chestnut grove school, wandsworth

Chestnut Grove is a high performing comprehensive which prides itself on enabling students of all abilities and backgrounds to achieve highly. We are a long-established arts college, specialising in the visual arts and media, but our academic successes span the whole curriculum. We are an innovative school, and our outstanding staff provide a wide range of activities, inside and outside the classroom.
Our motto, ‘A Creative, Learning Community’ sums us up well.

We were the first visual arts college in the country, and it is, perhaps, this established focus which makes us creative, dynamic and innovative in the way we think. Ofsted put it this way:

'Imaginative curriculum planning ensures a close match to students' aspirations, interests and capabilities'.

I'd also put it this way: 'High expectations for all', because I think this is very much the key to our success.

Margaret Peacock (Headteacher)