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What We Offer

  • Business studies
  • Classics
  • Critical Thinking
  • Design Technology
  • Drama/Theatre
  • Economics
  • Electronics
  • Engineering
  • Government/Politics
  • ICT
  • Painting/Sculpture
  • Theology
  • Ancient Greek
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Latin
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Cricket
  • Cross-Country
  • Fencing
  • Fitness Training
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Hockey
  • Netball
  • Rounders
  • Rugby
  • Squash
  • Swimming
  • Table Tennis
  • Tennis
  • Touch Rugby
  • Volleyball
  • Adventure Training
  • Beavers
  • Cadets
  • Canoeing
  • Chess
  • Cycling
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Duke of Edinburgh
  • First Aid/Life Savers
  • Language Club
  • Public Speaking
  • Rowing
  • Sailing
  • Shooting
  • Skiing
  • Yoga
  • A Level - Advanced Level Examinations
  • GCSE - General Certificate of Secondary Education
  • IGCSE - International General Certificate of Secondary Education
  • LAMDA - London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
  • All denominations welcome
  • Church of England
  • Autistic Spectrum of Disorder (ASD)
  • Hearing Impairment (HI)
  • Dyslexia or Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD)
  • Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)
  • Aspergers Syndrome (AS)
  • Delicate/Medical Conditions
  • Epilepsy
  • Before School Club
  • Gifted Children
  • Special Diets

Word From The Head

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Alex Frazer


A warm welcome to Bancroft's. We are a long-established 7-18 independent school with an excellent reputation for academic success within a holistic and nurturing educational framework.
As an inclusive, cosmopolitan community, we hold the highest aspirations for every young person who joins us.

At home on a magnificent greenfield site in Woodford since 1889, but still connected to inner London by the Central Line and our own bus network, we remain committed to welcoming girls and boys from a wide range of backgrounds to enjoy an excellent education as members of our warm, vibrant and supportive Bancroft’s School community.

We are proudly devoted to scholarship and intellectual inquiry, and we believe that each child will truly flourish by combining academic endeavour with enthusiastic engagement in the wide range of co-curricular opportunities that we provide, while being supported and nurtured by our first-class pastoral care.

Our aim is for all Bancroftians to enjoy and make the most of their time at school, while developing the independence of mind and lasting confidence that will empower them to thrive in their future studies and adult lives.

If you might be interested in finding out more about what a Bancroft’s education could offer your son or daughter, we would be delighted to meet you. Please get in touch – you will be assured of a warm welcome.

Alex Frazer MA (Cantab)

Fees

Annual Day Fees *£15651 to £19047
Annual Weekly Boarding Fees *£0 to £0
Annual Full Boarding Fees *£0 to £0
* Currency: GB Pound

Number Of Pupils

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Boys Girls

Admissions

Scholarships and Bursaries

  • Academic
  • Assisted Places
  • Financial Assistance
  • Music
  • Sixth Form

Admissions Process

  • Assessment
  • Entry test or exam
  • GCSE results
  • Interview
  • Report from previous school
  • References

Open Days, Visits & Events

25-09-2025 - Sixth Form Open Evening

What to expect at a 16+ Open Evening

You'll begin by hearing from Mr Alex Frazer, the Head and Mr Philip Harrison, Head of Sixth Form, who will share more about 16+ entry and the many opportunities available at Sixth Form.

Afterwards you'll have the chance to tour Bancroft's with current students and speak to teachers from A Level subjects, as well as members of our own careers department, who will be on hand to talk through subject choices beyond GCSE.

% Pupils Gaining
GCSE/IGCSE Passes 7 - 9

% Pupils Gaining
A Level Grades A – C

IB Score
 

School Reviews

Good Schools Guide


Academic excellence a given, it is the opportunities offered outside the classroom which ultimately set Bancroftians up for life. Social and ethnic mix is a reflection of the world we live in where tolerance, kindness and courage are perhaps as relevant as outstanding grades.  

Former Pupil


Bancroft's was where I developed a sense of confidence and was where I was encouraged not just to go and do, but go and become who I wanted to be.  

Former pupil


I have no doubt that Bancroft's changed my life: the teachers encouraged me to do more than I thought possible and changed my expectations of what I could be and do.  

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