Long Close is a co-educational day preparatory school for children aged 3-13 years. The school stands in five acres, and comprises of an Edwardian House flanked by a number of well equipped rooms including a Science Laboratory, Hall with stage, music room, gymnasium, pottery, art and C.D.T complex, and a six-classroom department for the 3-8 year olds. Other facilities include a tennis court, a swimming pool, long and triple jump areas and cricket nets.
The school aims to prepare children with a good sound education to become genuine all rounders, this starts with class teaching for the first seven years. The education covers the academic subjects, as well as art, music, drama, sport, design technology and information technology. Children are prepared for the Common Entrance Examination, and also for entry to Grammar Schools at 11+, 12+ and 13+.
The School is also able to respond to children with specific learning difficulties. A well established unit operates by withdrawing small groups of children of similar age with similar problems up to three or four times a week and taking them very carefully through a structured programme.
An important feature of the day is the extra curricula activity time from 4-6pm when children may attend clubs and/or stay for prep supervision. This allows parents a high degree of flexibility in deciding when to collect their children. There is provision for an early 'drop-off' starting from 0800.
We aim to leave people and property better than when we found them. It is hoped that the children leave School academically and socially mature to cope with the next stage in their career.
