6th March 2024
We are delighted to announce that from 1 September, Kelly Gray will become the new Head of Prospect House School.
For the past three years, Kelly has been the Head of Bassett House School in Notting Hill, part of the Dukes Education family. Kelly holds a degree in English & Philosophy from the University of Leeds and a PGCE specialising in English. She first worked in an inner-city state school where she was soon accepted on the National College for Leadership’s Fast Track programme, taking on the role of SENCo. Kelly worked for many years at Thomas’s Kensington heading up key pastoral projects and driving forward English and History. Prior to joining Bassett House, Kelly was Deputy Head at the French independent school, Jacques Prévert, and was founding Deputy Head of Rutherford House School in Balham. She has been in school senior leadership roles for 20 years.
Kelly’s areas of professional expertise include leadership and management, curriculum design and roll-out, Early Years, and of course, safeguarding and compliance. Kelly has also completed the National Professional Qualification for Headship. During her tenure, Kelly has significantly grown Bassett House, achieved numerous awards and accolades for academics and pastoral care, and Bassett House pupils have consistently achieved places in many of London’s top senior schools.
13th July 2025
Year 6 put on a rousing rendition of Oliver! to a delighted audience in two evening performances on 1 and 2 July. Over two exciting and thrilling nights, they sang, danced and acted their hearts out, leaving absolutely everything on the stage to the delight...
12th July 2025
Year 2 had a special session with Mrs Belshaw to celebrate their journey through the Lower School. Together, they reflected on the school values—kindness, community, respect, aspiration, and resilience—and discussed how these are more than just school rules; they are life skills to carry with...
11th July 2025
Year 5 had a very warm but enjoyable day at the Oval as part of the Surrey Schools day. A total of 5,200 children from over 100 local schools were invited to watch Durham v Surrey on the 2nd day of the county championships. It...
10th July 2025
To end their topic on space, Year 1 had a ‘Star Wars Day’ extravaganza! The children came dressed as a Star Wars character or in a space themed outfit and took part in a variety of Star Wars themed activities including lightsaber making with Mr...
9th July 2025
For the last Forest School session of the academic year, and also because of the hot weather, we swapped our muddy fun-fight to water play: Reception H versus Reception R! The children were absolutely delighted and had the opportunity to cool down for the afternoon....
8th July 2025
At the end of term, eighteen finalists from Years 3, 4 and 5 took part in three thrilling times tables finals to find our current most accurate and fastest times tables champions. The atmosphere was electric and the competition was fierce. After the smoke had...