News

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…

9th January 19

We are pleased to announce that Malcolm Gough has accepted the position of Head of Hilden Grange, starting in September 2019. Malcolm is currently the Executive Head of Benedict House and Wickham Court schools and he was previously the Head of Sutton Valence Preparatory school. Prior to this Malcolm was the Director of Studies and…

3rd December 18

We are delighted to announce that the Minors Nursery School has been judged Outstanding in the recent OFSTED inspection. The report remarks: “Children are extremely confident, curious and have a thirst for learning. They make mature choices and behave impeccably.” Also: “Staff support children’s literacy skills exceptionally well and older children make rapid progress in…

15th November 18

We are delighted to welcome Tim Haynes as the new Director of Senior Schools and member of the board for Alpha Plus Group. Tim joined us in October this year and brings a wealth of experience to Alpha Plus Group. He recently retired from the Headship of Tonbridge School in Kent, after 13 years of…

8th October 18

The Alpha Plus Group 2018 Annual Education Conference was held at the Grange St Paul’s Hotel on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th October. Through a programme of talks and workshops, the conference sought to present the latest research in creativity and innovation, and reflect best practice across the Group and the wider education sector. Will…

11th July 18

A recent graduate of Abbey College Cambridge, Junyun Xie, has just topped the exam results in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge this year in both Mathematics and Physics. His college supervisor writes: “As his Physics supervisor at St Catharine’s College, I am very pleased with Arthur’s performance. He came to the College in…

6th February 18

Following their recent Ofsted Inspection, we are pleased to announce that Chepstow House School has been judged as “Outstanding”. The school achieved Outstanding in all 5 inspected areas and below is a summary of the key findings. Effectiveness of leadership and management is Outstanding “The headteacher is an inspirational leader who leads the school exceptionally…

22nd January 18

We are very pleased to announce that Mrs Sara Williams-Ryan has been appointed as the new Head of The Falcons School for Girls. She will take up her new role in September 2018. Mrs Williams-Ryan is currently the Assistant Head (Pastoral) at Emanuel School in Wandsworth. Before teaching at Emanuel, she taught at Ibstock Place…