Private School in London for ages 11-18
Small, growing, friendly school in W10 - applications still open for Sept 2025
- Fully-open from Sept 2020 for all year group entry
- Open for visits to the school from June 15
- Friendly, happy environment
- Strong focus on pastoral care
- Affordable private education
- Highly-qualified, experienced teachers
- OUR STUDENTS HAVE GONE ON TO STUDY AT THESE UNIVERSITIES (AND OTHERS)..
Join a school with a grand vision
We provide an outstanding, balanced education in a caring and welcoming environment. We help to develop the full individual. We are currently a small school of roughly 120 pupils, but we are expanding intake over the next 3 years.
- Welcoming, nurturing and friendly atmosphere, with academic rigour
- 50% boys/ 50% girls
- Quiet, leafy campus in London W10
- Small school - lots of personal attention and support with your studies
- Regular homework, termly-tests, and feedback to parents
- Max class size of 20 - individual attention
- Recent A Level graduates have gone to universities such as Kings, UCL, Durham
- Enrichment programme includes sports, music, drama, debating, etc
- Respect
- Energy
- Perseverance
- Humour
FRIENDLY AND WELCOMING
Students receive an emphasis on pastoral care and focus on developing the whole individual: academically, socially, morally and culturally. A happy student is a successful learner!
GROWING SCHOOL
Our current capacity of 120 is being but we have plans to expand with new buildings over the coming years.
FULL SUPPORT
Students get full support from our highly-qualified, experienced teachers. We give 100% commitment to helping students achieve their best and get into top universities.
ISI
The Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) undertake rigorous quality inspections on independent schools using the same Department of Education framework as Ofsted. Bales is a member of the prestigious Independent Schools Association (ISA). ISI conducted an Educational Quality Inspection in March 2020. Comments from inspectors included the following:
“Pupils are proud of being part of the school and have a strong sense of loyalty to it.”
“Pupils throughout the school have a positive attitude towards their learning and are keen to succeed.”
ISI report March 2020
“Pupils have good numeracy skills.”
“Linguistics skills of a high standard were evident.”
“Pupils are confident communicators.”
“Pupils embrace opportunities to contribute in lessons.”
“Pupils enjoy participating in the academic and extra-curricular activities.”
Feedback from students:
My confidence really developed at Bales: I think I would have been lost in a big secondary school. Bales is like a family. The support I got from all the staff and teachers was fantastic, and I achieved my dream of studying Medicine at UCL!
Mohammed: Medicine at UCL
- Student from Year 7 to Year 13
I got 3 A* and 7 A in my GCSE examinations, and A*AB at A Level, while studying at Bales. But more than this, I loved the friendly nature of the school and my brilliant subject teachers
Mohammed: Medicine at UCL
- Student from Year 7 to Year 13
I joined Bales in Year 8, and stayed all the way through to complete my A Levels, before going on to read Anthropology at Manchester. I loved my time at Bales and would highly recommend the school.
Mohammed: Medicine at UCL
- Student from Year 7 to Year 13