Rokeby School A GSG School
- Rokeby School
George Road
Kingston
Surrey
KT2 7PB - Head: Mr J. R. Peck
- T 020 8942 2247
- F 020 8942 5707
- E admissions@rokeby.org.uk
- W www.rokebyschool.co.uk/
- An independent school for boys aged from 4 to 13.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Kingston Upon Thames
- Pupils: 405
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £20,796 - £25,896 pa (last updated on 15/01/2025)
- Open days: October
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Undeniably robust, this is a school where boys are challenged and stretched. Produces polished, sparky, eloquent boys.The academic rigour is successfully tempered with myriad extracurricular activities. Parents are ‘aspirational,’ as one put it. ‘Boys are challenged to the right level. They’re never bored,’ added another. Head leads termly themes such as...
What the school says...
Rokeby is an Independent Preparatory School for boys from Reception to Year 8. We offer the best of education in the widest sense, preparing boys not only for a variety of independent senior schools but also for their future lives.
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2007, Jason Peck BHEd NPQH. Joined the school in 1996 as science teacher, progressing to deputy head in 2004. ‘I like it here.’ Own sons also went through the school, so he knows it as a parent too. First hand experience of adoption and dyslexia, so understands the looked-after and SEN journey.
Tall, quietly spoken, dry sense of humour. His office nestles in a ground floor corner of the main building, ‘where he works hard running the school,’ according to a pupil. Dimmed by the slats of the Venetian blinds, it is a sombre, serious place, unsuited to an open-door policy. Keen on developing skills – in staff and boys alike. Has undertaken IAPS coaching course, established a staff experience committee and is unrolling a programme of individual plans for...
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Special Education Needs
We offer learning support to boys with difficulties accessing the curriculum, dyslexic boys, dyspraxic boys and boys with difficulties in Maths and English as well as study skills help. At present a learning support teacher takes 19 boys from Years 3 to 8 in the Senior School. There is to be an additional part time LS teacher from January. The Junior School also offers learning support, with its own LS teacher.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Might cover/be referred to as;
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers, Autism, High functioning autism, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), PDA , Social skills, Sensory processing disorder |
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| HI - Hearing Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Hearing Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment |
|
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Learning needs, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty |
|
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, Sensory processing |
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| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
Downs Syndrome, Epilepsy, Genetic , OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, Tics, Tourettes |
|
| PD - Physical Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
PD - Physical Disability |
|
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, Global delay, Global developmental delay, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty |
|
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Might cover/be referred to as;
Anxiety , Complex needs, Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), Mental Health, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Trauma |
|
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
Might cover/be referred to as;
DLD - Developmental Language Disorder, Selective mutism, SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication |
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| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, Cerebral Palsy (CP) |
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| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Auditory Processing, DCD, Developmental Co-ordination Difficulties (DCD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Handwriting, Other specific learning difficulty, SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) |
Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Special facilities for Visually Impaired, VI - Visual Impairment |
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