Le Herisson School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
26
AGES
2 - 6
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Other independent school
SCHOOL GUIDE RATING
Not Rated

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NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
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Day
Boarding Type
£3,310
to
£3,480
Day Fees Per Term
Rivercourt Methodist Church
Lower Ground Floor
Rivercourt Road
London
W6 9JT
02085637664

School Description

Le Herisson School is an independent day school in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The school delivers the French L'école maternelle curriculum, which is part of the French national curriculum. The school is registered with the Agency pour l’Enseignement Français à l’Étranger (AEFE). The school occupies the lower ground floor of a church, which has been converted and adapted for educational use. The school has a small area of outside space and also uses other local facilities, including the local park, for recreation and for physical education. Inspection report: Le Herisson School, 11–13 December 2018 Page 9 of 12 In line with the requirements of the French education system, reading and writing are not formally taught in French until pupils reach the age of six years. Pupils in Year 1 (the ‘Grande section’) make-up about a quarter of the school’s population. Pupils leave the school after Year 1 and typically enter Year 2 in other French schools. Early years consists of a Nursery (‘Petite section’) with children between two and three years old and a Reception (‘Moyenne section’) with children between three and four years old. There are no pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities or an education, health and care plan. There are no disadvantaged pupils. The headteacher has a full-time teaching commitment and leads on the French curriculum. There is new advisory board that fulfils the role of governance. There is also a new external educational consultant, who provides support and advice to leaders on school improvement issues. The school’s standard inspection took place in July 2017, where the overall effectiveness of the school was judged as inadequate. The school submitted an action plan. Ofsted reviewed the action plan in December 2017 and found it to be acceptable. The Department for Education accepted the action plan. The school’s previous inspection was a progress monitoring inspection, which took place in July 2018. At this progress monitoring inspection, the school met all the previously unmet standards. The school meets the statutory requirements for the publication of information on its website.

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