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The Portrait and the Prep School Boy (Hampton Tales Book 1)

Fee-payers are up against bursary-receivers: Because, of course, the schools of our dreams are vastly oversubscribed — especially the ones in London and the south-east. When demand outstrips supply, both parties resort to playing games. If you would like to know exactly how oversubscribed the top schools in London and the south-east are, read on.

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You can just blame the absurd mismatch of demand and supply. Apparently, no child has ever been found roaming the streets in mid-September with no school to go to, though this always seems an all-too-likely outcome to the sleepless mother, who foresees across-the-board rejection.

A thin envelope means: We wish him the best of luck in his future schooling. The coveted thick envelope contains a form for you to fill in and send back with the four-figure deposit cheque. When I started 14 years ago it used to be Of the who sit the ISEB pre-test, are invited to go on to the next stage.

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We needed to find some way of reducing the numbers down to The lucky survivors then go on to the next stage: That has grown from candidates in Children are dropped off and collected in staggered slots on exam day, so no one sees how many other candidates there are, and there are no more that 24 candidates in a room. I happened to speak to Sutherland-Hawes on the very day Latymer were to decide to whom they offered places.

Whoever applies is allowed to sit the exam: Demand has increased hugely over the past few years… the date in the year when we hit registrations is getting earlier and earlier. One of the reasons is that a lot of students from London used to go to boarding schools, but given the high cost, many parents are switching their attention to London day schools.


  1. Lotus Blossom?
  2. Welcome to Twickenham Prep.
  3. What makes us unique.
  4. Almanac of World War I;
  5. Headmaster's Bulletin - Edition 27 - Hampton Prep School.

There are a great many testing days, as Bob Stevenson, the lower master and designer of this test, explained. How do they whittle the numbers down?

TPS is a Co-Educational Independent Day School

We interview every boy, to find out whether what the prep-school or primary school have told us about them is accurate. We go through each candidate and rank them, comparing five rankings. But sometimes we have to say no. If there were another couple of Etons, it would be OK. Another couple of Etons: Well done to the Year 5 and 6 girls in the inter-house netball competition last week!

A fun afternoon not dampened by the rain. Congratulations to victorious Garrick. St Nicholas visited our Year 6 classrooms last night, leaving treats for all the pupils ChristmasIsComing t. Our Parents' Committee will be selling good quality non-drop Nordman fir Christmas trees in a range of sizes at the school this Saturday between 11 and 3pm. The children sang their hearts out and delivered their lines perfectly, we were all very proud of their efforts.

A big thank you to all the staff and parents for all your help and support with the preparations. The very productive and enlightening day ended with a inspirational leadership speech by WillGreenwood. Twickenham Prep twickenhamprep Nov A magical and amazing night for our 50 strong choir RoyalAlbertHall at the Young Supporters Concert organised by barnardos t. Welcome to Twickenham Prep Inspiring, encouraging, nurturing, caring, busy, family, community, welcoming, fun and joyous!

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Nurturing, Inspiring, Successful Our core aim is to provide an outstanding all-round education that inspires the children and a place where they can flourish in a caring and positive environment. Twickenham Prep twickenhamprep Dec 13 Thank you to Dalila and her amazing team for serving Christmas Lunch to the whole school in one sitting today and for all the delicious meals we have had this term.

Twickenham Prep twickenhamprep Dec 10 Well done to the Year 5 and 6 girls in the inter-house netball competition last week! Twickenham Prep twickenhamprep Dec 05 Saturday 8th December: Twickenham Prep twickenhamprep Dec 04 Christmas is coming Our two children Year 6 and Year 4 love their school and have both thrived since joining TPS three years ago from another school. We would not hesitate to recommend the school to other parents.

Do top independent schools only select pupils from an 'elite club' of prep schools?

I would recommend Twickenham Preparatory School. We watched our daughter begin her journey in reception and blossom into a happy, well rounded, confident girl full of interests and enthusiasm. Having just left the school at the end of Year 6 with offers to all the senior schools she sat for, including two academic scholarships; we couldn't have asked for a better start.

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