19 Brechin Place, South Kensington, London SW7 4QB
10 reasons to choose Falkner House
Top line
Falkner House has a Schoolsmith Score® of 79. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around South Kensington and one of the 7 best primary schools for 0.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Falkner House is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (40%/60%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school. Falkner House fees are £9,646 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Falkner House typically has two classes per year in Pre-Prep, one boys’ and one girls’ class in Prep, and an average class size of 21 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for Falkner House girls are one of 25 schools. On average, 85% of girls go on to day schools, 15% to boarding schools. Of the day schools, 36% of girls go on to St Pauls Girls, 25% to Godolphin & Latymer, 10% to Latymer Upper, and 3% to each of Francis Holland Schools, Putney High and Lady Eleanor Holles. Of the boarding schools, nearly half go on to Wycombe Abbey. 50% of girls win awards and scholarships. The first Year 6 boys’ cohort will graduate in 2023.
The Falkner House curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes history of art, PSHEE, reasoning, classical studies, Spanish, Mandarin, Latin. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 5.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, computing, history of art, and languages throughout, and for maths, science, art, and English from Year 4.
Sport at Falkner House
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in netball.
The Arts at Falkner House
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. As is dance to Year 4. Drama is part of the co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and two-thirds take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs, four string orchestras, two wind bands and several other instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.45/8.00am to 5.00pm.
Find another school near Falkner House
St Philip’s School (0.2 miles); Glendower Preparatory School (0.3 miles); Queen’s Gate Junior School (0.3 miles).
Bousfield Primary School (0.2 miles); Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School, Kensington (0.2 miles); Servite Roman Catholic Primary School, Brompton (0.6 miles).
Mander Portman Woodward School, London (0.2 miles); Queen’s Gate School (0.3 miles); Kensington Park School (0.4 miles).
Kensington and Chelsea College (0.8 miles); The London Oratory School (0.9 miles); Saint Thomas More Language College (0.9 miles).