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.
28th April 2026
Thank you to all who came to our early years Teddy Bears’ Picnic community event in the glorious sunshine on Saturday. The children enjoyed lots of different activities including forest school fun, arts & crafts, super science, creating bear snacks, music sessions, face painting and...
27th April 2026
Last week, all children in Years 3, 4 and 5 took part in an exciting and empowering UNICEF Rights Respecting Day where they were further informed of and empowered to access their UNCRC rights. Throughout the day, our young rights holders took part in six...
3rd April 2026
This term, our Art Pathway students have been working incredibly hard with Mrs Cundill on their latest project, Perspectives. All of their dedication and efforts came together in a wonderful exhibition, where they showcased their impressive final pieces to the school community. The students’ process...
2nd April 2026
Throughout the spring term, Year 6 have taken part in three financial literacy workshops focusing on the history of money, banking and corporate finance and will be taking part in further workshops which deal with budgeting, insurance, investing and trading. To apply and practise their...
31st March 2026
Year 4 visited the Buddhapadipa Temple in Wimbledon to support their RPE learning last week. They were given an incredibly detailed tour of the temple and an explanation of the core principles of Buddhism. The children then had a chance to complete a guided meditation...
Our Year 1 children stepped into a magical world for their recent Faerie Tales workshop. They made their own ink and wrote beautiful stories, made leather shoes for the characters, as well as smelling bags, candles, and other homemade treasures. They also created a grand...