- This aspirational selective school, with roots dating back to the 17th century, boasts a consistent history of outstanding outcomes for students.
- The university-style campus includes an award-winning building with an observatory. The coeducational student body is diverse, with 60 different languages spoken at home and a broad socioeconomic and cultural mix that reflects the inner-city community in Tooting, south London.
- More than half of Graveney’s 700 sixth-formers take at least two Stem subjects and the school has a scientist in residence, Professor Emma Morris, who specialises in gene therapy at University College London and supervises biology research projects for senior students.
- Outdoor education is considered key to strong personal development. All Year 7 pupils start with a week in Wales in a partnership with Outward Bound. Graveney is one of the country’s largest single school providers of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme.
- Music is a strength: nearly 400 students learn an instrument and many join choirs, orchestras and ensembles. There are more than 75 weekly clubs, trips and a French exchange. More than 90 per cent of leavers progress to university and nearly half are offered places at Russell Group institutions.
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