More House School

22-24 Pont Street, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 0AA

More House School is a Gem in the heart of Knightsbridge. Their small class sizes provide the ideal environment for academic rigour whilst meeting the learning needs of each individual. Their outstanding pastoral care enables their girls to flourish in...

Phone: 02072352855

Website: www.morehouse.org.uk

Head: Faith Hagerty

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Registrar Details:

Jules Day
020 7235 2855

Term DatesOpen Days

More House School is a Gem in the heart of Knightsbridge. Their small class sizes provide the ideal environment for academic rigour whilst meeting the learning needs of each individual. Their outstanding pastoral care enables their girls to flourish in a nurturing environment that recognises and cherishes the whole person.
More House is a green house and not a hot house.

 

Notable Academic Facilities

Enviably small class sizes and A level classes running with a minimum of 2 girls giving students more individual attention.

Wellbeing & Pastoral Care

As the school is smaller than many in London they know each girl individually and pastoral care was deemed in their recent inspection report as 'excellent'. They regularly hold wellbeing talks for both the girls and their parents on issues such as anxiety, eating disorders, screen time and health and fitness. They have an entire wellbeing week each year which is dedicated to just that.

Advice For Parents

Please can parents get in touch when their daughter is in Year 4 and arrange a summer tour and then again in the autumn of her being in Year 5.

Typical Child

Their school has small classes sizes and is very nurturing with excellent pastoral care. It would suit a child that thrives in this environment.

Highly Regarded For

At More House, they are committed to finding the right path for every girl. No two journeys are the same and they pride themselves in that individual care. As educators of girls, they are here to prepare them for their futures as leaders and to help them embrace the challenges of an ever-changing world. It is this vital nurturing of the individual that generates young women confident and creative enough to channel their strengths and be agents of change.

Notable Points

They have a full time SENCO and learning support teacher, and other part time staff including an additional learning support teacher, a speech and language therapist, school counsellor, educational psychiatrist and occupational therapist.

Leavers' Attainment

In 2021 82% of girls received A* to B grades and 51% received A* to A with 95% of them going off to their first choice university.

Leavers' Destinations

Their girls go on to a range of university destinations which are listed on their sixth form page and these include some of the top universities in UK including Durham, Kings College London, Bath, Imperial College London, St Andrews and Exeter. The majority of girls receive offers from their first choice universities.

Sports

Their sports facilities are state of the art down at the Millennium Stadium in Battersea Park with a 5 lane running track, tennis and netball courts. Their running club takes place around the Serpentine in Hyde Park, they row at Fulham Reach and also offer a climbing club.

Art

They have both a beautiful art studio and a textiles studio. London's best art galleries such as the Saatchi Gallery and the V&A are a stones throw away which means they can take the girls out of school to enhance their curriculum. They hold life drawing lessons each week for girls in Year 11 upwards and hold an annual art exhibition to exhibit the best of their girls work for GCSE and A level.

Drama

They have a dedicated drama studio with lighting and each girl has a drama lesson each week up to the end of Year 9. They offer both GCSEs and A Levels in drama and also LAMDA during and after school. They have 2 plays a year with one tending to be a musical and the other a dramatic production. All girls are encouraged to take part in these events and they are often held off site at a local professional theatre.

Music

Music plays a large part in school life at More House with all girls in Years 7 to 9 being in the school choir and many girls in Year 10 and above being part of the senior chamber choir. They have an orchestra, ukulele club and over 30% of their girls play at least one musical instrument and have peripatetic lessons.

Dance

Dakoda Dance Academy is run in their school hall after the school day has finished and on weekends which many of girls attend.

Sector: Independent

Type: Senior School, Sixth Form

Day/Boarding: Day Only

Setting: City

Total Pupils: 202

Ages Covered: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

Gender: Girls

Religious Ethos: Roman Catholic

Opening Date: 1/1/1957

Sibling Policy: Yes

Financial Assistance: Bursary

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Entry Routes: 11+, 16+

Selection: Academically Selective

Languages: French, German, Spanish

Curriculum:

  • GCSE
  • A Level