Hurlingham School A GSG School

What The Good Schools Guide says

Headmaster

Since 2020, Simon Gould, previously deputy head of Ravenscourt Park Prep and, before that, head of PE at Thomas’s. One member of his team describes him as ‘visionary’; the confident leadership of a PE teacher, a clear philosophy and big-picture thinking come across. He is not afraid to challenge the status quo, to try new things, and he wants the children to do the same. He feels that prep schools have too long traded on their reputation and now is the time to be agile to what’s ahead: ‘technology, political headwinds, the changing landscape of senior school and, not least, the individual child who must be given the confidence and self-efficacy to know how they learn best’.

Mr Gould is passionate about supporting teachers too. An innovative CPD programme gives teachers...