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Admissions Procedure |
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Nursery |
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Children come into the Nursery at the beginning of any term or after half term, provided that they are 2 and a half or over and that they are dry. We assume that all children will continue on from the Nursery into our Pre-Prep and provide places accordingly. |
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Pre-Prep and Main School |
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Our main entry into the school is in September. There is no entrance
examination but we do like to assess all children (except those coming
into Reception) before they are accepted into the school. This allows
us to be sure that the school can provide the education that your child
needs, that the balance of ability within the school is maintained, and
so that he or she can be correctly placed in the school. |
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The School Day |
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School is open at 8.30am and begins at 8.45 for pupils, although some make arrangements to come earlier for breakfast. Nursery and Pre-Prep children finish at 3.30pm and children in Years 3 - 8 may leave at 4.30, though many stay later for after school care, prep and voluntary after school activities. |
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Parental Involvement |
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Parents are always made most welcome at the school. We believe in partnership with you. There is a thriving parents' association which organises a number of most successful social events and raises substantial sums for the benefit of the school. We hope very much that parents will feel themselves to be a vital part of our school community. |
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| Nursery Sessions and Fees | |||
The Nursery opens from 8.30 am onwards |
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Part Day |
Term's charge for 1 day each week |
Term's charge for 5 full days each week |
| Mornings with snack |
0900-1200 |
£222.00 |
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| Mornings with snack and lunch |
0900-1330 |
£338.00 |
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| Afternoons with snack and lunch |
1200-1530 |
£264.00 |
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Afternoons with snack |
1330-1530 |
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Full Day |
0900-1530 |
£413.00 |
£1910.00 |
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Minimum of two days or part days per week |
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(Nursery children can be looked after before and after the school day) |
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| Pre-Prep and Main School | ||||
| Pre-Prep | Reception |
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£1910.00 |
per term |
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Year 1 |
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£2330.00 |
per term |
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Year 2 |
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£2750.00 |
per term |
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| Main School | Years 3 and 4 |
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£3460.00 |
per term |
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Years 5 to 8 |
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£3775.00 |
per term |
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Boarding |
Weekly |
4 nights per week |
£860.00 |
per term |
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3 nights per week |
£710.00 |
per term |
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2 nights per week |
£510.00 |
per term |
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1 night per week |
£310.00 |
per term |
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Temporary |
per night |
£34.00 |
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After School Care in "the Keep" |
First 50 hours per term (including tea for those staying to 6pm) |
£4.05 |
per hour |
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thereafter |
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£3.15 |
per hour |
Children from Year 4 upwards who stay for prep/and or evening clubs may then stay for tea at 6.00pm for which a charge of £2.65 is made. |
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Pre-school Care |
from 7.45am (including breakfast) |
£2.65 |
per day |
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(for full details see below) |
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| Individual Music Tuition |
20 and 30 minute lessons by private arrangement
with the visiting music teachers. Instruments are also available
for hire |
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| Learning Support Tuition Charge |
Lessons in Learning Support Unit (in ones or twos): |
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first 10 hours per term |
£28.25 |
per hour |
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thereafter |
£20.50 |
per hour |
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In-class support |
£4.10 |
per hour |
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Fees are normally reviewed annually in September to take effect the following January. |
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The Registration fee is £75.00. A Deposit
of £300.00 is required on confirmation. |
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For those coming into the Nursery the deposit
is required in two stages: |
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Entry Requirements: Assessment
Scholarships - The school offers a number of Academic, Music, Drama
and Sports scholarships.
Academic scholarships of up to half the tuition fees for an exceptional scholar are awarded to children who demonstrate that they will be capable of winning substantial scholarships to their next school, all-round ability enhancing the likelihood of an award being given. Successful candidates will also be children who are likely to make an outstanding contribution to the general life of the School in and out of the classroom.
Music Scholarships are awarded to children promising musical ability who will make a substantial contribution to the musical life of the School.
Drama and Art Scholarships are awarded to children who have an outstanding talent and who will make a substantial contribution to the arts within the School.
Sports Scholarships are awarded to children who are likely to make an outstanding personal and all-round or specialist sporting contribution to the life of the School.
Scholarships are open to children already at Great Walstead and to external candidates, but not to children already in other IAPS schools. Application should be made by the second week in January for children who will become aged between 8 and 12 (for Academic and Music Scholarships) and aged between 9 and 12 (for Sports Scholarships) and aged 12 or 13 (for Drama scholarships) inclusive during the following academic year (beginning on 1st September) when the award will become effective. In the case of external candidates, a report will be required from the child's current school. Occasionally scholarships may be taken out at other times.
Bursaries
Ddiscretionary bursaries may be available for children whose parents are
Ministers of Religion or Teachers or in special circumstances of need.
Extended Care |
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Our aim is to provide extended care and a range of activities
to meet the needs of today's busy parents. What we offer is designed to
be flexible. Charges will vary according to your needs; please discuss
yor individual requirements with the School. |
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We offer extended care by arrangement each day of term time. These sessions are supervised by experienced staff and activities and dubs are available for an extra charge. |
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| Pre-School |
Your child may arrive at School at 745am and will have breakfast at 8.OOam |
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| Nursery and Pre-Prep |
Care is available in "The Keep" until 6.OOpm. This includes a snack at 3.30pm and tea at 5.15pm. |
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| Juniors |
Care in the Keep is available from 4.30pm for Year 3 until 6.OOpm Monday to Friday. This includes a snack at 4.30pm and tea at 5.15pm in the Keep. Children in Year 4 go to prep at 4.45pm and are supervised by a member of staff from the end of prep until tea at 6.OOpm. |
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Seniors |
Care is available from the end of Prep until 8.OOpm Monday to Thursday. This includes a snack at 4.30pm and tea at 6.OOpm. |
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Fridays: - The School closes at 6.OOpm. |
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The school runs a substantial programme of after school coaching in, for example, activities as diverse as fencing, golf, chess and drama. Some activities may be programmed for Saturday mornings. Participation in these activities is entirely voluntary and is subject to the availability of places. |
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| Boarding | |||
| Weekly boarding |
from Monday morning until Friday afternoon. |
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| Flexible boarding |
boarding for one or more nights during the term on a regular basis or on one-off occasions. This is often a good introduction to boarding and a useful facility when parents have to be away from home. In addition, it is possible that there may be a combination or variation of the above that would suit your family needs. |
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For working parents, care is also available from 8.30am to 6.OOpm for children during most weeks of half-terms and holidays. The cost will be in line with the cost of Pre- and After-School Care. |
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The School arranges for activity days to take place during holidays. Parents are notified of dates and costs during the preceding term. These activity days are designed to provide stimulating sport, art, craft and other activities for particular age groups and are only open to children from the School. |
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Rev.JJN Sykes MA (Cantab.) - Headmaster
Mrs NJ Sykes BA (Hons) (Exeter) - Latin
Mr CJ Burch BA (Hons) (London) PGCE(UEA) - Deputy Head (Pastoral), Joint
Head of Boarding, Pastoral Head of Boys
Mrs L Kemp BSc (OU), PGCE (Paisley) - Deputy Head (Academic)
Mr PR Kelly BA (Leeds) PGCE - Senior Master, Head of Classics
Mrs JA Sutherland BEd (Bedford College of PE) - Head of Senior School, Head
of ICT, Head of Geography,
Mr A.Bird BAEd (Hons) (Christ Church College,Canterbury) NPQH(NCSL) - Head
of Middle School
Mr JA Skillicorn BA (Hons) (Brighton), CertEd (Zimbabwe) - Head of Junior
School, Junior Form Teacher
Mrs HJ Gilbert CertEd (Goldsmith's College, University of London) - Head
of Pre-Prep. Pre-Prep Form Teacher
Mrs GA Pinchbeck BA (Hons) (Brighton), CertEd (Phillippa Fawcett Teacher Training
College) - Head of Nursery
Mrs GWillis B Ed (London) Cert SpLD (OCR) - Pastoral Head of Girls, Junior
Form Teacher, French
Mrs FM Atherton - Junior School Assistant
Mrs CH Bacon BSc(Swansea), PGCE (Brighton) - Pre-Prep Form Teacher
Mrs J N Berman BA(Hons) (Newcastle), PGCE(Brighton) - Head of Girls' Games,
PE
Mrs AK Bowd BEd (Hons) (Brighton) - Pre-Prep Form Teacher, Drama
Mrs R Bradshaw NNEB - Assistant Keep Supervisor
Mrs MN Collington - PSHE, Housekeeper
Miss JM Cottingham BA(Hons)(UWE), PGCE(Brighton) - Nursery Teacher
Mrs L Dalgleish BA (Hons) SRSLT, MRCSLT, MASLTIP - Speech and Language Therapist
Mrs AJ Dennis - Keep Supervisor, Nursery Assistant
Mr SC Duddy BA(Hons) (Southampton), PGCE(Loughborough) - Head of History,
Head of Scripture
Mrs HM Friend Cert SpLD (RSA) - Learning Support
Mrs EJ Gordon BEd(Mus) (Canterbury Christ Church College) - Music
Mrs LR Gough BEd(Hons) (Sussex), CertEd (Sheffield) - Pre-Prep Form Teacher
Mrs JE Grist CertEd (York) - English, Geography, Science
Ms AY Guilmant BA(Hons) (Brighton), CertEd - Design Technology
Mrs RH Hallett - Nursery Assistant, Nursery Teacher
Mrs SK Hands - Junior School Assistant
Mrs A Harris -Classroom Assistant
Mrs J Harrison CertEd, CertSpLD (RSA), - Learning Support Teacher
Mrs TR Hentsch BEd (Froebel Institute, London) - Junior Form Teacher, Swimming
Mrs CA Holford BEd (Bath College of Higher Education) Cert SpLD (OCR) - Home
Economics
Mrs I Holloway - Learning Support Assistant
Mrs E Hough BSc (Hons) (Open University), PGCE (Brighton) - Pre-Prep Teacher
Dr RF Hughes BA(Hons) (Coventry), MSc (Brighton), PhD (Sussex) - Librarian
Mr RJ Kay BA(Hons) (Brighton), Cert Ed (St Pauls Cheltenham) - Head of Science
Mrs HP Key CertEd (Brighton) - Pottery
Mrs RJK Leggett BA(Hons) (York) - Girls' Games, Classroom Assistant
Mrs PB Lindfield - Pre-Prep Assistant
Mrs SJ Mackewn BA(Hons) (Southampton), PGCE, DipSpLD (DI), AMBDA - Learning
Support
Mrs JE McKinnell-Merrett LLAM (LAMDA) - Drama
Mrs Z.C.McQuillin - Nursery Assistant & Administrator
Mrs SM Maidment CertEd(Durham) - Pre-Prep Form Teacher
Mrs B Nurse - Pre-Prep Assistant
Mrs SA Parrington LLB (Hons) (Hull) - Pre-Prep Assistant
Mrs GA Partis - Pre-Prep Assistant
Mrs L Partridge - Learning Support Assistant
Mrs PM Purton MA, BMus(Hons) (Surrey), PGCE (Kingston Specialist Cert.) - Director
of Music and Performing Arts
Mr MF Pymm BA (Brighton) QTS (Brighton) Dip Sports Psychology - Director
of Sport, Form Teacher
Mrs JF Pymm NNEB - Nursery Nurse
Mrs BH Richmond - B.Ed.(Hons.) (Bath), Dip.Sp.Ed.(Univ. of British
Columbia), M.Ed.(City Univ., Washington,USA) - Head of Learning Support
Mrs YL Roberts BA(Hons) (North East London), PG Dip (Brighton) - Head of
Art
Mrs S Rowe - Pre-Prep Assistant
Mrs EJ Scotland BMus (Hons) (Cardiff), PGCE (Chichester) - Junior Form Teacher
Mrs KM Sexton BA(Hons) QTS (Chichester Institute), - Pre-Prep Form Teacher,
Literacy Co-ordinator (KS1, FS)
Mrs ME Slater - Pre-Prep Assistant
Miss C Smeeth BEd (Stockwell College of Education) - Pre-Prep Form Teacher,
Numeracy Co-ordinator (KS1, FS)
Mrs SM Stakim BEd (Hons) (Chichester Institute) - Pre-Prep Form Teacher
Mrs JM Strange CertSpLD (RSA) - Learning Support and Pre-Prep Support Teacher
Mme M-C Suss Licenciee en Langues (Universite de Valenciennes), PGCE (Open University)
- Head of French
Mrs CJ Taylor - Pre-Prep Assistant
Mrs D Taylor BA (OU), Cert Ed (London), MEd (Exeter), AMBDA - Head of English
Mrs L Thatcher - Pre-Prep Assistant
Mrs B Trowbridge BEd (Northants) - Maths
Mrs JP Waters CertEd(Chester) - Scripture
Mrs C Webster - Nursery Assistant
Mrs S Windmill - Learning Support Assistant
Mrs G Worthington CertEd(London), CertSpLD(RSA) - Learning Support
Mrs S Wright BA QTS (Roehampton) - Junior Form Teacher
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Administration
Mr SJ Collington - Bursar
Mrs PL Burch BA (Hons) (Reading) -Joint Head of Boarding
Mrs FJ Clutton RGN - Nurse
Miss K.Stevens - Headmaster's Secretary
Mrs JE Howard BA (Hons) (London), JSDC - Registrar, Marketing
Mrs LV Cumming - Office Manager
Ms SB Collins - Receptionist
Mrs LJ Eade BSc (Hons) (London) - Bursarial Assistant
Mrs J Townsend - Assistant Bursar
Mr JL Bugg - Head of Maintenance
Mrs HR Kent - Caterer
Mrs AR Ward - Clothes Shop
Mr L Brunet BA (Hons) (York) - PASS database consultant
Ms PA Kidd - Music administration, School Magazine Editor
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Board of Governors
MJ Olliff-Lee
Governor since 1995. Chairman of Governors since November 2004. After twenty-four
years in the financial markets in the City of London, is now retired. Two children
through the School.
RG Plumb BA MBA ASA
Governor since 1999. Associate of the Society of Actuaries and Principal
at Mercer Human Resource Consulting. One child through the school and one child
at the school.
Mrs SE Crichton
Governor since 1985. Former Director of Sussex company. Two children through
the school.
J Ebdon DL
Governor since 2005. Deputy Lieutenant, West Sussex. Master Builder and
retired company director. Grandparent of two children at the school.
Mrs ME Ireland BSc, DipEd
Governor since 2000. Biology teacher and Housemistress at Ardingly College
for a number of years, is now Deputy Head at Christ's Hospital.
Mrs J Lee LLB
Governor since 2003. Local Solicitor. One child currently at the school.
SJ Mayes BA (Hons)
Governor since 2004. OGW and former teacher at Great Walstead, and has one
daughter. Now involved in independent school development and is currently Communications
Director at St.Swithun's School.
Professor AJ Nunn MSc
Governor since 2000. Engaged in the statistics of medical research. A child
through the school, grandchild currently at the school.
The Revd Canon GT Rideout BA MTh
Governor since 1999. Retired clergyman. Two children through the School.
P Wells BEd (Hons)
Governor since 2005. Headmaster of The Junior King's School, Canterbury.
Married with three children.
Clerk to the Governors
Dr GEG Campling
Company Secretary
Mrs S.C.Hall