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Pippa Pop-ins Nursery Schools

A Pippa Pop-ins House is a magical environment where children learn to be kind, independent and develop friendships. We aim for the children to understand feelings, respect for one another and have the opportunity to develop both holistically and academically. We place a great emphasis on individuality, creativity and self-expression.

We follow traditional standards with contemporary concepts and have created a curriculum which includes both the Early Years Foundation Stage and Montessori elements.  We believe in the importance of laying the foundations for good manners, cultural diversity, knowledge and sociability.

Rachel Watson, Principal of Pippa Pop-ins
Rachel Watson, Principal of Pippa Pop-ins
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Pippa Pop-ins Nursery Schools

Known for their commitment to providing exceptional early childhood learning since 1992, Pippa Pop-ins values-based approach is perfectly aligned with the Little Dukes ethos, as is their commitment to providing a rich, nurturing, and supportive yet academically challenging environment.

The children are taught by dedicated teachers, who give each child the best opportunity to develop both holistically and academically through the benefit of small classes and an enriching curriculum. They ensure that all the children benefit from varied and well-directed early learning opportunities through their involvement in a wide range of practical and educational activities. Every child’s early learning needs are individually taken into account.

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Pippa Pop-ins Nursery School & Head Office
165 New King's Road, London, SW6 4SN
020 7731 1445
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Pippa Pop-ins Nursery School
233 New King's Road, London, SW6 4XE
020 7731 1445
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Pippa Pop-ins Nursery School
430 Fulham Road, London, SW6 1DU
020 7731 1445
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Pippa Pop-ins Nursery School
5 Kensington Place, London, W8 7PT
020 7731 1445
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IEP Group

IEP’s mission is that all students participate in a stimulating, rich and challenging curriculum that provides them with opportunities to reach their unique potential and through this new partnership with Dukes Education we will be even better equipped to make that mission a reality.

We started our adventure in Spain at the end of 2016, with the partial acquisition of 3 schools in the Valencian community; subsequently, IEP was founded in May 2018 with the objective of becoming a major provider within the Spanish private schools market. Despite the COVID pandemic, we have managed to grow to a group of 7 schools,  employing 450 teachers and educating 4,800 students from 1 to 18 years old. This partnership will enable us to begin the next phase of our development, still under the IEP name and IEP has the honour of being the first schools group in Spain to join the Dukes Education family.

IEP and Dukes have a common set of values, vision and purpose, and we are excited by the tremendous potential this agreement offers IEP staff and students as we benefit from Dukes world-class people, reputation and infrastructure. Students at IEP will benefit from Dukes international exchange and summer camp opportunities, as well as different sport competitions and other exciting and engaging extra-curricular activities. IEP students will also benefit from more world-class career coaching, internship and university counselling, and will be able to confidently apply to any university world-wide through the Dukes platforms.

 

Tim Lakin, CEO, IEP Group
Tim Lakin, CEO, IEP Group
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IEP Group

International Education Partnership (IEP) is an educational group based in Spain. Following the partial acquisition of three schools in the Valencian community at the end of 2016, IEP was founded in May 2018 with the objective of becoming a major provider within the Spanish private schools market. IEP has grown to become a group employing 450 teachers and educating 4,800 students from 1 to 18 years old. IEP schools have developed an excellent reputation for high-quality, British, bilingual education with a strong focus on digitisation, innovation, social awareness and a holistic approach, and this will continue under the guidance of the Dukes Family.

Our vision is to empower students with the knowledge and skills during their learning process to prepare them to participate in and contribute to the global world.

International Sharing School

At International Sharing School, we believe in Learning Through Sharing to build a better future. We provide the best educational experience for our students, acknowledging that every child is different and unique.

We have blended an innovative learning space with the highest quality of teaching to provide our students the opportunities to explore and have fun with their learning. They develop the confidence in themselves and are given a wide range of opportunities to develop and enhance their skills and understanding of themselves as learners in a modern world. We are deeply committed to building a community in which our students develop an understanding of their place within an internationally connected world. With over 60 nationalities represented at ISS, our students take part in a truly diverse educational environment which allows them to take their place confidently as active participators in a multiculturally diverse world beyond school.
ISS is an IB continuum school in which we embrace our diversity and celebrate our internationalism at every opportunity. Our teachers are internationally diverse in their experience which provides our students with a broad perspective of real-life connections within the IB curriculum. Learning through sharing is our vision and we embed this into our daily learning across all phases of the school. This guarantees our children experience a connected transition from the time they are welcomed into the ISS community through to the time they graduate.
Carlien Shelley
Carlien Shelley
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International Sharing School

International Sharing School aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and open-minded lifelong learners who aspire to build a better tomorrow, through a supportive, respectful, and caring environment promoting learning through sharing.

We use the IB Curriculum Framework as we believe the curriculum is more in line with our core values and vision on education. Using a project based approach, we want to create students who understand we are all the same and want to help build a better, more peaceful world.

We work in the dynamic development of a multilingual and multicultural holistic approach, creating an environment which is relaxed but challenging, familiar but disciplined and most of all, we have created a school for the citizens of the future where fun and curiosity may lead to Learning Through Sharing and creativity in problem solving.

We promote a caring, multicultural and hospitable environment for all the community
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INTERNATIONAL SHARING SCHOOL, TAGUSPARK, LISBON
Avenida Dr. Mário Soares, 14 2740-119 Porto Salvo, Oeiras
(+351) 214 876 140
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International Sharing School

Avenida Dr. Mário Soares, 14 2740-119 Porto Salvo, Oeiras

“With this innovative learning environment, I recognize that my students are more able to be themselves, relaxed and open-minded learners.”

Sarah B - Sharing School Teacher

Hove Village Nurseries

Message from the Nursery Area Manager, Ciara Doyle:

“I’m passionate about giving young children and babies the best start to their education and experience of the world, with an enthusiasm for improving the quality of education and care across all aspects of nursery life.

A crucial part of my role is to enable and empower our nursery teams to deliver the best for the children in their care. I’m a huge advocate for ongoing staff development, helping them to refine and expand their skills and progress as excellent educators.”
Nursery Area Manager, Ciara Doyle
Nursery Area Manager, Ciara Doyle
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Hove Village Nurseries

Hove Village Day Nurseries are an exciting family of three settings in Brighton and Hove.

New Church Road nursery is situated in a beautiful Victorian building next to the very popular Wish Park. The setting is fortunate to have the beach and Hove Lagoon at the end of the road. This spacious nursery offers light and bright rooms for each age group and two brand-new, well-equipped gardens providing dedicated play spaces for babies and older children.

The historic Grade II Listed Hove Library is home to another of our settings, just moments from the beach and Hove Lawns. This intimate setting provides a cosy and nurturing environment for babies from 12-weeks to children aged 5.

Completing the family is our new day nursery in the heart of Brighton’s Kemptown. Located just minutes from the Royal Sussex County Hospital, American Express HQ and Brighton College, this stunning setting opened in April 2022. The beach is just down the road, as is the centre of Kemptown with all that it has to offer. The nursery is bright and spacious with a contemporary and homely feel.

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Hove Village Day Nursery
126-128 New Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 4JD
01273 358589
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Hove Village Day Nursery At Hove Library
Lower Ground Floor, Hove Public Library 182-186, Church Road, Hove, Sussex, BN3 2EG
01273 033070
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Bloomsbury Street Day Nursery
16 Bloomsbury Street, Kemptown, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 1HQ
01273 033833
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Hove Village Nurseries

126-128 New Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 4JD

Hove Village Nurseries

Hove Public Library 182-186, Church Road, Hove, Sussex, BN3 2EG

Hove Village Nurseries

16 Bloomsbury Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 1HQ

Riverside Nursery Schools

– A welcome from the Principal

“I am delighted to welcome you to Riverside Nursery Schools, a family of five unique and beautiful nurseries set in the London Borough of Richmond. We provide children with a beautifully crafted environment in which highly qualified educators motivate children to learn and become independent.

Via a bespoke and individualised education, delivered with nurturing, loving care, we encourage the growth of the whole child. This fosters independent thinking alongside the development of early years qualities and dispositions such as a child’s awareness of their environment, empathy for others, communication excellence, and above all, self-confidence.

As a group of nursery schools, we strive to instil within all our children the intellectual, emotional, and physical skills needed to become self-motivated learners, flexible thinkers, and creative problem solvers. At every opportunity, we support their natural and ever-increasing curiosity about the world in which they live.

We provide love and support to our children and their families. We relish the opportunity to get to know and understand every child whilst watching them thrive in our carefully prepared, warm, loving, environment. We look forward to seeing the children grow into successful, autonomous citizens of the world.

Please feel free to contact me personally with your questions or better still, organise a visit to any of our wonderful nursery schools.

I look forward to meeting you and your child and being alongside you at the start of their education.”

Aimee Kimbell, Principal
Aimee Kimbell, Principal
Aimee Kimbell, Principal
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Riverside Nursery Schools

Riverside Nursery Schools have been educating children for over forty-five years and have created a bespoke curriculum that draws inspiration from a range of established and time-proven pedagogies including Montessori, Reggio Emilia, and Forest School. The education provided is steered by our experience and expertise, combined with the most up-to-date knowledge of the latest scientific breakthroughs in both child development and neuro-development.

Whilst incorporating the seven areas of learning in the Department for Education’s Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), the Riverside curriculum also focuses on developing the 5 Riverside Nursery Dispositions in every child:• Resilience• Imagination• Veracity• Empathy• Responsibility

The Riverside Dispositions

  • Resilience - Getting up when we fall down, brushing ourselves off, and trying again
  • Imagination - Seeing magic in the world and conjuring our own unique interpretation
  • Veracity - Learning and respecting the truth about ourselves, others, and the world around us as we learn and grow
  • Empathy - Sharing feelings and experiences to create a nurturing and comforting learning environment for all
  • Responsibility - Developing autonomy and integrity of self and the abilities to work both independently and collaboratively
Riverside Nursery Heads
Teresa Wildash
Teresa Wildash
Head Educator, Grosvenor House
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Kirsten Triggs
Kirsten Triggs
Head Educator, Twickenham Green Montessori
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Christine Maré
Christine Maré
Headteacher, Kew Montessori Nursery
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Claudia Neves
Claudia Neves
Headteacher, St Margaret’s Montessori
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Guy Mitchell
Guy Mitchell
Head Educator, Twickenham Park
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HOLLY ROAD NURSERY SCHOOL
1 Holly Road Twickenham TW1 4EA
+44 (0)20 3475 0455
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GROSVENOR HOUSE NURSERY SCHOOL
Grosvenor House, Grosvenor Road Twickenham TW1 4AD
+44 (0)20 8538 9999
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TWICKENHAM GREEN NURSERY SCHOOL
+44 (0)20 8755 1125
26 The Green, Twickenham TW2 5AB
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KEW MONTESSORI NURSERY SCHOOL
St Luke’s House, 270 Sandycombe Road, Kew Gardens, Surrey TW9 3NP
+44 (0)20 8332 1255
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ST MARGARETS MONTESSORI NURSERY SCHOOL
8 Victoria Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 3HW
+44 (0)20 8891 2675
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TWICKENHAM PARK NURSERY SCHOOL
31 Cambridge Road Twickenham TW1 2HN
+44 (0)20 8892 0872
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Riverside Nursery Schools

Grosvenor House, Grosvenor Road Twickenham TW1 4AD

Riverside Nursery Schools

26 The Green, Twickenham TW2 5AB

Riverside Nursery Schools

St Luke’s House, 270 Sandycombe Road, Kew Gardens, Surrey TW9 3NP

Riverside Nursery Schools

8 Victoria Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 3HW

Riverside Nursery Schools

31 Cambridge Road Twickenham TW1 2HN

Riverside Nursery Schools are part of Little Dukes, the early years arm of our family.

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Sancton Wood School

– A message from the Principal

“A warm welcome to Sancton Wood School, a community of fun and energy close to the heart of Cambridge city centre.

Our school was founded in 1976 as a primary school and since then has expanded year on year. We now operate across three sites and have 400 children on roll.  Our Core Values shape everything we do and define what we stand for: inclusivity, care, and a deep worth of the individual.  We value learning too and believe that a carefully planned, pastoral approach to education will lead to outstanding academic outcomes; at GCSE, for example, our students excel, recording results which are way above the national average…”

In 2018, we joined the Dukes family and I have been delighted by the support and investment they have given to the school.  Most strikingly, in the purchase of a brand new secondary school site which will allow us to improve our provision further and grow to three forms of entry.

Our most recent ISI inspection captured our mission statement perfectly concluding that:

‘From EYFS upwards, pupils at Sancton Wood are highly successful in their learning and development. Their achievement is excellent.’

They also concluded:

  • ‘Pastoral Care is excellent.’

  • ‘Pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is excellent.’

  • ‘Curricular and extra curricular provision is excellent.’

Recently, the best reference for the school I’ve come across was from one of our Y2 pupils who, on the walk home from school, told her mum, “I like Sancton Wood so much I’d like to spend Christmas Day there.”

Richard Settle, Principal
Richard Settle, Principal
Richard Settle, Principal
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Sancton Wood School

Sancton Wood School is an independent, co-educational nursery and day school in Cambridge, educating children from 1 to 16 years of age. It joined Dukes Education in September 2018. Sancton Wood is a school that focuses on discovering the innate qualities and skills of every child, helping them to develop these to full capacity.

 

The school has a reputation for instilling good manners, reliability, and self-discipline into every child that comes through its doors in Cambridge. The small, supportive, and close-knit community is often likened to a family – kind and tolerant, where everyone can find their place and be valued. The school’s setting, close to parks, museums, and the centre of Cambridge, allows for the provision of an outstanding contribution to the social, emotional, and academic development of each child.

 

Class sizes are small at an average of 16 pupils, creating fabulous learning environments where teachers have time for individuals and pupils feel comfortable sharing their ideas and where imaginations can wander freely.

 

More than anything else, however, the school is about discovering the deep worth of every individual and promotes the development of personal talents and interests.

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Sancton Wood is an inspiring community of like-minded learners.
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Our students develop a thirst for knowledge throughout their time with us.

Extraordinary results

Students at Sancton Wood regularly achieve outstanding GCSE results, a wonderful testament to the efforts of both teachers and students.

Sancton Wood is regularly placed in The Times Top 100 Schools and was recently placed at the top of an ISA table of points per pupil. In 2018 a Head Boy achieved an exceptional haul of 10 Grade 9 GCSEs, for which he was awarded the Whitbread Memorial Prize.

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Sancton Wood offers an education all the way up to 16 years.
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NURSERY
17 Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2JB
+44 (0)1223 471703
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PRE-PREP AND PREP SCHOOL
2 St. Paul’s Road, Cambridge, CB1 2EZ
+44 (0)1223 471703
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SENIOR SCHOOL
57 Bateman St, Cambridge, CB2 1LR
+44 (0)1223 471703
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Sancton Wood School

17 Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2JB, UK

Sancton Wood School

Saint Paul's Road, Cambridge CB1 2EZ, UK

Sancton Wood School

57 Bateman St, Cambridge CB2 1LR, UK

From EYFS upwards, pupils at Sancton Wood are highly successful in their learning and development. Their achievement is excellent.

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Baby Unicorns Nursery

Sancton Wood School’s nursery, led by the wonderful Nic Henson, is called Baby Unicorns’. Welcoming children from 1 year old, Baby Unicorns allows for an all-through education up to 16 years of age.

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