. Boys and girls continued to be taught separately, but now shared the facilities of a single building.[2][8]
Academic record
Besides the regular National Curriculum subjects, girls and boys are taught a wide range of subjects. They are educated separately, but participate together in a variety of extracurricular activities.
The 2005 ISI Inspection Report commends the school for its pupils’ results in national tests at the age of 11 as "far above the national average for English and mathematics and well above the average in science", and that "the very good quality of pupils’ learning, attitudes to their work and their very good behaviour are major strengths of the school", but warned there was scope for improvement in several areas,[9] whilst its 2011 report states that "Throughout the school, the quality of the pupils’ achievements is excellent. This is a significant improvement since the previous inspection", and that "Pupils are articulate, expressing themselves clearly in both oral and written tasks, and they listen carefully to their teachers and to one another. They apply their excellent language and mathematical skills with confidence across the curriculum".[8]
Notable alumni
- Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones, jewelry designer and granddaughter of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
- Viola Prettejohn, actress
- Kate Reardon, journalist
- Eloise Taylor, granddaughter of the Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Katharine, Duchess of Kent
- Estella Taylor, granddaughter of the Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Katharine, Duchess of Kent
See also
- List of independent schools in England
References
- ^ Tatler.
- ^ a b "A Short History of Garden House School – 1951 to date". Garden House School. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Garden House School". London's Top Schools.
- ^ "Garden House School – planning application" (PDF). Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
- ^ "Garden House School". Building Images.co.uk.
- ^ "Cavalry House, Duke of York's Headquarters, Kensington and Chelsea". British Listed Buildings.
- ^ Croot, Patricia E. C., ed. (2004). A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 12: Chelsea. British History Online. pp. 190–195.
- ^ a b "Standard Inspection Report on Garden House School". Independent Schools Inspectorate. 2011.
- ^ "Inspection Report on Garden House School". Independent Schools Inspectorate. 2005.