Curriculum

The following subject areas are taught:

• Class sizes are normally kept to a maximum of 20 children
• Classes are largely taught by their form teacher, believing that the development of a close relationship with the form teacher is of great benefit at this stage of their education. Music, PE, Art, French, ICT, Philosophy, Games and Latin are taught by subject specialists.
• Children are set in Mathematics and English according to ability.
• Music plays a very important part in the life of the school. There is a Senior Choir, Junior Choir, Orchestra and Brass Band. Regular concerts are held and allow children to perform publicly, individually and as members of a group.
• Instrumental lessons are given by peripatetic instrumental staff on a wide variety of instruments and pupils are entered for public examinations when the required standard has been achieved.

ISI Inspection Comments

The pupils have an outstanding attitude to learning and their achievement, academically and in extra-curricular activities, is good and often excellent.

Pupils throughout the school have good knowledge and skills for their age and abilities over the full range of subjects and in other activities outside the classroom, and their achievements are sometimes outstanding.

The attitude of all pupils towards their work is excellent, and it is one of the school’s notable strengths.