Ambitious parents set their sights on Arnold House as a school that will optimise their son’s chances of securing a place at schools such as St Paul’s or Westminster. Entry is competitive (with parents vetted too!) but this is no academic hothouse; they prepare boys for success by exposing them to the broadest definition of education. Attitude is valued as much as aptitude and pupils develop a love of learning from participating in creative arts and sport, as much as Greek, Science and History. These busy and engaged boys are well rounded, courteous and highly motivated. The main school building in St John’s Wood extends ‘Tardis’ like behind a Regency exterior and their Cannons Park site provides Astro’s, a theatre and space for the recently added Pre Prep’ Forest school.