Unicorn is a school for children aged 3 to 11, on Kew Road in Richmond.
We are small by design: one class in each year group, children and teachers who know one another well, and a school day in which academic ambition sits alongside music, drama, sport and art.
This page is the short version of Unicorn. The prospectus tells more of the story. The best version of all is half an hour inside the school.
A small school, with a lot going on
There is one class in each year group, named after the colours of the rainbow from Red to Ultra Violet. Classes are usually no more than 22 children, with a teaching assistant alongside every class teacher, and many subjects are taught in half classes.
Children can join Red Class, our Nursery, as soon as they turn three, and most stay with us until they leave for senior school at eleven.
We are academically ambitious, but childhood here is deliberately broad.
Children are prepared thoroughly for the 11+, without allowing it to take over their final years at primary school. Music, drama, sport and art continue at full throttle through Year 6.
It is a small school where children have room to do a great many things.
Download the prospectus
Our prospectus is not a catalogue of facilities or a collection of statistics. It is a short book of moments from a Unicorn year, told largely by the children themselves.
It is intended to give you a feel for the school.
For the things that change — fees, 11+ results, dates and admissions information — the pages below will always be more current than a printed prospectus.
The practical things
Visit us — book a private tour on a normal school day, or come to our next Open Morning.
Admissions — when your child can join and how the process works.
Fees — what a term costs, what is included and what is not.
11+ results — our latest results and where Unicorn children go next, with every offer and scholarship year by year.
Bursaries — help with fees for families who need it and how to apply.
Come and see for yourself
A prospectus can tell you what a school values. A normal school morning tells you whether those things are really there.
Come and see the classrooms while lessons are happening. Meet the children and teachers. Listen to the noise in the corridors. See how people speak to one another.
Then decide whether you can picture your child here.
If you would rather talk to someone first, Lucinda Rodgers, our Registrar, is always happy to help.