10 Cynthia Street, Barnsbury, London N1 9JF
10 simple reasons to choose The Gower School
Independent prep school and nursery in Barnsbury.
For pupils aged 3 months to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day school.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school.
The Gower School fees are £5,728 per term (2021/22).
10 better reasons to choose The Gower School
Schoolsmith Score®; 77.
One of the best independent prep schools in Barnsbury and one of the 6 best primary schools for 1 mile.
On average, 15.3 pupils per class and 10.7 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Destinations for over 80% of Gower School leavers are an academically selective independent school. 10% move on to a grammar school, and 10% to a non-selective state school. If there are perennial favourites they might be the two City of London Schools, Forest School, Dame Alice Owen's School, and Channing School. They have taken 50% of leavers over the past five years. Pupils win places at 3 to 5 different schools, 50% win scholarships and awards, and 20% take them.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum, is thematic, and is influenced by the Montessori Curriculum. It also includes PSHEE, French. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, science and languages throughout.
In pre-prep most subjects are taught through cross-curricular, enquiry-based projects. From Year 3 most subjects are taught separately but geography and history continue to be taught in this way.
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year.
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the creative and extra curricula. Two choirs and one or two instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near The Gower School
Independent Prep Schools
Dallington School (1 mile); The Charterhouse Square School (1.3 miles); The Lyceum (1.7 miles).
State Primary Schools
Winton Primary School (0.2 miles); Hugh Myddelton Primary School (0.4 miles); Thornhill Primary School (0.6 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
North Bridge House Senior Canonbury (1.6 miles); City of London School for Girls (1.7 miles).
State Senior Schools
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School (0 miles); Central Foundation Boys' School (1.5 miles); Highbury Grove School (1.7 miles).