Hereward House School
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| Established | 1951 |
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| Type | Independent Preparatory School |
| Headmaster | Mr Pascal Evans |
| Deputy | Mr Nick Arnold |
| Founder | Mrs Sampson |
| Location |
Strathray Gardens Camden, London London NW3 4NY  EnglandCoordinates: 51°29′15″N 0°14′18″W / 51.4874°N 0.2383°W |
| Staff | 25 |
| Students | 176 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Ages | 4–13 |
| Houses | Angles, Danes, Normans, Saxons |
| Colours |
Blue and White |
| Website |
herewardhouse |
Hereward House School is a preparatory school for boys aged 4 to 13, located in Hampstead, London on Strathray Gardens, near to Swiss Cottage and the Finchley Road. There are currently 176 on the roll. The Headmaster is Pascal Evans. Three others complete the senior management team: Nicholas Arnold (Deputy Head), Nikki Scaffidi (Head of the Middle School), and Rosie Batchelor (Head of the Junior School).
Hereward House prepares boys for London day schools (chiefly Westminster School, St Paul's School (London), Highgate School, City of London School and University College School) as well as boarding schools. In 2014 boys left for University College School, Westminster School, Eton College, St Paul's School (London), Oundle School, Bryanston School, and Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School.
The school’s aim is to provide a lively, stimulating and intellectually demanding education in a friendly and well disciplined environment. Modern approaches are employed alongside those traditional methods that have proved their worth.
The school is split into three sections: The Junior School (Transition and Years 1 and 2), The Middle School (Years 3, 4, and 5), and The Senior School (Years 6, 7, and 8). Within the school, Year 7 is called CE2; Year 8 is called CE1 (one year from Common Entrance).
Each boy is also allocated to a house: Angles, Danes, Normans or Saxons. As is customary in preparatory schools, lively and varied competition exists between the houses, including House cricket, football, cross country running and a sports day. Prefects are elected by staff in September: few specific powers (or privileges) are given to the prefects, who are expected to lead by example and perform light policing duties.
A number of clubs are offered after school: for example, cricket (or hockey), basketball, chess, art, science, and prep.
Scholarships
In the last three years, a number of scholarships have been awarded:
The top Queen's scholar to Westminster School;
A John Colet scholar to St Paul's School (London);
Scholars to City of London School, Highgate School, and Mill Hill School.
Sport
Football
Hereward House School has a successful record against other schools and when sending boys to trials with representative teams. The school has won the under-11 St Thomas's Tournament in the past.
During term time, a football club is run for students at Swiss Cottage Leisure Centre astroturf, on a Saturday morning, from 9.30am-10.30am.
Cross-Country
The Hereward House inter-school cross-country event is run in March at Hampstead Heath Extension. Schools are invited from across London to compete for titles in under-eleven and under-thirteen races. The event is one of the largest inter-school competitions in London.
Nearest transport links
- Swiss Cottage tube station (Jubilee line)
- Belsize Park tube station and Chalk Farm tube station (Northern line) are also in walking distance
- Hampstead Heath railway station is also around twenty minutes walk away