Sussex House School A GSG School
- Sussex House School
68 Cadogan Square
London
SW1X 0EA - Head: Mr N P Kaye
- T 020 7584 1741
- F 020 7589 2300
- E admissions@sussexhouseschool.co.uk
- W www.sussexhouseschool.co.uk
- An independent school for boys aged from 8 to 13.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Kensington and Chelsea
- Pupils: 185
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: £27,750 pa (last updated on 15/05/2024)
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Not an iPad in sight – pen and ink go hand in hand with the double Victorian desks and bench seats – but IT does not elude these tech-savvy boys. On the acting front too, standards are high: ‘genius, eccentric productions,’ says mother. There is an annual architecture exhibition – this year’s theme, A Vision of Venice: 30 detailed models made out of corrugated card and matchsticks, from St Mark’s basilica to the Doge’s palace and, to crown it all, the campanile! After scholarship exams, a trip to a theme park is eschewed in favour of…
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 1994, Nicholas Kaye, MA English at Magdalene, Cambridge, followed by research into 19th-century French music. As an independent charitable trust, Sussex House is, he says, a ‘focused, niche operation’ not motivated by personal profit. Interest lies in ‘protecting the things we do well’, among which imparting knowledge, opening young minds and an excitement around the arts sit proud. Head’s study, an inspirational milieu for learning in itself, is full of objets d’art which, in accordance with William Morris’s diktat, may not be useful but are certainly beautiful – and everything tells a story: copies, from Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, of Burne-Jones’s stained glass panels; a clock by Pugin’s son; an original John Piper; processional crosses from Lalibela, a reminder of the school in Ethiopia with which Sussex House has had a long and...
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Special Education Needs
Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eton College | 2024 | 10 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| Westminster School | 2024 | 7 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| City of London School | 2024 | 5 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| Winchester College | 2024 | 5 | 2 | Academic Scholarship; Sports Exhibition |
| Brighton College | 2024 | 1 | 2 | Academic Scholarship; DT Scholarship |
| Dulwich College | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Harrow School | 2024 | 1 | ||
| King's College School (Wimbledon) | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Latymer Upper School | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Repton School | 2024 | 1 | 2 | Art Scholarship; Drama Scholarship |
| Sevenoaks School | 2024 | 1 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| St Paul's School | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Wellington College | 2024 | 1 |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Eaton House Belgravia | 2024 | 2 |
| Garden House School | 2024 | 8 |
| Wetherby School | 2024 | 12 |
| Wetherby School Kensington | 2024 | 3 |
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