Cognita
About Cognita
Cognita is the UK’s leading independent schools group with 26 prep-prep and preparatory schools located within the UK. Whilst every Cognita prep school benefits from remaining largely autonomous, each are committed to the same core educational values centred around the commitment to deliver the highest standards of teaching and learning for all pupils.
Within every Cognita school
- We are committed to teaching excellence through the recruitment and retention of the best Headteachers and teaching staff
- We believe that the best teaching is delivered by individuals who have not only the subject knowledge but the expertise and passion about each subject to inspire enthusiastic learning
- We firmly believe that parents are their children's primary educators. For this reason, we foster close working relationships with our parents.
- We believe in having high expectations of every child, irrespective of ability and in giving each child has their own individual learning plan that allows them to fully access the curricula and achieve their own personal best
- We believe that a well rounded preparatory education gives each child the best start in life, therefore our schools offer a broad curricula, complemented by a wide choice of extra curricular activities
- We believe that excellent pastoral care is fundamental to learning and to each child’s successful integration into and through the school.
- We believe that teachers’ time is best spent in the classroom, therefore we provide extensive school support services to ease the administrative burden
Parent Message from Chris Woodhead, Cognita Chairman and for HM Chief Inspector of Schools
Cognita pre-prep and prep schools
| London |
Surrey |
Clifton Lodge School, Ealing, London
Charterhouse Square School, Barbican
Hendon Preparatory School, Hendon
North Bridge House Nursery School, Hampstead
North Bridge House Junior School, Hampstead
North Bridge House Preparatory School, Regents Park
St. Nicholas Preparatory School, Hyde Park
Salcombe Preparatory School, Southgate |
Cumnor House School, Croydon
Downsend Lodge, Leatherhead, Surrey
Milbourne Lodge School
Downsend Lodge, Ashtead
Downsend Lodge, Epsom
Downsend Lodge, Leatherhead, Surrey
Glenesk School, East Horsley |
| Bedfordshire |
Buckinghamshire |
| Polam Oaks, Bedford |
Akeley Wood Junior School, Buckinghamshire |
| Essex |
Hampshire |
Oakfields Montessori School, Upminster
Oxford House School, Colchester
St. Margaret’s Preparatory School, Gosfield |
Kingscourt School |
| Hertfordshire |
Kent |
| Duncombe School, Hertford |
Breaside Preparatory School |
| Oxfordshire |
Plymouth |
Ferndale Preparatory School, Faringdon
St. Mary's School, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon |
King’s School and Nursery |
| South Wales |
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| Oakleigh House School, Swansea |
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