1-3 Loudoun Road, St John's Wood, London NW8 0LH
10 simple reasons to choose Arnold House School
Independent prep school and nursery in St John's Wood.
For pupils aged 3 to 13 years.
Boys' school.
Day school.
Not a school of religious character.
Academically selective admissions policy.
Medium sized school with an average of two classes per year.
Standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school.
Arnold House School fees are £7,804 per term (2022/23).
10 better reasons to choose Arnold House School
Schoolsmith Score®; 83.
One of the best independent prep schools in St John's Wood and one of the 9 best primary schools for 1 mile.
On average, 20 pupils per class and 12.3 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Destinations for 70% of Arnold House School boys are a London day school. 30% go on to boarding school. The perennial favourites are St Paul's (15%-20% of leavers), UCS (10%-15%), Mill Hill School (10%-15%), Eton College (10%-15%), Westminster School (10%), and City of London School (10%).
School curriculum follows the National Curriculum and the ISEB Common Entrance curriculum. It also includes PSHE, French, Latin, Greek. Each pupil may participate in over 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, art, and computing throughout, for RS from Year 3, and for most subjects from Year 5.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers, and residential trips from Year 4.
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and 80% take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Three choirs, orchestra and 12-15 instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
There is no formal wraparound care but school hours are 8.30am to 5.00pm.
Find another school near Arnold House School
Independent Prep Schools
Naima Jewish Preparatory School (0.9 miles); Trevor-Roberts School (1 mile); The Hall School, Hampstead (1 mile).
State Primary Schools
Barrow Hill Junior School (0.6 miles); St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Maida Vale (0.6 miles); St Paul's Church of England Primary School, Primrose Hill (0.8 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
South Hampstead High School (0.9 miles); Francis Holland School, Regent's Park (1.2 miles); Fine Arts College (1.2 miles).
State Senior Schools
St George's Catholic School (0.6 miles); St Augustine's CofE High School (1 mile); Paddington Academy (1.1 miles).