A busy and exciting day school where 22 specialist members of staff seek to bring out the best in work habits and personality in each boy. From an early stage the boys are introduced to specialist teachers and subject areas within the security of a class-tutor system.
While academic pursuits are of ultimate importance great emphasis is laid on physical activities, drama, music, art and technology. Class sizes averaging seventeen allow for a friendly and very individual approach to education in its widest sense and a host of activities take pupils outside the classroom for educational research - French weekends and exchanges, theatre weekends, field study weeks, London's Art Galleries and Concert Halls, local museums, parks, farms and wild-life reserves, the gardens and ponds.
Parents generally are very involved in their children's education, some bringing their specialist knowledge into the classrooms. Each child has a class tutor who monitors his progress and advises the pupil or parents as necessary.
The Headmaster and his wife both teach and all the staff, academic, secretarial and domestic, are concerned to create a relaxed and purposeful atmosphere where discipline and hard work thrive in happy co-operation. From the earliest years good manners, concern for others and self-respect are expected from all.
A prefect and house captain's system serves to assist and underline staff attitudes and leadership. Older pupils are given much opportunity for personal study in a carefully guided programme towards Scholarships and Common Entrance. We are concerned that they learn to learn - to educate themselves.
