North Bridge House School

North Bridge House School
North Bridge House School
Location
	London Borough of Camden London Borough of Islington, Greater London; England
Coordinates	51°32′12″N 0°08′49″W / 51.5366°N 0.1469°W
Information
Type	Private school
Established	1939; 85 years ago
Head Teacher	Brendan Pavey (Executive Headteacher)
Gender	Coeducational
Age	2 Years to 18
Houses	Varies by school
Colour(s)	Blue, Black, White
Former Pupils	Old Northbridgeans
Website	www.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.

Old Northbridgeans (former pupils)

Jamie Reuben (born 1986), British heir and financier^[3]
Harry Mount (born 1971), author and journalist
Andrew Eder (born 1964), dean and professor at the University of Buckingham

References

^ "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,"
^ "Results & Destinations - North Bridge House Schools". North Bridge House Schools. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
^ "The Reuben Show: The hottest property tycoons in London | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard". 10 April 2012.