The school opened as The Kensington School in February 2015 and is registered for 50 pupils. Currently there are three pupils in the primary phase, all of whom joined the school last term. There are 24 pupils in the early years classes; sixteen children are in receipt of government funding. There are no pupils with a statement of special needs, or education, health and care plan. The school is based in a self-contained wing of Heythrop College, part of the University of London, situated in a square just off Kensington High Street in West London. The proprietor has been operating The Kensington Nursery School since 2012, when it provided childcare for children aged from two to eight years, from the present premises. The headteacher took up her post in January 2016 but previously worked in the school as a nursery manager. The proprietor runs five other schools in London. The school’s principal language of instruction is French for the primary phase and English is taught as an additional language. It follows the French curriculum, Centre National d’Enseignement à Distance (CNED) which is validated by the French Ministry of Education. For the under-fives, the main language of instruction is English, and French is taught as an additional language. The English Early Years Foundation Stage framework is implemented. The school aims to provide a ’happy and thriving environment for pupils to develop self-esteem and confidence’.