10 Cynthia Street, Barnsbury, London N1 9JF
10 reasons to choose The Gower School
Top line
The Gower School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 77. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Barnsbury and one of the 6 best primary schools for 1 mile.
School fundamentals
The Gower School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 months and 11 years. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school. The Gower School fees are £8,032 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
The Gower School has mixed age classes, and one or two classes per year, with an average class size of 16 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for over 80% of Gower School leavers are an academically selective independent school. 10% move on to a grammar school, and 10% to a non-selective state school. If there are perennial favourites they might be the two City of London Schools, Forest School, Dame Alice Owen’s School, and Channing School. They have taken 50% of leavers over the past five years. Pupils win places at 3 to 5 different schools, 50% win scholarships and awards, and 20% take them.
The Gower School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum, is thematic, and is influenced by the Montessori Curriculum. It also includes PSHEE, French. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a bushcraft trip for Years 5 and 6.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, science and languages throughout.
Sport at The Gower School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year.
The Arts at The Gower School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the creative and extra curricula. All pupils learn an instrument in class and some take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Two choirs and one or two instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near The Gower School
Dallington School (1 mile); The Charterhouse Square School (1.3 miles); The Lyceum (1.7 miles).
Winton Primary School (0.2 miles); Hugh Myddelton Primary School (0.4 miles); Thornhill Primary School (0.6 miles).
North Bridge House Senior Canonbury (1.6 miles); City of London School for Girls (1.7 miles).
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School (0 miles); Central Foundation Boys’ School (1.5 miles); Highbury Grove School (1.7 miles).