St Paul’s School

Focus

Preparing gifted boys for the future

Day fees

$37,500

Boarding fees

$56,500

Pupils

988

Ages

13–18

Academics

96 per cent of GCSE results are 7–9 grades.

85 per cent of A-Level results are A* or A grades.

Spear’s Review

An extremely academic school, boys must pass a selection process that St Paul’s says is designed to identify boys with a natural flair for learning. Once granted entry they will rub shoulders with intellectually curious classmates who may well turn out to be the politicians and professors of their generation. 

Despite its London location, the school is set in 45 acres of green space next to the Thames. Many pupils head off to Oxbridge or Russell Group universities or to those in the Ivy League.

Head teacher

Sally-Anne Huang, high master of St Paul’s School, has been in her current role since 2020; she is the first female head in the school’s 510-year history. Huang previously worked as head of James Allen’s Girls’ School in Dulwich, headmistress of Kent College, Pembury, and deputy head at Roedean School, Brighton. Huang read classics and English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

Accessibility

Heathrow; 30 minutes

Location

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