Athelstan House School

How lovely a school AHS is can be summed up by a very sweet moment which we witnessed just this last weekend. Whilst we were at Chestnut Sunday in Bushy Park our son, who is in year 1 (his third year at AHS) spotted one of his classmates, riding on a fairground carousel. Our son proceeded to sprint round the thing so the two of them could talk and only stopped when exhaustion got the better of him! All the children seem to genuinely love each other and we put this down to the decent human values, camaraderie and warmth at the school.
Both of our children are at AHS. Both love everything about the place; their teachers, the lessons, their classmates, the excellent extra-​curricular activities they do and school trips they go on. I honestly cannot speak highly enough about the place. How much — and how quickly — they are learning is impressive. We believe this comes from the combination of excellent teaching and small numbers in each class.
Finally, no comment about AHS is complete without mentioning the headmistress. The longer we know Mrs. Woolf the more respect we have for her. Mrs. Woolf is just great; experienced, balanced and fair. The welfare and development of all of the children is clearly at the heart of everything she does.
We could not have wished for a better start to our childrens’ education.

We found Athelstan House School by pure chance — discreetly situated in Hampton. Our daughter started when she was just turning three. From day one she loved it. There is a strong family atmosphere which we felt was really important at such a young age. She is now in year 1 and we are very happy to say still loves going to school everyday. The classes are small with a teacher and two assistants so we feel confident she will develop to her full potential. The teachers have a strong belief in what they do, a great school, a lovely learning environment!