The Roche School is an independent, family owned, co-educational nursery and primary school offering children a wide range of academic, creative and sporting opportunities in a family-orientated, culturally diverse environment.
We encourage pupils to enjoy challenge and we run small classes in academic subjects.
We are proud of our strong academic record and pupils go on to achieve places at top London schools. From 2021 to 2024, our pupils were also awarded 73 scholarships in the 11+.
Pastoral care is at the heart of the school since emotional wellbeing and happiness are essential to success.
“"My child said, "My school feels like a home to me" and that's all I need to hear as a parent."
We are proud to have provided over 40 years of inspiring education, from when Carmen Roche founded the school in 1983, through the Dr Roche years and onto a new era with a young and enthusiastic Sophie Roche. Watch the video to find out more.
For more on the aspirational learning at The Roche School, click here to register for a visit.
We understand the anxiety you may be experiencing regarding the Government’s announcement that independent schools should incorporate VAT on school fees from 1st January 2025. Your children’s well-being and your peace of mind are our prime concern and, following discussion, we have decided to absorb the extra cost, so that the amount you will be paying for curricular teaching in this academic year (including VAT where applicable) will remain the same for each term. Read more here.
The Roche School is delighted with the Early Years results where our pupils have significantly outperformed the National and Wandsworth Borough averages. Read more here.
Many of our alumni go on to study at Oxbridge and Russell Group universities, and commence leading careers in medicine, management consulting, the Civil Service, journalism, and finance.
The Roche School are happy to share the 2024 Year 6 Leavers' Results & Destinations. The Year 6 cohort also secured a range of scholarships from a broad range of selective secondary schools. This takes us to 73 scholarships achieved in the three academic years from 2021-24.
To see the full range of scholarships and schools, please click here.
Click here to read about our new Year 6 Centre and Transition to Secondary School Programme.
Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the world. The Roche School is therefore delighted to be offering an optional Spanish Bilingual Stream class in addition to its well respected English Reception class. Click here to read more.
The Roche School is delighted to have passed every category of the Independent Schools Inspectorate's (ISI) 2021 inspection.
The Good Schools Guide is the UK's number one schools guide and The Roche School is included once again. The Good Schools Guide has been trusted by parents for over 35 years and their verdict on The Roche School is a ringing endorsement of our team’s achievements. Click here for the review.
To secure another visit, please contact admissions@therocheschool.com or phone 020 8877 0823.
The Roche School offers an exciting academic, sporting and creative curriculum. We ensure that pupils take advantage of a range of disciplines enabling them to build a strong academic profile. In Maths and English we teach in smaller groups allowing for pace and consolidation. Pupils actively participate in their learning.
We are a family school in which every individual is valued and respected. The children follow The Roche Approach which creates a warm and inclusive culture. Children recognise the unique gifts of others as well as their own strengths.
Our pupils regularly gain scholarships and places at top secondary schools. Our guidance on applications for secondary school is extensive and thorough, based on an understanding of the pupil and their particular talents.
Friday was a glass shattering, operatic extravaganza at the school. We had the opportunity of experiencing a full day opera event, ‘Die Zauberflöte’ from Reception to Year 6. It started in assembly where the professional opera singers and conductor introduced the medium and performed ‘Der Vogelfänger’. Each year group then had a session with the […]
Our Year 5 trip to Boulogne was one for the history books — and all in French, bien sûr! The children were fully immersed in the language and culture, starting with a boulangerie where they learned to make bread, though more flour ended up on them than in the dough. Then it was off to […]
As one parent said, “If you want good Sport, go to The Roche”. And our netball team has proved just that! A huge congratulations to our Under 10 netball team who won the Newland House Netball Tournament. The team played eight matches, winning seven in total. They scored an impressive 42 goals and only conceded […]
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Of children at The Roche School have achieved the Expected Standard in SATS Maths versus the National Average of 74%.
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Of children in Reception on average show a good level of development in all 7 areas of the Early Learning Goals (National Average 71%).
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Of children in the Upper School participate in an external, competitive sports match each term.