Bancroft's School

Bancroft's School Bancroft’s is an award-winning independent day school for boys and girls aged 7 to 18. Located in Woodford Green, on the border of East London and Essex.

Bancroft’s is an award-winning co-educational HMC day school with 1,200 pupils aged 7 to 18. We are a welcoming and ambitious community where children are encouraged to try new things, work hard, and look after one another. Academic challenge, extra-curricular opportunities and strong pastoral care go hand in hand. Recent honours & recognition:

- Winner of Pastoral Care Champion 2025 (School House Magazine)

- Winner of the Alice Rose Award at the Talk Education Awards 2025

- Finalist at the Independent Schools of the Year 2025 Awards

- Ranked among the top fully co-educational day schools in the UK in the Sunday Times Parent Power 2025

- Selected as one of the Best Value Private Schools in the UK 2025, rated “Very Good” by The Telegraph (the highest rating awarded)

- ISI Inspection 2025, fully compliant across all regulatory standards

National silver for Caitlin with her Woodford Green AC relay team, as they broke a 20-year-old club record in the 4x400m...
16/09/2026

National silver for Caitlin with her Woodford Green AC relay team, as they broke a 20-year-old club record in the 4x400m. 🏃‍♀️

The previous club record was held by a quartet including our very own Prep teacher, Tara Bird (and Old Bancroftian!)

Well done to Caitlin and the team on this fantastic achievement. 👏

15/09/2026

Sport, music, creative activities and plenty more… there are definitely lots of clubs on offer for our Thirds to sign up for at the annual Activities Fair!
 
They can even take the mic at the newest addition to the mix this year: Karaoke Club! 🎤
 

For the second year running, we’ve made the final for London Independent School of the Year! 🎉We are incredibly lucky to...
14/09/2026

For the second year running, we’ve made the final for London Independent School of the Year! 🎉

We are incredibly lucky to have London on our doorstep, with access to its culture, institutions, communities and our wider Bancroft’s network.

It’s important to us that our pupils both contribute to and are inspired by life beyond the School gates through partnerships, service and excursions.

We’ll find out the winner in October, so keep your fingers crossed for us!🤞

For now, being named alongside some of London’s leading independent schools is something we’ll be celebrating, regardless of the outcome.👏

Essex Cup Champions! 🏆 What a result for our boys’ cricket team! It took two attempts to get finals day played, with ext...
14/09/2026

Essex Cup Champions! 🏆
 
What a result for our boys’ cricket team!
 
It took two attempts to get finals day played, with extreme heat postponing the original date and overnight rain causing more disruption when the teams finally returned.
 
A superb 78 from Jun-Le helped the team post 148 in the final before an excellent bowling performance sealed the trophy.
 
This also means they have now qualified for the 2027 National Cup. 👏
 
What a season it has been, well done to you all!
 

While school may be a little quieter over the summer, there’s been plenty going on behind the scenes to get us ship shap...
11/09/2026

While school may be a little quieter over the summer, there’s been plenty going on behind the scenes to get us ship shape for the new academic year. 🛠️

Renovating our sports fields, giving the gardens a glow up, decorating classrooms and tackling some bigger developments too (including a new pond!), there is a lot that goes into keeping the school running.💙

So this is where we say a huge THANK YOU to our brilliant Grounds and Maintenance teams. 👏

We nabbed some time with the team to find out a little more about the people behind the projects and the work that goes on behind the scenes.

Read the full write-up here. ➡️ https://www.bancrofts.org/behind-the-scenes-at-bancrofts-grounds-and-maintenance/

A little to Peru this summer. 🇵🇪Two groups of pupils packed a lot in (to say the least!): Machu Picchu, Rainbow Mounta...
10/09/2026

A little to Peru this summer. 🇵🇪

Two groups of pupils packed a lot in (to say the least!): Machu Picchu, Rainbow Mountain, Lake Titicaca, Cusco and plenty more besides.

They also spent time volunteering with Aldea Yanapay, visited the floating islands of Uros and stayed with local families on Amantaní. 🌄

And, naturally, there was plenty of Peruvian food along the way.

Not a bad way to spend their holidays right?

09/09/2026

Did you know Bancroft’s was named one of the top three contenders for 'Best Sixth Form' in The Week’s ‘Best of the Best’ Awards 2026? 👏

Come and discover why at our Sixth Form Open Evening! ✨

📅 Thursday 24 September
⏰ 5.30–7.30pm

Book your place ➡️ https://www.bancrofts.org/sixth-form-open-evening-2026/

08/09/2026

How has it already been a week since our Thirds started at Bancroft’s? 🙂‍↔️
 
On their first day, they had the School all to themselves. 
 
A chance to settle in, meet their tutors and new classmates, and find their way around with a treasure hunt led by our prefects.
 
There were icebreakers, games on the field and, of course, the important business of getting to grips with their new iPads.
 
They have certainly been busy, but what a brilliant start to life at Bancroft’s. 💙
 
 

We’ve made 2026 winners list! 🏆👏 Bancroft’s has been named Best SEND School in The Week Independent Schools Guide’s Bes...
07/09/2026

We’ve made 2026 winners list! 🏆

👏 Bancroft’s has been named Best SEND School in The Week Independent Schools Guide’s Best of the Best Senior Schools Awards 2026. 👏

We are enormously proud of this one.

Our Learning Support team leads this work, but supporting pupils with SEND involves staff across the whole School.

Antonia Fryer-Green, Director of Learning Strategy and SENCo, said:
“It means a huge amount to receive this award. It is a direct result of the hard work of staff across the School, the support of our families and the attitude of our pupils. The aim is always to create an inclusive and nurturing environment every single day, and this external recognition is a great endorsement of this.”

Alex Frazer, Head of Bancroft’s added:
“We are fortunate to have such a thoughtful, well-informed Learning Support Team here at Bancroft’s who have outstanding ambitions for the pupils they work with and give them exceptionally effective care and guidance. I couldn’t be prouder of them.”

And it's a joy to see this work recognised again, after we were also named a finalist in the Education Choices Awards 2026 earlier this year.

Thank you to the judges . What a way to start the new academic year. 💙

04/09/2026

What better way to round off the first week back than hearing from our new Heads of House?
 
It’s been great to see the corridors busy again, and we look forward to seeing our pupils getting well and truly stuck in with House events! 💙
 

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Woodford Green
IG80RF

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5:30pm
6pm - 7pm
Tuesday 8am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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