Broomfield House School
0.2 miles160 pupils
Independent · Prep · Richmond upon Thames
Unicorn School
Independent school · Ages 3 to 11 · Mixed · 136 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Independent school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 136 census January 2024
- Capacity
- 176
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mrs Polly Fraley
- Address
- 238 Kew Road, Richmond, TW9 3JX
- Borough
- Richmond upon Thames
- Telephone
- 02089483926
- DfE reference (URN)
- 102944
- Website
- unicornschool.org.uk
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Where leavers went
Destinations of leavers, as published by the school: 55 leavers with a counted destination, 2024 to 2026.
- Chiswick School8 15%
- Orleans Park School7 13%
- Thomas's7 13%
- Kingston Grammar School5 9%
- Ibstock Place School4 7%
- Latymer Upper School and Latymer Prep4 7%
- Hampton School2 4%
- Lady Eleanor Holles School2 4%
- St Catherine's Twickenham2 4%
- Arts Ed1 2%
- City of London1 2%
- Francis Holland1 2%
- Grey Court School1 2%
- Kew House1 2%
- King's College School1 2%
- Notting Hill & Ealing High School GDST1 2%
- Radnor House1 2%
- St Benedict's1 2%
- St James Senior Boys' School1 2%
- St John's Sidmouth1 2%
- St Paul's School1 2%
- Surbiton High School1 2%
- The Harrodian School1 2%
Source: unicornschool.org.uk · leavers 2024 to 2026 · last checked 10 October 2026
These are destinations schools have published for past leavers. They describe what happened, not what will happen for any one child. How to read this.
Admissions
Independent schools run their own admissions. You register directly with the school, usually for a fee, and the school sets its own deadlines, assessments and offer dates, which are separate from the borough process.
Inspection
Inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)
ISI does not give a single overall grade and does not publish its findings as open data, so we show no rating. Read the latest report on isi.net.
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Pupils and context
- Receiving SEN support
- 17%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 1.9%
- Girls / boys
- 54% / 46%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
397 pupils · KS2 expected standard 88% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Kew College
0.4 miles262 pupils · £5,580 to £7,198 a term (2026-27)
Darell Primary and Nursery School
0.6 miles192 pupils · KS2 expected standard 39% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Kew Riverside Primary School
0.6 miles84 pupils · KS2 expected standard 73% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Kew Green Preparatory School
0.6 miles196 pupils · £7,914 to £8,808 a term (2026-27)
Leaver destinations
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