North Bridge House School
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North Bridge House School is an independent school
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...

 in London
London
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 for 2½ to 16-year-olds. The school has three different locations for different age groups. The first, located in Hampstead
Hampstead
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 on Fitzjohn's Avenue, is for 2½ - 5 year olds. The second, located near the first, on Netherhall Gardens, is for 5 - 7 year olds. Finally, there is a building in Camden Town
Camden Town
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 on Gloucester Avenue for 8 - 16 year olds. The Camden Town building is the largest of the schools and is itself split up into three self-administrating divisions, the lower-preparatory school, the upper-preparatory school and the senior school. The Good Schools Guide called it "A gentle school."
The current headmistress of the 2½-7 year old schools is Mrs Allsop. The current headmaster of the 8-13 year old school is Mr Bibby. The headmistress of the senior school is Mrs Alexandra Ayre.
The school is owned and operated by the Cognita
Cognita
Cognita is a private company which owns and operates independent schools throughout the United Kingdom. In addition, Cognita operates a number of international schools in Singapore, Spain, Thailand and Vietnam...

group.

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