INDEPENDENT EDUCATION
Stafford Preparatory School
Reception Class opening in September
tafford Preparatory School has
been open since September,
2007, and currently educates 120
children between the ages of 5
and 11. Plans are now full steam ahead
for the proposed opening of a
Reception Class in September, 2014
‘It is a reflection of the hard work put
in by everyone connected with SPS
that the school is gaining in reputation
and growing in size year on year.’
Lessons for children at SPS are
taught principally by specialist
primary teachers, with Stafford
Grammar School staff teaching
subjects such as design technology,
music, ICT and P.E. in Years 5 and 6.
Science is taught in a fully equipped
laboratory. Children learn French,
German and Spanish during their
time at SPS. Activity beyond the
classroom is plentiful – competitive
sport, a wide variety of music and
outdoor education, all complemented
by clubs and educational visits which
enrich the curriculum. The most
recent dramatic productions were
S
‘The Wind in the Willows’ and
‘Porridge’. The School Choir sing at
the Gatehouse Theatre in ‘Celebrating
Music’ and at Christmas took to the
stage at Symphony Hall, Birmingham
in a Gala Concert.
Admission to Stafford Prep at KS2
is based on an informal assessment
conducted in a small group or on an
individual basis. Children spend a
morning/day in school during which
time they are tested in English and
mathematics. Entry at KS1 follows an
introductory visit by the pupil.
Pupils in Year 6 are prepared
mainly for the entrance examination
for Stafford Grammar School, but
also for other selective senior schools.
Four of the current Year 6 class will
be moving up to the senior school
with academic scholarships.
During Stafford Prep’s first six
years, the children have achieved
some spectacular successes on the
sporting front winning forty trophies
locally and nationally. In 2011, the
U11 tag rugby team represented the
West Midlands in the Tag to
Twickenham Final. In recent weeks
the girls have won the ISA U9 netball
tournament and U11 high fives
competition, while the U10 football
team was joint winners of the
Leasowes Tournament. All pupils
have two weekly PE/Games sessions
and these are supplemented with a
full programme of extra curricular
activities, both sporting and non
sporting.
Our aim is to give our pupils an
exciting and challenging primary
education which will give them an
enthusiasm for learning and prepare
them for life at senior school in the
best possible way. Parents may visit by
prior appointment on any school day,
with the next Open Morning taking
place on Wednesday, March 12th
from 0930 – 1130.
For further information please
visit
our
website
www.staffordprep.co.uk
email
[email protected] or ring
01785 251337
STAFFORD
PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Reception Class Places Available
From September 2014
For further information please contact:
The Headmaster’s Secretary on 01785 251337
Burton Manor, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST18 9AT
email: [email protected] www.staffordprep.co.uk
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