19 Brechin Place, South Kensington, London SW7 4QB
10 simple reasons to choose Falkner House
Independent prep school and nursery in South Kensington.
For pupils aged 2 to 11 years.
Mixed school (over 90% girls). Boys' school relatively new and located one mile from the girls' school.
Day school.
Not a school of religious character.
Academically selective intake.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school.
Falkner House fees are £6,670 per term (2019/20).
10 better reasons to choose Falkner House
Schoolsmith Score®; 80.
One of the best independent prep schools in South Kensington and one of the 7 best primary schools for 0.5 miles.
On average, 13.9 pupils per class and 8.9 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Destination schools for Falkner House girls typically rank in the top 1% of UK schools by academic achievement. Pupils leave for one of 25 schools. On average, 85% 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. As the boys' school is new, there have been no Year 6 leavers yet.
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French, Latin, Mandarin. There are a small number of academic clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, art and languages throughout, and for maths and English from Year 4.
School offers a programme of day trips and visitors to enhance the curriculum. Residential trips for the senior pupils.
School offers over 10 different sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in netball.
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Over half the pupils learn a musical instrument (from Year 3). 2 choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. Over 5 different visual and performing arts clubs per year group per term.
Out of school hours care from 7.45am to 5.30pm.
Find another school near Falkner House
Independent Prep Schools
St Philip's School (0.2 miles); Glendower Preparatory School (0.3 miles); Queen's Gate Junior School (0.3 miles).
State Primary Schools
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).
Independent Senior Schools
Mander Portman Woodward School, London (0.2 miles); Queen's Gate School (0.3 miles); Kensington Park School (0.4 miles).
State Senior Schools
Kensington and Chelsea College (0.8 miles); The London Oratory School (0.9 miles); Saint Thomas More Language College (0.9 miles).