News & Events
Mount House tops League Tables for Barnet Schools
Our outstanding A Level results for 2018 have placed us as the number one school in Barnet, according government’s annual league tables published today. You can view the full league table here on the GOV.UK website. With an average point score of 37.08 we stand above all other independent schools in the are including Brampton…
Exceptional Pupil Art on Display
Mount House artists across all year groups have today unveiled their latest works to the School. The display, running outside and into the Art Department, comprises of over 15 portraits, self portraits and collages from our very talented students. The display was curated by our head of Art, Mrs Carpenter, who commented on plans to…
MH students celebrate outstanding University offers
We’re delighted to report that Effiyenia our Head Girl has gained her place to read Law at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. This is a tremendous achievement and we are all immensely pleased that her hard work has been rewarded and her potential recognised. To gain a place at one of the world’s top universities on…
Danni’s Design in Print for Christmas!
Year 12 Pupil, Danni Yao’s stunning painting of a silhouetted Santa’s Sleigh flying over Mount House School in the moon-light, has been chosen as this year’s winning Christmas Card design. The entries were of such a high standard this year and the judges (from our Art and Marketing depts) had the unenviable task of deciding…
Fun and Games at the Festive Fair
Saturday’s Festive Fair, organised by the Friends of Mount House was a huge success, enjoyed by all who attended and raising money for our exciting summer garden party in June 2019. From hand painted gifts and jewellery, to chocolate and wine tombolas and an incredible raffle with an Amazon Echo up for grabs, there was…
Curtain up on Bugsy!
Splurge guns, gangsters and crooning broads came together in style last night for the debut performance of Bugsy Malone. Harriet Mollison and Talia Ormrod shone in their lead in their lead roles as Bugsy and Blousy, along with a huge cast of all ages and talents. We were treated to some incredible choreography and musical…
First term for the Trailblazers
Our first male cohort joined us in years 7 and 12 this September and have settled in quickly and effortlessly. In this specially produced, one-off newsletter: Trailblazers , find out how our boys have enjoyed their first term here and how we plan to continue to support them through their school careers at Mount House.
A festive date for your diaries
Mount House is delighted to announce our Christmas Fayre, taking place at the School on Saturday 8 December from midday. Everyone is welcome to join us for a some festive fun and gift shopping with attractions including a virtual reality pod (which proved a huge success with the students at our summer fair), chocolate tombola…
Top schools call for end to unconditional offers
At the risk of sounding like a ‘scratched record’, I cannot for the life of me understand why universities are so entrenched in their opposition to post qualification applications. Today’s headline in The Times expresses the frustration of many independent school Heads at the increasing trend of offering places to applicants through unconditional offers. The…
Equality of opportunity for all school aged children
A few weeks ago, in a Guardian podcast, Melissa Benn (daughter of Tony Benn) put ‘the case for abolishing private schools’ in the UK. The thrust of her argument was not new. That equality of opportunity for all school aged children could not be achieved, she argued, whilst those with more money enjoyed the advantages…
