The rules at Prince George’s new school Thomas’s Battersea

There's one thing they take particularly seriously...
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7 September 2017

Prince George starts school on September 6 at Thomas’s Battersea, a prestigious co-ed prep in south London. And despite being the future king of England, there will be certain rules the little royal will have to abide by.

The £6,000 a term day school - which has an adorable uniform consisting of navy Bermudas and red knee-high socks - has a serious emphasis on kindness. On the school website, it states that its most important rule is to ‘be kind’ – something the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are sure to agree with.

A statement from the headmaster Simon O’Malley says that although they are proud of their academic success rate, they place a ‘greater emphasis on a set of core values’. As well as kindness, these core values include ‘courtesy, confidence, humility, and learning to be givers, not takers’.

Pupils are expected to leave Thomas’s with a ‘strong sense of social responsibility’, continue on a path to become ‘net contributors to society’, and also to ‘flourish as conscientious and caring citizens of the world’.

Although it is first and foremost a Christian school, it is open to children of all faiths and encourages its pupils to be tolerant of other religions. “Our ethos, aims and values actively support the upholding of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs. These are British values which we cherish and which equip pupils for life in modern Britain,” the school emphasises on its website.

Finally – although not an explicit rule – there school is said to discourage pupils from having best friends, in order to stop others from having their feelings hurt. This might well come in handy for Prince George, who might prove to be rather popular once he starts.

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