Prince George’s posh $10,5000-a-term private education

RESIDENTS who live near the school Prince George will start at this week have raised concerns about security, after a local woman walked in unnoticed.

RESIDENTS who live near the school Prince George will start at this week have raised concerns about security, saying it could become a target for attacks.

Sarah Burnett-Moore, 54, told The Telegraph UK of how she walked into Thomas’s Battersea after the front gate and a main entrance door were left open.

Mrs Burnett-Moore told The Telegraph: “I could have walked in with an IED and set it to go off on Thursday.

“I live just 200 metres from the school and myself and lots of neighbours are worried about the security implications as the prince’s presence will make the area a target for attacks.”

Thomas’s has been renovated in recent weeks to extend the dining room an communal areas.

Mrs Burnett-Moore said that while the school was closed the fact that she could walk through reception and into a classroom area unnoticed was “rather worrying.”

It is understood that once the school term starts, Thomas’s Battersea has promised to make William and Kate “feel secure” about leaving their child for the first time, the Telegraph UK also reports.

Prince George is growing up and will go to school this week.

The third-in-line to the throne, 4, is attending the $10,500 a term primary school in south London from this Thursday.

It has 540 pupils and is considered one of the best in the city, boasting a new music school and sports facilities, The Sun reported.

Kids start at age four and finish at either 11 or 13.

After that, it tends to send them onto the prestigious St Paul’s School, King’s Wimbledon or Prince William’s former school, Eton.

Ex-pupils include supermodel Cara Delevingne and Florence + the Machine singer, Florence Welch.

‘A SIGNIFICANT MOMENT’

In a letter to parents, principal Ben Thomas wrote: “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have decided on Prince George’s next school”.

“We are delighted to let you know that they have chosen Thomas’s and that from September Prince George will be a pupil at Thomas’s Battersea.

“This is clearly a significant moment for their family and most certainly for Thomas’s,” he said, according to The Sun.

“Like so many parents, the Duke and Duchess have put a great deal of thought into the choice of their eldest child’s first ‘big school’.

Prince George with his father, Prince William, mother, the Duchess of Cambridge, and little sister, Princess Charlotte.

“We are honoured that the aims and values of Thomas’s reflect those that Their Royal Highnesses would like for Prince George’s education.

“We are deeply conscious of the trust that they, like all Thomas’s parents, are placing in us and we hope very much to live up to their expectations.”

It had been previously reported that the royals were expected to choose William’s former primary school Wetherby pre-prep in the London suburb of Notting Hill.

But it seems Kate and William wanted a different school for George.

Prince George will have a normal education at Thomas’s.

NO FUSS

Thomas’s also has a kindergarten on the same site, which Princess Charlotte is expected to attend.

In the Tatler School Guide 2017, Mr Thomas said: “The children are delightful — parents slightly less so.”

But in a letter announcing the Prince’s arrival, Mr Thomas said: “The Duke and Duchess have made it clear that they do not wish Prince George’s attendance at Thomas’s to change its aims, values or ethos in any way”.

The royals are hand’s on parents.

“They would like, as far as is possible, for him to enjoy the same education that all of our pupils receive and for them to join the school community as all of our new parents do.

“There has of course been a certain amount of planning and preparation in advance of this announcement, particularly in the areas of security and communication.

“In the meantime, this is, I hope, a happy day for Prince George, for The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and indeed for all Thomas’s families.

“I am sure that you, like us, will look forward to welcoming them wholeheartedly into the Thomas’s community in September.”

Prince George previously attended the $55-a-day Montessori nursery in Westacre, Norfolk, close to the Cambridges’ Anmer Hall home.