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Babington House School, Chislehurst

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Babington House School details

Address:

Babington House School
Grange Drive, Chislehurst, Kent BR7 5ES

Telephone:

020 84675537

Fax:

020 8295 1175

Email:

enquiries@babingtonhouse.com

Website:

www.babingtonhouse.com

Authority:

Bromley

Gender of entry:

Girls

Age range:

3-16

Number of students:

252

Affiliation:

ISA

General information

Headteacher: Deborah Odysseas-Bailey.

Staff: 33 (men 0, women 33).

Motto: Semper Fidelis (always faithful).

Background: Babington House School was founded in 1887 and moved to its present site in Chislehust in 1959. Enjoying a peaceful setting in West Chislehust, Babington is only three to four minutes walk from the local London Underground Station. Recently the school has undergone a major redevelopment programme. The school has a strong tradition in theatre-arts and dancing, and singing and speech classes have been offered as extra-curricular activities for many years. Charity fund-raising is done within a house system. The school has links with a local hospice and local historical societies. .

Alumni: The artist Whistler.

Streaming/setting: Mathematics 7-11.

Approach to discipline: Concise discipline policy strictly adhered to.

Uniform: Blue uniform. It is strictly enforced.

Homework: Average 11-year-old, 8 hours a week; 14-year-old, 10 hours; 16-year-old, 12 hours.

Special needs: Learning Support is available for children with special educational needs.

Inspection: 2000: Babington House is a friendly, caring school with many more strengths than weaknesses. It enables pupils to make very good progress in relation to their abilities, and to achieve standards that exceed national expectations at each of the transition stages. Results achieved in external exams are good, though the school's effectiveness extends well beyond this. The overall values of the community, the sense of responsibility displayed by the pupils and the quality of relationships all characterise the life of the school. The school has a good foundation to support the development and improvements it needs to undertake, in which it will be greatly assisted by its very hard-working and committed staff and headmistress.

Feeder schools: Crofton Junior School (3 pupils).

Boys' age range: 3 to 7.

Girls' age range: 3 to 16.

Before-school care: 0800-0830.

After-school care: 1540-1800.

Senior girls: 82.

Average class size (juniors; under-11): 18.

Average class size (seniors; 11-16): 18.

Gifted pupils: 20.

Bursaries: Art, Music, Sport, Drama.

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