68 King's Road, Richmond, Surrey TW10 6ES
10 reasons to choose King's House School, Richmond
Main point of differentiation
King’s House School, Richmond has a Schoolsmith Score® of 83, the joint highest for a Richmond and Kew prep school. It is also the largest prep, with the widest range of facilities, and the best sports record.
School fundamentals
King’s House School, Richmond is an independent prep day school for boys between the ages of 3 and 13 years. It has a co-ed nursery and will become fully co-ed starting with Reception and Year 1 from Sep 2024. It is a Christian school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school. King’s House School, Richmond fees range from £5,570 (Rec) to £7,270 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT but include lunches.
Average class size
King’s House School, Richmond has two classes per year to Year 2, three from Year 3, and an average class size of 16 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for 70% of King’s House School Richmond leavers is one of 8-10 London independent day schools. 30% of leavers head to one of 10-15 boarding schools. The most popular destinations are St Paul’s (25%), Hampton School (20%), King’s College Wimbledon (10%). Charterhouse, Epsom College, Wellington and Harrow are the most popular boarding school destinations.
The King's House School, Richmond curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and the ISEB Common Entrance curriculum and also includes PSHE, French, 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 6.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, and computing throughout, and for all subjects from Year 5.
Sport at King's House School, Richmond
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in athletics, football, rugby, rugby 7s.
The Arts at King's House School, Richmond
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and about one third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Six choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 5.30pm.
Find another school near King's House School, Richmond
The Old Vicarage School, Richmond (1.1 miles); Tower House School, East Sheen (1.4 miles); Unicorn School, Richmond (1.8 miles).
Marshgate Primary School (0.4 miles); St Elizabeth’s Catholic Primary School, Richmond (0.4 miles); The Vineyard School (0.4 miles).
St Catherine’s School, Twickenham (2.5 miles); Radnor House, Twickenham (2.8 miles); Kew House School (3 miles).
Christ’s Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School (0.4 miles); Orleans Park School (1.6 miles); Grey Court School (2.1 miles).