Garden House School
| Garden House School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
Turks Row , SW3 4TW England 51°29′24″N 0°09′28″W / 51.4899°N 0.1577°W | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private school Preparatory, pre-prep day schools and Kindergarten |
| Motto | Latin: Non Sibi sed Omnibus ("Not for one, for all") |
| Established | 1951 |
| Founder | Margery de Brissac Bernard |
Local authority | Kensington and Chelsea |
| 100522 Tables | |
Heads | Emma Studd (Girls' School) Venetia Banbury (Early Years) Richard Lock (Boys' School) |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 3 to 11 |
| Enrolment | 500~ |
| Colour | Teal |
| Website | www |
Garden House School is a co-educational day private school located in Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England,[1] consisting of two major preparatory schools, two pre-prep schools and a Kindergarten.[1][2] The girls' and boys' are separately taught within the same building, but share a large variety of extra-curricular activities. Children are educated from the ages of three to eleven. Garden House School is reported to send a large proportion of its children to the leading boarding schools and London senior schools.[3] The school also has locations in the US, in New York State: the suburban village of Briarcliff Manor and New York City.
The schools' garden is within the historic grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, and occupies the Cavalry House,[4] part of the Duke of York's Headquarters on Turks Row,[5] which is a Grade II Listed Building.[6]
History
Garden House School was founded in 1951 by a former ballerina and socialite, Margery de Brissac Bernard,[7] (1896–1994), as a single pre-preparatory school. It was based in Sloane Gardens and Pont Street in Chelsea. During the following twenty years, the school educated the children and grand-children of diplomats and Prime Ministers including Winston Churchill and Alec Douglas-Home. In 1973, a parent and teaching assistant, Mrs Jillian Oddy, took over the school, expanding to include a Kindergarten and two major pre-prep and prep schools, and by creating two new pre-schools in the United States, one in New York City and another in Briarcliff Manor, New York.
In 2004, the school moved into a single, purpose-designed building on the south side of the Duke of York's development. Boys and girls continued to be taught separately, but now shared the facilities of a single building.[2][8]
Academic record
Besides the regular National Curriculum subjects, girls and boys are taught a wide range of subjects. They are educated separately, but participate together in a variety of extracurricular activities.
The October 2024 ISI Inspection Report states "The broad and balanced curriculum provides a wide-ranging education that prepares pupils well for the future. Staff teach well-planned and engaging lessons. Pupils make good progress across a wide range of subjects and develop particularly advanced linguistic skills. Consequently, they are successful in gaining places at selective schools in London and further afield."[9]
Notable alumni
- Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones, jewelry designer and granddaughter of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
- Viola Prettejohn, actress
- Kate Reardon, journalist
- Eloise Taylor, granddaughter of the Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Katharine, Duchess of Kent
- Estella Taylor, granddaughter of the Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Katharine, Duchess of Kent
See also
References
- 1 2 "Schools Guide 2012 – Garden House School". Tatler. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- 1 2 "A Short History of Garden House School – 1951 to date". Garden House School. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014.
- ↑ "Garden House School". London's Top Schools.
- ↑ "Garden House School – planning application" (PDF). Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
- ↑ "Garden House School". Building Images.co.uk.
- ↑ "Cavalry House, Duke of York's Headquarters, Kensington and Chelsea". British Listed Buildings.
- ↑ Croot, Patricia E. C., ed. (2004). A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 12: Chelsea. British History Online. pp. 190–195.
- ↑ "Standard Inspection Report on Garden House School". Independent Schools Inspectorate. 2011.
- ↑ "Garden House School :: Independent Schools Inspectorate". www.isi.net. Retrieved 15 June 2026.