Address & Additional Information
Ambrosden Avenue
London
SW1P 1QH
Fees: Reception-Year 3 £7,183, Year 4-8 £8180 per term Registration Fee: £200
WCC is a school for boys from 4-13 years. It is based right next to and in Westminster Cathedral, in Victoria, and, as its positioning would suggest, it has a Catholic ethos, with over 70 per cent of the boys’ families practising Catholics. While its Christian heritage is important, prayers are said at the start and end of each day and 10 per cent of the curriculum is devoted to religious instruction, it is a school which welcomes all faiths. Entrance is not overly competitive, with approx. 60 applying for 24 places (two classes of 12) in Reception and applicants are assessed in the November before entry. In Year 4, up to six choristers join, with informal musical tests two years beforehand. Choristers board weekly, going home on Fridays after mass and returning before song school on Sunday morning. Surprisingly, for such a centrally based location, the school has good inside and outside space, with a cosy pre-prep building for the younger boys. There is an extremely sizeable all-weather playground and sports lessons are played in Vincent Square and Battersea Park with about 60 regular matches a term – as well as in-house competitions. Music is, as expected, outstanding and academically the boys do extremely well, with the majority of boys who choose London Day schools going onto top level options like St Paul’s, Westminster, Kings College Wimbledon, Dulwich College and City of London. Boarders go on to Harrow, Eton and The King’s School Canterbury.
