, despite cosmopolitan pupils and international moniker: compulsory French from reception (taught by native speakers) and Latin option later.
Full time SENCo team of three currently assists 45 children with moderate levels of support and one pupil with EHCP (medical reasons). Specific needs like dyslexia and dyscalculia addressed, but also literacy booster groups and lots of early intervention. Key support mainly provided by tutor in classroom for later years.
Parents rave about sports. Swimming once a week, with kit provided by school (no excuses and no soggy schoolbag). Fencing boasts national titles. Skiing in Switzerland always a winner. Plus all the usual suspects including rugby, tennis, cricket, hockey, football etc. Fleet of mini-buses provide taxi service going further afield and plenty of muddy knees (girls and boys) in evidence (along with one cheerful casualty attached to icepack) on our visit. Annual sports day is a celebratory affair, with one mum confessing, ‘It always brings tears to my eyes’. It’s modelled as quasi-Olympics, with flag waving encouraged (multi-nationals wave several) and national anthem played (again).
Music integral and over 80 per cent of pupils participate in choir/orchestra or both. Huge store of musical instruments (even mini harps and baby bassoons) is available on loan. One parent told us, ‘Children grow musically as they try out different instruments and develop confidence.’ Frequent opportunities to channel parental pride with drama and musical showcases and all levels encouraged to perform, whatever the skill set.
Snap poll with handful of seniors revealed art unanimous winner of favourite subject accolade, with talented art-lovers clearly accounting for abundance of stand-out work on display. Early 1pm school finish every Friday and array of popular after-school clubs on offer. Parents grateful for ‘creative freedom’ Hill House provides, with one mother delighted that her children get a chance ‘to try out lots of things and find out what they are really good at and flourish’.
Student council gives pupils taste for debate, as well as having recently launched a kindness campaign. One alumnus did speak of encountering unwanted rough and tumble - and a parent recalled school intervening to split up a clique of girls once - but pupils we met were self-assured, with no difficulty in speaking up for themselves and were respectful when others did so too. School ethos of good manners is ‘consistently emphasised,’ as one father put it, and valued by parents.
Originally a school for boys only, it has been mixed since 1981 – and although still slightly boy-heavy today, it’s worth remembering that numbers are skewed by majority of girls leaving at 11. Families are a smorgasbord of nationalities and lifestyles - many local, but some travel despite Hill House offering no transport. Working parents can utter sigh of relief – no PTA to bake for: school puts on welcome drinks party at start of year and then leaves parents to organise themselves. ‘Both children and parents make friends for life,’ claimed one parent and pupils we spoke with were incredibly loyal and proud of their school. A current pupil even told his mum, ‘My children will all go to Hill House’. School often graced with touch of glamour: as well as being choice of royalty and diplomats, singer Lily Allen attended, as did Jemima and Imran Khan’s boys - and politician Jacob Rees-Mogg, a proud alumnus.
Money matters
Fees competitive and can be paid monthly. Hardship bursaries available for current families.
The last word
Don’t expect your child to be wrapped in cotton wool, but do expect Hill House to deliver on top class preparation for secondary school. A full-on, broad education with touch of 'Boy’s Own' adventure.
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The Good Schools Guide manifesto for parentsI often think we take for granted the access provided by the web. The fact that whole worlds of information – previously unknown – are there at our fingertips to be discovered still amazes me. Today, I had one such discovery. After viewing a dance film on YOUTUBE the screen went – as usual – to an assembly of dozens of snapshots from other suggested similar destinations, and one image caught my eye. I pressed play and ended up discovering a dance company that I had never even previously heard of let alone seen: Carte Blanche, Norway’s national company of contemporary dance. To be fair, this two- minute and change piece is not literally a dance film but rather a promo for a live performance. I have no idea how this company’s works hold up on stage, but their promos – and I ended up watching most of them – include beautifully produced, shot, and edited sequences of dance on film. And that’s the other remarkable thing to me. The fact that companies of all kinds have such a tool as the web to serve as a free, 24/7 promotional vehicle is really amazing. And this company is clearly cognizant of the power that strong, beautifully filmed dance can have, and they’ve seized it with gusto.
Carte Blanche seems to work with a range of choreographers from all over the world, and have apparently been around in some form or another, since 1989. Sang Jijia, an ethnic Tibetan from China who is choreographer for this work, has himself won awards for dance films (“There is a Place”) and worked with William Forsythe’s company. Since 2008 Carte Blanche has been under the Artistic Direction of a man named Bruno Heynderickx from Belgium. This work – “Not here / Not ever”— shot mostly on a stage (and some apparently from performance), swings from confrontational, to disturbing, to stunning, and the dancers are beautiful. I was captivated and energized by the mere fact that a two-minute promo could have such power, and it left me wanting to see more. And isn’t that that the point? Enjoy.
Over the last few weeks, FoMoCo has teased the all-new, next-generation S650 2024 Ford Mustang on multiple occasions, treating us to the glorious sound of the car’s V8 engine, the GT’s badge and trunk with some special luggage inside, its start/stop button, an interactive wake-up call, and a possible sound clip of the new Mustang GT3 racer. Now, as we’re just a few hours away from the official unveiling of the 2024 Ford Mustang, The Blue Oval has given us one more teaser – this time, showing off a new pony logo.
It’s quite easy to miss this new pony logo, because it flashes by so quickly in the video above, but it’s a pretty big departure from the traditional logo we’ve come to know and love. In this case, we’re treated to a front-facing view of the animal’s head, which is surrounded by a modified horseshoe of sorts. It’s a more aggressive look for certain, though it’s unclear if this new logo will appear on the forthcoming 2024 Ford Mustang in any manner.
What we do know is that the 2024 Ford Mustang will look a bit different than the current S550 model, featuring fresh styling to differentiate it while also maintaining its retro pony car aesthetic. The interior is a different matter altogether, however, as Ford Authority spies recently captured the redesigned cabin on film, showing off a new digital instrument cluster, infotainment screen, flat-bottom steering wheel, and possibly Google’s new Android-based operating system.
In terms of powertrains, the S650 will move forward with the familiar turbocharged 2.3L I-4 EcoBoost and naturally-aspirated 5.0L V8 Coyote engines, with around 500 horsepower for at least one V8 variant, and no hybrid, though an electrified pony car is seemingly inevitable. A manual gearbox will also still be available, meaning that the Mustang will live on for at least one more generation in the familiar form that fans have come to know and love. Those that aren’t able to attend tonight’s event in person can catch all the action live here at Ford Authority by heading over here.
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