The White House Preparatory School & Woodentops Kindergarten
The White House Preparatory School & Woodentops Kindergarten is an independent school in London for boys and girls aged 0 to 11. It has 191 pupils and room for 230.
24 Thornton Road, London, SW12 0LF020 8674 9514whitehouseschool.comMr Joe Knight headmasterAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Lambeth council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 191 | 181 | 180 | 156 | 145 | 147 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 10% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Bede's Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 110 m | 143 | Good 2023 | 3 | Compare |
| Telferscot Primary School | Council | 340 m | 436 | No overall grade 2025 | 90 | Compare |
| Henry Cavendish Primary School | Council | 510 m | 873 | Outstanding 2024 | 97 | Compare |
| La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School | Roman Catholic | 560 m | 1,197 | Outstanding 2023 | 80 | Compare |
| Richard Atkins Primary School | Council | 660 m | 204 | Good 2022 | 22 | Compare |
| Maytree Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 740 m | 93 | Outstanding 2024 | – | Compare |
| Glenbrook Primary School | Council | 870 m | 153 | Report card 2026 | 79 | Compare |
| Harris Academy Clapham | Free school | 870 m | 802 | Good 2023 | 29 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The White House Preparatory School & Woodentops Kindergarten a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The White House Preparatory School & Woodentops Kindergarten yet.
How many pupils does The White House Preparatory School & Woodentops Kindergarten have?
191 pupils aged 0 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 230 places, so it is 83% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 24 Thornton Road, London, SW12 0LF
- Telephone
- 020 8674 9514
- Website
- www.whitehouseschool.com
- Headmaster
- Mr Joe Knight
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 0-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Ward
- Streatham Hill West & Thornton
- Constituency
- Clapham and Brixton Hill
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 18 October 1993
- URN
- 100651 · LAESTAB 2086384 · UKPRN 10077626
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.