North Bridge House School

North Bridge House School
Location
Map
London Borough of Camden London Borough of Islington
,
Greater London

England
Coordinates51°32′12″N 0°08′49″W / 51.5366°N 0.1469°W / 51.5366; -0.1469
Information
TypePrivate school
Established1939; 85 years ago (1939)
Head TeacherBrendan Pavey (Executive Headteacher)
GenderCoeducational
Age2 Years to 18
HousesVaries by school
Colour(s)    Blue, Black, White
Former PupilsOld Northbridgeans
Websitewww.northbridgehouse.com

North Bridge House School is a private school located in London for children aged 2 to 18-year-olds. The school has six different locations for different age groups. The Nursery School, in Hampstead on Fitzjohns Avenue, is for 2 to 4-year-olds. The Pre-Preparatory School is on Netherhall Gardens and is for 4–7 year olds, and the Nursery and Pre-Preparatory School on Fordwych Road in West Hampstead is for 2 to 7-year-olds. North Bridge House Preparatory School on Gloucester Avenue near Regent's Park is for 4 to 13-year-olds. North Bridge House also has two Senior School campuses: one in Hampstead for 11 to 16-year-olds, and one in Canonbury, Islington, for 11 to 18-year-olds.

The Executive Headteacher of the North Bridge House School group is Brendan Pavey. Each of the six locations is led by a Head of School. The school is owned and operated by the Cognita group, founded in 2004.

History

In 1939, North Bridge House School was set up as a junior and preparatory school in St John's Wood. By the 1950s, the school had moved to 8 Netherhall Gardens, Hampstead, which today houses the Pre-Prep (Junior) School. A reorganisation of the school during the 1960s resulted in the move of older Prep School students to two Nash houses near Regent's Park. Around the same time, the nursery was opened in a Victorian villa on Fitzjohns Avenue.

Later, in 1987, the whole Prep School was moved to a former convent in Gloucester Avenue, Primrose Hill, previously occupied by the Japanese School of London.[1] At the same time, the Senior School was set up, taking pupils to the age of 16.

In 2012, the Royal School, Hampstead, was merged with North Bridge House, its former location now the Hampstead Senior School. In the same year, the North Bridge House Senior School in Canonbury was set up. It is in a 500-year-old Grade II-listed building next to Canonbury Tower in Islington.

The school

North Bridge House School, operated by Cognita, is a mixed-ability, co-educational school. In 2018, the Canonbury school achieved 70% 7-9 grades at GCSE, and 29% A-A* at A Level,[2] and the Hampstead Senior School achieved 56% 7–9 at GCSE.

North Bridge House includes Nursery, Pre-Prep, Prep, Senior and Sixth Form.

Notable former pupils

See also: Category:People educated at North Bridge House School

References

  1. ^ "Which School?" Truman & Knightley Educational Trust, 1989. p. D-66 (See search page). "THE JAPANESE SCHOOL I Gloucester Avenue, London, NWI Tel (01) 485 0700 Head H Fujino Type Co-educational Day 9-14 No of pupils 536 Fees On application NORTH BRIDGE HOUSE JUNIOR SCHOOL I Gloucester Avenue, London,"
  2. ^ "Results & Destinations - North Bridge House Schools". North Bridge House Schools. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. ^ "The Reuben Show: The hottest property tycoons in London | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard". 10 April 2012.