Founded in 1952, Sussex House is situated in the heart of Chelsea in a fine Norman Shaw house in Cadogan Square. Its Gymnasium and Music School are housed in a converted chapel in Cadogan Street. The School is an independent charity with its own Board of Governors and has undergone ambitious refurbishment.
There is a full-time teaching staff of 18. Creative subjects are given strong emphasis and throughout the School boys take Music and Art classes. Recent developments include the School's Computer Laboratory and Science Laboratory. Sussex House's international fencing records are well known.
The ambitious 'Cadogan' magazine bears witness to a wide range of activities, the fruits of its annual Poetry Competition, playsand concerts. Outward Bound school trips have recently included camping and ski-ing.
The School has a Church of England focus with weekly services in St Simon Zelotes Church, Chelsea, whose priest is the School Chaplain. Boys of all religious denominations are welcomed.
A member of IAPS, Sussex House is not linked to any particular senior school and boys are prepared for a wide range of London and boarding schools at Common Entrance or Scholarship level with a long standing record of good results to academically demanding schools. The school enjoys its own entirely independent character. The style is traditional yet imaginative.
