£17k-a-year school will teach George to ‘be kind’
COSY Relaxing seating outside WET APPETITE The floating table for two STUNNING Zambezi views CLOSE Harry and Meghan at airport in Botswana 1ST DAY George starts this week PRINCE George will be taught to “be kind” at his new £17,600a-year private school.
The future king will be encouraged to become a “conscientious and caring citizen of the world” at Thomas’s Battersea in South London.
The four-year-old will join one of three co-education reception classes on Thursday and stay until he is 11 or 13.
Fees are £17,604 a year and increase to £19,884 for those in Year 3 and above.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are continuing a royal tradition by opting for an independent institution rather than a state school.
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However, William and Kate chose Thomas’s Battersea over the much closer Wetherby Prep in Notting Hill, where William and Harry were both schooled. Their choice in South London is three-and-ahalf miles from Kensington Palace – a journey that can take up to 40 minutes. It is rated outstanding by Ofsted, with pupils cited as making rapid progress. Its most important rule is: “Be kind.” And a 2014 official inspection also states: “Pupils are adamant that there is no bullying at the school.” According to the Good Schools Guide, it is “a big, busy, slightly chaotic school for cosmopolitan parents who want their children to have the best English education money can buy.” ‘THE BEST’ Thomas’s Battersea