INDEPENDENT EDUCATION
Record pupil numbers at the start of the year
S
tafford Preparatory School has been open since
September, 2007, and currently educates 111
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 PE 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 ‘The
Wind in the Willows’ and ‘Porridge’. The School Choir
sing at the Gatehouse Theatre in ‘Celebrating Music’
and in the Newcastle Festival in the Junior Choir
Class, where they finished second in March.
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 or 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. Five 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 Saturday, October
19th from 9.30am till 12.30pm.
For further information please visit our website
www.staffordprep.co.uk
email
reception@
staffordprep.co.uk or ring 01785 251337.
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