Address: Holly Bush Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3UL
Website: walthamstow-hall.co.uk
Founded: 1838
Pupils: 400, all girls
Ages: 11-18
Termly Fees: £10,063
Head Teacher: Ms Louise Chamberlain
Religious Affiliation: Christian non-denominational
Entrance Procedure: ISEB Pre-Test for year 7 and year 9 deferred entry. Sixth form offers based on GCSE grades. Interviews at 11+, 13+ and 16+
Contact: Mrs Alex Knight, registrar; 01732 468703 or [email protected]
School Visits: Book online
The Curriculum
Offers unusual breadth and choice. Teachers are enthusiastic experts who nurture intellectual curiosity and aim their expectations high. In five of the last six years, Walthamstow Hall has ranked in the top five percent of independent schools for value added at GCSE.
Games & The Arts
An embedded culture of getting involved and taking risks combined with a timetable with built in co-curricular time means high participation levels in sport and the performing and creative arts. Walthamstow Hall is the biggest Trinity Drama centre in the UK and a designated DofE centre. Pupils excel at regional and national levels in sport. In 2023, U14 netballers took silver in national finals, while swimmers and badminton players took national titles.
Pastoral Care
Strong and effective pastoral systems and open communication underpins a supportive and harmonious community. The school’s size ensures that all pupils are known and seen. Students play an active role as peer mentors, prefects and The Diana Award ambassadors for anti-bullying.
University Places
Students are well supported in securing their chosen destinations. The majority of students go onto university, over half to Russell Group. In 2023, degree-level apprenticeships gained at Barclays, Laing O’ Rourke and Unilever.
Head Teacher’s Philosophy
Walthamstow Hall offers not only tremendous scope for discovering who you could be but also staff with an enthusiastic commitment to accompanying that voyage of discovery, staff who see each pupil as an individual capable of shining in their own distinct way. Pupils have never felt the needs to constrain themselves to a ‘box’ early on but have relished in participating in all the school has to offer.
Outstanding Characteristics
In 2024, Walthamstow Hall pupils achieved 33 percent of all grades A* in their A levels. For GCSE, 34 percent of all graders were 9s. Walthamstow Hall is also in the top six percent for value added. It is the invisible strands of learning leadership, collaboration and resilience; it is the warmth and joy to be found within the school’s community; and it is the sense of every pupil being seen as a person of intrinsic value that each one is.
