We have made many adjustments to our routines to ensure that staff are able to maintain social distance from pupils as much as possible and that children are operating within their Year Group ‘bubbles’.

We have encouraged hand washing and issued face masks for pupils and staff to wear in transition between classes.

We look after them in the Health and Wellbeing Centre where we have a nurse on duty 24-hours a day.

We believe that the diverse range of learning approaches in a co-ed classroom brings richness to the learning environment. Many of our feeder Schools are co-ed and the Royal Russell environment is the natural extension of that experience.

About 43% Girls 57% Boys.

All meals and snacks are included in the fees.  We believe in the importance of a healthy diet.  All our children eat lunch in our dining halls where they can choose from a full range of hot food with meat and vegetarian options, pasta, jacket potatoes with a choice of fillings, fresh vegetables, fruit, dessert and water or squash served every day. All food is prepared from fresh ingredients, every day by our team of 32 chefs and assistants and Our Catering Manager is always pleased to meet with parents to discuss individual dietary needs.

Yes, mornings only, from Clapham and Dulwich at an additional cost of £420 per term. The buses are run by Mayday Travel.

Hewitts in for School Uniform, online or in-store and

Dreamsport for Sports kit.

We only have elite programmes in these sports, with specialist coaches and these are the areas where we have chosen to focus. In time, we hope to be able to extend this provision to more sports.

We aim to stretch and challenge our pupils in all subjects and in all lessons. This is achieved in a number of ways, for example, through the nature of the tasks we set, the quality of questioning, and the types of extension work available.

There is also a wide range of co-curricular activities at the School and we strongly encourage our pupils to get involved with those in which they show particular interest and talent. Model United Nations, for example, encourages the development of public speaking, critical thinking and communication skills, and the Combined Cadet Force develops leadership skills. Opportunities exist to sample new foreign languages like Italian, Russian and Japanese. If media and performance appeal, then it is possible to undertake editorial work on the School Newspaper, produce films with Media Studies, coach juniors in sport, stage manage and direct in Drama, and perform in a wide variety of musical events.

We offer high achieving pupils in Year 10 ‘Philosophy for Schools’ seminars to develop their thinking skills, and we invite them to listen to visiting speakers at our Sixth Form lectures on topics of relevance and interest.

Tutors and Teachers carefully monitor the performance of high achieving pupils at the School to ensure that they have the best opportunities to achieve the university place of their choice. Oxbridge seminars are offered to our highest achieving pupils in Year 12.

For our Gifted and Talented pupils, we provide a wide range of programmes and courses such as Stretch and Challenge, High Achievers Programme, Thinking skills and Public Speaking Days, Philosophy Courses and the Linguistics Olympiad Competition.

This is best discussed on an individual basis with our Head of Learning Enrichment, Mrs El-Asmar

kelasmar@royalrussell.co.uk

1:1 support is available and we also offer the Curriculum Assisted Programme (CAP) which allows for flexibility in the number of GCSE’s taken in Year 10 and 11, if appropriate.

The School has great strength across many different subject areas.

Our recent Oxbridge candidates have chosen to study, Maths, Psychology, History, Politics and Theology.

In Year 7 about 250 applications for 96 places.

About half of the Year 7 intake will be from the Royal Russell Junior School, leaving about 55 external places available.

In Year 9 about 60 applications for up to 24 places.

This year we will be using the ISEB 11+ tests for our Year 7 Entry Exam.

https://www.iseb.co.uk/Schools/General-information/Common-Pre-Tests

The tests take place over two days on Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 January 2021 although they can also be arranged to take place in the candidates own school.

The key features of the tests are:

•  they cover verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, English and mathematics
• they are online and adaptive to the ability of the candidate
• they are in a multiple-choice format
• they take about two-and-a-half hours to complete (English 25 minutes, mathematics 50 minutes, non-verbal reasoning 32 minutes, verbal reasoning 36 minutes)
•  the four tests can be taken together or at separate times

This short video from ISEB explains how these test work in further detail.

Data from the tests will be supplemented by a full reference from the feeder school and we are also planning to interview all candidates, either remotely or in person.

We are academically selective and recruit from national average upwards.

Most pupils joining us have a minimum standardised score of 110 for literacy, numeracy and reasoning.

Yes, we feel this is a very important part of our selection process.

Yes - we always look at siblings first as part of our entrance process.

If we feel that siblings will thrive in the Royal Russell environment, we will always offer a place.

Siblings receive a 5% discount on the fees.

The annual fee is split into three termly instalments.

We require fees termly in advance by bank transfer or by debit or credit card.

Our preferred payment method is Direct Debit and we have a 10 monthly or termly scheme available.

If you would like to be assessed for entry to the School, please complete the online registration form by Friday 12 November, 2021.

https://www.royalrussell.co.uk/admissions/registration

A reference from your current school will then be obtained and pupils will be invited to attend one of our examination days, or arrangements will be made with the current school to sit the assessments.