Yes

For children needing extra support in either of the two languages, we provide additional sessions with specialist Italian/English as an additional language teachers and teaching assistants.

French

16

12

Yes

Tablets, computers, smart boards available in all classes

We use virtual classrooms to share relevant information and teaching resources to support the children teaching and learning. During the COVID-19 lockdowns we ensured our pupils were supported in navigating these challenging times but also succeeded academically by opening virtual classrooms for all the year groups. If we ever need to return to home learning, we are equipped to support our pupils in the best possible way.

The school is secular and all faiths are respected.

N/A

Yes

Homework is spread throughout the week, allowing for the optimum home life / study balance.

100%

Yes

Our teachers receive regular training on special educational needs and neuro diversity. We have a trauma-informed approach that enables students to manage anxiety and we have an inclusion and wellbeing room for timetabled therapy and relaxation sessions.

Por research-based pedagogy makes our ambitious both inclusive and challenging through careful sequencing, cross-curricular links and retrieval practice informed by formative assessment. We provide the space for deeper exploration and understanding. We also arrange enrichment activities that gifted students can carry out by themselves at their desks. Allow students to do special projects.

No, but the school helps families find an educational psychologist for their child.

No

It depends on the dynamics within each year group, but we often have a waiting list. We recommend that parents complete our registration form as soon as possible if they are considering our school.

To apply for admission the first thing to do is to register your child with us. Registration can be made any time after the child’s birth. Places are normally offered at the beginning of the December before entry.

Yes. Please contact our Admissions Office on admissions@sial.school and we will guide you through the process.

Our busy school day starts at 8:20 AM when our doors open.
Nursery: Children should ideally arrive by 8:30 AM so as to be ready for registration by 9:00 AM.
Primary school: Children should arrive by 8:20 AM so as to be ready for registration and the start of lessons at 8:30 AM.

Nursery: 3:15 PM
Primary school: 4:00 PM

Yes, we offer wraparound childcare on site from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

No

Yes, we are dedicated to providing healthy and nutritious meals made from scratch on site for children during their time spent at school.

Yes

Yes

To complement and enhance our broad bilingual curriculum, we provide a wide variety of opportunities that promote academic, creative, physical and community achievement.
These include: individual music lessons, whole school performances and concerts, educational trips, forest school for EYFS, visitors and workshops in school, breadth of extra-curricular activities, etc.

After school clubs
We offer clubs in both languages: from yoga, to ballet, from puppetry to video-making, from football to cooking, tap dancing, Lego robotics, Journaling and Chess.

Two hours of PE per week for all the classes, including Nursery run by specialised teachers, done alternatively in school and at the park. Swimming lessons are organised at the local swimming pool.

Yes

Library, Art Room, Music Room, Hall, Outdoor Playground

N/a

SIAL.school is the only school in the UK to teach all subjects in English and Italian, from Nursery to Year 6.
With a unique bilingual and bi-cultural enriched curriculum in which the standards set by the Italian Ministry of Education are integrated and complemented by the EYFS Framework and National English Curriculum, SIAL.school welcomes children aged 3 to 11.
Your child will learn not only to speak but to read and write in both languages, gain valuable knowledge of both cultures and ways of life, and have broader opportunities when it comes to choosing secondary education.
The school is located in the heart of London, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, just a short distance from Holland Park.

Native Italian and English teachers and assistants work in parallel with groups of children on a common curriculum that covers the educational objectives of both school programmes (Italian and English). Each teacher has an assigned classroom and the children move from one environment to another, acknowledging that in one classroom only Italian is spoken and in the other one only English is. The physical separation of the spaces allocated to a specific languageactually helps and accelerates the development of a bilingual vocabulary in a completely natural way. The inclusion of art subjects in our bilingual curriculum is also aimed at fostering spontaneity in language learning: the children take art, music and drama lessons in both languages from pre-school onwards, with specialist mother-tongue teachers. The arts are a very powerful tool, because they activate all the sensory channels necessary for the development of memorisation processes and the cognitive sphere, while at the same time stimulating and involving the emotional sphere.