- The school, located beside the Thames at Pope’s Villa, was founded in 2011 and is now part of the Dukes Education group. The house dates from the 1840s and was built on the site where the poet Alexander Pope once lived — the grade II* listed grotto he built in the 1720s still exists beneath the buildings.
- Aiming to instil business skills and experience alongside delivering a more traditional education, Radnor House is an active participant in the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy scheme, and sends students to take part in the national Tycoon Enterprise Competition, in which teams create and implement a business plan using a goodwill loan.
- Sports equipment and training have been boosted by agreements to share facilities with Teddington Cricket Club, including its new pavilion, and St Mary’s University, for athletics, girls’ hockey and netball.
- There are plans for the Upper School to move to Kneller Hall following Dukes’ purchase of the school, formerly the Royal Military School of Music.
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