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15th October 19

Nominations are in, votes have been counted and we are delighted to reveal the winners of Alpha Plus Group’s Innovation Awards 2019, which generated lively engagement and enthusiastic participation from Alpha Plus schools and colleges this year. The worthy winners were: Charlotte Butler at Portland Place School for the Strive Programme Strive is a programme…

9th October 19

As the new school year begins, many schools in the Alpha Plus Group have returned to new and upgraded facilities completed during a busy summer building schedule. Wetherby Preparatory School extended into 47 Bryanston Square creating space for 7 new classrooms, a drama suite with stage lighting, proscenium arch and stage set, a new IT…

13th August 19

We are delighted to announce that the new Director of Nurseries will be Alexandra Samara, joining us in November 2019. Alexandra is currently working for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea as their Early Years and Inclusion Advisor. During her career she has also spent time in the classroom as an Early Years teacher,…

4th July 19

Alpha Plus Group have signed a five-year agreement with United World Schools (UWS), a UK registered charity, to provide a quality primary education to out-of-school children in remote communities in Cambodia. Ethnic minority and remote communities are often excluded from the public education system. They face challenges of poor infrastructure, insufficient government investment, low teacher…

26th June 19

Pembridge Hall’s Head, Henry Keighley-Elstub, and the entire school team are celebrating an outstanding ISI inspection report. Inspectors remarked upon the pupils’ high achievements across the curriculum, especially in English and Mathematics and on the girls’ self-assured, self-disciplined and self-motivated attitude. Congratulations Pembridge Hall! Read the full report here

13th June 19

On Wednesday 12th June, St Anthony’s School for Boys were delighted to be joined by a number of Alumni to celebrate the school’s 125th Anniversary. Guests ranged from students who joined St. Anthony’s in the 1960s right up to boys who left last year. They were also joined by a number of former staff. Sarah…

20th May 19

Alpha Plus Group, London’s leading independent schools group, is celebrating sixty-five accolades awarded to as many pupils in its preparatory schools at 11+ and 13+ entrance exams. Boys and girls gained a host of scholarships, awards and prizes from a variety of leading senior schools. At Hilden Grange School, which educates around 300 boys and…

20th March 19

We are delighted to announce that the new Head of Rolfe’s will be Miss Annette Elstob, taking up her new post in September 2019. Miss Elstob is currently the Headteacher of Hamsey Green Primary School and Children’s Centre in Surrey, part of the Tandridge Learning Trust. Miss Elstob sits on the Executive Board of the…

18th February 19

A talented group of mathematicians from Abbey College Manchester have recently excelled in a prestigious mathematics competition, with a duo of the gifted students placing within the top 1% nationally. Students from the city centre-based college battled it out amongst over 650,000 others to qualify for a much-coveted place in the British Mathematics Olympiad team….

12th February 19

Students and staff at Abbey DLD Group of Colleges are currently celebrating another year of successful Oxbridge offers. Seven students in total from the group have received offers from the prestige universities of Oxford and Cambridge to study competitive degree programmes such as Medicine, Natural Sciences and Economics. The colleges have provided the bright students…