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List Of Schools In Hammersmith And Fulham
This is a list of schools in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, England. State-funded schools https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/children-and-young-people/schools-and-colleges/school-contact-details Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough school contact details Primary schools *Addison Primary School *All Saints CE Primary School *Ark Bentworth Primary Academy *Ark Burlington Danes Academy *Ark Conway Primary Academy *Ark Swift Primary Academy *Avonmore Primary School *Brackenbury Primary School *Earl's Court Free School Primary *Flora Gardens Primary School *Fulham Primary School *Good Shepherd RC Primary School *Greenside Primary School *Holy Cross RC School *John Betts Primary School * Kenmont Primary School *Langford Primary School *Larmenier & Sacred Heart RC Primary School *London Oratory School *Melcombe Primary School *Miles Coverdale Primary School *Normand Croft Community School *Old Oak Primary School *Queen's Manor School *St Augustine's RC Primary School *St John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Borough Of Hammersmith And Fulham
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham () is a London borough in West London and which also forms part of Inner London. The borough was formed in 1965 from the merger of the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham. The borough borders Brent to the north, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to the east, Wandsworth to the south, Richmond upon Thames to the south west, and Hounslow and Ealing to the west. Traversed by the east–west main roads of the A4 Great West Road and the A40 Westway, many international corporations have offices in the borough. The local council is Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council. The borough is amongst the four most expensive boroughs for residential properties in the United Kingdom, along with Kensington and Chelsea, the City of Westminster and Camden. The borough is unique in London in having three professional football clubs: Chelsea, Fulham and Queens Park Rangers. History The borough origins are in the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West London Free School
__NOTOC__ The West London Free School is an English free school for girls and boys aged 11 to 18. It was co-founded by Toby Young and opened in 2011. It is located in Hammersmith in west London and was the first free school of its type in England to sign a Funding Agreement with the Secretary of State for Education. The West London Free School offers children a classical liberal education and is a music specialist school, with more than half the pupils learning a musical instrument. Its production of Sweeney Todd in the summer of 2015 enjoyed a short, sell-out run at the Bush Theatre. History The school was formally opened by Mayor of London Boris Johnson in September 2011 and is currently home to 600 pupils. It received over 1,000 applicants for its last 120 places, making it one of the most oversubscribed taxpayer-funded schools in England. The school's first headteacher was Thomas Packer, who served in post from September 2011 to December 2012, before becoming education d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department For Education
The Department for Education (DfE) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for child protection, child services, education (compulsory, further and higher education), apprenticeships and wider skills in England. A Department for Education previously existed between 1992, when the Department of Education and Science was renamed, and 1995 when it was merged with the Department for Employment to become the Department for Education and Employment. The Secretary of State for Education is Rt Hon. Gillian Keegan MP. Susan Acland-Hood is the Permanent Secretary. The expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Education are scrutinised by the Education Select Committee. History The DfE was formed on 12 May 2010 by the incoming Coalition Government, taking on the responsibilities and resources of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). In June 2012 the Department for Education committed a breach of the UK's Data Protection Act du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammersmith And Fulham Borough Council
Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Hammersmith and Fulham is divided into 21 wards, electing a total of 50 councillors. The council was created by the London Government Act 1963 as the Hammersmith London Borough Council and replaced two local authorities: Hammersmith Metropolitan Borough Council and Fulham Metropolitan Borough Council. The council was renamed on 1 January 1980. History There have previously been a number of local authorities responsible for the Hammersmith and Fulham area. The current local authority was first elected in 1964, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the London Borough of Hammersmith on 1 April 1965. Hammersmith London Borough Council replaced Hammersmith Metropolitan Borough Council and Fulham Metropolitan Borough Counci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Paul's Girls' School
St Paul's Girls' School is an independent day school for girls, aged 11 to 18, located in Brook Green, Hammersmith, in West London, England. History St Paul's Girls' School was founded by the Worshipful Company of Mercers in 1904, using part of the endowment of the foundation set up by John Colet, to create a girls' school to complement the boys' school he had founded in the sixteenth century. The governors hold proprietorial responsibility, and some are representatives of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London. The buildings for the school were designed by the architect Gerald Horsley, son of the painter John Callcott Horsley and one of the founder members of the Art Workers Guild. The school has had several distinguished directors of music, most notably Gustav Holst (1905–34) and Herbert Howells (1936–62). Holst composed his '' St Paul's'' and ''Brook Green'' suites for the pupils at the school. Holst also composed what is arguably his best known work, "The Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latymer Upper School
(Slowly Therefore Surely) , established = , closed = , sister_school = Godolphin and Latymer School , type = Public schoolIndependent day school , head_label = Headmaster , head = David Goodhew , founder = Edward Latymer , address = King Street , city = Hammersmith , county = London , country = United Kingdom , postcode = W6 9LR , local_authority = Hammersmith and Fulham , urn = 100370 , ofsted = , staff = 180 full time, 37 music staff , enrolment = 1,284 , gender = Co-educational since 2004 (Formerly all-boys) , lower_age = 7 , upper_age = 18 , houses = , colours = Black, blue and white , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godolphin And Latymer School
The Godolphin and Latymer School is an independent day school for girls in Hammersmith, West London. The school motto is an ancient Cornish phrase, ''Francha Leale Toge'', which translates as "free and loyal art thou". The school crest includes a double-headed white eagle, Godolphin in Cornish signifies a white eagle. The ''Good Schools Guide'' called the school a "Very strong academic school with a friendly atmosphere, an outstanding head and a broad range of extra-curricular activities." History A private Act of Parliament in 1697 modified the wills of Sir William Godolphin (1634–96) in favour of his nephew Francis and niece Elizabeth and devoting £1,520 to charity. In 1703 this fund was used to purchase land west of St James's, Piccadilly, for education and other charitable purposes and, independently, in 1707 Elizabeth founded the Godolphin School, Salisbury, from her own resources. In 1856 the Godolphin School for boys was opened in Great Church Lane, Hammersmith. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulham School
Fulham School, originally founded as Fulham Preparatory School, is a school in Fulham, London, teaching children from the age of three up to eighteen (completing the IB). From its beginnings as a pre-prep and preparatory school, in 2017, it moved into also providing secondary education.Julian OwenFulham School to undergo multi-million-pound transformation ie-today.co.uk, 9 August 2019, accessed 4 February 2021 The Prep school's buildings in Greyhound Road, Hammersmith, were previously used by Holborn College and from 1981 until 1985 were the film location for the children's television programme ''Grange Hill''. The school has a new campus at Chesilton Road, Fulham, completed in March 2021, which accommodates 220 students from Year Nine onwards in a new purpose-built building. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas's London Day Schools
Thomas's London Day Schools (also known as Thomas's Preparatory Schools and Thomas's) are four co-educational independent preparatory schools in London, UK. They are located in Kensington, Battersea, Clapham and Fulham, as well as a kindergarten in Battersea. They are a family-run establishment, and have come to be seen as a feeder for major British public schools such as Eton, Harrow, Brighton College, Marlborough, Westminster, Alleyn's School, City of London, Dulwich, Radley, and King's College School. Thomas’s Senior School opened in September 2021 in Battersea. This will eventually extend the school's education to boys and girls up to the age of eighteen. (Access date 14 July 2021) History Thomas's was founded in 1971 when Joanna Thomas, an actress and mother of three young children, started the Ranelagh Kindergarten in a Pimlico church hall (now Thomas's Kindergarten, Pimlico). Six years later, the success of the Kindergarten and the strong demand for London day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James Independent Schools
St James' Independent Schools in London (UK) are three fee-paying schools for children aged 4 to 18. The Junior and Senior Girls' Schools are in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and the Senior Boys' School in Ashford, Surrey. In 2019 The Times UK School Guide ranked St James' Senior Girls School 102nd with 82.1% scoring A*-B at A-Level, and St James' Senior Boys 251st with 75.9% scoring A*- B at A-level. Meditation and Mindfulness St James' incorporate stillness, meditation, reflection techniques into the school routine. Sanskrit Language Unusually for a UK school, the St James Schools teach Sanskrit.，which is a compulsory second language for the junior students. Being an ancient Indo-European language its study illuminates the grammar and etymology of modern languages of that family, including English; its philosophical concepts provide a wealth of human thought; regarded classical language par excellence and considered positive while assessing university ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kensington Preparatory School
Kensington Preparatory School is an independent day school for girls aged 4–11 in Fulham, London, England. Despite its name, the school is not located in Kensington although it was founded there. It moved from Kensington to Fulham in 1997. Entry at all levels is by assessment. History Kensington Prep School traces its history to Chelsea High School, the first school founded by the Girls' Public Day School Company (now the Girls' Day School Trust). It opened in January 1873 at Smith Street in Chelsea with 20 girls under headmistress Miss Porter. In 1879 it moved to Cromwell Road in Kensington and was accordingly renamed Kensington High School. The original Chelsea High School continued functioning until 1894. In 1888 Kensington High moved once more to Lytham House, also in Kensington, but the building was destroyed by a bomb in 1941. The school was relocated to Phillimore Gardens as a temporary measure for the duration of World War II while the management searched for a better l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bute House Preparatory School For Girls
Bute House Preparatory School for Girls is an independent day school for girls aged 4 to 11 at Brook Green in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. History Like the nearby St Paul's School and its affiliated schools, it was founded and is under the trusteeship of the Worshipful Company of Mercers. It has links with another Mercer school St Paul's Girls' School and uses some of their sports facilities. Bute House was founded in 1958 and became single-sex during the 1990s. The school celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2008. Each year, the school's "birthday" is celebrated with a tradition in which girls dress up. Central to the school campus is what used to be a now-iconic copper beech tree which has been in existence since the 19th century. It survived the Blitz and the land around it was used by locals for "victory gardens" during the World Wars. When the school was established, the new school buildings were built around the tree. In 2008, the original beech tree was cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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