St Paul’s School

St Paul’s is a selective independent school in west London, which educates bright boys aged 13-18 years

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Ages: 7-18

Registration: Registration closes in early October the year before entry; boys are often registered at age 4.

No. of Pupils: 950

Admissions: ISEB tests; school’s own exams plus interview; references and recommendations for Year 6 and above.

Curriculum: (I)GCSE, Pre-U, A-Levels

Campus and facilities: St Paul’s occupies more than 17 hectares of Thames-side property. The campus is unique among London schools for the on-site facilities it offers, ranging from boat club to theatre, darkroom to cricket pitch and recital hall to design technology workshop.

Noteworthy: St Paul’s is a boys’ school that was founded in 1509. The original school, which stood in St Paul’s Churchyard, was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and has since been rebuilt twice. Lessons are an intense 35 minutes to t in a two-hour lunch break, allowing pupils time to enjoy extracurricular activities. Almost a third of the school’s pupils go on to Oxbridge, and stellar exam results are a hallmark of the school.

New: The school is currently being rebuilt and expanded as part of a £150 million project, known as the Masterplan. Beginning in 2011, the work is scheduled to be carried out in phases over a period of 30 years. Its state-of-the-art science wing was opened in 2013 and the new Drama Centre and Samuel Pepys Theatre were completed in 2014.

Term fees: £6,470-8,344 (day); £12,537 (boarding)

Lonsdale Road, Barnes, London, stpaulsschool.org.uk