Redcliffe School Explained

Redcliffe Gardens School
Established:	1948
Closed:	2023
Type:	Private early years, pre-prep and prep day school
Address:	47 Redcliffe Gardens
City:	London
Country:	England
Postcode:	SW10 9JH
Local Authority:	Kensington and Chelsea
Urn:	100507
Gender:	Mixed
Lower Age:	2.5
Upper Age:	11
Colours:	Grey, Maroon, Cherry

Redcliffe Gardens School was a private school for girls and boys aged 2 to 11 located at two separate sites in Chelsea. The pre-prep was located in Redcliffe Square, the prep school was located in Redcliffe Gardens. From September 2020 until its closing,the school was part of the Godolphin and Latymer Foundation.

History

Redcliffe School was founded in 1948 by Lady Dorothy May Edwards^[1] and from 1973 carried on by the charity Redcliffe School Trust Limited.^[2]

The school closed in July 2023.^[3]

Alumni

• Daniel Radcliffe,^[4] actor.
• Actress Jemima Rooper also attended primary school here before leaving a year prior to her eleven plus examinations and then went to Godolphin Latymer School in Hammersmith.
• Actress Emerald Fennell, actress and director (Saltburn, 2023) the eldest daughter of the jewellery mogul Theo Fennell, attended primary school here.

External links

• School website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Memorandum of Association of Redcliffe School Trust Limited company number 1133599 . Companies House. 11 September 1973. 14 July 2018.
2. Web site: Redcliffe School Trust Ltd . Registered charity in England and Wales number 312716. Charity Commission. 14 July 2018.
3. Web site: Redcliffe Gardens School in Chelsea set to close | School Management Plus: School & education news worldwide . School Management Plus . 2023-08-05.
4. Web site: Daniel Radcliffe on alcoholism, starving himself, Harry Potter - and the day he fell in love. The Telegraph. Williams . Sally. 1 July 2016. 5 July 2017.