Fox Primary School is a primary school for boys and girls of age 4 to 11 years, in the Kensington district of London. It is named after the Fox family formerly seated at Holland House in nearby Holland Park. Located in Edge Street, between Kensington Church Street and Notting Hill Gate, the school is housed in a purpose-built three-storey building dating from before 1950. It has a playground on each side.
Teachers at the school have included Ivor Cutler. It featured in the London Weekend Television documentary, Alive and Kicking - British Poets: Ivor Cutler and Friends.
Prior to the 1960s the school was infants only, aged 5 - 7. The Junior School was adjacent, a Church of England school called St George's School. St George's had no playground and shared the Fox School playgrounds. During the Second World War, pupils from the school were evacuated and taught at Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire.
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