Caron Hawkes
in charge of the First School

New lovely bright first school... confident busy six year olds rushing about calling teachers Sue and Caron."
Good Schools Guide

Your children will love our First School. We quite understand however that handing them over to us for their very first day in a grown up world is a highly daunting prospect for you as parents. So we do everything we can to make it work for you as well as your children.

What helps is that they will have a gentle introduction to formal education.That doesn't mean we don't expect high standards. We do. Always.

French is fantastic. We do counting and sing songs. Though sometimes we do it in our books."

So do come and find out for yourself and see how we have a separate building for the smallest amongst us (but with all the advantages of being on a senior school campus), how the children have a zest for life, how they enjoy putting their newly acquired skills to the test in the classroom or how they love to chatter in the garden. You may find some sitting quietly, reading a book or painting a picture.You will find some burning off surplus energy racing about letting off steam. You will realize that whatever they are doing, dance, drama, music, formal classroom work or PE they are following a programme that's personally tailored to them.  

I like the First School because I like puddings and my classroom."

We want our pupils to become literate and numerate with enquiring, imaginative minds, and self-confident and tolerant towards others.Indeed, the children find learning so enjoyable that they do not notice the increasing formality of their classroom activities.

I sit with my friends and we talk about our news"