St Paul's School
School Name: | St Paul's School |
Location: | Lonsdale Road, Barnes London, SW13 9JT United Kingdom |
Founded Year: | 1509 |
Type: | Boys |
Boarding Age: | 13-19 |
Year Group: | Year 7 - Year 13 |
No. of Students: | 899 |
No. of Boarders: | 21 |
School Facilities: A large sports hall, gymnasium, dojo, fencing salle, 25m swimming pool, 6 fi ves courts, a rackets court, three squash courts, a fitness centre, a 100m sprint straight and ten tennis courts. There is also a large boathouse, and extensive playing fi elds which consist of 11 football or rugby pitches during the winter months, or seven cricket pitches during the summer months. |
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Entry Requirement: Interview |
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Sixth Form Entry Requirement: Six A/A* grades at GCSE or its equivalent. |
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Extracurricular Activities: Music, Drama, Visual Art, Sport, Activites |
Contact Details |
Address: Lonsdale Road, London SW13 9JT, United Kingdom |
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8748 9162 |
Email: admissions@stpaulsschool.org.uk |
Web: http://www.stpaulsschool.org.uk |
The School
- Boys' independent school, located on a 42-acre(170,000 m2)
- One of the leading academic schools in the national league tables of GCSE and A level performance.
- Top schools in the arts and sport.
- Tutoring system is the school’s strengths.
- The tutor meets with the boy’s parents the summer term, at the start of the new academic year.
- Each tutor has about three boys from each year group and gives each of them individual help and direction throughout their school lives.
- Younger boys allies with older boys learn how best to pass on their experience.
- In 2012, 62 leavers received offers from Oxford and Cambridge, representing a third of the year group. At A level, 89.0% of the grades were A* or A. Also in 2011, at GCSE level, 79.1% of grades were A*, and 96.6% were A* or A.
Admission
- Two years before entry.
- Interview - a 20 minute conversation.
- Parents will have the chance to speak to a senior member of staff.
Boarding Houses
- Full boarding, weekly boarding (Sunday evening– Friday afternoon) and fl exi-boarding.
- The housemaster lives in accommodation linked to the boarders’ quarters.
- Three house tutors and a matron.
- Individual study-bedrooms with internet (wireless) access.
- A large common room, a library, a computer room and a music practice room.
- The school’s sports and music facilities are available to boarders in the evenings.
- Easy access to the full range of extracurricular activities that run after school and in the evenings.
GCSE Subjects
- Core Subjects at GCSE: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English Language, English Literature, Mathematics
- Options for GCSE: Ancient History, Art & Design, Drama, French, Geography, German, Greek, History, Italian, Latin, Music, Religious Studies, Russian, Spanish, Technology (Electronics, Systems & Control, Resistant Materials)
GCE AL Subject Choice
- Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English Language, English Literature, Mathematics
- Options: Computing, Economics, Further Maths, Politics, Theatre Studies and a range of Extended Projects
- Ancient History, Art & Design, Drama, French, Geography, German, Greek, History, Italian, Latin, Music, Religious Studies, Russian, Spanish, Technology (Electronics, Systems & Control, Resistant Materials)
2012/13 Boarding Fees# (GBP£) Per Term (3 Terms Per Year)
Y4 | Y6 | Y7 | Y9 | Y10 | Y12 |
Y5 | Y8 | Y11 | Y13 | ||
- | - | 10,411 | 10,411 | 10,411 | 10,411 |
Remark: #Inclusive of tuition fees but exclusive of miscellaneous fees, such as uniform, extracurricular activities